Give us your hands, dear friends, as we lead you along the path of our own Midsummer Night’s Dream! We conclude this season with a celebration of Midsummer and the summer solstice. Listen as our host hikes her way through the day, all while sharing stories about summer rituals and traditions from around the world. We have a newly-launched Patreon! We at Tree Speech strive to bring you insightful stories and information about trees and those who engage with them, including interviews with a wide range of people who care about them. As we keep growing, we would appreciate your support! We now have a Patreon, and every dollar helps us continue to produce this podcast. Every contribution supports our production, and we’ll be giving gifts of gratitude including an invitation to Tree House, our new virtual community for patrons of all levels. If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please like us on social media, and rate and review us on apple podcasts. Every kind word helps. To learn more about the episode see our show notes and visit us at treespeechpodcast.com, and on instagram @ treespeechpodcast. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes.. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

Give us your hands, dear friends, as we lead you along the path of our own Midsummer Night’s Dream! We conclude this season with a celebration of Midsummer and the summer solstice. Listen as our host hikes her way through the day, all while sharing stories about summer rituals and traditions from around the world. We have a newly-launched <a href="https://www.patreon.com/treespeechpodcast?fan_landing=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon!</a> We at Tree Speech strive to bring you insightful stories and information about trees and those who engage with them, including interviews with a wide range of people who care about them. As we keep growing, we would appreciate your support! We now have a Patreon, and every dollar helps us continue to produce this podcast. Every contribution supports our production, and we’ll be giving gifts of gratitude including an invitation to Tree House, our new virtual community for patrons of all levels. If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please like us on social media, and rate and review us on apple podcasts. Every kind word helps. To learn more about the episode see our show notes and visit us at<a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and on instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> @ treespeechpodcast</a>. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. More information at<a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes.. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the<a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Midsummer Night's Dream

We at Tree Speech and Alight Theater Guild are incredibly grateful to John Philip Newell for joining us today.  Newell is a Celtic teacher and author of spirituality who calls the modern world to reawaken to the sacredness of Earth and every human being. Canadian by birth, and a citizen also of Scotland, he resides with his family in Edinburgh and works on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2016 he began the School of Earth and Soul (originally called the School of Celtic Consciousness) and teaches regularly in the United States and Canada as well as leading international pilgrimage weeks on Iona in the Western Isles of Scotland. His PhD is from the University of Edinburgh and he has authored over fifteen books, including A New Ancient Harmony, Sounds of the Eternal, The Rebirthing of God, and his latest award-winning publication Sacred Earth Sacred Soul. Newell speaks of himself as ‘a wandering teacher’ following the ancient path of many lone teachers before him in the Celtic world, ‘wandering Scots’ seeking the wellbeing of the world. He has been described as having ‘the heart of a Celtic bard and the mind of a Celtic scholar’, combining in his teachings the poetic and the intellectual, the head as well as the heart, and spiritual awareness as well as political and ecological concern. His writings have been translated into seven languages. In 2020 he relinquished his ordination as a minister of the Church of Scotland as no longer reflecting the heart of his belief in the sacredness of the earth and every human being. He continues, however, to see himself as ‘a grateful son of the Christian household’ seeking to be in relationship with the wisdom of humanity’s other great spiritual traditions. In 2011 John Philip was awarded the first-ever Contemplative Voices Award from the Shalem Institute in Washington DC for his prophetic work in the field of spirituality and compassion. In 2022 he received the Sacred Universe Award from the Well Center for Spirituality in Chicago, IL in recognition of his significant work in furthering humanity's relationship with the sacredness of Earth. If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please like us on social media, and rate and review us on apple podcasts. Every kind word helps. To learn more about the episode see our show notes and visit us at treespeechpodcast.com, and on instagram @ treespeechpodcast. We have a newly-launched Patreon! We at Tree Speech strive to bring you insightful stories and information about trees and those who engage with them, including interviews with a wide range of people who care about them. As we keep growing, we would appreciate your support! We now have a Patreon, and every dollar helps us continue to produce this podcast. Every contribution supports our production, and we’ll be giving gifts of gratitude including an invitation to Tree House, our new virtual community for patrons of all levels. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes as well as the lands of Edinburgh. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

We at Tree Speech and Alight Theater Guild are incredibly grateful to John Philip Newell for joining us today.  Newell is a Celtic teacher and author of spirituality who calls the modern world to reawaken to the sacredness of Earth and every human being. Canadian by birth, and a citizen also of Scotland, he resides with his family in Edinburgh and works on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2016 he began the School of Earth and Soul (originally called the School of Celtic Consciousness) and teaches regularly in the United States and Canada as well as leading international pilgrimage weeks on Iona in the Western Isles of Scotland. His PhD is from the University of Edinburgh and he has authored over fifteen books, including A New Ancient Harmony, Sounds of the Eternal, The Rebirthing of God, and his latest award-winning publication Sacred Earth Sacred Soul. Newell speaks of himself as ‘a wandering teacher’ following the ancient path of many lone teachers before him in the Celtic world, ‘wandering Scots’ seeking the wellbeing of the world. He has been described as having ‘the heart of a Celtic bard and the mind of a Celtic scholar’, combining in his teachings the poetic and the intellectual, the head as well as the heart, and spiritual awareness as well as political and ecological concern. His writings have been translated into seven languages. In 2020 he relinquished his ordination as a minister of the Church of Scotland as no longer reflecting the heart of his belief in the sacredness of the earth and every human being. He continues, however, to see himself as ‘a grateful son of the Christian household’ seeking to be in relationship with the wisdom of humanity’s other great spiritual traditions. In 2011 John Philip was awarded the first-ever Contemplative Voices Award from the Shalem Institute in Washington DC for his prophetic work in the field of spirituality and compassion. In 2022 he received the Sacred Universe Award from the Well Center for Spirituality in Chicago, IL in recognition of his significant work in furthering humanity's relationship with the sacredness of Earth. If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please like us on social media, and rate and review us on apple podcasts. Every kind word helps. To learn more about the episode see our show notes and visit us at<a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and on instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> @ treespeechpodcast</a>. We have a newly-launched Patreon! We at Tree Speech strive to bring you insightful stories and information about trees and those who engage with them, including interviews with a wide range of people who care about them. As we keep growing, we would appreciate your support! We now have a Patreon, and every dollar helps us continue to produce this podcast. Every contribution supports our production, and we’ll be giving gifts of gratitude including an invitation to Tree House, our new virtual community for patrons of all levels. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. More information at<a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes as well as the lands of Edinburgh. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the<a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Sacred Earth with John Philip Newell

Rhyd Wildermuth

We have a newly-launched Patreon! We at Tree Speech strive to bring you insightful stories and information about trees and those who engage with them. As we keep growing, we would appreciate your support! We now have a Patreon, and every dollar helps us continue to produce this podcast. Every contribution supports our production, and we’ll be giving gifts of gratitude including an invitation to Tree House, our new virtual community for patrons of all levels. We at Tree Speech and Alight Theater Guild are incredibly grateful to Rhyd Wildermuth for joining us today. Rhyd is a druid, theorist and writer originally from Appalachia and now living in the Ardennes. He is the director of publishing for Ritona / Gods&amp;Radicals Press and the author of six books, most recently Being Pagan: A Guide to Re-enchanting Your Life. He writes at From The Forests of Arduinna. If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please like us on social media, and rate and review us on apple podcasts. Every kind word helps. To learn more about the episode see our show notes and visit us at treespeechpodcast.com, and on instagram @treespeechpodcast. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes as well as the lands of the Arduinna Forest. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

We have a newly-launched <a href="https://www.patreon.com/treespeechpodcast?fan_landing=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon!</a> We at Tree Speech strive to bring you insightful stories and information about trees and those who engage with them. As we keep growing, we would appreciate your support! We now have a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/treespeechpodcast?fan_landing=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>, and every dollar helps us continue to produce this podcast. Every contribution supports our production, and we’ll be giving gifts of gratitude including an invitation to Tree House, our new virtual community for patrons of all levels. We at Tree Speech and Alight Theater Guild are incredibly grateful to Rhyd Wildermuth for joining us today. Rhyd is a druid, theorist and writer originally from Appalachia and now living in the Ardennes. He is the director of publishing for <a href="https://abeautifulresistance.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ritona / Gods&amp;Radicals Press</a> and the author of six books, most recently <a href="https://rhydwildermuth.com/books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Being Pagan: A Guide to Re-enchanting Your Life</a>. He writes at <a href="https://rhydwildermuth.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">From The Forests of Arduinna</a>. If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please like us on social media, and rate and review us on apple podcasts. Every kind word helps. To learn more about the episode see our show notes and visit us at<a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and on instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> @treespeechpodcast</a>. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s<a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at<a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes as well as the lands of the Arduinna Forest. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the<a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit<a href="http://www.alighttheater.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> www.alighttheater.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Pagan Re-enchantment with Rhyd Wildermuth

Stephanie Kaza

We at Tree Speech and Alight Theater Guild are incredibly grateful to Stephanie Kaza for joining us today. Dr. Stephanie Kaza is Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont and former Director of the UVM Environmental Program. She co-founded the Environmental Council at UVM and served as faculty director for the Sustainability Faculty Fellows program. In 2011 Dr. Kaza received the UVM George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award for excellence in teaching. Kaza received a prestigious Religion and Science course award from the Templeton Foundation for her course on Buddhism and Ecology. She lectures widely on topics of Buddhism and the environment.  Kaza is a long-time practitioner of Soto Zen Buddhism, with training at Green Gulch Zen Center, California, and further study with Thich Nhat Hanh, Joanna Macy, and John Daido Loori.  She was lay ordained by Kobun Chino Ottogawa in the late 1980s and applied her understanding of Buddhism as a member of the International Christian-Buddhist Theological Encounter group. She is the author of the books A WILD LOVE FOR THE WORLD, GREEN BUDDHISM: PRACTICE AND COMPASSIONATE ACTON IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, CONVERSATIONS WITH TREES, MINDFULLY GREEN: A PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL GUIDE TO WHOLE EARTH THINKING, and others.  Also much gratitude and endless love to our mothers, Miriam Robinson, Anne-Marie Roach and Jackie Vandenberg for sharing their sapling stories, and for everything.  If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please like us on social media, and rate and review us on apple podcasts. Every kind word helps. To learn more about the episode see our show notes and visit us at treespeechpodcast.com, and on instagram @ treespeechpodcast. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes, as well as the lands of the Confederate Tribes of the Siletz Indians, and the Grand Ronde Cowlitz. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org.  ---   Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

We at Tree Speech and Alight Theater Guild are incredibly grateful to Stephanie Kaza for joining us today. Dr. Stephanie Kaza is Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont and former Director of the UVM Environmental Program. She co-founded the Environmental Council at UVM and served as faculty director for the Sustainability Faculty Fellows program. In 2011 Dr. Kaza received the UVM George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award for excellence in teaching. Kaza received a prestigious Religion and Science course award from the Templeton Foundation for her course on Buddhism and Ecology. She lectures widely on topics of Buddhism and the environment. Kaza is a long-time practitioner of Soto Zen Buddhism, with training at Green Gulch Zen Center, California, and further study with Thich Nhat Hanh, Joanna Macy, and John Daido Loori.  She was lay ordained by Kobun Chino Ottogawa in the late 1980s and applied her understanding of Buddhism as a member of the International Christian-Buddhist Theological Encounter group.<a href="https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/who-was-john-muir-really/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_campaign=tfd_dsa&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwjN-SBhCkARIsACsrBz7SGsfcXkb3syX7bKQ9ujSWj02ymFrciFkCDTXfBmXDAfEYn4-7LEsaArLuEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a>She is the author of the books A WILD LOVE FOR THE WORLD, GREEN BUDDHISM: PRACTICE AND COMPASSIONATE ACTON IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, CONVERSATIONS WITH TREES, MINDFULLY GREEN: A PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL GUIDE TO WHOLE EARTH THINKING, and others.  Also much gratitude and endless love to our mothers, Miriam Robinson, Anne-Marie Roach and Jackie Vandenberg for sharing their sapling stories, and for everything.  If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please like us on social media, and rate and review us on apple podcasts. Every kind word helps. To learn more about the episode see our show notes and visit us at <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ treespeechpodcast</a>. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes, as well as the lands of the Confederate Tribes of the Siletz Indians, and the Grand Ronde Cowlitz. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the <a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alighttheater.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighttheater.org</a>. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Tree of Life with Dr. Stephanie Kaza

John Muir

Aaron Mair

We at Tree Speech and Alight Theater Guild are incredibly grateful to Aaron Mair for joining us today.  Aaron Mair is an environmental justice pioneer who has worked over the last 40 years in the spaces of health, environment, climate change disparities, and wilderness protection. He is an urban environmental activist and a regional and national environmental justice organizer and strategist who has advised two presidents and Congress, served on the national board of directors of the Sierra Club as its 57th president, and as the New York State Atlantic Chapter Chair. Link to the article that Aaron co-wrote for Earth Island Journal:  "Who Was John Muir, Really?"  If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please like us on social media, and rate and review us on apple podcasts. Every kind word helps. To learn more about the episode see our show notes and visit us at treespeechpodcast.com, and on instagram @ treespeechpodcast. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes, as well as the lands of the Iroquoian Mohawks and Algonquin Mahicans.  Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

We at Tree Speech and Alight Theater Guild are incredibly grateful to Aaron Mair for joining us today.  Aaron Mair is an environmental justice pioneer who has worked over the last 40 years in the spaces of health, environment, climate change disparities, and wilderness protection. He is an urban environmental activist and a regional and national environmental justice organizer and strategist who has advised two presidents and Congress, served on the national board of directors of the Sierra Club as its 57th president, and as the New York State Atlantic Chapter Chair. Link to the article that Aaron co-wrote for Earth Island Journal:  <a href="https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/who-was-john-muir-really/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_campaign=tfd_dsa&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwjN-SBhCkARIsACsrBz7SGsfcXkb3syX7bKQ9ujSWj02ymFrciFkCDTXfBmXDAfEYn4-7LEsaArLuEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Who Was John Muir, Really?" </a> If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please like us on social media, and rate and review us on apple podcasts. Every kind word helps. To learn more about the episode see our show notes and visit us at <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and on instagram @ treespeechpodcast. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes, as well as the lands of the Iroquoian Mohawks and Algonquin Mahicans.  Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the <a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alighttheater.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighttheater.org</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Considering John Muir Part 2 with Aaron Mair 

Lee Stetson

We at Tree Speech and Alight Theater Guild are incredibly grateful to Lee Stetson for joining us today. To learn more information about Lee’s performances or to have him perform for your company or event, find him at www.johnmuirlive.com. Lee's performances have brought the inspiration, humor, and conservation message of John Muir to many thousands of people. Since 1983, Lee has presented dramatic live enactments of John Muir in Yosemite National Park. He is often asked to provide Muir "voice overs" for films on Yosemite, national parks, or John Muir, including in Ken Burns' acclaimed PBS series "The National Parks: America's Best Idea."  Lee Stetson is also the compiler and editor of a book, The Wild Muir: Twenty-two of John Muir's greatest adventures. For this book, Lee carefully chose death-defying episodes from every stage of Muir's life, prepared short introductions to place each in context, then arranged them chronologically so that the reader can vicariously enjoy Muir's life of adventure.   This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people, as well as in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes and California on the land of the Numu and Me-Wuk. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org. Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast  ---   Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

We at Tree Speech and Alight Theater Guild are incredibly grateful to Lee Stetson for joining us today. To learn more information about Lee’s performances or to have him perform for your company or event, find him at <a href="//www.johnmuirlive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.johnmuirlive.com</a>. Lee's performances have brought the inspiration, humor, and conservation message of John Muir to many thousands of people. Since 1983, Lee has presented dramatic live enactments of John Muir in Yosemite National Park. He is often asked to provide Muir "voice overs" for films on Yosemite, national parks, or John Muir, including in Ken Burns' acclaimed PBS series "The National Parks: America's Best Idea."  Lee Stetson is also the compiler and editor of a book, The Wild Muir: Twenty-two of John Muir's greatest adventures. For this book, Lee carefully chose death-defying episodes from every stage of Muir's life, prepared short introductions to place each in context, then arranged them chronologically so that the reader can vicariously enjoy Muir's life of adventure.  This week’s episode was written and recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pennacook-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennacook</a>, Massachusett, and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pawtucket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawtucket</a> people, as well as in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes and California on the land of the Numu and Me-Wuk. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alighttheater.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighttheater.org</a>. Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Considering John Muir with Lee Stetson

To mark the beginning of our third season, we start right where we left off, with a vernal equinox walk in the woods. As we make our way on the trail, we’ll discuss the meanings and histories of this threshold into spring, and feature a variety of ways that the equinox is celebrated around the world.  Special thanks to David Brandon Ross for composing and performing the meditation featured at the end of the episode.  David Brandon Ross (he/him) holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music Boston, MA as well as a degree in mechanical design from SUNY Corning, NY.  He studied theater with Charles Combs at Berklee and also trained at Dell'arte school of physical theater in Blue Lake California. Dave has been composing, performing and recording in the NYC avant garde music scene since 2002 releasing numerous albums as a leader and side man. He is the recipient of a Boston Music award and has played at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center for the arts in Washington, DC and Vision Festival, NYC with artist Henry Grimes, William Hooker, JD Parran, Jason Hwang and many others. Dave is the author of a US patent and has designed and built many unique instruments including the patent pending Outar. He is a passionate music tinkerer. He instantly fell in love with the ability to combine sociological change with improvisational theater, acting and music through the live foley and on the spot scoring that is required in Playback theater. Dave is also owner and CEO of Gleefulwellness LLC which brings uplifting services to the community through art and wellness. Dave is honored to be a proud member of Big Apple Playback Theatre since 2019. You can find him on Spotify. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson (she/hers), is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support.  Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org.  Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

To mark the beginning of our third season, we start right where we left off, with a vernal equinox walk in the woods. As we make our way on the trail, we’ll discuss the meanings and histories of this threshold into spring, and feature a variety of ways that the equinox is celebrated around the world.  Special thanks to David Brandon Ross for composing and performing the meditation featured at the end of the episode.  David Brandon Ross (he/him) holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music Boston, MA as well as a degree in mechanical design from SUNY Corning, NY.  He studied theater with Charles Combs at Berklee and also trained at Dell'arte school of physical theater in Blue Lake California. Dave has been composing, performing and recording in the NYC avant garde music scene since 2002 releasing numerous albums as a leader and side man. He is the recipient of a Boston Music award and has played at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center for the arts in Washington, DC and Vision Festival, NYC with artist Henry Grimes, William Hooker, JD Parran, Jason Hwang and many others. Dave is the author of a US patent and has designed and built many unique instruments including the patent pending Outar. He is a passionate music tinkerer. He instantly fell in love with the ability to combine sociological change with improvisational theater, acting and music through the live foley and on the spot scoring that is required in Playback theater. Dave is also owner and CEO of Gleefulwellness LLC which brings uplifting services to the community through art and wellness. Dave is honored to be a proud member of Big Apple Playback Theatre since 2019. You can find him on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nqhPbA7ib8ifkLHm0fQAm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson (she/hers), is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at<a href=" https://www.dorirobinson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support.  Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with <a href="//www.alighttheater.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alight Theater Guild</a>. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="//www.alighttheater.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighttheater.org</a>.  Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="//www.treespeechpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

A Vernal Equinox Return to the Woods

Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere! For this episode, we’ll be exploring all the many ways that trees and nature play a role in winter holidays - specifically, the solstice. This is the last episode of this season. We wish everyone a Merry Yuletide and holiday season filled with light, and look forward to connecting in the new year! Wassail Recipe: This traditional warming drink is perfect for sipping during a solstice celebration (and it makes the house smell incredible). Simply combine 2 quarts apple cider, 1 1/2 cups orange juice, 3/4 cup pineapple juice, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, 2 cinnamon sticks, a dash of ground cinnamon, and a dash of ground cloves in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Discard the cinnamon sticks, pour into mugs, and serve. And for the grown-ups, a splash of rum or cinnamon whisky doesn’t hurt. *source: mothermag.com Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support and Claire Braby for the Wassail Song.  Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org. Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere! For this episode, we’ll be exploring all the many ways that trees and nature play a role in winter holidays - specifically, the solstice. This is the last episode of this season. We wish everyone a Merry Yuletide and holiday season filled with light, and look forward to connecting in the new year! Wassail Recipe: This traditional warming drink is perfect for sipping during a solstice celebration (and it makes the house smell incredible). Simply combine 2 quarts apple cider, 1 1/2 cups orange juice, 3/4 cup pineapple juice, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, 2 cinnamon sticks, a dash of ground cinnamon, and a dash of ground cloves in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Discard the cinnamon sticks, pour into mugs, and serve. And for the grown-ups, a splash of rum or cinnamon whisky doesn’t hurt. *source: <a href="http://mothermag.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mothermag.com</a> Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pennacook-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennacook</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/massa-adchu-es-et-massachuset-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massachusett</a>, and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pawtucket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawtucket</a> people. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the <a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support and Claire Braby for the Wassail Song.  Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alighttheater.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighttheater.org</a>. Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

A Winter Solstice Walk in the Woods

In our next episode we feature a collection of Sapling Stories, short tree-related tales that are sent in or collected from our listeners. Special thank you to Diana Zipeto @dzipeto, Slava Tchoul, Virginia Montalvo, Mountaine Jonas, Lisa Schmidt, Sophy Tuttle @sophytuttle, Tess George, Michelle Dyment @tribeofgoats and Jess @Je_ss_dy, Rick Hall @rickhallcreative, Karl Frey, @westernavearts, and Courtney Bottomley @canarycourt. For more information: THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE – A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST AND BPCA DEDICATE “THE CHILDREN’S TREE,” A MAPLE DESCENDED FROM A TREE PLANTED BY CHILDREN AT THERESIENSTADT CONCENTRATION CAMP Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org. Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

In our next episode we feature a collection of Sapling Stories, short tree-related tales that are sent in or collected from our listeners. Special thank you to Diana Zipeto <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dzipeto/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@dzipeto</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/slavatchoul/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slava Tchoul</a>, Virginia Montalvo, Mountaine Jonas, Lisa Schmidt, Sophy Tuttle <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sophytuttle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sophytuttle</a>, Tess George, Michelle Dyment <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tribeofgoats/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@tribeofgoats</a> and Jess <a href="https://www.instagram.com/je_ss_dy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Je_ss_dy</a>, Rick Hall <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rickhallcreative/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@rickhallcreative</a>, Karl Frey, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/westernavearts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@westernavearts</a>, and Courtney Bottomley <a href="https://www.instagram.com/canarycourt/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@canarycourt</a>. For more information: <a href="https://bpca.ny.gov/bpc-people/the-museum-of-jewish-heritage-a-living-memorial-to-the-holocaust-and-bpca-dedicate-the-childrens-tree-a-maple-descended-from-a-tree-planted-by-children-at-theresi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE – A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST AND BPCA DEDICATE “THE CHILDREN’S TREE,” A MAPLE DESCENDED FROM A TREE PLANTED BY CHILDREN AT THERESIENSTADT CONCENTRATION CAMP</a> Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pennacook-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennacook</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/massa-adchu-es-et-massachuset-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massachusett</a>, and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pawtucket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawtucket</a> people. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the <a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alighttheater.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighttheater.org</a>. Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Sapling Stories

In our next episode we examine the history of Boston’s Liberty Tree, including its origin story and how that story evolved over time depending on who was telling it. We have wonderfully spirited conversations with distinguished actor, singer, dancer, and educator, Mark Linehan and historian Maddie Webster, a Boston University PhD student in the American &amp; New England Studies Program. Then, we seek to uncover what liberty and liberation means in the present day with activist and Applied theatre practitioner Catherine Hanna Schrock, the Co-founder and Director of Imagine Brave Spaces, a San Diego-based theater company who shares a spoken word piece she wrote about her company which also serves as a call to action in making liberation a reality for all.  Mark Linehan is a Boston-based actor with extensive stage and dance experience. A native of Massachusetts, he has performed in theaters across New England as a professional singer, dancer and actor. Mark's specialty is musical theater, and he has also worked in children's theater, drama and film. Maddie Webster is a PhD candidate in the American &amp; New England Studies Program, where she studies urban history and historic preservation with a focus on Boston. Her dissertation explores Black Bostonians’ historic preservation efforts from the late nineteenth century onward, a story that comes into clearer focus by reframing what activities constitute preservation work. As a public historian, Maddie wants to collaborate with and bolster Boston’s citizen historians. Her partnership with the Initiative on Cities stems from this same impulse to engage with the modern city—and its challenges and opportunities—with the lessons of history close at hand. Catherine Hanna Schrock is an Applied Theater Practitioner, which unites her roles as an educator, theatre artist, and community organizer. She designs creative programming that equips diverse communities to engage in complex dialogues toward social and community development.  Special thank you to Mark, Maddie and Catherine for their time and inspiration.  For more info: Boston Historical Tours: https://www.bostonhistoricaltours.org/#/ Imagine Brave Spaces: https://imaginebravespaces.com Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people.  Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support.  Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org.  Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast   ---   Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

In our next episode we examine the history of Boston’s Liberty Tree, including its origin story and how that story evolved over time depending on who was telling it. We have wonderfully spirited conversations with distinguished actor, singer, dancer, and educator, Mark Linehan and historian Maddie Webster, a Boston University PhD student in the American &amp; New England Studies Program. Then, we seek to uncover what liberty and liberation means in the present day with activist and Applied theatre practitioner Catherine Hanna Schrock, the Co-founder and Director of Imagine Brave Spaces, a San Diego-based theater company who shares a spoken word piece she wrote about her company which also serves as a call to action in making liberation a reality for all.  Mark Linehan is a Boston-based actor with extensive stage and dance experience. A native of Massachusetts, he has performed in theaters across New England as a professional singer, dancer and actor. Mark's specialty is musical theater, and he has also worked in children's theater, drama and film. Maddie Webster is a PhD candidate in the American &amp; New England Studies Program, where she studies urban history and historic preservation with a focus on Boston. Her dissertation explores Black Bostonians’ historic preservation efforts from the late nineteenth century onward, a story that comes into clearer focus by reframing what activities constitute preservation work. As a public historian, Maddie wants to collaborate with and bolster Boston’s citizen historians. Her partnership with the Initiative on Cities stems from this same impulse to engage with the modern city—and its challenges and opportunities—with the lessons of history close at hand. Catherine Hanna Schrock is an Applied Theater Practitioner, which unites her roles as an educator, theatre artist, and community organizer. She designs creative programming that equips diverse communities to engage in complex dialogues toward social and community development.  Special thank you to Mark, Maddie and Catherine for their time and inspiration.  For more info: Boston Historical Tours: <a href="https://www.bostonhistoricaltours.org/#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bostonhistoricaltours.org/#/</a> Imagine Brave Spaces: <a href="https://imaginebravespaces.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://imaginebravespaces.com</a> Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massachusett, and Pawtucket people.  Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support.  Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alighttheater.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighttheater.org</a>.  Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: treespeechpodcast --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

The Liberty Tree with Mark Linehan, Maddie Webster, and Catherine Hanna Schrock

Alight Theater Guild presents Tree Speech, a blend of narrative storytelling, interviews, and wanderlust at the intersection of the personal, historical and cultural ways that trees impact our lives. Each episode seeks to find new understandings to the tangled relationships we have with the natural world in which we inhabit. We examine folklore, history, holidays, and current events while exploring trees in our conversations around race, religion, and resources with people who all share deep connections to them-from artists and writers to historians and educators, advocates to activists.

Our next episode features a conversation with David Meshoulam, PhD, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Boston nonprofit, SPEAK FOR THE TREES, an organization whose mission is to improve the size and health of the urban tree canopy in Boston, with a focus on under-resourced and under-canopied neighborhoods. David (pronounced Dah-veed) co-founded Speak for the Trees in 2018. Trained as a science educator, his work has focused on ways to increase understanding of the connections between science, culture, and history and to empower people to be change agents. He holds a PhD in Curriculum &amp; Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a Senior Fellow at the Environmental Leadership Program, and is co-chair of the Urban Ecology Collaborative. When he's not tending to trees, his 2 children, or his 1 mini Australian Shepherd, you can reach him at david@treeboston.org. Special thank you to David for his time and inspiration. For more info: SPEAK FOR THE TREES website: https://treeboston.org SPEAK FOR THE TREES instagram: trees_boston Boston Tree Equity Maps: https://treeboston.org/tree-equity/ American Forests Tree Equity Score tracker: https://www.treeequityscore.org Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org. Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

Our next episode features a conversation with David Meshoulam, PhD, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Boston nonprofit, <a href="https://treeboston.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SPEAK FOR THE TREES</a>, an organization whose mission is to improve the size and health of the urban tree canopy in Boston, with a focus on under-resourced and under-canopied neighborhoods. David (pronounced Dah-veed) co-founded Speak for the Trees in 2018. Trained as a science educator, his work has focused on ways to increase understanding of the connections between science, culture, and history and to empower people to be change agents. He holds a PhD in Curriculum &amp; Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a <a href="https://elpnet.org/senior-fellows/id/37393" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Senior Fellow</a> at the Environmental Leadership Program, and is co-chair of the <a href="https://urbanecologycollaborative.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban Ecology Collaborative</a>. When he's not tending to trees, his 2 children, or his 1 mini Australian Shepherd, you can reach him at <a href="mailto:david@treeboston.org">david@treeboston.org</a>. Special thank you to David for his time and inspiration. For more info: SPEAK FOR THE TREES website: <a href="https://treeboston.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://treeboston.org</a> SPEAK FOR THE TREES instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/trees_boston/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trees_boston</a> Boston Tree Equity Maps:<a href="https://treeboston.org/tree-equity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://treeboston.org/tree-equity/</a> American Forests Tree Equity Score tracker: <a href="https://www.treeequityscore.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.treeequityscore.org</a> Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pennacook-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennacook</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/massa-adchu-es-et-massachuset-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett)</a>, and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pawtucket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawtucket</a> people. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the <a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alighttheater.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighttheater.org</a>. Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Speak For The Trees with David Meshoulam

Gather round the campfire for a very special, supernatural episode. We have spooky, mysterious tree tales from around the world to get you into the Halloween spirit! Listen now, if you dare! Special thanks to actor, educator, and dialect coach Charles Linshaw for joining our episode today. Learn more about Charles at: https://www.charleslinshaw.com. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, as well as in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes. Special Halloween logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org. Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

Gather round the campfire for a very special, supernatural episode. We have spooky, mysterious tree tales from around the world to get you into the Halloween spirit! Listen now, if you dare! Special thanks to actor, educator, and dialect coach Charles Linshaw for joining our episode today. Learn more about Charles at: <a href="https://www.charleslinshaw.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.charleslinshaw.com</a>. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pennacook-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennacook</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/massa-adchu-es-et-massachuset-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett)</a>, and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pawtucket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawtucket</a> people, as well as in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes. Special Halloween logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the <a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alighttheater.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighttheater.org</a>. Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Spooky Trees

This third episode of our second season features our look into Witches &amp; Witchcraft. Our guests include Serefina Mesa, owner of Rue and Vervain, an etsy shop that sells "hand-made spell crafting supplies for the persnickety witch." Serefina is a self-described Bodhisattva, Green Witch, and empath who believes that there's primordial energy and magic in nature, and through her gifts that power can be harnessed and shared. We also spoke with Joshua Gray, a self-described practitioner of the wild earth who walks in the space where the trees meet the open fields. Special thanks to Serefina and Joshua for their time and inspiration. Find them at: Serefina’s shop, Rue and Vervain: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RueAndVervain Rue and Vervain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rueandvervain/ Joshua Gray’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/side.street.witch/ Additional Resources: Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145562.Cunningham_s_Encyclopedia_of_Magical_Herbs Books on Green Witchcraft: https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=green+witch&amp;qid=cDN4FNQikG Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, as well as in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes and in Maryland on the lands of the Piscataway peoples. Special Halloween logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alighttheater.org. Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

This third episode of our second season features our look into Witches &amp; Witchcraft. Our guests include Serefina Mesa, owner of Rue and Vervain, an etsy shop that sells "hand-made spell crafting supplies for the persnickety witch." Serefina is a self-described Bodhisattva, Green Witch, and empath who believes that there's primordial energy and magic in nature, and through her gifts that power can be harnessed and shared. We also spoke with Joshua Gray, a self-described practitioner of the wild earth who walks in the space where the trees meet the open fields. Special thanks to Serefina and Joshua for their time and inspiration. Find them at: Serefina’s shop, Rue and Vervain: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/RueAndVervain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/shop/RueAndVervain</a> Rue and Vervain Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rueandvervain/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/rueandvervain/</a> Joshua Gray’s Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/side.street.witch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/side.street.witch/</a> Additional Resources: Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145562.Cunningham_s_Encyclopedia_of_Magical_Herbs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/145562.Cunningham_s_Encyclopedia_of_Magical_Herbs</a> Books on Green Witchcraft: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=green+witch&amp;qid=cDN4FNQikG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=green+witch&amp;qid=cDN4FNQikG</a> Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pennacook-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennacook</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/massa-adchu-es-et-massachuset-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett)</a>, and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pawtucket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawtucket</a> people, as well as in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes and in Maryland on the lands of the Piscataway peoples. Special Halloween logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the <a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alighttheater.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alighttheater.org</a>. Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Witches & Witchcraft with Serefina Mesa and Joshua Gray

George Middleton

This second episode of our second season features the second part of our focus on the 9/11 Survivor Tree, a Callery Pear tree found during the excavation of Ground Zero in New York City. Our guests include Cheryl Somers Aubin, a writer, instructor and speaker who was inspired to write the book, The Survivor Tree: Inspired by a True Story in 2011. Also, we hear from George Middleton, a visual artist and retired Call Firefighter and EMT. Additional resources and for more information: Cheryl Somers Aubin: https://cherylaubin.com The Survivor Tree: Inspired by a True Story: https://thesurvivortree.com All profits from the sale of this book benefit charity. George Middleton: https://www.georgemiddleton.com Special thanks to Cheryl Somers Aubin and George Middleton for sharing their time and inspiration. To share a sapling story: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, as well as in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes and in Washington DC on the land of the Anacostan and Piscataway Peoples. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alightheater.org. Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

This second episode of our second season features the second part of our focus on the 9/11 Survivor Tree, a Callery Pear tree found during the excavation of Ground Zero in New York City. Our guests include Cheryl Somers Aubin, a writer, instructor and speaker who was inspired to write the book, The Survivor Tree: Inspired by a True Story in 2011. Also, we hear from George Middleton, a visual artist and retired Call Firefighter and EMT. Additional resources and for more information: Cheryl Somers Aubin: <a href="https://cherylaubin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cherylaubin.com</a> The Survivor Tree: Inspired by a True Story: <a href="https://thesurvivortree.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thesurvivortree.com</a> All profits from the sale of this book benefit charity. George Middleton: <a href="https://www.georgemiddleton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.georgemiddleton.com</a> Special thanks to Cheryl Somers Aubin and George Middleton for sharing their time and inspiration. To share a sapling story: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a> Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pennacook-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennacook</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/massa-adchu-es-et-massachuset-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett)</a>, and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pawtucket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawtucket</a> people, as well as in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes and in Washington DC on the land of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/nacotchtank-anacostan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anacostan</a> and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/piscataway/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Piscataway</a> Peoples. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the <a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alightheater.org/queerplayback" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alightheater.org</a>. Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

The 9/11 Survivor Tree, Part 2 with Cheryl Somers Aubin & George Middleton

This first episode of our second season features the 9/11 Survivor Tree, a Callery Pear tree found during the excavation of Ground Zero in New York City. Our guest, Ronaldo Vega, shares his insightful and touching story of how he championed and helped nurture the tree from a wounded, burned stump to the powerful sign of hope and survival that it represents today. Additional resources: 9/11 Memorial Survivor Tree: https://www.911memorial.org/visit/memorial/survivor-tree Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum Survivor Tree: https://memorialmuseum.com/experience/the-survivor-tree/ Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial: https://www.wisconsin911memorial.com Bartlett Arboretum &amp; Gardens: http://www.bartlettarboretum.org Special thanks to Ron Vega for sharing his time and inspiration. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, as well as in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alightheater.org. Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

This first episode of our second season features the 9/11 Survivor Tree, a Callery Pear tree found during the excavation of Ground Zero in New York City. Our guest, Ronaldo Vega, shares his insightful and touching story of how he championed and helped nurture the tree from a wounded, burned stump to the powerful sign of hope and survival that it represents today. Additional resources: 9/11 Memorial Survivor Tree: <a href="https://www.911memorial.org/visit/memorial/survivor-tree" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.911memorial.org/visit/memorial/survivor-tree</a> Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum Survivor Tree: <a href="https://memorialmuseum.com/experience/the-survivor-tree/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://memorialmuseum.com/experience/the-survivor-tree/</a> Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial: <a href="https://www.wisconsin911memorial.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wisconsin911memorial.com</a> Bartlett Arboretum &amp; Gardens: <a href="http://www.bartlettarboretum.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bartlettarboretum.org</a> Special thanks to Ron Vega for sharing his time and inspiration. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pennacook-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennacook</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/massa-adchu-es-et-massachuset-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett)</a>, and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pawtucket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawtucket</a> people, as well as in New York on the land of the Lenapee tribes. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the <a href="https://westernavenuestudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Western Avenue Lofts and Studios</a> for all their support. Tree Speech is produced and co-written by Jonathan Zautner with Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alightheater.org/queerplayback" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alightheater.org</a>. Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

The 9/11 Survivor Tree, Part 1 with Ronaldo Vega

We are grateful to have spoken with Rabbi Harold Robinson during today’s episode, as well as to hear the sapling stories of Seiki Imagica, Janelle Mills, and Johnny Nichols, Jr. Feel free to leave a voice message with your own Sapling Stories at: https://anchor.fm/treespeech or contact us at www.treespeechpodcast.com.Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston, including: The Great Harvest, The Principal Stream, Name of a Woman, Six Wings to One, and most recently The Elm Tree with Alight Theater Guild. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, as well as the Wapanoag and Nauset tribes. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support. Tree Speech is produced by Jonathan Zautner and Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit www.alightheater.org. Please join TREE SPEECH this summer, as we continue to hear more about various trees from various voices.  Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

We are grateful to have spoken with Rabbi Harold Robinson during today’s episode, as well as to hear the sapling stories of Seiki Imagica, Janelle Mills, and Johnny Nichols, Jr.  Feel free to leave a voice message with your own Sapling Stories at: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech</a> or contact us at <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston, including: The Great Harvest, The Principal Stream, Name of a Woman, Six Wings to One, and most recently The Elm Tree with Alight Theater Guild. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a>  This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, as well as the Wapanoag and Nauset tribes. Logo design by Mill Riot. Special thanks to the Western Avenue Lofts and Studios for all their support.  Tree Speech is produced by Jonathan Zautner and Alight Theater Guild. The mission of the guild is to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. For more information about our work and programs, please visit <a href="http://www.alightheater.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.alightheater.org</a>.  Please join TREE SPEECH this summer, as we continue to hear more about various trees from various voices.  Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: treespeechpodcast --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

White Pine with Dori Robinson

We are grateful to have spoken with Michelle Browder during today’s episode.  Michelle is a nationally recognized artist and activist. Her work has been exhibited in four galleries, including the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. She uses her artistic talents to create restorative justice programs in juvenile detention centers, failing schools systems and after school programs for under-served youth. Michelle has mentored thousands of disadvantaged kids and created safe places for children suffering from all forms of trauma, abuse and neglect. She uses art, history and "real talk" conversation and community events to change negative narratives created by social conditioning. She is the owner and operator of More Than Tours, a tour company which provides educational tours about racial bias and history to students and tourists in Montgomery, Alabama. I Am More Than....Put Yourself in Their Shoes, is a domestic nonprofit corporation founded and directed by Michelle. The More Up Student Travel Center will house and educate youth travelers and activists visiting the Montgomery center through an established curriculum of art, historical exploration, and critical thinking. Browder’s mural for Black Lives Matter was painted near the site of Montgomery’s former slave market and was featured on The TODAY show. She was the designer, artist and curator of the mural which is located at the historical Montgomery Slave Auction. The More Up Campus aims to educate the public on reductive rights, health and justice for Black women in America. For information regarding the More Up Campus and Mothers Of Gynecology Monument: https://www.anarchalucybetsey.org For information on Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative: https://eji.org Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston, including: The Great Harvest, The Principal Stream, Name of a Woman, Six Wings to One, and most recently The Elm Tree with Alight Theater Guild. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, and was produced by Jonathan Zautner and Alight Theater Guild, a 501(c)(3) created to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. Alighttheater.org.  Logo design by Mill Riot.  Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

We are grateful to have spoken with Michelle Browder during today’s episode.  Michelle is a nationally recognized artist and activist. Her work has been exhibited in four galleries, including the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. She uses her artistic talents to create restorative justice programs in juvenile detention centers, failing schools systems and after school programs for under-served youth. Michelle has mentored thousands of disadvantaged kids and created safe places for children suffering from all forms of trauma, abuse and neglect. She uses art, history and "real talk" conversation and community events to change negative narratives created by social conditioning. She is the owner and operator of More Than Tours, a tour company which provides educational tours about racial bias and history to students and tourists in Montgomery, Alabama. <a href="https://www.iammorethan7053.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Am More Than....Put Yourself in Their Shoes</a>, is a domestic nonprofit corporation founded and directed by Michelle. The More Up Student Travel Center will house and educate youth travelers and activists visiting the Montgomery center through an established curriculum of art, historical exploration, and critical thinking. Browder’s mural for Black Lives Matter was painted near the site of Montgomery’s former slave market and was featured on The TODAY show. She was the designer, artist and curator of the mural which is located at the historical Montgomery Slave Auction. The More Up Campus aims to educate the public on reductive rights, health and justice for Black women in America. For information regarding the More Up Campus and Mothers Of Gynecology Monument: <a href="https://www.anarchalucybetsey.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.anarchalucybetsey.org</a> For information on Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative: <a href="https://eji.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://eji.org</a> Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston, including: The Great Harvest, The Principal Stream, Name of a Woman, Six Wings to One, and most recently The Elm Tree with Alight Theater Guild. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, and was produced by Jonathan Zautner and Alight Theater Guild, a 501(c)(3) created to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. <a href="//Alighttheater.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alighttheater.org</a>.  Logo design by Mill Riot.  Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="//www.treespeechpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: treespeechpodcast--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Cherry Blossom with Michelle Browder

We are grateful to have spoken with Guleraana Mir during today’s episode.  Guleraana is a British award-winning writer, applied-theatre practitioner, and one half of The Thelmas, a female-led theatre company devoted to empowering women to redress the equality imbalance in the arts. She is passionate about telling authentic stories that celebrate, not stereotype. Guleraana regularly facilitates playwriting masterclasses in schools, community groups, and for emerging writers. She is leader of the National Theatre’s Writing for Theatre programme for 16-21 year olds, and VAULT Festival’s New Writers Programme. She mentors on the MFA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Writing credits include: ALL THE SMALL THINGS (short, BBC Children’s) 2020, MISFITS (co-writer) Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch 2020, Recipient of an OnComm Commendation, SANTI &amp; NAZ (co-writer), VAULT Festival 2020, Winner of an Origins Award for Outstanding New Work &amp; Finalist for Best Stage Production at Asian Media Awards, THE BIGGER PICTURE (audio), commissioned by Tamasha and SOAS, WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED, Royal Exchange Theatre Young Company 2019, MAKE NOISE (audio) as part of Forgotten Women 2018, MANO’S Mulberry School &amp; RichMix 2018, and COCONUT, Ovalhouse and national tour 2018, nominated for two OFFIE Awards including most promising new playwright. Information about Guleraana’s Theatre Company, The Thelmas can be found at: https://www.thethelmas.co.uk  Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston, including: The Great Harvest, The Principal Stream, Name of a Woman, Six Wings to One, and most recently The Elm Tree with Alight Theater Guild. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com   This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, and was produced by Jonathan Zautner and Alight Theater Guild, a 501(c)(3) created to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. Alighttheater.org.  Logo design by Mill Riot.  Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast   ---   Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

We are grateful to have spoken with Guleraana Mir during today’s episode.  Guleraana is a British award-winning writer, applied-theatre practitioner, and one half of The Thelmas, a female-led theatre company devoted to empowering women to redress the equality imbalance in the arts. She is passionate about telling authentic stories that celebrate, not stereotype. Guleraana regularly facilitates playwriting masterclasses in schools, community groups, and for emerging writers. She is leader of the National Theatre’s Writing for Theatre programme for 16-21 year olds, and VAULT Festival’s New Writers Programme. She mentors on the MFA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Writing credits include: ALL THE SMALL THINGS (short, BBC Children’s) 2020, MISFITS (co-writer) Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch 2020, Recipient of an OnComm Commendation, SANTI &amp; NAZ (co-writer), VAULT Festival 2020, Winner of an Origins Award for Outstanding New Work &amp; Finalist for Best Stage Production at Asian Media Awards, THE BIGGER PICTURE (audio), commissioned by Tamasha and SOAS, WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED, Royal Exchange Theatre Young Company 2019, MAKE NOISE (audio) as part of Forgotten Women 2018, MANO’S Mulberry School &amp; RichMix 2018, and COCONUT, Ovalhouse and national tour 2018, nominated for two OFFIE Awards including most promising new playwright. Information about Guleraana’s Theatre Company, The Thelmas can be found at: <a href="https://www.thethelmas.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thethelmas.co.uk</a> Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston, including: The Great Harvest, The Principal Stream, Name of a Woman, Six Wings to One, and most recently The Elm Tree with Alight Theater Guild. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, and was produced by Jonathan Zautner and Alight Theater Guild, a 501(c)(3) created to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. <a href="//Alighttheater.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alighttheater.org</a>.  Logo design by Mill Riot.  Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="//www.treespeechpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: treespeechpodcast --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Banyan with Guleraana Mir

We are grateful to have spoken with Navee Cohen during today’s episode. Here is a link to RIKMAH ENOSHIT ACHAT (A SINGLE HUMAN TISSUE): https://jewishmom.com/2016/05/10/the-song-i-will-be-singing-this-israeli-memorial-day/ Navee Cohen was born and raised on Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan in northern Israel. His early adulthood was spent as an elite Triathlete representing Israel in championship races around the world, including Croatia, Singapore, Turkey, France, and the United States. He retired from his athletic career and studied acting at the prestigious Beit Tzvi, The School of the Performing Arts. He has acted on stage and in several commercials in Israel, including for Soda Stream and Toys”R”Us. Throughout all of this, he has been a budding educator, leading Israel trips for college students. Leading him to be the Israel Fellow at UCLA Hillel, where he is able to fulfill his goal of bringing  people closer together in celebration of their Jewish heritage. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston, including: The Great Harvest, The Principal Stream, Name of a Woman, Six Wings to One, and most recently The Elm Tree with Alight Theater Guild. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, and in California on the native lands of the Tongva people, and was produced by Jonathan Zautner and Alight Theater Guild, a 501(c)(3) created to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. Alighttheater.org. Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast Logo design by Mill Riot.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

We are grateful to have spoken with Navee Cohen during today’s episode. Here is a link to RIKMAH ENOSHIT ACHAT (A SINGLE HUMAN TISSUE): <a href="https://jewishmom.com/2016/05/10/the-song-i-will-be-singing-this-israeli-memorial-day/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jewishmom.com/2016/05/10/the-song-i-will-be-singing-this-israeli-memorial-day/</a> Navee Cohen was born and raised on Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan in northern Israel. His early adulthood was spent as an elite Triathlete representing Israel in championship races around the world, including Croatia, Singapore, Turkey, France, and the United States. He retired from his athletic career and studied acting at the prestigious Beit Tzvi, The School of the Performing Arts. He has acted on stage and in several commercials in Israel, including for Soda Stream and Toys”R”Us. Throughout all of this, he has been a budding educator, leading Israel trips for college students. Leading him to be the Israel Fellow at UCLA Hillel, where he is able to fulfill his goal of bringing  people closer together in celebration of their Jewish heritage. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their own community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston, including: The Great Harvest, The Principal Stream, Name of a Woman, Six Wings to One, and most recently The Elm Tree with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alighttheater/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alight Theater Guild</a>. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pennacook-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennacook</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/massa-adchu-es-et-massachuset-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett)</a>, and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pawtucket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawtucket</a> people, and in California on the native lands of the <a href="https://equity.ucla.edu/know/resources-on-native-american-and-indigenous-affairs/native-american-and-indigenous-peoples-faqs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tongva people</a>, and was produced by Jonathan Zautner and Alight Theater Guild, a 501(c)(3) created to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. <a href="https://www.alighttheater.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alighttheater.org</a>. Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast</a> Logo design by Mill Riot.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

Oak with Navee Cohen 

We are grateful to have spoken with Nancy Smithner during today’s episode. Nancy Smithner, PhD, is a director, performer, devisor and Clinical Associate Professor in the Program in Educational Theatre at New York University, where she teaches Physical Theatre, Acting, Directing, Devising, Theatre History, Play Theory, Pedagogy and Community Engaged Theatre. A theatre director, she specializes in the devising of original performance works and plays, and has worked with populations of all ages, engaging participants in philosophical and creative play. As an applied theatre practitioner, Smithner teaches and directs in medium and maximum security prisons and was a 20 year member of the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, performing for children in pediatric settings. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s Educational Theatre program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston, including: The Great Harvest, The Principal Stream, Name of a Woman, Six Wings to One, and most recently The Elm Tree with Alight Theater Guild. More information at https://www.dorirobinson.com This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, Pennacook, Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), and Pawtucket people, and in New York on the native lands of the Lenape and Wappinger people, and was produced by Jonathan Zautner and Alight Theater Guild, a 501(c)(3) created to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. Alighttheater.org. Logo design by Mill Riot. Learn more about the podcast at: www.treespeechpodcast.com, and IG: treespeechpodcast The episode is dedicated in memory of Henry Francis Morlock.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message

We are grateful to have spoken with Nancy Smithner during today’s episode. Nancy Smithner, PhD, is a director, performer, devisor and Clinical Associate Professor in the Program in Educational Theatre at New York University, where she teaches Physical Theatre, Acting, Directing, Devising, Theatre History, Play Theory, Pedagogy and Community Engaged Theatre. A theatre director, she specializes in the devising of original performance works and plays, and has worked with populations of all ages, engaging participants in philosophical and creative play. As an applied theatre practitioner, Smithner teaches and directs in medium and maximum security prisons and was a 20 year member of the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, performing for children in pediatric settings. Tree Speech’s host, Dori Robinson, is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and educator who seeks and develops projects that explore social consciousness, personal heritage, and the difference one individual can have on their community. Some of her great loves include teaching, the Oxford comma, intersectional feminism, and traveling. With a Masters degree from NYU’s <a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/educational-theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educational Theatre</a> program, she continues to share her love of Shakespeare, new play development, political theatre, and gender in performance. Dori’s original plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Boston, including: The Great Harvest, The Principal Stream, Name of a Woman, Six Wings to One, and most recently The Elm Tree with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alighttheater/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alight Theater Guild</a>. More information at <a href="https://www.dorirobinson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dorirobinson.com</a> This week’s episode was recorded in Massachusetts on the native lands of the <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wabanaki Confederacy</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pennacook-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pennacook</a>, <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/massa-adchu-es-et-massachuset-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett)</a>, and <a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/pawtucket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pawtucket</a> people, and in New York on the native lands of the Lenape and Wappinger people, and was produced by Jonathan Zautner and Alight Theater Guild, a 501(c)(3) created to advance compelling theatrical endeavors that showcase the diversity of our ever-changing world in order to build strong artists whose work creates empathy, challenges the status quo and unites communities. <a href="https://www.alighttheater.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alighttheater.org</a>. Logo design by Mill Riot. Learn more about the podcast at: <a href="http://www.treespeechpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.treespeechpodcast.com</a>, and IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/treespeechpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">treespeechpodcast</a> The episode is dedicated in memory of Henry Francis Morlock.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/treespeech/message</a>

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