Arizona Opera: Behind the Scenes! A Podcast

Join your hosts, Cassie Robel (The Director of Education and Community Engagement) and Kathleen Trott (The Marlu Allan and Scott Stallard Costume Artisan Workshop Manager) as they delve into all of the departments and peoples who work to create the operas you know and enjoy. Listen along as they have candid and entertaining conversations with Arizona Opera artisans about how staff members came to work for Arizona Opera, what the different jobs at Arizona Opera are, and even what makes an opera an opera.

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Episode Information:

Season 2, Episode 5: Meet the Director of Community Alliances & the Founder of VerveSimone (Squash?!  Well it is on lady!)

Release Date: February 28, 2022

Join Cassie & Kathleen as they meet Arizona Opera’s Director of Community Alliances, Courtney Clark, and Founder & CEO of VerveSimone, Teniqua Broughton.  Learn what the newly created position of Director of Community Alliance entails and how Courtney came to join the team.  Find out what VerveSimone is and how Teniqua’s company started working with Arizona Opera.  Discover how vital community engagement and outreach programs are, learn the winding path that brought both Courtney and Teniqua to Arizona Opera, and why squash and oatmeal won’t be part of their dinner with Oprah!