Our Human Experience with Jane Cafarella

Our Human Experience LINK HERE Introducing our guest, Jane Cafarella Jane Cafarella is a versatile writer and cartoonist whose work has been published in newspapers, journals, magazines and books in Australia and overseas, and whose plays have been performed nationally and internationally and translated into Turkish and Tamil. A former journalist and cartoonist, for the past 10 years, she well known in Victoria for her column in The Age newspaper about family life. For the past 10 years her focus has been playwriting. Jane’s short plays have been produced in Australia, Singapore, London and Scotland. Two have been translated into Tamil. Since its premiere in Melbourne in 2015, her first full-length play e-baby, which is about surrogacy, has been produced every year to critical acclaim, with productions in Sydney, Hobart, Ohio and London. e-baby has also been translated into Turkish. Sadly, productions in Columbia, Missouri, and in Spain have been postponed due to Covid-19. Jane’s second full-length play, d-baby, about a donor-conceived teenager searching for her true identity, has had successful readings in Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart and was a finalist in the 2018 international playwriting competition New Works of Merit, based in New York. d-baby is a companion play to e-baby, but not a sequel. Her latest show Uked! – The first play-along ukulele musical enjoyed two sell-out seasons in Central Victoria in 2019 and is now licensed by David Spicer Productions for others to produce. During lockdown, Jane’s focus has been memoir. Jane lives in Castlemaine, in Victoria, Australia, with her husband Rob. She has two adult children and a grandson. And yes, she plays the ukulele. janecafarella.com.au uked.com.au Our Human Experience presents a series of podcasts where regular people share inspirational stories about their life, their journey and their human experience. We contemplate illness, wellness misfortune, recover, survival land, other encounters and deep diver into the complexities of living. Our Human Experience is hosted by Claire Tierney and Anna Winter, a dynamic duo with their own lived experiences to share. In this current era of disconnection, through social media and lock down, we felt compelled to create this podcast as an avenue to record stories to inspire and intrigue us, and others who are feeling in any way overwhelmed by their current situations. Every story is unique, every story tells the tale of rising from adversity and living the human experience. A story is a rolling narrative filled with great personal tales of turmoil and triumph. Together we will discover why some people are able to continue living with purpose, even when faced with loss and despair, also we embrace what we can learn from the exceptional people in our midst who have done just that. Every story is unique, every story tells the tale of living the human experience! @artsnexusstudio @our_human_experience_australia @2020_claire #stories #human #kindness #raw #real #champion #ourhumanexperience #love #vibe #community #arts #podcasting #human #experience #storytelling