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City Cast HoustonA Real-Life Ghost Story from The WoodlandsWhen playwright Brendan Bourque-Sheil was 18, he and his mom lived in an apartment in The Woodlands. One night, they started hearing a knocking sound that kept waking them up around 3 a.m. Eventually, his mom became convinced that there was a ghost in the house. Brendan tells the true story of their ghostly encounter, and talks with host Lisa Gray about why it's still impactful years later.Check out Grown-Up Storytime, where Brendan first shared this story.Want more Houston news? Then make sure to sign up for our...
2022-10-3113 min
Queer VoicesApril 1st 2022 Queer VoicesSend us a textPride Grand Marshal nominees -- New Play at StagesWe speak with two candidates for Pride grand marshal, Andrew Edmonson and Melissa Vivanco. Andrew is one of the male identifying candidates while Melissa is a finalist for female identifying candidates. We speak the work each has done in Houston’s LGBTQ community as well as how they came out. Voting for grand Marshal is restricted to Houston and the surrounding areas (100 mile radius from downtown). Voting ends Friday, April 15th at 5pmGUEST: Andrew Edmonson and Melissa Vivanco ht...
2022-04-011h 01
The Landing Theatre New Works PodcastDavid Davila on Aztec Pirates, A Latinx Fantasia on National Themes, Part One: The Insignificance of Life on MarsDavid Davila delves into the challenges and thrills of writing a play trilogy that fuses headlines with history, in constructing a grand fantasia on national themes.
David’s website
David’s New Play Exchange Profile
Jaime Lozano’s website
2021-05-0257 min
The Landing Theatre New Works PodcastSpencer Huffman on The Baseball GodsSpencer Huffman offers his thoughts on artistic residencies, crafting non-linear stories, sports movies, the slow-acting heartbreak of realizing you're not going to play professional baseball, and more, in this conversation about his new play, The Baseball Gods.
Spencer’s Website
Spencer’s Profile on The New Play Exchange
The Kerouac Project’s website
Bramble Theatre Company’s website
2021-05-0138 min
The Landing Theatre New Works PodcastRachel Bykowski on The Forgotten Language of the Handshake or The Torso PlayRachel Bykowski pontificates on critics, world building, writing so-called “unproducable” plays, and more, in this conversation about her new play The Forgotten Language of The Handshake or The Torso Play.
Synopsis: "Welcome to the United Levels, a distant future that is closer than we think. Formally known as the United States of America with parts of Canada and Mexico. Citizens are defined by the amount of debt plaguing their finances and divided by their financial status into Levels. Level 1 being the wealthiest, Level 10 being the poorest. Sachs, a Level 9, uses her position as a Personal Journalist to help...
2021-04-2551 min
The Landing Theatre New Works PodcastEugenie Carabatsos on A Series of Inelastic CollisionsIn episode six, we hear from Eugenie Carabatsos, about how she untangled and interwove the complex threads of family, politics, isolation, and connection in her new play, A Series of Inelastic Collisions.
"After the death of her husband, Rain moves in with her estranged son, whose recent religious conversion has brought on major life changes, including fostering two teenagers. Isolated from her family, Rain finds connection and intimacy with the strangers she interacts with while phone-banking for her preferred presidential candidate."
For more info on Eugenie's work, check out:
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2021-04-2437 min
The Landing Theatre New Works PodcastBernardo Cubría on The Play You Want In episode five, Brendan talks to Bernardo Cubría about The Play You Want, a searing, hilarious, and fearlessly honest satire of the American Theatre, and himself.
"Fed-up by the theatre world's desires to box him in, Mexican playwright Bernardo Cubría sarcastically pitches “Nar-Cocos” a play about drug dealers on Dia de los Muertos. Much to his surprise, the Public Theatre picks it up. With financial pressures mounting and a newborn at home, this is his chance at a commercial success. But when Scott Rudin offers him a Broadway run on the condition he furthe...
2021-03-0148 min
The Landing Theatre New Works PodcastArthur M. Jolly on The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha ChristieIn our fourth episode, playwright Arthur M. Jolly takes a brief shore leave from his life at sea to talk about his new play The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie. Part fact and part fiction, Jolly's play is a thrilling and clever celebration of three iconic writers -- Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and Arthur Conan Doyle -- swept up in a real life mystery worthy of their novels. For further reading check out
Arthur's Website
Arthur's New Play Exchange Profile
A Pirate's Life For Three
The Landing Theatre's Website
2021-01-2746 min
The Landing Theatre New Works PodcastJuan Ramirez, Jr. on Calling Puerto RicoIn our third episode, Juan Ramirez, Jr. talks about his harrowing new play Calling Puerto Rico: “In New York City, Joel is an amateur radio operator who has not been out of his attic apartment for about a year. He gets news about Tropical Storm Maria and the potential it has to harm Puerto Rico. Worried, he decides to reach out over the radio to a man he hasn’t spoken to in a long time, his grandfather, Aníbal.”
For more information on what we discuss you can visit:
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Juan’s...
2020-12-2942 min
The Landing Theatre New Works PodcastAmy Berryman on The New GalileosIn our second episode, Amy Berryman discusses her timely and acclaimed play The New Galileos, wherein three scientists are held hostage by the government for their stance on climate change. The play weaves between their current crisis and their pasts, leading them to an interrogation room. What will be the price of their freedom?
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Amy’s Twitter
Amy’s profile on New Play Exchange
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
The Landing Theatre Company websit...
2020-12-2936 min
The Landing Theatre New Works PodcastElizabeth A.M. Keel on Deborah, The Mostly True Story of a Revolutionary WomanIn our first episode, playwright Elizabeth Keel talks about the creation of her play Deborah, based on historical icon Deborah Sampson. For more info on what we discuss check out:
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Elizabeth's New Play Exchange profile
Our website
Masquerade by Alfred Young, recommended by Elizabeth for anyone who wants to know more about Deborah's life
Alex Myers, writer and descendant of Deborah Samson
2020-11-2843 min
Rec Room ArtsSunrise Coven: Act IAct I of Sunrise Coven by Brendan Bourque-Sheil. The play was developed through the Rec Room Writer's Group and presented as part of the Sound Script Project.
2020-10-221h 00Rec Room ArtsSunrise Coven: Playwright & Director InterviewPlaywright Brendan Bourque-Sheil and director Leslie Swackhamer discuss the play's development.
2020-10-2217 minRec Room ArtsSunrise Coven: Act IIAct II of Sunrise Coven by Brendan Bourque-Sheil. The play was developed through the Rec Room Writer's Group and presented as part of the Sound Script Project.
2020-10-2253 min