Episode 116: Rob Berman

Katie checks in with playwright (Audible, the BBC, The National Black Theatre, and The Apollo; currently: Falls for Jodie at The Tank; contributor to Decentered Playwriting), Eric Micha Holmes.

Katie checks in with iconic performance artist, singer, actor, and nightlife icon, Joey Arias (Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity, films like Mondo New York, Elvira, and Thanks for Everything!, Saturday Night Live with David Bowie and Kalus Nomi, and countless records and cabaret acts around the world) about the revival of his collaboration with world-renowned puppeteer Basil Twist, Arias with a Twist, now running at HERE Arts center.

Katie checks in with Grammy and Emmy award winning music director and conductor (former resident music director of City Center Encores!, former music director of the Kennedy Center Honors, Broadway's Bright Star, Wonderful Town, Into the Woods, Finian's Rainbow, The Pajama Game), Rob Berman.

Katie checks in with playwright (cityscrape, macbitches, Road Kills, and the currently running NY Times Critic's Pick, benevolent) and co-founder of Good Apples Collective, Sophie McIntosh.

Katie checks in with actor (The Play That Goes Wrong, cityscrape, Disgraced at Singapore Repertory Theatre; New Amsterdam, Blue Bloods recurring guest star), producer (This Is Our Home), and nonprofit founder (Invisible Hands), Simone Policano.

Katie checks in with actor (Hellraiser, Sweet Dreams, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Grace and Frankie, and Ronnie McCurtry on Amazon Prime's hit show, Fallout), Adam Faison.

Katie checks in with scenic designer (Cymbeline, The Wolves, The Chinese Lady, Push Party, Royale, Wolf Play and The Ally as assistant/associate, and my production of The Lucky Ones), Yi-Hsuan (Ant) Ma.

Katie checks in with producer (Marcel on the Train, Cellino v. Barnes, Maybe Happy Ending, recipient of the Hal Prince Creative Producing Fellowship), Max Beer.

Katie checks in with actor (Black Milk at CSC, Cancer, Cancer, Cancer at Ars Nova, Lost in Yonkers at Hartford Stage), playwright (The Matriarchs, The Gett), and TV writer (Star City on Apple TV), Liba Vaynberg.

Katie checks in with actor/writer/performance artist Katy Murphy about her play/performance art piece (No) Refunds, set to return to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer.