Standby for Places

Gabi Van Horn, director of Big Love by Charles Mee, joins Dunya J. Karam In The Green Room to discuss Standby For Places' latest production!

Written by Charles Mee, directed by Gabi Van Horn. What do you get when you mix fifty brides, fifty grooms and an Italian country manor? Blood and murder, naturally. Charles Mee, the playwright, drew inspiration for Big Love from The Suppliants by Aeschylus -- AKA the "original" western play -- creating a modernized tale of sisterhood, obligation, gender norms and LOVE that sticks to your ribs.

Playwright Kimi Handa Brown and director Francesca Hsieh join host Alexandra Kopko In The Green Room to discuss their latest play, Shakespearean Support Group!

What happens to the leftover characters after the “end of play”? When we close the books, who is left to survive after the story? In Shakespearean Support Group, we follow some of our favorite side characters from some of Shakespeare’s most famous works as they learn how to make sense of their traumas and survive outside of their stories. Written by Kimi Handa Brown, directed by Francesca Hsieh. Starring Lauren Neser as Helena, Jayna Blazer as Rosalind, Aathaven Tharmarajah as Benvolio, Danny Borba as Valentine, Robert Scott Smith as Daniel, Latoya Cameron as Julia, Ben Young as Horatio, and Kimi Handa Brown as Miranda. Music by Benjamin Stanford.

Tartuffe director Benjamin Mandell and actor E. James Ford join Co-Creator Margie Zarcone In The Green Room to discuss Tartuffe by Molière, acting styles, hot takes on line readings, and more!

Hypocrisy! Sacrilege! Lechery! Join Molière on his farcical examination of French gentility. This week, in Part II, the conclusion! Orgon is faced with the reality of an imposter in his home. Now on the side of the rest of his family, he must rid his house of Tartuffe's poison. Will Valere and Mariane's marriage be saved? Has Elmire gone too far? Whatever happened to that lockbox of papers in Orgon's desk? Tune in for all the answers!

Starring: Matthew Corry, Malcolm Minor, Benjamin Mandell, William Burns, E. James Ford, Casey Bradley, Anna Mae Gordon, Margie Zarcone, and Jalissa Fulton

Directed by Benjamin Mandell

Hypocrisy! Sacrilege! Lechery! Join Molière on his farcical examination of French gentility. This week, on Part 1: Orgon and Madame Pernelle are under Tartuffe's spell, while the rest of the family clamors to convince them of the truth. Will Mariane get passed off? Will Elmire have to pull a wicked stunt? Can Damis count on his inheritance? Dorine seems to know the truth, but nobody seems to want to listen. Tune in to find out, look out for Part 2, for the riveting conclusion!

Starring: Matthew Corry, Malcolm Minor, Benjamin Mandell, William Burns, E. James Ford, Casey Bradley, Anna Mae Gordon, Margie Zarcone, and Jalissa Fulton

Directed by Benjamin Mandell

Co-creator Margie Zarcone sits down with Vista Grande playwright, Derek Liakos to talk about location, inspiration, and writing trauma.

Standby for Places wraps up Pride month with Vista Grande, by Derek Liakos, directed and sound designed by Graydon Gund. Featuring Michael Iannucci as Michael and Mary Seidel as Juliet.

In a remote town in the New Mexico desert, a man and his estranged adult daughter reunite for the first time, thirty-five years after he abandoned his family.