Podcasts about playwrighting

Dennis is joined via Zoom by playwright Tom Jacobson whose latest play Tasty Little Rabbit is currently showing at the Moving Arts Theatre in Los Angeles. The play tells the true story of a 1936 Fascist Italian investigation of pornography charges in Taormina, Sicily. This artistic prosecution uncovers a much darker secret of a 1890s love triangle between photographer Wilhelm Von Gloeden, an a 18 year-old Sicilian boy and a mysterious Irish poet. Tom talks about how he first learned of the true story, visiting Sicily as part of his research, the riveting "Kissing Contest" scene at the play's center and why the story is so relevant to today. He also talks about how he's been able to be so productive as a playwright while working a day job as a fundraiser for organizations like the Natural History Museum, LACMA and the Los Angeles Zoo. Other topics include: falling in love with theater as a kid in Oklahoma, using a New York-based alias to get his breakthrough play Cyberqueer produced in Los Angeles, writing plays to upset his mother, being told he's "too old to write for TV" at the age of 33, meeting his husband of 30 years on a blind date and why he loves being a part of the LA theater community.

Send us a textBrett Cullum has a conversation with the Shunya Theatre group about a romantic comedy they are staging at the MATCH in Houston for four nights only. It's about a white guy meeting an Indian guy at a temple and the clash in cultures and families that results. The show is called A NICE INDIAN BOY, and it has recently been turned into a film starring Jonathan Groff.Find out about Shunya: https://www.facebook.com/ShunyaTheatre/reels/?_rdrThen Olly Oxen joins Deborah Moncrief Bell to talk about The Shimmer Show. It's a Burlesque & Variety event held on the third Monday of every month starting next week at Dan Electros in Houston.And finally, Brett Cullum has a conversation with legendary playwright Ken Ludwig, who wrote the play the Alley Theatre is doing right now: It's called BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY. Ken talks about his career and the secrets to writing great plays. Tickets for this production can be found at:  https://cart.alleytheatre.org/events/8889?view=calendar&startdate=2025-4-1&_gl=1*1y653g5*_ga*NzQ3NTcwNTYwLjE3NDQwMzk4ODE.*_ga_B70ZG76MRC*MTc0NDM4NTM0NS41LjAuMTc0NDM4NTM0NS42MC4wLjEzODE3MDY2Nzc.*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAjw--K_BhB5EiwAuwYoyoIqcrqT1W3a-OnHKbjbv16oIx9oajuucfvUY-bljZgptecyMq2PPhoC2EIQAvD_BwE&gbraid=0AAAAADke6Eio2kfrRyIdqApEKEMs0db5GQueer Voices airs in Houston Texas on 90.1FM KPFT and is heard as a podcast here. Queer Voices hopes to entertain as well as illuminate LGBTQ issues in Houston and beyond. Check out our socials at:https://www.facebook.com/QueerVoicesKPFT/ andhttps://www.instagram.com/queervoices90.1kpft/

By Gareth FarrOn Christmas Eve 2002, a girl is born in a seemingly ordinary family-run Northern pub. That baby is Amy and from the moment of her birth the fate of the pub is inextricably linked with her own. Cracks that have always existed break wide open and as she grows, the foundations of this legendary local pub start to shake.Narrated by Amy, through intimate and lyrical language, we are guided through the first twenty-one years of her life to a point where she alone must decide the future of those closest to her.Sally . . . . . Siobhan Finneran Amy . . . . . Sophie Cox Brendan . . . . . Pearce Quigley Karen . . . . . Leah Brotherhead Mark . . . . . Matthew Durkan Jack . . . . . David Hounslow Younger Amy . . . . . Maddie Evans Even Younger Amy . . . . . Miriam MiticSound design: Peter Ringrose Production coordinator: Gaelan Connolly-DavisDirector: Sasha YevtushenkoGareth Farr is an award-winning playwright. He started work as an actor, working at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court and West End as well at several regional theatres and on many TV roles. Gareth's first stage play Britannia Waves the Rules (Manchester Royal Exchange) won a judge's award at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwrighting. His other works include The Quiet House (Birmingham Rep Theatre and Park Theatre London), Biscuits For Breakfast (Hampstead Theatre) and A Child of Science (Bristol Old Vic – nominated for Best New Play at UK Theatre Awards 2024.). Shandyland started life as a stage play but was cancelled during rehearsals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was shortlisted for the George Devine Award in 2021.

"I want to write my truth" After a record number of entries, Hannah Belanszky has been awarded $45,000 over a 18 month period to create a new play for Belvoir Theatre.

We're back – and we have a special announcement. Jake Fong is the new permanent co-host of the Yay! Jake has been a guest and a guest host for many episodes and, as Norman redirects his focus on family and future projects, Jake has the permanent 2nd chair. And our guest for episode 300 is Miranda Liu, an actress who is now in the Loose Knit, a show that just had its opening last week at the Masquers. Miranda talks about her background, her working at Costal Rep, TheatreWorks (where she received an award for Excellence in Playwrighting) and where she sees herself in the future. You can contact Miranda directly on Instagram: @_miranda_liu Jameelah Rose has her own business selling healthy drinks - MelanA☥D is a black owned business that specializes in alkaline elixirs used to heal the mind and body. It's currently being sold at the Mandela Shopping Mart and you can find more info on MelanA☥D on this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/melanaid We also want to thank Charles Blades Barbershop for sponsoring The Yay! Charles Blades Barbershop is located at 180 Second Street in downtown Oakland. It's a very cool, relaxing place where you can get your cuts and they'll even serve you a complimentary drink. Charles is also selling men's hair products on his website https://cbbgroominingproducts.myshopify.com Hair Gels, Pomades, Shampoos and Conditioners. Hop online, give the products a try and support minority businesses like my man Charles Blades. Book an appointment online here: https://www.cbb.hair Erin Merritt (Episode 191) is a gifted actress and director who is suffering from ALS. She has been a blessing to the bay area theatre community and this is an opportunity to be a blessing for her. Her GoFundMe page link is below – please consider giving to help with her medical needs. Even a little bit counts. Erin Merritt's Go Fund Me site: https://gofund.me/e85e9f04 SHOWS: The Contest (Central Works) Oct 19 – Nov 17 Alan Coyne (Episodes 29 & 233) is in the show Gary Graves (Episodes 24 & 277) wrote and directed the show https://centralworks.org/the-contest/ Pickpocket (Musical Café) November 3 & 4 https://www.playcafe.org/performances My Brother's Gift (New Conservatory Theatre Center) Oct 6 – 27 Zoe Chien (Episode 285) is in the play https://nctcsf.org/event/my-brothers-gift-matinee/ Ghostrave (Magic Theatre) Oct 17 – 27 Sharon Shao (Episode 176) is the vocal director for the show https://magictheatre.org/calendar/ghostrave Death of a Salesman (Actor's Ensemble) Nov 15 – Dec 1st Bruce Kaplan (Episode 294) is Willy Loman https://www.aeofberkeley.org Waitress (SF Playhouse) Nov 21 – Jan 18, 2025 Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) is in the show Dorian Lockett (Episode 230) is in the show Sharon Shao is in the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2024-2025-season/waitress/ The Thanksgiving Play (Altarena Playhouse) Oct 25 – Nov 24 Cary Ann Rosko is in the play Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is directing the play https://www.altarena.org/2024-season-announcement/the-thanksgiving-play/ Yaga (Marin Theatre) October 10 – Nov 3 Adam KuveNiemann (Episode 274) is in the show https://www.marintheatre.org/show-details/yaga Choir Boy (Shotgun Players) Sept 24 – October 26 Ae'Jay Antonis Marquis (Episode 165) is the choreographer Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp The Curious Savage (Encore Players) Nov 16-24 Steven McCloud (Episode 144) is directing the play https://encoreplayers.net The Breakup – A Latina Queer Torch Song Dec 6 – 15 Tina D'Elia (Episode 268) wrote and is the star of her one woman show https://www.brava.org/all-events/thebreakup

Tune in to hear Head of School, Dr. Mark Carleton, chat with PS Innovation and Technology Strategist, Dani Filas. Get to know Dani Filas as she and Dr. Carleton talk about the exciting opportunities technology brings to the horizon of teaching and learning. This episode is now live and available for download on our People of PS Podcast. Dani Filas currently serves as Presbyterian School's Innovation and Technology Strategist after two years teaching 6th grade Habits of Learning, four years teaching 8th Grade English, and two years serving as 8th Grade Dean. She holds a Master's Degree from Northwestern University in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Playwrighting and a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre and English (Writing) from Knox College. Prior to her work at Presbyterian School, Danielle worked at the Village Academy in Powell, OH, where she taught courses in English and Theatre, also serving as the school's Technology Integration Specialist and Thespian Director. Her teaching career began in 2001 when she was hired as an English and Theatre teacher at the Chicago Academy for the Arts in Chicago, IL. Before answering her calling in education, she worked as a theatre artist nationally; highlights included work with the Columbus Opera Project, St. Louis Fringe Festival, and the Second City National Touring Company. Dani is a published poet, a certified yoga instructor, a volunteer onstage and off with community theater companies, and serves on the board of the St. Louis Fringe Festival.

In today's episode, Sheila talks with Ted Williams III, a university professor and playwright of the informative stage play 16:19, about how the transformative power in playwrighting for a stage play can help change people's perspective on slavery and African American history in America.

Theatre is a collaborative art. In this week's episode, host Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder talks with Padraic Lillis, artistic director of the Farm Theatre and Jennifer Goff, professor at Centre College, about the collaborative process. Drawing from their experience developing a new play through the Farm Theatre project, Padraic and Jennifer discuss the ways in which collaboration helps students learn to think critically, communicate effectively, take risks, and analyze text.

In today's episode, Sheila talks with Margaret Mahdi, an Educator, Playwright, and Founder of the stage production business Mahdi Theatre Company, about how the blissful magic of playwrighting in production can help students grow as writers, actors, and overall better artists of tomorrow.

Dennis is joined via Zoom by playwright and director Luke Yankee whose new play Marilyn, Mom, and Me will have its World Premier on  February 16th at the International City Theatre in Long Beach, CA. The play is about Luke's mother, Oscar-winning actress Eileen Heckart and her close friendship Marilyn Monroe while they were shooting the movie Bus Stop together in the mid-1950's and how that relationship affected Luke's own feelings about his mother. Luke recalls that whenever he would mention Marilyn to his mother, she would burst into tears and how that ultimately inspired him to write the play. Luke also talks about the extensive research he did, the Cartier earrings that Marilyn gave to his mother (that eventually were left to Mary Tyler Moore after Heckhart died) and the thrill he got recently when he learned that his mother was indeed at one of the Ella Fitzgerald shows that Marilyn pressured the Mocambo club to host in 1955. Other topics include: Heckart's negative reaction to Luke when he came out and how she eventually came around, what it's like to cast actors to play your mother and yourself, the only Hollywood star who intimidated his mother (hint, it was Bette Davis) and the moment during rehearsal where he got so choked up, he had to step away to collect himself. www.lukeyankee.com

Ready for a front seat on the roller coaster ride of the writing world? Today's guest has pretty much done it all. From working in the theater, to writing Pakistani soap operas in New York, to moving to L.A. to pitch T.V. scripts, then transitioning to prose during the pandemic, there's barely a writing project that Lawrence hasn't tried. He's applied that same can-do attitude to marketing. His number one question—which we can all learn from—is "can I make this fun for myself?" Don't fear failure. It can all be fixed in post. We also touch on a bunch of tips and tools we each use nearly every day, including Canva, iMovie, and Matthew Holmes's Facebook Ads course.**Lawrence Allan is an award winning mystery writer of the Jimmy Cooper Mysteries. His debut novel BIG F@!KING DEAL was a Shamus Award Finalist. He holds an MFA in Playwrighting from the University of Texas at Austin and lives in Los Angeles.NEW RELEASEMegan has just launched Clarify | Simplify | Implement, a brand new Substack and will be posting her thoughts on writing, publishing, author strategy, setting goals, and finding clarity as an author. You can subscribe for free here: https://meganhaskellauthor.substack.comSUPPORT THE SHOW**We're affiliates! We've mentioned Matthew Holmes multiple times on this show, and even had him as a guest earlier this year. If you want to learn out to create Facebook Ads that work, he's your guy. In fact, Greta says this course has changed her career!Join Jumpstart Facebook Ads by Matthew Holmes.By clicking this link, we will earn a small commission from your purchase at no additional cost to you. We only promote products and services we believe in.Follow Us! Lawrence AllanWebsite: http://lawrenceallanwrites.comBook: Big Fat F Up Facebook & Instagram: @WriteLarryWriteSubstack: https://lawrenceallanwrites.substack.comThe Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheelGreta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthorInstagram: @GretaBorisMegan Haskell:Website: www.MeganHaskell.comFacebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthorTikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskellSubstack: https://meganhaskellauthor.substack.com Support the showFREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel's new mini-course might be your solution. 7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language. Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it's free. Click here to learn more!

This month, Mind the Gap Associate Artist Daniel Foulds chats with playwright and activist Leanna Benjamin about her experiences of being on the Graeae ‘Introduction to Playwrighting' course, being ‘Artist for Change' at Leeds Playhouse, and the barriers she faces in the theatre industry.

Could the world of theater evolve in this digital age? Ponder this as award-winning American playwright Jack Canfora and I discuss the future of theater in a Netflix-dominated era. With Jack's career highlights, favorite plays, and playwrights, this conversation unravels the magic of live theater like never before.From Hamlet to modern plays by Arthur Miller, we cover a wide spectrum of theater's beautiful landscape, discussing the elements that truly make a play stand out. Tasting the richness of live theater, we delve into its power to form a sense of community, discussing how it surpasses the experience of merely reading plays in school. We also consider how the digital world has stirred up the ways we communicate and interact. In the midst of all this, we take some time to indulge in discussions about our favorite comfort foods and furniture, underscoring the simple pleasures of life.As we navigate through the complexities of art funding, we examine the potential pitfalls of government sponsorship and the critical role of private organizations. We also mull over the challenges of sustaining a theatre season. Jack provides insights into the way New Normal Rep is incorporating fresh voices and stories reflective of the audience's life into their productions. And then, we touch upon the profound—exploring the impact of tragedy and human behavior on his playwriting, particularly his play inspired by the events of 9/11. Listen in as we explore the world of theater, its challenges and triumphs, and the incredible power of storytelling.Thanks for listening. Please check out our website at www.forsauk.com to hear great conversations on topics that need to be talked about. In these times of intense polarization we all need to find time to expand our Frame of Reference.

Dennis is joined via Zoom by three of the talents behind the new play The Bottoming Process: playwright Nicholas Pilapil and actors George Salazar and Rick Cosnett. The play, which runs through June 12th at the Renberg Theater in Hollywood is a romantic comedy about two writers in different stages of their careers who fall in love and grapple with issues of race, sex and power. Nicholas talks about what inspired him to write the play, where the title comes from, how living all your life in LA effects how you feel about your dreams and how his mother dragging him to see Rent at the Pantages when he was in high school changed his life forever. George talks about the thrill of playing a lead character who is lot like him, performing love and sex scenes on stage, what it was like to play George Conway (Kellyanne Conway's husband) in Ryan Murphy's Impeachment and why he's ready and willing to star in George Santos: The Musical. Rick talks about what drew him to the play, growing up on a farm in Zimbabwe, co-starring in The Flash, which is airing its series finale this month, playing twins in a TV movie and appearing opposite Joel Edgerton in the new Paul Schrader film Master Gardener. Other topics include: Be More Chill Tony night trauma made worse by James Corden, what it's like to play a Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR offices, Rick's playing the Succession theme song on the piano, the wit and wisdom of Anne Hathaway and why they do theater. https://culturalarts.lalgbtcenter.org/the-bottoming-process/

Another first on the No Outlet Podcast folks! We love performers of all varieties. We also inherently love those that create the content for those performers…without writers, there are no performances. In fact, as the current writers strike shows, not having writers on board can literally stop the show with SNL shutting it down for the rest of the year. Jack Rushton is the Director of New Play Programs and a Resident Artist at Greenwich Theatre Company, Greenwich, CT. He has spent 15 years collaborating with The Actors Studio of Newburyport, MA, serving on their board, directing and performing in dozens of shows while organizing and producing five National Short Play Festivals, six Collaboration Shows, and three collections of his own work.  His play "George's Radio" won The Andaluz Award at The Fusion Theater's in 2017. His short play, "Mistranslations" was a 2019 finalist for The National Playwriting Award, City Theatre-Miami, FL. His work has been produced at venues including: The Huntington Theater, The Boston Center for the Arts, The Boston Playwright's Theater, The Player's Theater, The Producer's Club, The Workshop Theater, LIC Secret Theater, Manhattan Repertory, The Silver Springs Stage Co, The Garfield Center for the Arts, North Park Vaudeville, The Durango Center for the Arts, The Bangor Opera House, The Firehouse Center for the Arts, The Vermont Playwright's Circle, and the list goes on... Bottom line is that is he is a very well respected and dedicated Playwright and we are extremely happy to have him on the show! We talked about the origin of his love for Theatre, the firs play he ever saw that really moved him, the stark reality of interdimensional beings living among us, his deserted island play (and movie), the wonders of the Chocolate Church, the rise and fall of Maine, we turn him on to Black Mirror, he graciously describes his writing process, why Playwrighting is his number 1, the many benefits of Improv, the best play ever adapted to a movie, the similarities between sales and writing and his thoughts on artificial intelligence creeping into the content creation realm. He also provides us with some updates of where to see his newest work (live and on YouTube!) so take a listen and go check it out! Thank you for coming on the show and we hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did! #plays, #fusiontheater, #chocolatechurch, #jackrushton, #glengarryglenross, #sisyphus, #london, #phantomoftheopera, #AI, #newburyport, #andaluz

Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan) and our M-Spectacular guest: Molly Jones talk about bird rescuing, magic on the L Train, Playwrighting, Pittsburgh PA, Flight?, even more Catholic Trauma, and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!

Today, I'm joined by award-winning artist, playwright, and librettist Catherine Filloux to discuss how she explores the intersection of social justice and theater in her work. In our conversation, Catherine expands on the stories that have captured her heart and informed her career, including the survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia and the Dirty War in Argentina. Where Elephants Weep is a rock opera that follows the love story of two Cambodian-Americans who return to their homeland. Catherine outlines the expansive research that she and composer Him Sophy did to bring this story to life and explains why she's dedicated to exploring the generational impact of the Khmer Rouge regime. Because the play was banned after it was broadcast for the first time on Cambodian national television, Catherine and Him Sophy are updating and relaunching it next year.  Catherine's also working on a one-woman play about the extraordinary life of visual artist and activist Claudia Bernardi. Catherine gives an overview of what we can expect from How to Eat an Orange and why she was inspired to pursue this story. We also discuss the potency of storytelling in the theater, especially as we've been driven towards screens and experiencing art alone. Catherine leaves us with an inspiring message about her passion for honoring survivors' stories and highlights why it's revolutionary to remember.Listen, rate, and review to Art Heals All Wounds on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Castbox, or on your favorite podcast platform.Topics Covered:●      Catherine's early introduction to theater and what sparked her interest in playwriting ●      An honest look at the United States' complicity in international conflict ●      Why Where Elephants Weep was banned in Cambodia ●      The deep impact of the Khmer Rouge regime on Cambodian arts and tradition ●      Using the theater as a setting to honor the victims and survivors of human rights violations Guest Info:●      Catherine's Website ●      Catch Where Elephants Weep on Broadway on Demand through April 22, 2023 ●      Stay updated about the premiere of How to Eat an Orange at La MaMa Follow Me:●      My LinkedIn●      Art Heals All Wounds Website●      Art Heals All Wounds Instagram●      Art Heals All Wounds Facebook●      Art Heals All Wounds Newsletter

The Drilling  Company, known  for  Shakespeare in the Parking Lot  and  new plays, talks with playwright Ronan Noone about  his  verse play, THE  SMUGGLER  and  its 2023 Off-Broadway production at Irish Rep.  Actor Mick Mellamphy, appearing as  the  only actor   in  the  9000 word  play as  Tim Finnegan makes a special appearance to  talk  about  the  play and  the  legacy  of  Irish story telling.

On The Verb this week we're raising the curtain on playwriting. Ian McMillan is joined by four playwrights; Winsome Pinnock whose recent work includes The Principles of Cartography and Rockets and Blue Lights; by Liz Lochhead, whose writing ranges widely over playwriting and poetry and who has written for the National Theatre of Scotland, Steve Waters who works for stage, radio and screen and Keisha Thompson Director and CEO of Contact Theatre in Manchester. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Cecile Wright

Actress and Playwright June Havoc joins Lucy for a candid discussion on authenticity. June discusses her relationship with the audience and how she stays true to herself despite the pressures of the entertainment world.Let's Talk To Lucy is produced by SiriusXM.  Click here for a special SiriusXM subscription offer!https://www.siriusxm.com/offers/lets-talk-to-lucy

Hannah finally uses her drama degree! In this episode, our mother-daughter duo discuss Shakespeare, its challenges, its beauty, and its relevance to us today.This week's installment of "Splanchnics Math:" According to Clare (3:50), Shakespeare was born in 1864 and died in 1616 at the age of 52. This is, of course, incorrect. He lived to be 248 and lived his life going backwards in time. Support the show

Christopher Shinn made his playwriting debut in 1998 with Four at the Royal Court Theatre. His other plays include Where Do We Live (Obie in Playwriting), Dying City (Pulitzer Prize finalist), Now or Later (Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play shortlist), Teddy Ferrara, and Against.Shinn received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005, a Radcliffe Fellowship in 2019, and a Cullman Fellowship in 2020. He has received grants from the NEA/TCG Residency Program and the Peter S. Reed Foundation, and he is the recipient of the Robert S. Chesley Award. His plays are published by Methuen and TCG. https://www.christophershinn.co/ NEXT JOURNEY - March 11th, with a world premiere of new East Forest Journey music  - SIGN UP TODAY.  Check out the new platform JourneySpace.com - offering online live facilitated journeys.  Join our East Forest COUNCIL on Patreon.  Monthly Zoom Council, podcast exclusives, live-streams, and more. Tour - Catch East Forest live:  Dublin April 9, 2022, Denver April 20, 2022.  More at eastforest.orgListen to East Forest music:  "IN" - the latest full album  release from East Forest - LISTEN NOW: Spotify / AppleListen to East Forest guided meditations on Spotify & AppleOrder a vinyl, dad hats, sheet music, original perfume oils, and more: http://eastforest.orgPlease rate Ten Laws with East Forest in iTunesAnd on Spotify★★★★★Sign up to learn about new retreats, shows in your area, and to join the community.Stay in the flow:Mothership:  http://eastforest.org/IG:  https://www.instagram.com/eastforest/FB:  https://www.facebook.com/EastForestMusic/TW:  https://twitter.com/eastforestmusicJOIN THE COUNCIL - PATREON: http://patreon.com/eastforest **Disclaimer: Please act responsibly - East Forest is not offering medical advice or condoning illegal activity.  Blessings.

Dipti Bramhandkar is a Mumbai born, NYC based writer. Her first play, “The Accident,” won Best Drama at the Frigid Festival, which inspired her to explore the intersections between prose and dramatic performance in her work. Today, Laura and Pablo talk to Dipti about her childhood in India, her writing, women's sexuality as exposed in her plays, how she became a playwright, representation, and the motivation for writing about her culture. Follow us as @sonoropodcast on all platforms --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/baraja-eso-podcast/message

In this episode of the podcast Joe talks to fabulous playwright Jeremy O'Brian. Joe and Jeremy discuss the art of living, what works Jeremy is currently focused on, and how to leave the world a better place. Enjoy! About Jeremy O'Brian O'Brian is a Mississippi-born, Brooklyn-based playwright and educator. His visceral and imaginative plays seek to uncover the deep genius of the Black quotidian while centering the experiences of Black queer boys. In 2016 he served as a one of Lambda Literary's Emerging LGBTQ Voice Fellows for Playwriting under the tutelage of Robert O'Hara. In 2018, O'Brian served as a playwriting fellow with Athena Theatre Company in New York City where he developed his new play, egg; or anythin' dipped in egg gone soften. Currently, he is developing a new play with the American Academy of Dramatic Arts titled a curious thing; or superheroes k'ain't fly.  His work has been produced or developed with Tectonic Theatre Company, Athena Theatre Company, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and The New School for Drama. Jeremy holds a Masters in African and African Diaspora Studies from UT-Austin and a BA from Tougaloo College.    To quickly and easily leave a rating/review for this podcast please go to:  https://ratethispodcast.com/dtalkspodcast Thanks to Snuffy for this episode of the podcast! Snuffy is a clothing brand about empowering you to show your weird - unapologetically, with bravery and confidence. 10% of profit goes to LGBTQ+ organizations led by Trans* people of color. Shop online now at snuffy.co Also, thanks to Empire Toys for this episode of the podcast! Nostalgia is something everyone loves and Empire Toys in Keller Texas is on nostalgia overload.   With toys and action figures from the 70's, 80's, 90's, and today, Empire Toys is a one-stop-shop for a trip down memory lane and a chance to reclaim what was once yours (but likely sold at a garage sale)   Check out Empire Toys on Facebook, Instagram, or at TheEmpireToys.com The DTALKS Podcast has also been ranked #9 in the "Top 40 Detox Podcast You Must Follow in 2020" according to Feedspot.com for our work in the Cultural Detox space. Thank you so much to the Feedspot team!  https://blog.feedspot.com/detox_podcasts/

In celebration of the first birthday of Into the Absurd, we dined virtually with artistic partners in life and theatrics, Sonja and David Robson. We talked about their first meeting in 1990 at an audition, their favorite theatrical project, Sonja's photography passion turned business, and David's memorable play critique from a star-studded playwriting panel in Alaska. David Robson is an award-winning playwright whose work for the stage has been hailed as "compelling", "forceful", and "gut-wrenching" by the New York Times, and "an important contribution to contemporary theater" by the Philadelphia Inquirer. His plays include BY THE EYE; WITHOUT CONSENT; BIRTHRIGHT (PlayPenn semi-finalist); CLAY WARRIOR; MULEHEADED; AFTER BIRTH OF A NATION (Best Delaware Playwright Award); PRICELESS; PLAYING THE ASSASSIN (Philadelphia Critics' Best Play Nomination); PLAYING LENI (co-written with John Stanton); A FEW SMALL REPAIRS; MAN MEASURES MAN (Barrymore Award nomination); and AFTER DENMARK. Work has been produced by TheaterWorks Hartford, Delaware Theatre Company, Penguin Rep, InterAct Theatre Company, Passage Theatre, and Act II Playhouse, among others. Robson was recently named Delaware's Best Playwright by Broadway World, and is recipient of the Hotel Obligado Audience Choice Award for New Work. Other honors include the Susan McIntyre Playwriting Award, the Panowski Playwriting Award (runner-up), and two playwriting fellowships and two grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts. Play development: Blank Theatre (Los Angeles), Bated Breath Theatre (Hartford, CT), Lark (NYC), White Pines Productions (Philadelphia, PA), City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), Great Plains Theatre Conference (Omaha, NE), Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Valdez, AK), Rebel Theatre (NYC), and New Theatre (Coral Gables, FL). His plays and monologues are published by Smith and Kraus and Original Works Publishing. David is a member of the Dramatists' Guild, the Playwrights' Center, and is a former playwright in residence at the Lark Play Development Center in New York City. He is also the author of more than 20 books for young adults, including Shakespeare's Globe Theater, The Murder of Emmett Till, and The Black Arts Movement. He earned an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College, an MS in English Education from St. Joseph's University, and a BA in Communications from Temple University. He is a professor of English at Delaware County Community College, where he was awarded the Gould Award for Teaching Excellent in 2010.(https://www.davidrobsonplay.org/)Sonja Robson fell in love with photography as a teen when her big brother Millard guided her in purchasing the Minolta seen in this photo. She lived in Sweden most of her young life and moved to the States after graduating high school. She drifted a bit and later on received her BFA in Theatre at U of The Arts, however, she's always been more of a visual artist than a lover of fancy words. After many art classes (digital and otherwise) as well as photography classes, she inherited a collection of cameras and lenses from her photographer brother, Bill, and realized that she found her passion once again. She has an eye for detail and love to try to capture that intangible something that makes a person unique. Sonja was born in New York and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. She has been performing both on stage and film since 1990. She received her BFA in Acting from The University of The Arts. She has worked at many local theatres, including The Wilma, New City Stage, The Walnut and The Lantern. In 1998 she received a Supporting Actress Barrymore nomination for her role in The Lover/A Kind of Alaska at The Walnut, and she has also been seen in numerous local and national commercials. Sonja was last seen in The Bald Soprano at The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium in February 2020. Other productions include Why Torture is Wrong and The People. who Love Them at New City Stage and Marriage, The Empire Builders, The Madwoman of Chaillot and The Castle with The IRC.(https://www.sonjaseye.com/)~~~~~~~To explore past episodes of Into the Absurd, visit our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pg/IdiopathicRidiculopathyConsortium/videos/ORThe IRC's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj9sR3Pi7_igB845rllrtsLhtqYnuwDRvAnd while you're there, be sure to SUBSCRIBE, so you don't miss any future episodes.

Abdullah Al Alawi is currently the Learning Programme Designer at YouThinkers and is the writer of two plays: Hot Potato and Omaniyya Enthroned. Hot Potato is a play focusing on a single street in Victorian England filled with characters from the periphery of society. Their humour helps them brave their position in society until the Mayor visits and the narrator switches the roles of the characters for the play's conclusion. Omaniyaa Enthroned tells the story of an intelligent woman whose years of learning help her throw off the oppressive rule of the Portuguese in Oman and liberate Omanis from the cruelties of colonial occupation. In this podcast, we dive into these plays as well as discuss the current and future state of playwriting in Oman and the modern world._________Anglo Omani Society accounts:Instagram: angloomanisocietyLinkedin: The Anglo-Omani SocietyTwitter: @AngloOmaniSOCFacebook: The Anglo-Omani Society

PAAL podcast host Nicole Stodard talks with PAAL Executive Team Member and Producing Director, Garlia Cornelia Jones about how she discovered and became a part of PAAL and her current PAAL project, BMP: Black Motherhood & Parenting New Play Festival, streaming thru June 17, 2021. Get your tickets! Have questions about this podcast or suggestions for topics you'd like to hear us explore in this forum in the future? Email Nicole at nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.org. Thanks for listening! Please stay tuned! About Guest Garlia Cornelia Jones Garlia is a writer, producer, photographer and mother from Detroit, MI. In 2008, Garlia founded Blackboard Plays, a monthly series devoted to Black Playwrights. She is one of the founding producers of Harlem9 and an OBIE Award winner for “48Hours in…Harlem.” Her Essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Salon.com, and American Theatre. Her work as a playwright has been supported by the cell, The Fire This Time Festival, and #24viralmonologues. She is currently a guest artist at Wayne State University. She worked on an MA in African American and African Diaspora studies at Indiana University before coming to New York to complete an MFA in Playwrighting at The New School for Drama. Garlia is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the Producing Director of PAAL, where she received one of their first childcare grants in 2019. Finally, Garlia is a Line Producer at The Public Theater (“Socrates”, “Much Ado About Nothing”, which was filmed for Great Performances on PBS, “Mojada”, “for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enough” and “Coal Country”). Garlia was the Co-Creative Producer of #ToBeBlack, released on Juneteenth and Co-Producer of “Forward Together,” a virtual event in support of The Public. Most recently, Garlia was the co-developer and curator of the #Saytheirnames projection installation. She is the Executive Producer of the Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival. About Host Nicole Stodard Nicole is the founding artistic director of Thinking Cap Theatre (TCT), a Fort Lauderdale based, professional non-profit theatre company with a ten-year history of programming plays that experiment with form and depict a range of identities reflective of society's wonderful diversity. Nicole has directed and designed more than 30 main stage productions; learn more about her directing and design work at NicoleStodard.com. Nicole holds a Master's degree in Theatre from Trinity College, Dublin, and a Doctorate in English from the University of South Florida. She teaches in the Departments of Fine Arts and English at Barry University in Miami Shores, FL. Her current book project investigates the origins and history of the glass curtain in professional theatre from Aphra Behn in the seventeenth century to the present day.

To celebrate the launch of her highly anticipated biography Tom Stoppard: A Life, venerated biographer Hermione Lee interviews Stoppard himself in an affectionate and witty accompaniment to the book.  The biographer and the playwright -- both knighted by the British crown -- talk through Stoppard's life from his childhood in Darjeeling, his experiences in the New York and London theatre worlds, and his most recent play Leopoldstadt, which delves into his own Jewish European heritage in new ways. Their rich and multi-faceted conversation also addresses the relationship between biographer and subject, and the ways in which we act or inhabit our own lives. (Recorded February 24, 2021)

Steve Waters is a renowned playwright whose diptych of plays on climate change, The Contingency Plan, are amongst the most celebrated plays tackling the subject. Upon it’s showing at the world-famous Bush Theatre in London in 2009, it was was labelled “an urgent wake-up call” by The Guardian, “a stunning theatrical knock-out” by The Daily Telegraph and “the first and best British play on climate change” by Time Out." Some of Steve's other plays include A Vulnerable Place (2014), Temple (2015) and Limehouse (2017). His works also span radio and TV, including the award-winning audio series, Fall of the Shah, as well as Miriam and Youssef, which were both aired on the BBC World Service. Steve ran the MPhil in Playwrighting at Birmingham University between 2006 and 2011, and is now Professor of Scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia, where he convenes the MA in Creative Writing. We hope you enjoy the episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Okay, we admit it - we may both be a little bit obsessed with Miriam Battle after reading this intoxicating play about female friendships (ooh, and toxic may be a very apt word-you'll see what we mean). Lexie & Meg talk hooptedoodles  the myth and mystery behind "The Bathroom" and just what does it mean when someone sends you the tongue emoji???? Fran, any ideas?!Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook  - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information and extra content.EPISODE BIOInterview with Miriam Battyehttps://royalcourttheatre.com/meet-the-writer-miriam-battye/Whats On Stage Reviewhttps://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/scenes-with-girls-royal-court-_50744.htmlTime Outhttps://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/scenes-with-girls-reviewCast Interview on all female creative teamwww.youtube.com/watch?v=CqNweDHTnzYMiriam Battye talking about her Women's Prize for Playwrighting finalist playwww.youtube.com/watch?v=2GAXp3XczrsExeunt Magazine Reviewhttp://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/review-scenes-girls-royal-court/The bechdel testhttps://bechdeltest.com

In Conversation with Andrew Siañez-De La O Andrew Siañez-De La O is a Boston based Mexican-American playwright and writer from El Paso, Texas. Andrew was incredibly gracious with his time and joined me to talk about his play Borderline, and his other work including his work on audio podcasts and other plays of his. We spoke about how he became a playwright, the state of mexican american theater, about leaving El Paso to go to college, about the importance of who is at the center of the stories we tell and so much more. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I hope you do too Listen to an abbreviated version of Borderline HERE: https://www.ktep.org/post/state-arts-borderline El Pochast is a part of The Irrelevant Podcast Network Twitter:@irrelevantpods Instagram: @elpochcast Email : elpochcast@ gmail.com rapture.mp3 by Vincent Augustus is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support El Pochcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/el-pochcast

Explore trauma-informed approaches to making theatre with Detroit theatre artist Andrew Morton! While listening, share the show on social media! Support the show by leaving a rating or review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening, I appreciate you!The Tea aka Topics: Trauma-Informed Theatre Practices, Playwrighting, Social Justice Theatre, Educational Theatre, Theatre in Education, United Kingdom, TYA, Theatre for Young Audiences, TimeSlips, Storycatchers, Applied Theatre, Rising Youth Theatre, Social Workers, Teaching Artist Best Practices, Sticking to Your Values, Detroit, Youth Homelessness, Knight Foundation, Knight Arts Challenge, Detroit Phoenix Center, Sofa Stories Detroit, The Importance of Play, Writing GrantsSupport the show!Share this episode on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeintheatrepodcast/Follow the pod on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifeintheatrepodcastInquiries? Email the host: https://www.tylercalhoun.com/contactFOLLOW ANDREW: http://andrewjmorton.com/abouthttps://www.sofastoriesdetroit.com/Andrew's Published WorkStaging the Personal TextPodcast Art by Christine FranzenTheme music by Tommy BarkerSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/lifeintheatrepodcast)

Important Links:Louisville Bail FundBlack Art Futures Fund Plays Discussed:Hit The WallExit StrategySenderThe Wolf At The End Of The Block Bonus:50 Best English Plays of the 21st Century

Lois Reitzes interviews playwright Pearl Cleage, as well as Chris Moses and Dan Reardon of the Alliance Theatre about the play "Sit-In"; Karla Redding-Andrews about her new children's book "Respect"; Brook Adams and Rachel Cochran about Callanwolde Fine Arts Center's Ability Garden

Lois Reitzes interviews playwright Alfred Uhry about his upcoming discussion on the intersection of race and religion at the Breman Museum; filmmaker Adelin Gasana about his documentary "High On Heels"; and Yoel Levi with Bob Bahr about their four-part seminar "The Art of the Conduction."

Lois Reitzes interviews playwright Erin K. Considine and the co-creators of "Interface: An Evening of New Virtual Plays," Kelundra Smith and Bridgette Burton about series and Considine's play "Good Man Hunter"; Don Milton, artistic director of the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus, about their streaming holiday concert; and the High Museum's contemporary art curator Michael Rooks about the Julie Mehretu exhibition.

Strike!  We meet Rajeave  Mattis in this episode.  With interest in directing and choreography, he explains how his upbringing has influenced his reach as an artist, highlighting his relationship with his mother as a pivotal part of his growth.  BIO Rajeave Mattis; a trained Theatre Artiste who specializes in the area of Directing, Playwrighting, Screenwriting, devising and Choreography. His works are influenced by his aim to create social change for marginalized groups specifically young boys and women. He has been blessed to be influenced and worked with some of the leading names in theatre such as Trevor Nairne, Marvin George, Marlon Simms, Chris Walker, Camille Quamina amongst others. In addition, Mattis is an educator at the secondary level in Drama and Theatre Arts for the past four years. It is his ambition to continue making positive strides with the young people he engages with. Rajeave continues to make his mark with his craft in the artistic world. Strike: To take down a set after production has closed. The use of the word "strike" in the theatrical sense of taking down scenery was recorded more than one hundred years ago--although builders had used the word as early as the 17th century to mean "remove" and sailors to mean "lower" (a mast or sail) in the 14th century. Today, it is usual to strike a set directly after the final performance, and there is a good reason for doing so; (a full complement of workers, both cast and crew.)

Garlia is a writer, producer, photographer, and mother. In 2008, Garlia founded Blackboard Plays, a monthly series devoted to Black Playwrights. She is one of the founding producers of Harlem9, OBIE Award winners for, “48Hours in…™Harlem”. Her essays and articles have appeared in "The New York Times", "The Washington Post”, "Salon.com" and “AmericanTheatre.org”. Her play “Shoppin for N.I.G.G.A.S” has been workshopped at the cell, and excerpts showcased at Theater for a New City. Garlia was a Momm and Popp resident at Popps Packing in Hamtramck, MI during the summer of 2018, where she developed “Pingree's Past”. Garlia's play “Snapshots” was part of the 10th Season of The Fire This Time Festival in 2019. Most recently, she has twice been a writer for the #24viralmonologues on Instagram, produced by “The 24Hour Plays”. She worked on an MA in African American and African Diaspora studies at Indiana University before coming to New York for her MFA in Playwrighting which she earned at The New School for Drama. Garlia is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and a Line Producer at The Public Theater. She has been the Line Producer for “Socrates”, “Much Ado About Nothing”, (filmed for Great Performances on PBS), “Mojada”, “for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enough” and “Coal Country”. Since Quarantine began, she has also been the Line Producer on several Digital projects coming out of The Public Theater and was most recently the Co-Creative Producer of #ToBeBlack, released on Juneteenth. Finally, Garlia is the Producing Director of the Parent Artists Advocacy League (PAAL) and their NYC Chief Rep, receiving one of their first childcare grants in 2019. Website: www.garliacornelia.com Join Garlia on Patreon! www.patreon.com/garliacornelia Social Media: @garliacornelia --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/broke-gifted-and-black/support

This week Liz interviews actor, playwright, and director Ajai Tripathi. Ajai is an OSU Theatre graduate who has worked in the Portland theatre scene for over 10 years. Among other things, he has appeared in productions at Theatre Vertigo , Salt and Stage, and Milagro Theatre where he is also the Educational Director. He's also one heck of a guy! Contact us at damthedistance@oregonstate.edu

John Clark was born in Tasmania and his first intention was to be an archeologist. However, it was the theatre that called and provided Clark with an illustrious career as a theatre-maker and teacher. His greatest triumph is an indelible turn as Director of the National Institute of Dramatic Art. For 40 years he guided and nurtured generations of practitioners who would become crucial contributors to our Theatre, Film and Television industries.He studied theatre at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre school and at Bristol University, where he designed the set for the first production of Harold Pinter’s play - The Room. A series of firsts would decorate his career as a director, delivering productions of Death of a Salesman in Hobart, a premiere production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and a landmark Sydney season of Don’s Party.He played pivotal roles with the Old Tote Theatre and the Jane Street Theatre at a time when a new Australian voice was being developed in playwriting and an authentic style for the Australian actor.When the Old Tote Theatre Company ceased operation, Clark together with Elizabeth Butcher, became the Sydney Theatre Company’s initial Artistic Director and Administrator, overseeing an interim season in the Drama Theatre at the Sydney Opera House.His contribution to defining ‘an Australian theatre’ on local and international stages is vast. He is one of our great champions and a man of tremendous charm and infinite story. It was indeed a privilege and a joy to spend some time with John Clark.

Critic, photographer and artist, Hilton Als joins Kate and Medaya to discuss his debut play, Lives of the Performers, which tells the story of actress Sheryl Sutton, one of the lead actors in Robert Wilson's ground-shattering troupe in the 1970s. Als, the former theater critic at the New Yorker, also discusses his fascination with twins, writing a play, and the role race has played in the history of the avant-garde. The show also includes a spirited debate among the hosts about this year's soporific Golden Globes: are woke actors enough to keep you awake? Also, legendary film critic J Hoberman returns to explain why his favorite film of 2019, Mary Harron's Charlie Says, was a superior take on the Manson Family saga than Quintin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Critic, photographer and artist, Hilton Als joins Kate and Medaya to discuss his debut play, Lives of the Performers, which tells the story of actress Sheryl Sutton, one of the lead actors in Robert Wilson's ground-shattering troupe in the 1970s. Als, the former theater critic at the New Yorker, also discusses his fascination with twins, writing a play, and the role race has played in the history of the avant-garde. The show also includes a spirited debate among the hosts about this year's soporific Golden Globes: are woke actors enough to keep you awake? Also, legendary film critic J Hoberman returns to explain why his favorite film of 2019, Mary Harron's Charlie Says, was a superior take on the Manson Family saga than Quintin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Playwrighting with the pitter patter – oh and eggs. The post Oliver Emanuel appeared first on Putting it Together.

Learn more about the Educational Theatre Company's Main Stage Program for elementary students from staff members Katie McCreary and Nigel Rowe. What do teachers say about their students after they complete the ten-week program? What is the process for these students to write the entire script and all the songs? Why is theatre so important for our students of all ages? Find out the answers to these questions and more during this podcast. Wonderful program to help build confidence among the participants.

Christopher Shinn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and lives in New York. His plays have been premiered by the Royal Court Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, the Vineyard Theatre, South Coast Rep, and Soho Theatre, and later seen regionally in the United States and around the world. He is the winner of an OBIE in Playwriting (2004-2005) and a Guggenheim Fellowship in Playwriting (2005), was a Pulitzer Prize finalist (2008), was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play (2008), and has also been nominated for an Olivier Award for Most Promising Playwright (2003), a TMA Award for Best New Play (2006), a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play (2007), and a South Bank Show Award for Theatre (2009). In 2009, his adaptation of Hedda Gabler premiered on Broadway at the Roundabout (American Airlines Theatre) and he has also written short plays for Naked Angels, the 24 Hour Plays, and the New York International Fringe Festival (2002 winner, Best Overall Production). He has received grants from the NEA/TCG Residency Program and the Peter S. Reed Foundation, and he is a recipient of the Robert S. Chesley Award. He teaches playwriting at the New School for Drama. https://www.christophershinn.co eastforest.org

An episode with a twist! Sara interviews Joseph about his obsession with writing! His long and varied career, process, and odd analogies. Strangely, interior decoration and squirrels come up a lot. Thanks as always to Molly Lewis for our theme music and Bryan Ward for our artwork.

Jonathan Biggins loathes all forms of social media. When I invited him onto STAGES, he told me he’d never listened to a podcast! I was thrilled to introduce him to the format. As one of Australia’s preeminent writers, actors, directors and speakers, he comes with quite an intimidating pedigree. I tread carefully, only to be met with his immense charm and insightful opinions.Mr Biggins is thoroughly engaging and armed with the wit we know and crave. He is perhaps best known as one of the creators and performers of the Sydney Theatre Company’s WHARF REVUE – a popular date on the Sydney calendar for the past 20 Years! In our discussion we analyse the workings of comedy and how we've perhaps lost the ability to laugh at ourselves.Jonathan was born in Newcastle; his parents meeting at university doing amateur drama. No wonder then that he has embraced a broad career in the arts … achieving excellence in whatever role, form or medium he has turned his hand to.Soon he commences a tour of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PAUL - a biographical account of our great visionary and reformer, Paul Keating. And at year's end another joyous offering from the WHARF REVUE.He is responsible for some of the biggest laughs I have ever had in the theatre – so it was with great joy – and considerable curiosity, that I sat down with Jonathan Biggins.

One image I have for myself is that of storyteller. I wouldn't be in Season 3 of this podcast if I didn't think so. But I'm also a theatre professor, director, and playwright, and all those roles go into shaping my stories as well as those of others. And I think some of the best theatrical stories merge life and performance.

Playwright and performer Heather Raffo gathers a multi-generational, multi-religious, multi-national group of women to discuss the themes and ideas of her play NOURA. Participating in the conversation were author and sociologist Zahra Ali, architect Hiba Hadid, author and dentist Cynthia Kaplan Shamash, and filmmaker and Executive Director of The Abraham Path Initiative Anisa Mehdi.

"Oslo" Director Karen Azenberg speaks to PTC's Matthew Ivan Bennett about her personal connection to the Tony Award-winning play through her visits to the region and her favorite scenes. "Oslo" opens at PTC on Friday, Sept. 14 and continues through Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)

Kate Gaul has been a considerable force in playmaking in Australia over the past 25 years. Directing premiere productions and new Australian works, her directing folio has covered a broad repertoire of stories – The Laramie Project, The Trouble with Harry, Svetlana in Slingbacks, The Ham Funeral and Richard the Third to touch on a few. She has worked with our leading theatre companies and taught at training institutions, including NIDA and WAAPA.A champion of the work of Irish playwright Enda Walsh, she has directed productions of his plays Penelope, The New Electric Ballroom and Misterman – this last play receiving extensive glowing accolades and huge success at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival.Kate is a vital artist and one whose productions never fail to impress, to engage and to prompt discussion.

In a career encompassing playwrighting, teaching, academia and directing, Grace Barnes has championed the female voice in storytelling. And … working as an associate or resident director on original productions of SUNSET BOULEVARD, MARTIN GUERRE & THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, she has had a seat at the birth of seminal works of musical theatre and observed the creatives that made them. She was even present in the initial weeks of MISS SAIGON on Broadway.So how did a theatre obsessed kid from Scotland, escape the bleak countryside of Shetland and soon find herself amongst the bright lights of Broadway?Barnes has recently completed her PHD and has commenced her second book, a biography of Mina Wylie - the Olympic swimmer from Coogee who was a trailblazer of women’s sport in Australia.Her first book is a reflection on the role of women in musical theatre. "If musical theatre reflects prevailing societal attitudes, what does the modern musical tell us about the place of women in contemporary America, the UK and Australia?" A fascinating read, posing much for consideration, is HER TURN ON STAGE by Grace Barnes.

Matthew Ivan Bennett interviews Jeff Talbott about his new play, "i" which is receiving a series of new play readings as part of Pioneer Theatre Company's Play-by-Play.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)

Host William Powell, The King of DC Media, welcomes playwright Gill Nelson, who will discuss his family drama stage show "Blue God". Dial 347.884.8997 to ask a question. An excerpt from a review of "Blue God" from DC Metro Theater Arts by Jenna Jones Paradis: "...this family has problems, not unlike many families – major financial woes, fraud, health crises, infidelity, a secretive past. When it all snowballs into a fevered pitch, a Pastor (realistically played by Pastor Jerome Buie) lays it all out:  It’s not too late to seek a good relationship with God. "  

Director, Adele Thomas, and playwright / translator, Rory Mullarkey, talk about their production of Aeschylus' Oresteia at the Globe Theatre, London in 2015

The King of DC Media, William Powell, welcomes playwright Ava Duckett and cast of the fantastic stage play Is He Your Man or is Your Head in the Sand? Dial 347.884.8997 to speak with the guests or the host. The show opens November 15th at THEARC theater http://www.thearcdc.org/. Buy tickets here: http://avaduckett.wix.com/avasworks#!tix/c7h3 An original stage play based on the book; Is He Your Man or is Your Head in the Sand?, by Russell Price, Jr. A hilarious play tackling catastrophic relationships. Unveiling how men view women, and how women get caught up in emotional roller coasters. An edge-of-your-seat, breath-taking thrill ride.  

"I think [the larger companies] should be forced to take more risks.” - Melissa Reeves “Nurture the audacious. The works that you remember are works with audacity.” - Patricia Cornelius And... we're back! Fleur and Jana are talking to theatre-makers from Australia and abroad, with Kieran behind the mixing desk. Our second season will tackle the topic of responsibility. ‘Responsibility’ is a word that comes up a lot in art but its meaning is as multifaceted as the artists who use. It can mean ‘duty of care’ to your fellow practitioners, ‘responsibility’ to deliver the product the subscribers are paying for or not traumatising an audience who did not consent to be traumatised. But it can also mean responsibility to be brave. Brave enough to tell the hard stories. To press on wounds that need pressing. Sometimes the old adage that art ‘holds a mirror up to society’ is far to passive. Sometimes that mirror needs smashing. In this, the second season of Audio Stage, we are talking ‘responsibility in art’. Over the course of the next ten weeks we will be in dialogue with various practitioners, programmers and thinkers about what ‘responsibility’ means to them and how we remain ethical in art. Our first guests are playwrights Patricia Cornelius and Melissa Reeves. We talk about responsibility in playwrighting: the words we use, the stories we tell, the people we stage, and the playwrights we give money to. “I’ve never believed the bullshit about how audiences don’t like risk. They actually really do. I’ve seen it. I’ve been in enough audiences that are asleep and I’ve seen them wake up when there is something that unsettles them... I think an audience is dying to be offended.” - Patricia Cornelius Discussed in this episode: Andrew Bovell; academic research and ethics procedures; Aboriginal and white theatre-makers; rulebooks for making ethical art: Y/N?; telling real-life stories: 'how did you know my first wife was a hair-dresser?'; Diane Brimble; identifying with characters; the whitest story ever told about Kenya; Steven Sewell; why white women are so much more concerned about their responsibilities than white men; why a lion is always played by a black actor; Jana's students at the VCA; Myall Creek Massacre; George Brandis; and Melbourne Workers' Theatre. "I remember reading this fantastic poem by this Aboriginal woman, and it said: 'If you're writing this because you want to help me, you know, just fuck off. But if you're writing this because your liberation is bound up in my liberation, then, you know, go ahead, come with me'. And it was a beautiful invitation." - Melissa Reeves Stay tuned: we have more exciting and intellectually rigorous conversations to come. Podcast bibliography: Ben Neutze: Who's Afraid of Patricia Cornelius? (The Daily Review, May 27, 2014) Simon Caterson: Cold War Confidential (The Age, 17 February 2007) If you are interested in Melissa Reeves and Patricia Cornelius, you can read their plays at AustralianPlays.org: Melissa Reeves' plays here, and Patricia Cornelius' plays here.

Join Nick Cusumano and Danielle Filas as the welcome Guest Jess Eisenberg and Kendra Augustin of the 365 Women a Year playwrighting project. http://365womenayear.wordpress.com/ This international playwriting project involves over 200 playwrights who have signed on to write one or more one-acts about extraordinary women in both past and present history. The project’s ambitious yet focused goal is to write women back into the social consciousness as well as empower and promote female playwrights around the country. Bio: Jess Eisenberg grew up playing piano pieces written exclusively by white men, going to see plays exclusively by white men, and wondering in history class ‘where are all the women and people of color who did incredible things?’ It is incomprehensible that in 2015 we are still asking where all the women are or if there’s anyone other than white men who have written or composed. After co-founding Prologue Theatre Company in Chicago, Jess researched for a season based on female painters in history. There was a profound sense of loss. Our canon is a lie, when the names and works of so many are lost to us forever. She knew she had to keep writing about all of these women, thus in 2014 this project was born. Close friend and colleague, Gina Scanlon, quickly joined the fold and helped co-found the projects as it is today. They never could have imagined that number of playwrights who would join the mission in such a short amount of time. There are now hundreds of playwrights from around the world writing pieces and 365 is in its second year.

First lecture in which Playwright David Edgar outlines the story of new writing in postwar British theatre and the growth of the anti-writer trend since the 1990s. This lecture was filmed in Oxford on 2nd February 2015. He also presents the case for the individual playwright (vigorously) but also discusses whether the primacy of the playwright is outdated and what playwrights can learn and have learnt from alternative playmaking methods.

Closing symposium in which critic Michael Billington, playwright Rachel De-lahay, theatremaker Chris Goode academic and Dr Liz Tomlin discuss with David Edgar the place of the playwright in contemporary theatre. This event was filmed on 7th February 2015. The challenge to traditional roles and hierarchies in the theatre has involved academics and critics as well as practitioners. What effect is the controversy having on the content, form and working methods of contemporary theatre? What would the theatre look like without playwrights? What can the industry learn from new working methods, and how might performance companies benefit from collaborating with writers?

In the second of a series of interivews, The King of DC Media welcomes director and playwright Ebony Custis, who has written and is directing the inspirational play, BOXES, which opens at Bowie Performing Arts Center, January 8, 2015. Your Host from the Coast, William Powell, has the honor of being a BOXES cast member! Tune in next week, when I interview the cast. "BOXES centers on the lives of ordinary people who have allowed their ordinary problems to ruin their lives in extraordinary ways." - http://boxestheplay.com/ Read more about the play here: Local play thinks outside the "Boxes"

Diana Brown goes to the source and interviews the Bay Area's "most produced playwright", Peter Sinn Nachtieb. He talks about the meaningless of politcal language, motivations for marriage, His newest play, The Totalitarians, is currently (at the time of this recording) in performances at San Francisco's Z Space.

Paid Actor and host, Trena Bolden Fields, welcomes Kristoffer Diaz to the show.  Kristoffer Diaz is a playwright and educator living and working in Brooklyn. Full-length titles include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Welcome to Arroyo’s, The Upstairs Concierge, and The Unfortunates. Awards: 2011 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award; finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; winner, 2011 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play; winner, 2011 OBIE Award, Best New American Play; and the inaugural Gail Merrifield Papp Fellowship from The Public Theater (2011). His work has been produced, commissioned, and developed at The Public Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Geffen Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, The Goodman, Second Stage, Victory Gardens, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, American Theater Company, The Atlantic, InterAct, Mixed Blood, The Orchard Project, Hip-Hop Theater Festival, The Lark, Summer Play Festival, Donmar Warehouse, and South Coast Repertory, among many others. He has written short work for the 24 Hour Musicals and the 24 Hour Plays on Broadway. Kristoffer was one of the creators of Brink!, the apprentice anthology show at the 2009 Humana Festival of New American Plays. He is a playwright-in-residence at Teatro Vista; a resident playwright at New Dramatists; a co-founder of the Unit Collective (Minneapolis); the creator of the #freescenes project; and a recipient of the Jerome Fellowship, the Future Aesthetics Artist Regrant and the Van Lier Fellowship (New Dramatists). Kristoffer holds a BA from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, an MFA from NYU’s Department of Dramatic Writing, and an MFA from Brooklyn College’s Performing Arts Management program.

After years of failing to convince Radiostar producer Dan Wilson to be interviewed, Diana Brown gets the playwright/actor/director/improvisor behind the microphone to talk about his plays: 411, Vagina Dentata, Sweetie Tanya, Harvesting the Lost, Just One More Game, and his upcoming play Silent City.

Pam Quinn has been a great friend of mine for 2 years now. She is the founder of Play Club and Unknown Artists. She is also a great playwright and podcaster. We discuss movies, Dawson's Creek and crime documentaries