Podcasts about fiasco theater

In this special episode, created by one of our student podcast fellows, NYU student Saya Jenks speaks with Ashley Thaxton-Stevenson, Ashley works as a director, dramaturg, performer, and theater educator. Join us as Ashley shares her nonlinear yet incredibly fitting journey to becoming a theater educator. She opens up about her creative new perspectives and insights on work, life, and career after stepping into the roles of both an educator and a mother. Ashley Thaxton-Stevenson (she/her/hers) is a director, dramaturg, performer, and theater educator originally from the foothills of Southern California, with British, Black, and Korean ancestors. Ashley specializes in new play development, theater for young audiences, and contemporary applications of Shakespeare. Ashley is the co-director of YouthWorks at BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, an Adjunct Faculty Member with NYU's Program in Educational Theatre for which she received a Spring 2021 USG Departmental Award, Faculty Member and Community Engagement Coordinator with Fiasco Theater, and a Core Ensemble Member of the Verbatim Performance Lab. For a full transcript of this episode, please email ⁠career.communications@nyu.edu⁠.

We are serving up a great new Whisper in the Wings from Stage Whisper today, and joining us on this episode we have the co-artistic director and actress at Fiasco Theater, Jessie Austrian. She stopped by to discuss her current production of Pericles. You won't want to miss this fabulous conversation or show, so tune in and get your tickets now!Fiasco Theater PresentsPericlesNow- March 24th@ Classic Stage CompanyTickets and more information can be found at classicstage.orgAnd be sure to follow Jessie to stay up to date on all her upcoming projects and productions:fiascotheater.comjessie@fiascotheater.com@fiasco_theater

This season, we have 8 partner companies diving into our 2023 list with us and producing readings. We were honored to have 4 of our New York partners represented –– Jessie Austrian from Fiasco Theater, Nicola Murphy Dubey from Irish Repertory Theatre, Lou Moreno from INTAR Theater, and Devin Brain from The Acting Company. Director of Outreach and Development Triza Cox lead the panel, digging into the state of classic theatre and why this work is important. Recorded live at Caveat NYC on January 22, 2024, this is Part 2 of 2.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/this-is-a-classic-the-expand-the-canon-theatre-podcast/donations

“We got rid of the table.” Fiasco Theater co-founders Jessie Austrian and Noah Brody describe how they up-ended traditional norms of theatrical hierarchy to create one of the most acclaimed ensembles in the country, and why they love “the gloriously free playground” of podcasts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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ALAN WATERS, an award winning director/designer/producer with work all over the stage, on film, and in music, will join us to discuss his amazing work and career, his podcasting services, and his future plans.  FROM HIS BIO: "Alan is an award winning director/designer/producer from Statesboro, GA; now based in South Western Virginia. He went to school at Ogeechee Technical College for Hospitality and Tourism Management, and then Georgia Southern University for Theatre and Performance.  Alan began his professional career at the Averitt Center for the Arts, and has worked regionally with the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company. ​His Off Broadway credits include work with Abingdon Theatre Company, Bard City, Barrow Street Theater, Classic Stage Company, Fiasco Theater, Keen Company, New World Stages, New York Theatre Barn, Out of the Box Theatrics, Red Bull Theater, Sheen Center, SITI Company, The Cell Theatre, Transport Group, Trusty Sidekick Theatre Company, and The Duke on 42nd.  ​Alan is the Managing Artistic Director of DimlyWit Productions, a multimedia production company founded by independent producers for independent producers, for which he produces and designs podcasts, web series, and other virtual productions." www.dimlywit.com/walanwaters

ALAN WATERS, an award winning director/designer/producer with work all over the stage, on film, and in music, will join us to discuss his amazing work and career, his podcasting services, and his future plans.  FROM HIS BIO: "Alan is an award winning director/designer/producer from Statesboro, GA; now based in South Western Virginia. He went to school at Ogeechee Technical College for Hospitality and Tourism Management, and then Georgia Southern University for Theatre and Performance.  Alan began his professional career at the Averitt Center for the Arts, and has worked regionally with the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company. ​His Off Broadway credits include work with Abingdon Theatre Company, Bard City, Barrow Street Theater, Classic Stage Company, Fiasco Theater, Keen Company, New World Stages, New York Theatre Barn, Out of the Box Theatrics, Red Bull Theater, Sheen Center, SITI Company, The Cell Theatre, Transport Group, Trusty Sidekick Theatre Company, and The Duke on 42nd.  ​Alan is the Managing Artistic Director of DimlyWit Productions, a multimedia production company founded by independent producers for independent producers, for which he produces and designs podcasts, web series, and other virtual productions." www.dimlywit.com/walanwaters

Joshua and Dan go to the wood with Fiasco Theatre's reimagined production of Into the Woods! Before the chime of the last midnight, our hosts discuss ranges of topics from how the show manages the pursuit of happiness to prophesying the inevitable Ivo van Hove production. Tune in to next week's episode when we discuss Dance of the Vampires; specifically, the Broadway production's Closing Night performance from January 25th, 2003! Contact us: unccpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @unccpodcast Instagram: @unccpodcast

Mara Isaacs (Producer) is a Tony® Award-winning producer and founder of Octopus Theatricals, an independent company dedicated to fostering an expansive range of compelling theatrical works for local, national and international audiences. She has produced over 150 productions that have been seen on Broadway (Hadestown, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Translations, Anna in the Tropics, Electra), off-Broadway (Hadestown, Fiasco Theater’s Into The Woods, The Brother/Sister Plays, Crowns, The Laramie Project), at theaters and performing arts centers around the US and the world (UK, Europe, Middle East, South America, South Africa, Canada). Current projects include Iphigenia by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding; Somi’s Dreaming Zenzile by Somi Kakoma; Theatre for One; and An Iliad starring Denis O’Hare. She is the director of Project Springboard: Developing Dance Musicals, and Artistic Advisor to Fiasco Theater. She is proud to produce the work of Theatre For One, Phantom Limb Company, Song of the Goat Theatre and more. She served as Producing Director at McCarter Theater Center in Princeton, NJ for 18 seasons and previously produced new play development programs and productions for Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. She is currently visiting faculty for CalArts School of Theatre and for Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts. www.octopustheatricals.com This week’s #SongWriterOfTheWeek is Niko Tsakalakos! Today we have “Alone” from his new musical INTO THE WILD. Music & lyrics by Niko Tsakalakos and book & lyrics by Janet Allard. If you like what you hear and what to learn more, please visit www.nikosongs.com.  This episode is sponsored by Terry Knickerbocker Studios. Terry Knickerbocker Studio offers a two-year acting conservatory, workshops, studio rentals, one-on-one coaching, beginner acting classes, and the best actor training in New York, period. For more information, visit terryknickerbockerstudio.com.  Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBway This podcast was edited by Stanley Wiercinski.  www.theproducersperspective.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessie Austrian and Noah Brody are two of Fiasco Theater's co-founding members and co-artistic directors. In addition to running a company celebrated for their productions of Shakespeare & Sondheim - they're both actors, teachers, and directors. Their production of Merrily We Roll Along co-produced with Roundabout Theatre Company has been extended until April 14 at the Laura Pels Theater.They joined forces after graduate school at Brown/Trinity Rep MFA program, and have been making theater together ever since. We talk about their post grad school, pre Fiasco years, the broken model for acting classes and training in New York, their advice to their younger selves, and their hopes for American Theater.A few thoughts from this episode:"There is no path. Despite fact that it can look like there is a path.""Have the courage and the trust to step into yourself as soon as you can. But I also want to honor that sometimes you can’t until you’re ready""You never know where you are in the arc of your own journey.""The only way to hope to create something beautiful, is by taking a big risk. So how big of a risk are we going to let ourselves take, and what are we going to learn from it?"Tickets to Merrily We Roll Along available here. Use code: MWRFIASCO1 to get $50 off tickets until 4/14!More info about Fiasco here.---Music by: David HilowitzSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/upstageleft)

Alex talks with his guest Ethan about Fiasco Theater's production of Merrily We Roll Along playing at the Laura Pels Theater Off-Broadway until April 14th. We discuss the history of Sondheim and Hal Prince's infamous flop as well as one thing every critic got wrong about this show, and Alex gets choked up for the first time. Links to things mentioned in the show... Tickets and info for the production at Roundabout Theatre Company: https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/get-tickets/2018-2019-season/merrily-we-roll-along/ Listen to the Original Broadway Cast Recording on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3KZq3isCTbYMzGvnXkTfNr?si=sE2iIq48SP-_0b8H3I4Arg Watch the documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80132964 For discount tickets: Use code MWRFIASCO1 on Roundabout's website or enter the Today Tix lottery Broadway.com Live at Five with Manu Narayan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_2OgMtW4c0 Get in touch with Alex and One Fan Show: Instagram: @AlexLauer Twitter: @AlexLauer https://onefanshow.tumblr.com/ This week's guest: Ethan Lauer

In 2011, Ben Steinfeld and Noah Brody, co-directors of New York’s Fiasco Theater, were invited to an assisted living facility and nursing home just outside New York City to work with its residents on a production of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." Because it was The Lillian Booth Actors Home—a facility filled with retired singers, actors, dancers and musicians—Ben and Noah expected to work with a group of seasoned Broadway professionals. While there were some, the cast they finally assembled was largely anything but. Ben and Noah were invited on this adventure by filmmakers Jilann Spitzmiller and Hank Rogerson, who turned the process into a documentary called Still Dreaming. We talk about the experience with Ben Steinfeld and Hank Rogerson. Hank Rogerson is a filmmaker who, with Jilann Spitzmiller, produced Still Dreaming. Ben Steinfeld is co-artistic director of Fiasco Theater. He co-directed, with Noah Brody, the Lillian Booth Actors Home’s production of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." Hank and Ben are interviewed by Barbara Bogaev. From the "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast series. Published July 24, 2018. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, “A Dream Past the Wit of Man,” was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer.

On this episode of West of Broadway, Will Armstrong and Lara Scott sit down with the Charles Chatelain, President of the Center Theater Group’s Young Producers Circle to discuss the Fiasco Theater’s production of Into the Woods, performing at the Ahmanson Theater from now until May 14th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff & Will recap their slightly wonky week and the epiphanies that came out of it. They also report on how Tammy Middleton's Autism Awareness Month Auction is going. New patrons Sherrylynn and Clare are welcomed! C.S. Poe stops by to talk about her novella in Dreamspinner Press' States of Love series, Joy. Jeff reviews the Fiasco Theater production of Into The Woods, which he saw in L.A. last week. Will then reviews Working It by Devon McCormack and Riley Hart while Jeff talks about the audiobook of Something Like Summer by Jay Bell. Damon Suede is back for part two of his interview where he talks about teaching, Romance Writers of America, what's still to come this year and more. The chance for listeners to win an autographed copy of Lickety Split is at the bottom of the shownotes page. Complete shownotes for episode 79, and the chance to enter the Lickety Split autographed paperback giveaway, are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.

Whitney Locher who has over a hundred design credits, a host of new shows in production, and has become the costume designer of choice for many of the theater world's most innovative productions joins Host Deirdre Breakenridge on Women Worldwide. From regional theatre to Off-Broadway, she specializes in designing and creating costumes for theatre and opera. Her recent Off-Broadway credits include Into The Woods, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, For The Last Time and Measure For Measure, to name a few. On the show, Whitney discusses her journey to Off-Broadway as a costume designer. She highlights many of the successes and the challenges she has faced in the field. Whitney offers her advice to aspiring professionals who want to get involved in theater, noting the characteristics to make you successful; from your passion and collaboration to your dedication and hard work. Whitney also shares here thoughts on the importance of networking and and how she builds key relationships to advance in her career. A little more about Whitney Locher … Whitney has served as the Associate Costume Designer for The 66th Annual Tony Awards and is the Resident Costume Designer for Fiasco Theater, Partial Comfort Productions. She is a member of United Scenic Artists and she is based in New York. Learn more about Whitney on her website and connect with her on LinkedIn, and Facebook A little more about Your Host, Deirdre Breakenridge … Deirdre is an author, entrepreneur and CEO of Pure Performance Communications. A 25-year veteran in PR and marketing, she is the author of five Financial Times Press books including her latest titles, “Social Media and Public Relations,” and “Putting the Public Back in Public Relations.” Breakenridge speaks nationally and internationally on the topics of PR, social media and marketing. She's an adjunct professor at NYU and UMASS at Amherst, a recognized blogger at PR Expanded, and also the co-founder of #PRStudChat, a dynamic twitter chat with PR professionals, educators and students. Connect with Deirdre by following @dbreakenridge on Twitter and on her blog at www.deirdrebreakenridge.com.

CLAIRE KARPEN is an actor, writer, and director. Her performing credits include David Ives's The Heir Apparent, directed by John Rando @ CSC; Into the Woods at the Old Globe, McCarter, and Fiasco; The 60's Project @ Goodspeed; The Last Five Years @ Stamford Center for the Arts; Richard III, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and Comedy of Errors @ Trinity Rep. She co-wrote Hardcore West Virginia, with my friend of many years Mike Pettry, which was part of a 2012 ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop. As a director, she has had a hand in The Woodsman @ 59E59; Henry IV Part I, Trelawny of the Wells, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and A Little Night Music, all @ Juilliard; and Voices in My Head @ Ars Nova. She received her training at Juilliard and Brown University. She can currently be seen as Cinderella and Granny in Fiasco Theater’s critically-acclaimed revival of INTO THE WOODS, now playing at The Laura Pels Theatre in New York, as part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s current season. JAMES ORTIZ is a NYC based actor, director, writer, puppet designer, and co-artistic director of Strangemen & Co. Acting credits include The Woodsman (59e59) El Gato Con Botas (Tectonic Theatre Co.), On the Head of a Pin (Strangemen) , and Rhinoceros (UglyRhino). Design/directorial credits (puppet or otherwise) include: the Tempest (D.C. Shakespeare) King Lear (Public Theatre and Theatre for a New Audience) Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Place Players) Miss Lilly Gets Bones (Studio 42) My Base and Scurvy Heart (Studio 42) The Little Mermaid (Glass Bandits), and The Woodsman (Ars Nova.) Recipient of the 2013 Jim Henson Foundation Grant. Song Presentation: Jenny Neale performs "The Fort" from The Songs of Joel B. New, Volume I, now available for purchase on Repertwa.com.

"As jewels lose their glory if neglected, So princes their renowns if not respected." —PERICLES (2:2:12–13) Every year, theaters across the United States and the world treat us to Shakespeare—which usually means such frequently produced plays as HAMLET, MACBETH, and ROMEO AND JULIET. Some Shakespeare plays, however, are rarely performed today. Why is that, was this always the case, and what is it like to stage those plays now? Rebecca Sheir, host of the Shakespeare Unlimited series, talks with historian Richard Schoch and two contemporary directors—Stephanie Coltrin, of California's Little Fish Theatre, who directed KING JOHN, and Noah Brody, co-artistic director of Fiasco Theater, which staged CYMBELINE. Taking its title from the words of another rarely seen drama, PERICLES, this podcast explores the changing fortunes of these plays over time—and the theatrical challenges and rewards of staging them for modern audiences. Noah Brody is co-artistic director of Fiasco Theater, which produced Cymbeline in 2011 and, in 2014, at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Stephanie Coltrin is the managing director of Little Fish Theatre in California; she directed King John for Shakespeare by the Sea in San Pedro in 2013. Richard Schoch is a professor in the School of Creative Arts at Queens University, Belfast. ------------- From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. Written and produced for the Folger Shakespeare Library by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. Edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. We had help from Geoff Oliver at the Sound Company in London and Angie Hamilton-Lowe at NPR West in Los Angeles.