Annie Loffredo's guest appearances

Annie Loffredo

The Drama Teacher Podcast

Allison Williams

Elaine Stritch

Jeffrey Harr

Stephen Gregg

Clint Snyder

Ken Preuss

Ruth Wareham

Janice Harris

Jana Beck

Kerry Hishon

Christian Kiley

Steven Stack

Matt Webster

Lindsay Price

Bradley Walton

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Episode 75: Create a Theatrical Vision: Teacher Annie LoffredoTeacher Annie Loffredo equates being a drama teacher with being an artist. She loves being able to put on shows year after year and inspiring her students because she was so inspired when she was in high school. She talks about how she creates a vision for a play, conveys that vision to students and executes a vision through production.Show Notes	Power PlayEpisode TranscriptWelcome to TFP, The Theatrefolk Podcast. I am Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening.Today, we have an interview I recorded with teacher Annie Loffredo last month. I connected with Annie after getting some gorgeous and so theatrical pictures from her production of my play, Power Play. So, I got in touch and we’re going to talk about her vision for the play, her advice for creating a specific production vision, and then executing that vision. Awesome stuff, let’s get to it.Lindsay: Hello everybody! I am so thrilled to be talking to teacher Annie Loffredo today. Hello!Annie: Hi!Lindsay: Awesome. And so, the first thing I want you to do is set up. So, where are you in the world?Annie: Okay. I am in Miami, Florida.Lindsay: Miami, Florida. Is it nice in Miami, Florida, right now?Annie: Today, I actually posted it on my Facebook and Instagram that it felt like a summer day with 86 degrees but it felt like it was 93.Lindsay: Oh.Annie: So, I was outside and it feels like the summer here. I can’t even believe it’s December.Lindsay: Aww. I can because it’s snowing like a thing that snows a lot up here.Annie: Yes, I saw your Instagram post today with your running shoes with snow on and I’m like, “Wow! How does she run in that weather?”Lindsay: We’re Canadians. We’re built for it.Annie: I know, I know.Lindsay: What are you going to do?And, you’re a Drama teacher, yes?Annie: Yes, I am.Lindsay: How long have you been a teacher?Annie: I have been a teacher in Dade County Public School for four years but I’ve been teaching Drama probably since I was fifteen because my mother was also a Drama teacher so she was at the middle school level, so when I was in high school, she would be like, “Oh, come teach my kids, come teach my kids,” and I just did it, like, on the side from that point on and eventually I just fell into being a Drama teacher in the school system.Lindsay: What did you think about teaching Drama when you were yourself a teenager?Annie: I never wanted… I mean, I always loved Drama. So, when I say I never wanted to be a teacher, it’s just that I never wanted to deal with all the things that teachers have to deal with. But I always loved the idea of teaching Drama. And now, I think it’s the best career I could ever have gone into because, even though there is all of that paperwork and all the things that teachers have to do, I find it to be an absolute blessing that I get paid to be an artist because there are so many artists out there that are starving and being able to make a living because they want to do what they’re passionate about, and I make a decent living and all I do is create art, and I’m very grateful for that.Lindsay: I think that’s really awesome that you think of teaching as being an artist.Annie: Well, it is. I mean, every time I go to put on a show, I get to do what so many artists always want to do – get paid to put on a show. And, not only that, I get to inspire students to do the same thing because I know when I was in high school, the only thing that kept me going to the school was Drama, and to give that to kids every day, I just feel grateful that I have that option to do that, that I am able to do that because it meant so much to me when I was a kid.Lindsay: So, when was that moment when the switch sort of flicked for you when you went from “I’m never going to teach” to “Okay, here,

Episode 75: Create a Theatrical Vision: Teacher Annie Loffredo Teacher Annie Loffredo equates being a drama teacher with being an artist. She loves being able to put on shows year after year and inspiring her students because she was so inspired when she was in high school. She talks about how she creates a vision for a play, conveys that vision to students and executes a vision through production. Show Notes 	Power Play Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP, The Theatrefolk Podcast. I am Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Today, we have an interview I recorded with teacher Annie Loffredo last month. I connected with Annie after getting some gorgeous and so theatrical pictures from her production of my play, Power Play. So, I got in touch and we’re going to talk about her vision for the play, her advice for creating a specific production vision, and then executing that vision. Awesome stuff, let’s get to it. Lindsay: Hello everybody! I am so thrilled to be talking to teacher Annie Loffredo today. Hello! Annie: Hi! Lindsay: Awesome. And so, the first thing I want you to do is set up. So, where are you in the world? Annie: Okay. I am in Miami, Florida. Lindsay: Miami, Florida. Is it nice in Miami, Florida, right now? Annie: Today, I actually posted it on my Facebook and Instagram that it felt like a summer day with 86 degrees but it felt like it was 93. Lindsay: Oh. Annie: So, I was outside and it feels like the summer here. I can’t even believe it’s December. Lindsay: Aww. I can because it’s snowing like a thing that snows a lot up here. Annie: Yes, I saw your Instagram post today with your running shoes with snow on and I’m like, “Wow! How does she run in that weather?” Lindsay: We’re Canadians. We’re built for it. Annie: I know, I know. Lindsay: What are you going to do? And, you’re a Drama teacher, yes? Annie: Yes, I am. Lindsay: How long have you been a teacher? Annie: I have been a teacher in Dade County Public School for four years but I’ve been teaching Drama probably since I was fifteen because my mother was also a Drama teacher so she was at the middle school level, so when I was in high school, she would be like, “Oh, come teach my kids, come teach my kids,” and I just did it, like, on the side from that point on and eventually I just fell into being a Drama teacher in the school system. Lindsay: What did you think about teaching Drama when you were yourself a teenager? Annie: I never wanted… I mean, I always loved Drama. So, when I say I never wanted to be a teacher, it’s just that I never wanted to deal with all the things that teachers have to deal with. But I always loved the idea of teaching Drama. And now, I think it’s the best career I could ever have gone into because, even though there is all of that paperwork and all the things that teachers have to do, I find it to be an absolute blessing that I get paid to be an artist because there are so many artists out there that are starving and being able to make a living because they want to do what they’re passionate about, and I make a decent living and all I do is create art, and I’m very grateful for that. Lindsay: I think that’s really awesome that you think of teaching as being an artist. Annie: Well, it is. I mean, every time I go to put on a show, I get to do what so many artists always want to do – get paid to put on a show. And, not only that, I get to inspire students to do the same thing because I know when I was in high school, the only thing that kept me going to the school was Drama, and to give that to kids every day, I just feel grateful that I have that option to do that, that I am able to do that because it meant so much to me when I was a kid. Lindsay: So, when was that moment when the switch sort of flicked for you when you went from “I’m never going to teach” to “Okay, here,

Create a Theatrical Vision: Teacher Annie Loffredo