The Kitchen Witches 
Written by Carol Smith
Little Fish Theatre, 2013
Directed by Ryanne Laratonda
Stage Managed by Stephanie Sintef
Sound Design, Co-Composition by Christopher Renfro
Co-Composition by Rachael Randall 

Mix live comedy and an amateur spin on The Food Network and you've got The Kitchen Witches! It's a TV within a play where nothing is quite as good as anyone expects it to be. Anything that can be wrong, is wrong. You can't take anything too seriously! 

"The Kitchen Witches" TV Show Theme Song

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
Direction and Movement by Shannon Ferrante
Sound Design by Christopher Renfro

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is originally an existential novel by Milan Kundera, about two women, two men, a dog and their lives in Czechoslovak in 1968. It was adapted into a movement piece by Shannon Ferrante into a magical, surreal retrospective of the universe and our place in it.

"Eternal return is the concept that universe has been recurring and will continue to recur in exactly the same way an infinite number of times across infinite time and space."

This is the soundscape for the first of several dream sequences.

1st Dream: A Broken Childhood

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
Direction and Movement by Shannon Ferrante
Sound Design by Christopher Renfro

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is originally an existential novel by Milan Kundera, about two women, two men, a dog and their lives in Czechoslovak in 1968. It was adapted into a movement piece by Shannon Ferrante into a magical, surreal retrospective of the universe and our place in it.

"Eternal return is the concept that universe has been recurring and will continue to recur in exactly the same way an infinite number of times across infinite time and space."

This is the soundscape for the second of several dream sequences, a nightmare in which a melancholy, surrealistic shooting occurs.

2nd Dream: Night Terrors

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
Direction and Movement by Shannon Ferrante
Sound Design by Christopher Renfro

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is originally an existential novel by Milan Kundera, about two women, two men, a dog and their lives in Czechoslovak in 1968. It was adapted into a movement piece by Shannon Ferrante into a magical, surreal retrospective of the universe and our place in it.

"Eternal return is the concept that universe has been recurring and will continue to recur in exactly the same way an infinite number of times across infinite time and space."

Preshow/Opening

A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller
California Repertory Company at California State University, Long Beach
Directed by Jeff Paul
Original Compositions and Sound Design by Christopher Renfro

A View from the Bridge: Into Act 2

A View from the Bridge: Into Act 1

Katie Reed
Twitter, Instagram, Venmo: @thatkatiereed

Chris Renfro
Twitter & Instagram: @themeatskeleton

Audio Engineering and Post by Katie Reed
Music by Chris Renfro

Special thanks to the North Hollywood Coffee Bean on Magnolia for hosting us and for the tweaker that watched us the whole time for not attacking us. I used my "please don't kill me voice" throughout this recording.

Katie And Chris: Comedy & Politics Podcast

The 2nd of 3 variations written by Chris Renfro for Joe Kibler and his new UCB Sponsored "Walk On Podcast".

"Walk On Podcast" Theme Music Variation 2

The 1st of 3 variations written by Chris Renfro for Joe Kibler and his new UCB Sponsored "Walk On Podcast".

"Walk On Podcast" Theme Music

The 3rd of 3 variations written by Chris Renfro for Joe Kibler and his new UCB Sponsored "Walk On Podcast".

"Walk On Podcast" Theme Music Variation 3

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