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Grace has been performing and creating in Philadelphia theaters for the last four decades! She shares with us her memories of her life and work.
The director Abigail Adams and the actress Marcia Saunders talk to us about their artistic home at People's Light in Malvern.
The Philadelphia actor Brian Wilson talks with us about his life and career as an African-American theater in the Quaker City.
The life and work of the late Louis Lippa, the Philadelphia playwright and actor - and about his son Chris' vision to make a home for the history of theater.
A reprise of our 2023 interview with Bernard Havard of the Walnut Street Theatre - including a tour of the historic building.
A conversation with the writer, actor and teacher Bruce Graham (or as he as often been called, "Philadelphia's Favorite Playwright").
An interview with Carol Rocamora, who founded the Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays in 1981, and Philadelphia-area playwright Michael Hollinger.
Seth Rozin, the founder and artistic director of InterAct Theatre, shares wonderful stories about his life and art.
A conversation with actor Tom Teti about his life, his career in Philadelphia theater, and his long association with People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern.
Director Blanka Zizka and stage manager Patreshettarlini Adams talk about their decades of work. And they agree that "Theater is Music."
A conversation with Dr. Marcia Ferguson about the impact that Blanka and Jiri Zizka had on the Philadelphia theater scene in the 1980s and 90s.
Charlie Gilbert returns to talk about the music theater and musicals being created and developed in Philadelphia during the 1980s and 90s.
Johnnie Hobbs and Patricia Scott Hobbs talk about their experiences at the North Philadelphia institution which both served and shaped the city's African American community.
Director and Producer Joe Canuso sits down with us to talk about his life and career in Philly theater.
A conversation with Sara Garonzik, the Producing Artistic Director Emeritus of the Philadelphia Theatre Company.
Our interview with teacher, writer and director Robert Hedley - the former Chair of the Theater Departments of both Villanova and Temple Universities.
The Bicentennial Year of 1976 gave young and ambitious Philadelphia theater artists a boost in their careers - with jobs in "historical re-enactment" and patriotic storytelling.
An interview with the director, writer and artist Tom Bissinger, in which we talk about his work in the 1960s and 70s, including his all-too-brief term as the final Artistic Director of the Theatre of the Living Arts.
An interview with the director Mary B. Robinson, about the time she spent as the final Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Drama Guild.
Gregory Poggi successfully led the Philadelphia Drama Guild throughout the decade of the 1980s. He talked with us about his tussles with board members, battles with critics, fundraising triumphs and the growing audience support for professional nonprofit theater companies
This Encore episode of the podcast - first released as Episode 35 in our Season One - goes on a journey to the Paul Robeson House and Museum in Philadelphia.