No. 78: Vanessa Becker Weig & Rylie Sudduth - Reclamation

About this episode

Vanessa Becker Weig and Rylie Sudduth discuss the Voices Heard Women’s Theatre Festival and its mission to reclaim women's stories.

Vanessa Becker Weig, co-founder and Executive Artistic Director of Voices Amplified, and Rylie Sudduth, rising senior at the University of Evansville and Associate Producer, discuss the ambitious first Voices Heard Women’s Theatre Festival in Lexington, themed “Reclamation.” Vanessa explains the festival's origins, its mission to reclaim and amplify women’s stories, and provides an in-depth look at events including the comedic musical Disenchanted, the multicultural TikTok Short Play Festival...

People in this episode

Host: Kate Savage

Guests: Vanessa Becker Weig, Rylie Sudduth

Topics covered

• women's stories
• theatre festival
• reclamation
• artistic direction
• comedy
• multicultural events

Keywords

• Voices Amplified
• theatre festival
• women's stories
• Disenchanted
• Rylie Sudduth
• Vanessa Becker Weig
• reclamation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Voices Amplified, University of Evansville

Books & works: Disenchanted, TikTok Short Play Festival

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