Host Julie Lacouture talks to Trent Stamp, CEO of The Eisner Foundation, about his career in the non-profit sector and why he started Charity Navigator. They also talk about his work at The Eisner Foundation and the foundation’s investments in intergenerational programs. The Eisner Foundation is a generous supporter of EngAGE intergnerational programming.
In the show’s non-profit feature, Nancy Goodhart, COO of EngAGE, calls in to talk about the tactics EngAGE uses to ensure a high quality program that is customized to meet the needs of specific communities.
ZOMBIE JOE created Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group aka Z.J.U. in August of 1992 in a small industrial garage in Northridge, CA The Underground continues to push the limits of live progressive theater as a vital experimental art form in honor of such writers as Antonin Artaud, Bertolt Brecht, Anton Chekhov, Ivan Turgenev, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and George Lucas. Now located in the North Hollywood Theater District, aka The NoHo Arts District, ZJU Theatre Group continues to provide new, original productions that run year-round. The group has been nominated for LA Weekly Theater Awards and was named in the “Best of L.A. Theater Companies for the Decade” list by Steven Leigh Morris of the LA Weekly. 
JANA WIMER is co-creator and co-director of the long running cult horror hit, Urban Death, and Urban Death: Tour of Terror, at Zombie Joe’s Underground Theater. A lifelong horror fan, Jana started acting in high school and went on to get her degree in Theatre Arts. She acted in the first several incarnations of Urban Death, including a run in New York City. She directed an Urban Death in Cape Town, South Africa, with an all South African cast. This year, she directed the troupe’s performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Jana also directed several productions with the horror theatrical company, The Visceral Company. Her theatrical horror directing credits also include: Attack of the Rotting Corpses, The 10 O’clock People, Fever Dream, Horror-fest, Madness! Murder! Mayhem!, Devil’s Love at Midnight, and Habeas Corpus. She studied puppetry with Muppet artists and also has an extensive background in art and music. 
Susan Diol’s yoga class has completely changed the dynamic at Park Plaza Senior Apartments in North Hollywood, CA. Over the years of EngAGE’s programming—through Tanya’s Bingo on Tuesday nights, the weekly exercise class, and most definitely with Susan’s Tuesday morning yoga class—the residents have formed much more of a bond. They enjoy each other’s company and look forward to their shared experiences. You can see the joy in these pictures, and it’s even better in person when you can hear Susan chanting and singing to them throughout their session.
