225. Quinn Metal Corbin on Great Plains Theatre Commons and Nurturing the 'Local and National Exchange'

Quinn Metal Corbin is manager of the Great Plains Theater
Commons. Corbin has spent more than two decades in the performing
arts. She’s worked as a casting intern in New York, a script
production assistant on a Broadway musical, an assistant to a
powerful entertainment agency executive, and an event coordinator
for the National Theatre in London among other roles.


In addition to her industry jobs, Corbin founded C+C Mini Factory
alongside Chelsea Cates. C+C is a photography project featuring
miniature figurines placed in quirky settings. They’ve
collaborated with companies like Starbucks and Firefox and were
awarded Instagrammer of the Year in 2015 by the Shorty
Awards. 


As manager of the nonprofit Great Plains Theatre Commons, Corbin
works to strengthen the local theater scene by fostering new work
by playwrights and other theater artists through year-round
programming and the annual New Play Festival, which takes place
this year from May 25 to 31.


Corbin and Michael Griffin are talking about Corbin's odyssey in
the entertainment industry, GPTC’s mission and how it fits into
the changing landscape of live performance.