Eliza Jane's Freedom of Speech Podcast LIVE Taping

Eliza Jane is a traveling folk storyteller whose protest songs grow from decades spent listening to voices across America. After logging more than 300,000 miles on the road in a converted ambulance, gathering stories, dialects, and lived experiences from everyday people, she shaped those journeys into her award-winning show Freedom of Speech.

Now she brings that spirit to a special live taping of Eliza Jane’s Freedom of Speech — an intimate night of fiddle-driven songs, heartfelt storytelling, and honest conversation about finding connection in divided times. Known to many as a voice actor on South Park and other major animation projects, Eliza returns to her folk roots with music from her album Gypsy Grass, blending Americana, world influences, and modern protest tradition. This grassroots gathering invites listeners to come together, sing, listen deeply, and remember that every voice — including yours — belongs in the circle.

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Press Quotes:

"Ms. Schneider is a fine and funny mimic, capable of astonishing transformations. …her show, “Freedom of Speech,” was one of the festival’s most popular, drawing a hip, young crowd with her irreverent, confessional personality.”- Bruce Weber, The New York Times

"If Lily Tomlin and Anna Deavere Smith were to merge their talents, the result might be something like Eliza Jane Schneider’s Freedom of Speech, a dramatic tour of America and also a tour de force… A wondrous harmony of American voices pouring from a one-woman choir." Adam Feldman, Time-Out NY

“Eliza Jane Schneider—Anna Deavere Smith crossed with Amy Sedaris—uncannily channels some 30 real-life Americans and their crazy-quilt stories in her tour-de-force one-woman show …Schneider doesn’t so much act as literally summon each person right before your eyes.” Sean Kennedy, New York Magazine

"CAPTIVATING! A vivid aural photo album of America." - Brian Scott Lipton, New York Post

"Ms. Schneider’s talent amazes." Rinne Groft, The New York Sun

"Schneider is a very talented woman; engaging, multi-faceted, and a seasoned performer with a lot of chutzpah. Freedom of Speech is a production not to miss!" Pamela Butler, nytheatre.com

And here's what the critics have to say about Eliza Jane's "Road Trip" -- Winner, 1996 DramaLogue Critic's Award, and "USA 911" (both precursors of Freedom of Speech):

"Virtuosic! Schneider’s everymen and everywomen are opinionated, touching, and amazingly diverse. A vivid oral history of American life. The most stunning moment of the show, when Schneider averts the attack of a vicious homeless man with an operatic aria, is pure poetry, a soaring metaphoric counterpoint to the play’s recurrent themes of human desperation and the redemptive powers of art" Kathleen Foley, L.A. Times

"Amazing . . . wild, audacious, powerful, funny, poignant. The next Lily Tomlin!" Venice Magazine

"Schneider is an astonishing physical mimic, and eerily adroit at capturing accents and speech patterns from various regions of the country." L.A. Reader

"Riveting, Brilliant, Dazzling . . . " Wisconsin State Journal

"Wildly funny! Genuinely poignant. Watch out Anna Deavere Smith, Eliza Schneider just might do your act better than you do!" " Backstage West

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