Episodes

Brigid Amos sits down with playwright and actor Helen Cheng Mao. Helen shares her journey into the theater, her unique perspective on standalone monologues, and the creative process behind her writing.  Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: BIO: Helen Cheng Mao is a Maryland playwright and actor who has written and performed in plays and monologues produced across the US and internationally. Her plays have been read at...

1st Prize winner of our 2026 Young Playwrights Competition, Emily Ommerborn introduces an audio reading of their award winning play, To Be. Followed by an interview with 3rd place winner of our 2025 Young Playwrights Competition, Lucas Luchsinger. Credits: Our Audio Engineer was Kevin Carver, the audio description was by Gary Glor, and Our Theme music was by Gail Lou and Demien De Sandies References: Hamlet — William Shakespeare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet Our Town — Thornton Wilde...

Playwright Brigid Amos sits down with colleagues Joe Vitale and Martin Coren to discuss their experience with regional productions. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Brigid Amos https://www.brigidamos.com/ Joseph Vitale https://www.josephvitale.net Martin Coren https://newplayexchange.org/users/16460/martin-coren

Mary Ianneli sat down with the General Manager of The Theater Project, Gary Glor, to discuss the challenges and benefits of script-in-hand staged readings. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Bill Mesce https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-mesce-jr-750a6015/

1st place prize winner of our 2025 Young Playwrights Competition, Gail Drake introduces an audio reading of her award winning play, Buried Treasure. Followed by an interview with 3rd place prize winner of our 2024 Young Playwrights Competition, Jaylen Mingo. References: Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy https://www.epsnj.org/jefferson Delaware Valley Regional High School https://www.dvrhs.org montclair.edu https://www.montclair.edu › montclair › state Heathers Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org...

Mark Spina sat down with Derek Crosby and Jack McManus to talk about what steps they have taken to create their own opportunities after facing the void out of college. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Derek Crosby https://derekcrosby.squarespace.com/about Jack McManus https://newplayexchange.org/users/72403/jack-mcmanus Young Playwright’s Competition https://www.thetheaterproject.org/young-playwrights-competiti...

Brigid Amos sits down with David Quang Pham to discuss how he combines his love of musical theater with science to educate and entertain. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: David Quang Pham is an award-winning songwriter, theatre and filmmaker, recognized for creating musicals that personify science to explore the human condition and social issues. His notable work includes plant-based comedy Turnover: A New Leaf, evo...

Today TTP is thinking about...up and coming playwrights. Prize winner of our 2025 Young Playwrights Competition, Lucas Luchsinger introduces an audio reading of their award winning play, College. Followed by an interview with past honoree, Jaylen Mingo. General description:3rd Place Prize winner of our 2025 Young Playwrights Competition, Lucas Luchsinger introduces an audio reading of their award winning play, College. Followed by an interview with former prize winner, Jaylen Mingo. Credits: O...

Mary Iannelli sits down with Playwright and Screenwriter, Sarah Congress to discuss the role of the script doctor. What do they do? What value do they add to a project, the skills needed to do the job and the pitfalls you may encounter. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Sarah Congress https://sarahcongress.com/ Playwrights Horizons https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/ Downtown Urban Arts Festival https://www.dua...

Mark Spina and Harry Patrick Christian talk about Arts Education and how it has had an impact on at-risk youth. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Mark Spina https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-spina/ Harry Patrick Christian https://www.facebook.com/harry.p.christian.3/# Pushcart Players https://pushcartplayers.org/ Ruth Fost https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-fost-617a2111/ Turrell Fund https://www.turrellfund.or...

A Cracked Christmas Carol, a radio play, was one of the first virtual productions produced by The Theater Project during the pandemic. We invite you to enjoy listening to the show as a podcast or watching it on our website. To view it, go to: www.TheTheaterProject.org/Podcast  Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Lionel Barrymore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Barrymore The Vienna Boys Choir https://en.wikipe...

Playwright Brigid Amos sits down with world renowned playwright Emma Goldman-Sherman to further dive into the world of dramaturgy. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Emma Goldman-Sherman Bio: Emma Goldman-Sherman is a playwright and coach who teaches Structure Is Not a Dirty Word and other fun classes full of useful, world-changing tools. They can be reached at BraveSpace.online or subscribe to their Substack for wee...

Gary Glor sits down with Amy Hadam to discuss the role of the stage manager and the skills and techniques needed to do the job. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Jekyll and Hyde, the Musical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_%26_Hyde_(musical) Surflight Theater https://surflight.org/ Molly Ivins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Patriot:_The_Kick-Ass_Wit_of_Molly_Ivins Erma Bomback at Wits End https://...

Mary Iannelli sits down with former TPJ alum, James Lynch to see what it’s like to take on an iconic role off broadway and then take it on the road as part of a national touring company. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Saw, The Musical https://www.sawthemusical.com/ Backstage https://www.backstage.com/ Zicam Nasal Swabs https://www.zicam.com/our-products/cold-shortening/nasal-swabs Neti Pot A neti pot is a d...

Prize winner of our 2025 Young Playwrights Competition, Grace Zanghi introduces an audio reading of their award winning play, Adams Apple. Followed by an interview with past honoree, Brennan Columbia-Walsh. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou and Demien De Sandies References: Brennan Columbia-Walsh https://www.backstage.com/u/brennan-columbia-walsh/ A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Doll%27s_House ...

Mark Spina and Bill Mesce sit down with writer, composer & performer, Kate Douglas to discuss her journey from being a winner in TTPs Young Playwrights Competiton to becoming a published and produced playwright. We hope you enjoy! Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References:https://katedouglasprojects.com/ THE APIARY by Kate Douglas, available through Dramatists Play Service https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?k...

General description: Mary Iannelli talks with up-and-coming playwright Stella Ferra about her writing process and the journey her play, All The Frozen Ones, took from conception through to an industry reading. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Stella Ferra https://stellaferra.com/ Academy for Performing Arts https://apa.ucvts.org/ NYU Tisch https://tisch.nyu.edu/ Playwrights Horizons https://www.playwrightsho...

Today TTP is thinking about...Teaching our up and coming playwrights. Young Playwrights Competition event coordinator, Kevin Carver, talks with Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy Theater Director, Sandra Toll. Sandra has spent the past 25 years as a Theater Arts teacher and directing high school students in theater productions. Sandra discusses the process of working with students to develop their unique voices and to build skills that will serve them throughout their lives both within and outside of...

Playwright Brigid Amos sits down with Timothy Scholl, the Executive Artistic Director of Angels Theatre Company, to discuss what is dramaturgy, how did it start and what role does it play in live theater. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Timothy W. Scholl is a director, dramaturg, and scholar by avocation and an academic administrator by vocation. As a theatre artist he specializes in new play development, dramaturg...

Host Mary Iannelli sits down with renowned Cabaret artist Jeff Harnar to talk about what Cabaret is to him, how he has navigated the art throughout his career and what advice he has for young artists coming up. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Jeff Harnar https://jeffharnar.com/ Alex Ryback https://www.facebook.com/alex.rybeck/ Marilyn Maye https://marilynmaye.com/ Carnegie Hall https://www.carnegiehall.org/...

Mary Iannelli sits down with Jen Ponton to discuss what inspired her to create her one woman show and what were some of the challenges she faced while doing so. Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References:La Mama https://www.lamama.org/ Dixon Place https://dixonplace.org/ The Flea https://thenewflea.org/ ChatGPT: is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that uses natural language processing to create humanlike conversat...

Host Gary Glor sits down with Artistic Director Mark Spina to discuss the benefits of staged readings in the play development process and with playwright Brigid Amos to discuss what they have meant for her Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References:The Odd Couple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(play) Neil Simon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Simon

Kelley Rose McAndrews sits down with Mary Iannelli and discusses what it’s like to be a working actor.  Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou References: Kelley Rose McAndrews https://kelleymcandrews31.wixsite.com/kelleymcandrews Grease the Musical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_(musical) Playbill https://playbill.com/jobs?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiOy1BhDCARIsADGvQnAVIz6C5RnurNiz0majK88b6c_450xJut4bmh325hx6xcWBlZmH-FM...

3rd place prize winner of our 2024 Young Playwrights Competition, Jaylen Mingo introduces an audio reading of their award-winning play, Death Gamble. Followed by an interview with, Brennan Columbia-Walsh. Credits:Audio Engineer Kevin Carver One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou and Demien De Sandies References: Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy https://www.epsnj.org/jefferson Montclair State University https://www.montclair.edu/ Yale University https://www.yale.ed...