Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast

#106: Holly L. Derr

Playwright/director/professor of theater. #Metoo. Talking about incidents that happen in the theatre world, how to out them, prevent them, and eliminate them.
https://hollyderr.com/
http://howlround.com/authors/holly-derr
http://howlround.com/metoo-power-complicity-and-collective-responsibility
http://anniefinch.com/some-things-ive-been-ashamed-to-share-about-being-a-woman-writer-until-now/
https://monicacatherine.com/2018/03/28/a-case-study-of-how-the-machinery-of-enablement-works-in-american-theatre/
https://www.americantheatre.org/2017/12/06/unmuffling-a-culture-of-silence/
http://www.theaterjones.com/ntx/features/20171202133546/2017-12-05/Lee-Trull-Accused-of-Misconduct
https://www.facebook.com/monicabyrne13/posts/10103923958502528

#105: Elana Gartner / Rebecca Burton

Advocates for Gender Parity in Theatre. It's all about gender parity (or disparity, really) in theatre. What are the stats and how do we level the playing field?
www.elanagartner.com
www.womenplaywrights.org
elanagartner.com/links/genderparity.html
howlround.com/a-brief-history-of-the-gender-parity-movement-in-theatre
howlround.com/gender-parity-in-canadian-theatre
lafpi.com/2015/07/dramatists-guild-national-conference-writechange-the-count/
#genderparity,#elanagartner,#rebeccaburton
 
 
 

#103: David Hanson

Playwright/Artistic Director/Producer...and one of the founders of the Midwest Dramatists Center, which just produced its first annual Midwest Dramatists Conference. He's also a novelist of somewhat special subjects!
 

#102: George Simon

NYC producer, George talks about their experiences creating the Midtown Festival and dealing with one of the biggest theatre communities in the world.

#101: Valerie Hager

Playwright. She writes and performs her one-woman show, "Naked in Alaska," about her life experience as a dancer in Anchorage.
 

#99: Play reading - Hole to China / A.J. Sage

Digging a Hole. To China.

#98: Sadie Bowman / Ricky Coates

Playwrights, educators. Theatre for grammar and high schoolers (yes, and adults, too!) with scientific content. Sadie and Ricky make Tesla, Marie Curie, and Sir Isaac Newton not just mirthful, but musical!
www.matheatre.com

#97: ”Resist” Play Reading - War Pig / Naomi Westerman

Playwright. One must always speak out. Even if the audience isn't friendly.
naomiwesterman.com

#96: ”Resist” Play Reading - The Art of Stopping / Thomas J. Misuraca

Playwright. No telling when you'll reach your limit.

#95: ”Resist” Play Reading - The Ark / Matthew Weaver

Playwright. And *you* thought packing for a trip was a hassle!
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