The 29-Hour Podcast

#42: Season Two Finale

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:12:46 -0500

In this week's season finale mini-episode, Sam and Julia talk to each other about how the podcast has changed over its first two seasons, predictions for the next year, and all our angst over making reels for ourselves.

#41: Christiana Cole

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:01:00 -0500

This week we talk to performer and writer Christiana Cole about a career in opera performance as a war of attrition, the trickiness of inhabiting liminal identities, and the worst piece of advice she ever got.

#40: Daniel K. Isaac

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:50:19 -0500

This week we talked with writer and performer Daniel K. Isaac about getting job offers via Instagram, writing autobiographically, and the moment you realize you can quit your day job.

#39: Austen Danielle Bohmer

Sun, 13 Oct 2019 23:01:00 -0500

This week we talk with performer Austen Danielle Bohmer about why to avoid explicit discussions about tone in the rehearsal process, how to identify a good human, and her recent performance with Sam in Fall Springs at Barrington Stage.

#38: Max Chernin

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 23:01:00 -0500

This week we talk with performer Max Chernin about lessons learned from luminous castmates, setting the right tone in a rehearsal room, and what we're all hoping to find in Brooklyn.

#37: Ellen Condon Macy

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:01:00 -0500

This week we talk with actress Ellen Condon Macy about finding a healthy way to emotionally connect with your performance, using Instagram to relieve artistic frustration, and the difference between confidence and arrogance. And nobody cries.

#36: Evan Maltby

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 23:01:00 -0500

This week we talk with performer Evan Maltby about feeling like an imposter in musical theatre spaces, paths not taken backstage at Spring Awakenings, and whether our careers are more like snowballs or flowering tendrils.

#35: Amina Henry

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:01:00 -0500

This week we talked with writer Amina Henry about naturalism and surrealism, multiple attempts to write her grandmother into a play, and our various reasons for avoiding vacations.

#34: Hana Slevin

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 23:01:00 -0500

This week we talk with actress Hana Slevin about how to stand out on paper, choosing to move to NYC, and the difference between acting for stage and film.

#33: Chris Dimond

Sun, 21 Jul 2019 23:01:00 -0500

This week's conversation with writer Chris Dimond features his origin story with collaborator Michael Kooman, thoughts on balancing commercial viability with personal predilections, and a sneak peak at the new studio album for The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes.

#32: Allison Posner

Sun, 07 Jul 2019 23:02:02 -0500

This week we talk with performer Allison Posner about the rise and fall of the celebrity autograph, visible parenting in the theatre, and how she pre-gamed for her first date with her husband.

#31: Alex Gibson

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 01:02:26 -0500

This week we talk with actor Alex Gibson about his experience performing in Octet, misconceptions about the bass voice, and whether emotional truth is overrated.

#30: Tom Costello

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 23:00:29 -0500

This week we talk with director Tom Costello about the myth of a secret code within the theatre industry, fear of doing things wrong, and why being an actor might not necessarily make you a better mafia player.

#29: Amy Burgess and Sara Cooper

Sun, 26 May 2019 23:00:28 -0500

This week we talk with writers Amy Burgess and Sara Cooper about using all five senses in the theatre, the evolving experience of seeing a show multiple times, and our recent production of Elevator Heart.

#28: Rachel Dart

Sun, 12 May 2019 23:00:34 -0500

This week we talk with director Rachel Dart about imprinting on celebrities, different ways to go about casting a frat boy with a heart of gold, and the best way to answer questions about "what's going on next with you?"

#27: Matt Castle

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 23:00:57 -0500

This week we talk with music director and orchestrator Matt Castle about his super powers when teaching music, his process in re-orchestrating Into The Woods, and the futility in pressuring a guy's voice to be there when it just isn't.

#26: Eli Bolin

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 23:01:12 -0500

This week we talk to composer Eli Bolin about setting found text to music, writing songs for Sesame Street, and the ephemerality of kids' memories.

#25: John-Andrew Morrison

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:01:00 -0500

This week we talk with performer John-Andrew Morrison about growing up in Jamaica, feeling like you don't tick the right boxes as an actor, and being mercifully dismissed from dance calls.

#24: Rachel Flynn

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:01:19 -0500

This week we talk to performer and director Rachel Flynn about why we feel at home in musicals, eating cookies and getting naked onstage, and why looking up from your phone isn't all it's cracked up to be.

#23: Eric William Morris

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 00:32:31 -0500

This week we talk with performer and writer Eric William Morris about premeditated face grabs, how reviews train audiences to watch a show, and giving yourself the grace of a beginner.

#22: Grace McLean

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:04:44 -0500

This week we talk with writer and performer Grace McLean about what you learn doing a single role hundreds of times over the course of three years, declining to sing dirty songs about Alan Rickman when overseas, and the multiverse in which Grace is a speech pathologist in Canada.

#21: Sam Salmond

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:04:46 -0500

This week we talk with writer Sam Salmond about how to stand up for yourself without being seen as a diva, writing from (very) personal experience, and our collective adoration of Bill Finn.

#20: Sarah Hammond

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:24:24 -0500

We're kicking off Season Two by talking to writer Sarah Hammond about vision boards, choosing your words in the face of very good news, and irrational behavior from famously rational historical figures.

#19: Season Finale

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:01:00 -0500

In this week's mini-episode slash season finale, Sam and Julia talk to each other about how they met, compare their relationship to a tree, and take stock of how this whole podcast thing is going.

#18: Lynne Marie Rosenberg

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 00:00:20 -0500

This week we talk to actor and writer Lynne Marie Rosenberg about going on dates with a language acquisition robot, representation in casting, and what a year without Shakespeare would look like.

#17: Jeff Talbott

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:01:17 -0500

This week we talk to writer and actor Jeff Talbott about becoming an "instant playwright", how to approach starting a new piece, and how little it costs to be kind.

#16: Lauren Marcus

Sun, 21 Oct 2018 23:00:59 -0500

This week we talk to actress and singer-songwriter Lauren Marcus about what it feels like to incur a serious injury onstage, being part of a cool cult, and the blessing and curse of being called unique.

#15: Ethan Heard

Sun, 07 Oct 2018 23:01:05 -0500

This week we talked to director Ethan Heard about exploring queerness in the classic canon, working with incarcerated populations on Beethoven's Fidelio, and the importance of being in rooms together.

#14: Victoria Huston-Elem

Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:01:54 -0500

This week we talk with actress Victoria Huston-Elem about feeling like a fraud, re-acclimating to New York after working out of town, and singing higher notes than she's ever sung before on tour.

#13: Zack Zadek

Sun, 09 Sep 2018 23:02:58 -0500

This week we talk with writer Zack Zadek about our strict childhood piano teachers, the thrill of hearing new material for the first time, and whether musical buttons are a necessary evil.

#12: Brandon Michael Lowden

Sun, 26 Aug 2018 23:00:00 -0500

This week we talked with writer Brandon Michael Lowden about the similarities between electrical engineering and musical theatre writing, how we present ourselves on the internet, and what on God's green earth dogs are.

#11: Jeremy Yaddaw

Sun, 12 Aug 2018 23:01:01 -0500

This week we talked with percussionist and arranger/orchestrator Jeremy Yaddaw about bringing diversity to musical theatre orchestras, communication between percussionists and composers, and seeking the approval of imaginary people.

#10: Will Aronson

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 23:03:17 -0500

This week we talk with composer Will Aronson about voice vs. versatility in writing, the effect of humming Irving Berlin tunes to your infant, and the unsolvable mystery of what makes music satisfying.

#9: Gordon Leary

Sun, 15 Jul 2018 23:02:14 -0500

This week we talk with writer Gordon Leary about laugh leaders, arbitrary ideas about how long a musical "should" be, and the elusive similarities between Henry Sweet Henry and Pregnancy Pact.

#8: Shoshana Greenberg

Sun, 17 Jun 2018 23:00:00 -0500

This week we talk to writer Shoshana Greenberg about the strange experience of seeing childhood favorite shows as adults, gender differences in what characters get to sing about, and the difference between writing for pleasure and building a career.

#7: Michael R. Jackson

Sun, 03 Jun 2018 23:00:00 -0500

This week we talk to writer Michael R. Jackson about strange loops, the ability to explode a draft and put the pieces back together, and why it's important that not everybody likes your show.

#6: Ally Bonino

Sun, 20 May 2018 23:00:45 -0500

This week we talked to actress Ally Bonino about originating roles, the difference between type and brand, and our many feelings about reality TV.

#5: Dustin Sullivan

Sun, 06 May 2018 23:00:56 -0500

This week we talked with performer and writer Dustin Sullivan about latent murder undertones in his love songs, the wonderful community around Heathers: The Musical, and the theatrical mega-event that was Lindsor Newt and His Real Boy Suit at the Hangar Theatre in the summer of 1995.

#4: Alyse Alan Louis

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 23:00:50 -0500

This week we spoke to actress Alyse Alan Louis about creating full, distinct characters, the special way she prepared for her A New Brain audition, and what you learn from doing a show about porn stars.

#3: Dana Steingold

Sun, 08 Apr 2018 23:20:25 -0500

This week we spoke to actress Dana Steingold about encounters with offended audience members, why she likes it when an understudy goes on, and what playing a child does to your psyche.

#2: Charlie Sohne & Tim Rosser

Sun, 25 Mar 2018 23:00:06 -0500

This week we spoke to writing team Charlie Sohne and Tim Rosser about writing boy band songs, collaborators playing hard to get, and the heart-racing terror or working in the same room.

#1: Emily Walton

Sun, 11 Mar 2018 23:01:24 -0500

This week we talk to actress Emily Walton about social media, fan mail gone sideways, and what it's like having a character written specifically for you.

Coming Soon: The 29-Hour Podcast

Sat, 03 Mar 2018 23:15:08 -0500

Here's a sneak peek at what's coming on The 29-Hour Podcast.

Episodes will be released every other Monday beginning March 12th!