Monthly podcast featuring interviews with theatre professionals of all types--from playwrights to techies to producers. If it has to do with theatre--in any part of the world--we have it covered! We also do readings of short plays. Since 2013! #theatre #theater #playwriting #acting #directing #dramaturgy #producing. Questions? Comments? Email us at onstageoffstagepodcast@gmail.com!
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#180: Play Reading - "Silver Linings" by Alicia Ana Hernandez-Roulet
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#180! "Silver Linings" is the next play in our 2024 "Missing Home" series. Alicia Ana Hernandez-Roulet is the playwright and we have a marvelous conversation with her about the play, her work, the importance of family, and (of course) chicharrones! Alicia's NPX pageBy George Sapio
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#179: Play reading: Decisions, Decision/Chloe Riederich
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Chloe Riederich is a playwright, director, and theatre practitioner, whose play "Decisions, Decisions," a sensitive, humorous comedy, is the first of our 2024 "Missing Home" plays. Catch our production and a way-fun interview with Chloe themselves! Chloe's Homepage | FacebookBy George Sapio
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Isaiah St. Cyr, Enoch Chapman, and Montana Miller are three of the members of the Native American theatre company Natives of the Apocalypse. In the summer of 2023, this Santa Fe troupe produced an indigenized version of Lyle Kessler's "Orphans." Being one of the very few Native American theatre groups in the U.S., NOTA now embarks on a five-year pl…
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Lily is a theatre critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. I came across an article she wrote back in October of 2023 entitled “What responsibility do critics bear when a theater company closes?” I was struck that anyone, let alone a theatre critic, would voice that out loud. But it's a legitimate question, especially after Covid-19 ravaged the thea…
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#176: Marci J. Duncan & Kerry Sandell - "Dissonance"
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Florida-based playwrights/actors/producers of the challenging hit play, "Dissonance," which begs the question, "Can a Black woman and a White woman--who have been friends for 20 years--have an honest, open conversation about race?" #theatre,#race,#friendship,#privilege,#dissonance, #equality, #blacklivesmatter, #racism, #whitefragility, #thisisamer…
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Dionne Lea is a Broadway World award nominated actor, singer, producer. She does improv, variety shows, theater, commercials, television, voice-over, film and is currently bringing her show "The Way It Is...Now," an evening of stories and musical numbers, around the united states to enthusiastic audiences. We have a great chat about so many differe…
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Ekaterina Wagner is a playwright, art critic, and editor based in Moscow, Russia. Her articles appeared in Robb Report, ELLE and other media outlets in Russia, Ukraine, and India. She worked as an editor and deputy editor-in-chief of several international publications in Russia, including ELLE Decoration, Harper’s Bazaar Art, and The Art Newspaper.…
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Welcome to 2024! Jan Carpman and Mary Ann Nichols Hubbard are the movers and shakers behind Playzoomers, an online theatre company founded in 2020. They present 20 live online plays per year on Zoom - from full-length plays to multiple short plays – featuring professional theatre artists. As of this broadcast they will have produced and aired over …
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Anne is a true gift to the theatre community. Since 2015 she's run The Depot, a production company featuring Zoom play readings. We talk about teaching, her life in theatre, her writing, and the Coast Guard! https://www.thedepot.space #theatre #drama #teaching #writer #thedepot #coastguard #zoomBy George Sapio
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Kelly is a playwright whose work explores various cultures and belief systems. Her full-length plays are about, as she says, women and events you’ve likely never heard of. She goes on to say that she's lived in a few different places, and enjoys getting to know a place through its often obscure history. She has at least one play for every region sh…
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#170: Play reading - Nothing to Declare /Michael Burgan
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This month our guest is Michael Burgan, a playwright, novelist, and professional writer with over 250 published books. (We will explain that impressive number!) His short play, "Nothing to Declare," is our October '23 play selection. And we talk with Michael about his other work, including textbooks and “Celebrating Survival,” an evening of staged …
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#169: Play Reading - Yours / Christine Benvenuto
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In the waiting room of a DNA testing laboratory, Oliver and Larry meet to hear results of their DNA tests. Plus an interview with Christine Benvenuto.By George Sapio
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is a playwright and junior in high school from Houston, Texas. I had the privilege of reading her play Tell Us Your Story (A Tale of Family Lost and Found) not long ago. Tell Us Your Story describes what it's like for one young woman when she discovers that her birth mother has been looking for her. Sophie is also a theatre enthusiast and has been …
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#167: Play Reading - For the Record / FJ Hartland
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FJ 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!…
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#166: Play reading - Birthday Boat / Michele Markarian
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Playwright / 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 PublicationsBy George Sapio
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Midge 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…
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Playwright, 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 articleBy sapiogeorge
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Playwright, 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 PlaceBy sapiogeorge
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Claire 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…
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Happy 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 Hos…
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Producer--New Plays for Young Audiences Associate Professor, Bronx Community College. Facebook / New Plays For Young Audiences Twitter: @NYUEdTheatre / Instagram: @nyuedtheatreBy sapiogeorge
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#159: Play Reading - Jokers in the Pack / Tony Vale
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Play 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!By sapiogeorge
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#158: Play reading - Letting Go / by Deirdre Girard
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Playwright, teacher. We read Dierdre's play, "Letting Go, our final "Pets" play, and talk about commissions and wooooo...horror-themed plays! New Play ExchangeBy sapiogeorge
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Playwright/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 ExchangeBy sapiogeorge
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#156: Play reading - Death of Gingerbread / Rand Higbee
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Playwright Rand Higbee joins us for the first of our 2022 plays based on "Pets." Facebook / New Play ExchangeBy sapiogeorge
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Playwright, 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.By sapiogeorge
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Playwrights, 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 / InstagramBy sapiogeorge
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Theatre 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 / Face…
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Playwright/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 ExchangeBy sapiogeorge
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Theatre 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 RecordsBy sapiogeorge
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Playwright, Mental Health Counselor. John's having a remarkable year as a playwright--winner of the 2021 Panowski Award! Website / Instagram / TwitterBy sapiogeorge
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Playwright, Internet group host. An unstoppable playwright and host of the Internet theatre group Literary and Discourse Society. Literary and Discourse Society / #literarydiscoursesociety, #rachelfeenywilliamsBy sapiogeorge
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The 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,#yvett…
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Masterminds 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 / #caravanproductionsBy sapiogeorge
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#146: Play reading: The Fugitive / Ken Levine
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Playwright, 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: HollywoodandLevineBy sapiogeorge
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#145: Play reading: Turtle House / Jocelyn Handy
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Playwright, actor, board president, Mom. The fourth of our plays featuring roles for women over 40. Plus an interview with the playwright! Royal River Community PlayersBy sapiogeorge
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Playwright, linguist. The third of our plays featuring roles for women over 40. Plus an interview with the playwright. Eldridge Plays - Robin Pond #robinpond,#linguistics,#eldridgeplaysBy sapiogeorge
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#143: Play Reading - Invisible Foe / Michele A. Miller
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Playwright, 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,#playwritingBy sapiogeorge
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Actress. 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,#racismBy sapiogeorge
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#141: Play reading - Free Hugs / Debra Kaufman
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Playwright, 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,#freehugsBy sapiogeorge
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Playwright, 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 …
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Arts 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…
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Arts 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…
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Costume 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,#covid19By George Sapio
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Associate 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,#covid19By George Sapio
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#135: Play reading: Threatened Panda Fights Back / Rex McGregor
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Playwright. When an image change is called for, power structures in the world of wildlife politics start to crumble. #comedy,#panda,#dodo,#zooBy George Sapio
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After 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,#div…
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#133: Play reading - The Tinkerbell Situation / Marc Paykuss
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Playwright. The guinea pig got lost again and found its way into the clothes dryer. Now how does Mom tell her daughter? #darkcomedy,#guineapig,#motherdaughterBy George Sapio
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#132: Play reading - Choices / James McLindon
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The 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, #payoffBy George Sapio
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#131: Play reading - White Dress / Laura Shamas
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Playwright, 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!By George Sapio
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