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  1. 3D AGO

    Barry Boehm & Christopher Borg of “Our House”

    Listen in as Our House playwright Barry Boehm and actor Christopher Borg discuss wedding jitters, putting your play in history, living a life of dignity & honesty & joy anywhere, legacy, sticking your foot in it but trying to do better, rom-com energy, & the history and importance of the producing company, TOSOS. “…I’ve had the basic ideas of this play for many years…originally it was going to be about the life of gay people, comparing the East Coast to the Midwest…then as I got older, it became a more intergenerational discussion…things just sort of changed…it’s about people that are trying to find their voice, and express who they are, but are often caught up…they experience crises in different ways…” TOSOS presents Our House written by Barry Boehm directed by Mark Finley thru March 21, 2026 Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre A.R.T. New York Theatres 502 W 53rd Street Manhattan tickets: $45 and up, available via Zeffy photos by Mikiodo

    19 min

  2. FEB 17

    Christian Parker of “The First Line of Dante’s Inferno”

    Listen in as Christian Parker, producer & director of The First Line of Dante’s Inferno, discusses blank slates, finding a rhythm, getting the audience ahead of what they’re experiencing, letting the humor live, and the weird magic that happens when people get lost in the woods. “…I think more broadly, the play is about longing, and feeling lost in midlife, and loneliness, and what sort of questions we find ourselves having to answer in the middle of our lives when we’ve already made a bunch of choices, and have to make some decisions about whether we’re going to honor those, or take a totally new direction…” La MaMa ETC presents The First Line of Dante’s Inferno written by Kirk Lynn directed by Christian Parker thru February 22, 2026 La Mama Downstairs 66 E. 4th Street Manhattan tickets: $30 ($25 students/seniors), available via OvationTix photos by Marina Levitskaya

    16 min

  3. FEB 16

    Paul Pinto & Kristin Marting of “Mano a Mano”

    Listen in as Mano a Mano creator/composer/performer Paul Pinto, along with director Kristin Marting, discuss getting over live performance doomerism, celebrating/questioning/undressing/redressing/exposing masculinity, giving the audience access to the performer, theatrical collaboration, the work of the body in creating vocal sound, a work of art’s relevance in time and space, and giving the audience a good time. “…I like to see theatre that impresses me…that makes me feel like, when I sit down there, not only can I not believe what’s going on onstage, but I want to jump onstage and take part…” La MaMa ETC presents thingNY‘s production of Mano a Mano written, composed, & performed by Paul Pinto directed by Kristin Marting thru February 22, 2026 Ellen Stewart Theatre 66 E. 4th Street Manhattan tickets: $35 ($30 students/seniors) available via OvationTix photos by Steven Pisano

    20 min

  4. FEB 11

    Ed Schmidt of “Edward”

    Listen in as Ed Schmidt, creator and performer of Edward, discusses melodramatic origins to fictionalized short stories, a “theatrical epistolary novel,” doing what you can do and not what other playwrights do, cutting out the middle men, object—>story vs. story—>object, and finding the sustainable model that works for you. “…somebody else’s life started to emerge from this, and at a certain point I realized, ‘this is a play, told this way.’ […] And I thought, ‘how could I do this thing, which is really kinda anti-dramatic…and make that theatrical in some way’…” Edward written & performed by Ed Schmidt performed at bookstores throughout NYC for dates, and to get on the mailing list for future performances, visit edschmidttheater.com photos by Emma Callahan

    18 min

  5. FEB 5

    Camber Carpenter of “In My Condition”

    Listen in as performer/producer/mom/singer/diva/creator of In My Condition, Camber Carpenter, discusses parenthood, the stand-up/cabaret intersection, the scariness of being brutally honest, Mother Nature’s trickery, adding in that ever-changing additional performer (the audience), letting loose, and taking the initiative to make art while being a mom. “…our world is difficult in so many ways right now…bringing a little joy to somebody for a while is pretty important, I think…” In My Condition written & performed by Camber Carpenter directed by Beth Slack February 6, 2026, 6pm at Magnet Theater February 11, 2026, 9:30pm at Caveat photo by Shirley Sheung Photography

    16 min

  6. 12/16/2025

    Xhloe Rice & Natasha Roland of “What If They Ate the Baby?”

    Listen in as What If They Ate the Baby? playwrights, directors, & performers Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland—Xhloe & Natasha—discuss being fascinated by history, deep absurdity, dressing up in femininity (as opposed to the masculinity of their last NYC show), zooming into a slice of life, true crime re-enactments, green spaghetti, candy-coated plasticky artifice, and not letting anything go to waste. “…my biggest tip when you come see this show is, let it happen to you—don’t hurt yourself trying to get to the bottom, ‘what does this mean?’…just wait for the car ride home…” SoHo Playhouse in collaboration with Xhloe & Natasha present What If They Ate the Baby? written, performed, and directed by Natasha Roland & Xhloe Rice thru December 22, 2025 EXTENDED! thru December 31, 2025 SoHo Playhouse 15 Vandam Street Manhattan tickets: $45.50, available via OvationTix photos by Morgan Mcdowell photos by Molly White

    15 min

  7. 10/24/2025

    Joe Therrien, Ali Dineen, Darkin Brown, Tom Cunningham, Sam Wilson, & Jason Hicks of “Dimension Zero”

    Listen in as Dimension Zero co-creators, performers, and Boxcutter Collective members Joe Therrien, Ali Dineen, Darkin Brown, Tom Cunningham, Sam Wilson, & Jason Hicks discuss consensus not compromise, salad bars, writing and shaping earworms, grant-writing as production impetus, outside eyes, reality catching up to dark comedy, “following the giggle,” and how a collective comes together to create an anti-capitalist musical puppet show. “…one of the reasons we made this show, is to not go insane…art allows you to take that thing you can’t deal with, and it allows you to put it into your hands to mess with. For us, with this show, it’s taking this planetary moment of terror…it allows us to at least put it in front of us, and put it in front of the audience, in a way we can feel empowered, and hopeful…” Dimension Zero created by Boxcutter Collective thru October 30, 2025 HERE 145 6th Ave Manhattan tickets: $30, $60, or $120, available via HERE’s website photos by Richard Termine

    27 min

  8. 10/22/2025

    Alexandra Haddad of “Helen in Her Homeland”

    Listen in as Helen in Her Homeland playwright Alexandra Haddad discusses immersion & implication, fragments of poetry, working outward from dialogue, leaving arts admin jobs, listening without responding, writing as a director, what propels us through the difficulty of production, and “the spectrum between Sarah Ruhl and Sarah Kane.” “…early on, Helen says, ‘you might think you’re above that,’ like, judging people by their appearance, but ‘you have a body, too, you have a face, too,’ and you know that those things have consequences in the world. And so, I do want the audience to feel both invited, and implicated in that conversation…” Frayed Knot Collective presents Helen in Her Homeland written by Alexandra Haddad directed by Jessica Wastchak thru October 26, 2025 Loft Story 748 Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn tickets: $28, available via TicketLeap photos by @jowastchak

    14 min
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The off-off-Broadway podcast

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  • Creator
    Robert A. K. Gonyo
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Go See a Show!