Animal Farm: Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests presented by City Garage – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Natasha Tripney is a writer, editor and critic based in London. She is the reviews editor for The Stage, the newspaper of the UK theatre industry. In 2011, she co-founded Exeunt, an online theatre magazine, which she edited until 2016. She is a contributor to the Guardian, the Independent, the BBC, Tortoise and Kosovo 2.0. Learn more here: https://seestage.org/author/natasha-tripney/

City Garage Theatre, based in Santa Monica, California, is excited to present “Animal Farm: Conversations on Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests.” Episodes offer an engaging and thought-provoking look at current issues and ideas in world politics and how they’re reflected in theater. Viewer participation is encouraged and desired. As we navigate these troubled times and attempt to find solutions or simply a way to just communicate the best we can right now, we want to hear from you! Submit your questions here: https://citygarage.org/animalfarm

This episode of "Animal Farm" originally appeared on YouTube on Jan 26, 2022.

Adam Esquenazi Douglas is a playwright who was born in Texas, grew up in Arkansas, was raised by a Jewish father and a Cuban mother. His plays have been produced across the United States from Los Angeles to New York City, as well as in Canada and Japan. https://twitter.com/adamwritesplays

City Garage Theatre, based in Santa Monica, California, is excited to present “Animal Farm: Conversations on Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests.” Episodes offer an engaging and thought-provoking look at current issues and ideas in world politics and how they’re reflected in theater. Viewer participation is encouraged and desired. As we navigate these troubled times and attempt to find solutions or simply a way to just communicate the best we can right now, we want to hear from you! Submit your questions here: https://citygarage.org/animalfarm

This episode of "Animal Farm" originally appeared on YouTube on Jan 19, 2022.

Luis Alfaro is a Chicano playwright born and raised blocks from USC in the Pico-Union district of downtown Los Angeles. Luis is the Associate Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group, the resident theatre company of the Music Center of Los Angeles County, home of the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre and Kirk Douglas Theater. Luis is the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, popularly known as a “genius grant,” awarded to people who have demonstrated expertise and exceptional creativity in their respective fields.

Support the show! Visit City Garage on Patreon and select the "$5 Animal Farm Friend" tier: www.patreon.com/citygarage. You can also make a one-time contribution on our website; please type "Animal Farm" in the Notes section of the PayPal contribution form: www.citygarage.org/support-us/

City Garage Theatre, based in Santa Monica, California, is excited to present “Animal Farm: Conversations on Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests.” Episodes offer an engaging and thought-provoking look at current issues and ideas in world politics and how they’re reflected in theater. Viewer participation is encouraged and desired. As we navigate these troubled times and attempt to find solutions or simply a way to just communicate the best we can right now, we want to hear from you! Submit your questions here: https://citygarage.org/animalfarm

This episode of "Animal Farm" originally appeared on YouTube on Oct 20, 2021.

Steven talks with Allison Whorton, Executive Director at TeenTix LA, which exists to break down the barriers that prevent teens from accessing art in our community, such as ticket or admission cost, not knowing where to look for events, navigating transportation around the city, and feeling insecure around arts-going if there's no one in their lives already championing the arts. Learn more at la.teentix.org

Support the show! Visit City Garage on Patreon and select the "$5 Animal Farm Friend" tier: www.patreon.com/citygarage. You can also make a one-time contribution on our website; please type "Animal Farm" in the Notes section of the PayPal contribution form: www.citygarage.org/support-us/

City Garage Theatre, based in Santa Monica, California, is excited to present “Animal Farm: Conversations on Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests.” Episodes offer an engaging and thought-provoking look at current issues and ideas in world politics and how they’re reflected in theater. Viewer participation is encouraged and desired. As we navigate these troubled times and attempt to find solutions or simply a way to just communicate the best we can right now, we want to hear from you! Submit your questions here: https://citygarage.org/animalfarm

This episode of "Animal Farm" originally appeared on YouTube on Oct 13, 2021.

Steven talks with Marc Antonio Pritchett, Co-Artistic Director of Sacred Fools, one of LA’s most dynamic theater companies.

Support the show! Visit City Garage on Patreon and select the "$5 Animal Farm Friend" tier: www.patreon.com/citygarage. You can also make a one-time contribution on our website; please type "Animal Farm" in the Notes section of the PayPal contribution form: www.citygarage.org/support-us/

City Garage Theatre, based in Santa Monica, California, is excited to present “Animal Farm: Conversations on Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests.” Episodes offer an engaging and thought-provoking look at current issues and ideas in world politics and how they’re reflected in theater. Viewer participation is encouraged and desired. As we navigate these troubled times and attempt to find solutions or simply a way to just communicate the best we can right now, we want to hear from you! Submit your questions here: https://citygarage.org/animalfarm

This episode of "Animal Farm" originally appeared on YouTube on Oct 6, 2021.

Shem Bitterman studied acting at New York's High School of Performing Arts and Juilliard and got an MFA in playwriting from The University of Iowa. His work has been produced and developed at theaters across the country including the Mark Taper Forum, the Actor's Theatre of Louisville, South Coast Rep, Geva, Steppenwolf, Sundance, Midwest Playlabs, the WPA Theatre, Padua Playwrights Festival, the Unicorn Theatre and Circus Theatricals in Los Angeles where he is also an associate artist.

City Garage Theatre, based in Santa Monica, California, is excited to present “Animal Farm: Conversations on Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests.” Episodes offer an engaging and thought-provoking look at current issues and ideas in world politics and how they’re reflected in theater. Viewer participation is encouraged and desired. As we navigate these troubled times and attempt to find solutions or simply a way to just communicate the best we can right now, we want to hear from you! Submit your questions here: https://citygarage.org/animalfarm

This episode of "Animal Farm" originally appeared on YouTube on Sept 30, 2021.

Erin Aubry Kaplan is a contributing writer to the New York Times opinion page and a former weekly op-ed columnist for the Los Angeles Times, the first African American in the paper's history to hold the position. Learn more here: https://www.erinaubrykaplan.net/

City Garage Theatre, based in Santa Monica, California, is excited to present “Animal Farm: Conversations on Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests.” Episodes offer an engaging and thought-provoking look at current issues and ideas in world politics and how they’re reflected in theater. Viewer participation is encouraged and desired. As we navigate these troubled times and attempt to find solutions or simply a way to just communicate the best we can right now, we want to hear from you! Submit your questions here: https://citygarage.org/animalfarm

This episode of "Animal Farm" originally appeared on YouTube on Sept 22, 2021.

Steven talks with playwright Neil LaBute. Neil first came to prominence with a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, "In the Company of Men," which won awards from the Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the New York Film Critics Circle. He has since worked on Broadway, in films & TV, primarily as a writer, director, and producer. City Garage produced his plays "Filthy Talk for Troubled Times" in 2012, "Break of Noon" in 2015 and "Four From 10x10 by Neil LaBute" online in 2021.

Support the show! Visit City Garage on Patreon and select the "$5 Animal Farm Friend" tier: www.patreon.com/citygarage. You can also make a one-time contribution on our website; please type "Animal Farm" in the Notes section of the PayPal contribution form: www.citygarage.org/support-us/

City Garage Theatre, based in Santa Monica, California, is excited to present “Animal Farm: Conversations on Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests.” Episodes offer an engaging and thought-provoking look at current issues and ideas in world politics and how they’re reflected in theater. Viewer participation is encouraged and desired. As we navigate these troubled times and attempt to find solutions or simply a way to just communicate the best we can right now, we want to hear from you! Submit your questions here: https://citygarage.org/animalfarm

This episode of "Animal Farm" originally appeared on YouTube on Nov 25, 2020.

Steven talks with Polish theatre directors Anna Smolar and Magda Szpecht.

Support the show! Visit City Garage on Patreon and select the "$5 Animal Farm Friend" tier: www.patreon.com/citygarage. You can also make a one-time contribution on our website; please type "Animal Farm" in the Notes section of the PayPal contribution form: www.citygarage.org/support-us/

City Garage Theatre, based in Santa Monica, California, is excited to present “Animal Farm: Conversations on Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests.” Episodes offer an engaging and thought-provoking look at current issues and ideas in world politics and how they’re reflected in theater. Viewer participation is encouraged and desired. As we navigate these troubled times and attempt to find solutions or simply a way to just communicate the best we can right now, we want to hear from you! Submit your questions here: https://citygarage.org/animalfarm

This episode of "Animal Farm" originally appeared on YouTube  on Nov 18, 2020.

Steven talks with Susan Blundell (Playwright), Lloyd Morris (Actor), and Elliot Devino (Clarinetist), from "Silence & Joy," a new musical drama that features Lloyd Morris as the troubled composer Ludwig van Beethoven, Ben Scheck as the black virtuoso violinist George Bridgetower, and Matthew Coulton as Ferdinand Ries, the piano student who helps to bring the two together. Watch "Silence & Joy" on YouTube!

Support the show! Visit City Garage on Patreon and select the "$5 Animal Farm Friend" tier: www.patreon.com/citygarage. You can also make a one-time contribution on our website; please type "Animal Farm" in the Notes section of the PayPal contribution form: www.citygarage.org/support-us/

City Garage Theatre, based in Santa Monica, California, is excited to present “Animal Farm: Conversations on Theater and Politics with Steven Leigh Morris and Guests.” Episodes offer an engaging and thought-provoking look at current issues and ideas in world politics and how they’re reflected in theater. Viewer participation is encouraged and desired. As we navigate these troubled times and attempt to find solutions or simply a way to just communicate the best we can right now, we want to hear from you! Submit your questions here: https://citygarage.org/animalfarm

This episode of "Animal Farm" originally appeared on YouTube  on Nov 11, 2020.