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MTC's Beyond The StageWhere the Mountain Meets the SeaIn this episode, we continue our 2022-23 season kickoff with playwrights Martyna Majok and Jeff Augustin. Listen in as Rachel Lin, actor and host of the Upstage Left podcast, chats with Jeff and Martyna about their plays: Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Augustin) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cost of Living (Majok).
With our host, Rachel Lin, the two writers continue discussing:
The drawbacks and merits of working from the real-life experiences of their loved ones.
What it’s like to win a Pulitzer Prize!
And the best piece of advice these two friends have given ea...
2022-10-0919 min
Upstage Left | Intimate Conversations with New York TheaterAn Interview with Actor, Director, and Co-Founder of Big Dance Theater: Paul LazarWe are thrilled to chat with Downtown Theater Icon: Paul Lazar. From making appearances in movies that became cult classics (Married to the Mob, Silence of the Lambs, Old Boy, Snowpiercer), to his recent Broadway appearance in Macbeth directed by Sam Gold with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga -- following Paul's career is like a game of Where's Waldo? You never know where you'll spot him next!In this episode we talk:Early beginnings - how Paul found his way into the Downtown worldThe current state of "Downtown Theater" - what is it? And where is i...
2022-09-2252 min
MTC's Beyond The StageCost of LivingIn this episode, we continue our 2022-23 season kickoff with playwrights Martyna Majok and Jeff Augustin. Listen in as Rachel Lin, actor and host of the Upstage Left podcast, chats with Jeff and Martyna about their plays: Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Augustin) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cost of Living (Majok).
With our host, Rachel Lin, the two writers continue discussing:
The drawbacks and merits of working from the real-life experiences of their loved ones.
What it’s like to win a Pulitzer Prize!
And the best piece of advice these two friends have given ea...
2022-09-1330 minUpstage Left | Intimate Conversations with New York TheaterAn Interview with Playwright: Martyna MajokRachel & Martyna recorded this episode in late April. While it was only 5 months ago, in some ways, it feels like an entirely different lifetime. As summer draws to a close, and we head into fall, Rachel can't think of a better time to share this episode with one of her theater heroes. Martyna Majok is the 2018 pulitzer prize winner in drama for her play, Cost of Living. Other plays include: Queens, Ironbound, and Sanctuary City. She is a Yale School of Drama and Juilliard alum, a former PoNY fellow at the Lark, Women's Project Lab member, and...
2020-09-1052 min