This episode features Jen Cody, truly one of the funniest actors around. We talk about how fate played a role in her becoming a professional actor, how she discovered her gift for comedy, how Actors Equity Association is working to address the current crisis, and how much joy there is to be found in online workout videos. (Also, Jen tells her late father's favorite joke.) Geva's executive director Chris Mannelli co-hosts, and we illustrate the importance of timing.

In this episode, playwright and TV writer Dipika Guha (Yoga Play) talks about her international childhood, how learning you are a playwright might be "bad news," the snacks in a TV writers room, and women who've changed the world. Fran Da Silveira, Geva's assistant literary director and a playwright herself, co-hosts, and we talk about two people who changed our lives.

We talk with poet-playwright-composer-performer Brian Quijada about how looping has impacted his life and work, snooping parents and teenage love letters, and the happy accident of choosing a college program that puts your career on an exciting path. Brian shares with us a mashup he created, and we talk about what's on the horizon. Geva's company manager Angela Giuseppetti co-hosts, and talks about how working for the wardrobe department prepares one to become a company manager and shares what happened when Geva made the decision to cancel shows and postpone rehearsals.

We talk with Looks Like Pretty playwright Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder about being a Southern storyteller, bourbon happy hours, her 105-year old grandmother, and her next project. Geva's Associate Director of Education, Lara Rhyner, co-hosts, and shares what the education department has in store for students and educators this spring and summer.

In this inaugural episode of Out of the Rehearsal Hall, Geva's Literary Director Jenni Werner and Associate Artistic Director/Director of Community Engagement talk to Shelley Butler about her work as a director in non-profit and commercial theatre, working in Japan, a surprising RV trip across the country, and finding hope for what comes next.