Nuns & prophets. Lost faith & lost love. A virgin conception & a horde of condoms. And, observing it all, a bemused Jesus. If that doesn’t intrigue you to check out Emily Claire Schmitt‘s excellent play Whatchamacallit: A Play About Jesus, … Continue reading →

What do we hold on to? And why? In Francesca Pazniokas’ play Keep, currently being co-produced by Wide Eyed Productions and Mastodon Theatre Company, Naomi is holding on to a lot of things—and her sisters Jane and Kara want to help her … Continue reading →

What to do when you’ve been typecast by the film and TV industry? If you are actor, poet, writer and performance artist Heather Litteer, you embrace it, work it, and try to enjoy the process, no matter how difficult…AND you … Continue reading →

Episodes featuring The Assembly have been some of my favorite episodes of this podcast. Add this one to that list. The company’s new show, I Will Look Forward to This Later, is currently running at The New Ohio. Make sure you … Continue reading →

Love hurts. In Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries, it hurts a whole lot. Like face-split-open, teeth-knocked-out, razor-blade-cut, horrible-fireworks-accident maims. And the scars it leaves aren’t only on the bodies of protagonists Doug & Kayleen. Cave Theatre Company, rounding out their … Continue reading →

Theater = Politics = Theater = Politics If you’ve seen that equation on a t-shirt around the independent theatre world in NYC of late, then you’ve seen someone who’s worked on or seen Theater in Asylum‘s ever-changing The Debates. It’s … Continue reading →

If you are, or have ever been an actor, how many times have you heard someone say something to the effect of, “oh, acting! that must be so much fun!”—and had to fight a visceral reaction to respond along the … Continue reading →

The brilliant comedic team of Recent Cutbacks didn’t exist, at least not in name, when they were last on the podcast with their incredible Hold on to Your Butts. But luckily for all of us, they’re back, and this time, instead … Continue reading →

You might have heard of Andrew Schneider‘s YOUARENOWHERE if you listen to theatre podcasts that aren’t this one (thanks for the recommendation, Maxamoo!), because the Obie-award winning piece has been on the lips of anyone who’s seen it. Rightfully so. … Continue reading →

Dark yet humorous, absurd but vaguely political, Theatre Reconstruction Ensemble‘s Rhinbecca, NY occupies a strange place between the source material of the films of Alfred Hitchcock and the plays of Eugene Ionesco, letting the audience draw their own conclusions from the … Continue reading →