The Theatre of Others Podcast

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Director's use of a Heavy Hand or a Light Hand in the rehearsal process, when to know which to use, and understanding how you and your actors work best. To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to podcast@theatreofothers...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Mask, how it is about expansion instead of retreat, and how to move past the superstition associated with it. To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to podcast@theatreofothers.com Messages may be quoted by name unless the w...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss how all theatre is physical, the distinction at a time when the physical body and the imaginative body were separated, and how we need to embody our entire practice. To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to podcast@theatreofot...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Master Acting Teacher Sarah Victoria Sarah Victoria is an actress, PEM Master Instructor, and Head of PEM International. She is a certified PEM Instructor since 2004 and trained directly with Stephan Perdekamp. She wrote her Master's thesis about the Perdekamp Emotional Method in 2004. She has...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the protagonist, how to discover and play with it, and the protagonists we need to be hearing from now. To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to podcast@theatreofothers.com Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stip...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss what leadership in the Theatre looks like, whether in the rehearsal room, or the administrative space, and how you can be the leader you wish existed Mentioned in this episode: Simon Sinek's Leaders Eat Last Abby Wambach's Wolfpack Brene Brown's Unlocking Us How to build your Vision from...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam is alone and he introduces (or reintroduces) The Viewpoints, he takes you through some exploration exercises in Spatial Relationship, Kinesthetic Response, and Tempo. To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to podcast@theatreofothers.com Message...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Budi is alone and he takes you through the process of defining The Chakra's, how to lead from them, and then how to use them for a character. To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to podcast@theatreofothers.com Messages may be quoted by name u...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss whether contemporary Western Acting training is ready to fully embrace energy work, what energy means, and what needs to be shed. Mentioned in this episode: Thomas Pang Taylor Barfield Gangaji Papaji Sulerzhitsky The Strenuous Lif e To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofo...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi bring back Dr. Elizabeth de Roza to answer a listeners' question about censorship Thanks to Tanvi Rajgaria for the question Elizabeth de Roza is an artist working as a practitioner-researcher, educator, performance-maker, director, dramaturge, and actor-movement trainer.  She co-convenes the Embodied Rese...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Storytelling and when Structure (how) and Story (what) can be interchangeable Mentioned in this episode: American University in Cairo Lovecraft Country SAG Awards The Wire The West Wing Caryl Churchill Top Girls Cloud 9 Mad Forest The Skriker Ariane Mnouchkine George C. Wolfe Tarell Alvin McCraney The...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi answer listeners' questions Thanks to Kristina Pakhomova and Cristóbal Meza for the questions Mentioned in the podcast: This is Not a Theatre Company Fitzmaurice Voicework To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to podcast@theatreo...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Dramaturg Taylor Barfield Taylor Barfield is a dramaturg, writer, and theater artist from Baltimore, MD. He currently serves as the Literary Manager for Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ. Before that, he was the Associate Artistic Director at Collaboraction Theatre Company in Chicago, IL. Select fre...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss who has the right to tell stories, why you may feel like you are the best advocate for this story, and what your role in writing cross-culturally means. Mentioned in this episode: Brene Brown The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown I Dream of Jeannie Wandavision Bewitched Instinct by T.D. Jakes Jane...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi answer listeners' questions Thanks to Jun Vinh Teo and James Reiser for the questions Mentioned in this episode: Mexican Winter starter pack Giada de Laurentiis and Ellen Degeneres Sally Field Steel Magnolia's Daily Life Everlasting Smell Design Perfect Sense To submit a question, please visit http:/...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Collaboration and how choosing collaborators determine the success or failure of a work. Mentioned in this episode: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Michaela Coel Black Zenith Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai Robert Wilson Philip Glass Einstein on the Beach Tom Waits Woyzeck Black Rider 1433 Ornette Coleman U-Theatre Wille...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Via Negativa or the stripping away of ideas, falsehoods, and limitations that we set on ourselves as theatre-makers and how you can always start from scratch or can push through your own boundaries Mentioned in this episode: The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards My Dinner with Andre...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss how the play can be a centralizing event to a much larger experience, give some examples from their past productions, and how the experience is for the audience and the actor as well. This episode is supported by Standby for Places Mentioned in this episode: Sprezzatura Standby for Places Negligence Oo...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi answer a listener's question and announce The Theatre of Others' next production, The Audio New Play Festival- Change/Exchange. Thanks to Kristina Pakhomova for the great question. Mentioned in this episode: Molly Wallis aka Emily Wills Circe Henestrosa Lionel Roudaut Kristina Pakhomova Audio New Pla...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Intimacy Director and Coordinator Alicia Rodis. Alicia Rodis pioneered the role of intimacy coordinator in the United States. She serves as the intimacy coordinator for HBO studios, consulting on their policies and protocols as well as training and vetting the IC's working on HBO sets. She is a...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Universal Dramatic Actions, how to read a play for them and use them as a director or actor, and familiar it all seems to us. Mentioned in this episode: Hal Prince Chan Harris Bambi Angels in America Joe Turner's Come and Gone 12 years a slave The Great Escape The Hobbit Atlanta Bridgeton Brig...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Director's aesthetic, the difference between Aesthetic and Style, and how we can avoid falling into aesthetic traps. Mentioned in this episode: SITI Company The Critical Response Process Hal Prince Romeo Castellucci Julie Taymor Crazy for You Hamilton Kiss me Kate Spring Awakening Fosse Oklaho...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Actor's Spirit, how cynicism is always the enemy of spirituality, and how the imagination is the gateway to a higher practice. The Theatre of Others is happy to announce our latest production, Steven Gaultney's Limb from Limb adapted from Euripides' Bacchae. Check out our website for...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi respond to the attempted coup in the U.S. Capitol. The Theatre of Others is happy to announce our latest production, Steven Gaultney's Limb from Limb adapted from Euripides' Bacchae. Check out our website for dates, times, and tickets. To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theat...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Virtual Space and how we've always had virtual space as Theatre is only ever a memory. The Theatre of Others is happy to announce our latest production, Steven Gaultney's Limb from Limb adapted from Euripides' Bacchae. Check out our website for dates, times, and tickets. Mentioned in thi...