Playwright Howard L. Craft was tasked with creating a 10-minute play based on a work of art from the Ackland Art Museum’s permanent collection, and he chose Slow Down Freight Train, a painting by Rose Piper. Actor J. Alphonse Nicholson … Continue reading →

Summer means free Shakespeare in the Park! But not just Central Park… Hip to Hip Theatre Company has been bringing the Bard’s classics to parks throughout Queens for years now—and this summer, they’re expanding to the Bronx, to New Jersey, and … Continue reading →

Question 1: In a fallen, dangerous, post-apocalyptic world, what would you do to preserve the state from tyranny? Question 2: In a difficult independent theatre landscape, what do you do to get a production of a Shakespeare classic mounted, and … Continue reading →

This podcast’s affection for all things “radio drama” has been well-documented (see past episodes on All That Fall, three episodes on RadioTheatre’s Lovecraft series, and The Offering for a few examples). But what we haven’t yet heard on the podcast is a … Continue reading →

Let’s face it, the thought of a dinner-party with strangers can be anxiety-inducing. But while dinner with strangers is exactly what you’re signing up for with 5 Senses Theatre‘s krāv experience, let go of any trepidation. You’re going to have a blast, … Continue reading →

It would be easy to say, “this play is important to your understanding of U.S. theatre history, and therefore you should see it”—but that sounds lame and boring. And Metropolitan Playhouse‘s production of the Federal Theater Project’s Living Newspaper Unit‘s … Continue reading →

Your ever-humble GSAS! producer is sound designing a great play that’s being produced as part of F*ckFest at The Brick in Williamsburg—and because I have editorial control over this here podcast, well, this is an episode about it. Even if … Continue reading →

Hearing the synopsis of Everyday Inferno‘s Punk as Fuck, with its references to angry young people and garage bands, it certainly sounds like a play for anyone who secretly longs for their glory days of playing music with friends in a … Continue reading →

Start creating a new work of theatre from a classic fairy tale, and you might find yourself taking a detour through the “back to the land” movement, and wind up with a movement play full of original music, lovely light projections, … Continue reading →

Producing independent theatre is a difficult game. So a play about producing theatre, where the title is slang for a sucker who puts a lot of money into a theatrical venture he doesn’t truly understand…it might hit a little too close … Continue reading →