An interview with M:BRACE Series facilitator Ben Lipitz, professional actor and Broadway veteran —Pumbaa from Broadway and National Tour productions of Disney’s The Lion King. Ben is leading a healing- and wellness-based professional development opportunity called "Monologue and Song Master Class: Deepening The Acting Process," facilitating arts educator performances of prepared musical numbers and monologues to deepen their artistic craft that will take place from 2pm-2:45pm on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. The M:BRACE Podcast is a chance to learn more about the AEMS-MSDE M:BRACE facilitators as humans, as artists, as fellow individuals living in and through the COVID-19 pandemic and to learn how the arts help us all survive.