The Theatre of Others Podcast

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In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with their collaborator, playwright Steven Gaultney.
Steven Gaultney is a Brooklyn-based playwright. His plays include Negligence (The Theatre of Others), Adam’s Dream, and adaptations of Aeschylus’ Oresteia, Seneca’s Thyestes, Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis, Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, and Grimms’ Fairy Tales. His work has been produced and/or developed by Chautauqua Theatre Company, Columbia University, LASALLE College of the Arts, New York Theatre Workshop, The Theatre of Others, and the undergroundzero festival. Steven is a graduate of Columbia University’s M.F.A. in Playwriting program and has benefitted from the mentorship of Edward Bond and Charles Mee, among many others. He’s been a remote resident playwright for The Theatre of Others since 2011.
Mentioned in this episode:
Matthew Wilson
Crossfit Singapore
Sara Kane
Sam Shepard
Howard Barker
Jackie Sibblies Drury
Suzan-Lori Parks
Maria Irene Fornes
Adrienne Kennedy
August Wilson
Jeremy O Harris
Brendan Jacob-Jenkins
Aleshea Harris
Soho Rep
Playwrights Horizons
Dominique Morrisseau
Lynn Nottage
The Kilroys
War and Peace by Tolstoy
Maya Angelou
The Crucible directed by Ivo van Hove

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Co-Hosts: Adam Marple & Budi Miller
Producer: Jack Burmeister
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister

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Robert Barry Fleming is the Executive Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY. They have a varied portfolio and a wealth of experience as an artistic leader/administrator, producer, director, choreographer, performing artist, teacher and coach. Their directing/choreography credits include Laura Kaminsky’s transgender journey contemporary opera As One (KY Opera); the world premiere of Jonathan Norton’s I Am Delivered’t (Dallas Theatre Center/Actors Theatre of Louisville co-production); the world premiere of Grace, a new musical by Nolan Williams, Jr., and Pulitzer Prize nominee Nikkole Salter (Ford’s Theatre) which was honored as a Broadway World Winner for Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography of a Play or Musical; the Humana Festival of New American Plays Professional Training Company’s production of Vivian Barnes, Jonathan Norton and Gab Reisman’s Are You There?

Robert’s original ballet suite Hydra for Program 4 mixed repertory (Louisville Ballet); The world premiere of Idris Goodwin’s Ali Summit (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Once On This Island (Actors/Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park co-production), Native Gardens (Cleveland Play House), NEXT TO NORMAL (Tantrum Theater), The Royale (CPH), Destiny of Desire (OSF), Caroline Or Change (Tantrum Theater), and Between Riverside And Crazy (CPH).

Robert formerly served as Director of Artistic Programming at Arena Stage and Associate Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House. Arena Stage world-premieres commissioned, developed and/or championed under their watch include the 2017 Best Musical Tony-winner, Dear Evan Hansen, Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Sovereignty, John Strand’s The Originalist, Katori Hall’s Blood Quilt, Karen Zacarías’ Destiny of Desire and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner, Sweat by Lynn Nottage.

Robert was an Associate Producer for the Off-Broadway premiere of The Two Character Play by Tennessee Williams, starring Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif. Robert is a proud member of the Professional Non-Profit Theatre Coalition (PNTC) planning committee endeavoring to evolve our relationship with governmental support for the arts as well as, our SDC, AEA, and TCG collectives working in solidarity for an equitable and sustainable praxis for our arts ecosystem.

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Producer: Jack Burmeister
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister

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In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with Master Clown Fabio Motta.
Fabio Motta is an award-winning performer, clown, and teaching artist who has performed and devised theatre in Australia, Italy, and the United States. He has trained and is a graduate of international arts institutions including The Academia Teatrale Veneta (Italy) and HB studio in New York and has worked with renowned artists and teachers such as Carol Rosenfeld, Larry Moss, Lyndsey Davies, Austin Pendleton, Philippe Gauliere, Zack Fines and Giovanni Fusetti. Working extensively as an actor in Australia and abroad with companies like the Australian Shakespeare Company, Born in a Taxi, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, and The Russian Arts Theatre, he also has multiple TV and film credits to his name including Ronny Chang International student, Utopia season 4, Carla Cametti PD, Canal Road, Apparitions, Slant and Little Tornados. His critically acclaimed solo show SPOT had a sold-out season in 2021 at Theatre Works and raving reviews in his return season in 2022 at the Explosive Factory as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Most recently, he has received a Green Room Award for 'Best Performer' for his solo show SPOT in 2022.

He is a certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and the regional coordinator for Australia and New Zealand. He is also the artistic director of the Clowning Workshop where he runs ongoing workshops. Fabio has taught at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, HB studio, and the Ume Group (Physical Theatre Ensemble New York) in the United States. In Melbourne, he runs classes in Clowning, Fitzmaurice Voicework®, Mask, and games for theatre as a freelance.

He has taught at 16th Street Acting Studio, Brave Studios, The Victorian College of the Arts, St. Martin's Youth Theatre, and The National Theatre Drama School Melbourne.

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Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister

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In this episode, Adam and Budi conclude their 2023 Book Club series with a deep dive into 'The Art of Gathering' by Priya Parker. We look at the transformative impact this text had on Adam's professional journey. Serendipitously, we were able to record this episode on the day of Budi's PhD Seminar which allowed us to reflect on the power of intentional gatherings and the subsequent impact of shared experiences.
Priya Parker’s bold approach to gatherings redefines the ways people connect, learn, and develop relationships. The acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters, executive producer and host of the New York Times podcast, Together Apart, and the founder of boutique advisory firm Thrive Labs, she helps activists, elected officials, corporate executives, educators, and philanthropists create transformative, unforgettable gatherings that allow them to step back from their daily routine, rediscover their motivations, and develop strategies for innovation.

In The Art of Gathering, Parker combines fascinating case studies culled from an international cast of characters with practices to follow—and rules to break— to connect more meaningfully with friends, colleagues, and strangers. She includes examples from her attempts to create connections, illustrating which tactics worked and which ones failed. Included among her success stories are “#IamHere Days,” self-organized adventures in which a group of people unplugs and explores a neighborhood, and “15 Toasts,” dinner parties where each guest has to toast to a common theme (the twist: the last one has to sing their toast). Parker’s interactive talks are both a demonstration of the techniques described in her books and a guide on how to implement her strategies.

Parker has helped numerous clients develop better in-person and virtual gatherings, including the Museum of Modern Art, LVMH, the World Economic Forum, meetup.com, and Civitas Public Affairs. Trained in conflict resolution, she has worked on peace processes in the Arab world, Southern Africa, and India, and is a founding member of the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, where she worked on race relations on American college campuses. She has been appointed as a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Values and the New Models of Leadership Council, and is also a senior expert at Mobius Executive Leadership.

Parker’s The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters has been named a Best Business Book of the year by Amazon, Esquire Magazine, NPR, the Financial Times, 1-800-CEO-READS and Bloomberg. She has spoken on the TED Main Stage, and her TEDx talk on purpose has been viewed over one million times.

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes.com, Oprah.com, Real Simple Magazine, Glamour, The Today Show, and Morning Joe, among others. Parker studied organizational design at M.I.T., public policy a

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Show Credits
Co-Hosts: Adam Marple & Budi Miller
Producer: Jack Burmeister
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister

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In the final episode of 2024, Adam and Budi reflect on the remarkable year we’ve had on the Theatre of Others Podcast. From an incredible lineup of guests to our engaging 2024 Book Club, it has been a year of growth and connection.
We welcomed new company members and broadened our outreach with community given monthly events. We successfully produced our 4th annual audio play festival and the year was capped off with a very successful remount of Steven Gaultney's 'Bright Light Burning' at COP29 in Baku.
From all of us at the Theatre of Others, thank you for listening, sharing your thoughts, and engaging with us. As a company with members across the globe, we are honored to have such a diverse and passionate audience. Together, we’ve built a truly unique and vibrant community.
Thank you for Being an Other Too.

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If you enjoyed this week ́s podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
To submit a question:
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Show Credits
Co-Hosts: Adam Marple & Budi Miller
Producer: Jack Burmeister
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister