Lights! Camera! Trumpet! Join us for the first Filmed Trumpet interview! In this discussion, Robert talks with playwright Emily McClain and Showcase on Main Co-Artistic Directors S. Lee Lewis Christy Wyatt about the benefits and setbacks of recorded/streaming theatre, and where we go from here with making Theatre accessible in the midst of and beyond […]
Ep. 34 – Taylor Darden (The Years of the Locusts)
In this long overdue episode, I sit down for an (in person!!!) discussion with Philadelphia Actor/Playwright Taylor Darden about his piece The Years of the Locusts. We discuss growing up Queer, our theatre influences, and most importantly figure out our Theatrical Drinking buddies.
Ep. 33 – Jonathan Alexandratos (Ground Effect)
Closing out the year on a strong note, this month I talk with New York playwright Jonathan Alexandratos about their play Ground Effect. We discuss Gender Roles and politics, the logistics of turning into a plane, and the vastly different stories we each told with our toys as youths. The scene featured in this month’s episode […]
Ep. 32 – Emery Schaffer
This month I return to playwright interviews by talking to playwright Emery Schaffer about her play A My Name is Allison. We discuss her inspirations, our mutual love of Harry Potter Clue, my own desires to write a play, and confirm whole-heartedly that this piece is NOT auto-biographical. The Scene featured in this month’s episode features […]
The Fifth Vital Sign: Take Care
Elephant Room Productions presents, “Take Care,” the fourth audio play of The Fifth Vital Sign. Before the nation turned its attention to the opioid epidemic, chronic pain patients and the people who loved them had long experienced the consequences of overprescription. Once the impact was addressed, they faced the new challenge of abrupt changes in […]
The Fifth Vital Sign: Take Care Promo
Elephant Room Productions debuts the fourth audio play of The Fifth Vital Sign on September 27th. Stay tuned to elephantroomproductions.com and our podcast, the Trumpet, to listen to the audio play. Before the nation turned its attention to the opioid epidemic, chronic pain patients and the people who loved them had long experienced the consequences […]
The Fifth Vital Sign: Couch
Elephant Room Productions presents the third audio play of The Fifth Vital Sign. In “Couch,” Edie knits in her living room, where the only furniture left is a couch. When her troubled son Jacob arrives and wants to take her couch from her, Edie declares enough. As mother and son fight over the last piece […]
The Fifth Vital Sign: Couch Promo
Elephant Room Productions debuts the third audio play of The Fifth Vital Sign on August 30th. Stay tuned to elephantroomproductions.com and our podcast, the Trumpet, to listen to the audio play. In “Couch,” Edie knits in her living room, where the only furniture left is a couch. When her troubled son Jacob arrives and wants […]
The Fifth Vital Sign: The Monster that Comes at Night
Elephant Room Productions presents the second audio play of The Fifth Vital Sign. In “The Monster that Comes at Night,” A teenage boy tells his sister a story in an effort to help her cope and understand the abusive environment they live in. The fictional story and the world they operate in slowly begin to […]
Ep. 31 – Martin Coren (Three Plays for America)
This month I speak with New York Playwright Martin Coren, our first EERS playwright to be able to join us for the reading of his piece! We discuss his thoughts on historical fiction process of writing intersecting stories, all while I grapple with a lack of Air Conditioning. Happy Summer!