Creativity in Captivity

An actress, producer & director whose talents and curiosity allow her to shape-shift to many mediums. Dreya is well known for being the Aerial Choreographer for Pink & Cher, but also produced and starred in the films The Gymnast, The Aerialist, and The Marine Story. Her directing credits include the stage and movie versions of Frank Ferrante’s Groucho. She is a former Olympian that starred in the P90X DVD fitness series and the immersive theatrical experience: Teatro ZinZanni. She has toured nationally with Rihana, Madonna, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera. In this episode, Dreya inspires us in a dynamic conversation infused with her vibrant energy as she explains the intoxication of being able to truly fly and the understanding of the catastrophic risk she undertakes. You will think you can achieve your wildest dreams after an hour with this uplifting artist.    

A Hip Hop artist and comedian that hosts the popular podcast “What Had Happened Was.” This multi-talented indie recording artist with albums such as “Brick Body Kids Still Daydream,” “Dark Comedy” and “Anime, Trauma + Divorce” knows firsthand the difficulty of choosing the right clothes that allow you to teach during the day and do rap shows at night. He also shares with us how a war-of-words on Twitter escalated to a full contact face-off in the wrestling ring. Open Mike Eagle also runs our partnering Network STONY ISLAND AUDIO.You can find more about Open Mike Eagle on his WEBSITE and INSTAGRAM.

Academy Award-nominated Producer of “Over The Moon,” known for her work on “Abominable” and “Kung Fu Panda 3” shares advice about the importance of writing just one page and introduces us to an original composition created by her son Bailey during quarantine. This Producer at Netflix Animation and the Director of the short film “Awakening: An Anthemic celebration of Asian Americans” knows how to tell a story that transports us to new worlds.Peilin Partnered with CAPE and other Asian American Artists to create AWAKENING: Am Anthemic Celebration of Asian American, it brought out the entire Podcast team to tears, please watch and enjoy. Watch Here.

Chief Creative Officer of Pixar & Academy Award-Winning Writer & Director of “Soul”, “Inside Out” and “Up”, Pete Docter, brings humor, heart, and humanity to the creative process and talks about the major influence that making flipbooks had on him growing up that lead to working on “Toy Story,” “Toy Story 2,” "A Bug’s Life” and “Monsters, Inc.”

Pat Hazell speaks to A-list creatives about their process, craft, inspiration, and incubation of ideas. An inspired insider dialogue on a variety of disciplines allows the listener to have a seat at the creative coffee table. Join us for a better understanding of this elusive muse every Thursday with Pat and his friends as they demystify the transferable nature of creativity.  Creativity is a powerful force that reveals itself unexpectedly, it often comes with a dose of imposter syndrome or feeling blocked from your full expression. Take a seat at the table to understand this seemingly elusive muse every Thursday with Pat and his friends, demystifying the transferable nature of creativity. As the Chief Creative Officer at Sweetwood Creative: Your Humor Resources Department, Pat is in the unique position to collaborate with production companies, ad agencies, visual artists, screenwriters, theatre designers, comedians, directors, songwriters, magicians, and a variety of other masters of technical jiggery-pokery. Who will wander in from the wild this week? Find out by setting your sights on the play button now!