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Christopher Kriz, a composer and sound designer based in Chicago, talks about sustaining a freelance theatre career.

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#theatre #composer #sounddesign #thecreativelife #sounddesigner
August 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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New episode! Alvin Hough Jr, who’s currently the associate music director of The Lion King on Broadway, talks about career finances and a few things about musical theatre musicians.

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#pianist #broadway #thecreativelife #theatre #musician
May 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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No matter how long and hard the winter, summer always comes.

As creatives, one of our jobs right now is to remind people of that.

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January 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Chicago-based costume designer and social justice advocate Elsa Hiltner discusses the Theatrical Designer Pay Resource and The Pay Equity Standards.

Listen:
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Guest:
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#theatrepay #theatredesign #costumedesign #thecreativelife #costumedesigner
January 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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New episode! Broadway projection designer Sven Ortel talks about career finances.

Listen on:
🎙 Patreon
🎥 Youtube
🎙 Podcast apps

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#theatre #broadway #videodesign #thecreativelife #projectiondesign #projectiondesigner
May 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Tax expert Susan Lee discusses tax implications and best practices for freelancers.

Listen:
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#freelance #taxes #thecreativelife #theatre #lightingdesigner
January 15, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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Lighting designer Carl Faber discuss freelancing in the performing arts in Portland, Oregon.

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#theatre #opera #lightingdesign #lightingsupervisor #thecreativelife
June 8, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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Performer and educator Rayme Cornell talks career finances as a single mom working in theatre.

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#theatre #performingarts #thecreativelife #voiceover #actor
June 22, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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September 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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TheatrIcal lighting designer Jason Lynch talks about freelancing in Chicago.

Listen or watch at:
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#theatre #liveevents #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #chicagotheatre #theatrepodcast #lightingdesigner
May 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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If you’re a creative person worried about AI, scroll to the last section on “Taste.”
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this! #Artists #AuthorsandWriters #Filmmakers #Actors #playwrights #Musicians #Designers #BookSky #Kidlit #Art #artsky #Writing #Creativity #AI #Future #TheCreativeLife #Writers
A.I. Might Take Your Job. Here Are 22 New Ones It Could Give You.
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June 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Well, it's still #WomensHistoryMonth. Let's make good history. I'm sure you've made some great memories in your life. Share, if you'd like. This is from my newsletter. #art #ArtByAWoman #OilPainting #TheCreativeLife
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I've made some history. You? 🤔
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March 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Today’s podcast is an interview with Ulrike Storch, business coach for circus performers.

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#circus #circuslife #circusarts #thecreativelife #businesscoach
November 26, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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The best antidote to a world turning ugly?

Create beauty. Whatever that looks like for you.

#thecreativelife #creatives #artists #photographers #writers #musicians #performers #designers #stylists #makers #creators #creativebusiness #freelancers
January 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Alex Pendleton, manager at Netgear’s ProAV Systems Engineering sits down to talk personal finances.

🎧 Listen or watch here: artisticfinance.com/172bonus

#artisticfinance #thecreativelife #entertainmentindustry #liveevents #personalfinance #proav #ldi
November 21, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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New podcast interview with television lighting designer Josh Hutchings about how intimate and taboo it is to discuss finances.

Recorded LIVE @ LDI

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#ldi2024 #lighting #thecreativelife #theatrepodcast #lightingdesigner #televisionlighting
January 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Holding space for performing arts and capitalism with Jessica Ryan, Founder of Broadway Unlocked and CEO of All Together Now a production company for scaleable in-person and digital live experiences.

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#theatre #broadway #thecreativelife #commercialtheatre #broadwayproducing
August 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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This week lighting designer Travis McHale talks freelance business and finance.

⭐️ Self filing taxes
⭐️ Negotiating rates
⭐️ Reasons to be investing

🎧 Listen or watch:
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#usa829 #lighting #lightingdesign #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
December 12, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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Set designer Seth Howard talks about freelancing from the midwest.

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#theatre #setdesign #scenicdesign #thecreativelife #scenicdesigners
September 4, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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Heading to Vegas / Live Design & LDI Tradeshow to record some episodes!

Swing by the podcast studio and say hi! W326

TOMORROW (Sunday) 11a - Chatting with lighting designer Erica D. Hayes and Show Director Zachary Berget.

#ldi2024 #lighting #concerts #thecreativelife #lightingdesigner
December 7, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Being creative is a love language to me 💚

#writing #art #love #fulfillment #thecreativelife
February 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Fear and doubt will join you on any creative journey.
They never really leave.

The trick to controlling them?

Elizabeth Gilbert said it best:
You never, ever let them in the driving seat.

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March 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Sharon Stammers & Martin Lupton, co-founders of Women in Lighting, share how they built a global lighting initiative spanning 78+ countries while balancing passion, practicality, and parenthood.

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#LightingDesign #WomenInLighting #ArtisticFinance #Podcast #TheCreativeLife
November 18, 2024 at 8:34 AM
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Film:
Hundreds of Beavers is a brilliantly inventive low-budget B&W comedy, now available to buy on streaming services. It's impossible to describe adequately. Look up the trailer online, then treat yourself.

#thecreativelife #creatives #artists #writers #musicians #designers #makers #creators
March 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Today's episode is with lighting designer Don Holder talking advice for young designers, managing finances as a freelancer, and advantages of filing taxes as a C Corp.

🎧 Listen or watch here:
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#theatre #use829 #broadway #lightingdesign #thecreativelife
December 4, 2024 at 8:49 PM