Developing Stories for Theaters and Smart Speakers with Kat Zdan | Ep. 019

Kat Zdan studied theater at UCSB and got her MFA in ensemble based physical theater from Dell’Arte International school of physical theater. Kat has been performing, teaching, and directing professionally in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond since 2009. Not only does Kat work in scripted theater, she is also a member of Improv Playhouse, one of the top improv troupes in the Bay Area.
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Off the stage, Kat is a conversation designer at Xandra, a company which brings artists and developers together to create interactive voice experiences for technology like Amazon Alexa and Google Home.
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In this episode, Kat and I discuss the story techniques she has learned working in play development, what elements create memorable and compelling characters, and how she is leveraging both creativity and logic to tell stories with emerging technology.
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