Onstage/offstage

Episode #126 of Onstage/Offstage: A very special episode indeed. We speak with Isabelle Madrigal, whose play "Menil and Her Heart" deals with the subject of indigenous women who have been murdered or have gone missing. Isabella, a member of the Cahuilla nation, wrote, directed, produced (each for the first time), and acted in the production. .

Episode #125 of Onstage/Offstage: We have some great talk with playwright Abraham Johnson about caring for queer playwrights, the Lambda Emerging LGBTQ Retreat, and among other things, the Paula Vogel Bake-Off.

Episode #124 of Onstage/Offstage: Ms. Sina and I discuss the touchy situations of handling intimacy on stage. With safety, dignity, and protection as the standards, we find out how sensitive choreography and personal regard are established and maintained.

Episode #123 of Onstage/Offstage: We have a joyous talk about teaching, students, creating moments in the classroom and on stage and also the Gi60 Festival, where one-minute plays from around the world are performed.

Episode #122 of Onstage/Offstage: Hannah Benitez talks about her *two* plays in development, whitewashing in theatre, cultural identity, and much more.

Episode #121 of Onstage/Offstage: Master storyteller and performance artist Martin Dockery talks about solo performing around the world, developing new material from life experience and the imagination.

Episode #120 of Onstage/Offstage: Choreography! Dominique and I chat about all the things it takes to make those wonderful terpsichorean stage moments happen, working with name players, and the joys of moving your body to whatever music you have on hand.

Episode #119 of Onstage/Offstage: Stage management--Cristina talks about how critical the position is, what it takes to be an effective and efficient member of a theatrical production, and how she preps and gets the job done.

Episode #118 of Onstage/Offstage: Peggy Carey and I talk about the life of a production assistant (she was Production Director of the Ithaca Fringe Festival and now works for the Public Theatre). She's one of the people who does what it takes to make putting on a show--in her case, show after show after show--possible.

Episode #117 of Onstage/Offstage: Camilla Schade is one of those people who was born to do theatre. She writes, performs, directs, teaches, and is one of the loveliest persons on the planet. We talk about her new show, "Bones", coping with cancer and using the experience for creative purposes, and being able to out-fart a high school class.

Episode #116 of Onstage/Offstage: This month we reach clear around the world to beautiful Melbourne and delve deep into all things dramaturgical with dramaturg Mark Pritchard. Before we ever get to see the curtain rise, there's so much work that goes into the text.

Episode #115 of Onstage/Offstage: Having one play take you around the world for four years is pretty neat. Michael Burgos' hit play, "The Eulogy" has done just that.

Episode #114 of Onstage/Offstage: We talk about whether cisgender playwrights can or should include transgender characters in their work and, if so, how to do so and do justice to the trans community?

Episode #113 of Onstage/Offstage: Life Jacket Theatre's Travis Russ and Anthony Dvarskas talk about creating and producing documentary theatre and their last production, "America Is Hard To See," about a rural American community for sex offenders buried deep in Florida's sugarcane fields.

Episode #112 of Onstage/Offstage is up! We talk with fight trainer/choreographer Jamie MacPherson and find out all about working with young theatre artists, especially in today's apprehensive world when it comes to confrontational physical training. It's a lot more work than you might think. (Or maybe you might.)9m5PHAuT2fglJuYJEWF4

Our guest for episode #111 of Onstage/Offstage is L.A. playwright/actor/teaching artist DianaBurbano! We talk LatinX playwrights, Latina characterization, and why women don't submit their work as much as men.

He's spending his days lighting open-air amphitheatres in Italy. It's not as grueling as it sounds. But it is a labor of love, and Solomon paints his sets beautifully.

Her students were rehearsing at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School when the shooter began his spree. This is how a teacher and her students begin to make sense out of the days that follow.

We get into some deep talk about the art and intricacies of dramaturgy, racial and gender parity in current American theatre, and producing new plays by new voices.

We talk about women in irish theatre, self producing, her early works, writing technique and the dynamics of economical language. We also spoke about making audiences think, about the politics of life that characters carry with them and how playwrights underscore large issues with singular humanities.