Leah Walsh hosts the podcast that documents the lives of artists navigating the waters between art and commerce. This week, Walsh welcomes Drama Desk Award-winning actor Nick Westrate for Episode 114.

In addition to his Broadway appearances in Casa Valentina and A Moon for the Misbegotten, Westrate has enjoyed a successful career Off-Broadway, appearing in The Little Foxes at NYTW, Love’s Labor’s Lost at the Public Theater, as well as Nina Raine’s acclaimed family drama Tribes, and Anna Ziegler’s A Delicate Ship at Playwrights Horizons.

The actor and activist also forged the #FairWageOnStage grass roots campaign that successfully lobbied for a significant increase in salaries for actors working Off-Broadway.

Read: MORE THAN 1,000 ACTORS SIGN OPEN LETTER SEEKING OFF-BROADWAY PAY INCREASE

In this week's episode, Westrate speaks about his involvement with #FairWageOnStage and Actors' Equity to successfully fight for a living wage for Off-Broadway performers. He also speaks about his artistic mentors, and the conversation series he hosted at New York Theatre Workshop interviewing veterans of non-traditional and experimental theatre. Check them out here.

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Walsh created the podcast that is dedicated to the stories of working actors, writers, directors, designers, dancers, musicians, composers, and playwrights who are navigating the waters between art and commerce.