Call Time with Katie Birenboim

Call Time with Katie Birenboim

Author: Katie Birenboim Language: English Episodes: 98
Ever wonder what really happens after the house lights go down and the stage door closes? Call Time with Katie Birenboim pulls up a chair in the green room for those intimate, unguarded talks that happen when the performance is over. This isn't a formal interview series; it's where the craft of theatre gets discussed with both warmth and depth. Katie engages in casual, yet serious-minded conversations with theatre's best and brightest-from celebrated actors and visionary directors to the unsung playwrights and designers who shape a production's soul. Each episode feels like you're eavesdropping on a candid dialogue between colleagues, one that delves into the messy, beautiful, and often unpredictable work of telling stories live. You'll hear about the nerves before a first preview, the collaborative breakthroughs in rehearsal, and the personal philosophies that drive artists to return to the stage night after night. This podcast offers a rare, authentic look behind the curtain, celebrating not just the glamour of opening nights but the gritty, passionate work that makes them possible. Tune in for a genuine connection to the heart of the performing arts.
Episodes
Episode 45: Laakan McHardy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:52
Katie checks in with star of stage (The Guthrie, Seattle Rep, the Humana Festival, LCT's The Wolves, currently: Chains at the Mint Theater) and screen (16 Bars, the Blacklist, FBI Most Wanted, Madam Secretary, Succession…
Episode 44: David Auburn [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:37
Katie checks in with screenwriter (The Lake House), director (Side Effects at MCC, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Skin of Our Teeth, Petrified Forest at Berkshire Theatre Group), and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Skyscr…
Episode 43: Billy Cohen [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:03
Katie checks in with actor (Goodspeed Opera House, Theatre Aspen, The Band's Visit National Tour), Billy Cohen.
Episode 42: Molly Fagan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:43
Katie checks in with actor, marketer, and arts administrator, Molly Fagan.
Episode 41: Andy Bragen [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:25
Katie checks in with playwright (The Hairy Dutchman, Spuyten Duyvil, Notes on My Mother's Decline, This Is My Office -- Drama Desk nomination), former fellow with Ensemble Studio Theatre, Dramatists' Guild, Berkeley Rep,…
Episode 40: Megan Fairchild [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:41
Katie checks in with New York City Ballet principal dancer, star of On the Town on Broadway, and author of The Ballerina Mindset, Megan Fairchild.
Episode 39: Dr. Kellye Jones [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:26
Katie checks in with professor of executive leadership, gender theory, and conflict management, with research published in periodicals like The Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, The Women in Management Review, an…
Episode 38: Francis Benhamou [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:51
Katie checks in with star of stage (Selling Kabul and The Profane at Playwrights Horizons, Three Women at 59E59, and most recently Prayer for the French Republic at Manhattan Theatre Club) and screen (Arranged, Daredevil…
Special Episode: Auditioning in NYC (featuring Drew Carr) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:19
In this special episode, Katie gets into the nitty gritty of auditioning in New York City -- the highs, the lows, the union, the studios, etc., all helped by actor (Fiorello!, Criminal Minds), dancer (Newsies, West Side…
Episode 37: Barton Cowperthwaite [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:10
Katie checks in with dancer, actor, model, and star of Netflix's Tiny Pretty Things, Barton Cowperthwaite.