Joe Cassidy's guest appearances

Joe Cassidy

Outside the Loop RADIO

The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook Podcast

Reclaim Social Podcast

G-Rice Speaks (Too much? Probably.)

Kelli O'Hara

Michael McElroy

Santino Fontana

Celia Keenan-Bolger

Billy Porter

Megan Mullally

Judy Kuhn

Dave Tough

Ryan Perry

Helen Prejean

Rebecca Luker

Mary Testa

Alysha Umphress

Emily Skinner

Carmen Cusack

OwlTail

Dina Bach

Mike Stephen learns how North Lawndale residents are improving their community with Reshorna Fitzpatrick of the Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church, talks to local singer-songwriter Dina Bach about her new music, and discovers the Secret History of the late, great Joe Cassidy. And the OTL Wrap Party segment is on vacation this week. Rest up, Wrap Party!

Mike Stephen learns how North Lawndale residents are improving their community with Reshorna Fitzpatrick of the <a href="http://www.stonetemplechurch.org/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church</a>, talks to local singer-songwriter <a href="http://dinabach.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dina Bach</a> about her new music, and discovers the Secret History of the late, great <a href="https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/Content?category=936007" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Cassidy</a>. And the OTL Wrap Party segment is on vacation this week. Rest up, Wrap Party!

OTL #772: Community engagement in North Lawndale, Dina Bach’s new music, The Secret History of Joe Cassidy

We’ve talked to Joe Cassidy from the International Rescue Committee Europe to learn more about his work on social media, the challenges of talking about important topics such as the refugee crisis in a more inspiring way and how they’ve built a community that self-moderates the negative comments on Facebook.

04 The inspiring side of the refugee crisis on social media with IRC Europe (Joe Cassidy)

Becca Ayers

Jessica Grové

David Perlman

Bonus Episode #2: Yes, it's another "very special episode" - a song... well, songs really... that are NOT in the songbook. None of my upcoming guest stars were available to record this week, so I'm taking this opportunity to tell you about a wonderful organization called Raw Impressions, which brings random artistic people together to accomplish some specific creative endeavor unreasonably quickly. My first involvement with R.I. was last spring when I participated in RIPFest #6, a 16 day event during which seven short movie musicals were conceived, written, recorded, shot, edited, couriered cross-country, and screened in NY and LA. "WHAT??" you say? It's true, it's all true. You can't believe it until you've lived it. Freefall is the name of the RIPFest film for which I wrote the songs. The Freefall experience was heaven, start to finish, even amidst all the craziness. The stars were aligned when our team was assembled: the creators were Lonny Price-director , David Simpatico-screenwriter, Jessica Hendricks-choreographer, and myself-songwriter. Our amazing cast included Becca Ayers, Joe Cassidy, Jessica Grové, and David Perlman. And our producers were the wonderful Jane Abramson and Laura Penney. These songs were recorded 5/11/05, with Jeff Greenwald on drums, Randy Landau on bass, Peter Sachon on cello, Gary Sieger on guitar, and myself on piano. RIPFest was such a great experience that I'm taking the plunge again this coming week, albeit in a different genre. This time it's Raw Impressions Music Theatre #20, which means we're creating short musicals (to be performed live, not on film) and we only have ten days to do it! Come check out our performances on March 26 and 27! Also, don't miss Jessica Grové in the upcoming musical Iron Curtain (April 8-30, West End Theater) and Becca Ayers in the title role of Sarah, Plain and Tall (March 19-April 30, Lucille Lortel Theater). Clockwise from top left: Becca Ayers, Joe Cassidy, Jessica Grové, David Perlman

Bonus Episode #2: Yes, it's another "very special episode" - a song... well, songs really... that are NOT in the <a href="http://jeffblumenkrantz.com/songbook.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">songbook</a>. None of my <a href="http://jeffblumenkrantz.com/upcominggueststars.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">upcoming guest stars</a> were available to record this week, so I'm taking this opportunity to tell you about a wonderful organization called <a href="http://www.rawimpressions.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raw Impressions</a>, which brings random artistic people together to accomplish some specific creative endeavor unreasonably quickly. My first involvement with R.I. was last spring when I participated in <a href="http://www.rawimpressions.org/RIPFest/RIPfest6/ripfest6.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RIPFest #6</a>, a 16 day event during which seven short movie musicals were conceived, written, recorded, shot, edited, couriered cross-country, and screened in NY and LA. "WHAT??" you say? It's true, it's all true. You can't believe it until you've lived it. <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/The_Jeff_Blumenkrantz_Songbook_Podcast__Bonus_Episode_2__Freefall/podcastb2.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freefall</a> is the name of the RIPFest film for which I wrote the songs. The Freefall experience was heaven, start to finish, even amidst all the craziness. The stars were aligned when our team was assembled: the creators were <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=7360" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lonny Price</a>-director , <a href="http://www.writersbootcamp.com/spotlight/spotlight.asp?param.name=David+Simpatico" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Simpatico</a>-screenwriter, <a href="http://www.thewesveldinkmovement.com/jessica.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Hendricks</a>-choreographer, and <a href="http://jeffblumenkrantz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">myself</a>-songwriter. Our amazing cast included <a href="http://www.freakymartian.com/beccaayers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Becca Ayers</a>, <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=385526" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Cassidy</a>, <a href="http://jessicagrove.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Grové</a>, and <a href="http://david-perlman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Perlman</a>. And our producers were the wonderful <a href="http://www.penneyseal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jane Abramson and Laura Penney</a>. These songs were recorded 5/11/05, with Jeff Greenwald on drums, <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=393211" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Randy Landau</a> on bass, <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=393588" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Sachon</a> on cello, <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=390247" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gary Sieger</a> on guitar, and myself on piano. RIPFest was such a great experience that I'm taking the plunge again this coming week, albeit in a different genre. This time it's <a href="http://www.rawimpressions.org/RIMT/EVENTS/RIMT%202006/rimt20/rimt20.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raw Impressions Music Theatre #20</a>, which means we're creating short musicals (to be performed live, not on film) and we only have ten days to do it! Come <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/119076" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">check out our performances</a> on March 26 and 27! Also, don't miss Jessica Grové in the upcoming musical <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/116463" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iron Curtain</a> (April 8-30, West End Theater) and Becca Ayers in the title role of <a href="http://www.theatreworksusa.org/nyc_weekend.cfm#SARAH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah, Plain and Tall</a> (March 19-April 30, Lucille Lortel Theater). Clockwise from top left: Becca Ayers, Joe Cassidy, Jessica Grové, David Perlman

Freefall - sung by Becca Ayers, Joe Cassidy, Jessica Grové, and David Perlman