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From Forward Theater Company, a podcast featuring Jen Uphoff Gray, Julie Swenson and Mike Fischer as they discuss theater issues on a local, regional, and national level.
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Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
In this episode, the team discusses the ways in which theaters collaborate to create and cultivate productions and projects. But this budget friendly practice is now bringing under-produced voices to larger audiences on bigger stages.
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
We go behind the scenes of 'Every Brilliant Thing' at Forward Theater for an interview with actor David Daniel and Director Tyler Marchant. Get some insight into their rehearsal process, as well as the inspiration behind transforming our thrust stage into a theater-in-the-round for this unique production.
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
What's akin to "going to the gym" for theater makers? The team tries to answer that question with some theater resolutions in 2020. There are some doozies in here, from addressing cultural appropriation to deciding to read the entire canon of Caryl Churchill.
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
In no other business is pro bono work so prevalent than the arts. The team puts this accepted (and many times expected) practice under the microscope and looks for ways to change how we value and compensate artists in America.
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
This holiday bonus may not be a swimming pool, but it's better than a jelly of the month membership. It's selections from our bi-annual monologue festival! Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin’s ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, our 2019 monologue festival theme was Two Steps Forward, which encompassed a wide variety of perspectives on and interpretations of our state’s long progressive tradition.
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Happy Holidays! In this episode, the team shares their favorite holiday gifts for the theater fans in their lives. From repurposed Broadway scenery to some brilliant book ideas, there are some real show-stoppers in here. It will be hard to remember this is the season of giving, not "getting for yourself."
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
In this episode, the team gets grateful for all things theater in 2019. We thank our favorite regional theaters and theater makers, give high fives to some great critics, and send a love letter to the current American theater scene.
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
The team discusses the current trend of theatrical stage effects and magic, how plays are utilizing this technology to tell compelling stories, and offers an inside look at our experience with flying technology in our current production of 'For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday' by Sarah Ruhl.
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
The team shares their thoughts on how we deal with work that comes from a "cancelled" artist, and whether we can ever truly separate the artistry from the source.
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
The A-list has just been published, and the team discusses this year's most-produced playwrights in America. Special nod to the plays of Lauren Gunderson, which we've deemed "the potato chips of American theater."