Jersey Arts Podcast
The Jersey Arts Podcast presents in-depth, one-on-one conversations with the liveliest and most intriguing personalities in New Jersey’s arts scene. From the casts of hit shows to critically acclaimed film producers; from world-renowned poets to classically trained musicians; from groundbreaking dance visionaries to cutting-edge fine artists, our podcast connects you to what’s happening in your local arts community.
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 263
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
John Dias, Artistic Director, Two River Theater Company
The Two River Theater Company in Red Bank is hot. New artistic director John Dias has moved quickly to bring new artists and new plays to the stage. His 2011-2012 season was just announced, including…
00:11:36 |
Tue 10 May 2011
Joan Snyder: Intimate Works
Artist Joan Snyder has been widely celebrated for her vibrant expressionist prints and paintings and her leading role in feminist art. Producer Eric Schultz spoke with the 2007 recipient of a MacArth…
00:10:39 |
Mon 25 Apr 2011
Lloyd Kaufman and The 12th Annual TromaDance Film Festival
The TromaDance Film Festival is returning to Asbury Park – April 22nd and 23rd at the Showroom Theater. In this podcast, Christopher Benincasa talks with the man behind the festival, Lloyd Kaufman.…
00:09:45 |
Tue 05 Apr 2011
Choreographer Carolyn Dorfman
Producer Eric Schultz talks with renowned New Jersey-based choreographer Carolyn Dorfman. She founded her modern dance group, the 28 years ago. Dorfman discusses her latest work and collaborative app…
00:14:03 |
Wed 23 Mar 2011
Posing Beauty at Newark Museum
“Black is Beautiful” - Deborah Willis, artist, historian, and curator, explores the history of this idea, from early slave images to an iconic 1970s photo of model Suzanne Taylor. “Posing Beauty: Afr…
00:12:32 |
Sun 13 Mar 2011
O Write My Name
Christopher Benincasa interviews curator Angela Sergonis about a new show at the -- 50 photos of acclaimed African American artists -- from Lena Horne to Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston to Dizzy …
00:11:13 |
Tue 01 Mar 2011
Poet Rafey Habib
Christopher Benincasa talks with Dr. Rafey Habib, Professor of English at Rutgers University, author of many books on literary criticism – and a poet. His book Shades of Islam: Poems for a New Centu…
00:17:36 |
Mon 10 Jan 2011
Black Nativity
"Black Nativity," by the great poet Langston Hughes, premiered in 1961 on Broadway. Since then, the gospel-inspired musical play has become a holiday favorite. This year, see it December 30th at the …
00:12:10 |
Mon 20 Dec 2010
Amiri Baraka
Christopher Benincasa speaks with poet Amiri Baraka on his birthday. Which also happened to be the kick-off date of this year's Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. Which just happened to be taking …
00:17:30 |
Wed 27 Oct 2010
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[Title of Show] at George Street Playhouse
[Title of Show] is about two guys writing a show – Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen – who really did write and star (as themselves) in the show, which ended up on Broadway with 3 Obies! It’s a show about f…
00:13:33 |
Wed 27 Oct 2010
Bob Morrison on Arts Education
n a special back to school edition, producer Susan Wallner talks to Bob Morrison, founder of Music for All, VH1's Save the Music Foundation, and Quadrant Arts Education Research. He's one of the nat…
00:17:54 |
Tue 12 Oct 2010
Joe Paprzycki and the Waterfront South Theatre
Playwright Joe Paprzycki runs a theatre where his grandfather's bar used to be in Camden, New Jersey. In his play Last Rites, he engineered some clever time-traveling by staging the production on t…
00:11:24 |
Tue 12 Oct 2010
Dave Isay, Founder, StoryCorps
MacArthur Genius Dave Isay started StoryCorps in 2003 -- it's an oral history project that has everyday people interview each other about their lives. NPR listeners often say they start crying every…
00:16:04 |
Thu 19 Aug 2010
Keith Haring at Grounds for Sculpture
Artist Keith Haring, who died in 1990 at the age of 31, is famous for his iconic, graffiti-inspired art -- starting in the subways of NYC, then taking the international art world by storm. In Keit…
00:12:13 |
Sun 01 Aug 2010
Passage Theatre's Play Lab
Fortune smiles as the Passage Play Lab returns with another collection of original one-act plays by Trenton area writers (June 25-27). This year, five writers cracked open fortune cookies in search …
00:15:45 |
Wed 14 Jul 2010
Nicole Atkins and XPN
Singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins is performing at the XPoNential Music Festival on the Camden Waterfront this weekend. State of the Arts producer Christopher Benincasa chats with the Jersey shore nat…
00:16:09 |
Mon 05 Jul 2010
New Jersey Film Festival
The 2010 New Jersey International Film Festival’s 15th anniversary season takes place on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus June 4-20. Producer Eric Schultz spoke with the creators of three featured…
00:10:14 |
Thu 01 Jul 2010
Take Flight at the McCarter
Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and the Wright Brothers are the characters in a new musical, "Take Flight," opening at the McCarter Theatre on April 30th. Producer Susan Wallner talks to the writ…
00:29:08 |
Wed 26 May 2010
Marvin Rosen from WPRB
Volunteer DJ Marvin Rosen, host of two shows on Princeton's university station WPRB, joins interviewer Susan Wallner for a podcast about the reinvention of new, accessible music from classically in…
00:13:12 |
Thu 01 Apr 2010
Poetry Out Loud
New Jersey is holding its fifth annual Poetry Out Loud! recitation contest at Drumthwacket, the governor's mansion in Princeton, on Thursday, March 18. The winner of the State Finals goes on to repre…
00:20:37 |
Thu 11 Mar 2010
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