Tracing the Origins of the Freak Show with Dr. Matt DiCintio
Theatre History Podcast #69
22 October 2018
In this week's Theatre History Podcast, Matt DiCintio on the origins of the freak show and its lasting influence on our perceptions of disability, race, and physical difference.
Learning About Mary Ann Yates with Dr. Elaine McGirr
Theatre History Podcast #68
8 October 2018
Why is Mary Ann Yates the greatest actress you've never heard of? Dr. Elaine McGirr introduces us to this eighteenth-century star and recounts her fascinating career.
Dr. Sara B.T. Thiel on Pregnancy on the Stage in Early Modern English Drama
Theatre History Podcast #66
4 September 2018
How do you depict pregnancy when you're working with an all-male cast? Dr. Sara BT Thiel joins us to discuss this and other issues connected to pregnancy on the Stuart stage.
Playing Around with Nineteenth-Century Theatre in Dr. Robert Davis’s Broadway: 1849
Theatre History Podcast #65
25 July 2018
Could you make it as the manager of a New York City theatre in the 1840s? That's the question that Dr. Robert Davis's game and app Broadway:1849 poses to players. Robert joins us to talk about the rough-and-tumble world of New York's antebellum theatre.
Learning About Modern Indonesian Theatre with Dr. Cobina Gillitt
Theatre History Podcast #64
10 July 2018
Dr. Cobina Gillitt joins the Theatre History Podcast to introduce us to the work of Putu Wijaya and his Teater Mandiri and to explain how modern Indonesian theatre has developed amid the turmoil of its recent history.
After the Big Top: Carlos Alexis Cruz on the Evolution of Modern Circus
Theatre History Podcast #63
27 June 2018
How has the circus changed from its earliest origins to today? CarlosAlexis Cruz joins us to explain how acrobatics and storytelling have come to replace the big top and the three-ring circus.
Theatre and Civil Rights: Dr. Julie Burrell on the Importance of A Medal for Willie
Theatre History Podcast #62
5 June 2018
How did Black theatre connect with the Civil Rights Movement? Dr. Julie Burrell of Cleveland State University joins the Theatre History Podcast to talk about William B. Branch's one-act play A Medal for Willie and the underappreciated radicalism of theatre in the 1950s.
In this podcast, DeLesslin “Roo” George-Warren, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Lisa Cooke Ravensbergen, and mia susan amir discuss how we can decolonize the primacy of the written word and text in theatre.
Chantal Bilodeau on “Breaking Up with Aristotle” and Finding New Ways to Tell Stories Onstage
Theatre History Podcast #61
7 May 2018
Playwright Chantal Bilodeau joins us to discuss her essay "Why I'm Breaking Up with Aristotle," and how we need to explore new forms of storytelling in order to create theatre that engages with issues like climate change.
