Born Ready

After a 12-year run, The Dark Room is shutting it’s doors. The iconic indy comedy venue’s Grand Poobah Jim Fourniadis sits down to share memories, history, and the scoop on why the venue is closing. The guys wonder what, if anything, this means for arts in San Francisco, agree on the value of letting artists […] The post BORN READY – EP 33 – Twelve Years in the Dark Room w/ Jim Fourniadis appeared first on BORN READY.

This week we’re on with Brian Gibbs aka B Troubles, a choreographer, art director and skater who is back in the Bay Area for his upcoming new show Life In Trouble (Aug 5-7 tickets here). We hear how he went from hyper active kid with ADHD to getting booted from art school to becoming a […] The post BORN READY – EP 32 – Be More Star Belly w/ Brian Gibbs appeared first on BORN READY.

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This week we get into government funding of the arts with the Director of Cultural Affairs for the City and County of San Francisco, Tom DeCaigny. We also deep dive into the dude who plugged his phone in to an outlet on a Broadway set, Ray’s epic Medium post, major increases to arts funding in both […] The post BORN READY – EP 30 – Acronyms Like You Wouldn’t Believe w/ Tom DeCaigny appeared first on BORN READY.

We’re back people! And this week we have Pearl Marill with us to talk about dance, moms, and why pandering in art is a must. Also, in case you’re curious what happened to episodes 27 and 28, those will here forward be known as the lost episodes. Perhaps they will become unlost at some point. […] The post BORN READY – EP 29 – Minor Chord G 7 Heartbreak w/ Pearl Marill appeared first on BORN READY.

This week we’re back LIVE (recorded) from PianoFight’s Main Stage in San Francisco with two Bay Area Theater Heavyweights, Stuart Bousel and Jamie DeWolf, weighing in on the State of the Theatrical Union. We get a glimpse into the lives of two of the busiest creators in the Bay Area indy scene and find out […] The post BORN READY LIVE – EP 26 – Winning the Humility Award w/ Stuart Bousel & Jamie DeWolf appeared first on BORN READY.

And we’re back! After a break for the holidays and opening the space, local comedian Kevin O’Shea joins Rob and Ray for Born Ready, recorded for the first time in front of a LIVE audience at PianoFight. The guys tell the story of PianoFight’s fabled porn-soul theater seats, set the rules for a drinking game with the […] The post BORN READY EP 25 – Pay the Motherfuckers with Money w/ Kevin O’Shae appeared first on BORN READY.

Welcome to episode 24! This week, in honor of announcing the opening of PianoFight’s new venue on Dec. 19, Ray and Duncan stage a coup and take over the show to interview Rob about everything that went in to building SF’s Next Landmark Entertainment Venue. We respond to Daniel Faigin again, and talk about how to […] The post BORN READY EP 24 – The Bar is as Old as the Golden Gate Bridge appeared first on BORN READY.

Welcome to episode 23! Our guest this week is Revolva, writer, comedian, and hoola hooper who recently took on Oprah Winfrey on her decision to book local talent at her recent “The Life You Want” tour without offering to pay those performers. Before we get into “the meat of our displeasure,” we respond to two […] The post BORN READY EP 23 – The Meat of Our Displeasure with Oprah w/ Revolva appeared first on BORN READY.

Welcome to episode 22! Our guests this week are Lisa Steindler and Peter Nachtrieb, the artistic director and playwright in residence, respectively, at Z Space. This week we’re talking to Lisa and Peter about The Totalitarians, Peter’s world premiere dark comedy running now at Z Space. The Totalitarians is a rolling world premiere, part of […] The post BORN READY EP 22 – Theater Cover Troupes w/ Peter Nachtrieb and Lisa Steindler of Z Space appeared first on BORN READY.