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| Offscript: Pride With the ‘Come Back to the 5 & Dime’ Team | 12 Jun 2025 | ||
This month's guests are Shakina Nayfack, Ashley Robinson, and Dan Gillespie Sells, who have turned an iconic 1970s play into a musical, and arts journalist Billy McEntee. | |||
| Offscript: Danya Taymor & Knud Adams’s Ensemble Ethos | 13 May 2025 | ||
This month we talk to 2 Tony-nominated directors who specialize in new plays, and catch up with tireless critic Chris Jones for a recap of the Broadway season. | |||
| Offscript: George C. Wolfe’s Dreams and Defiance | 11 Apr 2025 | ||
This month we talk to the 6-time Tony-winning director about 'Gypsy' and his miraculous career, and the editors introduce our Spring print issue. | |||
| Offscript: Nilo Cruz’s Search for Beauty | 11 Mar 2025 | ||
In this episode, Gabriela talks to the Pulitzer-winning playwright about his new triple-play in Miami, and Rob checks in with LA Times arts reporter Ashley Lee. | |||
| Offscript: What Mfoniso Udofia and Awoye Timpo Find in ‘The Grove’ | 14 Feb 2025 | ||
This month we speak to the playwright and director of a new play at the Huntington, and check in with NY Times critic at large Maya Phillips. | |||
| Offscript: A Shot of ‘Eureka Day’ and a Visit to Seattle | 21 Jan 2025 | ||
This episode features a chat on the stage of Manhattan Theatre Club with playwright Jonathan Spector, and a check-in with Seattle Times arts writer Gemma Wilson. | |||
| Offscript: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Puppet | 16 Dec 2024 | ||
For 2024's holiday podcast, Gabriela visits with the merry makers behind 'Rudolph' at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, and Rob chats with critic Bill Hirschman about the state of South Florida theatre. | |||
| Offscript: David Henry Hwang’s Mistaken Identity | 19 Nov 2024 | ||
In a recent conversation with publications director Kelundra Smith, the 'Yellow Face' playwright talked about progress in representation and the unfairness of criticism. | |||
| Offscript: Chicago Shakes With the World | 18 Oct 2024 | ||
In this month's Offscript, we hear from three leaders who bring the world together through Shakespeare and new work. Plus, we learn about a new generative arts journalism fellowship. | |||
| Offscript: Chukwudi Iwuji’s Cyrano Is Larger Than Life | 06 Sep 2024 | ||
This month, the editors talk with the acclaimed actor about modernized classics, language, and how 'Oppenheimer' led him back to the stage. | |||
| Offscript: Political Theatre With Mario Correa & Matthew Freeman | 12 Aug 2024 | ||
This month we talk to the writers of 'N/A' and 'The Ask,' 2 new plays about intergenerational conflict and common ground among liberals and progressives. | |||
| Offscript: Mapping Our Theatre Futures | 15 Jul 2024 | ||
This recording from the TCG conference in Chicago highlights a new AT essay series with panelists Jocelyn Prince, Martine Kei Green-Rogers, PennyMaria Jackson, and Charlique Rolle. | |||
| Offscript: Pride Month Party | 26 Jun 2024 | ||
On this special episode, Kelundra and Gabriela talk to some of their favorite drag performers and check in with critic Naveen Kumar. | |||
| Grown in Chicago: Creating Your Community | 14 May 2024 | ||
This special podcast episode featuring panelists Shepsu Aakhu, Myesha-Tiara, and Xavier Custodio, moderated by Carla Stillwell, was recorded live from The Understudy in Chicago. | |||
| Offscript: Fight Like ‘The Outsiders,’ Dance Like the Brothers | 10 May 2024 | ||
On this Broadway-themed episode, Rob and Alli check in with busy critic Brittani Samuel and talk to choreographer siblings Rick and Jeff Kuperman about their innovative work on 'The Outsiders.' | |||
| Offscript: Harry Lennix & Ken-Matt Martin Rediscover August Wilson in Chicago | 16 Apr 2024 | ||
On this Chicago-themed episode, Rob and J.R. talk to the actor-director duo about staging August Wilson's solo play, 'How I Learned What I Learned,' and check in with arts journalist Mike Davis. | |||
| Offscript: Michael R. Jackson & Anna K. Jacobs Write With Bite | 11 Mar 2024 | ||
On this episode, Rob talks to the writer-composer team about their new horror-comedy musical 'Teeth' and checks in with Bay Area critic David John Chávez. | |||
| Offscript: Kendeda at 20 With Tarell Alvin McCraney, Madhuri Shekar, and a.k. payne | 21 Feb 2024 | ||
On this episode, 3 playwrights discuss their development experience as past winners of the Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition. | |||
| Offscript: Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury Feel the ‘Illinoise’ | 17 Jan 2024 | ||
On this episode, the playwright and director-choreographer team discuss their new 'Illinoise' musical, and New Yorker critic Helen Shaw surveys the theatre festival lineup. | |||
| Offscript: Merry Y’allmark with Topher Payne | 18 Dec 2023 | ||
On this episode, Rob and J.R. talk to Topher Payne about Hallmark and holiday traditions, plus Kelundra interviews longtime critic Linda Armstrong. | |||
| Offscript: David Adjmi in Stereo and 3 Dimensions | 17 Nov 2023 | ||
The writer of 'Stereophonic' talks about his obsessions with detail and destruction, and North Carolina correspondent Lauren Van Hemert fills us in on the Research Triangle theatre scene. | |||
| Offscript: Heidi Schreck and Selina Fillinger, Women on Top | 20 Oct 2023 | ||
On this episode, Rob and Gabriela celebrate this season's most-produced plays and playwrights with surprise guests Heidi Schreck and Selina Fillinger. | |||
| Offscript: Pearl Cleage Speaks Her Truth | 19 Sep 2023 | ||
On this episode Kelundra and J.R. talk to the Atlanta playwright about Chicago's month-long celebration in her honor, the value of community-driven storytelling, and her new play 'Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard.' | |||
| Offscript: Revisiting the NICU with Mike Lew and Moritz von Stuelpnagel | 15 Aug 2023 | ||
On this episode we talk to playwright Mike Lew and director Moritz von Stuelpnagel about taking 'tiny father' from audio to audience and catch up with critic J. Wynn Rousuck about the Contemporary American Theater Festival. | |||
| Offscript: Searching for the Future | 25 Jul 2023 | ||
This month we host a special conversation about the search process that led NYC's Rattlestick Theatre to hire its new artistic director, Will Davis. | |||
| Offscript: Will Martyna Majok & Stephen Adly Guirgis Go to the Tonys? | 11 Jun 2023 | ||
On this special pre-Tony Awards edition, we talk to the playwrights nominated for 'Cost of Living' and 'Between Riverside and Crazy,' and to Playbill's Diep Tran.
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| Offscript: Ty Defoe Is Planting the Seeds | 15 May 2023 | ||
We talk to writer/director/trickster Ty Defoe about directing 'Rent' for the next generation, building community ties, and moving beyond land acknowledgements. Plus: a check-in with Denver reporter John Moore. | |||
| Offscript: How Is This Time for Jews Onstage Different From All Others? | 18 Nov 2022 | ||
A conversation with Joel Grey, Tovah Feldshuh, Caissie Levy, Michael Arden, and Bess Wohl about portrayals of Jewishness and antisemitism on New York stages. | |||
| Offscript: Most-Produced With Lynn Nottage & Lauren Gunderson | 27 Sep 2022 | ||
On this episode we broke the news that Nottage's 'Clyde's' will be the most-produced play of the season, then welcomed her and fellow prolific scribe Gunderson on to talk shop. | |||
| Offscript: Molly Smith and the Next Revolution | 12 Sep 2022 | ||
On this episode we talk to the outgoing (in all senses) artistic director of Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage as she enters her 25th and final season. | |||
| Offscript: Daniel K. Isaac and the Tales We Tell | 29 Aug 2022 | ||
On this episode we talk to actor/playwright Daniel K. Isaac about his epic new play 'Once Upon a (Korean) Time' and about the untold histories that inspired it. | |||
| Offscript: How Aya Ogawa Writes on Bodies in Space | 15 Aug 2022 | ||
After our July break, we return for an interview with the writer-director-performer of 'The Nosebleed.' | |||
| Offscript: Live From Pittsburgh | 22 Jun 2022 | ||
This week, we share our live TCG conference session with arts journalist Sharon Eberson, City Theatre co-artistic director Monteze Freeland, and Quantum Theatre founder Karla Boos. | |||
| Offscript: Benjamin Benne’s Questions of Faith | 07 Jun 2022 | ||
This week we talk to the playwright of 'Alma' and 'In His Hands' about intimacy, religion, poetic realism, and Mario Kart. | |||
| Offscript: What We Talk About When We Talk About Abortion | 23 May 2022 | ||
This week the editors discuss theatre's role in dispelling the fears and misconceptions surrounding abortion with Alison Leiby and Justice Hehir. | |||
| Offscript: Karen Hartman’s Triple Feature | 10 May 2022 | ||
For this episode we talk to playwright Karen Hartman, who currently has 3 plays making NYC premieres in 59E59's first VOLT Festival. | |||
| Offscript: Tim Bond’s Healing Journey Through the American Century Cycle | 26 Apr 2022 | ||
This week our guest is TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's artistic director Tim Bond, now directing August Wilson's 'Gem of the Ocean' there. | |||
| Offscript: Mixed Blood Is in Good Hands | 12 Apr 2022 | ||
On this episode, the editors talk to the founding artistic director of Mixed Blood Theatre, Jack Reuler, and his soon-to-be successor Mark Valdez about leadership, social justice, and the future of theatre. | |||
| Offscript: Mei Ann Teo Finds Strength in the Collective | 25 Mar 2022 | ||
On this episode the editors talk to the director of the drama '7 Minutes' about labor, management, and new-play development . | |||
| Offscript: Eliana Pipes’s 3-Theatre ‘Dream Hou$e’ | 14 Mar 2022 | ||
The editors speak to the playwright of ‘Dream Hou$e,’ a new play about gentrification, sisterhood, and reality TV, now onstage at Long Wharf Theatre. | |||
| Offscript: Chisa Hutchinson Is Paying Attention | 28 Feb 2022 | ||
The editors speak to the playwright of 'Amerikin,' a new play about white supremacy, now onstage Houston's Alley Theatre after repeated pandemic delays. | |||
| Offscript: Jim Nicola’s Workshop Ethic | 15 Feb 2022 | ||
This week the editors talk to the artistic director of New York Theatre Workshop about his long and influential tenure there, which will end in June. | |||
| Offscript: Debra Ann Byrd’s Bard | 31 Jan 2022 | ||
The editors speak to the new artistic director of Southwest Shakespeare in Arizona about claiming the classics for all people everywhere. | |||
| Offscript: Steppenwolf’s Next Steps | 18 Jan 2022 | ||
This week we say farewell to associate editor Jerald Raymond Pierce and talk to Steppenwolf Theatre's new co-artistic directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis. | |||
| Offscript: Ringing Out 2021 With Lily Janiak and Jesse Green | 20 Dec 2021 | ||
For the final podcast of the year, the editors plumb the year-end thoughts and feelings of critics from the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. | |||
| Offscript: Real Talk With Deirdre O’Connell and Emily Davis | 22 Nov 2021 | ||
The stars of 'Dana H.' and 'Is This A Room' talk about their approach to 2 very different but similarly challenging real-life characters. | |||
| Offscript: Jamil Jude Wants Playwrights to Come Home | 25 Oct 2021 | ||
For this episode, the editors talk to the artistic director of Atlanta's True Colors Theatre about the city, the theatre, and the art form. | |||
| Offscript: Jokes and Epiphanies With Will Eno | 08 Oct 2021 | ||
The playwright of 'Middletown' and 'Thom Pain' talks about his new Ibsen adaptation, 'Gnit,' the often winding pursuit of the self, and the lessons of community. | |||
| Offscript: Previewing the Season With Maya Phillips & David John Chavez | 27 Sep 2021 | ||
In this episode we talk to critics on both coasts (with JR holding down the Midwest) about criticism, in-person theatre, and Twitter vs. TikTok. | |||
| Offscript: Nataki Garrett, Shaking Up and Stabilizing Oregon Shakes | 13 Sep 2021 | ||
This week we talk to the leader of the West Coast powerhouse about the tough years just page and what lies ahead. | |||
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