The Theatre of Others Podcast

TOO Episode 180: The Othello Conundrum

16 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Budi's production of Othello and what happens if ...

TOO Episode 179- Conversation with Actor, Writer, and Director Gin Hammond

09 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi are in conversation with Gin Hammond as she shares stories abo...

TOO Episode 178- The Group Theatre's influence

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Group Theatre and its lasting legacy, whether thei...

TOO Episode 177- The Book Club 04 | A Director Prepares by Anne Bogart

25 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their fourth choice for The Theatre of Others Book Clu...

TOO Episode 176- Conversation with Actors Jenelle Chu and Chalia La Tour

18 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi are in conversation with actors Jenelle Chu and Chalia La Tour...

TOO Episode 175- The Audition Compensation Conundrum

11 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the ongoing conversation about fairly compensating act...

TOO Episode 174 - The AI in Theatre

04 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the coming AI revolution and what that means for Theat...

TOO Episode 173 - The Book Club 03 | To The Actor by Michael Chekhov

28 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their third choice for The Theatre of Others Book Club...

TOO Podcast Ep. 172 - The Grad School Series | UC Irvine | Andrew Borba

21 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with the Co-Head of Acting at UC Irvine's Clair Tre...

TOO Episode 171- The Objects

14 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Objects, or Props, that performers use in rehearsa...

TOO Episode 170 - The Actors Warm-Up & Cool-Down

07 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this week's episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Actor's Warm-Up and Cool-Down and...

TOO Episode 169- The Appropriateness (review of Episode 43- The Right to Tell this Story)

29 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi are joined by the producer of the podcast, Jack Burmeister,  ...

TOO Episode 168 - The Book Club 02 | Backwards & Forwards by David Ball

23 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their second choice for The Theatre of Others Book Clu...

TOO Episode 167 - The Viewpoints pt. 2

16 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam returns and introduces (or reintroduces) The Viewpoints as he takes you...

TOO Episode 166 - The Artistic Life You Want

09 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi respond to the listener's provocations around episode 158...

TOO Episode 165 - The Taksu Theatre Training Workshop

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their upcoming training workshop on Taksu Theatre in B...

TOO Episode 164 - The Book Club 01 | Impro by Keith Johnstone

26 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their first choice for The Theatre of Others Book Club...

TOO Episode 163 - The Rehearsal Culture

19 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Rehearsal Culture and how a mistranslation can aff...

TOO Episode 162 - The Theatre as Memory

12 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!Adam gives us a solo episode adapted from his recent presentation titled Theatre as Memory gi...

TOO Episode 161 - The Residency

05 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Residency, the ability of an artist to get away fr...

The TOO Book Club

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!Join us over the next 8 months as we begin The Theatre of Others Book Club. A special episode...

TOO Episode 160 - The Backstage

26 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Backstage and how the liminal space offstage needs...

TOO Episode 159 - The Bias

19 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Bias we all have, how to get past it or use it to ...

TOO Episode 158 - The Cancellation

12 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Cancellation of a recent University production of ...

TOO Episode 157 - The Grad School Series | Juilliard | Evan Yionoulis

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with the Head of the Drama Division at Juilliard, Evan Y...

TOO Episode 156 - The First Day of Rehearsal

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the First Day of Rehearsal and how a room is set up (b...

TOO Episode 155 - The Festival

22 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Theatre Festival and how it needs time and space s...

TOO Episode 154 - The Criticism

15 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss questions and comments regarding episode 149- The Crit...

TOO Episode 153 - The Actors Spiritual Practice

08 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Budi podcasts solo from Bali as he discusses spirituality and acting, channe...

TOO Episode 152 - The Senses

01 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!Warning, mentions of SuicideIn this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Senses (Sight, smell, ...

TOO Episode 151 - The Audition

25 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Audition and how they have and have not changed ov...

TOO Episode 150 - The Company

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Company and how they come together and sometimes w...

TOO Episode 149 - The Critic

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the recent divisive critique of a Broadway show and as...

TOO Episode 148 - The Typecasting

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi have a rambling discussion about typecasting and using it to y...

TOO Episode 147 - Conversation with Director and Contemporary Artist Brook Andrew

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with the Director and Contemporary Artist Brook Andrew.B...

TOO Episode 146 - Conversation with Executive Artistic Director David Bruin

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with the Executive Artistic Director of The Celebration ...

TOO Episode 145 - The Sustainable Theatre

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Sustainable Theatre. While Adam is working on his play...

TOO Episode 144 - The Actor's "Open Heart Soil"

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Budi flies solo as Adam works on his show for the COP27 UN Climate Conferenc...

TOO Episode 143 - The Grad School Conundrum

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi are reunited and it feels so good. They discuss the Grad Schoo...

TOO Episode 142- The Directors Lab Mediterranean Conversations, Part 4. Dante Benazzo and Amanda Connors

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam speaks with directors Dante Benazzo & Amanda Connors.Andrea Dante B...

TOO Episode 141- The Directors Lab Mediterranean Conversations, Part 3. Gregory Bonsignore and Basma Baydoun

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam speaks with performance makers Gregory Bonsignore & Basma BaydounGr...

TOO Episode 140- The Directors Lab Mediterranean Conversations, Part 2. Paolo Costantini, Maria Varnakkidou, and Marta Mari

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam speaks with directors Paolo Costantini, Maria Varnakkidou, and Marta Ma...

TOO Episode 139- The Directors Lab Mediterranean Conversations, Part 1. Sam Hunter, Benedetto Sicca, and Olive Pascha

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam speaks with directors Sam Hunter,  Benedetto Sicca, and Olive Pascha.S...

TOO Episode 138- Audio New Play Festival, James Reiser's SUGARBAG

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!Sugarbag is a one-person radio play centered around the story of a young adult farmer living ...

TOO Episode 137- Audio New Play Festival, Conversation with Playwright James Reiser

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam continues the 2nd Annual Audio New Play Festival with a conversation wi...

TOO Episode 136- Audio New Play Festival, Raiya Basalamah's BEAUTIFUL

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!The birth of Artificial Body Transplants (ABTs) have broken new ground for cosmetic and plast...

TOO Episode 135- Audio New Play Festival, Conversation with Playwright Raiya Basalamah

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi continue the 2nd Annual Audio New Play Festival with a convers...

TOO Episode 134 - Audio New Play Festival, Michael Gural-Maiello's SUCCESS IN CONTEMPORARY CORPORATE PRAXIS

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!Set in the many virtual environments of a multinational corporate 50 years from now, young wo...

TOO Episode 133- Audio New Play Festival, Conversation with Playwright Michael Gural-Maiello

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi continue the 2nd Annual Audio New Play Festival with a convers...

TOO Episode 132- Audio New Play Festival, Frazer Shepherdson's WHALE SONG

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!Whale Song is an immersive audio play experience that follows characters, SAM and ROCHELLE, a...

TOO Episode 131- Audio New Play Festival, Conversation with Playwright Frazer Shepherdson

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi start off the 2nd Annual Audio New Play Festival with a conver...

TOO Episode 130- Conversation with Mumbai-based Actor Rytasha Rathore

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Mumbai-based actor Rytasha RathoreRytasha is a Mumb...

TOO Episode 129 - The Theatre Taboos

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Taboos and Superstitions in the Theatre, how they ...

TOO Episode 128 - The New York Theatre Round-up 2022

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the trends and changes to theatre in New York City pos...

TOO Episode 127- The "Dangerous" Theater

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss questions and provocations by listeners Mark Nannup an...

TOO Episode 126- The Actor's Intention

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Objectives. Or Intentions. Or Goals. Or Tasks. Or Zada...

TOO Episode 125- The Hustle

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the New York Times article When Paying your Dues doesn...

TOO Episode 124- Conversation with Managing Artistic Director Sarah Clare Corporandy

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Detroit Public Theatre's Managing Artistic Dir...

TOO Episode 123- The Actor's Niche

10 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi answer some listeners' questions about purposeful exclusi...

TOO Episode 122 - The Bully

03 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Bully in the rehearsal room, whether it is a direc...

TOO Episode 121 - The Holes in Actor Training

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Holes in Acting Training today, how the Stanislavs...

TOO Episode 120 - The Actor's Dilemma

19 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss some common Actor's Dilemmas and answer questions...

TOO Episode 119- The Purposeful Exclusion

12 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Purposeful Exclusion and how your why should tell ...

TOO Episode 118 - The Immersive Theatre

05 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Immersive Theatre and how the sensorial, haptic, and e...

TOO Episode 117 - The Debrief (with the creative team of Kool-Aid and Wine)

29 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi are joined by Sound Designer Jack Burmeister and Dramaturg Ste...

TOO Podcast 116 - The Casting

22 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the recent opinion piece in The New York Times titled ...

TOO Episode 115 - The Solo Performance

15 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Solo Performance and the difference between Performanc...

TOO Episode 114 - The Location

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Location and how it is different than Space and Place ...

TOO Episode 113- Conversation with Indigenous artist Tiriki Onus

01 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with First Nations Indigenous artist Tiriki Onus. Tiriki...

TOO Episode 112- The Practice as Research

24 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Practice as Research and how even if you are not in ac...

TOO Episode 111- The Costume

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Costume and how it is the most necessary design el...

TOO Episode 110- Conversation with Master Acting Teacher Tom Bentley-Fisher

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi have a conversation with Master Acting Teacher Tom Bentley-Fis...

TOO Episode 109- The Actor's brand

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Actor's image and how to build, support, and ...

TOO Episode 108- The Character and the Actor

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss understanding the character's truth when the acto...

TOO Episode 107- The Ritual

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Ritual and how theatre's origins come from ri...

TOO Episode 106- The Political Body

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss a recent article on Theatermania that is drawing ire, ...

TOO Episode 105- The Imposters Syndrome

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Imposters Syndrome, something every artist goes th...

TOO Episode 104- The Actor's Image

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the Actors Image and how it may not always be visual, ...

TOO Episode 103- The Reification

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Reification: the process of stepping into the unknown,...

TOO Episode 102- The Musical Theatre

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi speak for an hour about something they know nothing about. Des...

TOO Episode 101- Conversation with Master Clown Chris Bayes

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Budi speaks with Master Clown Christopher BayesChristopher Bayes began his t...

TOO Episode 100- The 100th Episode

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi celebrate 100 episodes and reflect on their favorite moments. ...

TOO Episode 99- The World Theatre

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss a prompt from a dear friend, Pål Louis Kaupang Rasmus...

TOO Episode 98- The Rehearsal Process Interrupted

17 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their rehearsal for Budi's Ph.D. performance Kool...

TOO Episode 97: The Actor's Adaptation

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss a question prompted by Rummana Yamanie about the many ...

TOO Episode 96: Conversation with Master Scenographer Jean Guy Lecat (part 2)

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Master Scenographer Jean Guy Lecat again.Dubbed &qu...

TOO Episode 95: Interview with Master Scenographer Jean Guy Lecat (part 1)

27 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam speaks with Master Scenographer Jean Guy Lecat. Dubbed "Monsieur S...

TOO Episode 94- The Actor as Director

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss a question prompted by Rummana Yamanie about the Actor...

TOO Episode 93- The Appropriation

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Cultural Appropriation and Appreciation and the murky ...

TOO Episode 92- The Top 5 (part 2)

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi finish discussing the top 5 theatre productions that influence...

TOO Episode 91: The Precious Process

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi answer listeners' questions about the process of creating...

TOO Episode 90- The Existential Creativity

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Existential Creativity and how one can make art at the...

TOO Episode 89- The Vulnerability pt. 2

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi answer listeners' questions about Episode 87- The Vulnera...

TOO Episode 88- The Tech

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Production Process (or Tech) and why it all gets c...

TOO Episode 87- The Vulnerability

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss Vulnerability, how to remain open while protecting you...

TOO Episode 86- The Actors Work

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss The Actors Work and what remains and needs to be retai...

TOO Episode 85- The Adaptation (with Playwright and Dramaturg Steven Gaultney)

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi are joined by Steven Gaultney as they discuss Adaptation, keep...

TOO Episode 84: Conversation with Director Anne Bogart

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi have a great conversation with Director and Author Anne Bogart...

TOO Episode 83: Audio New Play Festival, conversation with Sound Designers G. Clausen and Jack Burmeister

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!In this episode, Adam and Budi wrap up the Audio New Play Festival with conversations with So...

TOO Episode 82: Audio New Play Festival, Justin Tan and Sabina Gerardi's TALES FROM THE ARCADIA

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Send your questions or provocations to Adam or Budi here!Tales from the Arcadia is set in a Generation Ship dispatched from Earth to ensure humanity’...