American Theatre's Offscript show

American Theatre's Offscript

Summary: The official podcast of AMERICAN THEATRE, the national publication for the American not-for-profit theatre. Range of topics include playwright interviews, critical roundtable discussions and the latest shows coming up as recommended by our staff.

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Podcasts:

 Offscript: Michael R. Jackson & Anna K. Jacobs Write With Bite | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode, Rob talks to the writer-composer team about their new horror-comedy musical 'Teeth' and checks in with Bay Area critic David John Chávez.

 Offscript: Kendeda at 20 With Tarell Alvin McCraney, Madhuri Shekar, and a.k. payne | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode, 3 playwrights discuss their development experience as past winners of the Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition.

 Offscript: Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury Feel the ‘Illinoise’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode, the playwright and director-choreographer team discuss their new 'Illinoise' musical, and New Yorker critic Helen Shaw surveys the theatre festival lineup.

 Offscript: Merry Y’allmark with Topher Payne | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode, Rob and J.R. talk to Topher Payne about Hallmark and holiday traditions, plus Kelundra interviews longtime critic Linda Armstrong.

 Offscript: David Adjmi in Stereo and 3 Dimensions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The writer of 'Stereophonic' talks about his obsessions with detail and destruction, and North Carolina correspondent Lauren Van Hemert fills us in on the Research Triangle theatre scene.

 Offscript: Heidi Schreck and Selina Fillinger, Women on Top | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode, Rob and Gabriela celebrate this season's most-produced plays and playwrights with surprise guests Heidi Schreck and Selina Fillinger.

 Offscript: Pearl Cleage Speaks Her Truth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode Kelundra and J.R. talk to the Atlanta playwright about Chicago's month-long celebration in her honor, the value of community-driven storytelling, and her new play 'Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard.'

 Offscript: Revisiting the NICU with Mike Lew and Moritz von Stuelpnagel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode we talk to playwright Mike Lew and director Moritz von Stuelpnagel about taking 'tiny father' from audio to audience and catch up with critic J. Wynn Rousuck about the Contemporary American Theater Festival.

 Offscript: Searching for the Future | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

This month we host a special conversation about the search process that led NYC's Rattlestick Theatre to hire its new artistic director, Will Davis.

 Offscript: Will Martyna Majok & Stephen Adly Guirgis Go to the Tonys? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this special pre-Tony Awards edition, we talk to the playwrights nominated for 'Cost of Living' and 'Between Riverside and Crazy,' and to Playbill's Diep Tran.

 Offscript: Ty Defoe Is Planting the Seeds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

We talk to writer/director/trickster Ty Defoe about directing 'Rent' for the next generation, building community ties, and moving beyond land acknowledgements. Plus: a check-in with Denver reporter John Moore.

 Offscript: How Is This Time for Jews Onstage Different From All Others? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A conversation with Joel Grey, Tovah Feldshuh, Caissie Levy, Michael Arden, and Bess Wohl about portrayals of Jewishness and antisemitism on New York stages.

 Offscript: Most-Produced With Lynn Nottage & Lauren Gunderson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode we broke the news that Nottage's 'Clyde's' will be the most-produced play of the season, then welcomed her and fellow prolific scribe Gunderson on to talk shop.

 Offscript: Molly Smith and the Next Revolution | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode we talk to the outgoing (in all senses) artistic director of Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage as she enters her 25th and final season.

 Offscript: Daniel K. Isaac and the Tales We Tell | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode we talk to actor/playwright Daniel K. Isaac about his epic new play 'Once Upon a (Korean) Time' and about the untold histories that inspired it.

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