Kateri Cale - Executive Producer, Eric Berg - Podcast Manager, Catherine Whiteman - Host, Jenna Burnett - Producer
41 episodes
5 months ago
Echo Offstage lures you into the world of playwrights, producers, directors, and creatives for Intelligent, Intimate dialogue with Impactful Women of Theater.
Echo Offstage is a production of Echo Theatre in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1998, Echo is the Southwest's Premier Women's Theater; solely producing work by women+. www.echotheatre.org
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Echo Offstage lures you into the world of playwrights, producers, directors, and creatives for Intelligent, Intimate dialogue with Impactful Women of Theater.
Echo Offstage is a production of Echo Theatre in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1998, Echo is the Southwest's Premier Women's Theater; solely producing work by women+. www.echotheatre.org
Playwright & comic book writer Crystal Skillman joins Cathy to discuss setting specific career goals, collaboration, and her play OPEN which will be produced by Echo in June and Off-Broadway in July!
Tony-award winning playwright & actress, Lisa Kron, joins Cathy to discuss her tumultuous journey in theatre, the development of her musical FUN HOME, and the power of trying ideas on their feet!
Cathy is joined by President & Exec. Director of TACA, Maura Sheffler to tackle arts funding--from mapping the arts ecosystem to the dangers of the shoe-string budget.
Cathy digs into arts funding and local arts advocacy with the Executive Director of the Sammons Arts Center and President of the Dallas Area Cultural Advocacy Coalition (DACAC), Joanna St. Angelo.
Cathy talks with Robyn Flatt about being part of the founding company at the Dallas Theater Center, her unique approach to education, and starting the Dallas Children's Theater with only $500!
Cathy is joined by Hilary Bettis to discuss her rocky path to playwriting, rookie mistakes she made in her first TV interview, and her award-winning writing on FX's The Americans and Hulu's The Dropout.
Executive Artistic Director Johannah Maynard Edwards joins Catherine to discuss radical accessibility, motherhood, and the National Women's Theatre Festival!
Acclaimed trans actor, writer & solo performer Becca Blackwell joins Cathy to discuss their solo shows, devising with Young Jean Lee, and creating their own space--in theatre and between genders!
Cathy is joined by two special guests, Rebecca Martínez (Director's Lab & frmr Assoc. Artistic Director) and Nidia Medina (Producer's Lab) to discuss the nation's oldest and largest women+ theater: WP (formerly the Women's Project).
Catherine is joined by her long-time friend Guinea Bennett-Price to discuss the challenges of theatre education, the joys of children's theatre, and the founding of SoulRep Theatre Company!
To kickoff its 25th Season, Echo is producing two plays by Lauren Gunderson, so Catherine sits down with Lauren to dig into NATURAL SHOCKS, I AND YOU, and how she got to be America's most produced playwright (spelled w-r-i-g-h-t)!
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage joins Catherine to unpack her "nomadic imagination," her upcoming operas, and what she wants to see from the next generation of playwrights!
Catherine is joined by her long-time friend Liz Mikel to discuss her role as Mama Smash on Friday Night Lights, Liz's upcoming return to Broadway, and the time she filled in for Oprah Winfrey!
Jaynie Saunders Tiller, Managing Director of New Georges (NYC), joins Catherine to talk about the creativity of producing, cultivating bold new plays, and her past as a figure skater!
Award-winning lighting designer Kathy A. Perkins joins Catherine to discuss her work on Broadway, the reason she became a theatre historian, and her relationship and enduring love for Alice Childress!
Catherine learns about the business of theatre from Ariana Cook, former Managing Director of Cara Mía Theatre, as she talks about not being intimidated by numbers and how finances tell a story.
Catherine has a heart-to-heart with Danielle Georgiou about how she founded her award-winning dance-theatre company, her work as an intimacy choreographer, and how actors can nurture a relationship with their bodies.
Catherine dives in with actors Jenny Ledel, Gloria Benavides, and Denise Lee to discuss audition horror stories, asking for what you want in the room, and how we really are every character we play.
Catherine sits down with director and playwright, Glory Kadigan, to discuss "speaking Erik Ehn," helping over 300 charities with theatre, and why you should have the audacity to introduce yourself.
Echo Offstage lures you into the world of playwrights, producers, directors, and creatives for Intelligent, Intimate dialogue with Impactful Women of Theater.
Echo Offstage is a production of Echo Theatre in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1998, Echo is the Southwest's Premier Women's Theater; solely producing work by women+. www.echotheatre.org
