Bruce: May fifth, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is launching. And that will be premiering on Paramount Plus, and I play the character of Hemmer. Chris: This is the Penny Forward podcast, a show about blind people building bright futures one penny at a time. I’m Chris Peterson. Liz: And I’m Liz Bottner. Chris: We…
This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak. Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak lost over 90% of his eyesight to Retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer. He has worked for over 25 years as an actor, writer, musician, composer, and painter, often creating work which…
This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak. Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak lost over 90% of his eyesight to Retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer. He has worked for over 25 years as an actor, writer, musician, composer, and painter, often creating work which…
Bruce: May fifth, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is launching. And that will be premiering on Paramount Plus, and I play the character of Hemmer. Chris: This is the Penny Forward podcast, a show about blind people building bright futures one penny at a time. I’m Chris Peterson. Liz: And I’m Liz Bottner. Chris: We…
Bruce: And I asked one of my mentors at the time, “What school should I go to and how should I follow this career path?” And he said, “At the end of the day, it’s not gonna matter what school you went to. When … When you write a script and it goes across somebody’s…
This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak. Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak lost over 90% of his eyesight to Retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer. He has worked for over 25 years as an actor, writer, musician, composer, and painter, often creating work which…
Bruce: And I asked one of my mentors at the time, “What school should I go to and how should I follow this career path?” And he said, “At the end of the day, it’s not gonna matter what school you went to. When … When you write a script and it goes across somebody’s…
This week’s guest is Star Trek’s first blind actor, Bruce Horak. Bruce is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he trained in theatre and Improvisation. Horak lost over 90% of his eyesight to Retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer. He has worked for over 25 years as an actor, writer, musician, composer, and painter, often creating work which…
Bruce: And I asked one of my mentors at the time, “What school should I go to and how should I follow this career path?” And he said, “At the end of the day, it’s not gonna matter what school you went to. When … When you write a script and it goes across somebody’s…