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Variant Artists

Actors and directors Amie Farrell and Leonard Roberts welcome all to THEATER aLIVE. Here we create a space of centrality for BIPoC/Global Majority, LGBTQ+, and women storyteller of the American Theater. Each month will shine the spotlight on one playwright with a live audio play performance and the monthly episode of A SEAT AT THE TABLE . A SEAT AT THE TABLE invites the months’ storytellers to gather around the proverbial table to celebrate, discuss and dig into the play with the playwright and the players. Pull up a chair. There is space for us all.

Episodes

  1. 04/22/2021

    Playwright Adam Mathias - A Seat at the Table

    Join us for a post-show chat as we sit around the proverbial table with playwright Adam Mathias and discuss his play 'All Those Concerned'. Adam is the Drama Desk Award winning bookwriter and lyricist of See Rock City & Other Destinations, A History of Summer and more. Richard Rodgers Award, Jerry Bock Award. Teacher at the Tony Award honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Hear his lyrics on Spotify & iTunes. www.adamup.com Creative Team: Playwright- Adam Mathias Director- Amie Farrell Asst. Director- Maddy Wager Editor/ Sound- Cam Caddell Cast: Jackie- Reece Caddell PJ- Chloe Adona Nessa- Nadia Reyes Ben- Nate Schinnerer Oliver- Noah Rico Everett- Luke Schinnerer

    1h 37m

  2. 03/18/2021

    All Those Concerned by Adam Mathias, Audio Play

    Variant Artists presents the short audio play ALL THOSE CONCERNED by playwright Adam Mathias. Adam is the Drama Desk Award winning bookwriter and lyricist of See Rock City & Other Destinations, A History of Summer and more. Richard Rodgers Award, Jerry Bock Award. Teacher at the Tony Award honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Hear his lyrics on Spotify & iTunes. www.adamup.com Creative Team: Playwright- Adam Mathias Director- Amie Farrell Asst. Director- Maddy Wager Editor/ Sound- Cam Caddell Cast: Jackie- Reece Caddell PJ- Chloe Adona Nessa- Nadia Reyes Ben- Nate Schinnerer Oliver- Noah Rico Everett- Luke Schinnerer

    38 min

  3. 02/25/2021

    Playwright Kevin Douglas - A Seat at the Table

    Join us for a post-show chat as we sit around the proverbial table with playwright Kevin Douglas and discuss his play 'What About The Meyers', parenting in a pandemic as an artist, and the relationship between humor and pain.  Kevin is a member of, the Tony Award winning company, Looking glass Theatre where his play Thaddeus and Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure had its World Premiere which garnered him a BTA Award for best writing of a play. Kevin’s play Plantation! Directed by David Schwimmer had its World Premiere at Lookingglass and is currently being developed for the screen. He co-writes and performs with his better half in a web series on YouTube and IG titled The Tam and Kevin Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJF9sSBTDUc A SEAT AT THE TABLE invites the months’ storytellers to gather around the proverbial table to celebrate, discuss and dig into the play with the playwright and the players. Pull up a chair. There is space for us all.

    1h 56m

  4. 02/19/2021

    What About The Meyers by Kevin Douglas, Audio Play

    Variant Artists presents the audio play WHAT ABOUT THE MEYERS by playwright Kevin Douglas.  Kevin is a member of, the Tony Award winning company, Lookingglass Theatre where his play Thaddeus and Slocum: A Vaudeville Adventure had its World Premiere which garnered him a BTA Award for best writing of a play. Kevin’s play Plantation! Directed by David Schwimmer had its World Premiere at Lookingglass and is currently being developed for the screen. He co-writes and performs with his better half in a web series on YouTube and IG titled The Tam and Kevin Show. Cast: Lisa Tharps as Maggie Leonard Roberts as Arnold JoNell Kenned as Betty Robert Peters as Dave, Gerald, Police, Dog Walker Ryan Alexander Holmes as Eric,  James,  Police , Drunk Symera Jackson as Rhonda Evan Alex as Johnny Directed by: Amie Farrell Original Music by: Jonathan Sanford sanfordmusic.com Sound & Editing by: Cam Caddell Core Collective: Maddy Wager Tania Verafield JoNell Kennedy Special Thanks: Evan Roberts

    1h 20m

  5. 01/28/2021

    Playwright Nambi E. Kelley - A Seat at the Table

    Join us for a post-show chat as we sit around the proverbial table with incredible playwright Nambi E. Kelley and discuss her play 'Blood'. Nambi is a powerhouse in American Theater. Her play PHENOMENAL WOMAN: MAYA ANGELOU is being developed for Broadway. Her play NATIVE SON was nominated by BroadwayWorld.com for Best Production the Decade! Nambi's plays have been produced all over the country and the world at such theaters as The Goodman, Steppenwolf, Yale Rep, Antaeus, The Duke Theater in NY and more. A SEAT AT THE TABLE invites the months’ storytellers to gather around the proverbial table to celebrate, discuss and dig into the play with the playwright and the players. Pull up a chair. There is space for us all.

    1h 33m

  6. 01/21/2021

    Blood by Nambi E. Kelley, Act II, Audio Play

    Join us for Act II of the play BLOOD by award winning playwright Nambi E Kelley. Nambi is a powerhouse in American Theater. Her play PHENOMENAL WOMAN: MAYA ANGELOU is being developed for Broadway. Her play NATIVE SON was nominated by BroadwayWorld.com for Best Production the Decade! Nambi's plays have been produced all over the country and the world at such theaters as The Goodman, Steppenwolf, Yale Rep, Antaeus, The Duke Theater in NY and more. Give yourself the gift of delving into this world Nambi has created.

    44 min
  7. 1. Blood by Nambi E. Kelley, Act I, Audio Play

    01/14/2021

    1. Blood by Nambi E. Kelley, Act I, Audio Play

    Variant Artists present the audio play BLOOD by award winning playwright Nambi E Kelley. Nambi is a powerhouse in American Theater. Her play PHENOMENAL WOMAN: MAYA ANGELOU is being developed for Broadway. Her play NATIVE SON was nominated by BroadwayWorld.com for Best Production the Decade! Nambi's plays have been produced all over the country and the world at such theaters as The Goodman, Steppenwolf, Yale Rep, Antaeus, The Duke Theater in NY and more. Give yourself the gift of delving into this world Nambi has created.  Cast: Leonard Roberts as Scipio Larry Bates as Alex, X JoNell Kennedy as Amelia Clifford McGhee as Hannibal Kirkaldy Myers as Grandman  Directed by: Amie Farrell and Leonard Roberts Original Music by: Jonathan Sanford sanfordmusic.com Sound & Editing by: Cam Caddell Special thanks: Maddy Wager Tania Verafield Evan Roberts

    1 hr
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Actors and directors Amie Farrell and Leonard Roberts welcome all to THEATER aLIVE. Here we create a space of centrality for BIPoC/Global Majority, LGBTQ+, and women storyteller of the American Theater. Each month will shine the spotlight on one playwright with a live audio play performance and the monthly episode of A SEAT AT THE TABLE . A SEAT AT THE TABLE invites the months’ storytellers to gather around the proverbial table to celebrate, discuss and dig into the play with the playwright and the players. Pull up a chair. There is space for us all.

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    Variant Artists
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
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  • Rating
    Explicit
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