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Omeed's Tapestries with Barry M Putt Jr, Robert Liebowitz, and Asal Abasian

Omeed's Tapestries with Barry M Putt Jr, Robert Liebowitz, and Asal Abasian

Barry M. Putt, Jr. is a playwright and screenwriter whose work centers on identity, resilience, and human connection. His plays and scripts, produced both nationally and internationally, often amplify marginalized voices and explore urgent social themes.

45 mins
Jul 5
Acting is Your Business: How  to Take Charge of your Creative Career

Acting is Your Business: How to Take Charge of your Creative Career

Emmy- and Artios-nominated casting director Wendy S. Kurtzman joins us to discuss her book, Acting is Your Business: How to Take Charge of Your Creative Career.

53 mins
Jul 5
This is Not a Dream: Young Playwrights Ukraine- With Laura Cahill

This is Not a Dream: Young Playwrights Ukraine- With Laura Cahill

In this episode, we explore This is Not a Dream, a collection of nine ten-minute plays by emerging Ukrainian playwrights capturing stories of connection, resilience, and hope during war.

55 mins
Jul 5
A Celebration of Zelda Fichandler- With Todd London and Mary B. Robinson

A Celebration of Zelda Fichandler- With Todd London and Mary B. Robinson

In this episode, we explore the legacy of Zelda Fichandler through The Long Revolution: Sixty Years on the Frontlines of a New American Theater and To Repair the World: Zelda Fichandler and the Transformation of American Theater by Mary B. Robinson.

1 h 19 mins
Jul 4
Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance- With Khalid Y. Long, Aviva Neff, and Xavier Moses

Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance- With Khalid Y. Long, Aviva Neff, and Xavier Moses

Khalid Y. Long, Associate Dean of Research and Creative Endeavors in the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University, is a scholar, dramaturg, and author of August Wilson in Context.

1 h 11 mins
Jul 4
There’s No Murder Like Show Murder with Matthew Greene and Geneva Carr

There’s No Murder Like Show Murder with Matthew Greene and Geneva Carr

Join us for a live podcast recording, talkback, and book signing with playwright and novelist Matthew Greene as he discusses his debut novel, There's No Murder Like Show Murder.

35 mins
Jul 3
What We Deserve - With David Rigano and Catie Carlisle

What We Deserve - With David Rigano and Catie Carlisle

For our 100th Episode, award-winning playwright and director David Rigano joins us to discuss his play What We Deserve. Rigano's work includes the award-winning musical You Heard It Here, as well as We Were Wild, Get the Duchess, and Awaken: A Sleeping Beauty Musical, written with his longtime collaborator and brother, Paul Rigano.

1 h 7 mins
Jun 4
Nothing is Impossible for Migdalia Cruz... or You

Nothing is Impossible for Migdalia Cruz... or You

In this episode, legendary playwright Migdalia Cruz discusses her new anthology The Impossible Plays, which features three previously unpublished works alongside reflections from theater luminaries Virginia Grise, Todd London, and David Henry Hwang.

58 mins
Jun 2
Men In the Chorus- With Julian Novak

Men In the Chorus- With Julian Novak

Join us for a conversation with Julian Novak, author of Men in the Chorus. Inspired by The Boys in the Band, this play blends fantasy and memoir to explore love, mistakes, and self-discovery in the 1970s.

39 mins
May 31
The Balusters- A Talkback with David Lindsay-Abaire

The Balusters- A Talkback with David Lindsay-Abaire

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Tony Award winner David Lindsay-Abaire, whose acclaimed works include Rabbit Hole, Kimberly Akimbo, Good People, and Shrek the Musical, joins us to discuss his latest play, The Balusters.

56 mins
May 29
A Liberation Talkback - With Bess Wohl,  Whitney White, and Jocelyn Bioh

A Liberation Talkback - With Bess Wohl, Whitney White, and Jocelyn Bioh

Bess Wohl is a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and filmmaker whose acclaimed works include Liberation, Grand Horizons, Small Mouth Sounds, and Camp Siegfried. Her play Liberation earned Tony nominations, a GLAAD Media Award, and widespread critical acclaim, with productions featured on numerous “Best of the Year” lists.

52 mins
May 27
Dream On...Now Deliver- With Patricia Kara

Dream On...Now Deliver- With Patricia Kara

In this episode, actress, model, and television personality Patricia Kara joins moderator Cheryl Benton to discuss her new book Dream On…Now Deliver.

54 mins
May 26
Crisis: The Theatre Responds

Crisis: The Theatre Responds

In this episode, we explore “CRISIS: The Theatre Responds” with Dr. Carol Rocamora, joined by Eleanor Burgess, Antoinette Nwandu, Keith Hamilton Cobb, and Mfoniso Udofia.

1 h 9 mins
May 25
Samuel Beckett Meets Hip-Hop With Jeni Jones

Samuel Beckett Meets Hip-Hop With Jeni Jones

Jeni Jones is a director, actor, playwright, producer, and performer whose 30-year career spans theatre, film, music, and spoken word. Known for her work as a Beckettian actor and director, she has directed productions of Waiting for Godot, Krapp’s Last Tape, NOT I, and ROCKABY, and has earned recognition including an NAACP Theatre Award.

1 h 12 mins
May 22
To Steve With Love- With Liz Callaway

To Steve With Love- With Liz Callaway

In this episode, we celebrate To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim, a heartfelt tribute to one of musical theatre’s greatest legends, Stephen Sondheim.

1 h 18 mins
Apr 3
An Evening with Lloyd Suh, Shannon Tyo, Daniel K. Isaac, & Christine Mok

An Evening with Lloyd Suh, Shannon Tyo, Daniel K. Isaac, & Christine Mok

In this episode, we explore Once in the Countryside: A Collection of Plays by Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh, a sweeping anthology that brings over 150 years of Asian and Asian American history to life onstage.

1 h 23 mins
Mar 31
43 Stages of Grieving: A Comedy

43 Stages of Grieving: A Comedy

In this episode, we dive into 43 Stages of Grieving: A Comedy, a wildly inventive and deeply human story about a pregnant, dying robot and a human determined to live forever.

1 h 5 mins
Mar 26
Sappho’s Garden with Carol Lee Campbell and Domnica Radulescu

Sappho’s Garden with Carol Lee Campbell and Domnica Radulescu

In this episode, we explore Sappho’s Garden, a theatrical meditation on the legendary Greek poet that blends a vivid one-act play with scholarly insight and creative reimagining.

1 h 14 mins
Mar 24
Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill

Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill

In this episode, we celebrate the launch of Prince Faggot, one of the year’s most talked-about and provocative new plays, written by acclaimed playwright Jordan Tannahill.

1 h 39 mins
Mar 20
Dirty Books with Mara Lieberman

Dirty Books with Mara Lieberman

In this episode, Mark talks with Mara Lieberman about Bated Breath Theatre Company’s newest immersive production, Dirty Books, and the evolving world of immersive theatre.

59 mins
Mar 17

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