Award-winning actor Naomi Snieckus (Second City, Disney’s Zombies) is getting real with fellow artists about their struggles, successes, and everything in between. On Season 02, Jennifer Podemski (Little Bird, Reservation Dogs) joins her to curate inspiring, engaging, and refreshingly honest conversations with women and non-binary individuals at the top of their game in the industry. A new episode is out every 2 weeks.
The extraordinary Keilani Rose (Shoresy) is embracing the lifelong journey of self-discovery to find her voice as an artist.
In our kickoff episode for the second season of The Blaze Sessions, Naomi sits down with this season's curator, Jennifer Podemski. As ...
Welcome back to The Blaze Sessions brought to you by the Firecracker Department! Season two is here, and we're thrilled! Hosts Naomi Snieckus (Mr.D, The Madness, The Social, Second City Toronto) and the incredible Jennifer Podemski, ("Little Bird", "Reservation Dogs" and founder of Red Cloud Productions and The Shine Network) have...
For the past few years, performer and writer Alana Johnston has made it her mission to incorporate the theme of self-esteem into her artistic work. As the host of The Self-Esteem Party Podcast (on which this episode was first featured), she’s learned that the things we struggle with in regards to self-esteem might follow us forever, and that’s totally okay.
She also shares how her perspective has shifted a...
Anne Rab’s improv career all started when she met a clown and stumbled into the art form that would change her life.
Although it was difficult to make the transition from a city where she had stability and comfort to one completely unknown, she tells Naomi that learned that she didn’t want to play it safe and to make the choice to just go for her dreams.
Now, she carries this outlook through her teachings and thrives off of encour...
One thing’s for certain about improviser Nadine Antler is that her strength lies in taking care of people.
From studying to be a social worker to putting on a decade-long improv festival and now running her own improv school, Nadine tells Naomi about her desire to help both actors and non-actors through the communication and boundary-setting skills that improv teaches.
But despite committing to help others with this, she reveals ...
With her wealth of experience as an actor, writer, improviser, and now a director, Vanessa Matsui always finds time to look back and thank her younger self for having the gumption and bravery to take chances. By stumbling through her experience creating, writing, directing, and acting in the award winning series Ghost BFF, Vanessa tells Naomi about how she learned to just keep going an...
Growing up in Israel, the multi-faceted Inbal Lori always knew she would be in the arts and fully embraced the holy trinity of act...
Maria del Mar has never let fear hold her back from anything in her extensive career and expansive life. As a young actress with a...
Beatrix Brunschko, aka Trixie, dives headfirst into every twist and turn of her incredible career.
She's not just a director of the stage and screen – Trixie's a founding member of Theatre
Bahnhof, a professor at the University of Hamburg, and the go-to guru for all things improv.
Starting from the wild passion that birthed a theatre company to her game-changing improv
workshops, Trixie's all about creating spaces where creativity ...
Rev up your year with a brand new season of The Firecracker Department Podcast! Let's ignite 2024 with an explosive lineup of captivating conversations. Join our sensational host, Naomi Snieckus, and an array of global artists as they take you on a heart-pounding journey into the depths of creativity and inspiration. But that's not all – mark your calendars because later this spring, we're bringing you The Blaze Sessions, a special...
Jennifer Holness is not only a force to be reckoned with, but she is a beacon of change in the industry. An award-winning filmmaker and the co-founder of Hungry Eyes Media (with her partner Sudz Sutherland), she is the first ever recipient of the Firecracker Department's Red Point Award, going to women over 50 who are still creating incredible content and leading the way in out community. After a life-changing health scare in her e...
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