Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast

#139: Women of the Honor Roll

Arts Leaders, Activists, Playwrights, Educators. The Honor Roll is an all over-40 female-identifying organization whose purpose is to increase their rightful inclusion in all areas of theatre.
#womenover40,#thehonorroll,#womenplaywrights,#activists,#underrepresented,#lucywang,#cherylldavis,#yvetteheyliger,#ageism

#138: Michael J. Bobbit

Arts Leader, Playwright, Antiracist Arts Advocate. We discuss inclusion and parity of boards in white-run theatre, the evolution of BIPOC voices in our arts, and the recognition and eradication of racist practices in American theatre.
#michaelbobbitt,#newrepertorytheatre,#inclusion,#parity,#racism,#bipoc,#boards,#newadventure

#137: Janice Rabian

Costume Designer, storyteller. She conducted a research survey of a number of theatres and asked them specifics on how Covid-19 had affected their professions. Janice learned more than she expected.
#janicerabian,#costumedesign,#covid19

#136: Chanel Bragg

Associate Artistic Director, Actor. Chanel Bragg is a powerhouse in theatre; her diversity work puts her at the top of her game, and earns her a co-artistic directorship at Arizona Theatre.
#diversity,#edi,#arizonatheatre,#covid19

#135: Play reading: Threatened Panda Fights Back / Rex McGregor

Playwright. When an image change is called for, power structures in the world of wildlife politics start to crumble.
#comedy,#panda,#dodo,#zoo

#134: Kelvin Dinkins / Al Heartley

After George Floyd was murdered, many theatres decided it was finally time to announce that Black Lives Matter. Our guests' article in Howlround discussed this and the continual low numbers of black artists in theatre management.
Howlround article: "We Don’t Want Your Statements, American Theatre, or, The Solidarity We Actually Needed"
#equity,#diversity,#inclusion,#blacktheatre,#BIPOC,#blacklivesmatter,#race

#133: Play reading - The Tinkerbell Situation / Marc Paykuss

Playwright. The guinea pig got lost again and found its way into the clothes dryer. Now how does Mom tell her daughter?
#darkcomedy,#guineapig,#motherdaughter

#132: Play reading - Choices / James McLindon

The terms of this loan seem just a wee bit too easy. What's the catch? Plus an interview with James McLindon.
www.jamesmclindon.com / New Play Exchange /  #darkcomedy, #studentloans, #payoff

#131: Play reading - White Dress / Laura Shamas

Playwright, writer (stage, screen, prose, non-fiction), theater artist. All Ben needs are a few pictures of a bench, but there's an obstacle: A runaway bride in need of assistance! Plus an interview with the playwright!
 

#130: Play Reading - ”Curse Of the Bambino” / A.J. Sage

Playwright, artistic director, actor. Carl "comes out" to his father, Paul, who, while stunned, endeavors to understand how something like this could happen.
#baseball,#yankees,#redsox,#lgbt