Theatre 33's Building Play: Podcast Series

Theatre 33's Building Play: Podcast Series

Welcome to Theatre 33’s podcast series Building Play. In each episode Theatre 33 artists will talk about the art and craft of playwriting. We'll discuss how we develop new work with our playwrights, actors, directors, designers, and dramaturges as we all focused on Building Play.Theatre 33, in residence at Willamette University, is a new play development company that helps Oregon/NW playwrights develop their new scripts from an initial workshop performance (lights, sound, props, set, costumes, and fully blocked with scripts in hand), to a world premiere full production.We are Oregon centric as evidenced by our name. Oregon was the 33rd state to join the union.

Episodes

July 26, 2020 51 mins

Susan Coromel (artistic director) speaks with dramaturges, Deb Vaughn and Nora Douglass about the role of dramaturge in new play development. First they attempt to answer the question, what is dramaturgy? They go on to share how the role of dramaturge differs in new play development from regional theatre. Both Nora and Deb have written plays that have been developed at Theatre 33 and they speak to the ways in which dramaturges supp...

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In Episode 4, Stephen Alexander (director) and Deb Vaughn (resident dramaturge) talk with playwright Rachael Carnes about her play Windberry Creek and the process of new play development. What are the given circumstances and how does Rachael use them to support the development of the play? What are given circumstances in theatre? They also discuss writing using childhood memories and building dialog in the collaborative structure o...

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July 6, 2020 51 mins

Director Stephen Alexander (BETHANY SEES THE STARS and WINDBERRY CREEK) hosts a conversation with designers Rob Vaughn (resident scenic designer), Allison Johnson (costume designer), and Rachel Kinsman Steck (lighting & sound designer). They discuss the differences of developing designs for new plays and the design process for Theatre 33. They also dive into how we are working in an ever changing environment and what that might...

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This episode, Susan Coromel (founding Artistic Director), Deb Vaughn (Dramaturg), and Rachel Kinsman Steck (founding resident designer & production manager) talk with EM Lewis about her newest play, DOROTHY's DICTIONARY. Lewis describes the process of transforming a one act play into a full length play as well as what it's like to collaborate directly with performers, directors, dramaturges, and designers. 

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June 18, 2020 55 mins

Founding Members, Susan Coromel (Artistic Director), Tom Nabham (Executive Director), and Rachel Kinsman Steck (Production Manager & Resident Designer) discuss the founding of Theatre 33. Topics include: why start a theater company, why developing new plays is important to our artistic and local communities, what makes Theatre 33 unique, and what we hope to build towards in the near future.

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