Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast

#21: Angela Gant

Angela Gant discusses her play, “The Body of Eva Peron,” and more of her offbeat work.

#20: John Patrick Bray

Playwright, educator. John Patrick Bray talks about getting ahead in the playwriting game.

#19: Saviana Stanescu

Playwright/director/teacher. OSOS talks with Saviana about her playwriting, writing and teaching in America with Romanian history behind her.

#17: Cynthia Henderson

Teacher, director, actor. Associate professor Cynthia Henderson discusses directing Anna Deveare Smith's “Fires in the Mirror,” the history of the New York City riots the play is based on, and helping to make past history relevant for college students.

#18: Karl Gregory

Actor. Karl joins OSOS to talk about acting in Micheal Perlman's play “From White Plains,” which deals with the long-term effects of bullying.

#16: Anne Marie Cummings

Producer, playwright, actor. Artistic Director of the Readers Theatre of Ithaca, Anne Marie Cummings discusses her company's staged readings, the rehearsal process, working with playwright Neil Labute, and educating people about how to prevent bullying.

#15: Marthe Hoffman

Scenic designer, designer of home furnishings. At last we hear from the techie side of theatre! Marthe talks about creating scenic designs and how to do them green!

#14: Siouxsie Easter

Professor, teacher, director, actor, installation artist. Siouxsie and I wax prolific about teaching in a college theatre program, directing for  “all the senses,” and creating artistic installations.

#13: Joey Steinhagen

Artistic Director: Running to Places, director, actor. Running to Places is a community theatre company that produces musicals and works with with teens and pre-teens.

#12: Play Reading - Extra / AJ Sage

Playwright, actor, director. We read the short play, “Extra!,” talk about its creation, writing as an homage, and figuring out how long the play should be.