Don't Talk to Strangers Podcast
1) 0204 One Impossible Thing w/ Playwright Rachel Bykowski
In this episode of DT2S, I talk with friend and playwright Rachel Bykowski. We discuss her recent success with several of her plays getting readings and productions around the US, feminism in art, her...Show More
2) 0203 Dead Baby Plays w/ Playwright David Hansen
For this episode, I talk with Cleveland playwright David Hansen. We discuss a lot of Shakespeare, directing, the New Play Exchange, toy porn, advice for playwrights, and how we're not savvy enough to ...Show More
3) 0202 F*ck You Money w/ Actor Jeffrey Grover
We're back! I sit down with Cleveland/NYC actor Jeffrey Grover about a million years ago. The day before he came over, Jeffrey just closed his run as Roy Cohn in Ensemble Theatre's productions of both...Show More
4) 0201 Gettin Trasshhyyyy w/ Playwright Catherine Weingarten
For the Season Two premier of #DT2S, I snuck into a bathroom in Michigan (sans microphone) to speak with my good friend and playwright Catherine Weingarten. Cat's new play, A Roller Rink Temptation, c...Show More
5) 0108 Tom Hanks Was in "Splash" w/ Actor David Vegh
In the Season One finale of DT2S, I talk with Cleveland actor David Vegh about how he grew up as Kevin Bacon in Footloose, the one book I would like to have on a deserted island & why, working with To...Show More
6) 0107 Moaning Shakespeare w/ Actress Lara Mielcarek
This week on #DT2S, I talk with Shakespearean actress Lara Mielcarek who is currently starring in Ensemble Theatre's production of Lisa Kron's Well. Lara got into Bob Dylan at an early age, and her ap...Show More
7) 0106 Smelling the Smoke w/ Chef Robby Lucas, Pt. 2
This week on DT2S, we finish our conversation with Chef Robby Lucas. We finish our talk about food artistry, art vs. craft, and whether or not mushrooms should ever be in French Onion Soup. You can vi...Show More
8) 0105 Smelling the Smoke w/ Chef Robby Lucas, Pt. 1
This week I speak with Chef Robby Lucas about the perils of the restaurant industry, finding art, living on an island, and whether or not someone's putting cat urine in wine. Robby and I go back to my...Show More
9) 0104 Planning a Mark w/ Mark Heid
This week we talk making art and raising kids with artist Mark Heid. Mark and I go way back and I use the word "great" to describe him far too many times for someone who fancies himself a writer. He's...Show More
10) 0103 Saving American Theatre w/ Ian Hinz
I talk with Cleveland theatre director Ian Hinz of Ensemble Theatre about what's wrong with American theatre and how it can be saved. Ian's big on new works and fostering new plays, but he's also a bi...Show More