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The Audition HelperDirector and Playwright Joan ThorneJoan Thorne's career goes way back to assisting Zelda Fichhandler at Arena Stage and legendary director Alan Schneider who directed the American premiere of Waiting for Godot. Joan Thorne's career has crossed paths with Becket, Pinter, Edward Albee, and Thornton Wilder. She even had a run in with Katharine Hepburn. Hear stories of these legends firsthand through Joan's dazzling life in the American Theatre.
2023-09-0444 min
Rep Radio - An Em3ry ProductionRR_S13E07 - A Leg Up - Marla AlpertA Leg Up By Ken KaissarDirector Amy KaissarSeptember 20, 2022 – October 9, 2022A world premiere comedy for the 21st century!Initially slated for its world premiere in the 2019/20 season, this witty and outlandish story is a new comedy for the 21st century written as a traditional farce. In A Leg Up, Charles Griffin III (O’Neil) has staked what’s left of his fortune on the new Miraculous Knee-to-Toe XR-3000 with 3D Helix, an intelligent prosthetic leg, designed for a presidential candidate, Senator Sam Wannamead (Hogan). Unfortunately, his mistress Laurie (Hamilton) announ...
2022-09-2700 min
The Audition HelperPulitzer Prize Finalist Clare BarronPlaywright and Pulitzer Prize finalist Clare Barron stops by to talk about her latest play Shhh which premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company in January. Clare talks about feeling exposed and vulnerable in her writing, and her experience with sexual assault.
2022-05-1356 min
The Audition HelperTony Award Nominated Actor Jeremy ShamosJeremy Shamos stops by to discuss working with Denzel Washington and George C. Wolfe in the film version of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, as well as his Tony-nominated role in Bruce Norris's Clyborne Park which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2011. Jeremy discusses his trajectory as an actor as well his experience in his favorite productions.
2022-01-3042 min
The Audition HelperBroadway Actor Namir SmallwoodNamir Smallwood stops by to talk about being in one of the first shows to open on Broadway after the pandemic shutdown, and about his upcoming performance in Tracy Lett's Bug at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
2021-11-1749 min
The Audition HelperTony Award Winner Kara YoungKara Young stops by to talk about her experience acting in C.A. Johnson's All the Natalie Portman's at MCC and what it was like to work with director Kate Whoriskey. Kara talks about what it takes to live the life of a professional actor. "Respect the hustle."
2021-06-1348 min
The Audition HelperTalent Manager and Producer Jen NamoffTalent Manager and Producer Jen Namoff stops by to share her advice for actors from years of managing great talent like Gavin Creel, Katrina Lenk, and Titus Burgess. Jen has produced Broadway shows, like How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and the film version of The Last Five Years with Anna Kendrick. She's a wealth of knowledge and great advice on how actors can best represent themselves.
2021-04-1237 min
The Audition HelperOrange is the New Black star Lea DeLariaLea DeLaria from Netflix's Orange is the New Black drops by to discuss her journey from stand-up comic to jazz singer to her illustrious acting career on the stage and screen. Hear all about her experiences on the Arsenio Hall Show and the Broadway productions of On the Town and The Rocky Horror Show.
2021-01-1153 min
The Audition HelperTony Award Nominee Rory O'MalleyStar of Broadway's The Book of Mormon, Rory O'Malley, drops by to talk about his journey and career. From his cameo appearance in the film Dreamgirls, to his understudy role in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, to his Tony nomination in The Book of Morman. Rory also offers insights about performing the role of King George in Hamilton. Catch Rory on Apple TV's Central Park.
2020-12-0151 min
The Audition HelperTony Award Nominee Mary TestaThe Audition Helper interviews star of stage and television Mary Testa, who recently received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in the Daniel Fish production of OKLAHOMA.
2020-10-2946 min
Quarantine Players, A New Play Podcast.| We'll Keep the Ghostlight on For You!FAT MUSLIM GIRLS by Ken Kaissar performed by Quarantine PlayersWhen risqué photographs of college students are found in a professor’s desk, one professor, outraged by the lack of action, is determined to see justice served. She mobilizes the faculty, writes letters, and gives interviews to keep the story alive. But she fails to take two major details into account: all of the photographed students are overweight, and all are of Middle-Eastern descent. The public becomes less concerned with justice for one student and more concerned with body shaming and threats of global terrorism.
About the Playwright, Ken Kaissar
He holds a BFA in dir...
2020-09-302h 51
The Audition HelperBroadway Actor Telly LeungThe Audition Helper interviews Broadway star Telly Leung, from Aladdin, In Transit, Flower Drum Song, and Allegiance.
2020-08-0257 min
The Audition HelperBroadway Actor Erin WilhelmiAn in-depth interview with Actor Erin Wilhelmi following her entire career from the film PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER to the Broadway stage in Aaron Sorkin's hit adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird.
2020-08-0259 min
The Audition HelperTony Award Winning Actor Reed BirneyThe Audition Helper interviews House of Cards star Reed Birney. Reed is also won a Tony Award for his role in The Humans by Stephen Karam.
2020-08-021h 13
The Audition HelperBroadway Actor Margo SeibertThe Audition Helper sits down with Margo Seibert, the star of ROCKY THE MUSICAL on Broadway. Margo originated the role of Adrian. She also starred in the Broadway musical IN TRANSIT as well as THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at Playwrights Horizons and OCTET at The Signature Theatre Company. Here she discusses how she built her acting career and the day to day realities of being a professional actor.
2020-08-021h 05