The Shotgun Players Podcast

Let's Talk About Theatre: A Small Fire

Patrick Dooley talks to playwright Adam Bock and director Mary Ann Rodgers about childhood theatre companies, writing process, and Shotgun's upcoming production of Bock's play A Small Fire.

Let's Talk About Theatre: Babes In Ho-lland

Leigh Rondon-Davis talks to Babes in Ho-lland playwright Deneen Reynolds-Knott about Riot Grrrl, starting college, and the Black experience in predominately white environments. Deneen's "Babes" playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0tBcw3dZHfEp62EBuqMnAj?si=8f4917347bd44ebb]! Check out Shoebox Picnic Road Side at Alabama Shakes [https://asf.net/season-50] if you're in Montgomery!

Let's Talk About Theatre: Dream Hou$e

Leigh Rondon-Davis talks about spectacle, spite, and HGTV with Dream Hou$e playwright Eliana Pipes and director Karina Gutiérrez. Music: Welcome to the Show" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Let's Talk About Theatre: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

Join Tony Award-winning creator of 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812' creator Dave Malloy in conversation with co-directors Patrick Dooley and Erin Mei-Ling Stuart as they discuss the genesis of the musical and Malloy's start in theatre. More cool stuff: Dave's website: http://davemalloy.com/ Erin's website: https://www.erinmstuart.com/ [https://www.erinmstuart.com/] Music is "Shack" by Dave Malloy from Beardo at the Shotgun Players

Let's Talk About Theatre: The Cassandra Sessions

Let’s Talk About Theatre will feature interviews with playwrights and other contributing artists of past and future shows. The interviews will be focused on shows from our upcoming 30th Anniversary Season as well as conversations about past programming. The program will be offered as a video series and an audio podcast. 'The Cassandra Sessions: Recording This World' creators Beth Wilmurt and Jake Rodriguez appear live with Shotgun Players founding artistic director Patrick Dooley on June 17, 2021 at 5pm PST. Cassandra—that mythic figure from Greek legend, cursed with prophecies that nobody believes—knows she is soon to die. She locks herself in a studio to record an album of songs entitled This World, hoping to leave a time capsule of truths about the state of the world that might one day be heard. How to tell the truth in a way that compels people not only to listen and sing along, but to make the changes they haven’t? Featuring songs by Berkeley native, Malvina Reynolds, 'The Cassandra Sessions: Recording This World' is a new theater piece about making meaning of the world by making music about it.