The Theatre of Others Podcast
Adam Marple and Budi Miller
Co-artistic Directors and Theatre educators Adam Marple and Budi Miller discuss the Theatre moving past the Covid-19 shutdown with topics such as the roles of the Audience, Actor, Director, Playwright, and Space in our new reality.To submit a question, please visit http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers for voice recording or submit an email to [email protected] Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise. If you enjoyed this podcast, we´d love for you to leave a review at https://ratethispodcast.com/too. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest in it and make it even better. Music credit: https://www.purple-planet.comhttp://www.theatreofothers.com
- 1 hour 14 minutesTOO Episode 278 - Conversation with Wellness Practitioner, Charlene Marie Muhammad
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In this episode, Budi sits down with Wellness Practitioner, Charlene Marie Muhammad to talk about her extensive career in the arts and as a yoga teacher.
Charlene Marie Muhammad (MS, CNS, LD, E-RYT500, C-IAYT), a wellness practitioner, practicing yoga for over 30 years is a E-RYT500 yoga teacher. Since 2006, Charlene teaches weekly yoga classes for communities of color and facilitates YTT 200- and 300-hour core requirements workshops for YTT schools around the United States. She was the yoga interventionist for the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease clinical study Yoga as Self-Care for Arthritis in Minority Communities (NCT01617421). The study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of providing yoga to an urban, minority population with arthritis. Charlene has presented workshops and lectures at local, regional, national, and most recently international venues such as the keynote: Health equity and access to care: yoga’s important role in healing for the Global Yoga Therapy Day Conference (2021).
Charlene holds a Master of Science Degree in Herbal Medicine from Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) and is a licensed dietitian and certified yoga therapist. She is a member of the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance (BYTA) Board of Directors, served as chair for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force for the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), and provides mentorship for the Yoga for Arthritis teacher certification program and the Certified Nutrition Specialist certification program.
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Show Credits
Co-Hosts: Adam Marple & Budi Miller
Producer: Jack Burmeister
Music: (Intro) Jack Burmeister, (Outro) https://www.purple-planet.com
Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister14 April 2025, 4:00 am - 1 hour 11 minutesTOO Episode 277 - Book Club | The Natyasastra, by Bharata
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In this episode, Adam and Budi continue the 2025 book club series with 'The Natyasastra', by Bharata, which investigates Ancient Indian Theatre and Rasa Theory.
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Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister7 April 2025, 4:00 am - 1 hour 4 secondsTOO Episode 276 - Breaking the Fourth Wall
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In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss the concept of the fourth wall in theatre, exploring its impact on the relationship between performers and the audience. Does the fourth awl obscure the audience's role, and if so, is it necessary?
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Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister31 March 2025, 4:00 am - 1 hour 57 secondsTOO Episode 275 - The Actor as a Shaman
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In this episode Adam and Budi continue their conversation on Theatre as a Way of Life - this time taking an in-depth look at the Actor as a Shaman.
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Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister24 March 2025, 11:00 am - 48 minutes 2 secondsTOO Episode 274 - Theatre as a way of Life: Awakening the Audience's Potential
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In this episode, Adam and Budi kick off their new series, Theatre as a way of Life', looking at how theatre can be a powerful, transformative experience for exploring the actor and the audience. They start by diving into what it means to be an audience member - how watching theatre can shift our awareness and make us more conscious of our own 'audienceness' in the space.
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Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister18 March 2025, 1:00 am - 1 hour 4 minutesTOO Episode 273 - The Grad School Series | NYU Tisch | Carl Cofield
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In this episode, Adam and Budi continue our Grad School Series with Chair of Graduate Acting at NYU Tisch, Carl Cofield.
Carl Cofield is the Chair of Graduate Acting at NYU Tisch and has served as the Associate Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre of Harlem since 2018. CTH directing credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Seize the King, The Bacchae, Antigone, Macbeth, The Tempest, and Dutchman. He also directed The XIXth (The Nineteenth) at the Old Globe Theatre as well as the world premiere of Kemp Powers’ One Night in Miami for Rogue Machine Theater in Los Angeles, and later iterations at Miami New Drama and Denver Center. Other directing venues include Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, and Yale Repertory. He has served on faculty at Yale School of Drama, Columbia School of the Arts, Manhattan School of Music, and the New School. Education: MFA in Directing from Columbia University.
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Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister10 March 2025, 4:00 am - 59 minutes 38 secondsTOO Episode 272 - Book Club | The Poetics, by Aristotle
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In the first book club episode of the year, Adam and Budi discuss The Poetics written by Aristotle, with commentary from David Bruin.
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Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister3 March 2025, 11:00 pm - 1 hour 3 minutesTOO Episode 271 - The Spiritual Practice of the Theatre Maker
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In this episode, Dr Budi and Adam look at identity and spirituality in the theatre. They investigate the intersection between art, culture, and the human experience, and how this shapes your own artistic practice.
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Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister24 February 2025, 8:00 am - 58 minutes 22 secondsTOO Episode 270 - The Combative Relationship
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In this episode, Adam and Budi explore the impact of combative behaviour on creativity and community. This extends out to the importance of maintaining and safe and productive environment to allow creative to occur.
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Producer: Jack Burmeister
Music: (Intro) Jack Burmeister, (Outro) https://www.purple-planet.com
Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister17 February 2025, 5:00 am - 1 hour 7 minutesTOO Episode 269 - The Political Theatre
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Adam and Budi sit down with playwright Future D. Fidel, wherein they discuss the recent escalation of conflict within the Congo. This leads into a conversation about The Political Theatre, and how all theatre is inherently political.
This episode was recorded 30/01/2025
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Additional compositions by @jack_burmeister10 February 2025, 5:00 am - 49 minutes 8 secondsTOO Epiosde 268 - The 2025 Book Club
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Join us as we unveil the lineup for our third annual Theatre of Others Book Club! This year, our theme is 'Books you should have studied... but didn't!'
We'll explore the works that have shaped theatre and theatre making process through the ages - examining their influence on modern performance practices.
Follow along with us and join in on the discussion!
February - The Poetics by Aristotle
March - The Natyasastra by Bharata
April - Fushikaden by Zeami
May - The Elizabethan World Picture by E. M. Tilyard
June - Theatre and its Double by Artaud
July - Total Theatre by E.T. Kirby
August - Toward’s a Poor Theatre by Grotowski
September - Myth, Literature, and the African World by Wole Soyinka
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Music: (Intro) Jack Burmeister, (Outro) https://www.purple-planet.com
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