
Theatre · The Creative Process: Acting, Directing, Writing & Behind the Scenes Conversations
Acting, Directing, Writing & Behind the Scenes Conversations · Creative Process Original Series
4.8from 232 ratings
- 95
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- 232
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- Bi-weekly
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- 2021
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About Theatre · The Creative Process: Acting, Directing, Writing & Behind the Scenes Conversations
Theatre episodes of the popular The Creative Process podcast. We speak to performers and behind the scenes creatives. To listen to ALL arts & creativity episodes of “The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society”, you’ll find us on Apple: tinyurl.com/thecreativepod, Spotify: tinyurl.com/thecreativespotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Exploring the fascinating minds of creative people. Conversations with writers, artists & creative thinkers across the Arts & STEM. We discuss their life, work & artistic practice. Winners of Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Pulitzer, leaders & public figures share real experiences & offer valuable insights. Notable guests and participating organizations include: Doug Wright (Dramatists Guild of America), Neil Patrick Harris, Gavin James Creel (The Book of Mormon), John Benjamin Hickey, Joe Mantegna, David Auburn (Proof), Harris Yulin, Gregory Jbara, Tony Walton, Josh Gladstone (John Drew Theater at Guild Hall), Liev Schreiber, Yuval Sharon, Paulo Szot (Chicago), Kate Mueth (Neo-Political Cowgirls & League of Professional Theater Women), Robert Wilson, Jenny Schlenzka (Performance Space New York), Bay Street Theater, Tal Hever-Chybowski (Maison de la Culture Yiddish), Vallejo Gantner (Onassis Cultural Center), Daniel Fish, Georgina Kakoudaki (Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Epidaurus Lyceum), Avra Sidiropoulou (Persona Theatre Company), among others. The interviews are hosted by founder and creative educator Mia Funk with the participation of students, universities, and collaborators from around the world. These conversations are also part of our traveling exhibition.
 www.creativeprocess.info For The Creative Process podcasts from Seasons 1 2 3, visit: tinyurl.com/creativepod or creativeprocess.info/interviews-page-1, which has our complete directory of interviews, transcripts, artworks, and details about ways to get involved.
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- Acting, Directing, Writing & Behind the Scenes Conversations · Creative Process Original Series
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- arts · education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Mar 2021
- Latest episode
- 13 Aug 2026
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4 of 95 episodes have a transcript.

13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
LINCOLN CENTER: Celebrating the Performing Arts & the Human Spirit w/ SHANTA THAKE

10 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
LINCOLN CENTER: Radical Civic Theatre, Community Stages & Public Works w/ SHANTA THAKE - Highlights

3 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Trust, Education & Writing as Resistance w/ AL KENNEDY - Highlights
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LINCOLN CENTER: Celebrating the Performing Arts & the Human Spirit w/ SHANTA THAKE
Published 13 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And live performance in particular, I think, is a way of us practicing how do we move across our ideological boundaries and find one another and imagine and create these new worlds together. And so if I believe that, that it's this most important thing, then I have to make sure everybody feels welcome there. And I have to figure out what is the right container? How many containers do we have to create to make sure that people can find their way in? and have this experience of not feeling othered, but feeling like they're a part of something and that they have something to offer. And so I think it's really this sort of cross-cultural, beautiful upbringing that I had that I think has allowed this window into what I want to see possible for other people in terms of finding themselves within these spaces. […]
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