Dear Multi-hyphenate

Author: Michael Kushner

Are you a combination of actor, director, producer, designer, or anything else? Congratulations, youre a multi-hyphenate! A multi-hyphenate is an artist who has multiple proficiencies that cross pollinate to help flourish professional capabilities. Dear Multi-hyphenate explores the full potential of artists in show business who have taken the paths less traveled. Are you unsure how to stay creative and garner income during the pandemic? Are you sitting on a project and you have no idea how to get started? What if others have cornered you into thinking that you are just an actor, or just a director, or just a producer? Let go of the rules and take agency of your full potential! Listen to me and my guests, the leaders of the multi-hyphenation station, as we dissect the mentality and possibilities about artistic agency.Michael is the glue that holds the Broadway community together. - Tony Award Winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal)
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S4; EP. 4 -- Paola Lázaro: Dog Day Afternoon
Episode 106
Thursday, 4 June, 2026

TW: This episode does contain conversations about suicide and self harm. Michael Kushner interviews Paola Lázaro about her role as Guadalupe in Broadway’s Dog Day Afternoon, her path from Puerto Rico through the Labyrinth Theater Company, and the mentorship and community that transformed her career and life. They discuss how the show creates conversations about love, LGBTQ+ representation, and mental health, Paola’s return to writing, practical advice for artists on courage and showing up. Paola Lázaro (Guadalupe) (she/her) is an actress and playwright from San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is best known for her role as Princess on “The Walking Dead,” earning an Imagen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and is a Drama Desk Award nominee for To the Bone. She most recently stared in Netflix’s “Obliterated.” An award-winning playwright, she has received Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations, as well as the Steinberg Playwright Award. She was a Van Lier and Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence at The Public Theater and Atlantic Theater Company and a Sundance Institute Time Warner Storytelling Fellow. Additional film and television credits include “Lethal Weapon,” “Wu-Tang: An American Saga,” “SMILF,” “Patty’s Auto,” Black Bear, and Shelter. For tickets, please visit: https://dogdayafternoon.com/