Hello!This is it folks, the big meta episode where a projection designer (or . . . whatever, we get into it) talks to another projection designer. It was a huge pleasure for me to sit down with <a href="https://www.patrickwlord.com/">Patrick Lord</a> in the comfy confines of the Silver Spring library. This was aaaaaaalll the way back in August and I’ve been keeping it in my pocket for a rainy month, which is November. This year it’s thanks to A Wonder in My Soul over at Center Stage in Baltimore and not to my usual November squeeze of the Washington Ballet’s version of The Nutcracker at the Warner, which you should definitely check out because it is still pretty great. Patrick is a busy busy guy these days, so I’m very glad I could squeeze this chat in with him before the season got away from us both. We might have recorded this in the summer, but we talk about evergreen topics like growing the capacity for our corner of the design world in DC and just what it means to be a media/video/projection design person in the world. It’s good stuff, IMO, biased as I am. Enjoy!

<description>Patrick Lord is a projection and media designer in the Washington DC area and we got to talk about all things projection related, how the discipline is still a bit of a Wild West, which is both a good and a bad thing, how we see our discipline, and what we are doing to grow the capacity for projection/media in DC, among many other things.</description>

I got to sit down with another projection designer and it was awesome.

Patrick Lord is a projection and media designer in the Washington DC area and we got to talk about all things projection related, how the discipline is still a bit of a Wild West, which is both a good and a bad thing, how we see our discipline, and what we are doing to grow the capacity for projection/media in DC, among many other things.

Patrick Lord!

Intro 0:00.000Patrick Flynn Intro 2:43.774Anything Goes 3:48.801Twisted Melodies 11:48.113Fun Home 16:00.961Into the Woods 20:04.773Olney: South Pacific, Elf, Once, Matilda 23:14.130Signature: Passion, Billy Elliot, Ain't Misbehavin', Grand Hotel, Blackbeard, Spunk 47:35.718Klytemnestra: an epic slam poem 1:11:56.949Plugs! 1:16:23.661

<description>&lt;p&gt;Intro 0:00.000&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patrick Flynn Intro 2:43.774&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anything Goes 3:48.801&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Twisted Melodies 11:48.113&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fun Home 16:00.961&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Into the Woods 20:04.773&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Olney: South Pacific, Elf, Once, Matilda 23:14.130&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Signature: Passion, Billy Elliot, Ain't Misbehavin', Grand Hotel, Blackbeard, Spunk 47:35.718&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Klytemnestra: an epic slam poem 1:11:56.949&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Plugs! 1:16:23.661&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Washington DC 2018/2019 theatrical season, but just the musicals (or most of them anyway)

I dig into the musical side of the Washington DC 2018/2019 with trusted source Patrick Flynn. We cover the gamut, from Anything Goes to Twisted Melodies to the many musicals of Olney Theatre and Signature. I learn a lot. And Patrick is aghast at just how much I have to learn.

Welcome to Season 3: THE MUSICAL!

Episode Guide for my conservation Lauren and Linda (approximate!):Intro: 0 - 4:00Studio's 18/19 Season: 4:55.454Art and Escapism 12:04.404Lauren's Trend Spotting for Multiyear 14:16.113How a Play Gets to DC 18:26.064Baltimore Audience Share 19:34.804Linda's Freelance Life 21:24.765Taffety Punk and Linda's Gig 26:12.298Challenges of Announcing Designers 27:08.270Community Engagement Discussion 31:52.021What Inspires You Today 42:03.823Lauren and Art Museums 46:10.474Theatre Access 50:15.928Excited About Next Season 52:35.293Advice for Writers 1:05:37.200Outside of DC 1:08:10.328

<description>&lt;p&gt;Episode Guide for my conservation Lauren and Linda (approximate!):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intro: 0 - 4:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Studio's 18/19 Season: 4:55.454&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Art and Escapism 12:04.404&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lauren's Trend Spotting for Multiyear 14:16.113&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How a Play Gets to DC 18:26.064&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Baltimore Audience Share 19:34.804&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Linda's Freelance Life 21:24.765&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taffety Punk and Linda's Gig 26:12.298&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Challenges of Announcing Designers 27:08.270&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Community Engagement Discussion 31:52.021&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What Inspires You Today 42:03.823&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lauren and Art Museums 46:10.474&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Theatre Access 50:15.928&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Excited About Next Season 52:35.293&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Advice for Writers 1:05:37.200&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Outside of DC 1:08:10.328&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Dramaturg and literary associate Lauren Halvorsen and freelance dramaturg and director Linda Lombardi talk me through the plays they are looking forward this season in Washington, DC along with a whole bunch of inside baseball on season planning and the work of a dramaturg. 

I had the great fortune to spend an hour and a half in a study room of the Shaw library with friend of the show Lauren Halvorsen and Linda Lombardi to have a free ranging discussion on life at Studio Theatre, life as a freelance dramaturg, the challenges of audience and community engagement, and a survey of the plays that are being put on by Washington area storefront and regional theaters. 

Welcome to Season 3!

Ok, I did not actually sit down for a chat with any arsonists (not even the amazing actors who play the arsonists, <a href="http://capitaltalentagency.com/pdf/Gilbert_Resume.pdf">Kimberly </a><a href="http://www.taffetypunk.com/new/more.html">Gilbert</a>&nbsp;and Tim Getman), but I did have a fantastic conversation with <a href="https://www.woollymammoth.net/about-us/mission">Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company's</a> Connectivity Director, Kristen Jackson, Civic Organizer Laurenellen McCann, and Literary Director Kirsten Bowen to talk about <a href="https://www.woollymammoth.net/">Woolly's</a> incredibly trenchant production of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Frisch">Max Frisch's</a>&nbsp;classic <a href="https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/arsonists">The Arsonists</a>. One of the excellent things that we talk about is all the many events and conversations that Woolly is organizing around the show (including open rehearsals and design jams in the run up to technical rehearsals). There are post-show discussions after every show, not as talk backs, but as opportunities for audience members to talk to each other about what they thought. You can find all of these events at the <a href="https://www.woollymammoth.net/related-events?event=The%20Arsonists">Related Events</a> page on <a href="https://www.woollymammoth.net/">Woolly</a>'s main show page for <a href="https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/arsonists">The Arsonists</a>. Coming up next you can be talking <a href="https://www.woollymammoth.net/related-event/violence_and_power-09-23-2017">Violence and Power</a>&nbsp;with <a href="http://www.collectiveactiondc.org/">Collective Action for Safe Spaces</a> Executive Director <a href="https://twitter.com/thejessicaraven">Jessica Raven</a> on the 23rd of September and <a href="https://www.woollymammoth.net/related-event/complicity_and_dialogue-09-30-2017">Complicity and Creating Dialogue</a> with theatre practitioner <a href="http://www.elenavelasco.net/">Elena Velasco</a>&nbsp;on the 30th of September, among others. The Arsonists is already in previews. It opens September 12 and runs through October 8, <a href="https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/arsonists">click here for performance dates</a>.It was truly excellent have this chat about a great production of play I love that absolutely speaks to our (all too interesting) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2017/02/24/20-ways-to-recognize-tyranny-and-fight-it/?utm_term=.d9f7fa4bad76">times</a>. I'm hoping to see you at some of these events, but if not, I hope you check out this production and fight on. #Resist

<description>A chat with Kristen Jackson, Laurenellen McCann, and Kirsten Bowen about how Woolly Mammoth is connecting audiences to The Arsonists before, during, after, and all around the production.</description>

A conversation about what Woolly Mammoth has going on around their production of The Arsonists

A chat with Kristen Jackson, Laurenellen McCann, and Kirsten Bowen about how Woolly Mammoth is connecting audiences to The Arsonists before, during, after, and all around the production.

The Arsonists!

When I was doing my research on this year's <a href="#">Capital Fringe</a>, I stumbled across one theater company in particular that got my attention: <a href="http://nakedtheatrecompany.wixsite.com/nakedtheatrecompany/about">Naked Theatre Company</a>. I was absolutely fascinated by their desire to create a 21st century theatre company that understood the open source community and that wanted to bring people into the company, not just to see the shows, but to be a part of the devising process and to give them some stake in those shows. On top of that, they wanted to organize as an LLC rather than register as a non-profit, which comes with a whole host of expectations and obligations for a theatre company. I was fortunate enough that Rachael Murray, one of the co-founders and a co-director, had some energy left after her Fringe tech rehearsal for <a href="http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2017/07/01/capital-fringe-preview-clickbit-naked-theatre-company-rachael-murray/">Clickb@it</a>, a devised show featuring live, in-person, recreation of Internet memes, to chat about the company, the show, and what it's like to be on the cutting edge of dreaming up what theatre could be.&nbsp;I hope you enjoy our conversation and I hope you support Naked theatre by checking out <a href="https://www.capitalfringe.org/events/1080-clickb-it">Clickba@it</a>: it premieres on July 11 &nbsp;at 7:00 PM in the Sprenger at the <a href="http://www.atlasarts.org/">Atlas Performing Arts Center </a>(<a href="https://www.capitalfringe.org/events/1080-clickb-it">ticket info</a>). Check it out!

<description>Rachael Murray is one of the founding members of Naked Theatre (along with Jared Murray and Cory Cunningham) and a co-director of the devised ensemble piece Clickb@it as part of CapFringe. We talk about creative commons and how to make theater with people invested in the process and not just the product, why to organize an LLC and the difficulty of building a theater company from a new idea from scratch</description>

Rachael Murray of Naked Theatre and the upcoming Clickb@it gave me some of her post tech time to talk about finding the future of theatre.

Rachael Murray is one of the founding members of Naked Theatre (along with Jared Murray and Cory Cunningham) and a co-director of the devised ensemble piece Clickb@it as part of CapFringe. We talk about creative commons and how to make theater with people invested in the process and not just the product, why to organize an LLC and the difficulty of building a theater company from a new idea from scratch

Naked Theatre!

Erin Teachman sits down with people who work in and around professional theatre in the Washington, DC metro area. We talk. I really never have any idea what we will talk about, somehow we always find a way.

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