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  • A Celebration of Zelda Fichandler- With Todd London and Mary B. Robinson

    A Celebration of Zelda Fichandler- With Todd London and Mary B. Robinson
    Jul 4 2026
    In this episode, we explore the legacy of Zelda Fichandler through The Long Revolution: Sixty Years on the Frontlines of a New American Theater and To Repair the World: Zelda Fichandler and the Transformation of American Theater by Mary B. Robinson. The conversation delves into Fichandler’s pioneering work founding Arena Stage, her role in the regional theater movement, and her decades-long impact as an educator at NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. Joining the discussion are theater historian and advocate Todd London, and biographer Mary B. Robinson, offering insights into Fichandler’s visionary leadership, her collaborations with artists, and her enduring influence on American theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std. und 22 Min.
  • Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance- With Khalid Y. Long, Aviva Neff, and Xavier Moses

    Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance- With Khalid Y. Long, Aviva Neff, and Xavier Moses
    Jul 4 2026
    Khalid Y. Long, Associate Dean of Research and Creative Endeavors in the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University, is a scholar, dramaturg, and author of August Wilson in Context. Aviva Neff, Assistant Professor of Theatre at Denison University, is a director, intimacy coordinator, and scholar whose work explores devised theatre, pedagogy, and equitable rehearsal practices. Their book, Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance: Acts of Rebellion, Activism, and Solidarity, examines how Black artists and activists use performance to engage questions of identity, history, and social change. Featuring essays and conversations with leading scholars and theatre-makers, the collection explores topics such as Black queer identity in playwriting, antiracist pedagogy, and contemporary works by artists including Lynn Nottage and Tarell Alvin McCraney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std. und 14 Min.
  • There’s No Murder Like Show Murder with Matthew Greene and Geneva Carr

    There’s No Murder Like Show Murder with Matthew Greene and Geneva Carr
    Jul 3 2026
    Join us for a live podcast recording, talkback, and book signing with playwright and novelist Matthew Greene as he discusses his debut novel, There's No Murder Like Show Murder. Set in the charming Eastbrook Playhouse, the story follows costume shop head Tasha Weaver as she navigates backstage drama, a theater star’s shocking murder, and the challenge of saving her beloved theater from financial ruin—all while trying to catch the killer. Matthew Greene brings a wealth of theater experience to the story, with plays developed and performed from coast to coast, including Thousand Pines, Good Standing, and Gregorian. His insider perspective infuses this cozy yet thrilling murder mystery with authenticity, humor, and heart. Moderator: Geneva Carr, Tony-nominated Broadway and television actress known for Hand to God and CBS’s Bull, leads the conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 Min.
  • What We Deserve - With David Rigano and Catie Carlisle

    What We Deserve - With David Rigano and Catie Carlisle
    Jun 4 2026
    For our 100th Episode, award-winning playwright and director David Rigano joins us to discuss his play What We Deserve. Rigano's work includes the award-winning musical You Heard It Here, as well as We Were Wild, Get the Duchess, and Awaken: A Sleeping Beauty Musical, written with his longtime collaborator and brother, Paul Rigano. He also co-created the long-running Ides of March Extravaganza and co-wrote The Holy Cows of Credence South Dakota with Mark-Eugene Garcia. The conversation will be moderated by writer, director, and performer Catie Carlisle, whose plays include 100 Days, That Night, and The Overlap. What We Deserve follows six strangers whose chance encounters repeatedly bring them together in unexpected ways. As relationships form and shift, they grapple with questions of love, fulfillment, and whether the lives they're living are truly the ones they deserve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std. und 10 Min.
  • Nothing is Impossible for Migdalia Cruz... or You

    Nothing is Impossible for Migdalia Cruz... or You
    Jun 2 2026
    In this episode, legendary playwright Migdalia Cruz discusses her new anthology The Impossible Plays, which features three previously unpublished works alongside reflections from theater luminaries Virginia Grise, Todd London, and David Henry Hwang. The conversation explores Cruz’s provocative, essential plays, her creative process, and her insights for emerging playwrights seeking to build a career in the theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std. und 1 Min.
  • Men In the Chorus- With Julian Novak

    Men In the Chorus- With Julian Novak
    May 31 2026
    Join us for a conversation with Julian Novak, author of Men in the Chorus. Inspired by The Boys in the Band, this play blends fantasy and memoir to explore love, mistakes, and self-discovery in the 1970s. Novak reflects on friendship, survival, and the search for belonging through a story that is part confession, part “what if,” and wholly theatrical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 Min.
  • The Balusters- A Talkback with David Lindsay-Abaire

    The Balusters- A Talkback with David Lindsay-Abaire
    May 29 2026
    Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Tony Award winner David Lindsay-Abaire, whose acclaimed works include Rabbit Hole, Kimberly Akimbo, Good People, and Shrek the Musical, joins us to discuss his latest play, The Balusters. Recently nominated for five 2026 Tony Awards, including Best Play, The Balusters is a sharp and hilarious satire set within a tightly knit neighborhood association where a seemingly simple proposal—a new stop sign—sparks an all-out community battle. Through wit and escalating conflict, the play explores change, belonging, and what happens when communities evolve faster than the people who live in them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std.
  • A Liberation Talkback - With Bess Wohl, Whitney White, and Jocelyn Bioh

    A Liberation Talkback - With Bess Wohl, Whitney White, and Jocelyn Bioh
    May 27 2026
    Bess Wohl is a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and filmmaker whose acclaimed works include Liberation, Grand Horizons, Small Mouth Sounds, and Camp Siegfried. Her play Liberation earned Tony nominations, a GLAAD Media Award, and widespread critical acclaim, with productions featured on numerous “Best of the Year” lists. Joining the conversation are celebrated theater artists Jocelyn Bioh and Whitney White, both Tony-nominated creators whose work continues to shape contemporary American theatre on Broadway and beyond. Liberation follows six women who gather in 1970 to form a consciousness-raising group in suburban Ohio, determined to change their lives and the world around them. Fifty years later, one of their daughters looks back to understand what happened to their ideals. Both intimate and theatrical, the play explores feminism, friendship, legacy, and the ongoing struggle to define what liberation truly means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 Min.