Storybeat With Steve Cuden

Jeff Leisawitz burns with a mission—to inspire screenwriters, artists, filmmakers, musicians and every other creative human to amp up their creativity, heal their hearts and shine in the world. Jeff is an award-winning musician/ producer, a college instructor, a critically acclaimed author and internationally distributed filmmaker who has devoted his life to the art of creativity.The post Jeff Leisawitz, Musician-Producer-Writer-Teacher – Episode #18 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Laura Harkcom is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer. Laura co-created, wrote and produced the TV series, The Lost Room, for the SyFy Channel.The post Laura Harkcom, Screenwriter-Producer – Episode #17 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Paige Davis is one of the most versatile performers working on stage and screen today. She’s an actor-singer-host and author, perhaps best known as the effervescent star of Trading Spaces, TV’s groundbreaking, Emmy-nominated design-reality show.The post Paige Davis, Actress-Singer-Host-Author – Episode #16 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Richard Walter is a screenwriter, author of best selling fiction and nonfiction, celebrated storytelling educator, associate dean, entertainment industry expert and longtime professor and chairman of the celebrated, highly regarded graduate screenwriting program at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.The post Richard Walter, Screenwriter-Author-Legendary Teacher – Episode #15 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

David Paterson is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, who has penned over two-dozen plays, fifteen of which are published through Samuel French. His works have been performed on Broadway, Off Broadway and around the world. He’s the only playwright ever to have three plays premiere on the New York City stage in one month.The post David Paterson, Playwright-Screenwriter – Episode #14 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Christopher Lockhart is Hollywood’s foremost story professional. As Story Editor at WME, the world's largest diversified talent agency, Chris curates projects for A-list actors such as Denzel Washington, reading and exploring through piles of screenplays, magazines, books, old movies, TV shows, and pitches in search of potential film projects.The post Christopher Lockhart, Story Editor – Episode #13 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Len Uhley is an award-winning Animation Screenwriter and Story Editor. Len received the 2014 Writers Guild of America Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award, in recognition of his 30-year career and his “outstanding contributions to animation writing.”The post Len Uhley, Animation Screenwriter-Story Editor – Episode #12 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Barbara Curry is an in-demand screenwriter. She wrote the hit motion picture thriller, THE BOY NEXT DOOR, starring Jennifer Lopez. Barbara also wrote the romantic comedy, ANYTHING FOR LOVE, starring Erika Christensen, that aired on the Hallmark Channel as a Valentine’s Day movie event.The post Barbara Curry, Screenwriter-Producer – Episode #11 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

From 1983 to 2009 he was the Post-Gazette’s full-time theater editor and critic, fully covering the theater scene in Pittsburgh and also irregularly reviewing in New York, London, and the Canadian theater festivals. In 1984, he founded the annual Post-Gazette Performer of the Year Award, a coveted prize now in its 34th year.  He’s an active Board member of the August Wilson House in Pittsburgh’s Hill District; a long-time officer of The American Theatre Critics Association – which he has twice served as chair; a board member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame; and he was for some years on the editorial board of the national yearly compendium, Best Plays.  Also, since 1968 he has been a member of the English faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches courses in Shakespeare, critical writing, satire, and the works of August Wilson, about whom he has probably written more than any other journalist.The post Chris Rawson, Theater Critic – Episode #10 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Brooks Wachtel is an Emmy Award winning screenwriter, novelist, and producer. Brooks recently published his first novel, a thrill ride of a story called, Lady Sherlock: Circle of the Smiling Dead.The post Brooks Wachtel, Writer-Producer – Episode #9 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

 Javier Grajeda is a very talented actor who shows up regularly on TV and in films. Javier received both a BA and MFA in Theatre Arts at the University of Southern California where he studied under the tutelage of such luminaries as Mary Carver, Stephen Book and the legendary Oscar winning actor/producer, John Houseman. Not long after leaving USC he earned his SAG card while working on Francis Ford Coppola’s “One From the Heart.” That afforded him the the chance to work with such great actors as Raul Julia, Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest, Nastasia Kinski, Harry Dean Stanton, and Lanie Kazan.The post Javier Grajeda, Actor – Episode #8 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Marty Schiff is an actor-director-producer of some distinction. His passion for production began in community and regional theaters in Pittsburgh, which has led to over 40 years working in every aspect of the entertainment industry and over 300 credits on a wide assortment of projects. While a theater student at Point Park College, his film career started by killing zombies in a mall in George A. Romero's, DAWN OF THE DEAD. This project would foster a friendship and professional relationship with Mr. Romero that has lasted over four decades.The post Marty Schiff, Actor-Writer-Producer – Episode #7 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Mark Fleischer is the multi-talented Producing Director of the prestigious Pittsburgh CLO. Mark also served as Producing Artistic Director for the Adirondack Theatre Festival from 2007 – 2014 and Managing Artistic Director for the Plano Repertory Theatre from 1993 – 2002.The post Mark Fleischer, Theater Producer – Episode #6 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Paul Chitlik is a highly successful writer-producer-director and also happens to be one the very best screenwriting teachers in the world. In his career, Paul has developed over 2500 scripts for film and television in both English and Spanish.The post Paul Chitlik, Writer-Producer-Director – Episode #5 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Ken Davenport is an Award-Winning producer of Kinky Boots, for which he won the Tony. He's also produced Once on This Island, Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening, Speed the Plow, Godspell, The Bridges of Madison County, Allegiance, Chinglish, Oleanna, Macbeth, and Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America.The post Ken Davenport, Playwright-Broadway Producer – Episode #4 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Alan Burnett has won four Emmy Awards for his work in TV Animation. He’s also the recipient of the Writers Guild of America’s prestigious Animation Writing Award, and has also won three Annie Awards and two Humanitas Prizes.The post Alan Burnett, Animation Writer-Producer-Episode #3 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Actor, director, writer, Alan Stanford is one of the contemporary theatre’s leading voices, and the Artistic and Executive Director of PICT Classic Theatre in Pittsburgh. Featured in this StoryBeat is one of the theatre’s leading voices, Alan Stanford, who is the Artistic and Executive Director for PICT Classic Theatre. Alan is in his ninth season at PICT.The post Alan Stanford, Actor-Writer-Director-Producer-Episode #2 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Wendy Pini is the remarkably talented creator-writer-artist of the legendary graphic novel, Elfquest. Wendy’s career began in the early ‘70’s when she began illustrating sci-fi magazines. Through writing an issue of Red Sonja for Marvel Comics in the mid ‘70s, she entered the professional world of comics.The post Wendy Pini, Creator-Writer-Artist of Elfquest-Episode #1 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.