Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia

The Artistic Director of the Philadelphia theater troupe New Paradise Laboratories talks with us about his early life and education, about his midlife journey from Bloomsburg, PA to Blacksburg, VA - and about how he is finds his new Home in Art in the "failed Utopia" of Philadelphia. There blog post on our website, with some photos of Whit and the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble during the 1970s and 80s. Go HERE. The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble's own website is HERE. Support the show "Adventu...

We complete our conversation with the innovative Philadelphia director, teacher and dramaturg Mark Lord. In this episode we touch on many of Mark's productions that he staged with the Philly performance groups Potlatch, Big House and Headlong Dance Theatre. The cover art from this episode is a photograph from a work called Pink Melon Joy, staged in 1992, which Mark discusses in this episode. He also talks about his collaboration with the late designer Hiroshi Iwasaki, and about some of...

We begin our conversation with the innovative Philadelphia director, teacher and scholar Mark Lord, for many years a distinguished theater professor at Bryn Mawr College in the Philly suburbs. Mark's life story starts us on a journey we are taking on the podcast, during which we will meet many of the most innovative and cutting-edge theater artists of the modern era of Philadelphia theater. To see images of the plays and people we discussed in our two-part interview with Mark, there i...

An interview with Jen Childs and Pete Pryor, the founders of 1812 Productions, the only Philadelphia theater company dedicated to comedy. A blog post with images from this episode can be found HERE. A full pictorial history of 1812's past shows can be found on their website, HERE. The song "Daddy Long Legs," is from the show Box Office of the Dammed, sung by Jilline Ringle. It was recorded live at the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia on April 2nd 2001, and was included the CD "The So...

Our interview with the great Philadelphia actress Mary Martello. Join us as she shares the fascinating story of her life and her career. To see photos and images of Mary some of the many roles she had performed over her career, see this blog post on our website: https://www.aithpodcast.com/blog/mary-martello-is-always-right-here/ You can find an even more extensive archive of photos from Mary's life and career on her own professional website, HERE. Support the show "Adventures in Theater Hi...