The Theater Project Thinks About...

Today TTP is thinking about...what it’s like to coordinate an event like our Young Playwrights’ Competition. Grace Carver, the event coordinator, sits down with the competition’s director, and her father, Kevin to talk about her personal experience, what it takes to coordinate such an event and provides a retrospective highlighting selected plays from previous years. Credits: Audio Engineer Kevin...

Some of the finalists of last year's THINK FAST competition sit with Mark Spina to give us their take on the pros and cons of these programs. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary GlorOne Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: THE PANELISTS: Teddy Durgin  https://www.facebook.com/teddy.durgin   Michael Towers   https://www.facebook.com/michael.towers.395/ Curt Strickland h...

Host Mary Iannelli sits down with Nancy Foster, a principal at Foster Media LLC, who has over 30 years experience in Multi-Media Production to take a deep dive into Film Editing Credits: Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: Nancy’s Bio:   Foster Media LLC, A Post-Production House and Design Firm. Nancy Foster, principal, has over 3...

3rd place winner of our 2022 Young Playwrights Competition, Mia Longenecker introduces an audio reading of her award winning play, Burning Conversations. Followed by an interview with 2021, 1st place winner, Brennan Columbia-Walsh. Credits: Audio Engineer Kevin Carver One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou and Demien De Sandies References: Joyce Carrol Oates https://en.w...

esports has been around since1978 when Atari laid the foundation with a Space Invaders tournament.  The early gaming classic was played at the 1980 Space Invaders Championships with over 10,000 gamers competing. Mary Iannelli sits down with Emmy award winner, Willow Forde to discuss this old, but new, art form, how they became involved with it and what they think the future holds. Credits: Audio...

Mark Spina and Lynn Marie Macy sit down to discuss the On Her Shoulders project, spearheaded by the New Perspectives Theatre Company, which strives to make it impossible for producers and theater companies to deny or ignore the 1,000-year history and value of women's contribution to the theatrical canon. Credits: Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gai...

1st place winner of our 2023 Young Playwrights Competition, EliseHarvey introduces an audio reading of her award winning play, Alistair's Garden. Followed by an interview with 2021 1st place winner, Brennan Columbia-Walsh. Credits: Audio Engineers Alex Gomez and Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou and Demien De Sandies References: The children's hour by Lill...

Mary Iannelli sits down with Diane Foster, actress, producer, director and the founder of Wallybird Productions to discuss what is a producer, what role(s) do they play in the making of a film and all that is involved with producing a film from inception through distribution. Credits: Audio Engineer Alex Gomez One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: Diane Fos...

As we welcome back former Theater Project Jr alums to perform a Broadway Jukebox next month, we thought it would be a good time to do a lookback at our podcast from last year. ________________________________________________ Mary Iannelli talks with her previous students to see what impact theater has had on them, their lives and their futures.   Credits: Audio Engineer Alex Gomez One Heartbeat A...

3rd place winner of our 2023 Young Playwrights Competition, Nicole Beltre introduces an audio reading of her award winning play, EL LATIDO DEL CORAZÓN. Followed by an interview with Young Playwright Competition Coordinator, Kevin Carver. Credits: Audio Engineer Gary Glor Audio Description by Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: Albert Camus - Th...

Host Mark Spina sits down with Fred Kinney, a professor of scenic design at California State University, Fullerton to walk us through what the set design process might be for a production of The Glass Menagerie.  Credits: Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: Bio: Fred Kinney is a California based designer who has designed over 80...

General description: Mary Iannelli sits down with Jody Lebel, an award-winning author, playwright, actor, and voiceover talent, on the art of writing in general and as it pertains to writing short stories specifically.  Credits: Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: Write Better Right Now Jody’s eBook List of Magazines currently pa...

General description: 3rd place winner of our 2022 Young Playwrights Competition, Isabel Lindsay introduces an audio reading of her award winning play, Community Garden. Followed by an interview with 2020 Young Playwright Competition honoree, Jacob Makofske Credits: Audio Engineer Alex Gomez One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: The Cast: Bryan Rodriguez as...

Theater Project Jr Alum, Dylan Randazzo sits down with Mary to discuss his love of theater, all things creative and how it all came together when he started his own YouTube channel. Credits: Audio Engineer Alex Gomez One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Dylan Randazzo                     https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3615090/ YouTube                         ...

Our own Mark and Harry have a conversation that starts out about communication and takes a much more interesting turn to communication on and off the stage.  We hope you enjoy. Credits: Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: Mark Anthony Spina:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-spina/ Harry Patrick Christian:  https://www.vividstage...

Host Mary Iannelli sits with Anne Ganguzza, a professional voice actor, coach, and award-winning producer with a dynamic presence and a passion for all things voice + technology. She works with talent around the world who are interested in boosting their VO career to the next level, using target-marketed demos and customized marketing strategies in addition to vocal coaching. Her networking group,...

General description: 2nd place winner of our 2022 Young Playwrights Competition, Izaiah Solano introduces an audio reading of his award winning play, The Subway. Followed by an interview with 2020 Young Playwright Competition honoree, Jacob Makofske. Credits: Audio Engineer Alex Gomez One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: Complete our survey at:  https://su...

Scott Cagney sits down with Mary Iannelli and discusses how he has found work in Film and TV and gives us a glimpse of what life as a working actor is like. We cover all the ins and outs of being an actor - how to get work and what you should expect once you get it. Credits: Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: Scott Cagney https:/...

1st place winner of our 2022 Young Playwrights Competition, Lina Olazabal introduces an audio reading of her award winning play, Roll Sisyphus. Followed by an interview with 2018 1st place and 2017 3rd place winner, Kianni Keys. Credits: Producer Mary A Iannelli Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou and Demien Desandies   References: Performance...

New Jersey native Bill Mesce, Jr. is an author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. He talks with Mark Spina about the differences in approach when writing for the stage versus the screen.   Bill's first novel, The Advocate, won in the novel-writing category of the America’s Best competition, and was followed by two equally-acclaimed sequels, Officer of the Court a...

Mary Iannelli talks with her previous students to see what impact theater has had on them, their lives and their futures.   Credits: Audio Engineer Alex Gomez One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: Montclair State University:  https://www.montclair.edu/ Governor Livingston High School:  https://www.bhpsnj.org/livingston Ithaca College:  https://www.ithaca.e...

3rd place winner of our 2021 Young Playwrights Competition, Julian Martin introduces an audio reading of his award winning play, We Are Numbers. Followed by an interview of Julian by 2018 1st place and 2017 3rd place winner, Kianni Keys. Credits: Audio Engineer Alex Gomez One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: We Are Numbers by Julian Martin   Rory:   Jonat...

Only a minority of actors, directors, and playwrights live their lives signing autographs beside swimming pools or in penthouses; the vast majority will juggle side by side careers for most of their working lives -- three careers if they are raising families. Harry Patrick Christian and Mark Spina reflect on lives spent straddling that particular fence.

Michael Striano discusses all the ins and outs of being a background actor - how to get work as an "extra" and what you should expect once you get it. Credits: Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou  References: Michael Striano:   IMDB:  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5001524/ Backstage:  https://www.backstage.com/u/MichaelStriano/ FB:  https://www...

2nd place winner of The Theater Project’s 2021 Young Playwright Competition, Ryan Rosenthal introduces an audio reading of his award-winning play, The Patron's Redeemer. Followed by an interview of Ryan by 2018 1st place and 2017 3rd place winner, Kianni Keys. Credits: Audio Engineer Alex Gomez One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou