The Theatre of Others Podcast

The Theatre of Others Podcast

Co-artistic Directors and Theatre educators Adam Marple and Budi Miller discuss the Theatre moving past the Covid-19 shutdown with topics such as the roles of the Audience, Actor, Director, Playwright, and Space in our new reality.To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to podcast@theatreofothers.com Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise. If you enjoyed this podcast, we´d love for you to leave a review at https://ratethispodcast.com/too. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest in it and make it even better. Music credit: https://www.purple-planet.comhttp://www.theatreofothers.com

Episodes

December 5, 2023 86 mins

Please go to https://www.theatreofothers.com/earthturns for our online program.

The Earth Turns is a climate-inspired performance created for the lead-up to the UN COP27 Climate Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in 2022. Adapted from We Still Have a Chance- 12 Stories for 12 Days of COP27, an anthology of micro-stories created by Climate Activists, Scientists, Health Professionals, Students, and Artists from The Univer...

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As Sami emigrates from his local village in Egypt to the capital, Cairo, and as Jude emigrates from Cairo to America, the two characters discover that they are more connected than they thought. 

Directed by: Farida Abdel Aziz

Sound Design & Composition by: Jack Burmeister
Sound Associate: Nick Jay

Cast:
Omar Gomaa as Sami
Nour Haitham as Jude

Special thanks to Moustafa Khalil and ...

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In this episode, Adam and Budi are joined by Nour El Captan, the playwright of our fourth installment in our 2023 Audio New Play Festival, to discuss her upcoming work, Meet Me at Liberation.

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SOB STORY chronicles how one school girl learned to never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Directed by: Sabina Gerardi and Justin Tan

Sound Design & Composition: Jack Burmeister
Sound Associate: Nick Jay

Cast
Emily: Eloise McCreedy
Rosie: Jessica Hodgson
Annabelle: Laura Liu
Miss Tedesco: Stefanie Falasca 
Mum: Jane Schon
Grandma Iris: Claire Bird
Student: ...

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In this episode, Adam and Budi are joined by Sabina Gerardo, the playwright of our third instalment in our 2023 Audio New Play Festival, to discuss her upcoming work, Sob Story.

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BARRELHOUSE is a western, southern gothic experience where You inhabit Eden—a southern town in the middle of a western expanse—on its last day standing before it all goes up in flames.

Cast: Ato Blankson-Wood

Directed by Chalia La Tour

Sound Designer, Mix & Mastering - Jack Burmeister

Composer - Linus Mackie

Sound Associate - Nick Jay

Additional Voices - Subiya Mboya & Calum Bedbo...

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In this episode, Adam and Budi sit down with Kam Henderson to discuss the second instalment in our 2023 Audio New Play Festival, Barrelhouse.

Kam (he/him) is 
— a playwright, director, dramaturg, an artist.

His artistic voice centers on creating art of unrestrictive, creative boundaries. He believes art is to be experienced—especially with narratives that are not our own. And the development of his work is cen...

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Firespeak is the second audio play written by Frazer Shepherdson and follows the journey of a family and their discovery of fire through a time when magic was real. The story draws inspiration from Indigenous Australian creation stories. 

Cast List:
MIELA ANICH as SECOND CHILD and SISTERS
ZACH BLAMPIED as FIRST FATHER, OLD MAN and SISTERS
TYALLAH BULLOCK as FIRST CHILD and SISTERS
ELLA FERRIS as MOTHER and ...

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In this episode, we kickstart our 3rd Annual Audio New Play Festival with return playwright, Frazer Shepherdson, to talk through his audio play, Firespeak.

Frazer (he/him) is an actor and theatre-maker who has trained with multiple, internationally recognized institutions including the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and the Victorian College of the Arts. Frazer has garnered many performance credits across sc...

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October 30, 2023 52 mins

In this episode, Adam discusses Audience Making, or how to create a community before they ever walk into the theatre space. This was teased during the October Book Club selection, Priya Parker's The Art of Gathering, and is a pedagogy that Adam is working on.

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In this episode, Adam and Budi conclude their 2023 Book Club series with a deep dive into 'The Art of Gathering' by Priya Parker. We look at the transformative impact this text had on Adam's professional journey. Serendipitously, we were able to record this episode on the day of Budi's PhD Seminar which allowed us to reflect on the power of intentional gatherings and the subsequent impact of shared experiences.<...

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October 15, 2023 64 mins

In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss an article in The New York Times Magazine entitled "Why Culture Has Come to a Standstill" by Jason Farago.

Mentioned in this episode:

Oratorio for Living Things
The Church of Craft

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In this episode, Adam and Budi launch the inaugural episode of our Legacy Series. A series where we investigate some of the greatest theatre practitioners of our age; we ask what mark they left on our industry and how their work has affected our own practice. In the first episode of this series, we look at Catherine Fitzmaurice, the originator of the Fitzmaurice Voicework Institute.   

We warmly invite all our TOO podcast ...

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In this episode, Adam and Budi respond to a divisive article making its rounds through the theatre community entitled "The Toxic Gentleness of the American Theater" by Clayton Fox.

We See You White American Theater

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In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their seventh choice for the Theatre of Others Book Club, You Are That by Gangaji

Gangaji, born Toni Roberson, grew up in Mississippi. Like many of her contemporaries, she searched for fulfillment through relationships, careers, motherhood, subculture experiences, political activism, and spiritual practice. While she had never planned to go to India, it was on the banks of the Ganges ...

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In this episode, Adam and Budi have a great conversation with director, public speaking coach, and podcaster Adriana Baer

Adriana has directed for Alley Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland Playhouse, Profile Theatre (Artistic Director, 2012-2015), The Cutting Ball Theater (Associate Artistic Director, 2004-2007), and others. She has worked with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Opera Boston, ...

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September 10, 2023 70 mins

In this episode, Adam and Budi embark on an intensive rehearsal period for Bright Light Burning, our upcoming stage show for COP28. As the cast comprises mainly former students of Adam and Budi, they contemplate the transition from being educators and mentors to becoming professional colleagues.

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In this episode, Budi and Adam debrief over their time in Bali. Discussing their highs and lows, their plans for next year and what is coming next.

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In this episode Adam and Budi discuss their sixth choice for the Theatre of Others Book Club, Critical Response Process by Liz Lerman. 

Liz has spent the past four decades making her artistic research personal, funny, intellectually vivid, and up to the minute. Her choreography has examined everything from her days as a go-go dancer in 1974 to investigating the matters of our origins by putting dancers in the tunnels of th...

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In this episode, Adam and Budi arrive in Bali and discuss their TOO Taksu Theatre Workshop. Against the backdrop of Bali's natural beauty, Adam and Budi share their infectious enthusiasm for the upcoming workshop, delving into the depths of their excitement and vision. They share the myriad possibilities and transformative experiences that await each participant and discuss their hopes and aspirations for what each individual ...

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