Join host Will Wilhelm (they/them) for an intimate chat and a tarot reading with America’s coolest and queerest theatre creators. Each episode, Will and their special guest create space to summon a brighter, bolder, binary-breaking future. As the candle burns low, Will offers a unique tarot reading that folds in Shakespeare’s sonnets. This podcast is your all-access hand stamp to the genderqueer party you never knew was all around you!
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Triggering Love - featuring Robert O'Hara (he/him)
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Triggering Love - featuring Robert O'Hara (he/him) Featuring award winning playwright and Tony Award nominated theater director Robert O'Hara | he/him This creative conversation kicks off with frank discussions of the practical and physical: this industry is tough, success is not promised, and backstage Broadway is far from glamorous. In short, it'…
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Protecting Softness - featuring Jéhan Òsanyin (they/them)
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Protecting Softness - featuring Jéhan Òsanyin (they/them) Featuring theater director, actor, playwright, storyteller, and lead facilitator of earthseed Jéhan Òsanyin | they/them Our evening begins as Will invites Jéhan to illuminate the audience about their company, earthseed, which is committed to decolonizing theater through examining the wildern…
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De(a)ftly Queer - featuring Joshua Castille (he/him)
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De(a)ftly Queer - featuring Joshua Castille (he/him) Featuring Deaf performance artist and actor Joshua Castille | he/him Get ready for an effervescent exchange as Josh shares his experience as a queer and Deaf actor who has done it all from the Broadway stage to the Hollywood screen. Jokes and anecdotes bubble throughout the interview as Will lear…
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Celebrating Curiosity - featuring Michael J. Bobbitt (he/him)
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Celebrating Curiosity - featuring Michael J. Bobbitt (he/him) Featuring theater director, choreographer, playwright and Executive Director of Mass Cultural Council Michael J. Bobbitt | he/him The subject of structure, from institutions to boards to families, appears throughout this week's sparkling conversation. Will kicks off by asking Michael how…
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Becoming Embodied - Featuring P. Carl (he/him)
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Featuring Artist, Activist, Scholar, Birder, and Author P. Carl | he/him : Will dives into conversation with P. Carl through the desire to know about the origins of Howlround Theatre Commons - an online forum and non-profit that seeks to support developing theatre practitioners and facilitate dialogue between artists and administratives within the …
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PODCAST EXCLUSIVE : National Queer Theatre's "Criminal Queerness Festival" 2021
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Featuring Artistic Director of National Queer Theatre Adam Odessa-Rubin | he/him : Will and Adam discuss the origins of NQT and America's only theatre festival dedicated to new plays by LGBTQ artists from countries that criminalize queer and trans people. Nobody's gonna break NQT's stride as this summer's festival will go forward as planned only ou…
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I "Came Out" ... Less Afraid to Speak my Truth - Featuring Bill Rauch (he/him)
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Featuring the Inaugural Artistic Director of The Perelman Performing Arts Center and former Artistic Director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Bill Rauch | he/him : Will is pleased to welcome Bill to this very special bonus episode. We begin by ruminating on the cyclical nature of storytelling feeding queerness and queerness feeding storytelling. Bi…
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Burn Down the Type - Featuring Meme García (they/them)
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Featuring bilingual actor, writer, poet and artivist, Meme García | they/them : Will and Meme launch into a discussion on the frustrating and harmful trappings of conservatory training and actor “types.” Thankfully, they are able to bond over the shared freedom and personal growth offered through inhabiting Shakespeare’s many characters. Even if a …
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BREAKING NEWS: A Trans Person went to the Store - Featuring MJ Kaufman (they/them)
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Featuring award winning playwright and TV writer MJ Kaufman | they/them: Will asks MJ the ultimate queer Theatre paradox: do we start by creating new plays about contemporary queerness or uncovering the queer roots in old works? Then MJ discusses creating Trans Lab, a writers collective dedicated to emerging trans voices, and the importance of brin…
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You Have to See It to Be It - Featuring Sara Bruner (she/her)
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Featuring actor, director, and Associate Artistic Director of Great Lakes Shakespeare Theater and Idaho Shakespeare Festival Sara Bruner | she/her: Sara generously shares her thoughts and experiences surrounding the ever-evolving concept of Gender both in her life and greater American cultural contexts. When it comes to constructing character, gend…
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Creative Liason - Featuring Linnea Valdivia (she/her)
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Featuring dramaturg, critic, producer, and playwright Linnea Valdivia | she/her: Will starts with the question we all want to know: what is a dramaturg??? After we listen with bated breath, Will and Linnea discuss her Howlround article, “Queering Theatre Criticism” which placed responsibility on the critic to understand queerness in order to inform…
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Hire Queer People for Queer Roles - Featuring Kevin Kantor (they/them)
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Featuring published poet, spoken word performer, and actor, Kevin Kantor | they/them : Will welcomes Kevin to celebrate the publication of their latest collection of poems, “Please Come Off-Book.” Together they discuss life in a rehearsal process as TGNC actors and the pressure to appear androgynous or offer up non-binary identity as commodity. Bef…
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If People are Right for the Role, They're Right for the Role - Featuring Ada Karamanyan (she/her)
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Featuring independent casting director and casting associate for The Playwrights Realm Ada Karmanyan | she/her: Ada shares her experience with casting the entirety of the 2019 Play On! Series - 36 contemporary translations of Shakespeare’s works commissioned by Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Will and Ada discuss her American Theatre Magazine article,…
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Embracing my Weird Queer Self - Featuring Jordan Barbour (he/him)
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Featuring Broadway actor Jordan Barbour | he/him: Jordan Zooms with Will from inside his blanket fort to discuss the importance of queering the canon. Together, these two Libras discuss bringing their authentic self to a role instead of “disappearing” and offering advice as to what to do with moody and brooding actor guys who don’t know how to rece…
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The Work Needs to be Personal - Featuring Christian Bufford (he/they)
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Featuring multi-disciplinary artist blending the lines of theatre, dance, and film, Christian Bufford | he/they : Will peppers Christian with questions about life as a multi-disciplinary artist. Christian stresses the need for balance when navigating so many mediums while also finding a balance amongst their passions. Achieving balance through prod…
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Introducing Teacakes & Tarot: Conversations with Queer Futurists
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Welcome to the Space Between and say hello to your host, Will Wilhelm! Pour yourself a glass and slip off your shoes (unless they are essential to your outfit) as we embark on an exciting series of chats with some of Will’s nearest, dearest, and queerest artistic crushes. After a tête-à-tête, Will reads a tarot card and a sonnet to cozily conclude …
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