Playwrights from publisher Next Stage Press stop by to talk Theatre, playwriting, and various other topics related to their work.
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Episode 34: Next Stage Press Podcast - Episode 34 - Scott C. Sickles
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Gene speaks with New York playwright Scott C. Sickles on all things General Hospital, consent, and sci-fi on the stage.
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Episode 33: Next Stage Press Podcast Episode 33 - H. Russ Brown
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Gene speaks with Texas Playwright, Educator, and Fight Director H. Russ Brown about his plays COM Wasn't Built in a Day, Stud Ducks, and Horny Toads, A Divine Kerfuffle and Hooey-Hahs and Foofaraws: A Compleat Button Man's Picket Fence Party Planner.
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Episode 32: Next Stage Press Podcast - Episode 32 - Doug DeVita
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Gene talks to New Jersey playwright Doug DeVita about his plays NELL DASH and FABLE.
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Episode 31: Next Stage Press Podcast - Episode 31 - Laura Thoma
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Gene speaks to Connecticut playwright Laura Thoma about her latest work MAGPIE!
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Episode 30: Next Stage Press - Episode 30 - Evan Baughfman
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Gene talks with Los Angeles Playwright Evan Baughfman about writing for Horror for the stage (with an emphasis on younger audiences)
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Episode 29: Next Stage Press - Episode 29 - Sawyer Quinn Brown
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Gene speaks to Chicago playwright Sawyer Quinn Brown about all things comedy, vaudeville, retro sci-fi, and Non-Binary Zombies.
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Episode 28: Next Stage Press - Episode 28 - Frank Ceruzzi
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Gene talks to New York playwright Frank Ceruzzi about his dystopian play ROUND WENT THE WHEEL, dystopian tales in general , and the parallels of using children and time in various forms of entertainment.
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Episode 27: Next Stage Press - Episode 27 - Barbara Kahn
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Gene talks with New York playwright Barbara Kahn about winning the Torch of Hope award, creating a "theatre home" with New York's Theatre for a New City, and the challenges she encountered when mixing fiction and history with her play THE LADY WAS A GENTLEMAN.
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Episode 26: Next Stage Press - Episode 26 - Coni Koepfinger
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Gene speaks to New York Playwright Coni Koepfinger about her online project AIRPLAY, how theatre continues to reinvent itself during Covid-19, and how Therapy plays continue to play a part in emotional healing.
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Next Stage Press - Episode 25 - Gina Russell Tracy, Tanna Frederick and Judd Nelson
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Gene talks to New York playwright Gina Russell Tracy and LA Producer/Actor Tanna Frederick about climate change, theatre activism, and Gina's play "Starlight".
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Episode 22: Next Stage Press - Episode 24 - Rand Higbee
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Gene talks with Oregon playwright Rand Higbee about Superheroes, sitcoms, and heart of writing family-friendly comedies in 2022.
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Next Stage Press - Episode 23 - John Bavoso
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Gene talks to Washington D.C playwright John Bavoso about his play BLIGHT (which deals heavily with a mass shooting) and how that plays into the psyche of theatergoers as the world of theatre struggles with the idea of "safe space".
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Episode 22: Next Stage Press - Episode 22 - Craig Houk
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Gene talks to Washington D.C. playwright Craig Houk about his plays COLD RAIN, SYD, and BRUTE FARCE.
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Episode 21: Next Stage Press - Episode 21 - Grizzly K. Sunshine
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Gene talks with Houston playwright Grizzly K. Sunshine about how he received his unique writing moniker, how his play TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA ORPHANS came about, and how he used an age old icon spoke to young actresses is his new play ROSIE that celebrates all things GIRL POWER!
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Episode 20: Next Stage Press - Episode 20 - Donald E. Baker
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Gene talks with South Carolina playwright Donald E. Baker about his plays TRADE WITH KLAN: A PLAY ABOUT CHOICES and GRAND DRAGON IN POWER.
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Episode 19: Next Stage Press - Episode 19 - Philip Middleton Williams
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Gene talks to Florida playwright Philip Middleton Williams about the early influences on his writing as well as the history of his plays "Dark Twist", "Can't Live Without You", and his upcoming "All Together Now" and "The Sugar Ridge Rag".
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Next Stage Press - Episode 18 - Phil Nichols
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Gene speaks with Houston performer/playwright Phil Nichols about his storied Houston career involving films, theatre, clowning, and ventriloquism. Also, Phil dives into his plays Renfield: The Dracula Play, Death by Shakespeare, and Murder for Dummies.
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Next Stage Press - Episode 17 - Sean Abley
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Gene talks with Los Angeles playwright Sean Abley about his hilarious horror/comedy ATTACK OF THE KILLER B's, how he adapted the adult version to a version appropriate for High Schools, and hw discusses his new play ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART.
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Next Stage Press - Episode 16 - Susan Cinoman
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Gene talks with playwright Susan Cinoman about her short play Sweet Sand, writing for the ABC television series THE GOLDBERGS, and her upcoming play Guenevere.
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Next Stage Press - Episode 15 - Carol M. Rice
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Gene talks with Texas playwright/director Carol M. Rice about her stage adaptation of The Three Musketeers, her one-act The Institution, and her charming holiday play The Elf Who Lost Christmas.
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Next Stage Press - Episode 14 - Scott Gibson
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Gene talks to Colorado playwright Scott Gibson about his plays KILL THE MOMENT, SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE, TWO-POINT-FIVE, and A HOUSE WITH NO QUESTIONS.
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Next Stage Press - Episode 13 - Kevin D. Ferguson
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Gene talks to South Carolina playwright Kevin D. Ferguson about his wonderful drama "Child's Play", his adaptation of the Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol", and about his new play "A Thing with Feathers".
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Next Stage Press - Episode 12 - Tommy Jamerson
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Gene speaks with New Jersey playwright Tommy Jamerson about his wonderful adaptation of Alice in Wonderland entitled "Alice the Brave and Other tales from Wonderland" , how he decides what tales to adapt for children, and his preference on the types of plays young audiences are exposed to.
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Next Stage Press - Episode 11 - Rebecca Salomonsson
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Gene speaks with Colorado playwright Rebecca Salomonsson about her play "Where the Wild Thyme Blows, the impact of Shakespeare on her writing, and how she got involved with audio describing performances for the visually impaired.
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Next Stage Press - Episode 10 - Rebecca Gorman O'Neill
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Denver playwright Rebecca Gorman O'Neill talks about her dark play THE GREATER GOOD, her association with And Toto Too Theatre Company, as well as her newest play THE GHOSTS OF US.
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