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We are excited to bring you this new episode in our podcast series, The Art of Collaboration with Anne Kauffman and dots. This series focuses on directors and choreographers in conversation with some of their collaborators. This series explores the ins and outs of these processes, both finer details as well as overarching ideas about what goes into a productive collaboration on a show. In this episode you will hear an in-depth and transparent conversation with Anne and dots focused on the collaboration between directors and designers as well as navigating the industry as a collective.   Bios: dots (Scenic Designer) is a design collective creating environments for theater, film, commercials, and immersive experiences. Hailing from Colombia, South Africa, and Japan, we are Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, Andrew Moerdyk, and Kimie Nishikawa. As collaborators, we believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts. Recent highlights include the Broadway productions of Oh, Mary! ; Romeo + Juliet, An Enemy of the People (Tony Award Nomination for Best Scenic Design of a Play); Appropriate (Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Outstanding Scenic Design); The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window; and The Big Gay Jamboree ; Recent awards include a 2024 Obie Award for Sustained Achievement in Design, 2023 and 2024 Henry Hewes Design Award, recipient of 2025 USA Fellowship Award . designbydots.com. Anne Kauffman (Director)'s credits include the New York Philharmonic, BAM, Ars Nova, NYTW, Roundabout Theatre Company, Encores! Off-Center, Women's Project, Playwrights Horizons, MCC, The Public, P73 Productions, New Georges, Vineyard Theatre, LCT3, Yale Rep, Steppenwolf, Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Z Space, American Conservatory Theater, and Berkeley Rep. She is a Resident Director at Roundabout Theatre, Artistic Associate and Founding Member of The Civilians, a Clubbed Thumb Affiliated Artist and co-creator of the CT Directing Fellowship, a New Georges Affiliated Artist, an SDC Executive Board Member, Vice President and Trustee of SDCF 2020-2023, and Artistic Director of City Center's Encores! Off-Center 2017-2020. Her awards include a 2024 Tony nomination for Best Director for Mary Jane, a 2023 Tony nomination for Best Revival for The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, three Obies, the Joan and Joseph Cullman Award for Exceptional Creativity from Lincoln Center, the Alan Schneider Director Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama League Award, and the Joe A. Callaway. She is co-creator of the Cast Album Project with Jeanine Tesori.   dots headshot courtesy of dots Anne Kauffman's headshot by Tess Mayer

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, BOOP! The Musical, The Last Five Years, NYTW’s production of Becoming Eve, and Marilyn Maye @ 54 Below “This Week on Broadway” has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest-running running Broadway read more The post This Week on Broadway for April 13, 2025: BOOP! appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

NATALIE MARGOLIN (Playwright) is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her plays have been developed with Broadway Video, The WP, The Hearth, Colt Coeur, and Fault Line Theatre. Her play The Party Hop, written for Zoom, was published by Dramatist Play Service and produced in high schools and colleges across the country during the pandemic. Currently, she is developing projects with Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video and Mark Gordon Pictures. JAKI BRADLEY (Director) is a director for theater and film. She has directed at Berkeley Repertory, NYTW, Ars Nova, NYSAF, CTG, Denver Center and Arena Stage, among others. In film, she has written for Netflix, Paramount, AGBO and FX, directed music videos and the short films Spa Day, The Big Ask, and Chow, and is preparing her feature directorial debut, The One. Jaki is a Fulbright Scholar and a proud member of SDC and WGA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Abubakr Ali starred in Anything's Possible (MGM/Orion Pictures) dir. Billy Porter, and was the titular lead in Netflix/Dark Horse's series “Grendel.” He recently finished working on Kathryn Bigelow's upcoming untitled Netflix feature film. Other credits include “Law & Order: Organized Crime” (NBC), “Walking Dead: World Beyond” (AMC), “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz) and “Katy Keene” (CW). Theatre credits include Toros (Second Stage), Inherit the Wind (Pasadena Playhouse), We Live in Cairo (A.R.T.), Kiss (Yale Rep), Twelfth Night (Yale Rep) and work with The 24 Hour Plays, Roundabout Theatre Company, NYTW, Atlantic Theater Com­ pany, The Public and others. MFA: Yale School of Drama. @theabubakrali Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sia Musical Coming to NYTW, Major Stars to Premiere New Guettel Show in Atlanta, Hilarious ‘Smash’ Social Media Joke Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily podcast recapping the top theatre headlines every Monday through Friday. Any and all feedback is appreciated:Grace Aki: grace@broadwayradio.com | @ItsGraceAkiMatt Tamanini: matt@broadwayradio.com | read more The post Today on Broadway: Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025 appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

HADESTOWN Book, Music, & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell | Music by Lucy Simon | Adapted from the novel by Frances Hodgson BurnettWorks Consulted & Reference :Hadestown (Original Libretto) by Anaïs MitchellWorking on A Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown by Anaïs MitchellMusic Credits:"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"All I've Ever Known" from  Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell | Performed by Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney, Anaïs Mitchell, Hadestown Original Broadway Company"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

Consent is Sexy! Intimacy director Claire Warden on her extensive experience in TV, film, and theater, highlighting her groundbreaking work on Broadway and various TV productions. Claire explains the role of an intimacy director, the importance of actor consent, and how her methods elevate performances by ensuring actors feel safe and empowered. Sarah and Claire also delve into the collaborative nature of her work and its profound impact on storytelling. Claire (she/her) is an intimacy coordinator/intimacy director with over twenty years experience in TV, film and theatre across America and the UK. Claire works as an intimacy coordinator on numerous television productions under various studios including HBO, Hulu, Amazon, Showtime and Apple TV as well major motion picture studios such as Sony and 20th Century Fox. She was the intimacy coordinator for Mrs Fletcher, And Just Like That (S2), Gossip Girl(2021), Dickinson, Billions, Harlan Cobens's Shelter, Your Honor, Looking for Alaska, Hunters and the feature films West Side Story (dir. Steven Spielberg) and A Journal for Jordan (dir. Denzel Washington). She worked as intimacy coordinator and part of the creative team on the TV series of Three Women and has recently finished working as intimacy coordinator on the upcoming TV series Dying For Sex. Claire is the Director of Advanced Training at Intimacy Director and Coordinators, which is a global leader in training and certifying intimacy coordinators for film and intimacy directors for theatre. She is also part of the collaboration team advising SAG-AFTRA on their effort to standardize, codify and implement guidelines for on-set intimacy coordinators. Claire also works in theatre and made history as the first intimacy director on Broadway with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. She also worked as intimacy director on the Broadway productions of Slave Play, Romeo and Juliet (directed by Sam Gold), The Inheritance, Jagged Little Pill, The Notebook, Company, Death of a Salesman, Waitress and West Side Story. In Jan 2025 she will begin work as the intimacy director for Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gylennhaal and directed by Kenny Leon. She recently opened the West End production of Slave Play, serving once again as intimacy and fight director. She has also worked on the National Tours of Les Miserables, Company and Waitress. She was awarded Variety Magazine's 2019 '10 Broadway Players to Watch'. Claire was also recently awarded a special Drama Desk Award for “pioneering work as an intimacy choreographer… and her leadership in the rapidly emerging movement of intimacy direction”. Claire is a Drama Desk award winner for ‘Outstanding Fight Choreography' for Slave Play at NYTW and was also nominated in the same category for the play Daddy. Claire trains faculty & students in acting training institutions across the country, including Yale, Brown/Trinity, Brandeis, Tufts, JMU, SITI,University of Hawaii, Stella Adler, the O'Neill Theatre Center and numerous others. She has presented workshops, conferences and training across the globe. www.IDCprofessionals.com www.clairewarden.com Connect with GOOD SHOW! Instagram: @goodshowpodcast  Tik Tok: @goodshowpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out this podcast replay of our SDCF Panel: The Journey from Dancer to Choreographer with Mayte Natalio, Adesola Osakalumi, and Ellenore Scott. This conversation focuses on career transitions or expansions, specifically for dancers who have shifted or added choreography to their artistic practice. We hosted this panel at Sunlight Studios in February 2024. This video and audio was recorded by Michael Weir supported by the Maria Torres Emerging Artists Foundation. Transcript available upon request. Ellenore Scott (she/her) is a BIPOC, New York based choreographer and director. Through her work, Scott values lifting diverse voices in her community while creating a joyous space where the creative process can bring as many people in as possible. Her Broadway credits include Grey House, Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night. Her Off-Broadway credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Titanique (Lucille Loretel Nomination), I Can Get It For You Wholesale. Other choreography credits include: So You Think You Can Dance?, Single All the Way (Netflix). In 2023, Scott co-directed The Lonely Few, a world premiere rock musical at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, CA that will transfer to Off-Broadway's MCC Theatre in Spring of 2024. Scott's work has also been seen at The Bushwick Starr, The Old Globe, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Cape Fear Regional Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre. In 2020, Scott was a finalist for the SDC Breakout Award for the first ever TikTok Music Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical which raised over $2 million for The Entertainment Fund. As a performer, Scott appeared in numerous television shows (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Smash, The Blacklist, Glee! to name a few) and was a finalist and All-Star on So You Think You Can Dance? Scott is the Artistic Director of ELSCO Dance, a contemporary-fusion dance company. Mayte Natalio: Broadway: Suffs (spring 2024), For Colored Girls… (Associate Choreographer). Off-Broadway: Measure for Measure (The Public Theater, Mobile Unit). Regional: The Winter's Tale (DTC, Public Works), Into the Woods (Barrington Stage Company), Love in Hate Nation (Two River Theater), Hair (The Old Globe), Kiss My Aztec (Hartford Stage), How to Dance in Ohio (Syracuse Stage). Adesola Osakalumi: is a Bronx native, Bessie Award-winning, Drama Desk-nominated Choreographer and Actor. Inspired by his family's dance company Africa 1 Dance Theater, he began performing at an early age and was immediately captivated by popping, locking, and all diasporic hip-hop dance styles. He began training seriously at every opportunity possible while maintaining a strong presence in the New York club scene where these styles flourished. Selected Choreographic credits include: Fall For Dance/Jam On The Groove 3 For 30 (City Center),Skeleton Crew (Broadway MTC), Cullud Wattah, Coal Country, Othello (Public Theater), runboyrun, Eyewitness Blues (NYTW), Good Grief (Vineyard), Jam on the Groove (Minetta Lane) and the film School Of Rock. Upcoming: The Hippest Trip (Soul Train Musical) Associate Choreographer & Dance Consultant and Syncing Ink (Victoria Theater) Spring 2025.  As an Actor: Skeleton Crew, Fela!, Equus (Broadway), runboyrun (NYTW), Syncing Ink (Flea/Alley Theater) and the films Red Pill, IBRAHIM, Enchanted, Across the Universe, and Sex and the City 2. TV: "Endgame", “Ice”, Blue Bloods. Awards: Bessie Award Recipient, Drama Desk Recipient. I give thanks to my Ori, Ancestors, and Family for their constant support and love. adesola.com IG @adesolaosakalumi.

Dulé Hill, Daniel J. Watts to Bring ‘Lights Out’ to NYTW, De Waal to Lead Muny’s ‘Anything Goes,’ ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ Rehearsal Highlights “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated:Grace Aki: grace@broadwayradio.com | @ItsGraceAkiMatt Tamanini: matt@broadwayradio.com | read more The post Today on Broadway: Friday, May 24, 2024 appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk about Here There Are Blueberries @ NYTW, Colt Coeur’s production of Still @ DR2, Scarlett Dreams @ Greenwich House Theater, Staff Meal @ Playwrights Horizons, and The Keep Going Songs @ LCT3 “This Week on Broadway” has been coming to you every read more The post This Week on Broadway for May 19, 2024: Here There Are Blueberries @ NYTW appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

ContemporaryPerformance.com and the Sarah Lawrence College MFA Theatre Program produce the SLC Performance Lab. During the year, visiting artists to the MFA Theatre Program's Performance Lab are interviewed after leading a workshop with the students. Performance Lab is one of the program's core components, where graduate students work with guest artists and develop performance experiments. Sibyl Kempson is interviewed and produced by Julia Duffy (SLC'25) Kempson's plays have been presented in the United States, Germany, and Norway. As a performer she toured internationally from 2000-2011 with Nature Theater of Oklahoma, New York City Players, and Elevator Repair Service. Her own work has received support from the Jerome Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Dixon Place. She was given four Mondo Cane! commissions from 2002-2011 for The Wytche of Problymm Plantation, Crime or Emergency, Potatoes of August, and The Secret Death of Puppets). She received an MAP Fund grant for her collaboration with Elevator Repair Service (Fondly, Collette Richland) at New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW), a 2018 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for American Playwright at Mid-Career (specifically honoring “her fine craft, intertextual approach, and her body of work, including Crime or Emergency and Let Us Now Praise Susan Sontag”), and a 2014 USA Artists Rockefeller fellowship with NYTW and director Sarah Benson. She received a 2013 Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation commission for Kyckling and Screaming (a translation/adaptation of Ibsen's The Wild Duck), a 2013-14 McKnight National residency and commission for a new play (The Securely Conferred, Vouchsafed Keepsakes of Maery S.), a New Dramatists/Full Stage USA commission for a devised piece (From the Pig Pile: The Requisite Gesture(s) of Narrow Approach), and a National Presenters Network Creation Fund Award for the same project. Her second collaboration with David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group, I Understand Everything Better, received a Bessie Award for Outstanding Production in 2015; the first was Restless Eye at New York Live Arts in 2012. Current and upcoming projects include a new opera with David Lang for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston for 2018, Sasquatch Rituals at The Kitchen in April 2018, and The Securely Conferred, Vouchsafed Keepsakes of Maery S. Kempson is a MacDowell Colony fellow; a member of New Dramatists; a USA Artists Rockefeller fellow; an artist-in-residence at the Abrons Arts Center; a 2014 nominee for the Doris Duke Impact Award, the Laurents Hatcher Award, and the Herb Alpert Award; and a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect. Her plays are published by 53rd State Press, PLAY: Journal of Plays, and Performance & Art Journal (PAJ). Kempson launched the 7 Daughters of Eve Theater & Performance Co. in April 2015 at the Martin E. Segal Center at the City University of New York. The company's inaugural production, Let Us Now Praise Susan Sontag, premiered at Abrons Arts Center in New York City. A new piece, Public People's Enemy, was presented in October 2018 at the Ibsen Awards and Conference in Ibsen's hometown of Skien, Norway. 12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens, a three-year cycle of rituals for the Whitney Museum of American Art in the Meatpacking District of New York City, began on the vernal equinox in March 2016 to recur on each solstice and equinox through December 2018

Iglehart is Louis Armstrong, Brionessss Storm Hadestown, NYTW’s BLUEBERRIES, Jinkx goes Shopping, Gun & Powder is legal in NJ, Bordello @ York, Cariou & Filichia fêted! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated:Grace read more The post Today on Broadway: Thursday, February 29, 2024 appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and just recently on Broadway, Cost of Living traces two relationships: one between a wealthy graduate student with cerebral palsy and his female caregiver, the other between a woman recovering from a terrible accident being tended to by her ex-husband. Heartfelt, funny, and deeply moving, this exquisitely written play examines the fiscal and emotional cost of human connection.Ross Beschler - EddieGianna Castro - JessRachel Handler - AniChristian Prentice - JohnJeffrey L. Page (director), an Emmy-nominated director and choreographer celebrated for his dynamic theater and dance direction, earned the Douglas and Ethel Watt Critics' Choice Award for his vibrant choreography in the 1776 Broadway Revival. Collaborating with icons like Beyoncé and influencing productions from Memphis to Ain't Misbehavin', Page's work resonates globally. His film credits include Making Micheaux (director) and Freedom(choreographer). Academically distinguished as the first African American to receive The Juilliard School's Marcus Institute Fellowship, Jeffrey also imparts knowledge at Harvard and The New School. As the leader of Movin' Legacy, Page's artistry continues to innovate with projects like The Trojan Women, solidifying his stature in modern performing arts. | @jeffreylpage | www.jeffreylpage.comMartyna Majok (playwright) was born in Bytom, Poland and raised in Jersey and Chicago. She was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and received a nomination for Best Play at the 2023 Tony Awards for Cost of Living. Other plays include Sanctuary City, Queens, and Ironbound, which have been produced across American and international stages. Other awards include the Obie Award for Playwriting, the Hull-Warriner Award, the Academy of Arts and Letters' Benjamin Hadley Danks Award for Exceptional Playwriting, the Off-Broadway Alliance Best New Play Award, the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding New Play, the Hermitage Greenfield Prize as the first female recipient in drama, the Champions of Change Award from the NYC Mayor's Office, the Francesca Primus Prize, two Jane Chambers Playwriting Awards, the Lanford Wilson Prize, the Lilly Award's Stacey Mindich Prize, the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award, the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play, the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, the ANPF Women's Invitational Prize, the David Calicchio Prize, the Global Age Project Prize, the NYTW 2050 Fellowship, the NNPN Smith Prize for Political Playwriting, and the Merage Foundation Fellowship for The American Dream. Martyna studied at Yale School of Drama, Juilliard, University of Chicago, and Jersey public schools. She was a 2012-2013 NNPN playwright-in-residence, the 2015-2016 PoNY Fellow at the Lark Play Development Center, and a 2018-2019 Hodder Fellow at Princeton University. Martyna is currently writing a musical adaptation of The Great Gatsby, with music by Florence Welch and Thomas Bartlett, and developing TV and film for Plan B, Pastel, and MRC.FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: https://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/cost-of-living/

Katie was born and raised in Houston, TX. Best known for her role as Glinda the Good in the Broadway production of Wicked, she was also Glinda in the first national touring company of Wicked. Her Broadway debut was as Clara Johnson in The Lincoln Center Theatre's production of The Light in the Piazza directed by Bartlett Sher. Also, as Clara, she appeared in the first national touring production of The Light in the Piazza. Her Broadway credits also include Hannah Campbell in Allegiance and Ellen in Miss Saigon. She will be seen this fall as Beth in Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway following a run earlier this year at NYTW. On camera, she can be seen in roles on CBS' The Good Wife and NCIS: New Orleans, as well as the independent film Maybe There's A Tree. She also performed as Clara in the PBS national broadcast of Live from Lincoln Center: The Light in The Piazza.  In regional theatre she is recognized for her role as Cathy Hiatt in The Last Five Years at the Long Wharf Theatre. For this role she was awarded the Connecticut Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in 2014.  She was also seen in the East Coast debut of Craig Lucas' play Prayer For My Enemy as Marianne Noone at the Long Wharf Theatre Company directed by Bartlett Sher. Clarke appeared in the staged concert of Parade as Mrs. Phagan conducted by Jason Robert Brown at Lincoln Center.     She lives in New York with her husband and family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Estefanía Fadul (estefaniafadul.com) is a Colombian-born, New Hampshire-raised, NYC-based director and creative producer with a passion for new work. Recent directing includes the world premieres of Eva Luna adapted by Caridad Svich from the novel by Isabel Allende (Repertorio Español), The Garbologists by Lindsay Joelle (Philadelphia Theatre Company), The Same Day by Stefan Ivanov (Sfumato Theatre, Bulgaria), Scissoring by C. Quintana (INTAR), and the Drama League-nominated Carla's Quince, which she conceived and developed with The Voting Project Ensemble to mobilize Latiné voters to the polls. She has developed new plays and musicals off-Broadway and regionally at the Public Theater, Chautauqua, Latinx Playwrights Circle, Playwrights' Realm, NYTW, Audible, Goodspeed, Long Wharf, Juilliard, and more. She was on the producing team for Soho Rep.'s first all-ages, site-specific show Washeteria, and is a co-producer on the upcoming world premiere of Raquel Almazan's La Paloma Prisoner. Estefanía is a member of the leadership circle of the Center for Performance and Civic Practice (CPCP), the Drama League Board of Directors, Latinx Theatre Commons advisory committee, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, and SDC. She was the 2020 recipient of New York Stage and Film's Pfaelzer Award, is a New Georges Affiliated Artist, and an alumna of the Advocacy and Leadership Institutes of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Drama League Directors Project, O'Neill/NNPN National Directors Fellowship, Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellowship, Civilians' R&D Group, Foeller Fellowship at Williamstown, and Van Lier Fellowship at Repertorio Español. She has a B.A. from Vassar College, where she co-founded Idlewild Theatre Ensemble to create and uplift work by women/fem-aligning artists.

On this episode I talked with Leana about going to military school for six years, joining a dance conservatory during her sophomore year of school which led her to audition for a production of Hairspray and falling in love with the feeling of being on stage, becoming a well-rounded performer, the first theatre show she ever saw, workshopping the world premiere Rattlesnake Kate at Denver Center for Performing Arts, getting to share a story that takes place in Colorado on stage in Colorado and how audiences reacted, the music in Rattlesnake Kate written by Neyla Pekarek, workshopping Romy and Michele where she played Michele, how she thinks not being familiar with Romy and Michele helped her play the part of Michele during the workshop process of the show, her audition for Merrily We Roll Alone and finding out she booked the New York Theatre Workshop engagement, learning who her costars were for the show and stepping into the rehearsal room for both the NYTW production and the now Broadway production of the show, the camaraderie the cast has, learning she'd be making her Broadway debut with the show, why people should come see Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway, and MUCH MORE!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backstagewithbeccab/support

On Season 3, Episode 5 of The Art Career Podcast, Emily McElwreath interviews Jeremy Blocker, director of New York Theatre Workshop. Jeremy Blocker began his tenure at New York Theatre Workshop in 2014 and has overseen more than thirty productions, stewarding the growth of NYTW's annual operating budget and significantly increasing the Workshop's reserve funds to secure the financial future of the organization. He also led the effort to create NYTW's most recent strategic plan which has seen an expansion of the season to five productions, a 200% increase in artist compensation over the five year plan, the launch of a paid, year-long 2050 Administrative Fellowship, and the renovation of NYTW's 4th Street Theatre.  Prior to arriving at NYTW, Jeremy served as the first Managing Director of Ars Nova, New York's premiere hub for new talent, where he produced six world premiere productions including the Obie Award-winning Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy, seven festivals, and dozens of concerts, readings and workshops. He has also previously served as Director of Individual Giving at Manhattan Theatre Club, Development Associate for Capital Projects at Atlantic Theater Company, and Producing Director of Babel Theatre Project, which he co-founded. Jeremy is an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Theatre Management and Producing at Columbia University's School of the Arts and holds a BA from Harvard University and an MFA from Columbia. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit ⁠⁠⁠BetterHelp.com/TAC ⁠⁠⁠today and get 10% off your first month. ⁠⁠⁠theartcareer.com⁠⁠⁠ Follow us: ⁠⁠⁠@theartcareer⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jeremy : ⁠⁠@jwblocker Follow New York Theatre Workshop: ⁠@nytw79 Podcast host: ⁠⁠⁠@emilymcelwreath_art⁠⁠⁠ Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠@lilap3arl⁠⁠⁠ Music: Chase Johnson Editing: ⁠@benjamin.galloway

ABOUT ABANDONLuella is alone – haunted by the ghost of her son. Joshua is alone – kicked out of his house by his brother. One winter night these two people collide. Luella is looking for redemption; Joshua is looking for family. By the next morning, these two lonely souls are meshed together into an American Family in its truest sense. A world premiere by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright James Ijames, Abandon is sometimes violent, sometimes healing; with a gossamer veil that separates the worlds of the living and the dead, and shame and acceptance.Melanye Finister (Luella, she/her) is an artist and resident company member at People's Light, a member of Wilma Hothouse, and an artistic advisory board member at PlayPenn. People's Light: The Diary of Anne Frank, The Matchmaker, All My Sons, Fences, The Winter's Tale, Seven Guitars, The Return of Don Quixote, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Something You Did, Fabulation, and The Member of the Wedding. Theatre Includes: Wilma Theater, Arden Theatre Company, Flashpoint Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Venture Theatre, Temple Theaters and Walnut Street Theatre. Training: BFA, Carnegie Mellon University.Brenson Thomas (Gabriel, he/him) is a Black and queer writer, actor, and theatre-maker. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College's MFA Theatre program, his plays include how i got over, or…red Kool-Aid stains on bubblegum lips; What We Lost & Never Knew; and How We Return, an upcoming commission for Constellation Stage & Screen in Bloomington, IN. Brenson also writes for TV/Film, most recently on Emmy Award winner Lena Waithe's Twenties on BET. As a performer, Brenson has collaborated with Tony Award Winner Stew, Raja Feather Kelly, Lightning Rod Special in The Appointment (FringeArts/Next Door at NYTW; Barrymore Nominee for Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical), Arden Theatre Company in the world premiere of R. Eric Thomas' Backing Track, and Into the Woods, and with 1812 Productions for This is the Week That Is: 2020, and the Wilma Theater. When he's not hunched over his laptop crying about blank Google docs, Brenson enjoys long walks around his beloved Philly, doing bad accents, smashing patriarchal white supremacist structures, and Beyoncé.FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: https://theatreexile.org/shows/abandon/

NYTW's “Three Sisters” Postponed Indefinitely, Gehling's Next In The Dentist Chair, Original “Come From Away” Members Gather In Gander For New Production “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated: Ashley Steves: ashley@broadwayradio.com | read more The post Today on Broadway: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

Paul Alexander Nolan (paulalexandernolan.com)(IG:@paulalexandernolan) who is currently in Parade The Musical on Broadway, is originally from Canada, where much of his career has been spent as a company member of the Stratford Festival. Since moving to New York he's led seven Broadway productions including Jesus Christ Superstar; Once; Doctor Zhivago; Bright Star; Chicago; Escape to Margaritaville and Slave Play. He originated the role of Jim in Slave Play at NYTW, on Broadway and at The Taper in Los Angeles. TV credits include The Code; Madam Secretary and Instinct for CBS. Paul is currently collaborating on a concept album about isolation entitled T+L. 

Paul Alexander Nolan (paulalexandernolan.com)(IG:@paulalexandernolan) who is currently in Parade The Musical on Broadway, is originally from Canada, where much of his career has been spent as a company member of the Stratford Festival. Since moving to New York he's led seven Broadway productions including Jesus Christ Superstar; Once; Doctor Zhivago; Bright Star; Chicago; Escape to Margaritaville and Slave Play. He originated the role of Jim in Slave Play at NYTW, on Broadway and at The Taper in Los Angeles. TV credits include The Code; Madam Secretary and Instinct for CBS. Paul is currently collaborating on a concept album about isolation entitled T+L. 

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Merrily We Roll Along @ New York Theatre Workshop. We then talk about the Best of 2022. “This Week on Broadway” has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest-running running Broadway and theatrical podcast with hundreds read more The post This Week on Broadway for January 1, 2023: Merrily We Roll Along (NYTW) appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

In this episode, Jennifer talks to Andrea Prestinario about queerness in musical theater. Andrea shares her journey as a queer performer & producer and what lead her to co-found Ring of Keys, a nonprofit artist service organization for queer and trans artists in musical theatre. They talk about the need for queer visibility and representation, creating change even if it takes time, and what it means to lead by example & trust your intuition.  About Andrea: Andrea Prestinario is a queer award-winning performer and producer who has worked at 20+ theatres throughout the country over the last 15 years, including NYTW, Asolo Rep, American Conservatory Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Lyric Opera Chicago, Gulfshore Playhouse, Writers' Theatre, York Theatre, and more. Favorite roles include Alison in Fun Home (Baltimore Center Stage), Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls; (Weston Playhouse), Eliza in My Fair Lady; Maureen in RENT (Paramount Theatre), Martha in 1776 (Asolo Rep), and Louise in Gypsy (Drury Lane Oakbrook). She received a Jeff Award for her work as Violet in Side Show (Boho Theatre). A graduate of Ball State University and The School at Steppenwolf, she is also the Co-Founder of Ring of Keys: a nonprofit artist service organization for queer and trans artists in musical theatre. She created RoK's signature programming: Queering the Canon: A Concert Series which she produced in addition to producing other concerts for the org (Joe's Pub, Birdland). She produced/conceived her solo show sMOkeyTOWN: The Songs of Smokey Robinson which played throughout NYC (54Below, Laurie Beechman) and Chicago. Andrea's IG: @andreaprestinario Andrea's Website: www.andreaprestinario.com Ring of Keys Website: www.ringofkeys.org Want to coach with Jennifer? Schedule a session here! https://appt.link/jenniferapple Monologue Sourcing Promo Link! https://empoweredartistcollective.com/podcastpromo Learn more: https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/podcast EAC IG: @EmpoweredArtistCollective  EAC TikTok: @EmpowerArtistCollective EAC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empoweredartistcollective/ Check Out Our Merch! https://www.empoweredartistcollective.threadless.com/ Any thoughts you'd like to share? Email us at EmpoweredArtistCollective@gmail.com    

Kathy Fabian shares the process of creating props, set dressing, and researching for A Beautiful Noise. If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! ABOUT KATHY FABIAN Fabian's Broadway credits include: The Rose Tattoo, American Son, All My Sons, Burn This, True West, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Pretty Woman, The Parisian Woman, Indecent, Sunday in the Park with George, Falsettos, Fiddler on the Roof, China Doll, On Your Feet, Living On Love, The King and I, An American In Paris, The Real Thing, The Realistic Joneses, If/Then, Rocky, The Bridges of Madison County, I'll Eat You Last, Kinky Boots, Lucky Guy, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Anarchist, Chaplin, Nice Work If You Can Get It, A Streetcar Named Desire, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Stick Fly, Relatively Speaking, Chinglish, The Normal Heart, House of Blue Leaves, Anything Goes, Ghetto Klown, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, A Life in the Theatre, Fences, All About Me, A Behanding in Spokane, Race, Fela!, Bye Bye Birdie, A Steady Rain, Waiting for Godot, You're Welcome America, Pal Joey, American Buffalo, Speed the Plow, A Man For All Seasons, Les Liasons Dangereuses, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George, The Homecoming, Cyrano de Bergerac, Pygmalion, Old Acquaintance, 110 in the Shade, Talk Radio, Prelude to a Kiss, Spring Awakening, High Fidelity, Barefoot in the Park, Souvenir, Steel Magnolias, Sweet Charity, Match, Fiddler on the Roof, Bobby Boland, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, and Golda's Balcony. Recent Off Broadway: West Side Story, Stage Around, Tokyo, Mary Jane and Othello, (NYTW) and Turn Me Loose, (Westside Theatre). Recent TV projects include creations for Fosse Verdon, Samantha Bee, and Sesame Street. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: A Beautiful Noise on Instagram: instagram.com/abeautifulnoisemusical A Beautiful Noise on Facebook: facebook.com/ABeautifulNoiseMusical Get Your Tickets: abeautifulnoisethemusical.com --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork YouTube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jennifer talks to Rachel Sussman about her various creative identities, specifically through the producing lens. Rachel shares her experience of what led her to choose this particular path within the arts, the history and creation of the new musical about women's suffrage called “Suffs,” and why she co-founded The Business of Broadway.  She talks about her guiding 3 P's, clarifies what producing is and can be, and shares wonderful tools & resources specifically (but not exclusively!) for those interested in producing.   About Rachel: Rachel Sussman (she/her) is a Tony Award-nominated producer, educator, and entrepreneur committed to cultivating collaborative theatrical work built on trust and transparency. A producer with Plate Spinner Productions, she is also a co-founder of The MITTEN Lab, an emerging theatre artist residency program in her native state of Michigan and The Business of Broadway, an educational initiative to democratize knowledge about the commercial theatre industry. Broadway and national tour: Co-producer on Heidi Schreck's Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award-nominated play, What the Constitution Means to Me. Other producing credits include the Obie Award-winning production of The Woodsman (New World Stages/59E59), Saturday Night Seder (Story Course), The Peculiar Patriot (Audible Theater at The Minetta Lane), and Eh Dah? Questions for My Father (Next Door at NYTW). In development: Suffs by Shaina Taub, now premiering at The Public Theater. A past Women's Project Lab Time Warner Foundation Fellow, Rachel was the recipient of the 2018-2019 Prince Fellowship in Creative Producing. She is a graduate of the Commercial Theater Institute and a University Honors Scholar alumna of NYU Tisch. She is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's School of the Arts and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Rachel's IG: @rachsuss Rachel's website: www.rachel-sussman.com The Buisness of Broadway: www.thebusinessofbroadway.com Want to coach with Jennifer? Schedule a session here! https://appt.link/jenniferapple Monologue Sourcing Promo Link! https://empoweredartistcollective.com/podcastpromo Learn more: https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/podcast EAC IG: @EmpoweredArtistCollective  EAC TikTok: @EmpowerArtistCollective EAC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empoweredartistcollective/ Check Out Our Merch! https://www.empoweredartistcollective.threadless.com/ Any thoughts you'd like to share? Email us at EmpoweredArtistCollective@gmail.com

In this episode, Jennifer talks to Teniece Divya Johnson about boundaries. They define & unpack the language used around the topic, the word “no”, what it means to take up space, the importance of having a support system, and consent. They share tools about hypothetical situations specifically for artists and helpful phrases for feeling more empowered to advocate for yourself. This episode is deeply important (a note taker!) and is one that is core to the ethos of EAC. CW: This episode touches on aspects that come up when discussing boundaries. Some mentioned: systemic racism, consent, white supremacy, systems, and intimacy.  About Teneice: ​​ Teniece Divya Johnson, MA (Lehigh University, Sociology), MFA (University of Florida), is a student of life, stunt performer and certified intimacy coordinator, and intimacy director for television, film and stage. Some credits include HBO's Emmy-winning Succession, Lovecraft Country, RAMY, HULU's Wu-Tang: An American Saga, FX's POSE, STARZ Run The World, The Hunters on Amazon, Modern Love Season 2, West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg, and the limited series The Underground Railroad written and directed by Barry Jenkins on Amazon. Teniece was the assistant intimacy /fight director for the 2019 critically acclaimed and Tony-nominated production of Slave Play and the first Black, Queer and Non-Binary person to hold the position. Teniece was also a part of the Slave Play team at NYTW. In addition to working as an industry leader in the field of entertainment, Teniece has cultivated a research-based expertise in several areas: boundaries, empathy, Black intimacy and Queer intimacy. They engage colleges, universities, corporations and other organizations to promote healthy community practices. Teaching and performing for over a decade, Teniece uses a multidisciplinary approach to cultivating self-healing and creative wellness practices. Driven to keep actors safe but the story dangerous Teniece's devised theater experience, movement training and spoken word poetry lends for a natural curiosity and commitment to honoring and dissecting what is on the page in order to develop a captivating movement dialogue of action and reaction. They are also an outspoken advocate for inclusivity, restorative justice, anti-racism, collective healing and consent culture. And an accomplished stunt performer with over 60 credits including a nomination for 2018 Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a stunt ensemble for Avengers: Infinity War. Teniece's IG: @Tenievedivyajohnson Teniece's IMDB: www.imdb.me/teniecedivyajohnson Teniece's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/TenieceDivyaJohnson Want to coach with Jennifer? Schedule a session here! https://appt.link/jenniferapple Monologue Sourcing Promo Link! https://empoweredartistcollective.com/podcastpromo Learn more: https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/podcast EAC IG: @EmpoweredArtistCollective  EAC TikTok: @EmpowerArtistCollective EAC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empoweredartistcollective/ Check Out Our Merch! https://www.empoweredartistcollective.threadless.com/ Any thoughts you'd like to share? Email us at EmpoweredArtistCollective@gmail.com

In this episode, Jennifer talks to Kate Lumpkin, CSA, about celebrating the process, how words we use matter and being proud of ourselves for our accomplishments - big or small. They share tools for finding your point of view, being curious generally and certainly about the things that make you you, plus the ways in which you can express yourself (in persona and on social media). They unpack advocating for one's needs, the importance of continuously learning & growing, and the mark we can leave on this planet if we tune into our values and the way we feel inside our bodies. CW: This episode briefly mentions obituaries.  About Kate: Kate Lumpkin, CSA (she/her) is the Founder of and Lead Casting Director at Kate Lumpkin Casting. Collectively, as a casting professional, she has worked on over 40 TV/Film productions and 85 theatrical productions in New York City and across the USA including shows at The Kennedy Center, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The A.R.T, NYTW, and many others. Kate teaches workshops in New York and at numerous Colleges + Universities and is also a professor of Musical Theatre at James Madison University. She is a private coach to clients all around the world. Kate's IG: @KateLumpkin Kate's TikTok: @KateLumpkin  Kate's Website: www.kate-lumpkin.com Want to coach with Jennifer? Schedule a session here! https://appt.link/jenniferapple Monologue Sourcing Promo Link! https://empoweredartistcollective.com/podcastpromo Learn more: https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/podcast EAC IG: @EmpoweredArtistCollective  EAC TikTok: @EmpowerArtistCollective EAC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empoweredartistcollective/ Check Out Our Merch! https://www.empoweredartistcollective.threadless.com/ Any thoughts you'd like to share? Email us at EmpoweredArtistCollective@gmail.com

Today on Too Opinionated we talk with Succession's Zoe Winters! Zoë is familiar to New York theatre audiences from her performances in WHITE NOISE at THE PUBLIC, THE LAST MATCH at ROUNDABOUT, THE HARVEST at LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, Ars Nova's production of SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS at the Signature Theatre about which The New Yorker wrote "...the phenomenal Zoë Winters...plays her anguish from the inside," New York Theatre Workshop's RED SPEEDO, Lincoln Center's SHOWS FOR DAYS, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, Soho Rep's Obie Award winning AN OCTOROON and NYTW's production of Caryl Churchill's LOVE AND INFORMATION at The Minetta Lane, for which she received rave reviews. Time Out declared "Winters...is one to watch out for - zesty, zany and vibrant, she completely reinvents herself with each new character. Give that gal a romantic comedy or an old-fashioned farce." In the New York Times, Elisabeth Vincentelli wrote: "Give this girl a vehicle already! Zoe is also known for her roles in Hunters, The Good Fight and Madame Secretary! Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod Check out the Website: Meisterkhan.com  

Radcliffe to Lead “Merrily” at NYTW, Pamela Anderson to Join “Chicago,” Film Scout Joins “Mockingbird” Tour “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated: Ashley Steves ashley@broadwayradio.com | @NoThisIsAshleyGrace Aki grace@broadwayradio.com | @ItsGraceAkiJames Marino read more The post Today on Broadway: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

Clare Barron is a prolific writer who has written the plays “Baby Screams Miracle,” “Dirty Crusty,” “I'll Never Love Again,” “You Got Older” and the Pulitzer-nominated “Dance Nation." Her gripping play “Shhhh,” which has been called “illuminating” and "raw" recently had a very successful run at the Atlantic Theater Company. Not only did Clare write Shhhh she also directed and starred in the play. Clare is working on an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's “Three Sisters” for New York Theatre Workshop's (NYTW) 2022/2023 season. Directed by Sam Gold the cast includes Greta Gerwig, Oscar Isaac, Steve Buscemi, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Emily Davis, Chris Messina, Lola Kirke, John Christopher Jones, Michael Benjamin Hernandez, Anthony Michael Lopez, Matthew Maher, Chris Messina, Aaron Clifton Moten, Ben Sinclair and Virginia Wing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Capítulo 021: On this episode of Ocu-Pasión we are joined by Dancer and Performance Artist Salomé Egas. Listen in as we discuss exploring intersectional identities, action driven artwork, and venturing beyond the traditional theatre landscape to engage with audiences head on. SALOMÉ EGAS is an Ecuadorian mestiza performer, educator and entrepreneur who is permanently questioning her identity through dance, theater, film and textile arts.  As a solo performer and a member of The New Latinx Art Collective, Salomé incorporates radical self-love and indigenization as tools to empower the ancestral knowledge carried by femme bodies of color. Her solo “Reflejo'' has been supported by The Greenwich Arts Council (2021), The Immigrant Artists Biennial (2021) and the Exponential Festival (2020); her solo “(Up)rooted”  was commissioned by Skidmore College's Tang Museum (2019). She's performed nationally at Abrons Arts Center, LaMama, Dixon Place, NYTW, Joe's Pub, among others. Internationally, Salomé has performed in Ecuador, Venezuela, Cuba, Argentina and Canada. She participated in 2019-20 Creative Capital's Latinx Artist Workshop and EmergeNYC (2018). As an arts educator, Salome has taught and created curriculums in Dance, Theater and Spanish for different public and private institutions in NYC and Ecuador. Salomé recently started dabbling in Bilingual Children's Literacy and is happy to release her first children's book in March 2022! She is also the founder of “BY SALO,” an online brand that focuses on making sustainable clothing and accessories through recycled, upcycled and/or hand-sewn, hand-dyed materials. Salomé obtained a Master's in Performance, International Education and Mythologies from NYU (2018), and a Dance-Theater degree from Skidmore College (2014).Salome's website: https://www.salomeegas.com/Salome's instagram:https://www.instagram.com/salomeegas/By Salo's website: https://bysalo.com/By Salo's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/by_salo/By Salo Books instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bysalo_books/The New Latinx Collective instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newlatinxartcollective/Ocu-Pasión Podcast is a heartfelt interview series showcasing the experiences of artists and visionaries within the Latin American/ Latinx community hosted by Delsy Sandoval. Join us as we celebrate culture & creativity through thoughtful dialogue where guests from all walks of life are able to authentically express who they are and connect in ways listeners have not heard before.Delsy Sandoval is the Executive Producer of Ocu-Pasión. If you want to support the podcast, please rate and review the show here. You can also get in touch with Delsy at www.ocupasionpodcast.comFollow Ocu-Pasión on Instagram: @ocupasionpodcast www.instagram.com/ocupasionpodcastJoin the Ocu-Pasión Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/5160180850660613/Visit www.ocupasionpodcast.com for more episodes.https://linktr.ee/Ocupasionpodcast

Desperadoby Dr. Vivian Dorsett, PhDLinda is currently receiving counseling in her psychiatrist's office when her multiple personalities start to interrupt the sessions as Dr. Walker attempts to maintain control. Linda has to gain control over her personality so she won't be committed to a mental institution and lose custody of her own children to child welfare. Birdie tries to assist Dr. Walker, but Linda doesn't trust her.Vivian Dorsett (Playwright) Vivian is a college instructor and has produced and directed theater at a collegiate and community level. Her most recent acting debut in Community Theater was Vagina Monologues. Most of her playwriting is based on social justice and represents marginalized populations.Carrie Wesolowski (Linda): A career woman with multiple personalities-- Penny, a surly teenager, and Veronica, an angry, aggressive adult.Born and raised in NYC, Carrie's a co-host of AirPlay and regular contributor to AirPlay as Actor/Director. Carrie's recent credits include directing the opera The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center, playing Mandy in Theater for the New City's Dermalogic and directing and playing the female lead Destiny in Simon Says, a finalist in Playbill VTF Live and Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival. Upcoming projects include supporting roles as Helen Hayes/Julia in Coni Koepfinger's Live From The Bardo: My Dinner With Mary in January 2022 at Theatre for the New City in NYC directed by the legendary Dan Carter.Beth Griffith (Birdie) Linda's biological mother who has a 7th grade education and has been emotionally absent throughout Linda's life.Beth has performed with HERE Art Center, LaMaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges,Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova's Makers Lab, Music We'd Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito's DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater.Matt Matthews (Dr. Walker, Psychiatrist) Matt immigrated to California from Texas many years ago. He is an actor, singer, theatre director, choral director, and voice for hire. Recent Zoom projects include Dermalogic, as Stansfield, and Yellow Ribbons, as director. Some favorite roles: Marley's Ghost in A Christmas Carol and Gremio in Taming of the Shrew.

Live from The Bardo: My Dinner with Maryby Coni Koepfinger and Dan Carter When destiny reunites two long estranged actresses, new realities open to give them a peek backstage at their real lives in Live from the Bardo: My Dinner with Mary.Mary Tierney (Mary) Mary started her acting career in Dublin, where she worked for five years. After returning to NYC she started her own theater, The BillyMunk and the last three decades she spent at Theater for the New City.Mary Ellen Ashley: (Mary Ellen) Actress, Singer, Dancer, and Producer of Broadway,Television, and Film, her resume includes many Off-Broadway credits. She also spent many years in regional theaters, including playing Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly 11 times, and was in Music Man; Funny Girl, Cabaret; Best Little Whorehouse, 42nd Street. Fiddler;Gypsy just to name a few….Carrie Wesolowski (Julia/Helen Hayes) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie's a co-host of AirPlay and regular contributor to AirPlay as Actor/Director. Carrie's recent credits include directing the opera The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center, playing Mandy in Theater for the New City's Dermalogic and directing and playing the female lead Destiny in Simon Says, a finalist in Playbill VTF Live and Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival.Félix E. Gardón (Jose Ferrer) Félix is a native Puerto Rican actor/artist/activist who was the artistic director and board chair of Los 4 Gatos Theater Company, a bilingual Puerto Rican troupe supported by Pregones theater. He has performed and worked with the Medicine Show Theater show since 2000. Felix is also an abstract artist, student of the late master modern art painter Omiros Hriso, and works in the mediums of acrylic and Polaroid manipulation. Katherine Elliot (Katherine Hepburn) Cofounder/Actor/Producer-Wild Banshee. Former producer/performer-The Tempest Ladies (The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream). Off-Broadway producer/performer (Sammy's Bowery Follies, Dog Sees God). Producer/performer (Paulette Goddard) Hannah, Can You Hear Me? - Best Arts Film, Cannes Festival. Director-The One And Only Amanda Palmer... Served on the Board of Directors for The League of Professional Theatre Women.Byron C. Saunders (Joseph Jefferson) Arts Management Consultant /Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian / Radio Talk-Show Personality / Civil RightsAdvocate. Byron's highlights and many credits currently include working as an independent ArtsManagement Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, funddevelopment, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and management. Beth Griffith (Announcer) Beth has performed with HERE Art Center, LaMaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges,Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova's Makers Lab, Music We'd Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito's DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater.

Phil Chippenputt, egotistical resident golf pro, is murdered, and the suspects at the East Dogbreath Hills Country Club are certainly plentiful. Was it the club's owner Wilson Irons, who's grown tired of Phil's constant philandering with his wife Taylor? Was it the Club's groundskeeper Reg Greene? Or has Millie Driver, his long-suffering Caddy, finally decided to get some of her own back? Follow the clues and enjoy the laughs as the mystery unfolds before you in a raucous evening of fun!David Dietz III (Playwright/Wilson Irons) David Dietz is an award-winning actor, stage/screen writer, filmmaker, and audiobook producer-narrator. He has pounded the boards in productions ranging from Shakespeare to Simon (Neil, that is), and appeared in such films as End Game, Strange Girls, and Death from Above. In 2012, he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in Indemnity (aka Indemnity: Rage of A jealous Vampire). For more information, please visit http://dietzthethird.com or http://zd3-productions.comCarrie Wesolowski (Director/Taylor Irons) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who is a film, television, theatre and now Zoom actor. Carrie was the female lead Actor and Director of SIMON SAYS-- a finalist for the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020. Her work as Director/Actor in Coni Koepfinger's The Unusual Chauncey Faust was most recently seen in Manhattan Rep's Stories Film Festival. Upcoming projects include directing The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center. Beth Griffith (Millie Driver) Beth Griffith (Mom) Beth Griffith has performed with HERE Art Center, LaMaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova's Makers Lab, Music We'd Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito's DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater.Larry Parker (Phil Chippenputt) Larry is a graduate of Columbia University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Theatre Arts. He performs in local theatre and can be found auditioning and working in commercials and television. Before acting, Larry served as a United States Reconnaissance Marine, a NYC firefighter, and competed as a USA All-American Ironman Tri-Athlete.James Jerome (Reg Greene) An actor, stage manager, and writer James got his start in Pittsburgh; then continued in New York working as an actor on stage, television and film. He studied at the HB Studio with Uta Hagen. Currently he is wrighting his first full-length play.Matt Matthews (Narrator) Matt Matthews (Narrator) immigrated to California from Texas many years ago. He is an actor, singer, theatre director, choral director, and voice for hire. Recent Zoom projects include Dermalogic, as Stansfield, and Yellow Ribbons, as director. Some favorite roles: Marley's Ghost in A Christmas Carol and Gremio in Taming of the Shrew.

Show Synopsis: Dad teaches his daughter lessons from the woods.Trish Ayers (Playwright) Trish Ayers is an award winning playwright with play readings and productions across the United States and Japan including at Live Girls!, Hedgerow Theatre, Iowa State University, Berea College, and Manhattan Theatre Source. She is resident playwright for Mountain Spirit Puppets and has received three Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) grants and was honored to be the recipient of the 2011 Sallie Bingham Award from KFW. She was the founder of Kentucky Women Playwrights Seminar, a ten-year playwriting project.Carrie Wesolowski (Director/Cindi) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who is a seasoned film, television, theatre and now Zoom actor. Carrie was the female lead Actor and Director of SIMON SAYS-- a finalist for the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020. Her work as Director/Actor in Coni Koepfinger's The Unusual Chauncey Faust was most recently seen as a finalist in Manhattan Rep's STORIES Film Festival. Upcoming projects include directing The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center. David Dietz (Dad) David Dietz is an award-winning actor, stage/screen writer, filmmaker, and audiobook producer-narrator. He has pounded the boards in productions ranging from Shakespeare to Simon (Neil, that is), and appeared in such films as End Game, Strange Girls, and Death from Above. In 2012, he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in Indemnity (aka Indemnity: Rage of a Jealous Vampire). His audiobook narration credits include My Stupid Girl, Words with My Father, and Halfskin. For more information, please visit http://dietzthethird.com or http://zd3-productions.comBeth Griffith (Mom) Beth Griffith has performed with HERE Art Center, LaMaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova's Makers Lab, Music We'd Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito's DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater.Byron C. Saunders (Narrator/Co-Host) Byron C. Saunders - Arts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian / Radio Talk-Show Personality / Civil Rights Advocate. Byron's highlights and many credits currently include working as an independent Arts Management Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, fund development, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and development.

I am so excited to welcome Tonya Pinkins back to the show! She's an actress, director, producer, author, filmmaker & so much more! Today we are talking about lessons learned and Tonya has learned a lot in her life! Plus, we chat even more about her horror film Red Pill, which will have its NYC premiere this Friday, August 13 (YES, FRIDAY THE 13TH) at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem at 135th Street. Tickets are FREE, but you must register here! 7pm Talkback with Director & Cast 8pm Film Screening Listen to Part 1 of our interview here! - We talked in depth about Tonya's horror film Red Pill & much more about Broadway, All My Children and Motherhood. Connect with Tonya: Facebook Twitter Instagram Connect with Red Pill Movie Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Like What You Hear? Join my Patreon Family to get backstage perks including advanced notice of interviews, the ability to submit a question to my guests, behind-the-scene videos, and so much more! Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Visit: https://callmeadam.com for more my print/video interviews Special Thanks: My Patreon Family for their continued support: Angelo, Reva and Alan, Marianne, Danielle, Tara, Alex, and The Golden Gays NYC. Join the fun at https://patreon.com/callmeadamnyc. Theme Song by Bobby Cronin (https://bit.ly/2MaADvQ) Podcast Logo by Liam O'Donnell (https://bit.ly/2YNI9CY) Edited by Drew Kaufman (https://bit.ly/2OXqOnw) Outro Music Underscore by CueTique (Website: https://bit.ly/31luGmT, Facebook: @CueTique) More on Tonya: Tonya Pinkins is a multi-award-winning actress, author, & educator. She has won a Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle & Lortel Award. She teaches privately & at The Atlantic Theater School's NYU program. Tonya is the author of Get OVER YOURSELF: How to Drop The Drama and Claim The Life You Deserve (Hachette Books). Tonya works with The African American Policy Forum & actively supports #SayHerName & TheMovementForBlackLives among other causes & organizations.  She is 2019-2022 Fulbright Specialist. Her short film, What Came After, which she produced, directed & adapted with Christopher Oscar Pena from his play, premiered at The New York Short Festival in 2016 & was an official selection in 2017 Sociopolitical Short Festival, Artemis Women in Action Film Festival, National Black Film Festival - Houston, Equality Film Festival, Blow-Up International Arthouse Festival - Chicago, Womyn in Media Newark, Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival, Queens World Film festival, New Filmmakers New York Festival & WIM-Ns Women's Film Festival. She directed Lighthouse Lili for RipFEST. Tonya has trained with esteemed directors such as Michael Satrazemis (Producing Director Fear of the Walking Dead), Charlotte Brandstrom (Madam Secretary), Melanie Mayron (Famous In Love), & Nick Copus (Gotham). Tonya co-wrote, produced and directed Truth and Reconciliation of Womyn (The Tank, Deepak Home Base, The Commons, & The #HealMeToo Festival). Tonya's directing credits include: Till We Meet Again at the 14th Street Y, Paul Robeson: The Opera at Trilogy Opera Company, Bring It On at Black Spectrum Theater, Exit: An Illusion by Marita Bonner for American Bard Theater's “Visionary Voices,” The Gospel According to Miss Roj from The Colored Museum for Project One Voice at The Kimble Theater, Vagina Monologues for V-Day at The World Health Ministry Conference in Mexico, The Klucking of Hens by Carol Lockwood at New Professional Theater, Lord's Resistance by Camille Darby at the National Black Theater Festival in Winston Salem, & Dead People's Things by Patricia Ione Lloyd at Red Circle Rising. Tonya co-directed Laryy Powell's Easy To Love in the Fire This Time Festival & For Colored Boys by Jesse Alick in 48 Hours in Harlem. She has been developing Blaine Teamer's #BoxSeats at NYTW and National Black Theater's Monday Night Reading series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wrap up Pride month with playwright and impact producer, Javier Rivera DeBruin, and hosts Meghan and Holly! Javi discusses how queerness, magical realism/fantasy/scifi in theatre allows a unique opportunity for anything to happen, the dynamics of family in their writing and in the theatre community, and why theatre is the Grey Gardens of the arts. Learn what Javi does as an Impact Producer for documentaries like DISCLOSURE and TRANS IN TRUMPLAND, practices that theatre could adapt from documentaries, and the rewards of contributing to the counter narratives to the recent attacks against trans youth. Holly and Meghan also discuss upcoming shows in July and how you can support the Equality Act!   Upcoming Shows:  Trans Moses at Ars Nova - Created & Performed by Christian Luu   Brother, Brother at NYTW - by Aleshea Harris, directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury Action of the Ep:  Call and email your Senators to support the Equality Act Javier Rivera DeBruin: Website | Instagram | Twitter  Parsnip Ship Radio Roots Writers' Group DISCLOSURE TRANS IN TRUMPLAND Queer Culture Recs: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas  Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender Queer Gives: Third Wave Fund - DONATE Sex Worker Giving Circle Thesis on Joan: Follow Thesis on Joan on Instagram & Twitter  Leave us a voicemail at (845) 445-9251‬ Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Synopsis: In this surrealist one-act, Chauncey Faust, a very aggressive, out-of-work television actor, is about to enter into a business partnership that he thinks will be the opportunity of a lifetime. Although very lucrative financially, it may cost him his soul. His new business associate, Mr. Stuart Morgan, has created a one-of-a-kind service. The play opens with a dream job interview that quickly turns into a nightmare.Coni Koepfinger (Playwright) Artist and Educator, Coni Koepfinger is the host of AIRPLAY, a weekly virtual theatre program now in its 12th season that brings the voices of artists, actors, playwrights from all over the world together. Also via new media, Koepfinger has created DETERMINED WOMEN, a monthly feature that interviews women who share stories to encourage and inspire. In addition to teaching theatre and composition, Koepfinger is an internationally published and produced playwright and theorist. As a Media Advisor for the Lifeboat Foundation, her play Get the Message was in their Visions of the Future anthology 2016. Coni is a former board member of the International Center for Women Playwrights/ ICWP and committee chair for the League of Professional Theatre Women /LPTW. Recent work includes three new powerful pieces with her writing partner Joe Izen: including Eve of Beltane, Broadway Bound Festival (2019),; Schoolhouse (2015) and the first musical to usher in the singularity, Kingdom Come (2020). She has written well over 40 plays, short stories, books and commissions such as Takin’ It Back a ten minute play for THE ME TOO PROJECT in Harlem, and Playing House a commissioned one-act about Bella Abzug for the UNTOLD STORIES OF JEWISH WOMEN and Playing Fate which was accepted for New Blood Series at Theatre for the New City. Now in 2021, Koepfinger’s work is virtually shown all over the globe, My Dinner with Mary which was read online for The Producer’s Circle and was then streamed live from The Player’s Club in NYC in TNC’s ON AIR podcast. It will be produced in the Dream Up Festival in 2021 at TNC. Her play Simon Says, was one of 12 selected in the world’s first Virtual Theatre Festival by PLAYBILL 2020 and was slated for Manhattan Rep’s STORIES film competition in 2021.Carrie Wesolowski (Director) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who has appeared in international news programs, film, television and theatre productions. Carrie is a graduate of the Gushee/Anania Studio where she studied with Phil Gushee and Joe Anania. Carrie hosted Movie Talk Show from 2014-2018 and served as its Associate Producer, interviewing indie film actors, writers, and directors and giving them a platform for their work. Carrie’s recent projects include directing and playing Destiny in Coni Koepfinger’s Simon Says which was a finalist in the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020 and was most recently streaming worldwide as part of Manhattan Rep’s STORIES Film Festival, and playing Mandy in Dermalogic as part of Theater for the New City's "On the Air'' series which can still be seen on Theater for the New City's YouTube Channel: It's always such a joy for Carrie co-hosting, directing, and acting on AirPlay. She would like to thank the playwright Coni Koepfinger and the actors who helped bring this to life. Claude Isbell (Chauncey Faust) Claude Isbell started out as a child actor, doing both TV commercials and theater from the age of 4. He and his sister did modeling work as well all over NYC, appearing in the New York Times magazine and many others. He was a musician and songwriter in NYC, before going into business. After studying acting with teachers such as Austin Pendleton, he has recently gotten the Theater and Film bug back, and is making a Web Series called CYRUS that is in pre-production. During the Strawberry One-Act Festival his “Making-Of” film garnered him a “Best Director” nomination.Beth Griffith (Ms. Candice Appleby) Beth Griffith has performed with HERE Art Center, La MaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova’s Makers Lab, Music We’d Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito’s DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater. Timothy Regan (Mr. Morgan) Timothy Regan is a graduate of Kean University, and worked on several national tours upon graduating. Timothy is a seasoned TV, film, and stage actor and now comes to you via Zoom and other various facetime platforms!

I may have jumped out of my seat four times watching Tonya Pinkins' new horror film Red Pill, but I am staying seated today for this incredible conversation. Tonya Pinkins is a Tony Award Winner. Her career encompasses nine Broadway shows, 20 years on daytime television, podcasting, writing, motherhood & now you can add filmmaker to this impressive career. In the first part of our interview we discuss Tonya's new award winning horror movie Red Pill, starring on Broadway, motherhood and so much more! The second part of our interview, where we discuss Lessons Learned, will be released soon. Stay tuned! Red Pill can be seen in the Micheaux Film Festival from April 26-May 2nd. Click here for tickets! Connect with Tonya: Facebook Twitter Instagram Connect with Red Pill Movie Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Like What You Hear? Join my Patreon Family to get backstage perks including advanced notice of interviews, the ability to submit a question to my guests, behind-the-scene videos, and so much more! Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Visit: https://callmeadam.com for more my print/video interviews Special Thanks: My Patreon Family for their continued support: Angelo, Reva and Alan, Marianne, Danielle, Tara, Alex, and The Golden Gays NYC. Join the fun at https://patreon.com/callmeadamnyc. Theme Song by Bobby Cronin (https://bit.ly/2MaADvQ) Podcast Logo by Liam O'Donnell (https://bit.ly/2YNI9CY) Edited by Drew Kaufman (https://bit.ly/2OXqOnw) Outro Music Underscore by CueTique (Website: https://bit.ly/31luGmT, Facebook: @CueTique) More on Tonya: Tonya Pinkins is a multi-award-winning actress, author, & educator. She has won a Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle & Lortel Award. She teaches privately & at The Atlantic Theater School’s NYU program. Tonya is the author of Get OVER YOURSELF: How to Drop The Drama and Claim The Life You Deserve (Hachette Books). Tonya works with The African American Policy Forum & actively supports #SayHerName & TheMovementForBlackLives among other causes & organizations.  She is 2019-2022 Fulbright Specialist. Her short film, What Came After, which she produced, directed & adapted with Christopher Oscar Pena from his play, premiered at The New York Short Festival in 2016 & was an official selection in 2017 Sociopolitical Short Festival, Artemis Women in Action Film Festival, National Black Film Festival - Houston, Equality Film Festival, Blow-Up International Arthouse Festival - Chicago, Womyn in Media Newark, Women’s Only Entertainment Film Festival, Queens World Film festival, New Filmmakers New York Festival & WIM-Ns Women’s Film Festival. She directed Lighthouse Lili for RipFEST. Tonya has trained with esteemed directors such as Michael Satrazemis (Producing Director Fear of the Walking Dead), Charlotte Brandstrom (Madam Secretary), Melanie Mayron (Famous In Love), & Nick Copus (Gotham). Tonya co-wrote, produced and directed Truth and Reconciliation of Womyn (The Tank, Deepak Home Base, The Commons, & The #HealMeToo Festival). Tonya's directing credits include: Till We Meet Again at the 14th Street Y, Paul Robeson: The Opera at Trilogy Opera Company, Bring It On at Black Spectrum Theater, Exit: An Illusion by Marita Bonner for American Bard Theater’s “Visionary Voices,” The Gospel According to Miss Roj from The Colored Museum for Project One Voice at The Kimble Theater, Vagina Monologues for V-Day at The World Health Ministry Conference in Mexico, The Klucking of Hens by Carol Lockwood at New Professional Theater, Lord’s Resistance by Camille Darby at the National Black Theater Festival in Winston Salem, & Dead People’s Things by Patricia Ione Lloyd at Red Circle Rising. Tonya co-directed Laryy Powell’s Easy To Love in the Fire This Time Festival & For Colored Boys by Jesse Alick in 48 Hours in Harlem. She has been developing Blaine Teamer’s #BoxSeats at NYTW and National Black Theater's Monday Night Reading series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate Lumpkin (she/her) is the Founder of and Lead Casting Director at Kate Lumpkin Casting, CSA. Collectively, as a casting professional, she has worked on over 40 TV/Film productions and 80 theatrical productions in New York City and across the USA including shows at The Kennedy Center, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The A.R.T, NYTW, and many others. Kate teaches workshops in New York and at numerous Colleges + Universities and is a professor at James Madison University as well as a private coach to clients all around the world. Kate is also the host of Broadway WELLness for Playbill. In this episode we talk about creativity and capitalism, how to develop your point of view, being a casting director, and she drops the best advice I've heard about finding creative resources! Connect with Kate:kate-lumpkin.com@katelumpkinplaybill.com/socialselectsnomarketingsociety.comCreative Resources Mentioned:Broadway for Racial JusticeThe Creative Habit by Twyla TharpLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Julie and Casey sit down with theatrical casting director (and Tiktok rock star) Kate Lumpkin, to talk about the stories we tell and why we tell them, changing the jargon that creates unhealthy power structures, how authenticity happens in front of an audience, and burning our old ideas of “type” to the ground . . . both inside and outside of the theater world. Prepare for the dropping of many, many mics. TOP TAKEAWAYS: Kate's background in anthropology and folklore provides one of the major lenses for her work: how stories shape and change the world.  “We hear this mythos that there are only seven stories and we keep repeating them and refreshing them and re-illuminating them […] but what I find fascinating is how we’ve taken those core hero stories and TRANSFORMED them over time, and the potential we have to continue to transform them if we change the gatekeepers of who allows us to tell what stories.” The power of words and the problem with jargon: A phrase consistently used in the theater world is to refer to the casting director and creative team as “the other side of the table” . . . which, inherently creates a divide (and a power imbalance) in what ideally should be a space of play and collaboration. On being "Publicly Personal”—when people walk into the audition space that Kate creates, they know who she is, they know what she stands for, they know that she’s there to listen and be their champion without judgement. On the surface, a casting director’s job is to “acquire talent for a production” . . . but in addition to her job getting to know the immense talent pool of actors out there, Kate also finds herself being part therapist, politician, director, HR person, and explorer.  Type came out of the studio system in Hollywood, and was a way to essentially commodify an actor’s personal brand into something audiences would come back again and again to see . . . but where type has landed is “what do (mostly) white men find attractive/witty/sexy/charismatic” and what they can imagine someone with your body doing onstage. Rather than an actor trying to identify their “type” (fitting into someone else’s narrow box), she’d love them to think about their through line as a person: how does that expression of self affect what stories you want to tell and what point of view that their life’s journey allows them to bring to a role/story (of which your body is certainly a part . . . but not the whole). What is your Point of View? The moments in your life that have made you YOU + the code that you live by (what you stand for, what you would fight for, what you believe in) + how you filter those things out of your body and into the world (how you express yourself). Authenticity and performativity are NOT antithetical . . . because everything we do is in concert with other humans. We are always performing. So, how do we curate an authentic self that shows up? First of all: YOU are the arbiter of your own authenticity. Secondly: it requires self-reflection (those moments than shift your POV happen all the time). We have to check in with that, and we have to not judge the previous versions of our authentic selves. And . . . do the work. Stay curious. Learn about yourself. Go to therapy. Do the work. Things look performative when we try desperately to adhere to an external standard (what is popular, what is “successful”) rather than doing the inner work. On that “thing” that certain people walk into a room with (charisma, confidence, whatever you want to call it) — it comes from having done that inner work on knowing who you are . . . and bringing it into the room with no apology or need for permission or validation. When you have that, you don’t have to even talk about it or “show it off” . . . you just ARE. Kate considers her Meisner training “a two year professional certificate in listening.” Because this type of training is about listening and repeating, listening and repeating, listening and repeating, you not only learn to hear what’s being said, you learn to observe what’s underneath. In addition, Meisner requires that you get comfortable with discomfort, including the messier parts of ourselves. If we learn to sit with our own “messy uglies” and have compassion for those parts in other people, we could really change everything. DO NOT MISS Kate’s Big 5 question answers. LESSON: Getting out of the “prove yourself” mindset and walking into the room with power. Kate Lumpkin (she/her) is the Founder of and Lead Casting Director at Kate Lumpkin Casting, CSA. Collectively, as a casting professional, she has worked on over 40 TV/Film productions and 80 theatrical productions in New York City and across the USA including shows at The Kennedy Center, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The A.R.T, NYTW, and many others. Kate teaches workshops in New York and at numerous Colleges and Universities. She is a private coach to clients all around the world. Kate is also the host of Broadway WELLness for Playbill.  Selected casting credits include: New York Theatre: OSCAR @ The Crown, We Are Here (dir. Steven Hoggett), Medusa, We Are The Tigers, Safeword, Afterglow, Cleopatra, The Bad Years, Eco Village, A Complicated Woman, Boarders, Between The Bars, Unraveled, Letters to the President, Reunion '69, Single Rider, Diaspora, The Other Side of Paradise, Counting Sheep, Sitting Bull's Last Waltz, The Excavation of Mary Anning, Agent 355, Emma: A New Musical, Love In Hate Nation, Five Points, Hart Island, Eastbound, Interstate, Honey Dipped Apocalypse Girls, Fefu and Her Friends. National Tour: Bandstand (1st National Tour). Regional Theatre: Endlings at American Repertory Theater, West Side Story at The Kennedy Center, On The Town at The Kennedy Center, Beau at The Adirondack Theatre Festival, Evocation to Visible Appearance at Actors Theatre of Louisville, We Are Here at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Opium at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas , A Christmas Carol 18', 19' at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Reunion '69 & Reunion '85 at the Newman Center. For more information, please visit kate-lumpkin.com. @katelumpkin Interview intro and outro music: "Elevator Heart," music by Julia Meinwald, lyrics by Sara Cooper, from the musical Elevator Heart, music by Amy Burgess and Julia Meinwald, book and lyrics by Sara Cooper

Join the Antiracist Artist Podcast community on Saturday, February 20 at 3 PM EST on Zoom in our third workshop, led by Amara Brady! Get your ticket by clicking this link, or visit antiracistartist.simpletix.com.In honor of Black History Month, join us for a facilitated workshop that empowers folx with the tools to effectively dissect a few seminal moments in the history of the struggle toward liberation, and how to facilitate that into forward action.Main points of focus may include: A brief survey of a few monumental moments in the history of the struggle toward liberation and racial equity.Tools on how to look at historical events with curiosity and rigor.Connecting history to the present.Pulling on themes of learning from our history to inform our future.And, YES, Amara was indeed our second guest on the podcast! We are thrilled to have her back in this capacity. You can listen to that episode by clicking here.|Amara (She/Her/Hers) is a generative artist & cultural dramaturg from Chicago. At the crux of her artistry is uplifting Black women and connecting underserved communities to theatrical experiences. She’s currently in Residence with Experimental Bitch Presents and The Parsnip Ship and created her own production company (Un)Solicited Productions. As an actor she’s been on stage at The Lark, Joe’s Pub, Barrington Stage Co., NYTW, 54 Below, & others. She’s a member of Joe Iconis’ & family As a writer she has been been a semi-finalist for Space on Ryder Farm, an inaugural member of the Showdogs playwriting collective, The Parsnip Ship’s Radio Roots Writers Group, and a member of SHECreates NYC’s Myths and Legends program. Her work has been staged at The Drama League, The Dramatists Guild, Joe’s Pub, and The Wow Cafe Theatre. As a producer she helped put on Theatre Communications Groups National Conference (2019) and was the Associate Producer of the NYT’s Critic Pick, SKiNFoLK by Jillian Walker. Check out her YouTube Series, ‘Skinny & White’ Aren’t Character Traits. In This Paper I’ll Explain. She wants to remind you to resist, check your privilege, & then give some space to Women of Color & Trans Folx. Ashé to the ancestors. All Power to all people. Website: https://linktr.ee/ajbradyInstagram: @bradynotthebunch|For more information on this workshop and our community, please visit us at www.AntiracistArtist.com, www.Facebook.com/AAPcommunity, and on Instagram @AntiracistArtist.

Join your host Ryan Perez and guest Marsha Stephanie Blake on her journey from Jamaica to Jamaica Queens, going to college, going to get her MFA at UCSD, and working on projects such as "Orange Is The New Black," "Othello" at NYTW, "Luce," and her new movie with our close friend Rachel Brosnahan "I'm Your Woman." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the season finale of NYTW we respectfully critique each others taste in favorites from a variety of shows. Okay it's mostly Dan and Dominique giving Malissa crap for her favorites.Theme Song: Cherry Blossoms - Hyper PotionsFollow the official NGP Productions Twitter@NGPProductionsEmail us at NGPlusPodcast@gmail.comFollow Dominique on Twitter:@ThusTheRavenFollow Malissa on Twitter:@SubjectDespairFollow Dan on Twitter:@PerpetualPlayer★ Support this podcast ★

This is part one of a two part episode - where Patrick and Michael discuss Theater Mitu's REMNANT, a theater piece Michael has worked on for the past five years, and All the Devils are Here, a piece Patrick has worked on for the better part of a decade. For this episode, we focus on REMNANT, the artistic process, and the questions posed in the piece. Throughout this episode, you will get a chance to listen to segments from the piece which you can witness in its entirety as part of NYTW's 2020 season on November 16th, 19th, 22nd, and 24th. For more information and tickets, visit www.nytw.org/show/remnant or www.theatermitu.org

Playwright, actor, and activist Matthew-Lee Erlbach joins Half Hour to share insights from the ongoing advocacy movement, Be An #ArtsHero. In this conversation with ensemble member Audrey Francis, Erlbach relates data and stories about the vitality of the arts in American life, speaks to the struggle facing the Arts and Culture field during the COVID Crisis, and suggests how we can reshape our American society to place a higher value on art—and the workers who make art possible. Interview begins at 4:38Matthew-Lee Erlbach is a Co-Organizer of Be An #ArtsHero, a national labor movement of Arts Workers urging Congress for an extension of FPUC, a 100% COBRA subsidy, and the passage of the DAWN Act, the nation’s only comprehensive arts worker relief bill. Playwright credits include THE DOPPELGÄNGER (an international farce), starring Rainn Wilson and directed by Tina Landau (Steppenwolf); his solo-play HANDBOOK FOR AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY (Gym at Judson/Tony Speciale.); EAGER TO LOSE: A BURLESQUE FARCE IN RHYMING VERSE (Ars Nova/ Wes Grantom/Portia Krieger); SEX OF THE BABY (Access/Michelle Bossy); and his work has been developed/produced with The New Group, Steppenwolf, Vineyard, Ars Nova, MCC, Williamstown, NYTW, Gym at Judson the Orchard Project, and SPACE on Ryder Farm, among others. He has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Laurents/Hatcher Foundation, Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, Puffin Foundation, was a member of Ars Nova's Play Group, MVMNT Theatre’s Play Group, and is a HUMANITAS New Voices recipient. TV, credits include MASTERS OF SEX/Showtime, GYPSY/Netflix, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS/ Netflix, and WWE, MTV, and Nickelodeon. He is currently writing an UNTITLED FEATURE with Rainn Wilson and has TV projects set up with SONY, Killer Films, Cavalry, and Mermade/Merman; he is also the writer/director of HUMAN INTEREST which won “Best Digital Short Series” at SeriesFest. A proud graduate of the public school system from K-College, his civic work includes a writing program for single mothers transitioning out of homelessness and prison, building shelters with Habitat for Humanity, and working with labor on economic justice issues. BE AN #ARTS HERO is a national, non-partisan grassroots movement that emphasizes Arts & Culture’s contribution to the economy, urging Congress for immediate relief. We are a united, intersectional, sector-wide coalition calling for an extension of FPUC, a 100% COBRA subsidy, and the passage of the DAWN ACT, the only comprehensive arts worker relief bill which would authorize $43.85B to the NEA, NEH, IMLS, CPB, and SBA to make grants to the operators, employees, and artists of live venues, recording venues, cultural spaces, and related businesses to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on all Arts Workers across the national Arts Economy. Be An #ArtsHero has appeared on Morning Joe, TODAY, GMA, Late Night w/Seth Meyers and the viral Open Letter to the US Senate has been signed over 13K times by the leaders of every major Arts Org; Pulitzer, Oscar, Tony, and Emmy winners; and countless high-profile names across the Arts. More info at www.BeAnArtsHero.com. Learn more at steppenwolf.org.Want to get in touch? Email halfhour@steppenwolf.org. You can find a transcript of this podcast here:https://www.steppenwolf.org/globalassets/half-hour-podcast/half-hour-ep10-transcript.pdf

Hosted By Michael Rau This Podcast is supported by the Office of the Vice President for the Arts and Stanford TAPS. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers. This Week's Episode of Intersections features Will Davis. Will Davis is a trans-identified director and choreographer focused on physically adventurous new work and old plays in new ways. Recent projects include: India Pale Ale by Jaclyn Backhaus for MTC; Bobbie Clearly by Alex Lubischer for Roundabout Underground; CHARM by Philip Dawkins for MCC; Welcome to Jesus by Janine Nabers, We're Gonna Be Okay by Basil Kriemendahl, Picnic by William Inge all for ATC, Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus for Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks, Playwrights Horizons and ATC, for which he was nominated for a Lucille Nortel award; DUAT by Daniel Alexander Jones for Soho Rep; Orange Julius by Basil Kreimendahl; Mike Iveson’s Sorry Robot for PS122’s COIL Festival; and two productions of Colossal by Andrew Hinderaker for Mixed Blood Theater and the Olney Theatre Center, for which he won a Helen Hayes award for outstanding direction. He is an alum of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the NYTW 2050 Directing Fellowship and the BAX (Brooklyn Art Exchange) artist in residence program. He is a member of the TCG board and the Jubilee planning committee.

This week I talked with Jhanaë Bonnick to talk about her career in stage management. Hot topics include: working on Hadestown from NYTW to Broadway, gaining Production contract experience, handling intimacy in Slave Play, and a story about closing night of Hadestown off-Broadway. The Black AIDS Institute (BAI): https://blackaids.org/Stage Manager Supply Co Episode 4 - Jhanaë Bonnick✨ l i n k s ✨POC Theatre Designers & Technicians: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aHAyQ9Kd4uzh6cG0xLeRp7n1Bp1ARWZrpTGrXVe8MMM/edit?usp=sharingGlossary of Theatre Terms: https://aact.org/termsCaroline, or Change: https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/get-tickets/2020-2021-season/caroline-or-change/?gclid=CjwKCAjwsan5BRAOEiwALzomX0hjfh0nvOh1Wh0-gs5B1XJHj4qhxvy31tQDeYF9p9BmBzpSXh0wWhoC42wQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.dsGary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/21/theater/gary-a-sequel-to-titus-andronicus-review.htmlSix Degrees of Separation (2017 Revival): https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/theater/six-degrees-of-separation-review.htmlHadestown: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/theater/hadestown-review-broadway-anais-mitchell.htmlThe Cherry Orchard: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/theater/the-cherry-orchard-review.htmlSlave Play: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/06/theater/slave-play-review-broadway.htmlNew York Theatre Workshop: https://www.nytw.orgArsNova: https://arsnovanyc.comSoho Rep: https://sohorep.orgSignature Theatre: https://www.signaturetheatre.org/Home.aspxLempicka: https://www.lempickamusical.comWilliamstown Theatre Festival: https://wtfestival.orgLaJolla Playhouse: https://lajollaplayhouse.orgThe Public Theater: https://publictheater.orgRachel Chavkin’s Company: The TEAM: http://theteamplays.orgClaire Warden: https://www.clairewarden.com

Noah Galvin - Film: Booksmart (Dir Olivia Wilde), Assassination Nation (Dir Sam Levinson). TV: "The Real O'Neals" (ABC). Broadway: Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen. Off-Broadway: MCC, NYTW, Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard, Signature, Barrow Street, Rattlestick, and more. Regional: Huntington, Bay Street Theatre, Goodspeed, and more. Tours: Les Miserables (3rd National). Audiobooks: "Perks of Being a Wallflower", "What if it's Us", and others. 2019 Audie Award Nominee. 

Rachel chats with one of theater's most sought after actors, Matthew Maher (The Flick, Mr. Burns, Chinglish) who has originated roles on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off. Most recently he appeared in Will Eno's Gnit, and is slated to appear in NYTW's upcoming Three Sisters, adapted by Clare Barron directed by Sam Gold. Rachel and Matt chat about his early years in New York - working in the downtown theater scene, and how he came to be someone playwrights write roles for. He talks about an unsuccessful move to LA, and how he resolved to only work with friends after returning to New York. Learn how he approaches text, and what he does to bring new plays to life.Mentioned in this episode:The Race of the Ark TattooTFANA GnitNYTW Three SistersMusic:David HilowitzSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/upstageleft)

City Center Cancels Encores! & Off-Center Seasons, NYTW’s “Three Sisters” Postponed, TONS of Recommendations “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated: Ashley Steves ashley@broadwayradio.com | @NoThisIsAshley James Marino james@broadwayradio.com | @JamesMarino Matt Tamanini read more

In this episode, we explore the New York Theatre Workshop's production of "Sing Street". In it, The Critic successfully hides her age, Easy successfully works in "The Full Monty" again, and we successfully nail a GOT reference (Brenock is Olly). Note well, with the current situation, this show is not starting their performances in March.This Google Doc showing opening and closing dates is definitely out of date with the crisis: https://bit.ly/2YAKIEY

In this episode, we explore the New York Theatre Workshop's production of "Sing Street". In it, The Critic successfully hides her age, Easy successfully works in "The Full Monty" again, and we successfully nail a GOT reference (Brenock is Olly). Note well, with the current situation, this show is not starting their performances in March.This Google Doc showing opening and closing dates is definitely out of date with the crisis: https://bit.ly/2YAKIEY

Our first Play-by-Play reading of the 2019–2020 season is "The Anatomy of Love" by Ted Malawer. Mr. Malawer talks about how he gradually makes a play less personal for him and more personal for the characters that inhabit it. **TED MALAWER (playwright) is a recent graduate of the Juilliard Playwriters Program. He has received Lincoln Center’s Lecomte du Nouy Prize and The Kennedy Center’s Blanche and Irving Laurie Award. His theatrical work has been developed and commissioned by T Magazine/The New York Times, The Public, NYTW, Atlantic Theater Company, MCC, and others. TV writer-producer credits include shows for Netflix, Hulu, Showtime, NBC, Freeform and Disney+, where he developed an original pilot. Malawer has also written several novels, including the Mystic City series for Penguin Random House. A former opera singer, Malawer is a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, a graduate of The Juilliard School-Columbia University Exchange Program, and received his master’s from Fordham University. He is currently adapting the novel Red, White & Royal Blue into a film for Amazon, and writing an original musical with Kate Nash and Andy Blankenbuehler.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)

La Paloma Prisoner is a theatre project by Raquel Almaƶán about the reclamation of identity by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women in the prison system. Developed from her longstanding work with incarcerated and impacted communities, the play will have its World Premiere at Next Door @ New York Theatre Workshop in spring 2020, alongside a series of initiatives aimed at raising awareness and inciting action towards the end of global mass incarceration. The project includes programs designed to uplift the voices and narratives of current and formerly incarcerated women-identified folx of color through workshops in prisons, conversation circles, a mini symposium, and panel discussions leading up to the production’s scheduled run at NYTW in April.

2017 Tony Award winner for Best Director of a Play, Obie, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Indecent; Has directed on and Off-Broadway, new plays and classics, musicals and opera; Director of NYTW's production of Sing Street.

Currently starring in Mean Girls on Broadway as Gretchen Weiners, Krystina Alabado has always been a precocious young adult in show business. Starting her career with the First National Tour of Spring Awakening at the age of 18, her diverse résumé now includes Broadway, TV, Film, Voiceover, Concerts, and developmental work… originating, replacing, and understudying at incredible institutions like NYTW, LaMaMa, Atlantic Theatre Company, ART, Long Wharf, La Jolla, and more.  Krystina is THE perfect guest as we wrap up #LatinFutureMonth and head into October’s #BusinessFutureMonth. She’s experienced the highs and lows of showbiz and we discuss it all: growing up inside theatre, juggling life, marriage, auditions, rejections... I’m so thrilled to share this conversation with you and can’t wait to hear your thoughts!  If you want to connect with Krystina, be sure to follow her @KrystinaAlabado or visit KrystinaAlabado.com. You can find me @TonyHowell or TonyHowell.me.  Don’t forget to share how you’re making change with #BusinessFutureMonth. You’re the Boss!

Each week leading up to the October 6th concert premiere of Monkey Trouble Unleashed! at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre, I'm releasing a brand new episode of Something New: A Musical Theatre Podcast, featuring interviews with the cast and songs from the show. Fun!While you're enjoying this episode, get your tickets to the premiere of Monkey Trouble Unleashed! before we sell out! Do it! Do it, I say!Episode 604: Chatting and Singing with MTU cast member Andrew Cristi (A Christmas Story, The Musical on Broadway)!

Today I sit down with the mesmerizing Kathryn Grody. We talk everything from motherhood to acting to being a good human. Not to be missed. Kathryn Grody fled Los Angeles, arrived in New York City, and found herself employed on Broadway in Scapino, . Off-Broadway followed with appearances at Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre including Fishing by Michael Weller, Museum, by Tina Howe, Nasty Rumors and Final Remarks by Susan Miller and Lulu Bett directed by Jack Hofsiss at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Ms. Grody received Obie Awards for her performances in Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, directed by Max Stafford-Clark and The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang, directed by Jerry Zaks as well as a Drama Desk nomination for her performance in her three character one woman play, A Mom’s Life, all at the Public Theatre. (( Other performances include Dusa Fish Stas and Vi at the Manhattan Theatre Club, The Split at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Cause Maggie’s Afraid of the Dark, The 49 Years by Liz Swados, with Estelle Parsons at the Actors Studio Raw Space, Waxing West by Savianna Stanescous at The Lark, and Victoria Roberts cartoon come to life directed by Linda Mancini at Dixon Place. )) Film appearances include Limbo, written and directed by John Sayles and Men With Guns, also by Mr. Sayles, My Body Guard, directed by Tony Bill, Lemon Sisters with Diane Keaton and Carol Kane, Another Woman by Woody Allen and Reds by Warren Beatty. Ms. Grody’s television appearances include “The Sunset Gang” with Uta Hagen, “Execution of Private Slovik” with Martin Sheen and many after-school specials. (( And of course, Law And Order-Criminal Intent in NYC..)) Kathryn Grody performed with A.C.T. in San Francisco, the Actors Theatre of Louisville and was a company member at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. ) Her essays have appeared in The Mountain Record, Harpers Bazar, Oprah magazine, and her narrative version of the original Mom’s Life was published by Avon. She appeared in the world premiere of two new Wendy Wasserstein plays, ((directed by Michael Barakeeva ))at Theatre J in Washington D.C., originated the role of Maggie in The Penetration Play by Winter Miller, ((directed by Josh Hec))t at The Mint, performed the classic role of Nell in Beckets Endgame, with Alvin Epstein, Adam Heller and Tony Roberts,(( directed by Charlotte Moore,)) at the Irish Repetory Theatre . She braved the Barrow Street Theatre with Tim Crouch in the Oak Tree, and was proud to participate in the Caryl Churchill reading at NYTW, Seven Jewish Children-a play for Gaza…... She played Hinda in Zuzka Kurtz’s My Inner Soul at The Lion, appeared in the 59th st shorts in Tina Howes’ The Woman Who Lost Her Head and was seen as Hilary Clinton in the Performance Art Biennial, I Feel Your Pain, by Liz Magic Laser..And was Lola in Donald Margulies A Model Apartment, directed by Evan Cabnet.. Falling Apart....together , the sequel of A Mom’s Life, was seen at CSC, directed by Timothy Near..Most recently played Gaby in Susan Millers’ 20th Century Blues, directed by Emily Mann at the Signature. She is a Ususal Suspect at NYTW, works with the IRC and Search For Common Ground and is on the board of Downtown Women For Change., Dances for A Variable Population and Noor Theatre.

It's Christmas Eve, and we're quickly approaching the end of the year, but we're not letting up! This week Donja & Drew are joined by actor/playwright Ngozi Anyanwu (Good Grief, The Homecoming Queen) who comes thru and really hits the mark! Listen in as they break down the current industry table shaker, Slave Play, currently playing at NYTW, along with a surprise call in with the playwright Jeremy O. Harris. This episode you might have to listen to twice. It's "trigger warning" heavy and also THERE ARE SPOILERS just FYI! Go into the world of black theatre artists on this weekly podcast with a playwright, an actress, & a journalist as they explore and process life in NYC while pursuing their Broadway dreams. Email: OffBook@BroadwayBlack.com Twitter: @OffBookPodcast | @BroadwayBlack IG: @BroadwayBlack | @OffBookPodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/broadwayblack2.0 www.BroadwayBlack.com

Join us for an in depth conversation with Producing Artistic Director of The Tribe Theatre Company in NYC: Nick Browne. In this episode we delve into what it means to have a "company mindset". Nick is a director, producer and collaborator from St. Mary’s County Maryland. He received a BFA in Acting from Point Park University, where he studied extensively in directing and co-founded Pinnacle Productions, a student run experimental theatre company. In New York he has studied with SITI Theatre Company, NYTW and produced shows Off and Off-off-Broadway. Nick is the Producing Artistic Director of the Tribe Theatre Company, an ensemble dedicated to producing plays that mediate on underrepresented subjects and characters. Through innovative story telling and collaboration with bold new playwrights, Nick crafts theater that is visceral, immediate and inspires conversation. www.nickjbrowne.org, www.thetribenyc.com.

Discuss on Reddit ➤ Support the Show ➤ All aboard the Hades express as we travel the Road to Hell to explore Anais Mitchell’s underground hit ‘Hadestown.’ Jimi finally gets a chance to bring out his inner Ancient Greek Geek and delve into the myth behind the musical, the boys weigh up the state of Broadway as it currently is and discuss the importance of new blood in an art form like musical theatre. Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical. (Original Cast Recording) [Live] Amazon / iTunes / Spotify SHOW NOTES Just a brief note: we recorded this podcast before the huge announcement that Hadestown is in fact coming to London in November. We can predict the future, who knew! There aren’t many musicals that have come straight from a concept album, but this one certainly has! Get to know the history of Hadestown by checking out Anais Mitchell’s original album. Want to swat up on your Greek mythology but can’t be bothered wading through textbooks, well pick up a copy of the book that started Jimi’s obsession a quarter of a century ago. It’s cute, there are pictures! What are your thoughts about the idea that Broadway shows have to feel pressured to ‘think big’ Does it always work? Is it at detriment to the story? Is there a way to compete with the budgets of shows like Frozen? Get on over to Reddit and tell us your thoughts! There are some great little videos made around the release of the cast album where Anais and Rachel take you through the meaning behind each number. It really helps show that this musical is a force to be reckoned with! Are there any cast recordings or shows that you think are made infinitely better due to their Original Cast and the others just don’t cut the mustard? Let us know over on Twitter! Have a look at the trailer for Edmonton’s production (and soon to be the West End production!) of Hadestown and compare it to the stripped down version from the NYTW. What has your vote? A LITIGATING QUIZ QUESTION This is perhaps one of the only musicals with key lyrical changes driven by a post-divorce legal agreement. What is it?

Join the director and designer as they reflect on their new production of John. Chaired by Dan Rebellato. Chloe Lamford’s work spans theatre, installation, music and opera nationally and internationally. She is associate designer at the Royal Court, and regularly designs for the National Theatre and the Young Vic, amongst others. Recent designs for NT include Amadeus and Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour. James Macdonald was associate and deputy director of the Royal Court (1992 – 2006), and has directed productions at Donmar Warehouse, Almeida, Hampstead Theatre, Royal Court, in the West End, and in New York he has worked for Public Theater, Lincoln Center, NYTW and for MTC on Broadway. For NT has directed Dido Queen of Carthage, The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other and Exiles.

In the 3rd episode of art Work, we gather round with Geoffrey Jackson Scott, Betty Yu, and Megan Marshall to talk about generosity! Generous labor? Laborious generosity? We talk Thank You emails, listening, compensation... and so much more! We have our first segment of "+1/-1", a lightning round segment where our guests get to literally '+1' or '-1' a statement (caveats a plenty). Pizza Rat, anyone? Betty Yu is an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, educator and activist. She is a co-founder of the Chinatown Art Brigade, a cultural collective telling stories of Chinatown tenants fighting gentrification through public projections. Her documentary “Resilience” about her garment worker mother fighting against sweatshop conditions, screened at national and international film festivals including the Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival. Yu’s multi-media installation, “The Garment Worker” was featured at Tribeca Film Institute’s Interactive. She co-created "Monument to Anti-Displacement Organizing" in the Agitprop! show at Brooklyn Museum. Betty was a 2012 Public Artist-in-Resident with the Laundromat Project and is a 2015 Cultural Agent with the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC) a people-powered social justice and art network. Ms. Yu is currently on the Board of Directors of Working Films, Deep Dish TV and Third World Newsreel, progressive media and film organizations.rnrnBetty received the 2016 SOAPBOX Artist Award from the Laundromat Project. She holds a BFA from NYU's TSOA and a MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College. Betty is a 2016 A Blade of Grass Fellow for Socially Engaged Art for her project with Chinatown Art Brigade. Ms. Yu's organizing recognitions include being the recipient of the Union Square Award for grassroots activism and a semi-finalist of the National Brick “Do Something” Award for community leadership in Chinatown.Website: www.bettyyu.netTwitter: @bettyyu21, @CtownArtBrigadeChinatown Art Brigade: www.chinatownartbrigade.org Geoffrey Jackson Scott is a Brooklyn-based creative producer, independent curator, engagement strategist, and cultural organizer. He is Co-Founder and Creative Director of the communications and engagement strategy firm Peoplmovr. Geoffrey is also often seen at the Public Theater and Museum of Moving Image, as part of his work with Peoplmovr.Instagram / Twitter; @peoplmovr Megan Marshall serves as the Director of Internal Operations at New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW). Prior to NYTW, Ms. Marshall served as the Controller at New York City Opera (NYCO) under George Steel and was on the team to through NYCO’s bankruptcy. Previously, she served as Payroll Manager for The Public Theater. Ms. Marshall has also worked in various capacities for Vineyard Arts Project on Martha’s Vineyard, Theatre for One with Tony-Award-Winning Set Designer Christine Jones, artist Soibhan Cronin who works/performs in San Francisco, Santa Fe, and New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music, P.S.122, and O&M Press Company. She received her MA in Performing Arts Administration from New York University and her BA in Theater Management from College of Santa Fe in New Mexico.Twitter: @meganemarshallNYTW:

Adesola Osakalumi (pronounced ah-day-SHOW-la • O-sa-ka-LU-mee) is an award-winning actor, choreographer, singer, and dancer who is currently starring in the title role of the Broadway hit musical FELA!, which won three Tony Awards in 2010. His other theatre work includes: Equus (Broadway),Ngwino Ubeho (Sundance Theater Lab),Eyewitness Blues (NYTW), Jam on the Groove(Drama Desk nominee). Adesola’s film work includes: Sex and the City 2, Crazy Beats Strong Every Time, The Accidental Husband, Across the Universe, Enchanted, Idlewild. He has been a choreographer for : Broadway Bares, ESPN, Old Navy, PBS Kids, Halifax Bank, Advil, the films School of Rock  and Marci X. Adesola is a NEA Grant and Bessie Award Recipient. Website: www.adesola.com  Link to Ade’s video reel: http://youtu.be/vfXcWW2Ml-4 FELA! is based on the life of Fela Kuti, who created Afrobeat—a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies—and mixed these sensual eclectic rhythms with simple but powerful lyrics that openly assailed Nigeria’s corrupt and oppressive dictatorships. http://www.felaonbroadway.com Video trailer for FELA!: http://youtu.be/IkJfdqoKcYg

ACTOR | MUSICIAN - This week our guest is ROBERT STEFFEN. Nominated for Best Male Vocalist in the 2008 Orange County Music Awards, Robert Steffen's music is intimate, poly-rhythmic and melodically dynamic. A native of Orange, CA. For the past ten years he was part of several award-winning avante garde music and theatre productions in New York. His acting credits include: The Public Theatres' Othello with Liev Schreiber and Keith David, Jim Henson's Obie award winning production of the Kabuki spoof "Benten Kozo"and several NYTW just add water developments. He has also appeared in Independent films including: "Suicide Doors" and Spike Lees' "Bamboozled." Recent film credits include: Commercial "Wine Picks" for the new i-phone app and Nicholas Tolkiens' (grandson of author) feature directorial debut "Anacapa" where he played "Frank" a mystic, sage and healer who masterminds the fate of the islands visitors.