Elephant Room Productions presents “Suddenly,” the first audio play of The Fifth Vital Sign.  In “Suddenly,” a couple is forced to contend with bitterness and anger along with grief as they write an obituary for their daughter.  “Suddenly” is written by Ellen Davis Sullivan, directed by Robert Gene Pellechio, and features Ginger Agnew and Shaun […]

Elephant Room Productions debuts the first audio play of The Fifth Vital Sign on June 28th.  Stay tuned to elephantroomproductions.com and our podcast, the Trumpet, to listen to the audio play. In “Suddenly,” a couple is forced to contend with bitterness and anger along with their grief as they write an obituary for their daughter. […]

This month I speak with Atlanta Playwright Emily McClain about her dark comedy Cheek By Jowl. We touch on how it relates to her own family life and sense of humor, and also the unintentional channeling of Martin Crane in her piece. The scene featured in this month’s episode features Shaun Yates as Martin, Julianne […]

Elephant Room Productions debuts The Fifth Vital Sign, a mulitmedia experiece about the opioid epidemic, on June 28th, 2019.  Stay tuned to elephantroomproductions.com and our podcast, the Trumpet, for the new audio plays in the series. Music featured in this production: Home – By Whitesand (https://youtu.be/3r8gL1vWGx0).

This month I talk to Philadelphia playwright about her autobiographical piece Dyscalculia. We discuss finding theatre later in life and commiserate on the struggles of getting teachers to understand. The scene featured in this month’s episode features Christie Civil as Katrina and Lauren M. Shover as Teacher #2. Stage Directions provided by Robert Gene Pellechio.

This month we travel back to the 1940s with Caitlin Cieri’s historical drama Shoujodan: Song of the Scouts. We discuss the ins and outs of writing shows with large character breakdowns and small casts and take a look at why Historical Fiction is crucial for understanding the past. The scene featured in this week’s episode […]

But Soft, What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks? Oh it’s just Trumpet host Robert Gene Pellechio and ERP Artistic Associate Latrice Smith talking about one of the greatest playwrights who ever lived! In our next Discussion series installment we talk all about the Bard’s influence on Theatre and why his work is still relevant today.

This month I welcome back previous Trumpet performers Shaun Yates and Meg Falasco to join in our first purely discussion based episode! Join us as we dive into a free-form conversation about the growing prevalence of musicals adapted from odd or unlikely sources, and try to make heads or tails of the ones that didn’t […]

This month I speak with New York playwright Scott C. Sickles about his piece Marianas Trench. We touch on writing about LGBT issues from an LGBT perspective, the challenges of writing a trilogy play, and I try unsuccessfully to pull some spoilers out of Scott about his day job, writing for General Hospital. The scene […]

Happy New Year! Enjoy your first day of 2019 with a conversation with Philadelphia playwright Shelli Pentimall Bookler about her riveting (pardon the pun) play about the ship that could have prevented one of the most famous Oceanic disasters of the 20th century, and also listen closely for my bad Colm Wilkinson impression (and as an added […]