The Theatre of Others Podcast

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the First Day of Rehearsal and how a room is set up (both literally and metaphorically) and leads to a successful or unsuccessful working environment for a creative endeavor Mentioned in this episode: Seeing Race Again Elinor Fuchs Taylor Barfield Meg Fee Singapore Repertory Theatre Support the show If...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Theatre Festival and how it needs time and space specificity to happen, and how the lack of parameters can lead to the falling apart and revolt by the audience. Mentioned in this episode: Drama Bookshop Suzuki Company of Toga American Director Professor Adam Cristoger Marble Fyre Festival Festival...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss questions and comments regarding episode 149- The Critic. How to find your critic or become your own critic, and how to give criticism while keeping your privilege or experience in check. Thank you to Rouzbeh Nadjar and Matheus Ting Mentioned in this episode: Miss America maps answer See you next time...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Budi podcasts solo from Bali as he discusses spirituality and acting, channeling openness and humanity into your work, and taking gratitude into this new year and daily tasks Support the show If you enjoyed this week´s podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  To submit a question: Voice- http://www.speakpipe.com/t...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! Warning, mentions of Suicide In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Senses (Sight, smell, sound, taste, touch, proprioception, equilibrium, pain, and heatiness) and how a theatre-maker can best use them, and how an audience can engage them Mentioned in this episode: Aroma-turgy Castellucci's On the concept of the Face Dixie Stamped...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Audition and how they have and have not changed over the years  Support the show If you enjoyed this week´s podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  To submit a question: Voice- http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers Email-  podcast@theatreofothers.com Show Credits Co-Hosts: Adam Marple...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Company and how they come together and sometimes why they end, and how to check in from time to time to know where a Company stands. Mentioned in this episode: South Sinai International Festival SITI Company ends Theatre of Others Mission Statement This is What Happens to Pretty Girls D*** in a Box...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the recent divisive critique of a Broadway show and ask what is the role of the Critic in society today and how to take in the criticism now. Mentioned in this episode: Budi's Booty NYT review of KPOP KPOP Producers' apology demand NYT original review of KPOP (2017) KPOP will close A more nua...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi have a rambling discussion about typecasting and using it to your advantage without buying into it. Mentioned in this episode: Jim never has a second cup of my coffee Daniel Craig Belvedere Ad Stereotypical Middle Eastern movie by Hollywood Subtle performance Phua Chu Kang Can you hear me now? Support the show...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with the Director and Contemporary Artist Brook Andrew . Brook's interdisciplinary art practice is driven by the collisions of intertwined narratives, often emerging from the mess of the “Colonial Wuba (hole)”. His practice is grounded in his perspective as an Australian Wiradjuri (Indigenous) and C...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with the Executive Artistic Director of The Celebration Barn , David Bruin. David Bruin (he/him) is a producer, curator, dramaturg, and scholar of theater and performance. He has served as the executive artistic director of Celebration Barn since the fall of 2021. From 2019 through 2021, he worked as a c...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Sustainable Theatre. While Adam is working on his play, The Earth Turns , for the UN COP27 Climate conference in Sharm El Sheikh they dig into what Sustainable Theatre is, how to make choices Sustainably, and why we should make those choices before they are made for us. Mentioned in this episode: Peter...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Budi flies solo as Adam works on his show for the COP27 UN Climate Conference . The Open Heart Soil is an exercise developed by Budi Miller while working on his Ph. D. Join in as Budi takes you through a practical workshop using this technique. Show Notes Mothers Song - The Visit 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 are reunited and it feels so good. They discuss the Grad School Conundrum for theatre makers, the pros and cons, and alternatives that exist out there. Mentioned in this episode: Whitney Houston Roy Hart Adam's Show- The Earth Turns UN COP27 Climate Conference Waiting for Guffman Vibeology Support the sho...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam speaks with directors Dante Benazzo & Amanda Connors. Andrea Dante Benazzo trained as an actor and graduated from National Academy Silvio d’Amico in 2020. Feeling the urge to move from acting to personal research in directing his first work, in alto il Sole in basso , which premiered at the Contaminazioni Festival...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam speaks with performance makers Gregory Bonsignore & Basma Baydoun Gregory Bonsignore is a vagabond Playwright, director, actor, & writer for stage & screen who works & travels between LA, NYC, & abroad. He has a degree in Storytelling from NYU, trained at the BBC in London, was Playwright in Residen...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam speaks with directors Paolo Costantini, Maria Varnakkidou, and Marta Mari. Berlin-based Italian director Paolo Costantini is a graduate of the Silvio d'Amico National Dramatic Academy . He joined the Interkulturelles Theaterzentrum , a Fabulamundi partner, in Berlin, before collaborating with Italian-German compan...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam speaks with directors Sam Hunter,  Benedetto Sicca, and Olive Pascha. Sam Hunter is a writer, director, & teacher specializing in devised ensemble theater and collective play development. After graduating from UC, San Diego, he founded the Hungry River Theater Company and later co-founded The West , a collective cr...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! Sugarbag is a one-person radio play centered around the story of a young adult farmer living in outback Queensland. Set in a future where a combination of tightened pressure on international agricultural trade, growing populations, and the monopolization of vast farming industries has led to overfarming and a lack of regard for the welfare...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam continues the 2nd Annual Audio New Play Festival with a conversation with the Sydney-based playwright of the upcoming audio play SUGARBAG, James Reiser. James Reiser is an Australian writer, performer, and visual artist. Having trained at the Victorian College of the Arts , James integrates spoken word and rhythm in hi...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! The birth of Artificial Body Transplants (ABTs) have broken new ground for cosmetic and plastic surgery, elevating humanity’s obsession with perfection and beauty to greater heights. Cici has dreamt of the day she could transfer her consciousness into her dream body, manufactured with all the physical features she’s always wanted on herself...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi continue the 2nd Annual Audio New Play Festival with a conversation with the Singapore-based playwright of the upcoming audio play BEAUTIFUL, Raiya Basalamah. Raiya Basalamah is a Singaporean artist who has performed in numerous stage productions throughout her actor/theatre training at School of the Arts, Sin...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! Set in the many virtual environments of a multinational corporate 50 years from now, young worker Ellen faces her first performance review. This milestone moment will change and possibly define her life forever. The praxis is fair, the praxis is consistent, and the praxis is for your own good. Welcome to the future of work. Written by Micha...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi continue the 2nd Annual Audio New Play Festival with a conversation with the NYC-based playwright of the upcoming audio play SUCCESS IN CONTEMPORARY CORPORATE PRAXIS, Michael Gural-Maiello. Michael is a journalist, essayist, playwright, and author who held editorial positions at Forbes for 10 years and has als...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! Whale Song is an immersive audio play experience that follows characters, SAM and ROCHELLE, and the crew of a research vessel; scouring the near-empty oceans in search of the last whales on the planet. The play is set fifty years from today in a world so badly ravaged by a climate catastrophe, the human race is being forced to evacuate Eart...