EP. 58: PLATONIC LOVE, PIROUETTES, SO LONG 2020 with actress, Gabrielle Ruiz!

Pink Among Men

IT IS HERE. THE LAST EPISODE OF THE YEAR!!

Y'all. 2020. We can't thank you enough for sticking with us throughout this entire year. We know you have a lot of podcasts to listen too and we are grateful you keep coming back to our chats.

CLOSING 2020 on a HIGH NOTE with the lovely, actress, activist, philanthropist, producer, GABRIELLE RUIZ!!

She is known for The CW’s critically acclaimed comedy, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, where she received rave reviews as Valencia Perez. Her most recent project is What Are Friends For podcast, where she produces and co-hosts. You can also catch her on Star Trek: Lower Decks, Modern Family, Better Things, Alone Together, Orange Is The New Black, Sesame Street, Law & Order: SVU, and The Filth.

She performed on Broadway in If/Then with Idina Menzel, Evita with Ricky Martin, In The Heights with Lin-Manuel Miranda and in the 1st National Tour of A Chorus Line, as Diana Morales.

Gabrielle hails from Edinburg, Texas, known locally as the Rio Grande Valley, where she produces many musical theatre projects and workshops for the public school educational systems.

We sit down with Gabrielle to talk about her love of dance, her first break on Broadway, transitioning into TV, the meaning behind platonic love and her new venture into podcasting. PLUS Gabrielle chats with us about sharing her miscarriage and pregnancy journey, and we chat about diversifying American theater.

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