Luchan Baker is our next guest. I had the pleasure of directing this disciplined actor when Lower Bottom Playaz in Radio Golf – Luchan is meticulous, always ready for work, and really breathed life in the character Sterling, the blue collar classmate of the upper class Harmond. Norman and I talk to Luchan, finding about his upbringing, his views on theatre and where he sees himself in the future.
Luchan can be contacted directly via Facebook and Instagram: @bro.luchan
SHOWS:
Playground Innovators Showcase (Potrero Stage)
Nov 25 26
Latinex Mafia’s staged reading of BUSCANDO AL ULTIMO HOMBRE GAY
Letitia Duarte (Episode 119) is in the reading
Kunoichi Productions’ staged reading of Throw Away Temple
https://playground-sf.org/incubator/
The Legend of Georgia McBride (Center Rep at the Lesher Center for the Arts)
LAST SHOW TOMORROW
Jed Parsario (Episodes 63 & 186) is in the show
Alan Coyne (Episodes 29 & 233) is in the show
Elizabeth Carter (Episodes 159) is directing the show
https://www.lesherartscenter.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/15629/3149
Joe Turner’s Come And Gone (Lower Bottom Playaz)
LAST SHOW TOMORROW
Dr. Ayodele Nzinga (Episode 257) is directing the show
http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com
We Are Continuous (New Conservatory Theatre Center)
LAST SHOW TOMORROW
Shawnj West (Episode 146) is directing the show
Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer of the show
https://nctcsf.org
The Umbrella Play (Phoenix Theatre)
Nov 11 – Dec 2nd
Linda Ayers-Frederick (Episode 31) wrote the play
https://www.phoenixtheatresf.org
Sleeping Beauty (Presidio Theatre)
Dec 1 – 30
Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 and 225) and Sharon Shao (Episode 176) will be in this show
https://www.presidiotheatre.org/show/2023sleepingbeauty/
The Man Who Saved Christmas (Chanticleers Theatre)
Dec 1 – 17
Curtis Manning aka CJ Strickland (Episode 216) is in the show
https://www.chanticleers.org
Home For The Holidays (Contra Costa Civic Theatre)
Dec 8-10 and 15-17
Lamont Ridgell (Episode 122) and Anita Viramontes (Episode 121) are in the show
https://ccct.org
The Play That Goes Wrong (San Jose Stage)
Nov 15 – Dec 10
Nick Mandracchia (Episode 43) is in the show
John Rhys Williams (Episode 158) is in the show
https://www.thestage.org/the-play-that-goes-wrong
Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out!
The Black Man’s Heart
On Spotify and all your podcast apps
Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It’s Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It’s Generational on all podcast apps.
Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app.
Our good friend Aaron Henne is the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk in LA and they have their podcast – The Dybbokast. Through a combination of performed readings and interviews with artists and scholars, The Dybbukast brings these creations and their historical contexts to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today
Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app.
Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay)
Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)
