American Theatre Offscript

This month Brian talks with playwright, director, and performer Aya Ogawa about “hacking away with a machete” toward a career and directing their own work.

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

This month, Woodzick talks with drag superstar Monét X Change about her solo Life be Lifin’, collaborating on music with BenDeLaCreme, sources of queer joy, and Broadway aspirations.

This month Brian talks with playwright and producer Kelley Nicole Girod about her experiences living in Louisiana and New York, balancing many endeavors, and weaving drama with history.

For our final podcast of the year, 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

This month Brian talks to the Southern-born writer about her journey through acting to playwriting, what her parents taught her, and her own parenting

This month, Woodzick chats with multi-hyphenate filmmaker Vera Drew about cultivating joyful spaces for trans audiences, the process around parody superhero film The People’s Joker, and working with “DIY” and “summer stock theatre” aesthetics.

In a recent conversation with Kelundra Smith, the 'Yellow Face' playwright talked about progress in representation and the unfairness of criticism.

This month Brian speaks with the playwright, a recipient of an Apollo Theater new work commission, about how his experiences as as a social worker, student, actor, playwright, husband, and father have informed one another.

In this month’s Christmas-Halloween mashup, Woodzick chats with drag icons Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme about their seventh annual holiday show, as well as Seattle-based playwright Kelleen Conway Blanchard about horror and true crime-inspired projects.