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The Mother of Improv Comedy: Elaine May

“The devastating thing about Elaine is that she’s better at everything - writing, directing, acting - than anyone else I know.” That quote comes from director Clive Donner regarding the one and only Elaine May. Elaine May is the woman behind so many pivotal comedic moments you know and love. From…

Adrienne Shelly: From Muse to Acclaimed Director

The musical Waitress is a modern success, a smash hit that has people around the world singing along to its soundtrack. Fans of the musical might not realize that it was based on a hit 2007 indie film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly. Sadly, Shelly never saw her own film's success. Shelly wr…

The Blues Brothers (1980) with Stephanie Weber

Grab an Orange Whip and get me my Cheez-Whiz-- the Blues Brothers have come to M:TM:TP! Steph and Andy get the band back together with Joliet's own Stephanie Weber ("Directora") to talk tip to tail about John Landis's 1980 film "The Blues Brothers." Andy talks about his Blues Brothers-themed Englis…

Comedy Queen and Studio Executive: Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball is everyone's favorite funny redhead! Decades after her hit sitcom I Love Lucy, there are still references to the gags she performed on her hit show. People might not realize how influential I Love Lucy was to American sitcoms - and how much she and Desi Arnaz did for television as a w…

TV Actress to Hitmaker: Penny Marshall

Penny Marshall and her brother Garry were mainstays of 1970s and 80s sitcoms. Garry's little sister became a big star when she starred in the Happy Days spinoff, Laverne and Shirley. However, Penny observed her brother and all of the other creative writers and directors around her. She realized tha…

Barbra Streisand: Singer, Actress, Director, Legend

It’s easy to take Barbra Streisand for granted because she really is good at everything. From singer and actress to director and producer, Barbra is a perfectionist who fought against discrimination and stereotypes in order to make unapologetic work that made her a star. She has been labeled diffic…

Interview with Screenwriter Stephanie Weber

Also available on Apple, Spotify and YouTube. On today’s podcast, Tara and I are talking to screenwriter Stephanie Weber. Stephanie’s script, Comediettes, was a semi-finalist in the 2025 InspiredScreenwriting Competition. Stephanie Weber is a Cuban-American writer and comedian from Chicago, current…

Hedy Lamarr: Actress, Spy, Inventor of WiFi

This season closes on one of the wildest true Hollywood stories: the life and inventions of Hedy Lamarr. The actress was always smarter than everyone else in the room. Her intelligence is how she escaped Europe during the war, spied for the Allies, and eventually invented the technology that would …

What Is Horror?

What IS horror? How do we define what scares us? That's what we aim to explore this month on the podcast. Welcome to Directora's Women and Horror Mini-Series. Throughout October, we will release episodes every Wednesday about horror themes. And guess what? We'll have special guests! Not only that, …

Doris Wishman's A Night to Dismember with Elizabeth Pauker

The 7th film for our 31-for-31 challenge this month, in which we watch a horror film directed by a woman for every day in October, is 1983's A Night to Dismember directed by Doris Wishman. It's a fascinating, low-budget, indie film for a lot of reasons: there are multiple versions, she did everythi…