The Theatre of Others Podcast

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Chan Harris a true renaissance man of the theatre about his career in the theatre and how life can be circuitous and fortuitous at the same time. Chan Harris studied at the Juilliard School with classmates that included Renee Fleming, Audra MacDonald, and Laura Linney. He studied voice with Beverley...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the comedy of life, how the clown is the universe's divine storyteller, and how time, and our ever-growing attention span, has changed comedic writing. Mentioned in this episode: Today Explained Monty Python and the Holy Grail Ubu Roi Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Sandra Bernhard Wanda Syk...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam discusses the 4 interpretations of Jewish Exegesis of a text and how that can inform style, how a director or designer can stretch their ideas or preconceived notions, and how an actor can figure out what kind of interpretation they are in. Mentioned in this episode: Lian Sutton Brian Kulick Classic Stage Company Colum...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the rehearsal room, how the director's presence and awareness set the mood for a safe space to be uncomfortable, and how you can lead without losing collaboration. Mentioned in this episode: Julian Elijah Martinez Anne Bogart White Model Brene Brown To submit a question, please visit http://www.sp...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Imagination and Play, how every rehearsal is about trying to get back to the natural state of childhood, and how Flow is a helpful tool for tapping into it. Mentioned in the episode: Pujol Mole Mary Overlie Anne Bogart Christopher Creek Winery Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Exp...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi give their thanks for everything that 2020 has brought both good and bad. They also answer audience questions from: Lamisse Hamouda Cristobal Meza Alonso And check out our new Company Manager Sara Caputo's show- My Heart is Aching and No One Can Save Me Thursday, November 26-Saturday November 28 at the Me...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Budi is alone and he takes you through the process of what it means to Hold Space, be humble, and listen to others to learn. Mentioned in this Episode: Julian Elijah Martinez Michael Chekhov VCA Arnold van Gennep and Liminality Hermeneutics Jonathan Majors Steven Wangh To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with actor Julian Elijah Martinez.  Julian studied acting and theater design at Elon University before he was accepted into the Yale School of Drama studying under teachers such as Ron Van Lieu and Evan Yionulius. Broadway credits include Network. Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway credits include Anatomy...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this post-election episode, Adam and Budi are joined by special guest Julian Elijah Martinez to discuss how to build and rebuild a community after a polarizing and tense election Mentioned in this episode: Julian Elijah Martinez Return of the Jedi Stacy Abrams Kamala Harris acceptance speech Joe Biden acceptance speech Darth Maul My Next...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Space and why it is so important to The Theatre of Others, how to use it effectively, and how it can become another character in your work.  Mentioned in this episode: Cabaret KTV´s Elinor Fuchs Yayasan Bali Purnati Omakase Romeo Castellucci Las Meninas Restu Imansari Timur Akhmedov Augusto Boal To sub...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Dramatic Text, how playwrights give us the event and Directors, Designers, and Actors find the core or heart of the scene, and how Time becomes our most effective tool. Mentioned in this episode: Val'quirico Modern Family Next to Normal Pace University Musical Theatre Program We See You See ou...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this pre-election episode, Adam and Budi talk about forgiveness and what holding on to the past does to the body Mentioned in this episode: Trevor Noah and Chris Rock Audra Lorde The Lincoln Project Maya Angelou and Dave Chapelle The Course in Miracles To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Composition, the breaking down and sequencing of theatrical elements for making stage magic. They discuss where to draw inspiration from how Composition isn't just a tool for Directors but how actors can use it when creating a role. Mentioned in this episode: A Life on our Planet Jassy Husk Away C...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi (but let's be honest, mostly Budi) discuss the Voice and what training the voice entails, how a one-size-fits-all approach doesn't make sense, and what we can do to better understand this instrument we use every day. Mentioned in this episode: American Theatre Magazine VASTA Mid-Atlantic Accent Edith...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi answer audience questions and hear responses to provocations. Questions from Sebastian Fendal, Jun Vinh Teoh , Sara Caputo , and Sally J. Clark 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 quote...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Style and whether it makes sense to train for it anymore, what a 21st-century focus on Style could be, and what we mistake for Theater and really is just a distraction. Mentioned in this episode: Bug Out Bag Alex French Guy Cooking Forged in Fire George Bernard Shaw Williamson Movement Technique Restor...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with artist-scholar/educator, performance maker, theatre director, actor-movement trainer Dr. Elizabeth de Roza. Elizabeth de Roza ( www.elizabethroza.com ) is internationally known as a practitioner-researcher|educator, multi-disciplinary performance maker, theatre director, actor-movement trainer. She...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi deal with their waning positivity for 2020 and The United States but discuss how to be a good ancestor. Mentioned in this episode: Breonna Taylor Chief Justice John Roberts The Crown Ryan Murphy Malinche Rachel Maddow Andrew Yang Appel Farm Arts Camp Layla Saad To submit a question, please visit http://www.spe...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss how they break down text, what to look for in a cold read, and Budi gets a surprise Mentioned in the podcast: Critical Role Between the Sheets Brene Brown To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to podcast@theatreofothers.com Me...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss what dramaturgy is, what the role of a dramaturg can be and should be, and why research and investigation are at the core of all great work. Mentioned in the podcast: Black is King Alyson Campbell Piersandra di Matteo Ivo van Hove: from Shakespeare to David Bowie by Bennet and Massai Julian Elijah Mart...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi answer questions from listeners. Questions around actor pedagogy, intercultural writing, and what's on the other side of COVID-19 amongst others. Thank you to Jun Vinh Teoh, Lian Sutton, Mark Nannup, and Raphael Lecat for the questions. Check out Rapahel's podcast The Movie Newbie To submit a questio...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Actor's body as the center of the work, how training can be transcultural through the body, and how to go over the top and dare greatly. Interlude music in this episode is from the single Neon City by Jassy Husk found at https://jassyhusk.hearnow.com/ all proceeds from downloads go to https://...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss reevaluating and creating community online and in person, how Theatres need to go to the people instead of demanding people come to the Theaters, and how myth is the common denominator in community. Mentioned in this episode: Kamala Harris Democratic National Convention Joe Biden Ariane Mnouchkine Inte...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi respond to the death of Chadwick Boseman and talk about living a life with purpose and excitement. Wakanda Forever. Mentioned in this episode: Republican National Convention Vice President Mike Pence Kimberly Guilfoyle Chadwick Boseman Jacob Blake PS 122 Three Seconds in the Key by Deb Margolin Heath Ledger Ph...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with their collaborator, playwright Steven Gaultney. Steven Gaultney is a Brooklyn-based playwright. His plays include Negligence (The Theatre of Others), Adam’s Dream , and adaptations of Aeschylus’ Oresteia , Seneca’s Thyestes , Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis , Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra , and G...