Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast

#109: Christine Barclay

Educator/producer/director. Her students were rehearsing at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School when the shooter began his spree. This is how a teacher and her students begin to make sense out of the days that follow. 
barclayperformingarts.com
 

#108: Phaedra Scott

Director/dramaturg/writer/journalist. We get into some deep talk about the art and intricacies of dramaturgy, racial and gender parity in current American theatre, and producing new plays by new voices.
www.phaedrascott.com / www.blacktheatrecommons.org

#107: Dierdre Kinahan

Playwright. We talk about women in irish theatre, self producing, her early works, writing technique and the dynamics of economical language. We also spoke about making audiences think, about the politics of life that characters carry with them and how playwrights underscore large issues with singular humanities.
#irishplaywright,#femaleplaywright

#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