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Season 4

June 13, 2025

101. The Joe Canuso Interview

Director and Producer Joe Canuso sits down with us to talk about his life and career in Philly theater.

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May 23, 2025

100. Sara Garonzik and the Philadelphia Theatre Company

A conversation with Sara Garonzik, the Producing Artistic Director Emeritus of the Philadelphia Theatre Company.

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May 9, 2025

99. Robert Hedley at Villanova

Our interview with teacher, writer and director Robert Hedley - the former Chair of the Theater Departments of both Villanova and Temple Universities.

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March 28, 2025

97. Off-Off Broad Street

The story of three small ambitious cutting-edge Philadelphia theater companies of the 1970s. Why did some survive - and some falter?

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March 15, 2025

96. Americana Jubilee - 1976

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.

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Feb. 23, 2025

95. Tom Bissinger's Fun House

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.

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Feb. 7, 2025

94. Mary Robinson and the Drama Guild

An interview with the director Mary B. Robinson, about the time she spent as the final Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Drama Guild.

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Jan. 24, 2025

93. Interview: Gregory Poggi

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

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Jan. 11, 2025

92. The Philadelphia Drama Guild

The sudden success of the Drama Guild - a former amateur theater group transformed into a professional local powerhouse - finally fulfills the promise of giving Philadelphia a flagship nonprofit theater company.

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Dec. 13, 2024

90. The Arts Centers: New Philly Theaters for the 1970s

Three new Philadelphia theater complexes are built for the mid-century modern era - funded by wealthy philanthropists.

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Nov. 25, 2024

89. Theatre of the Living Arts - The Remix

A re-edited, reduced and remixed account of the entire history of the Theatre of the Living Arts – the first major professional theater company in Philadelphia's modern era.

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Nov. 15, 2024

88. Season Four: Intro

Our first episode of Season Four - introducing our plans and hopes for the upcoming year on the podcast!

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