Podcasts about stage directions

In Shakespeare's lifetime, sound was often relied upon by playwrights to let an audience know a battle was taking place, an army was taking action, or a particular military event was about to occur. Some of these military sound cues are found in the stage directions of Shakespeare's plays when we see him indicate musicians should sound specific pieces. For example, the musicians are directed to “sound a parley” in Coriolanus Act I, and to play an “Alarum to battle” in Henry IV Part I. Here today to share with us the 16th century military history behind these sounds, is our guest Christian Dahl.  Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.This Land Was Made is playing off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre. Find out more at https://vineyardtheatre.org.If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.King James is playing off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage I, a production of Manhattan Theatre Club. Find out more at www.manhattantheatreclub.org.If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.Summer, 1976 is playing on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Find out more at www.manhattantheatreclub.comIf you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org  Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

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This week Ashley sits down with composer Joe Iconis(BE MORE CHILL, LOVE HATE IN THE NATION). They talk about his journey as an up-and-coming composer, the folks that helped him along the way frustrations with the COVID era, and what the future holds. ~~~Ghostlight Records and Two River Theater have announced the release of Love in Hate Nation – Original Cast Recording, which is available in digital and streaming formats. Love in Hate Nation features book, music, and lyrics by Joe Iconis and direction by John Simpkins. The recording is based on the show's world premiere production at the Two River Theater in 2019. The label is reuniting with Iconis and Two River after their viral success with the original cast recording of Be More Chill. The show has music direction and vocal arrangements by Annastasia Victory, and music supervision and orchestrations by Charlie Rosen. The album is produced by Joe Iconis, Ian Kagey, and Charlie Rosen, with Michael Hurst/Two River Theater and Kurt Deutsch serving as executive producers. The album is available at Ghostlight.lnk.to/LoveInHateNationPRwww.mrjoeiconis.com~~~Hosted by Ashley Griffin (called "The Hermione Granger of the theater world,") STAGE DIRECTIONS offers a deeper look at the things no one discusses contemporary theater. Exploring everything from the dichotomy between critical and audience reception, whether fairy tales are important to modern-day storytelling, and whether "high" and "low" musical theater can ever find common ground, Ashley will examine ideas you "didn't know you didn't know." About AshleyAshley Griffin is the first person in history to be nominated for a major award for both playing and directing HAMLET. As a writer Ashley is most well known as the creator of the pop culture phenomenon FOREVER DEADWARD (New World Stages,) praised by MTV, E!, EW, and others, and the hit off-Broadway play TRIAL directed by Lori Petty. Her work has been developed at Broadway's Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons, and La MaMa (among others.) Ashley is currently in development with a new network series and is an artist in residence at The Access Theater Company.As an actress, Ashley has performed on and off-Broadway as well as in L.A. and London. This past year she appeared in HOMELAND, THE DEUCE, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (starring Hugh Jackman,) and in the off-Broadway play THE NEUROLOGY OF THE SOUL at A.R.T. originating the starring role of Amy. She has a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (where she has subsequently taught,) and has studied at R.A.D.A., The Boston Conservatory, and the Hamilton Academy of Music.www.ashleygriffinofficial.com Twitter: @ashleyjgriffin Instagram: @ashleygriffinofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashleygriffinofficial/

Live Audio Play Reading of INDIVIDUAL by Ben M. Jones Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company Directed by Ariella Wolfe Dramaturgy by Stephanie Wilborn Stage Management by J. Lynn Dutra Featuring Radhika Rao (A, or The Whole Entire Goddamn Motherf***ing World) and Matt Regan (B, or The United States Of America), with Stephanie Wilborn reading Stage Directions. About The Play: The United States wants out of the United Nations; the UN wants to set the record straight. INDIVIDUAL is an experiment that examines the tensions between the self and the collective, exploring how the way we live our day-to-day lives intersects with the big picture. Content Warning: language, brief threat of gun violence About the Playwright: Ben M. Jones (he/him/his) is a New York City based theatre and film maker. His plays have had been produced and/or had reading from: National Queer Theater, The New Cosmopolitans, The Village Playwrights, and The New Short Play Festival. Plays include: All The Sex I Want, The Asexual Romance Fantasy Play, Art to Art, and Individual. He is also the author of the travel/photo book, #BenAndHannahGoToEurope. Music: “Begin Again” by Flow Loris and “Taking My Time” feat. Stephan Sharp by Jacquire King Sandcastle Theater Company is an emerging theater company committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. www.sandcastletheaterco.org/ facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco https://instagram.com/sandcastletheaterco

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This week, Ryan and Brian compare the piecaken to the cherpumple, ask questions about birds, and revisit the latest episode of #GBBO. There's a contest crossword (courtesy of Norah Sharpe!) at https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6ak3autbknv3a7/fmi317con.puz?dl=1 and you should visit us on Twitch on Saturdays (4 PT/7 ET) at https://twitch.tv/nextdoorcomics. If you get bored, write something for the Fill Me In wiki. And if you're feeling philanthropic, donate to our Patreon. We shout out the names of our patrons on the first new episode of each month! Do you enjoy our show? Actually, it doesn't matter! Please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. This will help new listeners find our show, and you'll be inducted into the Quintuple Decker Turkey Club. Drop us a note or a Tweet or a postcard or a phone call — we'd love to hear from you. Helpful links: Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fill-me-in/id1364379980 Google Play link: https://player.fm/series/fill-me-in-2151002 Amazon/Audible link: https://www.amazon.com/item_name/dp/B08JJRM927 RSS feed: http://bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/rss Contact us: Email (fmi@bemoresmarter.com) / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Google Voice (315-510-9892) We're putting these words here to help with search engine optimization. We don't think it will work, but you probably haven't read this far, so it doesn't matter: baseball, crossword, crosswords, etymology, game, hunt, movies, musicals, mystery, oscar, pizza, puzzle, puzzles, soup, trivia, words

Sometimes in this world, whether you want to or not, you just have to go up! Since May of 1976, John Darling has written and published numerous stories, poems, and articles.   His lone play, Stage Directions, has been produced in the United States, Canada, and most recently at the Soho Theater in London, England. Most of his publications have been short works of fiction and non-fiction though he has had some poetry published. His author website can be viewed here: http://johndarlingauthor.com/ ---- Story Submission ---- Got a short story you'd like to submit? Submission guidelines can be found at TallTaleTV.com ---- About Tall Tale TV ---- My name is Chris Herron, and I narrate audiobooks. In 2015, poor control of my diabetes left me legally blind for the better part of a year. The doctors predicted an 80% chance I would never see again, but I changed the way I was living and through sheer willpower beat the odds. During this time I couldn't read or write. Two things that I had been turning to for comfort since I was a small child. With the sheer amount of stress I was under, this was devastating. My wife took me by the arm, lead me into the local library, and read out titles of audiobooks to me. I chose the audiobook versions of books I had loved such as the Disc World series, Name of the Wind, Harry Potter, and more. They brought my favorite stories to life in ways I never thought possible and helped me through the darkest time of my life. Once my vision recovered, I maintained a love for audiobooks. I decided I would turn my focus from being a writer to becoming a narrator. I devised Tall Tale TV as a way to help out all the amazing authors in the writing communities I had come to love before my ordeal. I created Tall Tale TV to help aspiring authors by providing them with a promotional audiobook video. A way to showcase their skills with the written word. They say the strongest form of advertisement is word of mouth, so I provide a video to a platform of readers to help get people talking. Help them spread the word. Click the share button and let the world know about this author. ---- legal ---- I, life is but a stage.iginal or Royalty and Attribution free. Most stock images used are provided by http://www.pixabay.com . Image attribution will be declared only when required by the copyright owner. All stories on Tall Tale TV have been submitted in accordance with the terms of service provided on http://www.talltaletv.com or obtained with permission by the author. Common Affiliates are: Amazon, Smashwords

This week, Chris and guest host Ashley Griffin ("Stage Directions") take a look at a classic Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland musical. We discuss everything from Judy's star-making performance to the incredibly shocking end that's hard to watch in 2021.

Stu Levitan welcomes Howard Sherman, author of Another Day's Begun: Thornton Wilder's Our Town in the 21st Century as we add a new category – books about plays by Madison playwrights. That's right, Thornton Wilder – the only person to receive Pulitzer Prizes for both Drama and the Novel – was born right here in Madison in 1897, when his father Amos was the progressive editor/publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal for 12 years before moving to Hong Kong as US Consul General in 1906. Our Town is an odd play, with neither conventional plot nor even linear narrative, just snapshots of some of the 2,642 residents of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, especially Emily Webb, George Gibbs, and their families. Their growing up, their marrying, their living, their dying. By Wilder's stage direction, the play is to be performed with no curtain, no scenery, and no props, save for a table, some chairs, and two ladders. The lead character doesn't even have a name, but is just called the Stage Manager, speaking directly to the audience and rarely interacting with the rest of the cast. It was a piece of meta-theatre 25 years before that term even existed. Despite what he had the Stage Manager say, it was not, Wilder later wrote, meant to be understood as a picture of life in a New Hampshire village; or as an updated interpretation of Dante's Purgatory. Rather, he explained, it was “an attempt to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life.” This seemingly small play has found great and lasting value ever since it opened on Broadway on February 4, 1938 and won that year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama – the first of two such awards Wilder would win, along with an earlier Pulitzer for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Decade after decade, it has been the most-produced play in America, from high schools to major professional productions on both stage and screen, featuring some of the biggest stars of their day. It's been translated into 80 languages, and produced around the world; just this month, it became the first production when the Queensland Theatre of Australia reopened after the pandemic. But what is it like to live in Grover's Corners eight times a week? What happens when you think about the Mind of God every night, and bid farewell to the living at Wednesday and weekend matinees? How do you step back in time while keeping the play relevant to the audiences of today? These are the questions which occupy Howard Sherman in Another Day's Begun, questions he sought to answer by talking to more than 100 actors and directors responsible for 13 of the most interesting and innovative productions of the past 21 years. Some are award-winning household names, like Helen Hunt and Jane Kaczmarek; others are maximum-security inmates of Sing Sing prison. And he has done the seemingly impossible – written a book about Our Town that is almost as emotionally powerful and multi-faceted as the play itself. Howard Sherman comes well-equipped to this assignment. He grew up in New Haven not far from Wilder's long-time home in Hamden, CT and has held a series of executive, managerial and public relations positions with several theatres, including the Eugene O'Neill Theater, Hartford Stage, and Westport Playhouse. From 2003 to 2011 he was Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing, the folks who bring us the Tony Awards. A frequent presenter at national conferences, he also writes a weekly column for the British magazine The Stage and is contributing editor of Stage Directions magazine. In 2014, he was cited as one of the Top 40 Free Speech Defenders by the National Coalition Against Censorship the following year received the Defender Award from Dramatists Legal Defense Fund. And this month he celebrates his sixth anniversary as director of the Arts Integrity Initiative at The New School for Drama. It is a pleasure to welcome to Madison Bookbeat, Howard Sherman.

We're finishing our survey of the Tool Boudoir with a look at silences, spacing, stage directions and shared lines, as we come to the end of Season One of Hamlet to Hamilton! Featuring verse from: Hamlet and King John by William Shakespeare, Our Town by Thornton Wilder, The Lifted Instants Before the Fall by Becca Musser, The Other, Other Woman, Cupid and Psyche, and The Siege Perilous by Emily C. A. Snyder ACCESS SHOW NOTES to texts, links, and full transcripts: https://www.hamlettohamilton.com/ PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/hamlettohamilton JOIN THE CONVERSATION Facebook @hamlettohamilton Twitter @hamlet2hamilton #HamlettoHamilton #H2H

Bryan Johnson is an award-winning Props and Special Effects Designer, Artisan and Technician for theatre, opera, film and television. Bryan was awarded the 2010 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National Design award for his Special Effects design for the Tulsa Community College production of Elektra. Bryan is also a three-time KCACTF Region 6 award winner. Bryan went on to become a Lead Props and Special Effects Technician with Blue Man Group-Las Vegas for five years, where he fabricated, maintained and operated the long running show. During his time with Blue Man Group, Bryan designed and created several themed art installations for the company’s involvement with the local community. As a puppeteer for the show, Bryan also worked hands-on with Michael Curry puppetry and robotic show elements from Show Creators. His work has appeared worldwide in publications, including "Stage Directions" and “Lighting & Sound America.”  Bryan’s theatrical body of work includes; Props Design and Artisanship, Magic/Illusion Design, Mask Making, Puppetry, Lighting Design and Special Effects Makeup. Bryan currently lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he owns and operates 'Bryan Johnson Creative' and is the Properties Designer and Artisan with the Tulsa Opera. He is a member of the Society of Props Artisan Managers, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, a faculty member with The Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas and remains active with the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.   Bryan’s Instagram: @bryanjohnsoncreative Youtube Link Mentioned: https://youtu.be/I4XDvZKntpA   As always a rating and review is always appreciated! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf  

A work of startling originality when it debuted in 1938, Thornton Wilder's Our Town evolved to be seen by some as a vintage slice of early 20th Century Americana, rather than being fully appreciated for its complex and eternal themes and its deceptively simple form. Another day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the Twentieth Century is a new book that shines a light on the play's continued impact in the 21st century and makes a case for the healing powers of Wilder's text to a world confronting multiple crises. In this episode I am joined by the author, Howard Sherman.Howard is an arts administrator, advocate and writer based in New York City. He was executive director of the American Theatre Wing from 2003 to 2011 and during that time, his varied responsibilities included incorporating SpringboardNYC, the Theatre Intern Group and The Jonathan Larson Grants into ATW’s programming. Howard also conceived the book The Play That Changed My Life; and served on the Tony Awards Management and Administration Committees.During his tenure at the American Theatre Wing, he was executive producer of the company’s long running television program Working in the Theatre, hosting 30 panel conversations among the more than 80 shows he produced, and as creator of the audio program Downstage Centre, he interviewed 325 theatre luminaries in a seven-year span.Howard was the first General Manager of Goodspeed Musicals, working on 24 new and classic musicals, including the U.S. premieres of Alan Ayckbourn's work and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s By Jeeves. He has moderated artist conversations for public audiences for more than 30 years, having begun by leading post-performance discussions with such noted figures as Athol Fugard and JoAnne Akalaitis at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia.He currently writes a weekly column on U.S. theatre for The Stage in London and writes monthly for Stage Directions magazine. In January 2021 he releases the book in which he appraises and celebrates Thornton Wilder’s classic of American drama; Our Town, through the eyes of the folk 'who have spent time in Grover's Corners'.Howard joined Stages from Manhattan in a fascinating conversation about this classic play, and to ponder the future challenge for the Broadway theatre and stages beyond.The Stages podcast is available from Apple podcasts, Spotify, Whooshkaa and where all good podcasts are found.

This month's episode is WIDOW written by Leila Cohan-Miccio (Santa Clarita Diet, Awkward). It follows Rachel, a young woman whose husband dies while they’re in the middle of a rough patch. Rachel does not handle it well. In Andrew’s interview with Leila you’ll hear her insane story about development hell and the frustrating double standard executives put on female characters. Leila’s start into comedy writing and a quick dish on pitching shows on zoom. Leila’s a real example of the determination and perseverance needed to succeed in Hollywood. This is a good one! Enjoy it!WIDOW stars D'Arcy Carden as Rachel, Cory Michael Smith as Jake, Punam Patel as Daisy, Arturo del Puerto as Emmett, Julia Duffy as Wendy, Kathreen Khavari as Hannah, Eric Edelstein as Miles/Officer #1, Sandeep Parikh as Levi/Officer #2/ Uber Driver, Noah Findling as George, and Andrew Reich with Stage Directions.For more Dead Pilots Society episodes and information about our live shows, please subscribe to the podcast!Make sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and Twitter, and visit our website at deadpilotssociety.com

Three Short PlaysDirected by Melinda MarksMusic and editing by George Psarras.Stage Directions read by Ivette Deltoro1. The Voice of the People by Cary PopperVoice acting was provided by:Tasi Alabastro as Lloyd BransonStephanie Baumann as Barbara DodgeDavied Morales as Leo DornPhaedra Tillery as Voters 1, 4, 7, 10Evelyn Huynh as Voters 2, 5, 8, 11Juanita Harris as Voters 3, 6, 9, 12Ron Talbot as John Smith2. Elsie by E.H. BenedictVoice acting was provided by:Josie B. Lawson as ElsieRon Talbot as Cornelius3. The Influencers by Rebecca KurlandVoice acting was provided by:Melissa Jones as RickeyDavied Morales as InfluencerComments, feedback or questions? Email us at filament@cltc.org! To learn more about Lights Up, visit our webpage at cltc.org/lightsupTo donate, please visit cltc.org/donateSupport the show (https://cltc.vbotickets.com/donations/105?ref=donatepage)

In this episode, we read Kyra Baklayan's play "Four Percent," and Mitchell and Sarah chat with Kyra about life changes in college, writing unstructured, and Timothée Chalamet (of course).CAST LIST: Madeline Oberle as Ragan // Mia Kaplan as Sam // Jessica Yang as Jenna // Sarah Lina Sparks as Stage Directions

In a Dropshot first, I am not present for the pod due to a surprise best man appearance I was forced to make. In my absence, the young JakeDown fills in with Tanner for an absolute banger of an episode. The boys cover some more questions, many of which are specific to the experience of a controller/console player, such as JakeDown very recently was. They talk about controller brand recommendations, their favorite Warzone meta, the challenges of switching from controller to PC/keyboard and mouse, dealing with bad teammates in multiplayer, and much more.

In this episode, we talk with our good friend (and PRP MVP) Ben Susskind about exposition, character-focused plays, and read his play Small Things.CAST LIST: Madeline Oberle as Anna // Hamish Marissen-Clark as David // Mitchell Huntley as Travis // Sarah Lina Sparks as Stage Directions

SoundBroker's Mastermind RoundTable (Recorded live 12 August 2020) featuring Mr. Joe Lamond, President and CEO of NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants and Mr. Michael Strickland - Moderated by Jan Landy  This week they will discuss and take your questions regarding what NAMM is doing to assist in bringing us together as an industry and ideas in order to survive these difficult times including the lobby efforts of Congress and the latest updates affecting all of us. Also breaking news about their latest efforts on lobbying Congress for the Heals/Restart bill and getting our industry the funds we desperately need. Joining me on the panel again will be Terry Lowe the founder of PLSN & FOH, Michael Eddy, editor of Stage Directions, and George Petersen the editor FOH, (If you are not familiar with this amazing group of journalist giants, I have included a brief synopsis at the end of this email). Also a host of industry professionals asking their questions. Moderated by Jan Landy. If you wish to see the video here are the links: SoundBroker's Mastermind RoundTable Show Links (Please click the like button, share the link and of course join the FaceBook Friends of SoundBroker Group. https://bit.ly/2XzPDI1) Joe Lamond, Michael Strickland 12 August 2020 YouTube: https://youtu.be/P9qPZgFmE_M FaceBook: https://bit.ly/3gSn93R

We're repeating bits done by British comedians this week while also sort of talking about the end times, guns, Y2k, and more, featuring Bekah's Journal Corner. Stick around until the end to hear us get sappy and silly about the pod.

In this episode Mitchell and (guest co-host) Ben Susskind chat with Jared Goudsmit and we read his play "Blacktop Jungle." CAST LIST: Kyra Baklayan as Linda // Kayla Curneen as Becky // Logan Gould as Kurt // Mitchell Huntley as Stage Directions

In this episode, we read through Bella Arnold's play about the college admissions process, "We Regret to Inform You." In addition to an interview, feedback, and games with the playwright. CAST LIST: Lauren Stevens as Lilly // Lauren Dong as Marta/Principal Lennon // Alyssa Carol as Emmy // Liam McHugh as Parker // Liv Drury as Amelie/Charlotte // Ben Susskind as Harrison // Mitchell Huntley as Oliver // Sarah Lina Sparks as Stage Directions

In this episode we read Ashley DiLorenzo's piece on dealing with loss, "Someone Shoud've Told Me." CAST LIST: Lauren Dong as Val // Ben Susskind as Ross // Kyra Baklayan as Vera // Bella Arnold as Young Vera // Mitchell Huntley as Stage Directions

When do you use stage directions, and how descriptive do you get? CONSUME: "How to use stage directions" by Sam Graber https://samgraber.com/2017/02/21/how-to-use-stage-directions/ CREATE: Write a 200-400 word scene for two characters that includes the stage direction “[They/He/She Flies].” Join the SWT Membership community to share your work, give feedback, and connect with other artists: https://www.patreon.com/startwiththis Help spread the word about our show by wearing our logo: https://topatoco.com/collections/startwiththisFollow us on Facebook and Twitter. Credits: Jeffrey Cranor (host) & Joseph Fink (host), Jeffrey Cranor (producer), Grant Stewart (editor), Vincent Cacchione (mixer). Rob Wilson (logo). Theme written and performed by Joseph Fink. If you'd like your own cover of the theme song featured on this show, email us at startwiththis@nightvalepresents.com or share it in our membership community. Produced by Night Vale Presents. http://www.startwiththispodcast.comhttp://www.nightvalepresents.com

Randall talks about some of his favorite books and resources for Theatre Educators and Artists. Check them out here: Books: Voice and Diction Speak with Distinction, Edith Skinner Freeing the Natural Voice, Kristin Linklater Directing Fundamentals of Play Directing, Alexander Dean, Lawrence Carra A Director Prepares, Ann Bogart On Directing, Harold Clurman Notes on Directing, Frank Hauser, Russel Reich Tips, Ideas for Directors, Jon Jory Websites David Alan Stern www.learnaccent.com IDEA Kansas Dialects Archive www.ideaedu.org Theatrefolk: www.thearefolk.com EDTA Theatre educator Pro Learning Center www.schooltheatre.com BYU Theatre curriculum Database ted.byu.edu Signupgenius  Bandapp  Google Suite  Wordpress Online resources:   EDTA Theatre Educator Pro: Educational Theatre Association’s Online Educator Professional Development   Drama Teacher Academy: TheatreFolk’s Teacher resource   BYU Theatre Education Database: BYU’s Database   Daily 8 Count: Brian Curl’s resource for Theatre Movement   Folger Library: Home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, Folger Shakespeare Library is a world-class center for scholarship, learning, culture, and the arts.    American Theatre Wing: Multiple resources with multimedia content   American Theatre Magazine: Many back issues   Stage Directions (magazine): Lots of content including a resource page   playbill.com: Rich multimedia website   Pinterest: Pages and pages of theater related boards     Facebook Groups: (Facebook Groups with educator content)   High School Theatre Directors and Teachers: A Theatre Educator Group   Technical Theatre Educators: A robust community of educators focused on technical theatre   Teaching Theatre Online: Covid-19: A specific group for this time in our lives   Podcasts:   Broadway Podcast Network: a collection of theatre specific podcasts   Broadway Backstory: a podcast about the genesis of your favorite shows   UnabashED Theatre Podcast:  A no-nonsene, brutally honest dialogue about theatre education in the US.   Youtube:   American Theatre Wing: A great resource! Many videos. Check out “Working in Theatre!”   National Theatre: The National Theatre of Great Britain. Check out “How We Made That”   Crash Course Theatre and Drama   PVIMPROV Paul Vaillancourt is a veteran improvisor who embodies group mind.   TED: Technology, Education, Design; Great talks from the greatest minds around the planet. Search for Theatre and see all the relevant talks.   Folger Library: Home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, Folger Shakespeare Library is a world-class center for scholarship, learning, culture, and the arts.    Lookingglass Theatre: Physical, aurally rich, visually metaphoric story-centric theatre in the Water Tower Water Works on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.   Steppenwolf Theatre Company: Go behind the scenes, listen to artists interviews, and see trailers for upcoming productions all on Steppenwolf Theatre Company's YouTube Channel. Thanks for visiting.    

This week we're talking with Michigan Theatre Legend, Nancy Kammer. We talk about: Going from the city to the country • Why actors are awesome • The similarity between actors and vampires • Working in Guerilla Theatre • Working in a communal theatre • Burning Bridges • Looking for Music Under the words • Stage Directions • Difficult Roles • Turning Pain into Art • Being an agent for positive change • Auditioning: Not rejecting yourself • What the director is looking for And more!!! For even more videos and other cool stuff, go to www.michiganchekhov.com or www.jeffthomakos.com.

In this episode of Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I sit down with actress and writer Ashley Griffin (known for Forever Deadward: The Vampire Musical Parody) as we discuss her numerous upcoming plays, including Trial directed by actress Lori Petty, The Shadowlands, Peculiar Creatures, and The Opposite Of Love. We also discuss her podcast Stage Directions, available at https://OnStageBlog.com For more Ashley visit https://www.ashleygriffinofficial.com Like what you hear? Then become a member of my Patreon Page for exclusive behind-the-scene perks! For more "Call Me Adam" interviews visit: https://callmeadam.com  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)

CW: Descriptions of extreme violence, sexual assault, strong languageThe live recording of Cake Eaters by Rebecca Dzida, from the reading on July 21, 2019. Directed by Bridget Grace Sheaff, assistant directed by Sabina Jafri. Featuring Mohammad R. Suaidi as Rex, Jamie Boller as Yazzy/Ayaz, Mani Yangilmau as the Soldier and Stage Directions, Jessica Lefkow as Captain Markuzi and Irina, Nicole McClellan Smith as Eva and Stage Directions, Cedrick Riggs Jr. as Leo, and Grace Kane as Commander Hatsu and Benita.Theme music by Joe Nicol. Logo art by Sara Nazareth.Hosted by T.P. Huth.

CW: Descriptions of extreme violence, sexual assault, strong languageThe live recording of Cake Eaters by Rebecca Dzida, from the reading on July 21, 2019. Directed by Bridget Grace Sheaff, assistant directed by Sabina Jafri. Featuring Mohammad R. Suaidi as Rex, Jamie Boller as Yazzy/Ayaz, Mani Yangilmau as the Soldier and Stage Directions, Jessica Lefkow as Captain Markuzi and Irina, Nicole McClellan Smith as Eva and Stage Directions, Cedrick Riggs Jr. as Leo, and Grace Kane as Commander Hatsu and Benita.Theme music by Joe Nicol. Logo art by Sara Nazareth.Hosted by T.P. Huth.

Brad and Andrew recap some of their fun at the New England Forest Rally 2019 Please Rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform.Comments, Questions, complaints; email us at autoofftopic@gmail.com"Z/28" by Z/28 is our title music. Listen to Z/28 at https://nobodyridesforfree.bandcamp.com/album/z28 and like them on FB at https://www.facebook.com/nobodyridesforfreeKeep your cars analog and Aim for the Roses! 

This month I talk to Philadelphia playwright about her autobiographical piece Dyscalculia. We discuss finding theatre later in life and commiserate on the struggles of getting teachers to understand. The scene featured in this month’s episode features Christie Civil as Katrina and Lauren M. Shover as Teacher #2. Stage Directions provided by Robert Gene Pellechio.

This episode of the podcast is a big thank you not only to the first 20 people I have interviewed but also to you the listener.  Its also a chance to catch you up with various events coming up in 2019.   Its also a chance to catch you up with various events coming up in 2019.  I also give some of my thoughts about what is going on in my head and what I hope we can do to make tomorrow better.   Events Coming Up: https://www.usittshow.com - USITT 2019 https://www.pq.cz - Prague Quadrennial https://www.stage-set-scenery.de/en/ - Stage | Set | Scenery Magazines: http://stage-directions.com/ - Stage Directions  http://plsn.com/ - PLSN - Projections Lighting and Staging News http://www.theatredesign.org.uk/publications/blue-pages/ - The Blue Pages https://www.usitt.org/tdt/ - TD&T - Theatre Design and Technology

In this episode I talk theatre criticism's past and future with Megan Vaughan and Catherine Love. I interview Shôn Dale-Jones about the artistic and political journey that led to his latest show, Me & Robin Hood; and then I discuss 'theatrical heterotopias' and the Gate Theatre's The Unknown Island with Professor Kim Solga.

In this episode I go in search of right-wing theatre and try to trace out a little history of how and why the theatre might have a left-wing bias. I then talk about conservatism in the theatre with Kate Maltby. Finally, I interview Paul Miller, artistic director of the Orange Tree, looking back at his time there so far and previewing the new season. Full details of sources for clips used, references to various plays, and more information on my guests can be found on my website at http://www.danrebellato.co.uk/stage-directions/2017/8/17/stage-directions-august-2017

In this episode I talk to the wonderful Nadine Holdsworth and Chris Megson about British theatre and Brexit. I report from an academic conference in Reading and ask, what are academic conferences for? And I talk to the magnificent Aoife Monks about something she's seen and something she's read.

Punching out stars Kyle Bornheimer as Kenny, Cedric Yarbrough as Hank, Thomas Lennon as Bob, Robert Ben Garant as Man’s Voice/Mr. Barnhill, Ben Schwartz as Jake/Byron, Janet Varney as Old Lady/Janice/Jenny, Ana Ortiz as Stacy, Craig Cackowski as Anderton/Dane/Lonny, Alessandra Torresani as Shawna, Carlos Alazraqui as Flam/Customer and Andrew Reich with Stage Directions. In this episode, Ben Blacker interviews Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Horrible Bosses) regarding their dead pilot, Punching Out. You'll also listen to a never-before-heard live table read of Punching Out performed by some of today's funniest comedic actors. For more Dead Pilot Society episodes, please subscribe to the podcast! Make sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram @deadpilotspod, on twitter @deadpilotspod, and visit our website at deadpilotssociety.com.  

A discussion of Donald Trump and Performance with academics Sophie Nield and Bryce Lease, an investigation of a strange Ibsen performance from the 1880s, and an interview with director Ellen McDougall about her first season as Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill.

Hosted by Coni Koepfinger: Amy Oestreicher's Fibers: After almost losing her own life at 18, a granddaughter seeks to understand her grandmother’s own suffering at 18, as a holocaust survivor, reflecting on the hostility her grandmother was met with after surviving Auschwitz, and the lack of understanding or tolerance for traumatized individuals in society. Unable to live fully when traumatized, the granddaughter yearns to understand how her grandmother felt, even when embraced by family, and seeks to answer how she herself can live a full life after trauma. In interviewing nearly a dozen relatives she’s never met, she encounters a generation of lost stories, unfinished histories, and invaluable memories, and discovers an even greater gift – a connection to a legacy that takes the entire family by surprise, and a treasure chest of unbelievable, heartbreaking, and even humorous tales of survival, betrayal, devotion, and resilience. Who wins in the battle between history and memory? How do you save a legacy from the battlefield of forgetting? And is anything “just” a story?synopsis:“It was kind of an unstated rule when you’re with Holocaust survivors that you don’t go there. and nobody comes out and says it, but it’s true for all of us that are first generation – you just grew up knowing you didn't go there.”Stage Directions and Voice Mails: Christy Donahue I come from a legacy of holocaust survivors. Why couldn’t I go there? Did anybody know the story?

Hosted by Coni Koepfinger: Amy Oestreicher's Fibers: After almost losing her own life at 18, a granddaughter seeks to understand her grandmother’s own suffering at 18, as a holocaust survivor, reflecting on the hostility her grandmother was met with after surviving Auschwitz, and the lack of understanding or tolerance for traumatized individuals in society. Unable to live fully when traumatized, the granddaughter yearns to understand how her grandmother felt, even when embraced by family, and seeks to answer how she herself can live a full life after trauma. In interviewing nearly a dozen relatives she’s never met, she encounters a generation of lost stories, unfinished histories, and invaluable memories, and discovers an even greater gift – a connection to a legacy that takes the entire family by surprise, and a treasure chest of unbelievable, heartbreaking, and even humorous tales of survival, betrayal, devotion, and resilience. Who wins in the battle between history and memory? How do you save a legacy from the battlefield of forgetting? And is anything “just” a story?synopsis:“It was kind of an unstated rule when you’re with Holocaust survivors that you don’t go there. and nobody comes out and says it, but it’s true for all of us that are first generation – you just grew up knowing you didn't go there.”Stage Directions and Voice Mails: Christy Donahue I come from a legacy of holocaust survivors. Why couldn’t I go there? Did anybody know the story?

  John Darling ~ Since May of 1976, John has written and published many short stories, poems, and magazine articles. His lone play, Stage Directions, has been produced in the United States, Canada, and most recently at the Soho Theatre in London, England on October 3, 2012. Most of his publications have been short stories and […]

Today I talk with Professor David A. Miller about his play Semi-Permanent, feature one final interruption from Bagheera the foster cat who was adopted shortly after this episode was recorded (he is no doubt still interrupting podcasts at his new home), and hear an excerpt from Semi-Permanent featuring Christopher Ulloth, Emma Becker, and myself (Stage Directions […]

WHINO By Michael AmanHosted by Robert Rhodes.Tonight’s cast includes:SUSAN FOX as Jehlani: An elegant woman with an apparent mastectomy. SUSAN SKOSKO as Chiasa: Perhaps a large woman, but not necessary. Angry, but doing her best to keep a tight lid on her feelings. And our STAGE DIRECTIONS will be read by our producer RACHEL LOVE.WHINO copyright 2015 by Michael Aman

WHINO By Michael AmanHosted by Robert Rhodes.Tonight’s cast includes:SUSAN FOX as Jehlani: An elegant woman with an apparent mastectomy. SUSAN SKOSKO as Chiasa: Perhaps a large woman, but not necessary. Angry, but doing her best to keep a tight lid on her feelings. And our STAGE DIRECTIONS will be read by our producer RACHEL LOVE.WHINO copyright 2015 by Michael Aman

Actress Juliet Stevenson - whose work on theatre, film and TV includes Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Village and the BAFTA award winning Truly Madly Deeply – comes to Sage. She's joined on stage by Natalie Abrahami, who directed Stevenson in an acclaimed recent revival of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days at the Young Vic in London. They ask: how easy is it to break rules in the theatre?The text of a play contains stage directions - sometimes very precise. If the play is a classic, audiences and critics may have fixed ideas about what they expect to see. Matthew Sweet chairs a discussion which lifts the curtain on the experimentation that goes on in the rehearsal room and before the TV cameras roll.Natalie Abrahami is directing a production of Queen Anne at the Royal Shakespeare Company. It's a new play by Helen Edmundson which explores the relationship between Queen Anne and the Duchess of Marlborough. It runs at the RSC from November 19th 2015. Producer: Sarah Crawley

OnAIR Players presents Coni Ciongoli - Koepfinger's One Act play Garrett The Blue Giraffe. Sandra Bargman reads the part of Israfel the Heavenly Messenger. Rachel Love reads the part of Garrett the Blue Giraffe. Mark Saunders does the Introduction and Stage Directions. And last but not last our Scientific Advisor Robert Rhodes brings us his scientific opinion of the dynamics of possibilities this play presents.Check out this youtube link to see how people are trying to save the Rhinos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm8hsUXJ8Jk

OnAIR Players presents Coni Ciongoli - Koepfinger's One Act play Garrett The Blue Giraffe. Sandra Bargman reads the part of Israfel the Heavenly Messenger. Rachel Love reads the part of Garrett the Blue Giraffe. Mark Saunders does the Introduction and Stage Directions. And last but not last our Scientific Advisor Robert Rhodes brings us his scientific opinion of the dynamics of possibilities this play presents.Check out this youtube link to see how people are trying to save the Rhinos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm8hsUXJ8Jk

In which Aurora spies the museum of the eve of the conference, Nat loses track of time, and Olive meets a game named Emily.

In the Rhetoric and Poetics, Aristotle explores persuasive speech and engages with ancient tragedy

Transcript -- An exploration of the different ways the text can be deciphered and translated for performance.

An exploration of the different ways the text can be deciphered and translated for performance.

An exploration of the different ways the text can be deciphered and translated for performance.

Transcript -- An exploration of the different ways the text can be deciphered and translated for performance.

Do you want to get more out of drama? This unit is designed to develop the analytical skills you need for a more in-depth study of literary plays. You will learn about dialogue, stage directions, blank verse, dramatic structure and conventions and aspects of performance. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 format, some feature such as audio, video and linked PDF are not supported by all ePub readers.

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The Economics of Broadway - With the Corona virus raging, and the entire community shut down, and taking a tremendous economic hit, we thought it would be a good time to break down exactly how the economics of Broadway work - from genesis of a show to closing night on Broadway, and how they affect everyone involved in theater from the writers, to actors, to theater owners to the producers themselves.Hosted by Ashley Griffin (called "The Hermione Granger of the theater world,") STAGE DIRECTIONS offers a deeper look at the things no one discusses contemporary theater. Exploring everything from the dichotomy between critical and audience reception, whether fairy tales are important to modern day storytelling, and whether "high" and "low" musical theater can ever find common ground, Ashley will examine ideas you "didn't know you didn't know."