Backstage @ Platt House

Multidisciplinary performer and winner of the 2025 Whinnery Summer Arts Internship Award, Elliot Ross-Dick, has tips on about securing internship funding through Penn and finding community through 1812 Productions. Plus, hear about the journey from there to writing and performing his solo show in the Theatre Arts Program's inaugural Out Of The Dark Festival!Connect with Elliot on LinkedIn and on Instagram ⁠@elliot_rd⁠, and find NuAmen on Instagram ⁠@audenanuamen⁠.Learn more about award opportunities for students with performing arts and entertainment interests at ⁠⁠platthouse.universitylife.upenn.edu/awards⁠⁠ and at ⁠https://pennlivearts.org/engage/careerconnections.php⁠⁠.Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠PlattHouse⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠@⁠⁠PennPlattHouse⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠@⁠⁠PACShop4100⁠⁠⁠Our theme music is Retro Climb, by Peter Lu. This podcast was edited by Amanda Labonte and produced by Platt Student Performing Arts House at the University of Pennsylvania.

College Senior and awardee of not one but TWO internship funding awards, Evan Golinsky shares how he came to love TV and film, the state of arts and entertainment visibility on campus, and what it was like to get behind the scenes in the world of talent agencies during a CAA internship in 2023! Connect with Evan on LinkedIn, and learn about the Golinsky Comedy Club at golinskycomedyclub.org. Find Sinéad Knepper on LinkedIn and on Instagram @sineadknepper. Learn more about award opportunities for students with performing arts and entertainment interests at platthouse.universitylife.upenn.edu/awards and at pennlivearts.org/about/internshipfunding.php. Facebook: ⁠PlattHouse⁠ and ⁠UPenn.PAC.Shop⁠ Instagram: ⁠@PennPlattHouse⁠ and ⁠@PACShop4100⁠ Our theme music is Retro Climb, by Peter Lu. This podcast was edited by Amanda Labonte and produced by Platt Student Performing Arts House at the University of Pennsylvania.

An interview with our co-host, Evan Bean, rounds out this season of stories about the Performing Arts in the Pandemic! Hear about how his a cappella group, The Pennchants, has pulled together as artists and as friends to make music through their screens. Find the Pennchants on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @thepennchants, and don't forget to check out their music on Youtube and on pennchants.com! Find Evan Bean on Facebook and on Instagram @evan.beanstalk, and follow our other co-host and founder of the project, Jaden Cloobeck, on Instagram @jadencloo.  The Performing Arts in the Pandemic Project lives on! To share a piece of your story through the upcoming object archive, or document your experience in other ways, contact Jaden at [email protected]. Facebook: PlattHouse and UPenn.PAC.Shop Instagram: @PennPlattHouse and @PACShop4100 Our theme music is Retro Climb, by Peter Lu. This podcast was edited by Amanda Labonte and produced by Platt Student Performing Arts House at the University of Pennsylvania.

Adam Rose, Charlotte Cecarelli, Jenna Pollack, and Laila Norford led Penn's bandos through a virtual semester of remote recording, parking garage rehearsals, and non-stop editing on the journey to releasing their new album! Follow the Penn Band on Twitter and Instagram @pennband and find them on Facebook as University of Pennsylvania Band. Their new album, The Penn Band Breaks... The Internet! is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and anywhere you listen to music. Read more about them at pennband.net. To document your experience of the pandemic, contact our team at [email protected]. Find our Season 2 host, Jaden Cloobeck, on Facebook and on Instagram @jadencloo. Facebook: PlattHouse and UPenn.PAC.Shop Instagram: @PennPlattHouse and @PACShop4100 Our theme music is Retro Climb, by Peter Lu. This podcast was edited by Amanda Labonte, and produced by Platt Student Performing Arts House at the University of Pennsylvania.

For this episode, Jaden logged in to chat with John McInerney, Chloe Reison, and Tamara Suber of the Sachs Program Staff. Listen in on their conversation about how their team has uplifted Penn and West Philadelphia artists through arts promotion and grantmaking! Read more about the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation at www.sachsarts.org, and keep tabs on their grants and programming via Facebook and Instagram @sachsartsphilly. To document your experience of the pandemic, contact our team at [email protected]. Find our Season 2 host, Jaden Cloobeck, on Facebook and on Instagram @jadencloo. Facebook: PlattHouse and UPenn.PAC.Shop Instagram: @PennPlattHouse and @PACShop4100 Our theme music is Retro Climb, by Peter Lu. This podcast was edited by Amanda Labonte, and produced by Platt Student Performing Arts House at the University of Pennsylvania.