Don't Talk to Strangers Podcast

Don't Talk to Strangers Podcast

By Tyler JC WhiddenComedy
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Don't Talk to Strangers Podcast episodes

  • 0204 One Impossible Thing w/ Playwright Rachel Bykowski
    In this episode of DT2S, I talk with friend and playwright Rachel Bykowski. We discuss her recent success with several of her plays getting readings and productions around the US, feminism in art, her process for writing, and how she undertook the #100submissions attempt. Rachel and I became friends in graduate school at OU where she wowed us with her talent and her love of shoes. In fact, my 2yo is obsessed with shoes and I can't help but give a nod to Rach.
    We also talk a lot about her use of #NewPlayExchange and what playwrights she follows like Rachel Bublitz, Chloe Hung, and Diana Burbano.
    You can find Rachel and many of her plays on New Play Exchange.
    You may follow her on the Twitter at @RachB713
    And you can visit her site at RachelBykowskiPlays.com
    You can follow me at @TylerWhidden
    Music by Roger Hoover
    1 hr 50 min
  • 0203 Dead Baby Plays w/ Playwright David Hansen
    For this episode, I talk with Cleveland playwright David Hansen. We discuss a lot of Shakespeare, directing, the New Play Exchange, toy porn, advice for playwrights, and how we're not savvy enough to be YouTube Famous.
    I will be directing David's new play "The Way I Danced With You" opening March 21, 2019 at Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland.
    You can follow David Hansen on the Twitter at @dhansenx
    You can follow me at @tylerwhidden
    Music by Roger Hoover  
    @theRogerHoover
    2 hr 14 min
  • 0202 F*ck You Money w/ Actor Jeffrey Grover
    We're back! I sit down with Cleveland/NYC actor Jeffrey Grover about a million years ago. The day before he came over, Jeffrey just closed his run as Roy Cohn in Ensemble Theatre's productions of both parts of "Angels in America." He's been in a lot of great productions here in Cleveland as well as roles in several big-budget films, and I try to talk him into giving fewer fucks.
    We talk hocking paper products, finding work as an actor, and working with Amy Schumer on "I Feel Pretty" and Don Cheadle on "Miles Ahead."
    Also, I encourage two squirrels to kill themselves in my garage.
    Here is a link to the scene from "Miles Ahead" that Jeffrey talks about.
    You can follow Jeffrey on Twitter at @Masonhead2014
    You can follow me at @TylerWhidden
    Music by Roger Hoover
    1 hr 35 min
  • 0202 F*ck You Money w/ Actor Jeffrey Grover
    We're back! I sit down with Cleveland/NYC actor Jeffrey Grover about a million years ago. The day before he came over, Jeffrey just closed his run as Roy Cohn in Ensemble Theatre's productions of both parts of "Angels in America." He's been in a lot of great productions here in Cleveland as well as roles in several big-budget films, and I try to talk him into giving fewer fucks.
    We talk hocking paper products, finding work as an actor, and working with Amy Schumer on "I Feel Pretty" and Don Cheadle on "Miles Ahead."
    Also, I encourage two squirrels to kill themselves in my garage.
    Here is a link to the scene from "Miles Ahead" that Jeffrey talks about.
    You can follow Jeffrey on Twitter at @Masonhead2014
    You can follow me at @TylerWhidden
    Music by Roger Hoover
    1 hr 35 min
  • 0201 Gettin Trasshhyyyy w/ Playwright Catherine Weingarten
    For the Season Two premier of #DT2S, I snuck into a bathroom in Michigan (sans microphone) to speak with my good friend and playwright Catherine Weingarten. Cat's new play, A Roller Rink Temptation, closes this weekend at the WOW Cafe with The Dare Tactic Theatre Company in NYC. Schmancy. Tickets at http://thedaretactic.org/
    Cat and I talk about her process of writing her plays, growing up in a "Jew-friendly" part of Philadelphia, her campaign to get Facebook to drop the "fat" emotion, and adapting Boccaccio's The Decameron.
    You can follow Cat on the Twitter at @SarahKaneissexy
    You can follow me at @TylerWhidden
    Music by Roger Hoover
    1 hr 3 min
  • 0108 Tom Hanks Was in "Splash" w/ Actor David Vegh
    In the Season One finale of DT2S, I talk with Cleveland actor David Vegh about how he grew up as Kevin Bacon in Footloose, the one book I would like to have on a deserted island & why, working with Tom Hanks and that guy from Cheers on Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, and how he nearly Wile E. Coyoted himself out of appearing in House. David has been on stage with Ensemble Theatre a few times here in Cleveland and now teaches at Case Western University. He's directing the upcoming production of Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play for Case opening November 10th.
    @tylerwhidden
    1 hr 26 min
  • 0108 Tom Hanks Was in “Splash” w/ Actor David Vegh

    In this episode of DT2S, I talk with Cleveland actor David Vegh about how he grew up as Kevin Bacon in Footloose, the one book I would like to have on a deserted island & why, working with Tom Hanks and that guy from Cheers on Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, and how he nearly Wile E. Coyoted himself out of appearing in House. David has been on stage with Ensemble Theatre a few times here in Cleveland and now teaches at Case Western University. He's directing the upcoming production of Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play for Case opening November 10th.


    @tylerwhidden

    1 hr 26 min
  • 0107 Moaning Shakespeare w/ Actress Lara Mielcarek
    This week on #DT2S, I talk with Shakespearean actress Lara Mielcarek who is currently starring in Ensemble Theatre's production of Lisa Kron's Well. Lara got into Bob Dylan at an early age, and her appreciation for words led her to theater. After stints in LA and NYC, she moved to Cleveland and began working with Ohio Shakespeare Festival. She teaches the Bard to inmates of a local rehabilitation center and made me almost want to see a Shakespeare production. For more information:
    EnsembleTheatreCLE.org
    OhioShakespeareFestival.com
    @TylerWhidden
    1 hr 30 min
  • 0107 Moaning Shakespeare w/ Actress Lara Mielcarek

    This week on #DT2S, I talk with Shakespearean actress Lara Mielcarek who is currently starring in Ensemble Theatre's production of Lisa Kron's Well. Lara got into Bob Dylan at an early age, and her appreciation for words led her to theater. After stints in LA and NYC, she moved to Cleveland and began working with Ohio Shakespeare Festival. She teaches the Bard to inmates of a local rehabilitation center and made me almost want to see a Shakespeare production. For more information:


    EnsembleTheatreCLE.org


    OhioShakespeareFestival.com


    @TylerWhidden

    1 hr 30 min
  • 0106 Smelling the Smoke w/ Chef Robby Lucas, Pt. 2
    This week on DT2S, we finish our conversation with Chef Robby Lucas. We finish our talk about food artistry, art vs. craft, and whether or not mushrooms should ever be in French Onion Soup. You can visit Robby's excellent restaurant Cole's Public House in Amherst, OH, or online at CorkTreeRestaurants.com. You can also follow Robby on Twitter at @ChefRobbyLucas.
    You may also follow me at @TylerWhidden.
    1 hr 29 min

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