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ACT LIKE A MOTHER

Katie MacNichol, Melanie Lora

Booking Overview

An interview podcast focused on working actor parents, typically featuring external conversations with professional actors—especially mothers—about sustaining creative careers while raising children. Agencies could credibly pitch actor-parents, theater and film creatives, and experts or advocates with firsthand experience of parenting in the arts; booking difficulty is low because the show favors accessible working professionals over major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 35

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Female

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 940 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

melanielucy@me.com

actlikeamotherpodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Katie MacNichol - Working actor and mother who co-hosts conversations about balancing an acting career, creative practice, and parenting.

Melanie Lora - Working actor and mother who co-hosts conversations about balancing an acting career, creative practice, and parenting.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Working actors and other professional creatives who are parents, particularly people with firsthand experience balancing demanding artistic careers and family life. Relevant advocates and arts professionals may also fit when they bring a personal connection to parenting in the creative industries.
Required Achievements:  
Professional theater, film, or television work, Broadway or major regional theater roles, Award-winning acting or recognized industry advocacy, Sustained creative careers while raising children

Recent Guest Discussions

Alex Hurt - Parenting And Co-parenting, Sustaining An Acting Career, Sobriety And Service, Family Traditions, And Working Away From Children

Betsy Aidem - Parenting Through Divorce, Career Decisions And Motherhood, Late-career Opportunities, Artistic Curiosity, And Her Work In Liberation

Loreen MacNichol - Recognizing A Child's Artistic Calling, Supporting An Actor's Career, Motherhood, Personal Work, And The Arts

Francie Lora - Recognizing A Child's Artistic Calling, Supporting An Actor's Career, Motherhood, Personal Work, And The Arts

Celeste Arias - Returning To Artistic Work After Childbirth, Touring Or Working Away From Home With An Infant, Pumping, Sleep Training, And Maintaining Creative Energy

Recent Topics

Acting, Parenting, Motherhood, Theatre

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
ACT LIKE A MOTHER
:

Kali Rocha Crafts A Sparkling Life

September 21, 2026

Actor and entrepreneur Kali Rocha never envisioned herself being on a Disney show, but after a near-death medical emergency during the birth of her second child, her perspective on life and work radically shifted. Getting cast as the mom on Liv and Maddie turned out to be much more wonderful than she could have imagined. In this episode, Kali recounts her early years in NY pounding the pavement in punishing shoes, the moment the switch went off and she knew she wanted children, and the fortui...

Dana Green Finds Her Voice

September 02, 2026

Growing up in the Midwest, celebrated stage and voice actor Dana Green didn’t have a plan for how to become an actor. But as fate led her from Ohio to Iowa to Chicago to the prestigious Stratford Festival in Canada, an artistically fulfilling life began to come into view. Only one thing was missing: her real-life leading man. Known for her command of classical text and her portrayals of some of the great Shakespearean heroines, Dana’s real-life love story plays more like a Lifetime Movie: a t...

Jillian Armenante is The Stone in The Soup

August 03, 2026

If she’d had her druthers, award winning actor, director, writer, producer Jillian Armenante would have gotten started early and had a bunch of kids. But dumpster diving as a theatre rat in the Seattle grunge scene of the 90’s wasn’t exactly the ideal lifestyle to start a family. However, after a fortuitous game of spin-the-bottle led her to her future wife and a legendary Seattle theatre gig made her a breakout star, suddenly she was a series regular on a prime-time show, buying a house in L...

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melanielucy@me.com

actlikeamotherpodcast@gmail.com

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