The Theatre of Others Podcast

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Budi's production of Othello and what happens if you push deeper past race in dealing with the play.   Thank you to Mark Nannup for the questions. Ato Blankson-Wood The Public Theater's Hamlet Kenny Leon Bob, the Pizza Boy (scene 34) Support the show If you enjoyed this week´s podcast, please...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi are in conversation with Gin Hammond as she shares stories about the struggles faced by mixed-race individuals as they navigate different spaces, emphasizing the power of our narratives in providing comfort and support. Moreover, Gin offers insightful tips on self-care, highlights the importance of staying gro...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Group Theatre and its lasting legacy, whether their discoveries should still bind us, and where we can go from here. Mentioned in this episode: The Group Theatre Harold Clurman Lee Strasberg Richard Boleslavski Maria Ouspenskaya Evgeny Vakhtangov Cheryl Crawford Clifford Odets Stella Adler Elia Kaz...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their fourth choice for The Theatre of Others Book Club, A Director Prepares by Anne Bogart. Anne Bogart was the Co-Artistic Director for 30 years of SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is the recipient of four Honorary Doctorates from The Royal Central Sc...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi are in conversation with actors Jenelle Chu and Chalia La Tour on how they are navigating the WGA and possible SAG/AFTRA strikes while creating work that matters and redefining actor training for the 21st century. Jenelle Chu is a Canon Crash Course instructor for Encompass Collective. Specializes in scene stu...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the ongoing conversation about fairly compensating actors for their self-taped auditions, delving into the larger implications of paying actors equitably, finding a balance between capitalism and socialism, and discuss the historical concept of Manifest Destiny and its impact on today's society. M...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the coming AI revolution and what that means for Theatre, and how embodiment and authenticity can not be faked. Thanks for the responses from Liliana Velazquez and Farida Abdel Aziz Mentioned in this episode: Justine Bateman Support the show If you enjoyed this week´s podcast, please leave a review on...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their third choice for The Theatre of Others Book Club, To the Actor by Michael Chekhov. Mikhail Chekhov was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in August 1891. His father, Aleksandr was the brother of the great playwright Anton Chekhov. In 1912, Chekhov became a leading actor of the Moscow Arts Theater, st...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with the Co-Head of Acting at UC Irvine's Clair Trevor School of the Arts, Andrew Borba. As a stage performer, Andrew has appeared in numerous productions at South Coast Repertory; the Pasadena Playhouse; The Old Globe; the Theatre @ Boston Court; The Antaeus Company and Chalk Rep.; The Rubicon; La...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Objects, or Props, that performers use in rehearsal and on stage and how objects stand in for every version of that thing until the context is given by the performer. Mentioned on this episode: Chukwudi Iwuji Wig falling off "Make a Bold Choice" Support the show If you enjoyed this week´s...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this week's episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Actor's Warm-Up and Cool-Down and how important it is to be blazing hot before the work begins but also to take care of yourself and leave it at the door when you leave. Mentioned in this episode: Julian Elijah Martinez Stefan Pedekamp The Seagull with Parker Posey Bruce Myers KLPA...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi are joined by the producer of the podcast, Jack Burmeister,  as they take a look back at a past topic and discuss Episode 43- The Right to Tell this Story and they check in to see how they feel 2 years later. Is it appropriate or has it been appropriated? Appropriate: adjective 1. suitable or proper in the cir...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their second choice for The Theatre of Others Book Club, Backwards and Forwards by David Ball. David Ball, an award-winning playwright, director, novelist, and drama theoretician, wrote Backwards and Forwards , the standard script analysis textbook for the past quarter century. He was a dramaturg and p...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam returns and introduces (or reintroduces) The Viewpoints as he takes you through some exploration exercises in Duration and Architecture. Mentioned in this episode: Work with Others Taksu Theatre Workshop Richard Hess CCM Pebblebrook High School of the Arts Samuel Stricklen Greg Hellems Wright State University Tina Land...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi respond to the listener's provocations around episode 158- The Cancellation and discuss how to build the Artistic Life you want. Thank you to Michael Gural-Maiello and Stephen Whiley for the emails. Mentioned in this episode: Aisha Hair Braiding David Graeber Billy Dee Williams Colt 45 In Living Color Ton...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their upcoming training workshop on Taksu Theatre in Bali . Every artist in Bali strives for taksu . The Balinese define it as the moment when the artist completely surrenders to the form of their craft and God appears. This energy has many names and is present in every culture. Indians call it Rasa, t...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their first choice for The Theatre of Others Book Club, Impro by Keith Johnstone. KEITH JOHNSTONE (1933-2023) was one of the few internationally recognized authorities in the field of improvisation, great chunks of which he created, including Theatresports™, Maestro Impro©, Gorilla Theatre™, and The Li...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Rehearsal Culture and how a mistranslation can affect what could be training, investigation, repetition, or something else and how to set up the room for success at the beginning Mentioned in this episode: ISI A View from the Bridge Robert Wilson's I La Gailigo Ong Keng Sen Fuerzabruta John Do...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! Adam gives us a solo episode adapted from his recent presentation titled Theatre as Memory given at the Traces of Mobility conference on Refugees and Migration in Cairo, Egypt. In this talk, he discusses how Theatre at the end of the day is only ever a memory and how we as theatre makers can implant those ideas deeper to evoke empathy Menti...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Residency, the ability of an artist to get away from their everyday life and surround themselves with other ideas, and artists, and come at their work with fresh eyes. Mentioned in this episode: Clown Workshop with Budi Pedro Pascal on SNL Keith Johnstone's Impro Olive Pascha Supple Still Sam...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! Join us over the next 8 months as we begin The Theatre of Others Book Club. A special episode will drop on the last Monday of every month where we discuss that month's book and answer questions from those reading with us about it. Join us! Mentioned in this episode: Keith Johnstone's Impro David Ball's Backwards and Forwards...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Backstage and how the liminal space offstage needs the same respect and focus as that onstage Mentioned in this episode: Dirty Dancing The Movies that Made Us Showgirls Backstage Magazine Jason Robert Brown Airplane Sara Victoria, PEM Geoffrey S. Fletcher Support the show If you enjoyed this week´s...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Bias we all have, how to get past it or use it to better work, and how artists can't be unbiased about their work Mentioned in this episode: Snakes on a Plane Cabaret Pajama Game Auntie Bev Speaks Narisawa Support the show If you enjoyed this week´s podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podc...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Cancellation of a recent University production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot due to the estate's insistence that the casting remains all-male and goes against their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion stance. Mentioned in this episode: The Art of Dramaturgy Hattie McDaniel: Black Amb...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with the Head of the Drama Division at Juilliard, Evan Yionoulis. Evan Yionoulis, an Obie award-winning director and nationally-recognized teacher of acting, is  Richard Rodgers dean and director of Juilliard’s Drama Division.   Before that, she served twenty years on the faculty of Yale School of Drama,...