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TABLEWORK (by Stanford TAPS)
TABLEWORK (by Stanford TAPS)
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TABLEWORK, a TAPS Podcast Series features members of our show's creative teams discussing their scholarly and creative efforts to take their productions from the page to the stage. The phrase TABLEWORK is a performing arts term for the early rehearsal period focusing on script analysis and source material.
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
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TAPS Graduate Student & TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews Graduate Student Cailtin Main on what their project "Waiting for Magnapinna" will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage. Grad Rep '26 runs JAN 29-31 and Feb 5-7.TranscriptHosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.#TheaterMakingatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student & TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews Graduate Student Shailee Rajak on what their project "The Algorithm of Happiness" will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage. Grad Rep '26 runs JAN 29-31 and Feb 5-7.TranscriptHosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.#TheaterMakingatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student & TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews Graduate Student Lucas Baisch on what their project "CLAW / BET / BOUNTY" will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage. Grad Rep '26 runs JAN 29-31 and Feb 5-7.TranscriptHosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.#TheaterMakingatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student & TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews Graduate Student Kathy Fang on what their project "Hard to Say (still untitled)" will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage. Grad Rep '26 runs JAN 29-31 and Feb 5-7.TranscriptHosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.#TheaterMakingatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student + TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews TAPS Graduate Students, Director Adin Walker & Dramaturg Shailee Rajak on what this project will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage. Subscribe & Listen wherever you get your podcasts.Fun Home will play in the Pigott Theater, NOV 13-15, 2025.taps.stanford.edu/season[Link to PDF Transcript]Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.#TheaterMakingatTAPS #ACTINGatTAPS #DANCEatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student + TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews Writer & Director Emily Miyeon Lim (‘27) on what this project will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage."찜질방 (jjim-jil-bang)" will play in the Harry J. Elam, Jr. Theater, OCT 30-NOV 01, 2025.taps.stanford.edu/season[Link to PDF Transcript]Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.#TheaterMakingatTAPS #ACTINGatTAPS #DANCEatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TABLEWORK Season 4 returns this Fall with TAPS Graduate Student Marina Johnson back on the microphone.Join Marina as she talks with this 25-26 Season's directors and creative teams on how they're taking their projects from the page to the stage.Subscribe and Listen wherever you get your podcasts!#TheaterMakingatTAPS[View Episode Transcript]
TAPS Graduate Student + TABLEWORK Host Connor Lifson interviews TAPS Senior Lecturer Aleta Hayes on what this project will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage."Spring Rise Up: A Dance Sensorium" will play in the Harry J. Elam, Jr. Theater, MAY 22-24, 2025.taps.stanford.edu/springriseup25Link to PDF TranscriptHosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Connor Lifson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.#TheaterMakingatTAPS #ACTINGatTAPS #DANCEatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student + TABLEWORK Host Connor Lifson interviews TAPS Assistant Professor Michael Rau on what this project will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage.
"Witch" will play in the Elam Theater, MAR 06-08.
taps.stanford.edu/witch
Link to PDF Transcript
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Connor Lifson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
#TheaterMakingatTAPS #ACTINGatTAPS #DANCEatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student + TABLEWORK Host Connor Lifson interviews TAPS Graduate Student Pauline Mornet on what this project will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage.
"WANDERERS" will play in Nitery Theater as part of Grad Rep Weekend 1, FEB 06-08.
taps.stanford.edu/gradrep25
Link to PDF Transcript
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Connor Lifson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
TAPS Graduate Student + TABLEWORK Host Connor Lifson interviews TAPS Graduate Student Marlon Ariyasinghe on what this project will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage.
"Exorcism" will play in Nitery Theater as part of Grad Rep Weekend 2, FEB 13-15.
taps.stanford.edu/gradrep25
Link to PDF Transcript
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Connor Lifson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
#TheaterMakingatTAPS #ACTINGatTAPS #DANCEatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student + TABLEWORK Host Connor Lifson interviews TAPS Lecturer and Director Stephanie Hunt on what this project will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage.
"Three Sisters" will play in Pigott Theater NOV 08-09 + 13-16
Link to PDF Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ADoLB_DL0JCgqkfJS4hRZo24btdYAbF9/view?usp=sharing
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Connor Lifson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
#TheaterMakingatTAPS #ACTINGatTAPS #DANCEatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student Connor Lifson hosts our new Season of TABLEWORK returning this month to your Podcast Feeds.
The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
#TheaterMakingatTAPS #ACTINGatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
The 22-23 Season of TABLEWORK begins with our Fall Main Stage, "Parentheses of Blood." TAPS Graduate Student and TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interview Guest Director Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe as they talk through the processes, goals, and challenges for the production, sharing a window into the immense scholarly and creative efforts that serve as the foundation of TAPS performances.
TAPS Graduate Student + TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews TAPS PhD Alum Director Karina Gutiérrez on what this project will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage.
"Assassins" will play in Elam Theater May 23-25.
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
#TheaterMakingatTAPS #ACTINGatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student + TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews TAPS Undergrad Director Sid Zhang ('25) on what this project will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage.
"Box of Sand" will play in Pigott Theater May 02-04. This Production is a collaboration between Stanford TAPS and TheaterLab.
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
#TheaterMakingatTAPS #DANCEatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student & TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson is this week's interviewee, with Special Guest Host TAPS Chair and Professor Diana Looser.
Marina directs the Winter Main Stage "The Wolves" by Sarah DeLappe.
The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
#TheaterMakingatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student & TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews Grad Director María Zurita Ontiveros on what her project Women of Sand: Testimonies of Women in Ciudad Juárez will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage.
Grad Rep 24 runs Feb 1-3 and Feb 8-10 2024.
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
#TheaterMakingatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
TAPS Graduate Student & TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews Grad Director Connor Lifson on what his project "Omelas," based on the short story by Ursula K. Le Guin, will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage.
Grad Rep 24 runs Feb 1-3 and Feb 8-10 2024.
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
#TheaterMakingatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin
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TAPS Graduate Student & TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews Grad Director Yutsha Dahl on what her project, a humorously long-titled comedy "Foundations of Feminism: The Poetics of Curiopathy As A Manifestation of the Sisterhood Zeitgeist In Feministological Nepali Archivitism," will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage.
Grad Rep Runs Feb 1-3 and Feb 8-10.
Hosted by TAPS PhD Candidate Marina Johnson. The statements in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers.
#TheaterMakingatTAPS #DESIGNatTAPS




