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EPISODE · Mar 5, 2025 · 36 MIN

Revive Your Theater Career: One couple shares how in their 60’s they are landing parts and directing plays. With Steve Taylor and Kathleen Mahan. Ep.4

from Your Creative Midlife · host Call to Create

They met in tap dancing class in NYC as young theater hopefuls.  Marriage, babies and a move to the suburbs followed.  But they never lost their love of theater.  Now, post retirement, they are finding their way back to the stage.  Kathleen Mahan is now a director and theater arts teacher working with both kids and adults.  And after years of involvement in local theater, Steve has re-entered the professional world.Discussion includes:Kathleen's transition into directing showcases her growth and passion for the craft.  She started with working with children and eventually moved to directing more complex plays, including "Clybourne Park" and "Significant Other". Steve has recently returned to professional theater, landing roles in several musicals after retiring from his IT career.  Steve describes his training regime of working with voice teachers and coaches.  Both encourage theater hopefuls to take classes and start auditioning.Steve and Kathleen’s extensive theater-going habits and their discussions about the craft  have helped inform their own work.Their theater contacts have led to participation in the vibrant ecosystem of new play development and readings in the New York metropolitan area.They encourage others who may have given up on their creative dreams to pursue them, noting that fear of failure should not hold people back. Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts.  And see more about Betsy Bush and her guests at www.yourcreativemidlife.com.  Are you on your own artistic or creative journey?  We want to know about you!  Please contact us through the website.  Dare to follow your muse!

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They met in tap dancing class in NYC as young theater hopefuls. Marriage, babies and a move to the suburbs followed. But they never lost their love of theater. Now, post retirement, they are finding their way back to the stage. Kathleen Mahan is now a director and theater arts teacher working with both kids and adults. And after years of involvement in local theater, Steve has re-entered the professional world. Discussion includes: Kathleen's transition into dire...

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