Flying Carpet Theatre Company

Episode 6 - Jimmy Grinzaid (In Partnership with JScreen) MONDAY, 10/26/20 at 7:30pm During the quarantine and the pause on live performance, The Flying Carpet Theatre has maintained its ongoing focus on the stories that make us tick by hosting Family History Podcasts. Our conversations center on how people orient themselves and find meaning through knowledge of their ancestors and personal family histories. We are delighted to partner with JScreen to host a related conversati...on --about how Genetic Testing can change your life. We talk with the engaging and funny Jimmy Grinzaid about how one spit test led to both a mystery and a discovery. Coincidentally, Jimmy’s wife Karen helps to run an organization offering genetic testing that helps people plan for healthy futures. We’ll hear the ways that family, DNA, and the sense that information is power intersect in Jimmy’s tale. Plus he’s a darn funny guy and his sense of warmth is contagious. To Get an invite to the FREE Zoom Discussion, email us at: [email protected] The conversation will be hosted by FCT Artistic Director, Adam Koplan. Find out more about JScreen here: www.jscreen.org

This is Everything: On Keegan-Michael Key’s Podcast, a Provocative Case for Sketch Comedy https://www.nytimes.com//keegan-michael-key-comedy-podcast

Both "Peter and Wendy" and "Gospel at Colonus" are inspirational touchstones that we've used as reference points as we've developed shows. RIP Lee Breuer. https://www.nytimes.com//01/04/theater/lee-breuer-dead.html

Mark Gindick's "Clowning on Budget" Series! (In advance of our Mark Gindick: Death Defying Schtick) https://flyingcarpettheatre.com/news/clowning-on-a-budget/

Recorded MONDAY, 10/26/20 at 7:30pm During the quarantine and the pause on live performance, The Flying Carpet Theatre has maintained its ongoing focus on the stories that make us tick by hosting Family History Podcasts. Our conversations center on how people orient themselves and find meaning through knowledge of their ancestors and personal family histories. We are delighted to partner with JScreen to host a related conversation --about how Genetic Testing can change your l...ife. We talk with the engaging and funny Jimmy Grinzaid about how one spit test led to both a mystery and a discovery. Coincidentally, Jimmy’s wife Karen helps to run an organization offering genetic testing that helps people plan for healthy futures. We’ll hear the ways that family, DNA, and the sense that information is power intersect in Jimmy’s tale. Plus he’s a darn funny guy and his sense of warmth is contagious. The conversation will be hosted by FCT Artistic Director, Adam Koplan. Find out more about JScreen here: www.jscreen.org

During the quarantine and the pause on live performance, The Flying Carpet Theatre has maintained its ongoing focus on the stories that make us tick by hosting Family History Podcasts. Our conversations center on how people orient themselves and find meaning through knowledge of their ancestors and personal family histories. We are delighted to partner with JScreen to host a related conversation --about how Genetic Testing can change your life. We talk with the engaging and f...unny Jimmy Grinzaid about how one spit test led to both a mystery and a discovery. Coincidentally, Jimmy’s wife Karen helps to run an organization offering genetic testing that helps people plan for healthy futures. We’ll hear the ways that family, DNA, and the sense that information is power intersect in Jimmy’s tale. Plus he’s a darn funny guy and his sense of warmth is contagious. To Get an invite to the FREE Zoom Discussion, email us at: [email protected] The conversation will be hosted by FCT Artistic Director, Adam Koplan. Find out more about JScreen here: www.jscreen.org See more

William McMillian is a Missourian that has lived in New York City for the past twenty-five years. A child of two rural elementary school teachers, Art and History, gave him a love of historical homes, design, and Civil War battlefield sites. William redesigned Flying Carpet Theater's branding, collateral, and website back in 2012. He's lived all over (MO, AZ, RI & NY) the United States and began his family history journey in Arizona at the Mormon Family History Center in 1995. He originally started researching the McMillian side of the family., however, he soon found his mother's side had fascinating deep Southern and early colonists roots dating back to Jamestown's third landing in 1609.