Archived Radio Show

January 9, 2023

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA230109

Listen to the Show on the Mp3 Player below

Duration 57 minutes

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Featuring

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz,  Host of Women's Spaces

2a. Guest Anne Warren Clark, Managing Director of 6th Street Playhouse, Choreographer

2b. Guest Molly Larsen-Shine,  Actor in A Year with Frog and Toad, 6th Street Playhouse

3. Guest Tina Rogers, Member, Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Committee of Sonoma County 

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: Joining me in the studio this morning I have two special guests: Anne Clark is both the Managing Director of 6th Street Playhouse and the choreographer of the play we will discuss, and actor Molly Larsen-Shine. We are going to talk about a new production specifically for children, A Year with Frog and Toad. I am a strong believer in live theatre and just in love with the 6th St. Playhouse. Just think in their 50 years of existence, the joy and pleasure they have provided for all of us.

Also joining me in the studio is Tina Rogers, an educator, performer, and researcher and wonderful friend. We will be talking about the Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration that is happening via Zoom and live streaming on Sunday, January 15th.

Barbara Walters passed away at 93, I would say she had a long and prosperous life. She made history as part of the nation's first female anchor and the founder of the view. Before Barbara Walters there were no women journalists or interviewers. She opened the way, according to the remarks of some of the women who are in those positions and attributed their success to her. Condolences to her family.

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2. Guests Anne Warren Clark and Molly Larsen Shine talk about the new production of A Year with Frog and Toad at the 6th Street Playhouse. They share how they gain their confidence in the creative process and on the stage. Molly plays four roles, each a different species, and she shares her character study. Anne choreographed the play for this 6th Street Playhouse production and she shares part of that process. A Year with Frog and Toad is being presented through January 22, with more details under Guests' Event below.

About our Guest:  Anne Warren Clark, Director/Choreographer is an award-winning youth theater director making her 6th Street mainstage directorial debut with A Year with Frog and Toad. She loves developing new TYA works and most recently collaborated with Min Kahng on the world premiere of The Adventures of Honey & Leon, the Musical at New York City Children’s Theater, based on the children’s book written by Alan Cumming. She choreographed the National Tour of Peg+Cat. As an actor, she has performed on Broadway and starred in Bay Area Children’s Theatre’s productions of Elephant and Piggie’s We are in a Play and Fly Guy: The Musical…but, most importantly, she is Everett and Keaton’s proud mom.

About our Guest: Molly Larsen-Shine, (Actor #2 - Bird, Mouse, Squirrel, Mole) has been doing theater around Sonoma County for almost two decades! Recent credits include Polly Peachum in The Three Penny Opera at 6th Street Playhouse, and Alma Hix in The Music Man, Little Becky Two Shoes in Urinetown and Waitress/Gayle/Rhonda in Almost, Maine at Spreckels Performing Arts Center. She also performed in Young Frankenstein at Raven Players, in Les Misérables at Music to My Ears and in the Ensembles of Hello Dolly and Sunset Boulevard at Sonoma Arts Live!

Guest Link:

6th Street Playhouse  https://6thstreetplayhouse.com/

Guests' Event:

https://6thstreetplayhouse.com/shows/2022-23/a-year-with-frog-and-toad/

A Year with Frog and Toad, January 7 - 22, 2023 Monroe Stage, 6th Street Playhouse, Santa Rosa, written by Robert Reale, music and lyrics by Willie Reale, Choreographer: Anne Warren Clark.

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3. Guest Tina Rogers shares some of what went into the production of the 44th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, as a zoom event this coming Sunday January 15, 2023, 6:30 - 8 PM. Middle and high school students again submitted art and essays, and the winners will be on the Zoom event. See Guest Event below for details.

About our Guest Tina Rogers is a native of Sonoma County, Tina Rogers has devoted her life to trying to understand this beautiful planet, the humans and the other species that share our world. A true humanitarian is what she represents, thorough research, education, and communication with other cultures allows her to see the "big picture." While attending UC Davis, she turned her passion for the arts, fitness, and wellness into a popular example of master teaching not only to children but people of all ages.
She is a role model who enjoys using arts education and fitness, as tools to “crack-the-code” in child development that lasts a lifetime. I have seen her presentation of Black History through the spoken word and dance and found the experience to be both educational and inspiring.

Guest Link:

Martin Lulther King, Jr. Committee of Sonoma County:  www.facebook.com/MLKcommittee

Guest Event:

The Public is invited: Zoom Event ID. 862 4845 5259, Passcode: 172836

or livestream at www.facebook.com/MLKcommittee

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 Herstory

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance,, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.

Herstory Event:

January 8, 1977 – Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray is the first African American woman ordained to the Episcopal priesthood, by Bishop William F. Creighton at Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C.

Herstory Birthdays: 

January 8, 1977 – Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray is the first African American woman ordained to the Episcopal priesthood, by Bishop William F. Creighton at Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C.

January 8, 1977 – Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray is the first African American woman ordained to the Episcopal priesthood, by Bishop William F. Creighton at Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C.

January 8, 1911 (1995) – Thelma (Butterfly) McQueen, danced with Katherine Dunham as Butterfly in “A Midsummer’s Night Dream,” played Prissy in “Gone With the Wind”.

January 9, 1859 (1947) – Carrie Chapman Catt, nationally recognized woman suffrage leader, led suffragists to victory in 1920 as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

January 8, 1977 – Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray is the first African American woman ordained to the Episcopal priesthood, by Bishop William F. Creighton at Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C.

January 9, 1859 (1947) – Carrie Chapman Catt, nationally recognized woman suffrage leader, led suffragists to victory in 1920 as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

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Announcements&  

Sunday, January 15, 2023, 6:30 - 8 PM, 44th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, See poster above under Tina Rogers' Guest Event. Online event by Zoom and livestreamed at www.facebook.com/MLKcommittee

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Monday, January 16, 2023, 10 AM - 3 PM, A Day On - Not a Day Off, National Day of Service, Community Baptist Church, 1620 Sonoma Ave, Santa Rosa; for information call 707-546-0744 x304.

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Monday, January 16, 2023, 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature Ana Diez Garcia on her successful election to the Roseland School District as Trustee-Elect. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Wednesday, January 18 2023, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show, will feature Ana Diez Garcia on her successful election to the Roseland School District as Trustee-Elect. Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

Music Selections

The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 5/24/2021

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women's Wax Works) - www.alixdobkin.com

A Year With Frog and Toad, sung by original cast: Danielle Ferland, Kate Reinders, Frank Vlastnik, Jay Goede & Mark Linn-Baker from the single A Year With Frog and Toad, original cast recording (2004 PS Classics). 

Martin Luther King, Jr. , sung by Laura Nebo from the Album: I Am a Voice (Righteous Babe Records).

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Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show