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In this episode, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley look at the life and legacy of playwright Robbie McCauley, who recently passed away. They discuss her work as a pioneer of solo performance as a Black woman and how she impacted the world of Black feminist theatre.
In this episode, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley interview artist/scholar Lisa B. Thompson. In their conversation with Lisa, they discuss navigating life as a Black feminist artist/scholar, putting some respect on Black theatre, and why Black theatre is an integral part of Black Studies.
Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley of Daughters of Lorraine, a black feminist theatre podcast,interview award-winning and acclaimed playwright Dominique Morisseau on her recent Broadway productions of Ain’t Too Proud and Skeleton Crew, the future of Detroit theatre and performance, and reckoning with American history. Ealey and Ridley discuss Morisseau’s own practice of reparative creativity and the ability for theatre to serve as a rehearsal for true change.
This episode is inspired by recent and current events regarding Roe v. Wade and their potential impact on birthing people. We think about the representation of reproductive justice (things such as abortion, contraception, and anything regarding decisions to birth or plan a family) especially from Black women playwrights. We discuss plays such as They That Sit in Darkness by Mary Burrill, Rachel by Angelina Weld Grimke, Come Down Burning by Kia Corthron, In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks, and Abortion Road Trip by Rachel Lynett.
In this episode, Jordan and Leticia interview playwright Pearl Cleage. They discuss the way she has navigated her career as a Black feminist/womanist playwright often working in Black spaces; how she found her home in Atlanta, Georgia; and her most recent play, Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous.
In this episode, Leticia and Jordan finally explain what they mean when they say Black feminism, especially in theatre and performance. They engage Lisa M. Anderson’s tenets of Black feminist drama, alongside other contemporary scholars and artists expansion of Black feminist theatre. They discuss Black feminist theory, black feminist practice in creative work, and black feminist theatre theory.
Note: In this episode, Lisa M. Anderson is mistakenly referred to as Lisa B. Anderson on ocasion. These instances remain in the podcast audio and have been corrected in the transcript found on HowlRound.com
This episode focuses on the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner, Fat Ham by James Ijames. Leticia and Jordan discuss the recent production at the Public Theater, its conversation and diversion from Shakespeare, representations of Black queerness, and what it means to be soft as a black person
This episode honors the life and work of composer, writer, and performer Micki Grant, who passed away in August 2021. Grant was the first Black woman to write and compose a musical that made it to Broadway, and she is also the subject of Jordan's dissertation.
This episode is an interview with Addae Moon, the associate artistic director at Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta, Georgia. We discuss his journey as a theatre artist; his playwright development lab, Hush Harbor Lab; and his own artistry and creativity.
This episode explores the recent revival of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, directed and choreographed by Camille A. Brown. Hosts Leticia Ridley and Jordan Ealey contextualize the production, its ongoing relevance and legacy, and its resonance in Black feminist theatre, dance, and performance.
To end the season, this episode will have Marina and Nabra sitting down to tea to talk about highlights from this season and what is to come in the future.
Join Marina and Nabra as they speak with MENA theatremakers Leila Buck and Yussef El-Guindi on another episode of Kunafa and Shay.
Artistic identities can be complicated, and many theatremakers work equally within two or more disciplines simultaneously. The most interesting work is rarely created in a vacuum. These multidisciplinary artists create diverse projects in all senses of the word, broadening our idea of what theatre can and should be. Today, two such multihyphenate artists, Denmo Ibrahim and Sarah Fahmy, converse about their multiple identities, how they reconcile and manage their myriad expertise, and the role of multihyphenate artists in today’s theatre landscape.
MENA artists continue to work hard to create representation in large theatrical arenas by pushing for their work to be produced on contemporary stages. However, since some major theatres only allot 1 or 2 slots a year for plays by BIPOC artists, MENA artists have frequently been ignored. They have found other ways to create thriving artistic spaces for actors, directors, and playwrights alike. Masrah Cleveland Al Arabi has created a space for MENA artists to thrive. This artist-led organizational infrastructure serves as an example of how change can be made within existing theatrical structures. Today we are joined by Raymond Bobgan and Omar Kurdi.
In the greater conversation about MENA or SWANA identity, many national and ethnic groups do not neatly fit into that category or are in between geographic areas. One of the largest groups that are both within and without what is considered the “Middle East” is Iran. So many Iranian leaders are making intentional space for the diversity and specificity of their culture by creating companies for Iranian artists. In this episode, we highlight two Iranian theatre companies: Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble in Seattle, WA, and Peydah Theatre Company in NYC.
For artists, getting a quality review of their show is often critical to continued success. It can make or break new plays and emerging artists. However, works by BIPOC artists have often been subjected to the white critical gaze in reviews, which has frequently not made any attempt to account for the complexity of culture outside of the reviewer’s own understanding. There has been a major push by BIPOC artists to counter the white supremacy of reviews, including who writes the critiques and what they write about. In this episode, Arti Ishak and Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel talk about their experiences as MENA artists and critics, how they negotiate the field of criticism, and what changes can and must be made to the landscape.
Community engagement is more than a post-show talk or touring production. These two directors and administrative leaders are community engagement practitioners in everything that they do, including their artmaking and program curation. They work both as independent artists and through organizations. We will discuss the nature of community engagement as an artistic practice, how their MENA backgrounds influence their practice, and how the theatre atmosphere is or should shift to be community engaged in an authentic and equitable way.
Site-specific performances have the possibility to truly make all the world a stage. To produce site-specific and devised theatre performances in the United States and abroad, artists must engage with the questions of the politics of any space, what communities inhabit or use it, and who is invited into it. Sahar Assaf, a Lebanese theatremaker and the new artistic director of Golden Thread Productions, and Zeina Daccache, an actor, director, and the founder of Catharsis: Lebanese Center for Drama Therapy come together to talk about site-specific and devised theatre pieces in Lebanon, the rest of the MENA world, and the United States.
Theatre is a powerful tool for political and community advocacy efforts. From the stage to the streets, theatre can illuminate underheard narratives, reveal different perspectives on political events, and humanize the struggles of groups. There is a long history of theatre as a tool for advocacy in the Palestinian community in the US and abroad. In this episode, we talk to two Palestinian writers and theatremakers who have been using the art form as a way to bring awareness to the conflict in Palestine, give audiences with concrete tools for change, and provide direct relief to Palestinians internationally.
Last season we talked about on-stage representation in contemporary theatre. But what does representation look like behind the scenes and why is it important? How does the process change when there are MENA creative team members, production staff, directors, and playwrights involved from the inception of a project to its closing night? What role does this representation play in new work development? We will discuss all of this and more with playwright Betty Shamieh and artistic director of Boom Arts Tracy Francis as they share their past experiences, insight, and ideas for the future.
Gender Euphoria, the podcast, host Nicolas Shannon Savard sits down with actor, writer, consultant, educator Scott Turner Schofield. They trouble the TV/film industry's framing of Schofield as a singular "trans trailblazer," since as he notes, trans actors were, indeed, carving out spaces to make and support one another’s art long before we were invited into Hollywood or mainstream theatre spaces. The conversation dives into the shifts that Scott has noticed in audience response to his work over the course of the last twenty years and how those are in direct conversation with national politics.
Gender Euphoria, the Podcast host Nicolas Shannon Savard sits down with actor, writer, and comedian D’Lo to talk about his career and how he uses comedy and storytelling as tools for connection, education, and compassion.
Gender Euphoria, the podcast, host Nicolas Shannon Savard sits down with artist-scholar, Dr. Jesse D. O’Rear. This episode features a conversation with Dr. O’Rear about his research on and experience working with autobiographical trans narratives in performance and a phenomenon he calls the “autobiographical assumption,” which audiences often read onto trans artists.
Gender Euphoria, the podcast, host Nicolas Shannon Savard sits down with storyteller, educator, and advocate for transgender rights, Rebecca Kling. Their conversation addresses Rebecca’s work as a solo performer-turned-activist, the importance of consent in deciding to take on the trans educator role, and her radical and hilarious approach to the post-show talkback: the Strip Q and A.
Gender Euphoria, the podcast, host Nicolas Shannon Savard sits down with actor, writer, and human rights advocate Maybe Burke to talk about her role at the Transgender Training Institute and their signature course, “Supporting Transgender Actors & Creatives.”
Gender Euphoria, the podcast, host Nicolas Shannon Savard sits down with siri gurudev to talk about their devising practice which blends queer of color theory and performance techniques, popular music, and spirituality and to chat about their dissertation research on ritual, trauma, and healing in QTPOC performance.
Gender Euphoria, the podcast, host Nicolas Shannon Savard sits down with playwright and performer, Dillon Yruegas to talk about two productions of his play The Brunch Crowd. They talk about what a slice-of-life, kitchen sink play full of trans of color characters looks like and what kind of intervention that makes in the theatrical landscape. They dive into the importance of trans joy and queer friendship and its absence on stage. Finally, Dillon reflects on how expansive approaches to casting trans and non-binary characters and how identity-based casting might open up dialogue and create space for a much wider range of faces and experiences to be seen on stage.
Gender Euphoria, the podcast, host Nicolas Shannon Savard sits down with playwright Azure D. Osborne-Lee to talk about their play, Crooked Parts; building Black queer worlds onstage; and the mentorship, community-building, and production practices that go into bringing those worlds to life.
Gender Euphoria, the podcast, host Nicolas Shannon Savard sits down with playwright and performer, Dillon Yruegas to talk about two productions of his play The Brunch Crowd. They talk about what a slice-of-life, kitchen sink play full of trans of color characters looks like and what kind of intervention that makes in the theatrical landscape. They dive into the importance of trans joy and queer friendship and its absence on stage. Finally, Dillon reflects on how expansive approaches to casting trans and non-binary characters and how identity-based casting might open up dialogue and create space for a much wider range of faces and experiences to be seen on stage.
Nicolas Shannon Savard and Joshua Bastian Cole continue their conversation about transgender representation. They critique Time magazine’s 2014 declaration of the “transgender tipping point” of cultural visibility and explore the ways in which Hollywood’s handling of trans narratives bleeds over into the theatre, politics, and daily life for trans and gender nonconforming people.
Tony Award-winning producer Mara Isaacs discusses how she puts collaboratively creative work in front of national audiences through her producing organization, Octopus Theatricals. This final episode of season two holds hot takes on boards, theatricality, and connective tissue around artist-centered producing.
In episode 1 (part 1) of Gender Euphoria, the podcast, host Nicolas Shannon Savard sits down with Joshua Bastian Cole to talk about popular tropes in transgender representation, gender legibility on stage, and the implications of each for trans and nonbinary theatremakers.
Welcome to Gender Euphoria, the podcast! In this episode, host and producer Nicolas Savard explains the origin story of this new podcast and what (and who) we should expect to hear from this season.
What does fiscal sponsorship do for you and your organization? Colleen Hughes, associate director of programming at Fractured Atlas, walks us through the broad array of opportunities they provide. She’ll also shed light on fundraising trends she’s seen with non-profit organizations throughout the pandemic.
Founder, ensemble member, and former artistic director of Lookingglass Theatre Company, David Catlin, shares how their limitless aesthetic showcases their Chicago-based artists across the country. In addition, we dive into their unique shared leadership model, their growth and goals for the future, and how tension with your board members can be a good thing.
The job of the facilitator, the logic of shared leadership, and how it all translates to directing a process. Michael Rohd stands at the forefront of ensemble-based practices equipped with questions about how we create the future that we want to be working in socially, civically, and artistically. Join us as we unpack and define what’s next.
Alison Carey, formerly of Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Co-Founders & Artistic Directors of UNIVERSES, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and Steven Sapp, discuss putting ensemble producers inside a major producing entity and the capacity necessary for things to fall into place. “What a gift to an institutional theatre to have another model of how to do things right there… the gift of insight inside of your organization.” – Alison Carey
Rachel Dickstein, Artistic Director of Ripe Time, takes us through her experience with Center Theatre Group’s completion commission for their adaptation of SLEEP. She also spotlights some necessary and helpful relationships with tour presenting partners, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, as well as champion and friend Diane Rodriguez.
Founding Program Director for the Arts at Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Olga Garay-English and Jeffrey Mosser discuss the revolutionary process of getting ensemble work in regional theatre spaces including her unprecedented partnership with Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Other topics include touring models, festival culture, and her experience as an international arts consultant.
From the Ground Up returns to the airwaves with Patricia Garza who shares their experience producing hyper-collaborative and ensemble-based theatre at the regional theatre level. Their work at the Network of Ensemble Theatres, Los Angeles Performance Practice, Center Theatre Group, and Art Equity provides significant insights into contemporary theatre-making practices and next steps for the industry.
As a part of the New Deal, the Federal Theatre Project of the 1930s funded theatre in the United States at an unprecedented level, providing paid work for trained theatremakers and low-cost performances to audiences all around the country. Corinna Schulenberg and Dr. Elizabeth A. Osborne discuss the history of the Federal Theatre Project and its potential to act as a model for a New Federal Theatre Project formed in conjunction with racial justice, climate justice, and Land Back movements.
Shakespeare looms large over both the American and British theatre scenes. But his outsize influence means that we’ve long neglected a dizzying array of fascinating and brilliant theatre written by other early modern England dramatists. Robert Crighton and the Beyond Shakespeare Company are working to remedy this, and Robert joins us for this episode to discuss how they’re trying to expand our awareness of the theatre of this era.
The ancient Roman comedies of Plautus have inspired playwrights from Shakespeare to Sondheim. But they've also been seen as grim reminders of the oftentimes horrifying world of ancient Rome, where violence and slavery were commonplace. Dr. Amy Richlin joins Mike Lueger to talk about her book Slave Theater in the Roman Republic, which explores how Plautus's plays gave voice to enslaved persons during this era.
In the nineteenth century,Charlotte Cushman became United States’ first celebrity actress. Tana Wojczuk, who has written a new biography of Cushman, joins the Mike Lueger to talk about the actress’s remarkable life both on stage and off.
On this special episode of Daughters of Lorraine, hosts Leticia Ridley and Jordan Ealey sit down with Aleshea Harris and Whitney White, the playwright and director of the powerful, ritualistic play, What to Send Up When It Goes Down.
As the University of Pittsburgh prepares to make August Wilson’s archive publicly accessible, Dr. Sandra G. Shannon and William Daw join Mike Leuger to discuss Wilson’s flourishing legacy.
Dongshin Chan introduces us to the world of kunqu, the traditional Chinese theatrical form that gave rise to masterpieces of world theatre in the 16th and 17th centuries.
In this week’s Theatre History Podcast, Dr. Megan Sanborn Jones discusses the history of Mormons in theatre and the pageant tradition in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Through her deep research on these pageants, Dr. Jones explores the unique fusion of faith, history, and performance in Mormon pageantry.
Dr. Ibby Cizmar joins the Theatre History Podcast to share her research on Ernie McClintock, who worked to develop a system of training and performance that could serve the specific needs of African American actors in the mid-twentieth century. A significant influence in the Black Arts Movement, McClintock’s methods continue to influence institutions and theatremakers today.
Michael Lueger is joined by director, performer, and educator Dr. Rachel Blackburn to discuss diversity and intersectionality within the stand-up comedy world and how comics are engaging with social issues and movements.
Yura Sapi speaks with Rose Kim, founder and producing director of Art Rat Theatre. Art Rat Theatre is a production vehicle dedicated to gardening anticolonial, anti-capitalist theatre for a truly diverse new era audience and catalyzing a greater network of independent institutionally marginalized, young adult creatives.
On this special episode of Kunafa and Shay, Marina and Nabra are joined by actor and activist Yousof Sultani, who discusses his experiences in the theatre field as an Afghan American artist and the advocacy and community organizing he does for the people of Afghanistan.
Yura Sapi speaks with Eric Lockley, co-founder of the Movement Theatre Company. Lockley is a member of the company’s producing artistic leadership team, who work together to create an artistic social movement by developing and producing new works by artists of color. Their work engages audiences in a rich theatrical dialogue, enlightens communities to the important issues affecting our world, and empowers artists to celebrate the many sides of their unique voice.
Yura Sapi sits down with Ann James, founder of Intimacy Coordinators of Color, whose mission is to support and promote decolonized intimacy education and inclusive hiring practices in the entertainment industry.
Yura Sapi sits down with Iyvon E., artistic director of The Parsnip Ship, a podcast play company that amplifies bold artists for audiences who crave accessible stories and storytellers.
Yura Sapi speaks with Teresa Coleman Wash, the founding artistic director of Bishop Arts Theatre Center, whose mission is to create a diverse and vibrant arts community while creating sustainable opportunities for local and emerging artists through performances and education.
Yura Sapi talks with Quanice Floyd, founder of Arts Administrators of Color Network, whose mission is to empower artists and arts administrators by providing tools and resources to advocate for equity, inclusion, access, and diversity in the arts.
Yura Sapi interviews Tara Moses of Groundwater Arts, an organization that shapes, stewards, and seeds a just future through creative practice, consultation, and community building.
Yura Sapi sits down with Kyoung H. Park of Kyoung’s Pacific Beat, a peacemaking theatre collective dedicated to working with artists, non-artists, and local communities to transform experiences of oppression into peace messages through public performance.
Yura Sapi sits down with Black, Deaf artist Michelle Banks to talk about Visionaries of the Creative Arts, an organization Michelle co-founded, dedicated to responding to the critical needs of d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing artists who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color, in Washington, DC.
In this episode of Building Our Own Tables, host Yura Sapi discusses Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble, the first Iranian theatre company in Seattle, with co-founder Parmida Ziaei.
The Front Porch Arts Collective is a Black theatre company committed to advancing racial equity in Boston by producing art that is inclusive of all communities and welcoming to all audiences. In this episode of Building Our Own Tables, Yura Sapi talks about leadership in theatre with Black actor and educator Maurice Parent, a co-producer of the Collective.
Theatre Diaspora began as a response to the lack of AAPI visibility on Portland stages and audiences as well as a lack of awareness and education regarding the importance of casting Asian American actors in Asian American roles and plays. MediaRites took on Theatre Diaspora as a project to create a yearly season of staged readings focusing on Asian/Pacific Islander American identity and cultural issues. In this episode of Building Our Own Tables: Season 2, host Yura Sapi discusses Theatre Diaspora with co-founders Samson Syharath and Dmae Lo Roberts.
In this final episode of Kunafa and Shay, Marina and Nabra are focusing on MENA theatre in the United States with playwrights Lameece Issaq, Torange Yeghiazarian, and Jamil Khoury.
Join Marina and Nabra on this week's episode of Kunafa and Shay as they discuss Middle Eastern and North African cuisine in theatre and their lives.
On this week’s episode of Kunafa and Shay, join Marina and Nabra as they discuss Forum Theatre in Palestine with Palestinian actors and founders of ASHTAR Theatre Edward Muallem and Iman Aoun.
On this week's episode of Kunafa and Shay, Marina and Nabra discuss Western ideals of women, specifically Arab women, and two adaptations of Western plays by Arab women. The hosts also explore the authentic Arabic feminist themes in the plays Jogging: Theatre in Progress and Noura.
On this episode of Kunafa and Shay, Marina and Nabra discuss Egyptian street theatre with Egyptian curator and coordinator Mohab Saber.
On this week’s episode of Kunafa and Shay, join Marina and Nabra as they discuss MENA drama on video, touching a wide range of plays. Marina and Nabra also interview Andrea Assaf about her works, DRONE and Eleven Reflections on September.
On this week’s episode of Kunafa and Shay, join Marina and Nabra as they interview Jen Marlowe about her company Donkeysaddle Productions, where Jen conducted interviews for fifteen years to create the verbatim piece There is a Field, a play about Asel Asleh, a seventeen-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel killed by police in October 2000. Donkeysaddle used this piece to connect communities in the way it was subsequently performed and then documented. Listen to find out how this piece came to be.
On this week's episode of Kunafa and Shay, join Marina and Nabra as they discuss Zeina Daccache's work using drama therapy in Lebanon to empower inmates in the carceral system.
Join Nabra and Marina as they discuss how MENA theatre in the United States was affected by 9/11, analyze post-9/11 trends in MENA theatre from their own perspectives, and also examine popular MENA plays of the twenty-first century. Setting the stage for future episodes, this discussion illuminates how theatre has contributed to representation of Arabs in popular media and highlights the playwrights who have fought against the stereotypes that were made mainstream by the widespread racism and xenophobia following 9/11, which continue to this day.
Season 1 of Kunafa and Shay will focus on MENA theatre post-9/11 to today - highlighting contemporary MENA plays and playwrights, spotlighting international community-engaged work in the Arab world, and pondering the present and future of MENA theater in the US. Theatre artist Nabra Nelson and MENA theatre scholar Marina J. Bergenstock bring their own perspectives, research, and special guests in order to start a dialogue and encourage further learning and discussion.
The name, Kunafa and Shay, invites you into the discussion in the best way we know how - with complex and delicious sweets like kunafa, and perfectly warm tea (or, in Arabic, shay!). Kunafa and Shay is a place to share experiences, ideas and, sometimes, to engage with our differences.
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By Beto O'Byrne, Yura Sapi. For the last episode of this season's Building Our Own Tables, podcast host Yura Sapi talks with Beto O'Byrne of Radical Evolution, a multiethnic producing collective.
By Pooja Prema, Yura Sapi. In this episode of Building Our Own Tables, podcast host Yura Sapi talks with Pooja Prema of The Ritual Theatre and The Rites of Passage Project.
By Nydia Simone, Yura Sapi. In this episode of Building Our Own Tables Podcast, host Viviana Vargas discusses amplifying Afrolatinx and Caribbean stories with an emphasis on women through media and entertainment with Blactina
By Jonathan Castanien, Yura Sapi. In the third episode of Build Our Own Tables podcast, host Viviana Vargas interviews Jonathan Castanien co-founder and co-producing artistic leader of The Sống Collective, which uplifts work that p
By Lauren E. Turner, Yura Sapi. In the second episode of Build Our Own Tables podcast, host Viviana Vargas interviews Lauren E.
By Petrona Xemi Tapepechul, Yura Sapi. The Angel Rose Artist Collective is a multilingual Two-Spirit, Native American Transgender, Intersex, Asexual, Queer+ led collective of artists, healers, educators, and adv
By Hana Sharif, Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. For the last episode of season two of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley talk with Hana S.
By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. In this episode, Daughters of Lorraine Podcast hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss how Black playwrights, such as Adrienne Kennedy, Tarrell Alvin McCraney, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Ntozake S
By Kevin Stephen McAllister, Vaughn Ryan Midder, Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. The Daughters of Lorraine Podcast hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss the advent of We See You, White American Theatre and situate it within a history of Black theatre artists calling out
By Renea Brown, Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. Daughters of Lorraine Podcast hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley interview actress Renea Brown on the interactions between Black theatre and Shakespeare, as well as her experience as a Black Sha
By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. In this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss "What is a Black musical?" using James Baldwin's Amen Corner and Angelica Chéri's Gu
By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. The Daughters of Lorraine Podcast returns for another episode where hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridely discuss Lorraine Hansberry's life, legacy, and other works of theatre and literature.
By Tamara Kissane, Iyvon Edebiri, Andrew Rincón. In this episode of Adventures in Audio Fiction, host Tamara Kissane converses with Iyvon Edebiri and Andrew Rincón about The Parsnip Ship, a series features new plays and new music performed live each month in Brooklyn and then released as a free podcast.
By Tamara Kissane, Andrea Klassen. On this episode of Adventures in Audio Fiction Podcast, host Tamara Kissane talks with Andrea Klassen of the Procyon Podcast Network about the formation of the Network and how it works, their Rocket Booster program to support new audio fiction creators, the peculiarities of writing and producing for audio, and the upcoming release of Andrea's audio serial Me and U.
By Tamara Kissane, Bilal Dardai, Jessica Wright Buha. For this episode of Adventures in Audio Fiction Podcast, host Tamara Kissane talks with Jessica Wright Buha and Bilal Dardai, staff writers with Unwell, a fiction podcast about conspiracies, ghosts, and unusual families of blood and choice.
By Tamara Kissane, Eric Silver. In this episode of Adventures in Audio Fiction Podcast, Tamara Kissane is in conversation with Eric Silver, the Head of Creative at Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production company based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
By Tamara Kissane, Elena Fernández Collins. On this episode of Adventures in Audio Fiction, Tamara Kissane talks with podcast critic Elena Fernández Collins about impact, accessibility, and barriers to entry, the formation of critical language, best practices, indie creating, and more.
By Tamara Kissane, Michael Aquino, Dania Ramos. For the premier episode of the Adventures in Audio Fiction Podcast, host Tamara Kissane discusses writing audio fiction for young audiences with Dania Ramos and Michael Aquino, the producers and creators of Timestorm, a series in which twins travel through time to preserve their culture's true history.
By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley, Otis Ramsey-Zöe. For the final episode of the first season of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley interview dramaturg and director Otis Cortez Ramsey-Zoë about his work in the Washing
By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss the transformative power of Aleshea Harris' What to Send Up When it Goes Down by centering Black rage, ritual, and healing on this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine.
By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. In this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley focus on representations of slavery on stage by Black playwrights beginning from the early 19th century to the 1960s.
By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. On this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley review Arena Stage's production of August Wilson’s Jitney, directed by Black theatre legend, Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. For this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley focus on the histories and enduring legacies of lynching dramas, covering early twentieth century history of Black women playwrights using theatre for protest ends, and situating them in Black feminism and Black radical tradition.
By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. On this first episode of Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, Leticia Ridley and Jordan Ealey discuss Woolly Mammoth's production of Fairview by Jackie Sibbilies Drury, its theoretical and theatrical interventions, as well as situate it in the historical and cultural contexts of Black theatre.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Kirk Lynn. On this episode of From the Ground Up, Kirk Lynn of Austin, Texas’ Rude Mechanicals talks about their place on the national scene and how they sustain their work as they continue to grow as artists and individuals.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Julia Rhoads. Julia Rhoads of the ensemble dance-theatre company Lucky Plush Productions talks to From the Ground Up about their sustaining efforts, strategies for developing work, and why the messiness of human relationships is such fertile ground for making work.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Ariel Fristoe. On this episode of the From the Ground Up Podcast, Ariel Fristoe of Out Of Hand Theatre talks about how their unique games and creation process translates from free experiences for audiences all over Atlanta to corporate training.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Quinn Bauriedel. In episode twelve of the From the Ground Up Podcast, Jeffrey Mosser talks to Pig Iron Theatre Company co-founder and co-artistic director Quinn Bauriedel about the history and future of the company, which is celebrating its twenty-fifth year.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Heather Cohn, Corinna Schulenburg. In this episode of the From the Ground Up Podcast, Jeffrey Mosser talks with Heather Cohn and Corinna Schulenburg of Flux Theatre Ensemble about their Living Ticket model is making transparent how much it costs to make a living wage in the theatre. This episode was recorded live at the TGG Miami 2019 Conference on Friday 7 June 2019.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Rachel Grossman, Colin K. Bills. In this episode of the From the Ground Up Podcast, Jeffrey Mosser discusses devising audience integrated performances with dog & pony dc founder Rachel Grossman and co-conspirator Colin K. Bills.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Quita Sullivan. In this episode of the From the Ground Up Podcast, Jeffrey Mosser and Quita Sullivan of New England Foundation of the Arts talk equity in the grant making process, and share some best practices for artists applying for grants.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Lindsay Puckett, MD. In this episode of the From the Ground Up Podcast, Jeffrey Mosser talks to longtime friend and medical doctor Lindsay Puckett about the uncanny similarity in the grant application process for theatremakers and research scientists.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Leda Hoffmann. In episode seven of the From the Ground Up Podcast, Jeffrey Mosser talks to Leda Hoffman about her recent appointment of artistic director of Strawdog Theatre Company.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Stephanie McKee. In episode six of the From the Ground Up podcast, Jeffrey Mosser interviews Stephanie McKee about the history of Junebug Productions, and how they look to "that blue sky" to imagine what is possible for the future.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Michaela Petro. In episode five of the From the Ground Up podcast, Michaela Petro walks us down her path on becoming an ensemble member of Strawdog Theatre Company, and how she contributes to cultivating their artistic culture.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Ova Saopeng. In this episode of the From the Ground Up Podcast, host Jeffery Mosser talks with Ova Saopeng of TeAda Productions about the importance of telling immigrant and refugee stories.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Emily K. Harrison. In episode three of the From the Ground Up podcast, Emily K. Harrison of square product theatre stresses the importance of creating space for radical inquiry by making work that provokes challenging conversations.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Coya Paz. In episode two of the From the Ground Up podcast, Coya Paz gives us the history and a peek into the future of Free Street Theater as it enters its fiftieth anniversary.
By Jeffrey Mosser, Michael Fields. In episode one of the From the Ground Up Podcast, host Jeffrey Mosser speaks with Michael Fields, the Producing Artistic Director of Dell’Arte International, about how the ensemble has grown over the past thirty years.
By Jeffrey Mosser. Jeffrey Mosser introduces a new podcast series, From the Ground Up, about ensemble-based and collaboratively-created theatre companies.
By Michael Lueger, Piotr Wołodźko. We welcome back Stories from the Eastern West for Part 2 of their exploration of the life and work of Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski.
By Michael Lueger, Piotr Wołodźko. The Theatre History Podcast is proud to partner with Stories from the Eastern West to present the first of a two-part episode on the life and work of revolutionary theatre director Jerzy Grotowski.
By Michael Lueger, Richard Schoch, Amanda Eubanks Winkler. The Restoration was an era of theatrical innovation and rebirth in England. It also saw a number of strikingly radical revisions of William Shakespeare's original plays. Dr.
By Michael Lueger, Matt DiCintio. In this week's Theatre History Podcast, Matt DiCintio on the origins of the freak show and its lasting influence on our perceptions of disability, race, and physical difference.
By Michael Lueger, Elaine McGirr. Why is Mary Ann Yates the greatest actress you've never heard of? Dr. Elaine McGirr introduces us to this eighteenth-century star and recounts her fascinating career.
By Michael Lueger, Derek Miller. In this week's Theatre History Podcast, Dr. Derek Miller joins us to talk about the origins and development of theatrical copyright.
By Michael Lueger, Sara B.T. Thiel. How do you depict pregnancy when you're working with an all-male cast? Dr. Sara BT Thiel joins us to discuss this and other issues connected to pregnancy on the Stuart stage.
By Michael Lueger, Robert Davis. Could you make it as the manager of a New York City theatre in the 1840s? That's the question that Dr. Robert Davis's game and app Broadway:1849 poses to players.
By Michael Lueger, Carlos Alexis Cruz. How has the circus changed from its earliest origins to today? CarlosAlexis Cruz joins us to explain how acrobatics and storytelling have come to replace the big top and the three-ring circus.
By Michael Lueger, Julie Burrell. How did Black theatre connect with the Civil Rights Movement? Dr. Julie Burrell of Cleveland State University joins the Theatre History Podcast to talk about William B.
By Jacqueline E. Lawton, Lisa C. Ravensbergen, mia susan amir, DeLesslin George-Warren. In this podcast, DeLesslin “Roo” George-Warren, Jacqueline E.
By Michael Lueger, Chantal Bilodeau. Playwright Chantal Bilodeau joins us to discuss her essay "Why I'm Breaking Up with Aristotle," and how we need to explore new forms of storytelling in order to create theatre that engages with iss
By Michael Lueger, Amy Cook. Dr. Amy Cook of Stony Brook University joins us to discuss her new book, Building Character: The Art and Science of Casting.
By Michael Lueger, Claudia Orenstein. Dr. Claudia Orenstein of Hunter College introduces us to the art of tolpavakoothu, a shadow puppet tradition from Kerala, in southern India.
By Michael Lueger, David Nicol. Dr. David Nicol talks about his project to turn early modern theatre manager Philip Henslowe's "diary" into a daily blog.
By Michael Lueger, Tracy Heather Strain. Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain talks about her new documentary Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, which explores the life and work of playwright Lorraine Hansberry.
By Michael Lueger, Alexander Dick, Selena Couture. Dr. Selena Couture and Dr. Alexander Dick discuss their new Broadview edition of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's landmark 1799 melodrama Pizarro.
By Michael Lueger, Noe Montez. Dr. Noe Montez of Tufts University joins us to talk about how Argentina's theatre have dealt with the legacy of the country's period of military dictatorship.
By Michael Lueger, Amy Meyer. Amy Meyer joins us to talk about acrobatic accidents in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as what they tell us about our appetite for risky entertainment.
By Michael Lueger, Sharrell D. Luckett. Dr. Sharrell Luckett joins us to discuss her new book Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches.
By Michael Lueger, Erin Mee. Dr. Erin Mee of New York University joins us for the second part of our series on Indian theatre.
By Michael Lueger, Erin Mee. Dr. Erin Mee of New York University joins us to discuss kutiyattam, a style of theatre from southwestern India that brings ancient Sanskrit dramas to life.
By Michael Lueger, Madeline Sayet. Madeline Sayet joins us to talk about how she's producing Shakespeare's work with Native American artists to place them in a new, more diverse context.
By Michael Lueger, David Coates. David Coates talks about his research into amateur theatricals in the nineteenth century.
By Michael Lueger, Sarah Burdett, Diane Tisdall, Katherine Astbury. The Staging Napoleonic Theatre project is working to study and stage early examples of melodrama, a theatrical genre that was widely popular in the nineteenth century.
By Michael Lueger, Stacy Wolf. Dr. Stacy Wolf reveals the hidden feminist history of the Broadway musical in this discussion of her book Changed for Good.
By Michael Lueger, Bryan Doerries. Bryan Doerries, co-founder of Theater of War Productions, talks about how classical dramas from the ancient world can address society's pressing issues in the twenty-first century.
By Michael Lueger, José A. Pérez Diéz, Matthew Steggle. Dr. José A. Pérez Díez & Dr. Matthew Steggle talk about early modern English playwright John Marston and how they're editing his Complete Works.
By Michael Lueger, Matthew Sergi. Dr. Matthew Sergi of the University of Toronto talks about medieval morality plays, and how performing them today gives us unexpected insights into our own world.
By Michael Lueger, Eleanor Fitzsimons. In this episode, Michael Lueger talks to author Eleanor Fitzsimons about Oscar Wilde and his working relationship with Sarah Bernhardt.
By Michael Lueger, Amy Hughes, Naomi Stubbs, Scott Dexter. Dr. Amy Hughes, Dr. Naomi Stubbs, and Dr. Scott D. Dexter discuss the diary of Harry Watkins, a nineteenth-century actor, playwright, and stage manager.
By Michael Lueger, Elisabeth Dutton, Aurélie Blanc, Olivia Robinson, Matthew Cheung Salisbury. A conversation with members of the Medieval Convent Drama project, based at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.
By Michael Lueger, Laura Rattray, Mary Chinery. Dr. Mary Chinery and Dr. Laura Rattray on Edith Wharton's little-known writing for the theatre.
By Michael Lueger, James White. James White talks about restoring the Alexandra Palace, a massive entertainment complex built in the 1870s.
By Michael Lueger, Seret Scott. Michael Lueger talks with director and performer Seret Scott about her work with the Free Southern Theater.
By Michael Lueger, Annemarie van Roessel. Michael Lueger talks with curator Annemarie van Roessel about scenic designer Jo Mielziner’s work.
By Michael Lueger, Esther Fernández. Dr. Esther Fernandez of Rice University talks about the Siglo de Oro Festival.
By Michael Lueger, William O. Beeman. Michael Lueger talks with Dr. William O. Beeman about the Iranian performance tradition known as ta'ziyeh.
By Michael Lueger, Jack Viertel. Michael Lueger and Jack Viertel talk about The New Yorkers.
By Michael Lueger, Steven (Siyuan) Liu. Michael Lueger talks with Dr. Steven (Siyuan) Liu about modern and contemporary Chinese theatre and performance.
By Michael Lueger, Elizabeth Mannion. Michael Lueger talks with Beth Mannion about plays depicting urban Ireland.
By Michael Lueger, Paul Gagliardi. Michael Lueger talks with Dr. Paul Gagliardi about It Can’t Happen Here.
By Michael Lueger, Mac Test. Michael Lueger talks with Dr. Mac Test about his new translation of La monja alfèrez, or The Lieutenant Nun.
By Michael Lueger, George Drance. Michael Lueger talks with George Drance about Pedro Calderon de la Barca.
By Michael Lueger, Alejandro Garcia Reidy. A conversation with Alejandro Garcia-Reidy about discovering a previously-unknown work by Spanish Golden Age playwright Lope de Vega.
By Michael Lueger, Jeremy V. Morris. Michael Lueger and Jeremy Morris discuss Bert Williams.
By Michael Lueger, Charlotte M. Canning. Michael Lueger interviews Dr. Charlotte Canning on her new book and US theatre artists in the mid-twentieth century who shared their work abroad.
By Michael Lueger, Anita Gonzalez. Michael Lueger talks with Dr. Anita Gonzalez about a website that reconstructs historical performances.
By Michael Lueger, Kyna Hamill. Michael Lueger talks with Dr. Kyna Hamill about her research into the background of the holiday carol "Jingle Bells."
By Michael Lueger, Fiona Coffey. Michael Lueger talks with Fiona Coffey about women theatre artists in Northern Ireland
By Michael Lueger, David Mandelbaum. Michael Lueger talks with David Mandelbaum about a new production of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance.
By Michael Lueger, Kyle A. Thomas, Carol Symes. Michael Lueger talks with Kyle A. Thomas and Dr. Carol Symes about why medieval theatre is more relevant than ever.
By Michael Lueger, Adam Roberts. Michael Lueger talks with Adam Roberts about using music theory to better understand the nuances of musical theatre.
By Michael Lueger, Brian Herrera. Michael Lueger talks with Brian Herrera about contemporary and historical conversations around casting Latinx characters and actors.
By Michael Lueger, Gibson Cima. Michael Lueger talks with Dr. Gibson Cima of Georgetown University about Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, it’s collaborators, and it’s lasting impact on South African political theatre.
By Michael Lueger, Susanne Shawyer. Michael Lueger talks with Dr. Susanne Shawyer of Elon University about the Democratic National Convention of 1968 and Theatre of Cruelty.
By Michael Lueger, Jorge Huerta. Michael Lueger talks with scholar and activist Jorge Huerta.
By Michael Lueger, Amy Brady. Michael Lueger kicks off a month of interviews about political theatre by talking with Amy Brady about the Federal Theatre Project.
By Michael Lueger, Barbara Fuchs. Michael Lueger and Barbara Fuchs discuss the plays written during Spain’s theatrical Golden Age, and Barbara’s Diversifying the Classic project, which aims to bring them back into prominence for En
By Michael Lueger, Joel Berkowitz. Michael Lueger talks with Joel Berkowitz about Yiddish theatre’s historical and present iterations.
By Michael Lueger, Joshua William Gelb. Michael Lueger talks with director and librettist Joshua William Gelb about The Black Crook, considered by some to be the first musical.
By Michael Lueger, Eric Sawnson. Eric Swanson and Michael Lueger discuss actor Edwin Booth, the brother of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin.
By Michael Lueger, Maya Cantu. Maya Cantu and Michael Lueger discuss how the musicals of the 1940s saw the emergence of a new figure: the “boss lady.”
By Michael Lueger, Max Shulman. Michael Lueger kicks off a new Theatre History podcast series with an interview with Max Shulman, discussing drugs in American theatre at the turn of the twentieth century.
By Matthew Gray, Rachel Keller. In this episode, Matthew Gray discusses the lack of diversity during awards season, and interviews Rachel Keller, co-star of Holidaysburg and Fargo: Season Two, about her journey.
By Matthew Gray. In this episode, Matt Gray reflects on what actors mean to us and whether the awards season is the best way to honor them.
By Matthew Gray, Matt Nuernberger, Curtis Gillen, Ben Ferguson. In the second part of Matt's interview with Pig Pen Theatre Co., he speaks with Matt, Curtis, and Ben.
By Matthew Gray, Ali Stroker. Ali Stroker is currently starring in Deaf West’s acclaimed Broadway production of Spring Awakening.
By Matthew Gray, Ryan Melia, Arya Shahi, Dan Weschler. Today is the first part of a two part interview with three members of the PigPen Theatre Co. (Ryan Melia, Arya Shahi and Dan Weschler).
By Matthew Gray, Kristolyn Lloyd. Matthew Gray interviews performer Kristolyn Lloyd about choosing ethics and principles over panic when building your career, the importance of shaping your own education, and developing new work.
By Matthew Gray, Kara Lindsay. Today I talk with Kara Lindsay, currently playing Glinda in Wicked on Broadway. We talk Broadway dreams, audition nightmares and coming to terms with the ebbs and flow of the business.
By Matthew Gray, Gretchen Egolf. Gretchen Egolf and I talk about the cultural differences between the business in the USA and the UK, the difference between acting for cameras and acting onstage and nursing an ongoing displeasure
By Matthew Gray, Tasso Feldman. This week I’m speaking to actor Tasso Feldman. We talk about acting books and their traps, the difference between stage and screen acting.
By Matthew Gray, Cameron Knight. Actor and teacher Cameron Knight is a force. He is also one of the most important acting teachers in the country.
By Matthew Gray, Bethany Caputo. Bethany Caputo is a prolific stage and commercial actor, as well as an extraordinary teacher.
By Matthew Gray, Seth Lepore. In this podcast series, Matthew Gray interviews all kinds of actors to share why they act and how they act,
By Matthew Gray, Maurice Emmanuel Parent. In this podcast series, Matthew Gray interviews all kinds of actors to share why they act and how they act,
By Matthew Gray, Elena Araoz. In this podcast series, Matthew Gray interviews all kinds of actors to share why they act and how they act,
By Matthew Gray, Elena Araoz. In this podcast series, Matthew Gray interviews all kinds of actors to share why they act and how they act,
By David Dower, Michael Rohd. In today’s Friday Phone Call, David Dower talks to Michael Rohd of Soujourn Theatre and the Center for Performance and Civic Practice.
By David Dower, Will Power. In today’s Friday Phone Call, David Dower talks to playwright Will Power.
By David Dower, Jonathan McCrory, Sade Lythcott, Deadria Harrington. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Ed Herendeen. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Tracey Scott Wilson. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Tracey Scott Wilson.
By David Dower, Mark Kudisch. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Marc Kudisch.
By David Dower, Clyde Valentin. So my friend Clyde Valentín is my guest today on the Friday Phone Call. I seem to be in a mood around friends in transition.
By David Dower, Richard Montoya. This week on Friday Phone Call, David Dower talks to Richard Montoya, playwright and a co-founder of Culture Clash.
By David Dower, janera solomon. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Todd London. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Todd London.
By David Dower, P. Carl, Jess Barbagallo. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week's guests: Jess Barbagallo and P. Carl.
By David Dower, Eric Ting. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Leah Karpel, Michael Anthony Williams, Marc Pierre. So, today is something completely different.
By David Dower, Michael Silverstone, Abigail Browde. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: 600 HIGHWAYMEN.
By David Dower, Olga Garay-English. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Olga Garay-English.
By David Dower, David Wilhelm, Jeremy Wilhelm. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: The Wilhelm Brothers.
By David Dower, Deborah Stein, Suli Holum. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Deborah Stein and Suli Holum.
By David Dower, Deborah Cullinan. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Thea Rodgers, Emma Baar-Bittman, Meg Taintor, Kevin Becerra, Andrea Gordillo. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: ArtsEmerson's Creative Producers.
By David Dower, Matthew Glassman, Amrita Ramanan. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Lana Lesley, Kirk Lynn. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Annie-B Parson, Paul Lazar. My guests are Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, the team behind Big Dance Theater, New York.
By David Dower, Rob Orchard. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Quita Sullivan. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Jocelyn Prince. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Noah Siegler. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Jeni Mahoney. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Julianne Brienza. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Julianne Brienza of Capital Fringe.
By David Dower, Trey Lyford, Geoff Sobelle. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Richard Newman. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Paula Kerger. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Paula Kerger of PBS.
By David Dower, Linda Essig. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Linda Essig of Arizona State University.
By David Dower, Diane Rodriguez. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Diane Rodriguez of Center Theater Group.
By David Dower, Leah Wilks. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Leah Wilks of Leah Wilks Dance.
By David Dower, Edward Sobel. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Ed Sobel of the Arden Theatre Company.
By David Dower, Bill O'Brien. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Bill O'Brien of the NEA.
By David Dower, JJ El-Far. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: J.J. El-Far of Harlem Arts Festival.
By David Dower, Laurie Baskin. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Laurie Baskin of TCG.
By David Dower, Erik Ehn, Melanie Joseph, Morgan Jenness. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Mark Clayton Southers. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theatre artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Tony Taccone. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Peter Brosius. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Tony Graham. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Tony Graham.
By David Dower, Ilana Brownstein. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Braden Abraham. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Braden Abraham of Seattle Repertory.
By David Dower, Pam Mackinnon. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: director Pam MacKinnon.
By David Dower, Meiyin Wang. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Meiyin Wang of Under the Radar.
By David Dower, Anne Bogart. On this week's Friday Phone Call, David Dower speaks with Anne Bogart of SITI Company.
By David Dower, Heather McDonald. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Rajiv Joseph. On this week's Friday Phone Call, David Dower talks to playwright Rajiv Joseph about his work, Nurse Jackie, and the different places he calls his artistic home.
By David Dower, Brian Otaño. The Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists has launched some exciting voices.
By David Dower, Jackie Sibblies Drury. The Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists has launched some exciting voices.
By David Dower, Charise Castro Smith. The Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists has launched some exciting voices.
By David Dower, Peter Marks. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Peter Marks of the Washington Post.
By David Dower, Josh Kornbluth. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Josh Kornbluth.
By David Dower, Kwame Kwei-Armah. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Kwame Kwei-Armah of Center Stage.
By David Dower, Fran Kumin. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots.
By David Dower, Ellen McLaughlin. On this week's episode of Friday Phone Call, David talks to playwright and actor Ellen McLaughlin.
By David Dower, Katori Hall. Katori Hall and David Dower talk about what’s next for The Mountain Top, the power of residencies, the dance with Hollywood, and the need for a new alarm clock on this week's edition of Fr
By David Dower, Wendy C. Goldberg. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Wendy Goldberg of the O'Neill.
By David Dower, Morgan Jenness. Listen to weekly podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. This week: Morgan Jenness.
By David Dower, Philip Bither. David Dower talks with Philip Bither of The Walker in this week's Friday Phone Call.
By David Dower, Moisés Kaufman. On this week's edition of Friday Phone Call, David Dower talks to Moisés Kaufman of Tectonic Theater Project about challenging assumptions about theater, how it works, and the artists who make it.
By David Dower, David J. Loehr. Join us for this week's Friday Phone Call, where David Dower chats with David Loehr about #2amt and the enormous impact it has had on both of their lives.
By David Dower, Rebecca Noon. This week's Friday Phone Call features David Dower in conversation with Strange Attractor's Rebecca Noon.
By David Dower, Taylor Mac. David Dower talks to performance artist, playwright, and composer Taylor Mac on this week's edition of Friday Phone Call.
By David Dower, Lydia Diamond. On this week's edition of Friday Phone Call, David Dower talks to playwright Lydia Diamond about her work, the conversation around race in the American theater, and Stickfly.
By David Dower, Melanie Joseph. Introducing Friday Phone Call, where David Dower calls up some of the most interesting and influential voices in theater today. This week, David talks to Melanie Joseph of Foundry Theatre.