Onstage/offstage

OSOS talked with director Amina Omari, assistant director Paige Anderson and actors Judith Andrew and Camilla Schade about what it was like literally stepping into a traditional man's role. (And what it was like having weapons and committing murders onstage!)

The second of our 2014 Halloween play readings, OSOS presents Arthur M. Jolly's “Zombified.”

Our first 2014 Halloween play reading, OSOS presents Diana Lee Woody's “House Rules.”

In the 1960s Sue Perlgut had been part of a troupe called It's All Right to be Woman Theatre, which daringly told the stories of women across America, and included lesbianism, a subject that had rarely been talked about in public before.

Lindsay Price has written dozens of plays for middle school and high school students. She also teaches and has her own publishing company.

We talked about his new film, January, which was an adaptation of a section of a play he'd written some time back, called Months On End. OSOS wanted to know what changes may have had to have been made in order to bring the story from one medium to another.

Ithaca, NY's Kitchen Theatre artistic director discusses play selection, keeping a theatre filled, and the balancing act of writing her own plays and keeping the Kitchen Theatre image.

Film vs theatre; working at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska; play development.

Who moves across the country to start a theatre group? Rachel Hockett and Arthur Bicknell do.

Qurrat Ann Kadwani's off-Broadway show, “They Call Me Q,” about being Indian and growing up in the Bronx, ran 7 months.

From Wall Street to Gracie Mansion to L.A.'s standup stages, Lucy Wang talks about crafting comedy.

Associate professor Wendy Dann discusses developing the play “Sammy and Me,” and her newest work, “The Liberator.”

Cincinnati Fringe staple and Ithaca Fringe award winner Michael Burnham discusses his one-person show, “Warriors and Other Victims.”

The accent is on history as we talk with Ithaca College's Associate professor Norm Johnson about directing Arthur Miller's “The Crucible.”

OSOS talks with John DiFusco about his solo work, poetry, and his classic play, “Tracers.”

Deborah Magid talks about her plays, living in the theatre Mecca that is Cleveland, OH, opera adventures, and auditions in New York City.

Neil Labute talks about his play, “In a Forest Dark and Deep,” his creative process, and the ways in which he shapes his characters.

Michael Milligan talks about his one-person show, “Mercy Killers”, about health care (the difficulty in getting it); how it was conceived and the responses he's had so far..

We look back over highlights from the second half of 2013.

We look back over highlights from the first half of 2013.