Podcast with Nouveau 47 Theatre
24 August interview with Tom Parr IV, Kristin Parr, Diana Gonzalez, Danielle Pickard and Lacy Lynch.
Video interview with Nouveau 47 Theatre
If you would like to submit a play to Nouveau 47, send it here.
We had a great time talking with Tom, Kristin, Diana, Lacy and Danielle of Nouveau 47 Theatre this week! This was the first time I had been down to Fair Park and let me tell you, it was a cool experience. The crowds of the fair have yet to descend and the heat of the day had moved on by the time we got down there. We parked over by the African American Museum, something I didn't even know was there, and walked over to the Magnolia Lounge. The Magnolia Lounge is where Margo Jones opened her theatre in Dallas and if you haven’t looked into the history of the space (and it’s namesake), do it*. It’s Fascinating that some of the greatest American playwrights worked in Dallas. We had an opportunity to walk around the space and also check out this really beautiful amphitheatre where we recorded some of the audio for this weeks installment.
We went back last night for the theatre warming party and had the chance to mingle with the crowd that was there. FTP Comedy performed a set and The Meridian Room provided food and drinks. It was a fun time and it was nice to see so much support from the theatre community around this fledgeling company.
From Wikipedia: Her theater was in the sleek "Magnolia Lounge" (Magnolia Petroleum Company, later Mobil Oil) building, designed by Swiss-born architect William Lescaze, in 1936 for the Texas Centennial and situated on the grounds of Fair Park in Dallas. The theater was America's first modern nonprofit professional resident theater and also the first professional arena theater (theater-in-the-round) in the country. Jones was inspired by Franklin Roosevelt’s Depression era National Theater Project and the European arts movement which she had experienced directly during the 1930s. The resident company was dedicated to staging new plays and classics of world theater rather than revivals of past Broadway hits. The initial season introduced William Inge's first play, Farther Off from Heaven, later revised as The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.
When Dan and I were down at the Rose Marine Theatre, their newsletter creator, Bob Allen got some shots of us doing our thing. Take a look. We had fun with this one.
Podcast with Bruce R. Coleman, Resident Artist at Theatre Three in Dallas.
21 August interview with Bruce R. Coleman.
Video interview with Bruce R. Coleman.
Dan captured these images while he was in the process of interviewing Bruce at Theatre Three. These are pictures of Bruce's portfolio as well as some images of the puppets in various stages of construction.
Look for the full interview later this afternoon!