Gabbing with Gable

December 15, 2011 2011, inside the writer's mind, kristen scatton, philadelphia No comments

Enter, if you dare, the place described as a “country fun fairhouse” – the mind of Jeremy Gable, playwright, one of the current Philadelphia Dramatist Center residents at Plays & Plays Theatre, and literary manager for Luna Theatre Company.  Here you’ll find out what it’s like to write a musical based on “Star Wars,” what happens when Jeremy is the artistic director of a theater company, and why he wants to be locked in a room alone for 24 hours straight. Stay tuned, Rep Radio is on the air!

 

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114 – Ray Saraceni

October 27, 2011 inside the writer's mind, kristen scatton, philadelphia 2 comments

Today’s podcast features Ray Saraceni, who’s play about the maroons will be produced by Iron Age Theatre. What is with this state and “Gentlemen’s Agreements? You know they never hold up! Stay Tuned!

In November, Iron Age Theater and the Centre Theater proudly present the world premier of “Maroons. The Anthracite Gridiron,” by Ray Saraceni, the true story of the hard scrabble Schuylkill County coal miners who created professional football. The biggest underdogs and misfits in the game coming from nowhere and winning it all, only to see their dream season stolen out from under them, an injustice that football fans still hope to see righted.

The play tells the riveting tale of the proud, tough men who played both offense and defense with just leather helmets and their hearts; their hard charging gambler of an owner Doc Streigel; and the coach who created the passing game as the “coal crackers” went up against the big city teams to win Pottsville a championship and show that “pro ball” was the equal to the then dominant college game. The Centre returns to the world of sports and class struggle wit this new play about the Pottsville Maroons. Ray Saraceni is a Paoli native and Villanova University graduate. He has a Phd. in theatre history from Tufts and is a critically acclaimed actor on many Philadelphia stages. (less)

For More Information: www.centretheater.org

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113 – Life Advice with Adam Szymkowicz

October 13, 2011 2011 No comments

To be a playwright or not to be a playwright? For Adam Szymkowicz, there is no question. But that doesn’t mean he can’t try to warn a novice (me) about the perils of life in theater.

In this episode, I sit down with Adam, whose play “The Fat Cat Killers” is opening Flashpoint Theatre Company’s 2011-2012 season this October, for some coffee and career advice. Will I heed this wise man’s words? Stay tuned and find out!

“The Fat Cat Killers” runs Wed., Oct. 26 through Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Second Stage at the Adrienne. For tickets and more information, visit http://www.flashpointtheatre.org/.

 

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112 – Coffee and Conversation with Quinn D. Eli

October 6, 2011 2011, inside the writer's mind, kristen scatton, philadelphia No comments

Join Kristen as she sits down with Philadelphia’s smoothest-talking playwright, Quinn D. Eli, to sip some coffee and share insights into Philly’s theatre community.

Quinn’s play “Hazardous” is being produced as part of Tiny Dynamite’s “A Play, A Pie and A Pint” series on Tuesday, Oct. 11 and Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 6 pm at the Red Room at the Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA. Tickets are $15 and include a a slice of pizza and a beverage.

Other shows in the series are:

“Fly Me to the Moon” by Marie Jones – Oct. 18 and 19 at 6 pm

“The Ching Room” by Alan Bissett – Oct. 15 and 26 at 6 pm

For tickets and more information, visit www.tinydynamite.org.

 

 

 

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111 – Another Equally Hilarious Interview with Josh McIlvain

September 8, 2011 2011, inside the writer's mind, kristen scatton, philadelphia, Philly Fringe No comments

 

 

When you’ve already written and produced a show named one of the “10 Essentials at the Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe” by Philadelphia Weekly, what do you do for a follow-up? That’s just one of the questions “Inside the Writer’s Mind” poses to Josh McIlvain, writer and director of “Deer Head: yet another – though equally hilarious and perhaps even more so as the first two – evening of outrageous short comedies,” part of the 2011 Fringe Festival.

“Deer Head” runs Wed., Sept. 14-Sat., Sept. 17 at the Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine St., Philadelphia. For tickets and information, visit http://smokeyscout.com/ or http://ticketing.theatrealliance.org/sites/livearts/details.aspx?id=19848.

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