Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast

"Underground Episodes" is a series of performance pieces about urban African-American life as it crosses paths on the Philadelphia subway. e talk with the author, Allen Clark (and one of the many performers, Kylia Brooke) about the genesis, interpretation, and style of the show as well as how the performers find their way to each character. Facebook

Vaudeville Extraordinaire! Vaudeville is alive and thriving in western New York State! Ted Baumhauer, Rich Hughson, and Ward Hartenstein talk about keeping physical comedy fresh and surprising, and how working together utilizes all three of their various strengths. Website #vaudeville , #flowercityvaudeville , #syracuseny

Supervisor of Audience Services, Department of Theatre Arts, Ithaca College (Former). How to revitalize a comatose economy with the arts, get experience and education in theatre arts management, and how much we love Ireland!  

Playwright/Lawyer/Journalist. She's the author of a fact-based play about the 1998 Kansas City explosion that killed six firefighters. And an outspoken expert, multi-book author, and columnist on diversity. Website

Playwright/Teacher. Much-produced playwright Daniel Guyton talks about working the submission system, his writing process, and teaching a whole new generation of theatre enthusiasts. Website

A call from a past changes everything. A short play by David Nicholson and an interview where we discuss the art of play translating.

Playwright/Country music singer/songwriter. Breakups are bad enough, but who gets the bar? A short play by Judy Klass and an interview where we discuss playwriting, country music, and Latin American politics. Website

Playwright, Earth's funniest mathematician. Creating plays with logic and math, and standardizing submission procedures. Website

Playwright. Sci-fi, Roving Readings, Popes who may not have existed, feminism, and my favorite fiction book.

Playwright. Elvis, snickerdoodles, starvation, logarithms. Oh, and a breakup.

Playwright. Just when you thought you'd left high school behind you.

Producers - Leela Festival, NYC. Producers of one of New York City's newest play festivals - a festival that ignores casting to type and concentrates on matching the best actor to the emotional content of the parts regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, or size.  

Playwright/screenwriter/producer. Imagine heading up a theatre group that creates and sponsors 365 plays about notable women. Every YEAR. Gina Scanlon and her partner in crime Jess Eisenberg (not interviewed here) have done exactly that.  

Lighting/Scenery Designer. A glimpse inside the tech world of a lighting and scenery designer. Tyler talks about creating the physically visual world of plays and some of the newest technical software (Read: the fun stuff!).  

Artistic Director/Managing Director, Hangar Theatre. Jen Waldman, Artistic Director, and Josh Friedman, Managing Director of Ithaca, NY's Hangar Theatre, in the first part of a two-part interview, discuss play selection, working with young theatre students, marketing, and the makeup of current audiences (Hint: It's not solely for older folks). #hangartheatre www.hangartheatre.org

Playwright. Award-winning Canadian playwright Katherine Koller writes about important social issues including mining, healthcare, and the police civilian relationship.

Playwrights/composers/actors. Playwrights, composers, actors, Katie Hartmann and Nick Ryan have concocted musical plays combining humor, horror, history, and catchy tunes. www.thecoldharts.com #thecoldharts , #macabre , #edgarallanpoe , #edgarallan

Sound designer/composer. Composer and sound designer, Scott O'Brien finds his theatrical challenges in "solving problems" with his musical creations, including how to score a shark.  

Actor/producer/director. Dennis Dore tackles the 100-year anniversary of The Spoon River Anthology.

Playwright and Official Playwrights of Facebook guru, Dusty, in addition to creating his own theatrical works, provides generous assistance to his fellow creative types with monthly lists of submission opportunities.

Artistic director of Binghamton, NY's Know Theater Tim Gleason talks about maintaining a community-based theater, Tennessee Williams, and keeping alive the spirits of adventure and experimental works.  

Two single people trapped in a speed dating cafe.  What to do??

Playwright, Dramatists Guild representative, cruciverbalist. 

Teacher/actor/director Craig MacDonald discusses his new scene study class, script analysis, Meisner technique, and what it takes to get into character.

Playwright, Dramatists Guild representative, and cruciverbalist Donna Hoke talks about her work, reviews, the process of writing, and how crossword puzzles are made.