Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast

Playwright, educator. John Patrick Bray talks about getting ahead in the playwriting game.

Playwright/director/teacher. OSOS talks with Saviana about her playwriting, writing and teaching in America with Romanian history behind her.

Teacher, director, actor. Associate professor Cynthia Henderson discusses directing Anna Deveare Smith's “Fires in the Mirror,” the history of the New York City riots the play is based on, and helping to make past history relevant for college students.

Actor. Karl joins OSOS to talk about acting in Micheal Perlman's play “From White Plains,” which deals with the long-term effects of bullying.

Producer, playwright, actor. Artistic Director of the Readers Theatre of Ithaca, Anne Marie Cummings discusses her company's staged readings, the rehearsal process, working with playwright Neil Labute, and educating people about how to prevent bullying.

Scenic designer, designer of home furnishings. At last we hear from the techie side of theatre! Marthe talks about creating scenic designs and how to do them green!

Professor, teacher, director, actor, installation artist. Siouxsie and I wax prolific about teaching in a college theatre program, directing for  “all the senses,” and creating artistic installations.

Artistic Director: Running to Places, director, actor. Running to Places is a community theatre company that produces musicals and works with with teens and pre-teens.

Playwright, actor, director. We read the short play, “Extra!,” talk about its creation, writing as an homage, and figuring out how long the play should be.

Playwright/Dramatists Guild rep. Aoise and I talk about playwriting, marketing oneself, the Dramatists Guild and a host of other subjects.

Playwright/producer/director. Our first reading of a a short play; playwright/director Ross Haarstad talks about the play's genesis. 

Playwright/producer/actor. Dawson regales us with tales of his first plays, organizing and running the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, and writing a play about gun control (while living in Alaska).

Sarah K. Chalmers and Jennifer Herzog talk about "Parent Stories," a theatrical work devised from dozens of interviews with community members about the joys and hell of parenting.

Playwright/poet. We discuss playwriting, producing a brand new work, the Alaska theatre scene, and Arlitia reads some of her poetry.

Judd Lear Silverman talks about his affinity for the works of Tennessee Williams, teaching theatre, and becoming a playwright.

Clowning, Masks, and Voice work. Jack of all theatrical trades Holly Adams talks about the technique and basis of clowning, mask conception and construction, and being the voice of recorded books.

Playwriting and Dog Whisperers. Playwright/actor Daniel Damiano talks about his writing and his play "Day of the Dog."

Teaching Meisner, producing "Love, Loss, and What I Wore." Eliza Van Cort and Katie Spallone of the Actors Workshop of Ithaca discuss teaching the Meisner technique and producing Nora Ephron's "Love, Loss, and What I Wore."

Artistic Director Steve Ponton and actor Michael Donato, who plays Shylock in the 2013 production of "The Merchant of Venice," discuss the difficulties and political ramifications of portraying such a controversial character.

Renowned Broadway playwright. Arthur regales us with stories of his experiences on Broadway, including his early playwriting and the legendary “Moose Murders.”