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Theatrical ShenanigansTheatrical Shenanigans Play A Day Special - Day 13 - "Cats" By George SapioWelcome to the biggest project we've ever run on Theatrical Shenanigans!
In support of the 'Facing February' playwriting challenge (https://www.facebook.com/groups/417549604186094) run by the fabulous Debra A. Cole (https://debraacolescripts.com/), we here at Theatrical Shenanigans will be entertaining you with a different play EVERY DAY through February.
Today we have a piece entitled “Cats” by Costa Rica based playwright, author and host of the podcast ‘Onstage/Offstage’, George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio, https://gsapio.wixsite.com/gsapio & https://onstageoffstage.podbean.com/)
George was inspired to write this play by t...
2025-02-1314 minTheatrical ShenanigansTheatrical Shenanigans Play A Day Special - Day 13 - "Cats" By George SapioWelcome to the biggest project we've ever run on Theatrical Shenanigans!
In support of the 'Facing February' playwriting challenge (https://www.facebook.com/groups/417549604186094) run by the fabulous Debra A. Cole (https://debraacolescripts.com/), we here at Theatrical Shenanigans will be entertaining you with a different play EVERY DAY through February.
Today we have a piece entitled “Cats” by Costa Rica based playwright, author and host of the podcast ‘Onstage/Offstage’, George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio, https://gsapio.wixsite.com/gsapio & https://onstageoffstage.podbean.com/)
George was inspired to write this play by t...
2025-02-1314 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#183: Play reading - "Where Do We Go?" / Raymond AlvinDanny's on the run and hiding out from a guy who should never have been crossed. Good thing he's got his best friend Charlie with him. Featuring Sean Kimber as Danny and George Sapio as Charlie. Plus, we have a very down-to-Earth talk with the playwright, Raymond Alvin. Come join us!
Raymond's Facebook page
2024-10-1524 minOnstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#183: Play reading - "Where Do We Go?" / Raymond AlvinDanny's on the run and hiding out from a guy who should never have been crossed. Good thing he's got his best friend Charlie with him. Featuring Sean Kimber as Danny and George Sapio as Charlie. Plus, we have a very down-to-Earth talk with the playwright, Raymond Alvin. Come join us!
Raymond's Facebook page
2024-10-1524 min
Theatrical ShenanigansMini Shenanigans - Episode 8 - ”Seasons” by George SapioWelcome once again to our second season of Mini Shenanigans. Between now and the start of Season 3 in April 2024 we will be running one of our mini series where we produce short plays but with no guest interview.
Episode 8 has a play by Theatrical Shenanigans regular, George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio & https://gsapio.wixsite.com/gsapio). The play is entitled "Seasons" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/25876/seasons) and in it we see the Seasons of the year brought to life as characters. Grandma Fall has her hands full getting her exhausted granddaughter Spring out o...
2024-02-2511 minTheatrical ShenanigansMini Shenanigans - Episode 8 - ”Seasons” by George SapioWelcome once again to our second season of Mini Shenanigans. Between now and the start of Season 3 in April 2024 we will be running one of our mini series where we produce short plays but with no guest interview.
Episode 8 has a play by Theatrical Shenanigans regular, George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio & https://gsapio.wixsite.com/gsapio). The play is entitled "Seasons" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/25876/seasons) and in it we see the Seasons of the year brought to life as characters. Grandma Fall has her hands full getting her exhausted granddaughter Spring out o...
2024-02-2511 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#167: Play Reading - For the Record / FJ HartlandFJ Hartland is a playwright, director, and professional actor whose plays have won awards too numerous to mention. His play "For the Record," the next selection in our 2023 theme of Exploration, is a story of two people finding a way to connect and reach an understanding. Join us for a great conversation after the play!
2023-07-0132 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#166: Play reading - Birthday Boat / Michele MarkarianPlaywright / reading. When is a gift worth twice as much? When it includes your partner and helps you conquer a phobia.
Facebook / Twitter / Unborn Children of America / Heuer Publications
2023-06-0129 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#165: Midge GuerreraMidge Guerrera is a playwright, blogger, travel consultant, memoirist, university education planner, arts management/public relations and much more. Our talk this month is chock full of stories, anecdotes, and inspiration.
midgeguerrera.com / New Play Exchange / Facebook / Cars, Castles, Cows, and Chaos / Nonna's Mulberry Tree
2023-05-2751 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#164: Claude Jackson, JrPlaywright, public defender. Claude Jackson's play “Cashed Out” recently had its world premiere at the San Francisco Playhouse. The play deals with Rocky, a mother and an accountant, who has a gambling addiction.
Gila River Indian Community / BroadwayWorld article
2023-04-0149 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#163: Patrick GabridgePlaywright, producer, novelist. Patrick Gabridge is a busy man; he writes site-specific plays, historical novels, and runs the PlaywrightBinge, an online group for playwrights to share information and support.
Website / Facebook / Instagram / Twitter / New Play Exchange / Plays in Place
2023-03-0144 min
Theatrical ShenanigansEpisode 5 - "A Trifle Upset" & George SapioThis week on Theatrical Shenanigans we present the audio play "A Trifle Upset" by UK playwright and founding member of the Norfolk (UK) play writing group, 'Four by Four' Tony Vale, and I have a chat about the piece with playwright, dramaturg and fellow podcast ("Onstage/Offstage") host, George Sapio (onstageoffstage.org, gsapio.com) .Cast:Margaret - Jacqui GarlandGeorge - Patrick Hibbin (http://www.spotlight.com/profile/3414-5612-5037)Play Synopsis:The play tells the story of Margaret, who is looking to show off her creative skills in...
2023-02-2625 min
Theatrical ShenanigansS01 E05 - Episode 5 - ”A Trifle Upset” & George SapioThis week on Theatrical Shenanigans we present the audio play "A Trifle Upset" by UK playwright and founding member of the Norfolk (UK) play writing group, 'Four by Four' Tony Vale, and I have a chat about the piece with playwright, dramaturg and fellow podcast ("Onstage/Offstage") host, George Sapio (onstageoffstage.org, gsapio.com).
Cast:
Margaret - Jacqui Garland
George - Patrick Hibbin (http://www.spotlight.com/profile/3414-5612-5037)
Play Synopsis:
The play tells the story of Margaret, who is looking to show off he...
2023-02-2625 minTheatrical ShenanigansS01 E05 - Episode 5 - ”A Trifle Upset” & George SapioThis week on Theatrical Shenanigans we present the audio play "A Trifle Upset" by UK playwright and founding member of the Norfolk (UK) play writing group, 'Four by Four' Tony Vale, and I have a chat about the piece with playwright, dramaturg and fellow podcast ("Onstage/Offstage") host, George Sapio (onstageoffstage.org, gsapio.com).
Cast:
Margaret - Jacqui Garland
George - Patrick Hibbin (http://www.spotlight.com/profile/3414-5612-5037)
Play Synopsis:
The play tells the story of Margaret, who is looking to show off he...
2023-02-2625 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#162: Claire Lebowitz KingClaire Lebowitz King's play "Outside the Gates", about two mothers, one Iranian, the other American, appeared at the '22 Edinburgh Fringe. An indomitable activist, Claire has also written other insightful social works as well as being a co-founder of Occupy Broadway.
Facebook / Instagram / Twitter / TikTok / Wired / DC Theatre Arts / IMDB
2023-02-0138 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#161: Sarah ShourdHappy New Year, all! We bring you a thrilling talk with playwright Sarah Shourd. Her play "The Box," about prisoners in solitary confinement, toured the US and Europe and was so impactful, it helped changed laws in California.
www.sarahshourd.com / The Box / Of Two Minds / End of Isolation Tour
Mother Jones: How We Survived Two Years of Hell As Hostages in Tehran
2023-01-0148 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#160: Theresa FisherProducer--New Plays for Young Audiences Associate Professor, Bronx Community College.
Facebook / New Plays For Young Audiences
Twitter: @NYUEdTheatre / Instagram: @nyuedtheatre
2022-12-0143 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#159: Play Reading - Jokers in the Pack / Tony ValePlay reading: "Jokers in the Pack"--an inside look at what dogs really talk about while we sip our soy lattes. And a lovely convo with Tony about writing and community activism!
2022-11-0150 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#158: Play reading - Letting Go / by Deirdre GirardPlaywright, teacher. We read Dierdre's play, "Letting Go, our final "Pets" play, and talk about commissions and wooooo...horror-themed plays!
New Play Exchange
2022-10-0245 min
Goddard in the WorldGeorge SapioGeorge Sapio is a playwright/director/producer/dramaturg. His play “Ghosts” won the 2001 Mildred and Albert Panowski Award. He produces and hosts the podcast “Onstage/Offstage,” now in its tenth year, featuring interviews with theatre professionals from around the world and live readings of new short plays. His book “Workshopping the New Play: A Guide for Playwrights, Directors, and Dramaturgs” is published by Hal Leonard/Applause Books. He was the founder and artistic director of the Ithaca Fringe Festival (2013-2017) and founder of Wolf’s Mouth Theatre Company and Bad Dog! Productions. He is also a photojournalist whose book “Collateral Damag...
2022-09-131h 45
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#157: Lisa VillamilPlaywright/Actor/Director. We have a smashing conversation with Lisa Villamil about her play "Sirens," getting started in writing, producing work, and making it in today's theatre world!
New Play Exchange
2022-09-0235 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#156: Play reading - Death of Gingerbread / Rand HigbeePlaywright Rand Higbee joins us for the first of our 2022 plays based on "Pets."
Facebook / New Play Exchange
2022-08-0130 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#155: Mike SockolPlaywright, Actor, Storyteller, Journalist, Community Activist. Mike Sockol and I talk about many things: arts in education, journalism, play critique, his play "In Danger of Falling in Love," and his fight against cancer.
2022-07-0147 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#154: Naked AngelsPlaywrights, actors, producers. Joshua Fardon, Patricia Mario, and Connie Kuntz are the driving forces behind Naked Angels (Chicago branch) which hosts Tuesdays@9, a forum for reading new works.
www.nakedangels.com / Facebook / Instagram
2022-06-011h 00
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#153: Katie HartmanTheatre Maker!/Playwright/Actor/Musician. Katie Hartman is many things: a playwright, actor, singer, musician. Her career has taken her around the world (as one-half of The Coldharts) with such macabre works as Edgar Allan and the Unrepentant Necrophile (a musical). Now she's taken the production reins of the Cincinnati Fringe.
The Coldharts / Facebook / Twitter: @cincyfringe / Instagram @cincyfringe / Instagram @katiehartmankatiehartman / Instagram @thecoldharts
2022-05-0140 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#152: Debbie LamedmanPlaywright/Editor/Teaching Artist. Debbie is the editor for Smith and Kraus's books: Best 10-Minute Plays of 2021, Best Women's Monologues 2021, Best Men's Monologues 2021. She also writes plays for young adults!
www.debbielamedman.com / New Play Exchange
2022-04-0154 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#151: KJ SanchezTheatre maker/director/producer/documentary maker/
Asst. professor/Head of M.F.A. Directing - Univ. Texas @ Austin.
KJ uses interviews and historical research to glean material for her plays, which cover a multitude of engrossing subjects.
Howlround article / Univ. of Texas/Austin / American Records
2022-03-0150 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#150: John MabeyPlaywright, Mental Health Counselor. John's having a remarkable year as a playwright--winner of the 2021 Panowski Award!
Website / Instagram / Twitter
2022-02-0153 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#149: Rachel Feeny-WilliamsPlaywright, Internet group host. An unstoppable playwright and host of the Internet theatre group Literary and Discourse Society.
Literary and Discourse Society / #literarydiscoursesociety, #rachelfeenywilliams
2022-01-0137 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#148: Jacquelyn Reingold / Cheryl DavisThe Honor Roll/Playwrights/Activists/Arts Leaders. "She Persisted" Monologues by/for Women Over 40. The Honor Roll moves ever forward with a new collection of monologues written by and for women over 40.
The Honor Roll / Website - The Honor Roll
#womenover40,#thehonorroll,#womenplaywrights,#activists,#underrepresented,#lucywang,#cherylldavis,#yvetteheyliger,#ageism
2021-12-0142 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#147: Robyn Dickinson / Jeff DunneMasterminds behind the Facebook group "Caravan Productions". In The Time of Covid, theatre takes to the Interwebs with ingenuity and gusto. Dickinson and Dunne provide a welcoming group for playwrights and actors.
Caravan Productions / #caravanproductions
2021-11-0151 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#146: Play reading: The Fugitive / Ken LevinePlaywright, screenwriter, podcast host, baseball play-by-play announcer. The fifth of our plays featuring roles for women over 40. Plus an interview with the playwright!
Facebook / Website / New Play Exchange /
PODCAST: HollywoodandLevine
2021-10-0143 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#145: Play reading: Turtle House / Jocelyn HandyPlaywright, actor, board president, Mom. The fourth of our plays featuring roles for women over 40. Plus an interview with the playwright!
Royal River Community Players
2021-09-0126 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#144: Play reading: Missing / Robin PondPlaywright, linguist. The third of our plays featuring roles for women over 40. Plus an interview with the playwright.
Eldridge Plays - Robin Pond
#robinpond,#linguistics,#eldridgeplays
2021-08-0131 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#143: Play Reading - Invisible Foe / Michele A. MillerPlaywright, non-profit consultant, archeologist. The second of our plays featuring roles for women over 40. Plus an interview with the playwright.
New Play Exchange
#micheleamiller,#nonprofit,#archeology,#playwriting
2021-07-0132 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#142: Ilasiea GrayActress. Teaching artist. Children's theatre director. Ilasiea Gray talks about the joys of teaching children's theatre, advocating for parity and equality, and her experiences as a black actress in a mostly white profession.
#ilasieagray,#acting,#teaching,#childrenstheatre,#racism
2021-06-0136 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#141: Play reading - Free Hugs / Debra KaufmanPlaywright, poet. The first in our 2021 series of play readings featuring roles for women over 50. Can two sisters find a way past social prejudices and traumatic past experiences?
https://www.debrakaufman.info/
#debrakaufman,#playwriting,#poetry,#freehugs
2021-05-0134 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#140: Royal ShiréePlaywright, Director, Performer, Political Advocate, Edutainer.
Royal Shiree's new work is "Lamentations"; a powerful work that addresses America's tragic history of racism. Incorporating movement pieces as well as narrative, "Lamentations" illustrates the immoral societal and religious basis of racism in the United States while reaching for a new form of historical education centered in hearing the voices of those heretofore suppressed.
New Play Exchange
Resident Playwright/Board member at Hamner Theatre
#royalshiree,#playwriting,#racism,#caregiving
2021-04-0143 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#139: Women of the Honor RollArts Leaders, Activists, Playwrights, Educators. The Honor Roll is an all over-40 female-identifying organization whose purpose is to increase their rightful inclusion in all areas of theatre.
#womenover40,#thehonorroll,#womenplaywrights,#activists,#underrepresented,#lucywang,#cherylldavis,#yvetteheyliger,#ageism
2021-03-0142 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#138: Michael J. BobbitArts Leader, Playwright, Antiracist Arts Advocate. We discuss inclusion and parity of boards in white-run theatre, the evolution of BIPOC voices in our arts, and the recognition and eradication of racist practices in American theatre.
#michaelbobbitt,#newrepertorytheatre,#inclusion,#parity,#racism,#bipoc,#boards,#newadventure
2021-02-0158 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#137: Janice RabianCostume Designer, storyteller. She conducted a research survey of a number of theatres and asked them specifics on how Covid-19 had affected their professions. Janice learned more than she expected.
#janicerabian,#costumedesign,#covid19
2021-01-0145 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#136: Chanel BraggAssociate Artistic Director, Actor. Chanel Bragg is a powerhouse in theatre; her diversity work puts her at the top of her game, and earns her a co-artistic directorship at Arizona Theatre.
#diversity,#edi,#arizonatheatre,#covid19
2020-12-0150 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#135: Play reading: Threatened Panda Fights Back / Rex McGregorPlaywright. When an image change is called for, power structures in the world of wildlife politics start to crumble.
#comedy,#panda,#dodo,#zoo
2020-11-0138 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#134: Kelvin Dinkins / Al HeartleyAfter George Floyd was murdered, many theatres decided it was finally time to announce that Black Lives Matter. Our guests' article in Howlround discussed this and the continual low numbers of black artists in theatre management.
Howlround article: "We Don’t Want Your Statements, American Theatre, or, The Solidarity We Actually Needed"
#equity,#diversity,#inclusion,#blacktheatre,#BIPOC,#blacklivesmatter,#race
2020-10-011h 03Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#134: Kelvin Dinkins / Al HeartleyAfter George Floyd was murdered, many theatres decided it was finally time to announce that Black Lives Matter. Our guests' article in Howlround discussed this and the continual low numbers of black artists in theatre management.
Howlround article: "We Don’t Want Your Statements, American Theatre, or, The Solidarity We Actually Needed"
#equity,#diversity,#inclusion,#blacktheatre,#BIPOC,#blacklivesmatter,#race
2020-10-011h 03Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#133: Play reading - The Tinkerbell Situation / Marc PaykussPlaywright. The guinea pig got lost again and found its way into the clothes dryer. Now how does Mom tell her daughter?
#darkcomedy,#guineapig,#motherdaughter
2020-09-0126 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#132: Play reading - Choices / James McLindonThe terms of this loan seem just a wee bit too easy. What's the catch? Plus an interview with James McLindon.
www.jamesmclindon.com / New Play Exchange /
#darkcomedy, #studentloans, #payoff
2020-08-0140 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#131: Play reading - White Dress / Laura ShamasPlaywright, writer (stage, screen, prose, non-fiction), theater artist. All Ben needs are a few pictures of a bench, but there's an obstacle: A runaway bride in need of assistance! Plus an interview with the playwright!
2020-07-0135 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#130: Play Reading - ”Curse Of the Bambino” / A.J. SagePlaywright, artistic director, actor. Carl "comes out" to his father, Paul, who, while stunned, endeavors to understand how something like this could happen.
#baseball,#yankees,#redsox,#lgbt
2020-06-0241 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#129: Marshall BotvinickTheatre educator, Playwright, Dramaturg. Who's writing the plays these days? And whose stories are they telling? Marshall talks about his statistical research into 80 LORT and NNPN productions during the 2019-2020 season.
https://howlround.com/commons/marshall-botvinick
#marshallbotvinick,#theatrestatistics
2020-05-0248 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#128: Anna MoenchPlaywright, screenwriter. Anna's plays include “Man of God (Interact Theatre, Philadelphia), and “Mothers,” which was (Playwrights Realm). We talk about the seamy underside of modern life; the male gaze, electronic prying eyes, book adaptations, and biking across the United States.
https://annamoench.com/
2020-04-0245 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#127: Vivian LermondPlaywright/Artistic Director/Actor/Script Analysis. This month we highlight playwright Vivian Lermond, who, aside from writing her own works and teaching playwriting, is also a script analysis specialist who evaluates script pitches and screenplay submissions. Funky talk about crafting scripts!
2020-03-0147 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#126: Isabella MadrigalPlaywright/Director/Producer/Actor. A very special episode indeed. We speak with Isabelle Madrigal, whose play "Menil and Her Heart" deals with the subject of indigenous women who have been murdered or have gone missing. Isabella, a member of the Cahuilla nation, wrote, directed, produced (each for the first time), and acted in the production.
Desert Sun article
2020-02-0148 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#125 Abraham JohnsonPlaywright. We have some great talk with playwright Abraham Johnson about caring for queer playwrights, the Lambda Emerging LGBTQ Retreat, and among other things, the Paula Vogel Bake-Off.
abewritesplays.com / New Play Exchange
2020-01-0146 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#124: Tonia SinaExecutive Director, Intimacy Directors International. We discuss the touchy situations of handling intimacy on stage. With safety, dignity, and protection as the standards, we find out how sensitive choreography and personal regard are established and maintained.
https://www.teamidi.org/
#intimacydirectors,#safetyonstage,#theatre,#rehearsal,#choreography
2019-12-0151 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#123: Rose Burnett BonczekDirector/Teacher. We have a joyous talk about teaching, students, creating moments in the classroom and on stage and also the Gi60 Festival, where one-minute plays from around the world are performed.
https://www.roseburnettbonczek.com/
2019-11-021h 03
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#122 Hannah BenitezPlaywright/Actor/Musician. Hannah Benitez talks about her *two* plays in development, whitewashing in theatre, cultural identity, and much more.
hannahbenitezwriter.com / www.hannahbenitez.com
2019-10-0247 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#121: Martin DockeryStoryteller/Playwright/Performer. Master storyteller and performance artist Martin Dockery talks about solo performing around the world, developing new material from life experience and the imagination.
martindockery.com
#soloperforming,#monologues,#storytelling,#martindockery
2019-09-0253 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#120: Dominique KelleyChoreographer. Choreography! Dominique and I chat about all the things it takes to make those wonderful terpsichorean stage moments happen, working with name players, and the joys of moving your body to whatever music you have on hand.
www.domkelley.com / instagram.com/domkelley/
#choreography,#dominiquekelley,#dance,#percussion,#musicals
2019-08-0251 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#119: Cristina D’AlmeidaStage manager. Cristina talks about how critical the position is, what it takes to be an effective and efficient member of a theatrical production, and how she preps and gets the job done.
Blog writing / #stagemanaging,#blogger
2019-07-0234 minOnstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#118: Peggy CareyStage manager/production director/actor. We talk about the life of a production assistant (she was Production Director of the Ithaca Fringe Festival and now works for the Public Theatre). She's one of the people who does what it takes to make putting on a show--in her case, show after show after show--possible.
2019-06-0241 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#117: Camilla SchadePlaywright/Director/Actor/Teacher. Camilla Schade is one of those people who was born to do theatre. She writes, performs, directs, teaches, and is one of the loveliest persons on the planet. We talk about her new show, "Bones", coping with cancer and using the experience for creative purposes, and being able to out-fart a high school class.
2019-04-1631 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#116: Mark PritchardDramaturg. This month we reach clear around the world to beautiful Melbourne and delve deep into all things dramaturgical with dramaturg Mark Pritchard. Before we ever get to see the curtain rise, there's so much work that goes into the text.
http://www.markpritchardmakestheatre.com / dramaturgyxcuration.com / https://malthousetheatre.com.au
2019-04-0249 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#115: Michael BurgosPlaywright/Solo performer. Having one play take you around the world for four years is pretty neat. Michael Burgos' hit play, "The Eulogy" has done just that.
http://www.theeulogyplay.com
2019-03-0253 minOnstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#114: S.P. MonahanPlaywright/actor. We talk about whether cisgender playwrights can or should include transgender characters in their work and, if so, how to do so and do justice to the trans community?
Website / "Dear Cisgender Writer"
2019-02-0244 minOnstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#113: Travis Russ / Anthony Dvarskas / Life Jacket TheatreDocumentary theatre producers. Life Jacket Theatre's Travis Russ and Anthony Dvarskas talk about creating and producing documentary theatre and their last production, "America Is Hard To See," about a rural American community for sex offenders buried deep in Florida's sugarcane fields.
http://www.lifejackettheatre.org
2019-01-0251 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#112: Jamie MacPhersonFight choreographer/trainer. We talk with fight trainer/choreographer Jamie MacPherson and find out all about working with young theatre artists, especially in today's apprehensive world when it comes to confrontational physical training. It's a lot more work than you might think. (Or maybe you might.)
https://www.jamiemacpherson.com
#theatre,#fightchoreography
2018-12-0247 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#111: Diana BurbanoPlaywright/actor/teaching artist. L.A. playwright/actor/teaching artist DianaBurbano! We talk LatinX playwrights, Latina characterization, and why women don't submit their work as much as men.
http://dianaburbano.com
2018-11-0249 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#110: Solomon WeisbardLighting designer. He's spending his days lighting open-air amphitheatres in Italy. It's not as grueling as it sounds. But it is a labor of love, and Solomon paints his sets beautifully.
www.solweisbard.com/
#lightingdesign,#theatretech
2018-10-0233 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#109: Christine BarclayEducator/producer/director. Her students were rehearsing at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School when the shooter began his spree. This is how a teacher and her students begin to make sense out of the days that follow.
barclayperformingarts.com
2018-09-0243 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#108: Phaedra ScottDirector/dramaturg/writer/journalist. We get into some deep talk about the art and intricacies of dramaturgy, racial and gender parity in current American theatre, and producing new plays by new voices.
www.phaedrascott.com / www.blacktheatrecommons.org
2018-08-0247 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#107: Dierdre KinahanPlaywright. We talk about women in irish theatre, self producing, her early works, writing technique and the dynamics of economical language. We also spoke about making audiences think, about the politics of life that characters carry with them and how playwrights underscore large issues with singular humanities.
#irishplaywright,#femaleplaywright
2018-07-0242 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#106: Holly L. DerrPlaywright/director/professor of theater. #Metoo. Talking about incidents that happen in the theatre world, how to out them, prevent them, and eliminate them.
https://hollyderr.com/
http://howlround.com/authors/holly-derr
http://howlround.com/metoo-power-complicity-and-collective-responsibility
http://anniefinch.com/some-things-ive-been-ashamed-to-share-about-being-a-woman-writer-until-now/
https://monicacatherine.com/2018/03/28/a-case-study-of-how-the-machinery-of-enablement-works-in-american-theatre/
https://www.americantheatre.org/2017/12/06/unmuffling-a-culture-of-silence/
http://www.theaterjones.com/ntx/features/20171202133546/2017-12-05/Lee-Trull-Accused-of-Misconduct
https://www.facebook.com/monicabyrne13/posts/10103923958502528
2018-06-0148 minOnstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#105: Elana Gartner / Rebecca BurtonAdvocates for Gender Parity in Theatre. It's all about gender parity (or disparity, really) in theatre. What are the stats and how do we level the playing field?
www.elanagartner.com
www.womenplaywrights.org
elanagartner.com/links/genderparity.html
howlround.com/a-brief-history-of-the-gender-parity-movement-in-theatre
howlround.com/gender-parity-in-canadian-theatre
lafpi.com/2015/07/dramatists-guild-national-conference-writechange-the-count/
#genderparity,#elanagartner,#rebeccaburton
2018-05-0133 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#103: David HansonPlaywright/Artistic Director/Producer...and one of the founders of the Midwest Dramatists Center, which just produced its first annual Midwest Dramatists Conference. He's also a novelist of somewhat special subjects!
2018-03-0145 minOnstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#102: George SimonNYC producer, George talks about their experiences creating the Midtown Festival and dealing with one of the biggest theatre communities in the world.
2018-02-0141 minOnstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#102: George SimonNYC producer, George talks about their experiences creating the Midtown Festival and dealing with one of the biggest theatre communities in the world.
2018-02-0141 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#101: Valerie HagerPlaywright. She writes and performs her one-woman show, "Naked in Alaska," about her life experience as a dancer in Anchorage.
2018-01-0130 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#99: Play reading - Hole to China / A.J. SageDigging a Hole. To China.
2017-12-0122 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#98: Sadie Bowman / Ricky CoatesPlaywrights, educators. Theatre for grammar and high schoolers (yes, and adults, too!) with scientific content. Sadie and Ricky make Tesla, Marie Curie, and Sir Isaac Newton not just mirthful, but musical!
www.matheatre.com
2017-11-0143 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#97: ”Resist” Play Reading - War Pig / Naomi WestermanPlaywright. One must always speak out. Even if the audience isn't friendly.
naomiwesterman.com
2017-10-2425 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#96: ”Resist” Play Reading - The Art of Stopping / Thomas J. MisuracaPlaywright. No telling when you'll reach your limit.
2017-10-1827 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#95: ”Resist” Play Reading - The Ark / Matthew WeaverPlaywright. And *you* thought packing for a trip was a hassle!
Website
2017-10-0139 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#94: Gwydion SuilebhanPlaywright/ (Then) Dir. Brand and Marketing, Wooly Mammoth Theatre, Project Director for the New Play Exchange.
2017-09-0139 minOnstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#93: Jeremy Webb / Jessica HannaDirectors/actors. Two directors talk about selecting one play from a pot of over 800. Then taking that winning play and producing it at opposite ends of the United States.
Jeremy Webb on IMDB
Jessica Hanna - Facebook
Bootleg Theatre
Hope and Optimism Foundation (Stage)
2017-08-0150 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#92: Amy OestreicherPlaywright/performer/motivational speaker. It's a given that life's detours frequently spur creativity. Amy Oestreicher's detours have been more severe than many. So she's taking them on the road with her.
Note: Ms. Oestreicher passed away in 2021. An obituary can be found here.
amyoes.com / TedX – YouTube
2017-07-0140 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#91: Jonathan DorfPlaywright/teacher. Jonathan is a playwright, screenwriter, teacher, and knows the business of getting one's creative work to the audiences. Knows all, and is willing to tell all!
jonathandorf.com
2017-06-0151 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#90: Michole BiancosinoPlaywright/producer. Talk about a busy person! Running a theatre company in NYC; workshopping new plays; Project Y, and the Women in Theatre Festival.
micholebiancosino.com
projectytheatre.org/
2017-05-0141 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#89: E-hui WooLighting designer/electrician. We talk about the different ways to light a show, find its visual mood, accent the director's vision and playwright's purpose--all without getting zapped!
e-hui.info
2017-04-0135 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#88: Zakiyyah Alexander / The Kilroy AwardsPlaywright/screenwriter. The Kilroys are an organization of female Los Angeles area playwrights who recognize and award theatres across the country for promoting and producing female playwrights.
thekilroys.org
#kilroys,#kilroyawards,#playwright,#screeenwriter,#ZakiyyahAlexander
2017-03-0135 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#87: Pete RushActor/director/designer. Set design, proper costuming technique, installation art, directing. Pete does it all.
peterush.com
#peterush,#setdesign,#costumedesign,#acting
2017-02-0147 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#86: Howard ShermanArts administrator/producer, theatre advocate. Arts Integrity, diverse casting, changing sociopolitics, Sweeney Todd for high schoolers, and a guy dressed in tiny blue shorts walking around Times Square.
hesherman.com / Twitter
2017-01-011h 03
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#85: Seasonal Play Reading; Never Wear a Dead Man’s Shoes / Judd Lear SilvermanPlaywright/Educator. Seasonal play reading 2016 #3: Second-hand shoes bring first-hand trouble. A clever comedy by JL Silverman.
Website
2016-12-2035 minOnstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#84: Seasonal Play Reading - Drive Buy / James C. FergusonBuying a house is taxing enough without Mom's more-than-friendly input. A hilarious family comedy!
Website
2016-12-0632 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#83: Seasonal Play Reading - New Year’s Eve / David MacGregorDavid MacGregor's "New Year's Eve" takes us to a bittersweet and funny annual event at a assisted living facility. One hard-working, well-meaning aide (Sylvie Yntema) meets one really cranky patient (Milo Bohack). And an interview with the playwright.
Interview: character development
2016-12-0142 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#82: Lauren Singerman / Dano MaddenPlaywright/teacher; actor/producer/teacher/voice coach. This month's Onstage/Offstage guests Lauren Singerman and Dano Madden talk about their new web series, "Precious Cargo"! And you thought tutoring was easy? We also discuss producing, directing one's own work, and voice coaching. Its a fun one--tune in!
danomadden.com / laurensingerman.com / preciouscargowebseries.com
2016-11-0143 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#81: Sylvia Milo / Jody Christopherson / ”The Other Mozart”Playwright/producer, actors. Turns out Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a sister who was an outstanding and well-known talent at the harpsichord and, from the sparse evidence, an able composer as well. Sylvia Milo found this historical omission an unforgivable lapse and decided to let audiences know all about Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart. She wrote "The Other Mozart," which stars herself and Jody Christopherson (as well as other actors in rep).
theothermozart.com / sylviamilo.com / jodychristopherson.wixsite.com
2016-10-0137 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#80: Sam BuggelnArtistic director, producer. Sam's been around: New York City, Portland Stage, Ithaca, NY. We talk about starting up a new theatre company, building a whole new space to go with it, theatre from non-U.S. sources, the fun and intericacies of translations, and much more.
thecherry.org / buggeln.net
2016-09-0151 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#79: Play Reading: This Particular Crevasse / Rex McGregorA short play about taking a leap of faith by New Zealander Rex McGregor.
Website
2016-08-1611 min
Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast#78: Play Reading: Catatonic / Nedra Pezola RobertsPlaywright. We read Atlanta playwright Nedra Pezold Roberts' play "Catatonic," and talk playwright shop with the author.
Website
2016-08-0238 min