Black Queens on Stage
Presented By Black Literature & Art Queens Network - BLAQN.org The podcast where we honor and acknowledge black womxn performers and discuss racism within Michigan Performing Venues. Two or three Mondays out of each month, I sit down and have a chat with Michigan's talented Black Womxn performers of various genres; from Actor to Burlesque, from Singer to Exotic Dancer, from Poet to Instrumentalist. In each discussion, we talk about their artistic profession and the racism, misogyny, and other discriminatory behaviors they've experienced from others and how it affects them. As an actor myself, I'm tremendously interested in art. So what a better way to build a network of Black Womxn artist, than to find out more about each one in a platform that amplifies their voices.
Episodes
In this episode, Poet and Visionary + Empathy Coach, Ber-Henda Williams, chat about how her work as a poet influences her entrepreneurial life, how multilingual Black people are, and her greatest accomplishment.
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In this episode, I got to have a chat with a fellow theatre colleague of mine, Breon Canady. She and I talked about being actors, our experiences in shows that pushed us past our limits, and being Light-skinned Black actors in the Michigan Theatre scene.
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After a month-long break, BQS is back with a revolutionary guest! Founder and Exec Dir of artEquity, Carmen Morgan, sits down with me and talks about how theatres need to do their part in antiracism and how patrons and participants need to come together as a unit and demand change from the top.
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On February 27th, 2021, the Town Hall Edition: Black Burlesque Conference took place Live on the BLAQN Facebook Page. The panel consisted of Caffeyne Luv (They/them), Quing Fearless Amaretto (They/Them), Lottie Ellington (She/her), Eartha Kitten (She/her), and Dottie Monroe (She/Her). The recording of the Live is still available on the BLAQN FB page to view.
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On February 20th, 2021, the Town Hall Edition: Black Burlesque Conference took place Live on the BLAQN Facebook Page. The panel consisted of Caffeyne Luv (They/them), Quing Fearless Amaretto (They/Them), Lottie Ellington (She/her), Eartha Kitten (She/her), and Dottie Monroe (She/Her). The recording of the Live is still available on the BLAQN FB page to view.
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In this episode, super talented upcoming DJ, DJ LRN Jay, stops by BQS to chat with me about her new venture into DJing, her poetry, and men's societal views of femme rappers.
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In this episode, Arielle K Crosby visits BQS to chat about her colorful career as an actor/singer, the racism in Michigan Theatre, and her wonderful time at Mason Street Theatre in the production Memphis.
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In this episode Hip Hop artist, Joei Redd, visits the virtual BQS studio to talk about her career, her dream of becoming a Philanthropist and working with children and fighting against bullying, and throwing shade to zodiac signs!
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Up next on the BQS Podcast is award-winning poet, One Single Rose! Rose stops by BQS and we chat about her career and it going internationally, and what she's been doing during the pandemic!
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In this episode fellow actor, Krystle Dellihue, visits the BQS show and we chat about past shows we've performed in, preparing for hard, traumatic shows, and dealing with racism in theatre.
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Season 2 Premiere!
Season 2 is here and we're starting off with a bang! Broadway actor, educator, and Anti-Racism facilitator, Nicole M. Brewer, visits the Black Queens on Stage show to chat about being an artist and her 8 year long journey of fighting racism in the vast community of theatre.
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Season Finale !
Founding Artistic Director of FaceOff Theatre in Kalamazoo, MI, Marissa Harrington, stops by to chat as my final guest of the season. She chats about being an artist and an artistic director of her own theater, the state of Michigan Theatre, and the need for more Black theaters and more support for them!
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We're on the second to last episode before the season finale on the 28th! In this episode, I had the privilege of chatting with Emily Rogers, a multi-faceted artist that includes guitarist, pianist, drummer, event curator, DJ, choreographer, and so much more. She gets in depth of the different struggles she has faced as a Black Womxn in the various industries she works in.
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In this episode, local Music Teacher and Opera Chorus singer, Tiffanie Waldron, stops by to talk about how she teaches the babies, her work at the Detroit Opera House, and that we may have seen each other once before in passing! (Small World!) We also dive into the shows that we've performed in that weren't meant for us as Black Womxn.
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In this episode, one of Eastern Michigan University's Music Therapists, Ebony Swain, stops by the BQS virtual studio to chat with me about her career and advocacy of Music Therapy. She walks the listener through a first session, how working as a therapist ha changed her perspective, and so much more!
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In this episode, Detroit-born and loved, mezzo soprano opera singer, Calebria Webb, stops by the Black Queens on Stage Podcast to discuss her love for the city she was born in, the economical difference between Black and white opera singers, and how she's the Classical version of Cardi B.
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This episode features Detroit-raised, now Phoenix-bound, Dom Exotic Entertainer, Pretti Teej. In this episode we talk about her love for the world of Exotic Dancing, its ups and downs, and the male toxicity that flows through.
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This episode features critically-acclaimed Rapper and Poet, Monalyse. This talented artist stops by the show to discuss her artistry, her career, and her experience with working with Pusha T!
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This episode features Burlesque performer, Singer, Poet, Exotic Dancer, Spiritual Conjurer, and Drag Quing (Queen+King), Quing Fearless Amaretto. Their Royal Highness visits the show to talk about their extensive work as a Performer, the struggles they endure with other Cis gender and White performers as a Black Bi-Gender individual, and the importance of valuing themself no matter what.
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This episode features dynamic duo, Kahlia (dancer) and Moses the God (rapper). The engaged couple visits the show to talk about their art, high pressure demands in Kahlia's dance performances, Moses' transition from rapper to entrepreneurial status, and sexism at any professional level.
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