THE JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY WHILE FINDING HAPPINESS: Secrets to Love, Life, Business & Success with Tanner Efinger

EPISODE 10: THE JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY WHILE FINDING YOUR HAPPINESS:  Secrets to Love, Life, Business & Success with Tanner Efinger    WHAT IS THE SELF DISCOVERY JOURNEY? In this episode you will hear Tanner’s story of how he moved around the country and the world to build his career and found love along the way. He spent time exploring different forms of theater, acting and arts to follow his passion of theater and acting. Along the way he discovered his voice as an activist in the LGBTQI+ community and representing the community to be a voice and support.    He experienced a shift in his life where he recognized that his identity was at the core of the work he was meant to do. Being an activist was his calling and his mission has be been wholeheartedly called to support Queer people and the Arts while supporting a community that he identifies with and applying his passion in all of the areas.   HOW IT COMES TOGETHER: Secrets to His Passion Accepting all of the cheesy elements that we see in our journey, passion and to then start living through the purpose our lives are intended to serve. Tanner realized his leadership and advocacy for being an activist led to his entrepreneurial life in creating opportunity for local theater and arts.  Opportunity can be presented in the form of a community to define your career in anything and in your future for your own success.   “You can create the career you want, but need a community around doing the same thing”. -Tanner Efinger   CREATING OPPORTUNITY IN A COMMUNITY Using the culture that is existing in our community to continue to grow the economy while continuing to grow it with collaborations, events, and partnerships. Tanner’s investment into establishing a business that is for the Queer community has expanded jobs, culture, connections and networks for not just the Queer community but also educating those around us.  Creating a community that is YES AND… "Everyone's path is unique and free advice is what you paid for it!"  ABOUT TANNER After graduating from Phillips Academy Andover, Tanner moved to New York City and received BFA theatre performance training at Marymount Manhattan College. He performed in NYC and LA for 10 years (see Performance CV) and in 2008 Tanner became active in community and national organizing. In 2011, Tanner moved to Oxford, UK where he managed several restaurant and art venues, before developing a career as a freelance theatre artist and creative consultant, promoting and encouraging artistic endeavors on a community scale. In 2017, Tanner moved to Syracuse, New York and founded Breadcrumbs Productions, where he now works as Founding Artistic Director. In 2019, he and his husband Nick opened Wunderbar, a queer bar and theatre in the heart of downtown Syracuse.   CONNECTING WITH TANNER Oxfordshire Theatre Makers (OTM) Podcast Link - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-10-miriam-higgins-krage-brown-tanner-efinger/id1505376887?i=1000476033662 for Apple and https://open.spotify.com/show/7COcV4qveO2RC8Bf6plf07 for Spotify. www.wunderbarsyr.com Instagram & Facebook @wunderbarsyr www.breadcrumbsproductions.com Instagram & Facebook @breadcrumbsproductions www.tannerefinger.com