Ashley starts to plan for the future — but can she still follow her dreams?

 

Note: this podcast includes explicit language and references to suicide and trauma.

 

This four-part series is an audio adaptation of the play Static: A Party Girl’s Memoir. Each episode starts with part of the play, performed by Ashley King as herself and Jaime Cesar as Carolina. Then, in the second half, learn more about this true story as Ashley talks to those who inspired the script.

 

Guest interview: Col Cseke, artistic director of Inside Out Theatre, and Kodie Rollan, artistic director of Chromatic Theatre.

 

Static is produced by Ashley King and Meg Wilcox, with support from Inside Out Theatre, Chromatic Theatre, and the Community Podcast Initiative at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada.

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Show notes:

(00:00) Audio drama: Static, part four

(21:50) Ashley King and Meg Wilcox chat & introduce guests

(24:02) Ashley interviews Col Cseke & Kodie Rollan

(58:25) Reflections and episode wrap-up

Click here for a complete episode transcript.

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Music licensed under SOCAN 22C license.

Royalty-free music: 

Maarten Schellekens, Salt Lake Swerve

Royalty-free sound effects from Pixabay

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Credits:

Static: A Party Girl’s Memoir