✨ Creator Andee Kinzy introduces KICKING THE BUCKET, a new fiction podcast about aging, caregiving, and end-of-life autonomy.

With 8 richly sound-designed episodes and a stellar cast aged 34 to 92, this audio dramedy is a TV series for your ears. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. And you get to choose how the story ends.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.

🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

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🎙️ CAST

Mimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & Howard

Also featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde

🎬 CREDITS

Written/Produced/Directed: Andee Kinzy

Producer & Casting: Dana Wing Lau

Sound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)

Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek Productions

Marketing: Chiara McCarty

Podcast Club Producer: Chloé Carcamo

Studio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin

🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.

#AudioDrama #FictionPodcast #Aging #Caregiving #EndOfLife #ElderCare #NewPodcast #PodcastRecommendations

✨ Dolores and Howard set the stage for their last act after another unsatisfying tour of a “nursing home” (or retirement community, depending on who you ask) and a confirmation that Howard’s health is nearing its final curtain.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.

🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

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🎙️ CAST

Mimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & Howard

Also featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde

🎬 CREDITS

Written/Produced/Directed: Andee Kinzy

Producer & Casting: Dana Wing Lau

Sound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)

Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek Productions

Marketing: Chiara McCarty

Podcast Club Producer: Chloé Carcamo

Studio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin

🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.

#Caregiving #AudioDrama #Aging #AlzheimersAwareness #ElderCare #DarkComedy

✨ More talk of retirement communities and forced downsizing sets a strangely troublesome scene for Dolores and Howard. Can there be dignity in death? Tamika has a secret of her own.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.

🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

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🎙️ CAST

Mimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & Howard

Also featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde

🎬 CREDITS

Written/Produced/Directed: Andee Kinzy

Producer & Casting: Dana Wing Lau

Sound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)

Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek Productions

Marketing: Chiara McCarty

Podcast Club Producer: Chloé Carcamo

Studio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin

🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.

#Caregivers #DarkComedy #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #FamilyDynamics #Downsizing

✨ Another tour of a retirement home facility pushes Dolores to face the future. Howard hopes the stars will align, but after a terrifying memory lapse episode with Dolores, he admits the fault may lie closer to home. They may have also accidentally adopted a dog.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.

🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

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🎙️ CAST

Mimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & Howard

Also featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde

🎬 CREDITS

Written/Produced/Directed: Andee Kinzy

Producer & Casting: Dana Wing Lau

Sound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)

Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek Productions

Marketing: Chiara McCarty

Podcast Club Producer: Chloé Carcamo

Studio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin

🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.

#Caregiving #AudioDrama #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #AlzheimersAwareness #DementiaCare #MemoryCare #RescueDog

✨ Dolores and Howard realize that brainstorming ways to go out on your own terms is hard work. It also requires some imagination…and perchance, a little luck from Mother Nature. An annual family trip to a water park proves to be chaotic and isolating.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.

🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

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🎙️ CAST

Mimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & Howard

Also featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde

🎬 CREDITS

Written/Produced/Directed: Andee Kinzy

Producer & Casting: Dana Wing Lau

Sound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)

Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek Productions

Marketing: Chiara McCarty

Podcast Club Producer: Chloé Carcamo

Studio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin

🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.

#Caregivers #DarkComedy #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #AssistedDying #EthicalDilemmas #FamilyTension

✨ This is it. The hour is nigh. Dolores and Howard make their move, but an unexpected visitor threatens to derail their carefully crafted goodbye. As Tamika reveals her secret, the question remains: will anyone hear Dolores and Howard before the curtain falls?

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.

🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

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🎙️ CAST

Mimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & Howard

Also featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde

🎬 CREDITS

Written/Produced/Directed: Andee Kinzy

Producer & Casting: Dana Wing Lau

Sound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)

Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek Productions

Marketing: Chiara McCarty

Podcast Club Producer: Chloé Carcamo

Studio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin

🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.

#Caregiving #AudioDrama #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #AssistedLiving #PowerOfAttorney #Autonomy

✨ Dolores and Howard put their next plan into motion. But first, they need to get organized. Clear out the clutter and get the dog into a good, loving home. A feat that seems easy enough…

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.

🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

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🎙️ CAST

Mimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & Howard

Also featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde

🎬 CREDITS

Written/Produced/Directed: Andee Kinzy

Producer & Casting: Dana Wing Lau

Sound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)

Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek Productions

Marketing: Chiara McCarty

Podcast Club Producer: Chloé Carcamo

Studio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin

🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.

#Caregivers #DarkComedy #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #AlzheimersCare #Autonomy #AgeBias

✨ Finally. It’s time. And not a minute too late. Or maybe it is? Will Dolores and Howard be foiled again? Still, the kids need an answer about a nursing home, so our persistent protagonists make a break for it. In a minivan.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making.

🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast

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🎙️ CAST

Mimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & Howard

Also featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde

🎬 CREDITS

Written/Produced/Directed: Andee Kinzy

Producer & Casting: Dana Wing Lau

Sound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)

Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek Productions

Marketing: Chiara McCarty

Podcast Club Producer: Chloé Carcamo

Studio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin

🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.

#Caregiving #AudioDrama #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #AssistedDying #AlzheimersCare