Episode 156: Jan Scott-Frazier is a former director and animator of Japanese manga and a long-time favorite of the show. Her story about translating a heartfelt meeting between artists Monkey Punch and Mort Drucker was told live at Buntport Theater in Denver, CO on 20 December 2017. The theme of the evening was “Chance.”
Tag: Jan Scott-Frazier
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This Wednesday in Denver: “Chance”
BUNTPORT THEATER, DENVER, 20 December 2017 at 8:00PM
Join us for our last live show of 2017, an evening of true stories on the theme “Chance,” brought to you an improbably incredible lineup of storytellers:
…and your host, Erin Rollman.
The show is free, as always. Delicious beer from our pals at Renegade Brewing Company and wine available by donation.
See you there!
717 Lipan Street
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62: Jan Scott-Frazier, “The Secret Sister”
Today’s story comes from Jan Scott-Frazier and was recorded live at our fifth anniversary show on March 18, 2015. The theme of the evening was “Symbiotes” and her story was entitled “The Secret Sister.”
Jan is a Director, Producer, public speaker, storyteller, multimedia artist, art/creativity educator, translator and Japanese animation industry veteran who has been an invited industry guest speaker at over 250 anime, sci-fi, and comics conventions as well as visual media and broadcasting trade shows. Jan has worked at studios such as Artland (Genocyber, Bubblegum Crash) and Production IG (Ghost in the Shell, Blood), freelanced with many other studios and had her own animation studio in Thailand. Jan has written textbooks, magazine articles, technical manuals and screenplays, and translated manga. Her work has been published in 8 languages. She also founded and produced two albums for the non-profit Voices For. You can find more information about Jan on her website, janscottfrazier.com.
Our next live event in Denver takes place on Friday, May 29, 2015 at 7:00pm, as part of the Denver Art Museum’s Untitled Final Fridays event.
Special thanks to Josh Johnson with engineering help on this episode. Our theme music is by our friend Whalehawk (aka the Grammy-nominated musician Jake Sanders).
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18 March 2015: The Narrators’ 5th Anniversary Special
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of our Denver show, we’re replacing our regular monthly 8pm show with TWO shows at 7pm and 9pm. Join us for this special event! Both shows are stacked with ridiculously wonderful raconteurs:
WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH AT BUNTPORT THEATER
7:00PM
- Hutch Harris (lead singer of The Thermals, standup comedian from Portland, Oregon)
- Robert Rutherford (co-host of The Narrators San Diego, Digital Content Developer at the San Diego Natural History Museum)
- Janae Burris (actor and comedian, voted California’s Funniest Female)
- Adam & Evan Nix (The Nix Bros, Total Ghost)
- Heather Nicholson Hughes (actor and writer)
- Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald (comedian, veterinarian, star of Animal Planet’s “Emergency Vets”)
9:00PM
- Hutch Harris (yes, both shows!)
- Robert Rutherford (yes, both shows!)
- Ellen K Graham (playwright and screenwriter)
- Kelly shortandqueer (co-founder of the Denver Zine Library)
- Timmi Lasley (comedian and actor, host of Epilogue Comedy)
- Jeff Campbell (playwright, educator, MC, poet, performer, activist)
- Jan Scott-Frazier (multimedia artist, Japanese anime industry veteran, Exeuctive directo of Voices For)
Plus Andrew Orvedahl and Ron S. Doyle, hosting their yoga-and-bicycle-toned butts off.
As always, admission to these shows is free, but we did pay to bring Hutch and Robert in for this special evening—so your donations are greatly appreciated. Wine and beer (from our darling sponsor, Breckenridge Brewery) will also be available by donation.
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6: Awkward!
After a ridiculous hiatus, it’s the February Narrators podcast. With stories by Chris Charpentier, George McClure, Janet Harvey, Abbey Jordan, William Dewey, Ed Ward, Jan Scott-Frazier, and Robert Rutherford. Contains explicit material!
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1: Love
Narrators Episode One featuring Adam Cayton-Holland, Heather Snow, Amber Tozer, Ellen K. Graham, Jan Scott-Frazier, and Timmi Lasley. Thanks to all the storytellers, the great audience, Paris on the Platte, and Jeff Barr and Kevin Allison of the RISK! podcast. Also, BIG thanks to Alissa Rogers, for putting the RISK! guys in touch with me.