SDCF Podcast Series

Hosted by M. Graham Smith, we are delighted to bring you the tenth episode of our podcast series – SDCF Podcast Series: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith – a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today.

Today Graham is with Tony Taccone, the man who commissioned Angels in America and whose work at The Eureka Theater was so powerful and provocative that it was burned down as a political act. Now, as the Artistic Director of Berkeley Repertory Theater, Tony works to put on theater for an audience that is "eager to think in metaphor: strange, esoteric, explosive, epic investigations of what it means to be alive right now".

The secret to life is to stay curious! - Tony Taccone, 2018

Hosted by M. Graham Smith, we are delighted to bring you the ninth episode of our podcast series – SDCF Podcast Series: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith – a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today.

Today Graham is with Robert O'Hara. They talk about Robert's rehearsal room being a brain trust, but when it comes to an audience everyone is welcome but no one is safe.

You can't do better unless you've done something! - Robert O'Hara, 2018

Hosted by M. Graham Smith, we are delighted to bring you the seventh episode of our podcast series – SDCF Podcast Series: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith – a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today.

Today Graham is with Raymond Bobgan, the Executive Artistic Director of the Cleveland Public Theatre. They talk about activating a community, the Road to Hope, Pandemonium, and hosting giant pink elephants. 'Theatre in my mind, at least for Western civilization, was born as the twin sibling of democracy'

Hosted by M. Graham Smith, we are delighted to bring you the seventh episode of our podcast series – SDCF Podcast Series: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith – a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today.

Today Graham is with Wendy C. Goldberg, the Artistic Director of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. They talk about mentoring young artists and Wendy's work with National New Play Network, surrounding yourself with 'kindred spirits', and what to do if you find yourself thinking I'm not part of the club, I'm not from New York, I didn't go to Yale, and I'm not all the things I should be.

Hosted by M. Graham Smith, we are delighted to bring you the sixth episode of our podcast series – SDCF Podcast Series: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith – a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today.

Today Graham is with Seth Rozin from InterAct Theatre. They talk about new play development and Seth's work with National New Play Network and the importance of directors getting in a room together, connecting, and working on how to make our theatres more inclusive and representative of the world we live in.

Hosted by M. Graham Smith, we are delighted to bring you the fifth episode of our podcast series – SDCF Podcast Series: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith – a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today.

This week Graham is with Kwame Kwei-Armah, who is about to make his move from Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage in the U.S. to Artistic Director of the Young Vic in the U.K.

'This is a moment to be bold. This is a moment to say that I believe in tomorrow and that tomorrow will look like this'. Kwame Kwei-Armah.

Hosted by M. Graham Smith, we are delighted to bring you the fourth episode of our podcast series – SDCF Podcast Series: Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith - a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today.

This week Graham is with Mina Morita, Artistic Director of Crowded Fire Theatre Company. Mina is an artist that others say 'leads with love', what does this mean? What characterizes each region in this country in terms of the narratives that are important and the particular sets of resources and expectations that come with San Francisco? And what brought the conversation to this moment: 'If theater doesn't figure out a way to be more essential to its community, it's going to die'.

Hosted by M. Graham Smith, we are delighted to bring you the third episode of our podcast series – SDCF Podcast Series Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith: a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today.

This week Graham is with Dawn Monique Williams. They dig into Dawn's path to where she is today, her de-colonized practice, and her hopes for the future of American Theater.

Hosted by M. Graham Smith, we are delighted to bring you the first episode of our new podcast series – SDCF Podcast Series Regional Originals with M. Graham Smith: a series of interviews with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today.

This week Graham is with Bill Rauch.

Regional Originals: a series of interviews, hosted by M. Graham Smith, with some of the most exciting Directors and Choreographers working in America's regional theatres today. This week Carey Perloff welcomes us into her view of America's regional theaters.