House of Bankerd's State of the Arts Podcast is a podcast dedicated to supporting community arts in the State of Maryland. Each week host Lance Bankerd sits down with a different artist, whether it be an actor, director, musician, comedian, TV personality, and talk about their stories and crafts in…
Our intrepid trio visits with Submersive Productions inside their home base at The Peale. We talk about their unique immersive subversive style and specifically about “The Institute of Visionary History and the Archives of the Deep Now. Episode 1” which just opened 9/132018 and runs through 9/30/2018
Our intrepid trio sits down with extraordinary artist Laura Benson!
We visit the artistic nerve center of the amazingly talented Leah Sarah Bassett
We are back again this time with Miss Bunns of Steele herself, Bunny Vicious! We talk burlesque, Rocky Horror, Slutty Times and more!
We sit down with local comedian, Mike Moran. We talk about life time supplies, comedy, cookies and much much more!
We sit down with the cast of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety at Cohesion Theatre Company before their final weekend June 15th-17th 2018.
Season 2 Kicks of with the mind behind MetaPainting and 4ourFlights Scott Frias! https://www.facebook.com/4ourFlights/ https://soundcloud.com/4ourflightsup https://www.facebook.com/metapainting/ https://www.metapainting.com/
Episode 50 with Bruce R. Nelson is live now! We talked about his history, his work with Everyman Theatre, their upcoming production of M. Butterfly and much more! Enjoy!
Episode 48 with Cord Neal is live now! We had a wonderful talk about his time with Censored, Machine, The Martians, The Bruno Martians, Prestige Worldwide and more! Enjoy!
Episode 47 with the returning Jordan Friend of 4615 Theatre Company is live now! We had an in depth discussion of 4615's recent summer rep of The Lion in Winter and King John. Please enjoy this enlightening discussion!
Episode 45 with Suzanne S. Chadwick is live now! Mike and Lance talk with Suzanne about her work as an opera singer, teacher and much more! Enjoy!
Episode 46 with Rebecca Jessop and Sue Nappi of The Havre de Grace Arts Collective is live now! We discuss the art scene in Havre de Grace, the opening of The Cultural Center at the Opera House, and much more! Enjoy!
Episode 44 with Imbued is live now! This week Mike and Lance sat down with members of Imbued and discussed the band's formation, the cutting of their recent ep, and more!
Episode 43 with This Charming Knife is live now! Mike and Lance sat down with the band discussing their formation, their histories and more. Plus they brought along 5 songs for us to check out! Enjoy!
Episode 42 with Natasha Cooper of The Dance Conservatory is live now! Lance and Mike talked with Natasha about growing up performing, her work as a dance educator and so much more!
Episode 41 with Mandy Gunther is live now! Mandy is the creative force behind TheatreBloom, Lance and Mike talked with her about her work as a theatre critic, Baltimore theatre, murder mysteries, improv, Australia and more!
Episode 40 with Jack Chaimberlain is live now! Jack has been a staple of Baltimore Actor's Theatre for 25 years, most famously as the Master Toymaker in their annual production of Babes in Toyland. Jack is an extraordinary human who just announced his retirement from acting coinciding with his 90th birthday. Mike and Lance had a great time reviewing Jack's career and telling stories. Enjoy!
Episode 39 with Dan Houtz is Live now! This episode we talk with singer songwriter Dan Houtz about his work with Through The Wake, Think Again, and his Start Something Songwriter's Showcases. Enjoy!
Episode 38 with Hunt A Killer is live now! We talked with Derrick Smith and Adam R Mueller about their subscription boxes, enormous immersive events and the true crime phenomenon. Enjoy!
This week we had a great interview with Hungarian director Martin Boross who is bringing a very interesting type of theatre here to Baltimore! The show is called Promenade and it will be at Single Carrot Theatre in June! Episode 37 with Martin Boross of Stereo Akt and Genevieve de Mahy of Single Carrot Theatre about their upcoming unique immersive theatre collaboration Promenade: Baltimore. We talked with Martin and Genevieve about how this collaboration came to be, Stereo AKT's background, all the details about Promenade and much more. Enjoy!
Episode 35 with Robert P Lovett is live now! We talked about his work for The Great Space Coaster, 54 Space Corps, Pop's Place and more. Rob is a lovely human with a great story, sit back and enjoy!
Episode 34 with Kim Yates and Trixie is live now! In one of our wildest interviews yet we talked about Scarlet Angel, Kim's Krypt, Kim's Krypt Kampout Trixie's Revenge! and much more! Enjoy the episode!
Episode 33 with Sarah Gorman is Live now! We talked with Sarah about her work in Theatre, her podcast Instant Screaming and her band Queen Wolf. Enjoy!
Episode 32 with Brandon T. Gorin is now live! We talked about comedy, monster trucks, theatre and so much more. Enjoy!
Episode 31 with Meg Bowen is live Now! We had a wonderful conversation about her work in radio, as a singer/songwriter and so much more! Enjoy!
Episode 30 with Brian Comotto is Live Now! We talked with Brian about his career as an Emmy award winning musician, composer and educator. Enjoy!
Episode 29 with George Stover is Live Now! We talked with George about working with John Waters, his work on independent films and so much more! Enjoy!
Episode 28 with casting director Sareva Racher is now live! We had a wonderful conversation about Sareva's career as a casting director as well as some advice for those looking to audition for film, tv, and commercials.
Episode 27 is Live Now! This week we sat down with Max Garner of Rapid Lemon Productions. We talked about his history in Baltimore Theatre, The Variations Project, the founding of Rapid Lemon, and so much more!
Episode 26 with David Snowden of David Snowden Promotions, Inc. is live now! From running Fan Clubs, to Merchandising, to Managing Bands, David has lived an incredible life and he shared stories about KISS, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett and more! Enjoy!
Episode 25 with Joe Buccheri is live now! We had an extraordinary conversation with Joe about his life and career in radio here and on the west coast, interactions with Joni Mitchell and Jethro Tull and so much more! Enjoy!
Episode 24 with Bob Denton of Milburn Stone Theatre is live now! We had a delightful conversation with Bob, talking about his work as Technical Director, Set Designer, Podcast Host, his upcoming projects and so much more! Enjoy!
Episode 23 with Megan Wills of Charm City Comedy Project is now live! We had a delightful conversation with Megan about The Past Present and future of the Comedy Project, the ins and outs of improv, and so much more! Enjoy!
Episode 22 with Mark Briner is live now! This week we sat down with director, performer and costume designer Mark Briner, we got so caught up we talked for nearly 2 hours, and that time just flew by in this enjoyable conversation! Enjoy!
We are back from our belated Holiday Break with Episode 21! This week we sit down with Brett Bean aka Brett the Irish Com'Mc We did two interviews with Brett, the first, in character, was deemed "too hot for State of the Arts" so we brought him down again for an interview out of character. At the end of the "regular interview" we give you a taste of Brett in character. It was a hoot, enjoy!
This week we welcome Kevin and Brian Chilcoat of HGL Productions! The brothers tell stories of their various film and commercial projects, and Kevin tells us about his new comic, "Knight in the Snake Pit".
Episode 19 with the incomparable Valerie Lash is now live! Valerie is the dean of the Arts and Humanities Division at Howard Community College, a professor of theatre,the founding artistic director of Rep Stage and the executive producer of Arts Collective. She is a great friend and one of our heroes. Our conversation was fantastic and we hope you enjoy it!
Episode 18 with Genevieve de Mahy Artistic Director of Single Carrot Theatre is live now! We had a wonderful conversation about the founding of Single Carrot, why they chose Baltimore, their many projects and much more! Enjoy!
Episode 17 with Mandee Ferrier Roberts is Live Now! For the final episode of 2016 we sit down with our good friend, composer, pianist, and music director Mandee Ferrier Roberts. We had a great time reminiscing about past collaborations and talking about Mandee's ever expanding body of work. Enjoy!
Episode 16 with our good friend Kimberley Lynne is now live! We talk about Kimberley’s work a writer, teacher, theatrical producer, director, actor, scenic designer, and so much more! Enjoy!