exit the stage door - dcp creative

I sat down with the director, producer, star, and playwright of The Nasty Women, a transformation of Eurpides The Bacchae to these modern times, one of the many shows part of this years Capitol Fringe Festival

Thanks to some Twitter magic, I got a chance to sit down with the creative minds behind Poe, Times Two, a one man adaptation of "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Black Cat," author and star, Greg Oliver Bodine and his long-time director DeLisa White.

I got a chance to sit to down with Helen after her allotment of tech time at the Atlas Performing Arts Center and it was really wonderful, we talked about Creativity, Inc, the Shrewsical, and just all kinds of things about forging a path for yourself creatively.

I got a chance to give Kate Robards a high tech phone call and she was gracious and charming enough to talk about theatre life, class, Studio Theatre, who awesome the DC theatre scene is and whole bunch of other things.

I sat down with Emily in her European inspired apartment (seriously cool appliances) and talked about the origins of her play and all the steps between just getting it written to having a director and putting on a show and stuff!

I got my commedia dell'arte on with the artistic director of Faction of Fools, Toby Mulford, actress and director of public relations, Rachel Spicknall Mulford, and Directing Apprentice Kaiylah Watts. We dug into the history of theatre, how commedia works, and we talked about their production of The Miser, featuring a fresh translation from the original French.

Hit two goals with one shot on this one. Amanda Herman is a recent graduate from the intern life and she is a full-fledged marketing and development professional. We had a great time in NextStops' industrial digs and talking about it all.

I sat down a few members of BSF's The Winter's Tale to talk about original pronunciation, what it is, how and why does a theater decide to do it, and of course, we talk meandering career paths that intersect in this wacky world we call theatre (even if you call it theater).

I spent the day with Lauren Juanita Hines, the new managing director of the excellent children's theatre company Adventure Theatre MTC. You only get this one hour's worth of high quality conversation. We talk a lot about the business side of theatre, Lauren makes a pitch to get more people to work on administration side of things, and Lauren schools me on what life in opera is like.

Andy invited me down to Houston to work on All the Way in the Alley's fancy new digs. I couldn't turn down that opportunity or the opportunity to sit down with Andy and talk careers and how to avoid letting architects ruin your theatre.

I sit down with Shayla Roland and we talk about recovering from stage management, the many cool things that happen at Ford’s Theatre and figuring out how to get your first shot at a new gig.

I had a great conversation with Karen Lange of Pinky Swear Productions. We talked about self-producing, stuffing waffles, being seen and a whole lot of other stuff.

Had a great chat with Hannah Hessel-Ratner and Rob Montenegro on the rich cultural and artistic fields that Yael Farber's adaptation of Salomé delve into.

The guys from High on Film and I talk about growing up as an artist in theatre programs in universities, why they are both more into film and TV than theatre right now, and the moments of their theatre careers they are most proud of.

I finally got to talk with my first drama critic. It was great fun to talk about the agonies of the writing process as well as to discover some inside dope on life as a freelance critic.