The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK
ABOUT
Dramatic writers start their journey with the blank page. In our fourth season we are honoring the craft and inspiration it takes to bring stories to the stage and honoring the service of our Dramatists Guild Council members that give their time to make the world for all writers a better place. TALKBACK entertains frank conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion. We ask the tough questions and don’t have all the answers but dig into dialogue that’s vital and messy and real. Join host Christine Toy Johnson and her industry colleagues from the pulse of the American theatre on TALKBACK. Available on all your favorite podcast platforms. Join the conversation on twitter using #DGTalkBack.
Episodes

Special TONY Episode! Michael R. Jackson and Rona Siddiqui of A Strange Loop
In advance of the 2022 Tony Awards next Sunday, June 12th TALKBACK is thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with the creatives behind the Tony nominated musical A Strange Loop. Michael R. Jackson, ...

S3 E6 A Long Overdue Correction: Collaborating with Non-Homogenous Creative Teams
In our final episode of Season 3 Christine sits down with celebrated director Leigh Silverman about her ongoing commitment to form teams that have intersectional inclusion. Leigh shares candidly both her ...

S3 E5 I see you. I respect you. I honor you. Collaborating with your Community
In this episode Christine talks to Teresa Coleman Wash, Executive Artistic Director of Bishop Arts Theater Center in Dallas, Texas. We discuss the ways individualism and collectivism can go hand in hand ...

S3 E4 Artists First and Foremost: Collaborating with the Disability Community
While the pandemic left so many things unsure this year, one thing was clear: connecting communities from across the world is easier than ever. In this episode, we’ll hear from artistic leaders from ...

S3 #3 Artists without Borders: Amplifying the Work of Immigrant Playwrights during the Pandemic
Christine welcomes playwrights Saviana Stanescu, Caridad Svich and recently former Artistic Director of the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe Daniel Gallant (Gallant was still the current Artistic Director at the ...

S3 #2 That Beyonce Energy: The Dramatists Guild’s Inclusion Rider
In this episode, we talk about the Dramatists Guild’s new Inclusion rider and the initiatives surr ...