Onstage/Offstage

Our first reading of a a short play; playwright/director Ross Haarstad talks about the play's genesis.

We read the short play, “Extra!,” talk about it's creation, writing as an homage, and figuring out how long the play should be.

Sarah K. Chalmers and Jennifer Herzog talk about "Parent Stories," a theatrical work devised from dozens of interviews with community members about the joys and hell of parenting.

Dawson regales us with tales of his first plays, organizing and running the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, and writing a play about gun control (while living in Alaska).

We discuss playwriting, producing a brand new work, the Alaska theatre scene, and Arlitia reads some of her poetry.

Playwright Judd Lear Silverman talks about his affinity for the works of Tennessee Williams, teaching theatre, and becoming a playwright.

Jack of all theatrical trades Holly Adams talks about the technique and basis of clowning, mask conception and construction, and being the voice of recorded books.

Playwright/actor Daniel Damiano talks about his writing and his play "Day of the Dog."

Eliza Van Cort and Katie Spallone of the Actors Workshop of Ithaca discuss teaching the Meisner technique and producing Nora Ephron's "Love, Loss, and What I Wore."

Artistic Director Steve Ponton and actor Michael Donato, who plays Shylock in the 2013 production of "The Merchant of Venice" discuss the difficulties and political ramifications of portraying such a controversial character.