Onstage/Offstage Theatre Podcast

Lily is a theatre critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. I came across an article she wrote back in October of 2023 entitled “What responsibility do critics bear when a theater company closes?” I was so struck that anyone, let alone a theatre critic, would voice that out loud. But it’s a legitimate question, especially after Covid-19 has ravaged the theatre scene worldwide.

Florida-based playwrights/actors/producers of the challenging hit play, ”Dissonance,” which begs the question, ”Can a Black woman and a White woman--who have been friends for 20 years--have an honest, open conversation about race?” #theatre,#race,#friendship,#privilege,#dissonance, #equality, #blacklivesmatter, #racism, #whitefragility, #thisisamerica, #systemicracism, #blm

Dionne Lea is a Broadway World award nominated actor, singer, producer. She does improv, variety shows, theater, commercials, television, voice-over, film and is currently bringing her show ”The Way It Is...Now,” an evening of stories and musical numbers, around the united states to enthusiastic audiences. We have a great chat about so many different things--come tune us in!

Ekaterina Wagner is a playwright, art critic, and editor based in Moscow, Russia. Her articles appeared in Robb Report, ELLE and other media outlets in Russia, Ukraine, and India. She worked as an editor and deputy editor-in-chief of several international publications in Russia, including ELLE Decoration, Harper’s Bazaar Art, and The Art Newspaper. She is currently a deputy edito

Jan Carpman and Mary Ann Nichols Hubbard are the movers and shakers behind Playzoomers, a live, online theatre company founded in 2020. They present over 20 full video plays per year on zoom - from full-length plays to multiple short plays – featuring professional theatre artists. As of this broadcast they will have produced and aired over 100 plays.

Anne is a true gift to the theatre community. Since 2015 she’s run The Depot, a production company featuring Zoom play readings. We talk about teaching, her life in theatre, her writing, and the Coast Guard! https://www.thedepot.space

Kelly is a playwright whose work explores various cultures and belief systems. Her full-length plays are about, as she says, women and events you’ve likely never heard of. She goes on to say that she’s lived in a few different places, and enjoys getting to know a place through its often obscure history. She has at least one play for every region she’s lived in.

This month our guest is Michael Burgan, a playwright, novelist, and professional writer with over 250 published books. (We will explain that impressive number!) His short play, ”Nothing to Declare,” is our October ’23 play selection. And we talk with Michael about his other work, including textbooks and “Celebrating Survival,” an evening of staged readings of short plays

In the waiting room of a DNA testing laboratory, Oliver and Larry meet to hear results of their DNA tests. Plus an interview with Christine Benevenuto. Christine Benvenuto’s plays have been performed in the Boston Theater Marathon, The Sixth Festival in NYC, by The Braid in Los Angeles, Clamour Theater in Florida, and in western Massachusetts. A new monologue will be produced by

Sophie Vudakin’s play ”Tell Us Your Story” deals with the issues that surround being adopted and discovering birth families.