The incredible duo of Jessica Hendy (writer and actor) and Brianna Kothari Barnes (composer/lyricist) sat down with us to talk about the journey of bringing this beautiful, heartfelt and mind-blowing one woman show to life. Before closing out the episode with a fun game of “One Woman Show Trivia”, the duo dives into their previous survival jobs and share what is coming next in the journey of “Walking with Bubbles”!
Taped during a live panel at the 2023 BroadwayCon event on Friday, July 21, the actors give us a glimpse into their artistic journeys from working a memorable ‘survival job’ to the audition process for their respective shows and where they were when they got the call that they had booked their first Broadway gig!
Taped during a live panel at the 2023 BroadwayCon event on Friday, July 21, the actors give us a glimpse into their artistic journeys from working a memorable ‘survival job’ to the audition process for their respective shows and where they were when they got the call that they had booked their first Broadway gig!
reporter: derek fox is the face of an unemployment rate that has reached deep into charlotte s black middle class. since he was laid off, he has contacted more than a thousand companies looking for work. so far not even a nibble. i got out of school and didn t get the jobs i was looking for. then i went back, got an mba degree, you know, and i m almost like, wow, was this really worth it? reporter: charlotte was the promised land for well educated blacks or those who wants to climb the ladder by improving their education, but the financial crisis, recession and government budget cuts hit african-american workers particularly hard. vanessa parker got her bachelor s in business while working as an administrative assistant at ibm, but instead of moving up, ibm moved out. now she works a survival job for minimum wage. we want the american dream, to be able to take care of our homes and children. reporter: african-americans have historically had about double the national unemploym