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Hosted by Gene Kato · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 39 episodes
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Playwrights from publisher Next Stage Press stop by to talk Theatre, playwriting, and various other topics related to their work.
Gene Kato hosts Next Stage Press Podcast, a arts show with 39 episodes published.
Gene talks to Texas playwright Andra Laine Hunter about all things Theatre for Youth as well as her plays NUTCRACKER: KRAKATUK, FRANKENSTEIN/MONSTER, and HOLLY ABLE AND THE MISSING MOTHERS.
John Patrick Bray talks to playwright Jacquelin Priskorn about her plays IDA INVISIBLE and ANDLA
John Patrick Bray interviews playwright Jackie Martin about her plays Abigail, For Now and Impressions, as well as what it's like to teach Middle School English and Theatre in 2026.
John Patrick Bray talks with Next Stage Press founder Gene Kato about NSP as well as his life as a playwright. They discuss his plays 18 Holes, 10 Pin Alley, Maui Wowee!, his newest play Chanda By the Sea, and his YA nov
Gene and Frank talk about his one-man Off-Broadway show BLOOD TYPE: RAGU and crafting characters based on real people.
Gene speaks to Broadway, Film, and Television stars Dan Lauria and Patty McCormack about their friendship, collabortion, and development of Dan's Off-Broadway play JUST ANOTHER DAY.
This week Gene speaks to California playwright Darrin Ingram about his play SAGE, the writing/rewriting process, and representation for Autism onstage
Gene is on location in Florida with Next Stage Press playwrights Owen Robertson, Craig Houk, and Doug DeVita discussing Lab Theatre Project and celebrating the World Premiere of FABLE at FreeFall Theatre
Gene speaks with New York playwright Scott C. Sickles on all things General Hospital, consent, and sci-fi on the stage.
Gene speaks with Texas Playwright, Educator, and Fight Director H. Russ Brown about his plays COM Wasn't Built in a Day, Stud Ducks, and Horny Toads, A Divine Kerfuffle and Hooey-Hahs and Foofaraws: A Compleat Button Man
Gene talks to New Jersey playwright Doug DeVita about his plays NELL DASH and FABLE.
Gene speaks to Connecticut playwright Laura Thoma about her latest work MAGPIE!
Gene talks with Los Angeles Playwright Evan Baughfman about writing for Horror for the stage (with an emphasis on younger audiences)
Gene speaks to Chicago playwright Sawyer Quinn Brown about all things comedy, vaudeville, retro sci-fi, and Non-Binary Zombies.
Gene talks to New York playwright Frank Ceruzzi about his dystopian play ROUND WENT THE WHEEL, dystopian tales in general , and the parallels of using children and time in various forms of entertainment.
Gene talks with New York playwright Barbara Kahn about winning the Torch of Hope award, creating a "theatre home" with New York's Theatre for a New City, and the challenges she encountered when mixing fiction and history
Gene speaks to New York Playwright Coni Koepfinger about her online project AIRPLAY, how theatre continues to reinvent itself during Covid-19, and how Therapy plays continue to play a part in emotional healing.
Gene talks to New York playwright Gina Russell Tracy and LA Producer/Actor Tanna Frederick about climate change, theatre activism, and Gina's play "Starlight".
Gene talks with Oregon playwright Rand Higbee about Superheroes, sitcoms, and heart of writing family-friendly comedies in 2022.
Gene talks to Washington D.C playwright John Bavoso about his play BLIGHT (which deals heavily with a mass shooting) and how that plays into the psyche of theatergoers as the world of theatre struggles with the idea of "
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