Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast

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

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

#153: Katie Hartman

Theatre Maker!/Playwright/Actor/Musician. Katie Hartman is many things: a playwright, actor, singer, musician. Her career has taken her around the world (as one-half of The Coldharts) with such macabre works as Edgar Allan and the Unrepentant Necrophile (a musical). Now she's taken the production reins of the Cincinnati Fringe.
The Coldharts / Facebook / Twitter: @cincyfringe / Instagram @cincyfringe / Instagram @katiehartmankatiehartman /  Instagram @thecoldharts
 
 

#152: Debbie Lamedman

Playwright/Editor/Teaching Artist. Debbie is the editor for Smith and Kraus's books: Best 10-Minute Plays of 2021, Best Women's Monologues 2021, Best Men's Monologues 2021. She also writes plays for young adults!
www.debbielamedman.com / New Play Exchange

#151: KJ Sanchez

Theatre maker/director/producer/documentary maker/Asst. professor/Head of M.F.A. Directing - Univ. Texas @ Austin.
KJ uses interviews and historical research to glean material for her plays, which cover a multitude of engrossing subjects.
Howlround article / Univ. of Texas/Austin / American Records

#150: John Mabey

Playwright, Mental Health Counselor. John's having a remarkable year as a playwright--winner of the 2021 Panowski Award!
Website / Instagram / Twitter