Writing

Aug 301 min read

Ricky Tucker - "Writing as an Act of Service" (Episode 120)

“I think the question of ownership always comes up for me, like who's in charge of the show that we're watching? Who's profiting the most...

Aug 91 min read

York Walker - "Listening to Your Life" (Episode 117)

“I want to create work where Black people and Black queer people can see themselves in the work and not have to find themselves. My...

Jul 261 min read

Thaïs Bass-Moore - "Doing Everything and Anything" (Episode 115)

“Something that I learned a long time ago at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, she said, ‘When you’re nervous, we are scared of our nervous...

Jul 121 min read

C.A. Johnson - "Writing Plays as Heart Work" (Episode 113)

“There’s a lot of reasons to be stressed about the theatre landscape that are about finances and about how theatres are gonna survive...

Jun 191 min read

The Oral History of Holler If Ya Hear Me (Episode 110)

Happy 10th anniversary, Holler If Ya Hear Me! A decade ago, today, a musical featuring a score from one of history's most influential...

May 311 min read

Kelundra Smith - "Gifting the Language" (Episode 107)

“I don't believe you have to be the same background as the playwright to be able to fairly and professionally review or write about a...

May 171 min read

"Catching Up With Call and Response Alums" - Season Six Premiere (Episode 105)

We are BACK IN THE HABIT, y’all! After three years away, we are kicking off season six with a catch-up episode. We highlight some of the...

May 21, 20211 min read

Tonya Pinkins - "Building My Own Castle" (Episode 98)

"I sometimes wonder with young people today that there's a fragility born of carrying around violence machines every day of your life...

May 7, 20211 min read

"Igniting The Fire This Time Festival" (Episode 96)

"I think the way we measure our success is how successful we are at maintaining that sense of community. This industry is up and down—no...

Mar 19, 20211 min read

Dr. Lisa B. Thompson — "Shaping the Conversation as an Artist-Scholar" (Episode 89)

"It's such synchronous situation...As an artist-scholar, I find an issue that's really interesting to me and I end up having a both...

Jan 17, 20201 min read

Eboni Booth — "Feeling Good and Feeling Seen" (Episode 76)

“For me, it’s age and experience. If I had gone to [Juilliard when I was younger], I think it would have been harder. I think I would...

Jan 3, 20202 min read

Jordan E. Cooper - "Providing the Medicinal Hope" (Episode 74)

“Whenever you walk into a space into a theatre, you can usually feel that it’s a white space. Usually from the way the audience members...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Lynn Nottage—"Claiming the Space" (Episode 62)

“Putting the language of ‘being a playwright’ into your mouth makes you a playwright. I discovered late in the game is that just saying...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Chisa Hutchinson—"Writing Towards Freedom" (Episode 58)

“It’s why I write plays now, y’all need to understand where we’re coming from and you need to understand whatever idea you have in your...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Dominique Morisseau—"Bringing You A Story That’s True" (Episode 53)

“People don’t like to be wrong. It’s uncomfortable. It’s very uncomfortable. In fact it’s so uncomfortable that if we’re gonna feel that...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Tori Sampson—"Becoming (a Storyteller)" (Episode 49)

"Write whatever the fuck you want to write. Period! Be as authentic and true to yourself as you possibly can. That is your only...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Charly Evon Simpson—"Claiming Your Curiosity" (Episode 48)

“What I’ve discovered is the older I get, the less I actually truly open up and express myself and let myself feel these things. I can...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Aleshea Harris—"Ritualizing the Revolution" (Episode 45)

"I try to write stories that I want to hear and experience. I am trying to make theatre to say to a demographic often ignored in the...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Jocelyn Bioh—"Living in Color" (Episode 44)

"Everybody wants to consume Africa in a certain way...they've already taken so much in terms of our stories and our culture...Let us have...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Douglas Lyons—"Pursuing Your Dreams" (Episode 40)

“I am so a black artist, but I am an artist first. When you put “black” you are telling the audience they may only relate to a certain...

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