What a multi-faceted and talented guest we had on our show! Jenna Jaffe is an actor, musician, dancer, composer, visual artist, and instructor, to name a few. And she has some exciting performances coming up, including concerts and an immersive "mask" performing arts production. Find out about her many different types of instructional classes and training, how to sign up as a student, some success stories she has had with disabled students, a new dance program at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, and much more. Also, get all the details about her upcoming role in "King Arthur's Body - a new play that is going to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, but is also being performed for one night in Asheville.

One of the founders of the Street Creature Puppet Collective - Jen Murphy - recently chatted with us about puppets. Hear how her activism activities led to puppetmaking and the formation of this collective. Get all the details about what kind of puppets the artists make, how these large puppets are actually manipulated, some of the past and future events and parades where their puppets have "performed," information on the upcoming "Toe Down Festival" in Green Mountain and how interested folks can get involved and learn about this unique craft.

We had such an enoyable chat with Actor Amanda Ladd on the latest "Behind the Curtains" podcast produced by the Asheville Theater Alliance. Learn how she got involved in theater and some words of wisdom she received from a professor that she has never forgotten. Amanda also chats about her work at the New Circle Theatre Company in New York City, why she loves "new works," what roles are on her "bucket list," and her unique one-woman show coming up in April (and what she has to do on stage!). Then get all the details about the upcoming production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" bing presented by the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART) and how she is preparing for her role as Blanche DuBois. And she answers the question on everyone's minds - is Alan Ladd her father and what does she do with all his fan mail??