I Survived Theatre School

We talk to star of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Yale School of Drama alum LeRoy McClain ! Intro : Aaron survived a heart attack! Marriage is hard. Let Me Run This By You : Love Has Won and the tale of Mother God, Matthew Perry Interview : We talk to star of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Yale School of Drama alum LeRoy McClain about being born in England, being a biracial boy with a British accent...

Intro : Boz loves LinkedIn. Will she emcee the next Beastie Boys event? Interview : We talk to star of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Cynthia Darlow about North Carolina School of the Arts ,  performing for Tennessee Williams, the historic theatrical residence for young women called the Rehearsal Club , Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts , the Webster Apartments , getting the word out about their story thr...

Intro : headshots, turning off my self-view, Emotional Brain Training , Let Me Run This By You : Is Flakiness always hostile? Interview : We talk to Season 2 of Severance 's Stefano Carannante about going to theatre school in Italy

Intro : NASA needs a producer, Copernicus, Don Knotts, Barney Fife, Monsters , Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained, Shaft,  Interview : We talk to Lennon Parham about growing up in Georgia, playing quirky characters, getting a taste for theater, soaking up all the non-performance aspects of theatre, improv, Upright Citizens Brigade , Pete Holmes , applying to Juilliard , doing Teach for America in...

Intro : smush-faced dogs, sleep procrastination, Meyers-Briggs, Eneagram, Amazon, Oujia board conspiracies, the mystery of parenting. Let Me Run This By You : Boz gets rained out of Disney and entered the Land of Forgotten Teslas. Interview : We talk to playwright and professor Kristoffer Diaz about NYU, Gallatin, Tisch, John Leguizamo, growing up Nuyorican, being addicted to theatre, ambition, an...

Interview : We talk to star of stage and screen Desmin Borges about The Theatre School,  Minneapolis Children's Theatre Company , Peter Brosius , improvising and workshopping new works at Teatro Vista , Dennis Začek Sandy Shinner ,  Victory Gardens , phonetic pillows , Arthur Lessac's work, speaking creatively through rhythm instead of words, Ann Wakefield , Ric Murphy , John Leguizamo aka Johnny...

Intro :  Let Me Run This By You : 12 Strange Questions (TM) version 2.0 Interview : We talk to television star Nick Reynolds about West Virginia, Marshall University, Penn State, MFAs, waiting for 10 years to star on , Search Party, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, being an only child, and almost offending every single cast member of Law and Order SVU, and being a character actor.

Intro : Boz didn't win Powerball Let Me Run This By You : 10 Strange Questions Interview : We talk to Kelley Curran about The Gilded Age , having career faith, Fordham at Lincoln Center , The Acting Company , 4.48 Psychosis , Heather Lind , Michaela McManus , Taylor Schilling , Betty Gilpin , Kate Burton , Lawrence Sacharow , Marian Seldes , Roger Reese , Cherry Jones , Fiona Shaw , Oregon Shakesp...

Intro : Sometimes the little guy just doesn't cut it. Let Me Run This By You : Time's a wastin' - giddyup, beggars and choosers. Interview : We talk to star of Parks and Recreation , Easter Sunday , and Barry - Rodney To about Chicago, Marquette University , Lane Tech ,  getting discovered while pursuing a Chemistry degree, The Blues Brothers , Dürrenmatt's The Physicists , playing children well i...

Intro : swiping left on the poor man's John Travolta, wilderness therapy for the 1%, Ashton Kutcher. Let Me Run This By You : the thing that you're most afraid of is probably not what's gonna getcha. Interview : We talk to actor Damian Thompson about immigrating from Jamaica, the University of Evansville, the Florida Theatre Conference, stuttering, PAVAC , North Carolina School of the Arts, asking...

Intro : Emceeing a memorial service Let Me Run This By You : Fear and the paranormal Interview : We talk to Tina Parker aka Francesca Liddy about SMU , Blake Hackler , Andre DeShields , Maria Irene Fornes ' Mud , Kitchen Dog Theatre , Breaking Bad , Better Call Saul , Robert Altman 's Dr. T & the Women , Birdbath play, Perpetual Grace . FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited): 1 (8s): I'm Jen Bosworth Rami...

Intro : Nasty neighbors in the Great Unraveling, The Rest Movement Let Me Run This By You : Rejection Interview : We talk to Tina Huang about soap opera acting, LaGuardia High School, the Playwrights Horizon program at Tisch, breaking down barriers for Asian actors, Ammunition Theatre Company , Revenge Porn or the Story of a Body by Carla Ching , Bay Area Theatre, Pig Hunt , starting a fake manage...

Intro : We are in the Great Unraveling - let's knit a new sweater Let Me Run This By You : Thin is In, ETHS Drama teacher Bruce Siewerth's abuse of students , iCarly's creator Dan Schneider's abuse of actors Interview : We talk to Hamilton 's own George Washington - Paul Oakley Stoval l about family, touring with Hamilton, being fearless, the magic of solving problems behind the scenes, early-age...

Intro : Boz is buying a house! Let Me Run This By You : 47 year old Gina saw 19 year old Gina doing accent work and Mark Rannin owes me an apology. Interview : We talk to playwright, director, and USC alum Ryan Wagner about self-diagnosing as a bad actor, protecting your joy, Miguel Arteta , filmmaking, his short film Every Other Week , Growing Up Hip Hop , being a PA, and keeping a cohort of frie...

Intro : Even our lungs need a sense of purpose. Let Me Run This By You : Boz is buying a house! Interview : We talk to actor and documentary filmmaker Cullen Douglas about AMDA , Florida School of the Arts , Southeastern Theatre Conference , Tyne Daly , character actors, Jason Priestly , Patricia Crotty, Our Town , Lenny Bruce , Dick Van Dyke , investigative journalism , reusing caskets, David Car...

We talk to Wicked's own Elphaba, Jackie Burns! FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited): 0 (2s): Hello? Hello. Hello survivors. How I've missed you. I've missed talking to you boss. And I took quite a number of weeks off. Well, I did. She, she actually continued to record for at least one week while I was gone. And she's got a great interview. We've got a great interview coming up. She talked to Jackie burns, l...

Toxic showrunners, giving feedback, halitosis, The Taking of Pelham 123, Victory Gardens Theatre, Autism Spectrum Disorder. FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited): 2 (10s): And I'm Gina Kalichi. 3 (11s): We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 4 (15s): 20 years later, we're digging deep talking to our guests about their experiences and trying to make sense of it...

Intro : Image management, Glenn Davis , King James , Odd Mom Out , Hamilton , Abbott Elementary , The Method Let Me Run This By You : Dads and pornography, Secrets of Playboy , The Girls Next Door , Stranger Things . FULL TRANSCRIPT (UNEDITED): 2 (10s): And I'm Gina <inaudible>. 1 (11s): We went to theater school together. We survived it, but we didn't quite understand it. 3 (15s): 20 years...

Intro : Nightmare, revisited. Let Me Run This By You : Gina's petty bullshit. Interview : We talk to the co-Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre , Glenn Davis , about the Stratford Festival , King James , You Got Older , The Christians, being a producer with Tarell Alvin McCrane y, Anna D. Shapiro , Audrey Francis , Rajiv Joseph , Alana Arenas , coming from a political family, pay equity, DEI,...

Intro : modern hearing aids are wild, it's always helpful to rate, review, and subscribe. Let Me Run This By You : Family Court Interview : We talk to Gary Mills about: Pinnacle Performance Company , Fargo, Trollwood Performing Arts School , drama teachers, Death of a Salesman , Don Ilko , The Mouse That Roared , The King And I , Come Blow Your Horn , Lee Kirk , Ric Murphy , Neil Simon , Last of t...

Intro : Dinosaurs, collaboration, chickens:roost Let Me Run This By You : Teal Swan Interview : We talk to W. Earl Brown about Deadwood , A View From the Bridge , Kentucky, family trauma, Dr. Bella Itkin , Don DePallo , Chris Farley , Wes Craven , David Milch , Gretchen Rennell , Leo Burmester , There's Something About Mary , It's Cold in Them Thar Hills , Hamlet , The Imaginary Invalid , That Cha...

Intro : Boz is done taking care of people and also she booked a national commercial. Did Gina use the word fatuous correctly? Let Me Run This By You : Tread documentary , tales of revenge. Interview : We talk to Severance 's Tramell Tillman about the University of Tennessee , ongoing racial disparities in conservatories, wanting to be an orthopedic surgeon and trying advertising before realizing h...

Intro : Gina is unwell. The Staircase series and The Staircase dramatization, the impact of having to hide one's sexuality,  Let Me Run This By You : Boz booked a national commercial! Jodi Sonenberg , Mickie Paskal , Tread documentary. Interview : We talk to Sumie Takashima about the salvation that some people find in drama, The Hangar Theatre , Tisch , moms, hoarding, Chicago. FULL TRANSCRIPT (un...

Intro : Final Draft is conspiring against us, Beastie Boys' Adam Horowitz , Doris the dog loves the vet, Jim Croce , The Cure . Let Me Run This By You : storytelling, Risk Podcast , The Moth Interview : We talk to the creator and producer of You're Being Ridiculous , Jeremy Owens, about offending people, porn, Samantha Irby , Roosevelt University , University of Arkansas , The URTA s, King Lear, G...