HAIR on FIRE
Monday, December 6, 2010 8 to 9 PM Arizona Time. Tune in streams live..
GUESTS: Authors,
Penny Orloff " Jewish Thighs on Broadway" ...
James Kulick " New Dawn
"..Sonya Zepeda "Screw the Skinny Bitches, I want to Eat".
Penny Orloff
was a working actress and dancer in Los Angeles when a Juilliard opera scholarship took her to New York. She played featured roles on Broadway for such directors as Harold Prince and Joseph Papp, after 7 seasons and more than 20 Principal Soprano roles at New York City Opera. Symphony, recital, theater, and opera engagements have taken her all over the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union. Her solo show, Jewish Thighs on Broadway, based on her bestselling novel of the same name, has toured the US for over a decade, including a successful off-Broadway run at New York's famous Clurman Theater in 2005. Currently managing director of Rogue Machine Theater in Los Angeles, she writes a monthly arts column for Bunker Hill Magazine, and reviews theater, dance and music for a variety of online and print publications. Her short stories have appeared in such anthologies as the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of bestselling books.
Sonya Zepeda
is a self-proclaimed food critic, bartender, jeweler, philanthropist, author, dog lover, wannabe actress, and chef extraordinaire. Since she moved abroad at a very young age, she was introduced to many different lifestyles. This gypsy background may have sparked her interest in cultural foods and her tendency for overindulgences. From the wilds of Canada to the wine lands of South Africa, Ms. Zepeda has tasted it all and sometimes drank more than she should have. Whether eating her way through a chocolate cake or throwing on a pair of sexy come-hither heels to hit the town, she has investigated many methods for successfully recovering from a break up. She has played both the heartbreaker and the broken-hearted in this crazy world of love. Sonya has explored many methods for successfully recovering from the collapse of a relationship. She has put her heart and soul into finding out what does and doesn’t work in this process. Through family, friends and her own trials and tribulations with men, she has written an entertaining and educational break up guide that will help mend your heart, fill your belly and lift your spirits. This book is filled with hilarious anecdotes along with some down-to-earth suggestions and a ton of delicious recipes, both food and drinks.
James Livezey Kulick
has many sayings that get others on the right track of their own life path, nevertheless; one truth from his soul, sticks out above the rest… ‘Inner fear of your life path needs to be fed to grow…so starve it!©’ Kulick is known by his friends as a teller of jokes and aggressively loyal. In major National Newspapers, News shows and Magazines, he is referred to as “powerful,” He is a fierce activist to the underdog and called nothing less than a “showstopper” by the Tribune of Arizona in his musical/movie days. As an activist, Kulick and his life partner/husband, Karl James Kulick, joined 18 other couples on a bus to seek out a certificate that would allow them the same rights as Heterosexuals in the bands of marriage. Though they did not get this right, Kulick again keeps himself strong with his devotion to God and the saying he feels God gave him…I’ll not grow the fear of doubt and hate served me by others…I will starve it! One day my husband will legally, be my husband! Hence the books I write. No one had the right to block anyone’s seat at the table of Life! Some of Kulick’s numerous awards over the years include: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 Diamond in the Desert, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, Angel in Action. Nationally, he received an award from Sigma Iota Sigma for outstanding Performance in the field of Civic Responsibility and from President Bill Clinton for Leadership in the Advance for Change. He is a member of, F&A Masons # 69, Gentle Shepherd Metropolitan Community Church. Interests in the Glen Fern Preservation, House of Livezey, Livezey of Livezey an American Family since 1682, and the Livezey Family Association, Pennsylvania Chapter.
As an 11th Generation American, Kulick is a direct descendant of Philadelphia Colonist, Thomas Livezey,(arrived 1682), Kulick also takes pride in his historical work which has been recognized by Temple University’s own, Craig W Horle. Horle uses Kulick’s vast knowledge of the Livezey Family in the latest book of Early America, Vol. Three, Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania 1757-1775.
