CSC Podcast

On this episode of the CSC Podcast, we welcome back Producing Artistic Director, Jill Rafson, to discuss the 2023-24 season, her first season of programming at Classic Stage Company. For more informa…

Tune in for a special live recording of CSC's Classic Perspectives after a recent performance of black odyssey. The talkback featured Dietrice A. Bolden (HARLEM WEEK Inc.) and Eric Lockley (Writer, A…

A live-recording of CSC's Classic Perspecitves. Featuring Christopher Wolfe (Military Consultant) and Nikki Woods (Veteran and Creative Arts Therapist). Branching from black odyssey’s depiction of li…

This episode features Stevie Walker-Webb, Director of CSC’s production of black odyssey. We discuss his vision for this theatrical adaptation of Homer’s epic tale. Previews for black odyssey begin Fe…

This episode features a chat with the four understudies from CSC's production of A Man of No Importance: Justin Scott Brown, Lee Harrington, Benjamin Howes, and Beth Kirkpatrick.

A live discussion about book banning related to CSC's production of A Man of No Importance. Featured guests include Kalynn Bayron (author of Cinderella is Dead), Summer Lopez (Chief Program Officer o…

A live recording of CSC's Classic Perspectives talkback celebrating the legacy of Oscar Wilde with playwright and director Moisés Kaufman and LGBTQ+ historian Andrew Lear.

Legendary lyricist and composer duo, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once On This Island), discuss their careers, past works, and collaborations with playwright Terrence McNally, including…

On this episode, meet Classic Stage Company's new Producing Artistic Director, Jill Rafson, as she shares her vision for CSC's future and why she thinks expanding the definition of the classics is vi…

On this episode, Phil and Zuhdi speak with actors Raffi Barsoumian and Nadia Bowers (who previously appeared in CSC's Macbeth) about the works of playwright Rajiv Joseph and why he may be considered …

Zuhdi Boueri, CSC's new Producing Artistic Associate, joins Phil Haas (Director of Marketing and Communications) as our new co-host in the first episode of the CSC Podcast's third season. Phil and Zu…

Join Sterling Arroyo, the Marketing Manager of Shakespeare Dallas, for this discussion about welcoming new audiences to classic work. We also talk about how new branding can shape an arts institution…

CSC alum Barzin Akhavan, who was previously in our 2019 production of Macbeth, discusses his perspective on acting in classical works, and how classical plays shaped his understanding of theater and …

In this episode, we explore casting the classics with award-winning casting directors Destiny Lilly and Rebecca Scholl. These industry experts, who have done extensive work at CSC, on Broadway, and a…

In part two of this two-part episode, we explore the legacy of Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright and screenwriter William Inge (best known for his plays and films Picnic; Bus Stop; …

In part one of this two-part episode, we explore the legacy of Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright and screenwriter William Inge (best known for his plays and films Picnic; Bus Stop; …

Season 2, Episode 3. This episode features a discussion about bilingual and multilingual adaptations of classic theater with Carla Della Gatta, an expert in theatrical translations and co-editor of S…

In this episode, we speak with Awoye Timpo and Arminda Thomas, from CLASSIX, a theater company that expands the classical canon through an exploration of dramatic works by Black writers. Join us to h…