Pioneer Theatre Company's Podcast
A podcast from Pioneer Theatre Company, interviewing professionals in the theatre industry. Hosted by Utah playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett.
Podcasting since 2015 • 41 episodes
Pioneer Theatre Company's Podcast
Latest Episodes
Don't Shoot "The Messenger"
Playwright Jeff Talbott invites us into the process of adapting a female-centered version of Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People." Where Henrik Ibsen was focused on the dangers of "compacted majorities," Talbott is focused on the reasons tha...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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17:20
The Cosmic Tree and "Once On This Island" with Mythologist John Lundwall
For this episode—in conjunction with "Once On This Island"—mythologist John Lundwall, PhD, explains our need for stories with elemental gods, the origin of Haitian mythos, and the image of the Cosmic Tree in "Once On This Island" and beyond.
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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18:28
"The Anatomy of Love" with Ted Malawer
Our first Play-by-Play reading of the 2019–2020 season is "The Anatomy of Love" by Ted Malawer. Mr. Malawer talks about how he gradually makes a play less personal for him and more personal for the characters that inhabit it. **...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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9:29
Director Shelley Butler on political intrigue and "Mary Stuart"
Next up at PTC is "Mary Stuart" by Jean Stock Goldstone and John Reich (derived from the text of Friedrich Schiller). Director Shelley Butler talks about how she approaches political intrigue, how she prepares for historical dramas, and...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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8:08
"The Play That Goes Wrong" with Actors William Connell & Ruth Pferdehirt
PTC's holiday show for 2019 is "The Play That Goes Wrong" by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. It's a demanding physical comedy with a lot that goes wrong—as the title implies. For this episode, actors William Connell (Chris) and ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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13:52