Hosted by Abbie Tykocki & Bri Kubiak
The Department of Theatre has over EIGHT different performance venues on campus; a black box, a proscenium, a thrust, multiple studios, a concert auditorium, and even an outdoor courtyard used for our Summer Circle Theatre productions. Most of these spaces, along with classrooms and design labs, are housed in the historic Michigan State University Auditorium building. A crazy amount of creativity and experiential learning has occurred within the walls of the Auditorium’s Gothic-inspired arches, oak paneling, and marble floors... but as is often the case in the performing arts, the audiences only see the finished product.
This podcast serves to shine a light on how the faculty and staff of the MSU Department of Theatre are training future practitioners of the performing arts to challenge and redefine traditional theater as an artistic response to an ever-changing world. A look at what happens… In the Aud.
MFA Acting Candidates Sharon Combs, Abbie Cathcart, Eloy Gomez-Orfila, and Darah Donaher discuss how they devised and produced four original works based on current newspaper headlines. Final performances have been recorded and released for viewing is the form of a Buzzfeed-style news website, which can be found at www.untoldstoriesmsu.com
22 Apr 2021
The Spaces We Share - Second Stage Playwriting Festival
Members of the Second Stage organization discuss playwriting festival that was organized, written, performed, and produced entirely by Michigan State University’s very own aspiring playwrights. Watch the performances at theatre.msu.edu/spaces
2 Mar 2021
D.E.I. AUDIO ANTHOLOGY with Nealmonté Alexander, Sam Carter, and Mary Claire Zauel
A group of Michigan State University students virtually came together throughout fall 2020 to create a series of 5 new audio plays, each connected to the themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
10 Feb 2021
Pandemic'd! A Mockumentary Comedy (Freshman Showcase 2020)
In this episode we speak with Director Sarah Hendrickson and four members of the Department of Theatre Freshman Class about their experiences with starting college online during a pandemic and the amazing creativity that came out of that experience.
3 Dec 2020
BFA & MFA Design Students with Guest Alum G. Max Maxin IV
Designer, educator and Department of Theatre Alum G Max Maxin IV returned to Michigan State to review and critique the portfolios of our BFA and MFA Design Students. In this episode we hear from Max, along with students Alaina Guttierrez, Rose Legge, Zech Saenz, Grace Foiles, Nick Casella, and Mona Jahani about their portfolio review experience and why they all chose MSU.
13 Nov 2020
Stage Managing Intimacy: Alexis Black, Tina Newhauser, Chris Badia
MSU Assistant Professor of Acting and Movement and certified intimacy director, Alexis Black, MSU Academic Specialist and AEA Stage Manager Tina Newhauser, and stage manager and Department of Theatre Alumnus Chris Badia discuss the creation of Stage Managing Intimacy, a workshop that Alexis and Tina are leading for Intimacy Directors & Coordinators.
19 Oct 2020
Vote Your Voice - Rose Legge
Rose Legge, an MFA design candidate discusses her project, VOTE YOUR VOICE, which will use a technique called projection mapping to cast graphic art images of voter information on to the side of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum (MSU Broad).
5 Oct 2020
SOLO: Marshall Ross
Theatre senior Marshall Ross discusses a film he produced over the summer of 2020.
5 Oct 2020
The Art of Adaptation: Nate Davis, Jason Dernay, Rob Roznowski
Theatre seniors Nate Davis & Jason Dernay discuss their new podcast The Art of Adaptation.
13 Jun 2020
The Introverted Actor: Rob Roznowski
Michigan State University's Head of Acting and Directing in the Department of Theatre, Rob Roznowski, previews his new book The Introverted Actor: Practical Approaches. The book offers first-hand accounts, methods, and tested techniques that will enable directors and educators to create balance between introverts and extroverts in rehearsal spaces and classrooms.
30 Apr 2020
Intimacy Directing: Alexis Black, Claire Wilcher, Heather Mahoney, Sarah Davis
A conversation with MSU Professor of Acting and Movement, Alexis Black and Michigan State theatre students Claire Wilcher, Sarah Davis, and Heather Mahoney about the practices of Intimacy Direction.
12 Apr 2020
BFA Stage Management: Tina Newhauser, Shelby Eppich, Troy Gährs
In this episode, Michigan State Department of Theatre faculty member Tina M. Newhauser discusses the creation of the BFA in Stage Management. And we celebrate the first Spartans ever to receive this degree... Shelby Eppich and Troy Gährs!
29 Feb 2020
BONNETS: Ann Folino White, Abigail Byrne, Zaria Aikens
In this episode, we chat with Dr. Ann Folino White Ph.D., director of Bonnets: How Ladies of Good Breeding Are Induced to Murder by Jen Silverman. We also talk to two of the student actors in the show, Abigail Byrne and Zaria Aikens.
28 Jan 2020
INTO THE WOODS: Bri Kubiak, Deric McNish, Vaughn Haynes
Director Deric McNish, Stage Manager and Host Bri Kubiak, and Actor Vaughn Haynes discuss the process and experience of producing Into The Woods for MSU Department of Theatre.
3 Dec 2019
FRESHMAN SHOWCASE: Sarah Hendrickson, Maris Keller, and Mark Zummallen
Freshman Showcase director and Second City Alum Sarah Hendrickson, along with students Maris Keller and Mark Zummallen, discuss using short-form improvisational comedy to help acclimate freshmen to their new lives as Michigan State Spartans and the things that are expected of them as newly minted adults!
29 Oct 2019
TWELFTH NIGHT with Gus Kaikkonen, Isa Rodriguez, and Trevor Smith
“If music be the food of love, play on.” ― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Guest Director Gus Kaikkonen, actor Isa Rodriguez, and Michigan State University College of Music Composition student Trevor Smith discuss incorporating new music into a classic script and falling in love with Shakespeare.
11 Oct 2019
FRANKENSTEIN with Ryan Welsh and Abbie Cathcart
Who will redefine gender norms as an artistic response to a changing world? #SpartansWill
Frankenstein director Ryan Welsh and actor Abbie Cathcart discuss how casting Frankenstein's Creature as female completely altered their perception of this gothic horror classic.
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