#170 - Allison Wither & Laura Piccinin
In this week\u2019s episode, I sit down with Allison Wither and Laura Piccinin. Allison Wither and Laura Piccinin are the writers of the new Canadian musical Every Silver Lining, which was a part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival and won \u201cPatron\u2019s Pick\u201d. In our conversation today we discuss how they both began writing for the theatre separately as well as collaborators, how they began writing Every Silver Lining and what their collaboration on this piece has looked like, as well as their experiences performing the show as part of this year\u2019s Fringe Festival. We also discuss the idea of grief in our lives and how to explore emotions truthfully and authentically in a musical while still allowing the audience to bring their own prior experiences to the show, what they have learned from producing their show and the advice they would give other artists when it comes to self-producing/promoting your own work, as well as some of the next steps for the show and where they hope to see the development of new works in Canada headed in the future.