Category: Interviews
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“radicalize your idiosyncrasy”| a conversation with Theresa Buchheister and Pete Simpson
Ethan Karas in conversation with The Exponential Festival founder, high priest of the avant-garde, Theresa Buchheister, and downtown darling Pete Simpson who appeared in Nurit Chinn’s existential meet-cute “Godbird” and Amanda Horowitz’ beguiling “Fashion.”
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (AND PROCESS)
Leah Plante-Wiener in conversation with playwright Claire Tumey and director Luis Feliciano about their upcoming production of we’re delinquents.pdf at Brick Aux Studio.
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This Fierce Cadre
At a warm and well-trod Brooklyn coffee shop shortly before the end of 2025, I sat down with the actor, director, and beguiling mover Paul Lazar to discuss the process […]
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Saturated Villains
Contributor Elise Wein on Phil Kenner’s new play THE MALL THE MALL THE MALL, which opens at The Tank this week.
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Without Collapsing
Writer Thomas Mar Wee in conversation with Etay Axelroad on their piece HERON, part of CARVALHO’s curated performance series this past January.
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Lost in Prose
Contributor Annie Rasiel in conversation with the creative team of THE FIRST LINE OF DANTE’S INFERNO currently at La Mama.
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“feeling that balance”: a conversation with Isa Spector and Derek Smith
Ethan Karas in conversation Isa Spector, choreographer and director of “Real Estate,” a domestic dance duet by equal turns piercing and beguiling, and Derek Smith, writer and performer of “Letters from Tyra,” a hysterical solo show salvaged from the ruins of a fake two-hander.
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The Feel of City Politics and Fifty Pounds of Pudding
Contributor Kevin Ritter-Jung in conversation with the Sour Milk team about their production of DIRT at The Tank Theater until February 15th.
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All Those Sticky Connections
Contributor Annie Rasiel in conversation with La Danielle and Sammy Zeisel, the creative team behind GOOEY’S TOXIC AQUATIC ADVENTURE at The Bushwick Starr.
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“I was never playing myself.”
Editor Eve Bromberg in conversation with actor and playwright David Greenspan about Jerry Lieblich’s WITHOUT MIRRORS opening at The Brick Theater on February 12th.
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“It doesn’t fit a simple narrative”: a conversation with the creative team of 2021
Ethan Karas in conversation with Cole Lewis, Patrick Blenkarn, and Sam Ferguson of “2021” at Mitu580, to talk about radical connectivity, “grief bots,” and how to get the perfect retro video game sound.
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I’m never in my comfort zone: a conversation with JoAnne Akalaitis
Unfolding across Thomas Dunn’s lush, stage-spanning, and pole-wrapping (!!) village diorama, Mabou Mines’ production of Beckett’s radio play All That Fall ran as part of Under the Radar Festival. Ethan Karas spoke with director JoAnne Akalaitis to talk Beckett, Cape Breton Island’s Salmon Museum, and Do-It-Yourself theater.