Center Stage: Recent Episodes
The State Press
Artists of the ASU community take the stage in this State Press podcast series. For more State Press stories, head to https://www.statepress.com or follow the State Press twitter account https://twitter.com/statepress.
Reporter Peter Vezeau chats with actors from "Healing Wars," a show that brings attention to the struggles that veterans face after returning home.
ASU theatre major Hugo Crick-Furman shares their views on gender identity and discusses the fundamental problems present in "RuPaul's Drag Race" in a conversation with reporter Peter Vezeau.
Reporter Peter Vezeau chats with three members of the cast of "EVERYBODY," a new ASU production where the cast takes on randomized roles every performance.
State Press Reporter Peter Vezeau sits down with Kaitlyn Kief and Derek Scott of the band Space Sluts to discuss their sound and latest EP, "Ombre."
Podcaster Peter Vezeau sits down with two Asian and Pacific Islander American performers at ASU, Jiarui Ding and Brian Calo, to hear about their experiences on and off stage. They discuss the effects racism has on their performances, mental health and activist work.
Lucia Mora, Lauren Voorhees and Nick Scaringelli all discuss their new production, "Luchadora," with podcaster Peter Vezeau. Luchadora is a virtual production premiering later this month about women challenging social norms and lucha libre wrestling.
The co-presidents of IDEA, a student organization focused on inclusion and equity in the arts, discuss their upcoming project MOSAIC with podcast reporter Peter Vezeau. This production is centered around telling BIPOC and LGBTQ+ stories. Jalen Montgomery and Ramon "Chino" Saberano share their personal experiences with diversity and discussions with the MDT Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.
Anne Ethington, an ASU theatre major, considers the past year as a performer during the pandemic and discusses the impact COVID has had on the industry as a whole. Through experiences on-stage and in a virtual stage, she attempts to answer the question: is virtual theatre still theatre?