The Theatre of Others Podcast

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss a recent article on Theatermania that is drawing ire, and the conversation turns to how whether it is meant or not all theatre is political even if you aren't doing political theatre Thanks to Al Hafiz Sanusi for the questions Mentioned in this episode: The Hidden Life of Trees Hugh Jackman praisi...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Imposters Syndrome, something every artist goes through and sometimes never recovers from. They explore the root causes and offer solutions to break through and do your best work Mentioned in this episode: Danger Will Robinson Bold Moment Anne Bogart's A Director Prepares Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.&a...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Actors Image and how it may not always be visual, and how to find your own unique way of interacting with the world. Mentioned in this episode: The Lollipop Guild Aunjanue Ellis Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences   To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofother...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Reification: the process of stepping into the unknown, gathering information, and returning back to create and expand our world with it. Mentioned in this episode: The Color Purple Harriet Tubman Airplane Chris Bayes The Hidden Lives of Trees The Art of Resonance Digital Theatre + Camille Paglia Broken...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak for an hour about something they know nothing about. Despite Adam's distaste for Musical Theatre,  Budi prompts him to name his top ten favorite Musicals.   Mentioned in this episode:  Racist 1970's commercial The Jeffersons West Side Story Leonard Bernstein Ivo von Hove's West Side Story...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Budi speaks with Master Clown Christopher Bayes Christopher Bayes began his theater career with the internationally acclaimed Theatre de la Jeune Lune where he worked for five years as an actor, director, composer, designer, and artistic associate. In 1989 he joined the acting company of the Guthrie Theater where he appeare...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi celebrate 100 episodes and reflect on their favorite moments. Company members Sara Caputo , Steven Gaultney , Tanvi Rajgharia , Joshua Waterstone , Jack Burmeister , and Carina McWhinnie also share their favorite moments. Mentioned in this episode: Adele Dazeem Budi standing next to Jack The Art of Gathering B...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss a prompt from a dear friend, Pål Louis Kaupang Rasmussen , about including other stories outside of the Euro-centric Western model in theatre education. Mentioned in this episode: Oslo National Academy of the Arts Jesus hopped the ‘A’ Train   Theatre of Others YouTube Live   bell hooks Slave Play Wole...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their rehearsal for Budi's Ph. D. performance Kool-Aid and Wine , which has been interrupted by the Omicron variant of COVID-19. They are joined by Dramaturg Steven Gaultney and Composer Jack Burmeister , minutes after finding out that the performance has been canceled. Mentioned in this episode:...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss a question prompted by Rummana Yamanie about the many things an actor must adapt to, including space, ill-informed directors, and language barriers. Mentioned in this episode: Don't Look Up (Spoilers) Cabaret Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai Day Cutiongco Deonn Yang Kyongsu Han Raphael Lecat Yulin Ng Karth...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Master Scenographer Jean Guy Lecat again. Dubbed "Monsieur Space“ by Peter Brook , from 1976 to 2000 as technical director and space designer for Peter Brook, Jean-Guy Lecat was charged particularly with researching, transforming, or creating more than 200 spaces throughout the world, many stil...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam speaks with Master Scenographer Jean Guy Lecat. Dubbed "Monsieur Space“ by Peter Brook , from 1976 to 2000 as technical director and space designer for Peter Brook, Jean-Guy Lecat was charged particularly with researching, transforming, or creating more than 200 spaces throughout the world, many still in use such...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss a question prompted by Rummana Yamanie about the Actor/Director relationship and how much space and respect should be given to the others' process. Mentioned in this episode: Robert Lepage Robert Wilson Romeo Castellucci Anne Bogart Scribd The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan Audio New Play Festival 2022...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Cultural Appropriation and Appreciation and the murky fuzzy areas art consciously and unconsciously wanders into. Mentioned in this episode: Mark Nannup Yirra Yaakin 7 Stages Passport Chad O'Brien Alfred Jarry and Pataphysics Gail Thacker Sarah Jones Anna Deavere Smith Hollywood Shuffle Nitram Sno...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi finish discussing the top 5 theatre productions that influenced them as theatre makers, what they learned from them, and how it changed them. Mentioned in this episode: Virgil Abloh Stephen Sondheim Passing Strange Coleman Domingo NPR Pebblebrook High School for the Performing Arts Wayne Maugins Les Mis Shunki...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi answer listeners' questions about the process of creating, rehearsing, and sharing work with an audience and how keeping it precious and hidden undermines its intrinsic value. Special Thanks to Steven Gaultney and Rummana Yamanie for the questions. Mentioned in this Episode: Canadian Governmental Arts Fun...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Existential Creativity and how one can make art at the end of the world. Mentioned in this Episode: COP 26 Ben Okri Existential Creativity Prayer for the living The Skin of our Teeth Mr. Burns, a post-electric play Curt Enderle Isle of Dogs The Martian To submit a question, please visit http://www.spea...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi answer listeners' questions about Episode 87- The Vulnerability, as well as differentiate Intra, Cross, Multi, Inter, and Trans-culturalism and how they work in the theatre. Thank you for the questions Ed McCullough and Vignesh Singh Mentioned in this Episode: Zen in the Art of Archery ITI Labrynth The Cu...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Production Process (or Tech) and why it all gets crammed in at the last moment, and how we might be able to protect, support, and work with designers and stage crew. Mentioned in this Episode: Black Eyed Peas at the Pyramids Who Shot JR? Dallas JR, the Artist Art d'Egypte IATSE 'Rust&apos...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Vulnerability, how to remain open while protecting yourself, and Budi takes Adam through a grounding and presence exercise. Mentioned in this Episode: Ed McCullough The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski La MaMa Umbria Mary Overlie Meng Jinghui Split Britches Romeo Castellucci Leigh Fondakowski Edith Podest...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Actors Work and what remains and needs to be retained from the Stanislavski Century, and how to decolonize the actor's training process while still recognizing what works. Mentioned in this Episode: Ovid's Metamorphosis Devdutt Pattaniak Stanislavski's An Actors Work Stanislavski&apo...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi are joined by Steven Gaultney as they discuss Adaptation, keeping the flame lit, bridging the gap between the play and the audience, and announce the upcoming Playwriting and Adaptation Workshop led by Steven Gaultney. Mentioned in this Episode: Merry Go Round Ovid's Metamorphoses Aeschylus' The Ores...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi have a great conversation with Director and Author Anne Bogart Anne Bogart is one of the three Co-Artistic Directors of the SITI Company , which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is a Professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program . Works with SITI i...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! In this episode, Adam and Budi wrap up the Audio New Play Festival with conversations with Sound Designers and Composers G. Clausen and Jack Burmeister. G. Clausen has sound designed for Playmakers Repertory, Studio Theatre, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Triad Stage, Cape Fear Regional Theatre, Pyramid Theatre Company, Paper Lantern, Gui...

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here! Tales from the Arcadia is set in a Generation Ship dispatched from Earth to ensure humanity’s continued survival. Hundreds of thousands will live and die without seeing their origin or destination. These three short records across time are an incomplete snapshot into how humanity might - with every action - d/evolve into. Creative Team Play...