Grace Kimball - Director, Playwright, Intimacy Professional, & Asst. Director of Graduate Professional Development

"Art is what you do for yourself" quote from Stephen Sondheim's musical Sunday in the Park with George.🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋Welcome to another episode of Time to Elevate Podcast!  I’m your host, Ann Lucente.  Whether it’s your first time listening or you’ve been along for the ride from the start, I am so grateful you’re here. Today we’re stepping into a fascinating space where scholarship, theater practice, and human connection all overlap. My guest today has dedicated her life to exploring the power of performance, both in history and in our present moment. You know, When I interview someone, I usually have met them before, or at least have a sense of how we’ll connect. With today’s guest, I had heard so many wonderful things about her through her parents, who are both amazing actors and voice actors but still, until I actually meet someone, I never really know how we’ll connect.  Let me tell you, the moment we met for a brief sound check, I felt an instant connection. She’s the kind of person who immediately makes you feel comfortable and excited to be in conversation with her.  Before we get into it, let me share a little bit of her story: She is the Assistant Director of Graduate Professional Development at UC Santa Barbara and a PhD candidate in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies. Her dissertation develops new performance theories to better understand how English Protestant identity was shaped in relation to other faith traditions during the early modern period. Her professional background is just as wide-ranging, spanning higher education, student affairs, public school teaching, and arts administration. She has also presented her research at national and international conferences, including the Shakespeare Association of America. Beyond her academic work, she is a theater director, playwright, and intimacy professional, with credits that stretch from Shakespeare adaptations to contemporary performance festivals. In 2022, she co-founded The Public Domain Players, a nonprofit theater company dedicated to making “found theater” more accessible, where she wrote, produced, and directed her play Finding Jud(a)ea. And when she’s not working, she’s weightlifting, reading, or on the hunt for the best pizza spots in Southern California. So help me welcome the incredibly talented Grace Kimball. ⁠⁠Grace's Instagram⁠⁠🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋Time to Elevate original theme song created by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Singer Songwriter⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Victoria Purdy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Time To Elevate Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ann Lucente Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Time To Elevate Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email: [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠