Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast

#165: Midge Guerrera

Midge Guerrera is a playwright, blogger, travel consultant, memoirist, university education planner, arts management/public relations and much more. Our talk this month is chock full of stories, anecdotes, and inspiration.

midgeguerrera.com / New Play Exchange / Facebook / Cars, Castles, Cows, and Chaos / Nonna's Mulberry Tree

#164: Claude Jackson, Jr

Playwright, public defender. Claude Jackson's play “Cashed Out” recently had its world premiere at the San Francisco Playhouse. The play deals with Rocky, a mother and an accountant, who has a gambling addiction.

Gila River Indian Community / BroadwayWorld article

#163: Patrick Gabridge

Playwright, producer, novelist. Patrick Gabridge is a busy man; he writes site-specific plays, historical novels, and runs the PlaywrightBinge, an online group for playwrights to share information and support.

Website / Facebook / Instagram / Twitter  / New Play Exchange / Plays in Place

#162: Claire Lebowitz King

Claire Lebowitz King's play "Outside the Gates", about two mothers, one Iranian, the other American, appeared at the '22 Edinburgh Fringe. An indomitable activist, Claire has also written other insightful social works as well as being a co-founder of Occupy Broadway.

Facebook / Instagram / Twitter / TikTok / Wired / DC Theatre Arts / IMDB

#161: Sarah Shourd

Happy New Year, all! We bring you a thrilling talk with playwright Sarah Shourd. Her play "The Box," about prisoners in solitary confinement, toured the US and Europe and was so impactful, it helped changed laws in California.

www.sarahshourd.com / The Box / Of Two Minds / End of Isolation Tour

Mother Jones: How We Survived Two Years of Hell As Hostages in Tehran

#160: Theresa Fisher

Producer--New Plays for Young Audiences Associate Professor, Bronx Community College.

Facebook / New Plays For Young Audiences

Twitter: @NYUEdTheatre / Instagram: @nyuedtheatre

#159: Play Reading - Jokers in the Pack / Tony Vale

Play reading: "Jokers in the Pack"--an inside look at what dogs really talk about while we sip our soy lattes. And a lovely convo with Tony about writing and community activism!

#158: Play reading - Letting Go / by Deirdre Girard

Playwright, teacher.  We read Dierdre's play, "Letting Go, our final "Pets" play, and talk about commissions and wooooo...horror-themed plays!

New Play Exchange

#157: Lisa Villamil

Playwright/Actor/Director. We have a smashing conversation with Lisa Villamil about her play "Sirens," getting started in writing, producing work, and making it in today's theatre world!

New Play Exchange

#156: Play reading - Death of Gingerbread / Rand Higbee

Playwright Rand Higbee joins us for the first of our 2022 plays based on "Pets."

Facebook / New Play Exchange

#155: Mike Sockol

Playwright, Actor, Storyteller, Journalist, Community Activist. Mike Sockol and I talk about many things: arts in education, journalism, play critique, his play "In Danger of Falling in Love," and his fight against cancer.

#154: Naked Angels

Playwrights, actors, producers. Joshua Fardon, Patricia Mario, and Connie Kuntz are the driving forces behind Naked Angels (Chicago branch) which hosts Tuesdays@9, a forum for reading new works.

www.nakedangels.com / Facebook / Instagram