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Episode Synopsis
Rick shares the mic with two of Canada’s most accomplished writer/performers, Sugith Varughese and Anusree Roy. Sugith, born in India and raised in Canada, is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and actor, who was one of the original writers of the classic Muppet TV Show Fraggle Rock. More recently, he's played recurring characters in Kim's Convenience on CBC, and Transplant on CTV and NBC. Anusree is a renowned Indo-Canadian actor and writer of plays, television, film and opera, who has worked on major TV shows on CTV/NBC/CBC/Global TV/Netflix/and Paramount+. She also teaches Playwriting at the University of Toronto, Mississauga.As a trio, they discuss:Auditioning for your own movieDEIB: Diversity, Equity Inclusion, & BelongingProgress or Performance?Breaking in as a brown personInclusion in Theatre and TelevisionArtificial vs Earned sensibilityElevating minority communitiesHigh stakes failureAutonomy and Authorship Fraggle Rock as an Allegory for how to live togetherSpecies Inter-dependencyThe future of theatreAnd an improvised storyXingTheGap.comBoomTheShow.comRickMiller.caig: @xingthegapfb: @xingthegaptw, ig: @rickmilleractortw: @SugithVarughese ig: @SugithVarughese Threads: @SugithVarughese BlueSky: @sugithvarughese.bsky.social fb: @SugithVarughesetw: @i_write_alldayig: @writeranusreeroy www.anusreeroy.comwww.kaliroyinc.com
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