Jerry Jaffe has spent most of his life in the performing arts. He’s a director, actor, writer, teacher, and stand-up comedian who has directed more than 100 plays and worked in everything from community theater and professional theater to avant-garde productions around the world. Jerry and I first met doing community theater, but as I discovered during this conversation, there was a whole lot about his story that I didn't know.

We talk about his years living and working in Japan and New Zealand, performing with a professional Japanese theater company, his experiences with stand-up comedy, and his book Religious Satire in the Era of New Atheism. Jerry also shares the story behind the one-person show he's developing about his experience with thyroid cancer, and, of course, we have to talk about the time he accidentally became a snake in front of hundreds of people in Japan. 🐍

This is a conversation about theater, comedy, creativity, and all the unexpected places a life in the arts can take you.

🎙️ Scene And Heard features conversations with the actors, directors, filmmakers, musicians, and other creative people who make Ohio's entertainment community so interesting.

Jerry Jaffe’s links…

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerrycjaffe/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jerry.c.jaffe

Religious Satire in the Era of New Atheism - book: https://tinyurl.com/4u3u5wdr

The Thyroid Chronicles: https://boxoffice.upfrontps.org/event/the-thyroid-cancer-chronicles/

Podcast - The Comical Heathen: https://comicalheathen.podbean.com/

The episode that Jim did 🤦‍♂️: https://tinyurl.com/bdwzwduh

Kaze no Ko - children’s theater in Japan: https://www.kazenoko.co.jp/

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