Talk of the Hound

About Talk of the Hound

Talk of the Hound is a theater discussion podcast by Theaterhound.com. We highlight the theater companies, and track the actors, playwrights, directors, composers, lyricists, and choreographers whose work makes American theater so compelling now.

Publisher

TheaterHound

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Oct 2018

Latest episode

9 Oct 2024

Latest episodes

14 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2024

   Talk of the Hound - Todd London

2. 

   9 Jul 2021

   Talk of the Hound - Halley Feiffer

   Halley Feiffer is a playwright, TV writer and actress. Plays include I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard (World Premiere Atlantic Theater Company, OCC Nom.), Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow (World Premiere Williamstown Theater Festival and MCC Theater, Drama Desk and Drama League Noms), The Pain of My Belligerence (World Premiere Playwrights Horizons), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City (World Premiere MCC Theater) and How To Make Friends and Then Kill Them (World Premiere Rattlestick Playwrights Theater). Her plays have been produced around the country and in the UK, and are published by Dramatists Play Service and Overlook Press.

3. 

   6 Feb 2021

   Talk of the Hound - Chloe Treat

   Interview with New York based director and choreographer, Chloe Treat. Some of her credits include: associate choreographer of Broadway’s Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 and Heisenberg. Choreographed (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at Santa Fe Opera and the American premiere of a Philip Glass opera called The Perfect American. She recently directed productions of Cabaret, James Joyce’s The Dead and two workshops of a new musical The Wave at Indiana University.

4. 

   22 Sept 2020

   Talk of the Hound - Rob Orchard

   Theater producer and educator Rob Orchard talks about his life in theater focused in the Boston area with the American Repertory Theater and Arts Emerson.

5. 

   7 Jun 2020

   Talk of the Hound - Melia Bensussen

   Obie-award winning director Melia Bensussen, is the artistic director of Hartford Stage. Last year she succeeded Darko Tresnjak (https://www.playbill.com/person/darko-tresnjak-vault-0000124343), and become the first woman to hold the position in the theater’s 55 year history. In her career she has directed productions across the county, including at Huntington Theatre Company, Shakespeare & Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Long Wharf Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Playwrights Horizons, among many more.

6. 

   19 May 2020

   Talk of the Hound - Randy Danson

   Randy Danson is an actor of stage and film known for her work in the 1988 Scorcese film “The Last Temptation of Christ,” and many appearances on Broadway including two years as Madame Morrible in “Wicked.” She was also the first wife of Ted Danson, the star of “Cheers.” Her most recent appearances in New York include Lucas Hnath's "The Thin Place," and Ethan Lipton's "Tumacho."

7. 

   26 Mar 2020

   Talk of the Hound - Anne Washburn

   Anne Washburn's plays include Mr. Burns, The Internationalist, A Devil At Noon, Apparition, The Communist Dracula Pageant, I Have Loved Strangers, The Ladies, The Small and a transadaptation of Euripides' Orestes. Her work has been produced by 13P, Actors Theater of Louisville, American Repertory Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, The Civilians, Dixon Place, Ensemble Studio Theater, The Folger, London's Gate Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, NYC's Soho Rep, DC's Studio Theater, Two River Theater Company, NYC's Vineyard and Woolly Mammoth. Awards include a Guggenheim, a NYFA Fellowship, a Time Warner Fellowship, Susan Smith Blackburn finalist, and residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo. She is an associated artist with The Civilians, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, and is an alumna of New Dramatists and 13P. Currently commissioned by MTC, Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, and Yale Rep. Anne's most recent, Shipwreck, just had its U.S. premiere at the Woolly Mammoth in Washington, D.C.

8. 

   4 Mar 2020

   Talk of the Hound - Morgan Gould

   Morgan Gould is an accomplished playwright and director working mostly in the downtown theater scene in New York City. Some highlights from her bio, she was the winner of the 2016 Drama League Residency Award for her play I WANNA F***ING TEAR YOU APART, which had its world premiere at Studio Theatre in Washington, DC in February 2017. She’s a member of the Ensemble Studio Theater, and the Civilians R+D group.

9. 

   20 Nov 2019

   Talk of the Hound - William Berloni

   William Berloni (Bill Berloni) is an American animal behaviorist, humanitarian, and author, known for his training of rescue animals for stage, film and television. Currently the subject of Discovery Family (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Family) Reality Show premiering August 2015. He is known training numerous shelter animals (particularly dogs) for film, television, and especially theater. http://www.theatricalanimals.com/ (http://www.theatricalanimals.com/)

10. 

    1 Aug 2019

    Talk of the Hound - Gordon Dahlquist

    Gordon Dahlquist is an American playwright and novelist. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Dahlquist has lived and worked in New York City since 1988. His plays, which include Messalina and Delirium Palace (both Garland Playwriting Award (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garland_Playwriting_Award&action=edit&redlink=1) winners), have been performed in New York and Los Angeles. Graduate of Reed College and Columbia University’s School of the Arts. He is an alumnus of New Dramatists. Dahlquist's debut novel The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Books_of_the_Dream_Eaters), a hybrid of fantasy and sci-fi set in a period similar to the Victorian era, was published on August 1, 2006, to notable critical acclaim.

11. 

    25 Jun 2019

    Talk of the Hound - Mark Wendland

    Guest interview with Mark Wendland, one of New York’s most sought-after set designers. He’s worked on almost a dozen Broadway shows including Next to Normal, If/Then, and Six Degrees of Separation. Currently working on Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow which premieres at MCC this summer.

12. 

    22 May 2019

    Talk of the Hound - Robyn Schall

    Guest interview with Robyn Schall, an incredible actress and stand up comic and sketch comedian. She’s a regular in the New York comedy scene and an international headliner who has just returned from her third tour overseas performing for the troops. Talk of the Hound is a new podcast by TheaterHound. TheaterHound is a new, unique theater website launching next year, which looks at the art and business of theater from a multitude of angles. Interviews by Wes Braver. Produced by Wes Braver and Linda Healey.

13. 

    13 Mar 2019

    Talk of the Hound - Dan Moses Schreier

    Interview with Dan Moses Schreier, composer for Shakespeare in the Park, and a new musical called "The Houdini Box." He's also one of Broadway's go-to sound designers, having worked on many high profile shows including most of the recent Sondheim revivals. Talk of the Hound is a new podcast by TheaterHound. TheaterHound is a new, unique theater website launching next year, which looks at the art and business of theater from a multitude of angles. Interviews by Wes Braver. Produced by Wes Braver and Linda Healey.

14. 

    30 Oct 2018

    Talk of the Hound - Max Vernon

    Interview with Max Vernon, composer/lyricist of "The View Upstairs," "KPOP," and more. Talk of the Hound is a new podcast by TheaterHound. TheaterHound is a new, unique theater website launching next year, which looks at the art and business of theater from a multitude of angles. Interviews by Wes Braver. Produced by Wes Braver and Linda Healey.

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