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The German-American actress and theatre practitioner joins Studs to discuss her best-selling acting textbook, Respect for Acting.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
The acting and teaching couple discuss their Five Stories project - a theater production which draws on works by Chekhov, Faulkner, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and James Joyce. This program also includes a clip of William Faulkner speaking.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
The American playwright, author, and filmmaker discusses and reads lines from his Goodman Theatre adaptation of Pierre Laville's The Red River.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
The actor, director, and playwright of the Goodman Theater's Panto (AKA Pantomine) join Studs to discuss its major themes of colonialism and racial role reversal.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
Studs asks the Canadian-American actress about her larger-than-life career. She reveals that finding vulnerability within her characters is the key to helping her develop them to their fullest.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
The director and cast of The Steppenwolf Theatre's production of Alan Bennett's play, Talking Heads, join Studs to talk about how they staged the series of dramatic and comedic monologues.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
The playwright, director, and the founder of the Black Ensemble Theater returns to the studio to discuss her updated production of the Tennessee Williams play, A Streetcar Named Desire.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
The playwright and former dancer join Studs to talk about the Black Ensemble Theater's production of Me and Miss D., the musical biography of Gomez and dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
The playwright, director, actress, and founder of the Black Ensemble Theater talks with Studs about her portrayal of singer and actress Ethel Waters in Sweet Mama Stringbean.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
Eva Le Gallienne discusses and compares American theater and European theater. She also discusses different playwrights such as Henrik Johan Ipsen and Anton Chekhov.