Folks, I am stoked about this one. Mr. Gwydion Suilebhan is a hard working man but he still finds time to be awesome at Twitter (@GwydionS) and to power through a cold to sit down and have a chat with me. Many of you will be familiar with him and his work. Gwydion is one of the founding members of the Welders, a playwright focused cooperative with a unique vision and production model (they make the organization and then they hand it over to someone else). The Welders are opening Not Enuf Lifetimes like right now at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Gwydion speaks so highly of the show, and its author, Caleen Sinette Jennings, so please check that production out. Gwydion is also a prime mover behind the New Play Exchange, going live very soon, part of the National New Play Network and its mission to facilitate the production of new work. For this and all the other great things Gwydion is doing check out his website, especially the part where he explains how to say his last name. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it, here you go!
Liz Maestri!
Hi there! The podcast continues to exist, to my great surprise, but I am so glad that it does because it means that I got to sit down with Liz Maestri (don't forget her Tumblr). Liz is the author of Somersaulting, Condo Condo Condoland, and Fallbeil, among others, and she is a delight. To top it all off in a moment of (gulp) synergy, we talked on the historic Lansburgh Stage (thanks Shakespeare Theatre Company!), where Liz had her first theatre experience (a little ditty called Macbeth with some fellow named Stacey Keach). We talk about Sophie Scholl (you might also check out this movie), the unique experience of running shows and how it changes what you think of theatre, and how to deal with the fact that we don't always know what we are doing (get back to us on that one: exitstagedoor@gmail.com)
Patrick Flynn: Part 2!
Welcome back for Part 2! My time with Patrick was so excellent and there was just one more topic that we had to cover, because once you bring up The Room, you have to keep talking about it (if you are really feeling motivated, check out one of the periodic screenings at the E Street Cinema). Also, if you like the sound of the folk that Patrick has worked with, check out his timeline for the shout outs and mentions and get connected with those people. Thank you and here is Part 2.
And a reminder: If you like Mr. Flynn, please check out more of his work at his website, unknownpenguin.com and his YouTube channel. You can find that best of episode here or here.
Patrick Flynn!
Ladies and gentlemen, the podcast is off to a great start. Episode 1 was wonderful and Patrick Flynn, playwright, filmmaker, and professor keeps it rolling in Episode 2. Patrick is a fantastic conversationalist. We got started and it took a long time before we were forced to stop, so Episode 2 is going to be, wait for it, a two parter (and it is certainly not the last time that we will be chatting with Patrick). This is Part 1, where Patrick talks to me about his Giant Box of Porn, a big hit at the Capital Fringe Festival, what CapFringe is like, whether there is life after Fringe for #GBoP, how much the play has changed since it's debut at the Pinch in November of 2013, and movies, and life as a comedy improv podcaster in LA with Comedy Sportz LA in 2007(!), and movies, and . . . just so much. And that's just Part 1!
If you like Mr. Flynn, please check out more of his work at his website, unknownpenguin.com and his YouTube channel. You can find that best of episode right frickin' here. Or here.
Danielle Mohlman!
Welcome to Exit the Stage Door, a series of conversations with the folks working hard to make the DC theatre scene such a great one. It's Episode 1 and with it comes a talk with Danielle Mohlman, author of Dust, and curator of a great Tumblr about books and the joy of reading. You can find out more about Danielle and her work at her own website, daniellemohlman.com.
We spend a lot of this time during this episode talking about Dust, the play that Danielle is hard at work dreaming up all over again. Danielle is also one of the founding members of Field Trip Theatre, as well as the former artistic director when Field Trip produced Patrick Flynn's Giant Box of Porn and Liz Maestri's Fallbeil at Capital Fringe, among other accomplishments. Last, and certainly not least, Danielle was an inaugural member of Playwright's Arena, a new play initiative sponsored by Arena Stage and the American Voices New Play Institute designed to facilitate dialogue between local playwrights and support their growth as artistic voices.
And finally, you can catch Danielle's work as part of Pinky Swear's production of Tiny House Plays, which opens on September 27th and runs through October 12 in a bunch of tiny houses in a corner of DC, an experiment conducted by Boneyard Studios. It's a super exciting project and I am so glad that we can promote it a bit ahead of their opening. Go see it. I know I will.
I had a lot of fun talking to her, I hope you enjoy listening to her. Welcome to Exit the Stage Door. See you again in two weeks, when I talk with playwright, teacher, and filmmaker, Patrick Flynn. Until then, Danielle Mohlman!
We're Here!
We've got microphones, we've got an idea, and we've got guests. It's so exciting. We launch on September 24th with a conversation with Danielle Mohlman. I hope to bring you new episodes once ever two weeks until my calendar is so full of scheduled conversations that we can go weekly. If you have an idea for who I should be talking with next, hit me up at erin@dcpcreativellc.com or @dcpcreative on Twitter. Be a part of the conversation.