Podcast appearances and mentions of john pielmeier agnes

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack is honored to welcome Irene O'Garden and John Pielmeier to the studio. John and Irene are one of the arts super couples, with their work encompassing stage and screen (Agnes of God, Voices in the Dark, Choices of the Heart, Sins of the Father, The Memorykeeper's Daughter ) to books including Hook's Tale, Riding the Rapids, Glad to be Human to poetry from both John and Irene, For her work in children’s literature, Irene O'Garden received the Alice Curtis Desmond Award. She also won the Gold Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award for The Scrubbly Bubbly Car Wash (Harper). Her first children’s book, Maybe My Baby, (Harper) has sold over 90,000 copies. Her latest children’s book, Forest, What Would You Like? was published by Holiday House. Irene is a guest host for National Poetry Month on Authors on the Air. See full bio at https://ireneogarden.com/about-the-artist John Pielmeier's latest play, a stage-adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist, was produced in London’s West End in the autumn of 2017 to wonderful reviews, and will be a followed by a Broadway production in 2018. In addition, Agnes of God will enjoy a Broadway revival in the near future. His first novel, Hook’s Tale, was published to great acclaim by Scribner in 2017. Full bio here https://johnpielmeier.com/bio/ @copyrighted. Please listen to all of our podcasts on your favorite app or check us out on www.soundcloud.com/authorsontheair

The Pielmeier & O'Garden literary love knot has given birth to 2 new books! John Pielmeier (Agnes of God, The Pillars of the Earth) became was enchanted on a remote island and suddenly understood the truth of Captain Hook! Hook's Tale sets the record straight. JP is also awaiting the opening of his stage adaptation of The Exorcist in London's West End. Meanwhile the beautiful and brilliant Irene O'Garden presents a collection of poetry called Fulcrum - true tales set to verse will delight your heart and your mind's eye. Listen in as she reads a poem about... well....you just listen in and then you will know.

The Playscript/Director panelists - Long Wharf Theatre artistic director Arvin Brown, playwright Howard Fast ("Citizen Tom Paine"), director/dramaturg Susan Gregg, playwright Israel Horovitz ("Today, I Am A Fountain Pen"), director Wilford Leach ("The Mystery of Edwin Drood"), playwright Leslie Lee ("The War Party"), playwright John Pielmeier ("Agnes of God"), and director Jim Simpson ("Citizen Tom Paine") - compare directing with the director's concept versus collaborating with the playwright and their vision; different interpretations and approaches in directing the same play; how a new approach manifests and influences everything from casting to the final production; why pre-production is a hands-off period for directors; and how theatre differs from the mediums of novels and films.

The Playscript/Director panelists -- Long Wharf Theatre artistic director Arvin Brown, playwright Howard Fast (Citizen Tom Paine), director/dramaturg Susan Gregg, playwright Israel Horovitz (Today, I Am A Fountain Pen), Tony-winning director Wilford Leach (for The Pirates of Penzance and The Mystery of Edwin Drood), playwright Leslie Lee (The War Party), playwright John Pielmeier (Agnes of God), and director Jim Simpson (Citizen Tom Paine) -- compare directing with the director's concept versus collaborating with the playwright and their vision; different interpretations and approaches in directing the same play; how a new approach manifests and influences everything from casting to the final production; why pre-production is a hands-off period for directors; and how theatre differs from the mediums of novels and films.

The panelists -- playwright Douglas Carter Beane ("As Bees In Honey Drown"), director/choreographers Kathleen Marshall ("Kiss Me Kate") and Rob Marshall ("Damn Yankees", "She Loves Me"), director Vivian Matalon ("Morning's At Seven"), and playwright John Pielmeier ("Agnes of God") -- discuss the impact of efficient cast sizes, casting for multi-talented performers, respectfully auditionining and rejectioning performers, their individual performing backgrounds, compromising with producers, and collaborating with playwrights and directors.

The panelists -- playwright Douglas Carter Beane (As Bees In Honey Drown), director/choreographers Kathleen Marshall (Kiss Me Kate and two-time winner for her choreography of Wonderful Town and The Pajama Game) and Rob Marshall (Damn Yankees, She Loves Me), director Vivian Matalon (Tony Award for Morning's At Seven), and playwright John Pielmeier (Agnes of God) -- discuss the impact of efficient cast sizes, casting for multi-talented performers, respectfully auditionining and rejectioning performers, their individual performing backgrounds, compromising with producers, and collaborating with playwrights and directors.