Arts Unscripted with Monica Holt

Baratunde Thurston, Writer, Comedian, and Earthling

The future isn’t something that simply happens to us. It’s something we help create through the stories we tell, the technologies we use, and the choices we make about ho

Courtney Burke Summers, Chief Marketing Officer of Vivo Performing Arts

Rebranding a beloved institution requires not only defining what comes next, but building enough trust and shared ownership that both longtime supporters and new audience

Lisa Yun Lee, Executive Director at National Public Housing Museum

What if a museum’s job isn’t simply to preserve history, but to help us imagine a different future? Lisa Yun Lee has spent her career exploring what cultural institutio

Kim Jakominich, Senior Director of Brand at Barnes Foundation and Calder Gardens

A great exhibition or performance can draw people in, but a strong institutional brand shapes how they understand the experience—and whether they feel invited to return.

Ann Morrow Johnson, Global Immersive Experience & Entertainment Leader at Gensler

As our attention becomes increasingly fragmented, the value of being fully present together has never been greater. The most memorable experiences go beyond spectacle and

Live from TLCC: Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Spoken Word Artist and Cultural Strategist

Join Monica Holt for a live recording of Arts Unscripted with Marc Bamuthi Joseph, an internationally acclaimed cultural strategist, spoken word artist, and Chief of Impa

Clive Chang, President and CEO of YoungArts (Re-Release)

Producer's Note: While Arts Unscripted is on summer hiatus, we're re-sharing a few of our favorite episodes from past seasons. Clive was actually the first guest to sit d

Cody Renard Richard, Tony Award-Winning Producer and Stage Manager (Re-Release)

Producer's Note: While Arts Unscripted is on summer hiatus, we're re-sharing a few of our favorite episodes from past seasons. Cody recently celebrated Tony Award-winning

Carlos Simon, GRAMMY-Nominated Composer, Curator and Activist (Re-Release)

Producer's Note: While Arts Unscripted is on summer hiatus, we're re-sharing a few of our favorite episodes from past seasons. Carlos Simon is the the inaugural Composer

Shanta Thake, Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Re-Release)

Producer's Note: While Arts Unscripted is on summer hiatus, we're re-sharing a few of our favorite episodes from past seasons. Shanta Thake is the vision behind Lincoln C

Jeffrey Haydon, President and CEO of Ravinia Festival

A festival lasts only a few weeks or months each year, but the work of leading one never stops. Jeffrey Haydon has spent his career at the helm of some of the country’s

TONYS WEEK: Beth Callen, Musician, The Lost Boys

The Tony Awards often celebrate the names on a show poster, but every Broadway production is carried by countless artists whose work rarely fits neatly into a category. S

TONYS WEEK: Victor Vazquez, Casting Director, CATS: The Jellicle Ball

The Tony Awards often celebrate the names on a show poster, but every Broadway production is carried by countless artists whose work rarely fits neatly into a category. S

TONYS WEEK: Allison Blackwell, Broadway Performer, Ragtime

The Tony Awards often celebrate the names on a show poster, but every Broadway production is carried by countless artists whose work rarely fits neatly into a category. S

Oliver Richman, Singer-Songwriter and Actor

Creative work is often romanticized as spontaneous: a flash of inspiration, a breakthrough moment, a burst of talent. In reality, many artists discover that creativity is

Sydney Symphony Orchestra on Creating a Culture of Collaboration

Arts organizations thrive when teams stop operating in parallel and begin building together. Take it from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, which is wrapping its biggest s

Susan Magsamen, Co-Author of “Your Brain on Art”

Susan Magsamen has spent her career arguing that creativity and aesthetic experiences are not luxuries, but biological necessities woven into how we heal, learn, and conn

Jacob Jonas, Dancer, Choreographer, and Founder of Films.Dance

Jacob Jonas consistently questions who dance is for, where it belongs, and how it can be sustained.  From his early days as a street performer on Venice Beach to foundi

Giorgia Lupi, Partner at Pentagram

Giorgia Lupi has built a career at the intersection of design, storytelling, and information, treating data not as cold fact but as something deeply human.  From organi

Ruth Hartt, Founder of Cindr

What's the root of the audience growth problem? Relevance. Few people understand that better than Ruth Hartt. Ruth has built a career at the intersection of performance