BOOST Banters connects current BOOSTers with industry experts to ask all their burning questions. Our Co-Chairs match up BOOSTers with a professional artist who shares their desired career paths, and through one-on-one and group discussions, our BOOSTers leave with new knowledge, advice, and a new industry connection. Learn more about our BOOST program.
Meet the Experts
SALISHA THOMAS is a Broadway performer, former Miss California, a commercial and voiceover artist, and producer and director, vlogger, blogger, and host. She performed in the 1st National Touring company as well as the Broadway company of Beautiful the Carole King Musical, and the Britney Spears Musical: Once Upon a One More Time. She’s the host of Black Hair in the Big Leagues and The Salisha Show podcasts on The Broadway Podcast Network.
Instagram: @theSalishashow
Website: www.thesalishashow.com
Podcast: The Salisha Show
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VICTORIA M. FRAGNITO is an actor, director, and playwright. Her acting career has included regional theatre, touring companies, and independent films. She attended DeSales University and worked closely with PA Shakespeare, assistant directing many critically acclaimed productions (Midsummer, Sweeney Todd, Romeo & Juliet, and more). Her debut play Scar Tissue has had a workshop production at Dixon Place with their “Works in Progress” series, was selected for the historic Old Joint Stock Theatre’s “Open Doors” program in the U.K. for Women’s History Month, won Best Dramatic Script at SheNYC’s 2021 Festival and had its NYC premiere at The Players Theatre. You can find copies of Scar Tissue and the rights to productions at Next Stage Press. Her new play, With Dignity, has had developmental opportunities with The Bechdel Group, The Tank as part of their CyberTank series, as well as The Barrow Group’s First Fridays program for Women’s History Month, and was a semi-finalist for the 2023 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference.
Instagram: @VickiFraggs
Website: www.victoriamfragnito.com
Purchase her play Scar Tissue: Next Stage Press
(It is also on the shelves at the Drama Book Shop!)