Podcasts about baltimore playwrights festival

Hi there, Today I am excited to be arts calling John Becker! (jouskaproductions.com) About our Guest: John Becker has juggled life in film, theatre, and music with teaching the arts to children and adults. He has won three Individual Artist's Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council. He was asked to write a play for the One-Minute Play Festival at Round House Theatre. His musical, Everything I Do, was read at the Kennedy Center, chosen for a workshop at Artist's Bloc, and performed at the Atlas in DC to excellent reviews. He was commissioned by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in NY to co-write and co-direct the book trailer for Susan Coll's The Stager. His play Summit Meeting was performed at the Kennedy Center for a festival, where it was awarded 1st place by audience vote. John has had plays performed four years in a row at the Source Theatre in DC and had a play performed Off-Broadway at the Emerging Artists Theatre in New York. He has also had plays performed at the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, the Writer's Center, Company 13, the Run of the Mill Theatre (for which they won a Greater Baltimore Theatre Award), the Human Rights Arts Festival for Amnesty International, and many others. Enjoy some of John's recent projects on YouTube! The Playwright Zone 1st episode. Two men, an Israeli and a Palestinian, are trapped in an elevator in America.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd5I1dSroOw&t=8s&ab_channel=JouskaProductions 2nd episode: A woman struggling with mental health issues has a blind date: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM70EUWZc3I&t=10s&ab_channel=JouskaProductions The Panic Room I ask two controversial questions of one left wing person and one right wing, then let them react to each other's responses while still remaining civil. 1st episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln_tRItxzWM&t=249s&ab_channel=JouskaProductions Eugene Cheese Gets It Wrong Actress Tia Shearer Bassett and her mischievous leopard gecko, Eugene Cheese, explore fun themes, while letting kids know that it's okay to be wrong sometimes. 1st episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mFFMcEKiTA&t=9s&ab_channel=JouskaProductions 2nd episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtNfypvuiFg&t=7s&ab_channel=JouskaProductions Thank you so much for taking the time to talk playwriting, John! All the best and happy writing! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). If you like the show: leave a review, or share it with someone who's starting their creative journey! Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent: much love, j https://artscalling.com/welcome/

One of the themes of this podcast has been actors figuring out ways to be successful, even when the industry isn't making that path an easy one. It can require to go beyond our actor training and discover new and hidden talents within ourselves as we forge new paths or even new careers. Steve Harper is an actor, writer, and producer of the stage and screen. He shares his own real life actor's nightmare in a Shakespeare production in Cincinnati. But we also discuss how he found himself without a plentiful array of shows and roles he could connect with, so he began writing and producing theater, which in turn led him into television and writing for superheroes like Stargirl as well. We talk about the collaborative process of TV writing versus his singular process of writing for theater. He has a new collection of his short plays recently published that leads us into a delicate yet important conversation of race and non-traditional casting and what it means to be a black actor in theater.  Learn more about WINMI Podcast at whyillnevermakeit.com  Subscribe to WINMI and get access to Bonus Episodes on Supercast  Donate to the production efforts in making this podcast Follow Why I'll Never Make It on Instagram or Twitter Get a free copy of WINMI's collection of Creative Wisdom   A Few Short Plays to Save the World by Steve Harper With a focus on inclusivity, humor, and insight, Harper brings current subjects to light in an enduring and entertaining way, much in the same way that his work does writing and producing for TV shows such as the CW's “Stargirl”, “God Friended Me” and ABC's “American Crime”.  The plays were originally performed at theaters such as The American Airlines Theater on Broadway, The John Houseman Studio (NYC), New Jersey's Vivid Stage, The American Theater Company (Chicago), Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Northwestern University's Wirtz Center and The Falcon Theater in L.A. (NBC Universal) to name a few.   Buy it on Amazon or at a book shop near you.   Follow Steve: Website / New Play Exchange / Twitter / IMDB     

Nike coined the famous phrase, “Just do it.” For William Donald Schaefer, a powerhouse of Maryland politics at the local and state level for 50 years, it was “Do it now.” That phrase, for years, scribbled on memos to Mr. Schaefer's cowering staff, is also the title of a new musical based on Schaefer's life. The musical opens a sold-out debut run at the Fells Point Corner Theatertonight. It's part of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival. It's the brainchild of the musician/composer Jonathan Jensen, and the actor/director Rich Espey. They join Tom here in Studio A. Check the Fells Point Corner Theater website for additional options for acquiring tickets for the sold-out show, which runs through July 31st. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we welcome back to Studio A the singer/songwriter SONiA disappear fear. A Baltimore-based, cause-driven artist, her songs explore the human spirit and address global humanitarian issues. She travels frequently to perform in cities around the world.Over the past 30 years, SONiA has shared the stage with many popular music icons, from Pete Seeger and Joan Baez to superstars such as Bruce Springsteen, Emmy Lou Harris, and Sheryl Crowe.The last time SONiA joined us here in the Midday studio was December 2018, and she’d just released the CD, By My Silence, a collection of songs heavily influenced by her recent travels in Europe. Her latest CD is a collection of songs from Small House, No Secrets, a musical co-written by SONiA and Jody Nusholtz. (Our theater critic, J. Wynn Rousuch, reviewed the musical here on Midday when it played at Fells Point Corner Theatre, as part of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival this past spring.)SONiA will be playing her only USA concert of the year in the Baltimore area on Thursday, November 7 at 7:30pm at The Gordon Center for the Performing Arts in Owings Mills, Maryland. For ticket info, click here. SONiA disappear fear joins Tom Live in Studio A to talk about her music and perform two songs: ----By My Silence---- and ----Washington Work Song.----This segment was streamed live on WYPR's Facebook page. Watch the video here.

It's Thursday, and Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck join us with another of her weekly reviews of the Maryland regional stage. This week, she spotlights Small House, No Secrets, the new musical at Fells Point Corner Theatre, produced as part of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival.Small House, No Secrets is a collaboration between the celebrated singer-songwriter SONiA Rutstein (aka SONiA disappear fear) (music and lyrics) and playwright Jody Nusholtz (book and lyrics), who is also a writer and communications arts professor at Carroll Community College. An exploration of the complexities of sexual identity, friendship, family bonds and faith, the musical is directed at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Miriam Bazensky, and features Annette Mooney Wasno in the lead role as Liz.Small House No Secrets continues at the Fells Point Corner Theatre through March 31.

It's Thursday, and time again for our weekly visit with theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck. Today, she joins guest host Rob Sivak with a review of Consent, a new play about medical ethics from playwright Glennyce Lynn. It's being produced by the Spotlighters Theatre in collaboration with the Baltimore Playwrights Festival.Directed by Andre Tittle, the play is set in an unfamiliar near-future, where civilians volunteer to undergo traumatic medical testing, consenting to torturous procedures in exchange for “favors” from the government. In an unexpected turn of events, two doctors find themselves suddenlty in lockdown with their belligerent patient, and they are forced to confront the questionable ethics of their work.Consent continues at the Spotlighters Theatre through Sunday, August 26th.

Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom for her weekly review of one of the region's thespian offerings. Today, she spotlights Fallout , the play by Laura King that's being staged by Baltimore's Vagabond Players as part of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival . It's directed by Audra Mains Mullen , and stars Gareth Kelly as David and Ryan Gunning as Anna, two strangers with issues, who seek refuge from an unknown menace in a fallout shelter, a relic of the nuclear holocaust paranoia that raged during the Cold War. In the tight confines of the shelter, Anna and David wrestle with their inner demons, even as they deal with their terror of what lurks outside. The Vagabond Players ' production of Fallout -- one of just two plays to be fully-staged in this year's Baltimore Playwrights Festival -- runs through Sunday, July 30 . Special Thursday show July 27, 8 pm; Friday and Saturday 8 pm, Sunday 2 pm. The Vagabond Players is located at 806 South Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231. Tickets

Two decades ago, new research and new diagnostic tools led to a sharp rise in the numbers of children diagnosed with autism. The surprising prevalence of the developmental brain disorder – affecting an estimated 1 in 68 children born in the U.S. – sparked a wave of special programs designed to help autistic children achieve their full potential. Now, as these children have grown into adults, programs to help them live their lives with purpose and dignity are few and far between. Producer Rob Sivak reports on some local efforts to address the unique challenges of adults with autism. Then, theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews the Baltimore Playwrights Festival production of Crash & Burn. And Tom talks with local author Suzanne Feldman about her new novel, Absalom’s Daughters -- a book that explores race and self-discovery in the American South.

Mike talks with Miriam Bazensky, managing director of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, based in Baltimore, Maryland. They discuss the history of the BPF, as well as the process that occurs from the submission of a play in October through the production of a few plays each summer. Playwrights living in Maryland or Washington DC may submit their plays.