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For The Present Stage's 25th episode, Rebekah Greer Melocik and Jacob Yandura join the podcast to dive into their Broadway debut, How to Dance In Ohio, a groundbreaking new musical that focuses on seven autistic characters, all played by autistic performers also making their Broadway debuts. The conversation explores the collaborators' journey adapting the show from a 2015 documentary, working with the late director Hal Prince, navigating their own responsibilities as non-autistic creators, and embracing a feverish Broadway preview period of cuts and rewrites.
In his powerful theater piece Guac, Manuel Oliver honors the life and legacy of his son, Joaquin "Guac" Oliver, who died in the Parkland shooting in 2018. Manuel Oliver joins the podcast to share why he turned to theater to tell his family's story, what he's hoping audiences will take away from...
Published 10/29/24
Meet Douglas Lyons, the playwright of Table 17, a playful homage to Black rom-coms of the 90s and early 2000s like How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Love and Basketball. In this discussion, we explore the impact of those films on the play, the impact of a queer lens on shaping this romantic...
Published 10/04/24