S3 E6 A Long Overdue Correction: Collaborating with Non-Homogenous Creative Teams with Leigh Silverman

S3 E6 A Long Overdue Correction: Collaborating with Non-Homogenous Creative Teams with Leigh Silverman

Author: Broadway Podcast Network November 22, 2021 Duration: 36:59
In our final episode of Season 3 Christine sits down with celebrated director Leigh Silverman about her ongoing commitment to form teams that have intersectional inclusion. Leigh shares candidly both her own efforts to create parity on her teams, and her personal learning curve. Leigh will be a part of New York City’s Vineyard Theater 2021/2022 season. Visit (vineyardtheatre.org) TALKBACK is a production of the Dramatists Guild of America. It’s produced by Amy VonMacek, Sarah Storm, and me, Christine Toy Johnson. Robare Delaney Pruyn mixes our show. Our theme music is by Andrea Daley. The Dramatist Guild Presents: TALKBACK is distributed by The Broadway Podcast Network. This is our final episode for the season, but we’ll be back next fall. Who should we speak to next? What topics should we cover? Let us know by using hashtag #DGTALKBACK and as always to be continued. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Returning after a two-year break, The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK, sponsored by the Dramatists Guild Foundation offers a thoughtful space for conversation at the intersection of craft and career. Hosted by Christine Toy Johnson, this season’s seven episodes delve into the practical and creative realities of working in the theatre today. You’ll hear candid discussions with a range of industry guests as they share how they are adapting to the evolving landscape, tackling subjects like financial literacy for artists and the mechanisms of new play development. The podcast, produced by the Broadway Podcast Network, goes beyond simple interviews to explore what it means to build a sustainable life in the arts, emphasizing community and inclusion. These conversations are for anyone curious about the resilience and reinvention required behind the scenes, focusing on longevity and the personal journeys that fuel the performing arts. Each episode feels like a gathering of colleagues, unpacking the challenges and opportunities of the current moment with honesty and depth.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 40

The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK, sponsored by the Dramatists Guild Foundation
Podcast Episodes
S6 Ep7: "Why We're Not a Union"/ Ralph Sevush [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:59
Welcome to our final episode of Season 6. We’ve had so many conversations this season about how writers get paid – or not. So in this episode, Christine talks to the Guild’s Executive Director of Business Affairs, Ralph…
S6 Ep 5: "Not Just Paying it Backwards"/David Henry Hwang [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:18
Christine talks to another fellow Guild Council member and pioneer, David Henry Hwang. In this episode they discuss how naming some of his characters after himself changed David's perspective on telling his own story, br…
S6 Ep 4: "The Work Never Disappears"/Kristoffer Diaz [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:54
In this episode, Christine sits down with another one of her fellow Guild officers, Kristoffer Diaz, to talk about what it takes for a theatre writer to make a living, some of the nitty gritty on how writers get paid on…
S6 Ep3: "I'm Not Stopping!"/ Gretchen Cryer [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:11
In this episode, Christine talks with ground-breaking pioneer and fellow Dramatists Guild Council member Gretchen Cryer about longevity in the field, how development of new musicals has changed over her decades long care…
S6 Ep2: "This is the Time to Build" / Lloyd Suh [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:36
In this episode, host Christine Toy Johnson talks to award-winning playwright Lloyd Suh about his “speculative future” plays, uplifting other writers through service, and the shift in new play development. Lloyd Suh’s wo…
Special Episode! Danny Burstein at BroadwayCon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:47
We're giving you a special gift for the holidays. A never before released live episode that we did at BroadwayCon in New York City in July of 2023. I had the great joy of sitting down with my longtime pal and colleague,…