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The Quickening is an interview podcast for people who make and love theater. The premise is simple: We invite artists we admire and ask them one question… “What was it like making your first show in New York?” Where the conversation goes from there is up to the universe. The Quickening is hosted by Fern Diaz and Matt Kagen, co-founders of softFocus, a theater incubator for the digital age.
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The Spontaneous Creation of a Temporary Community | Sarah DeLappe and Lila Neugebauer
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Longer ago than we care to admit we sat down with Sarah DeLappe and Lila Neugebauer, who together as writer and director created the groundbreaking theatrical experience of "The Wolves.” Topics discussed and dissected: anecdotal storytelling in the rehearsal room, reading Chekhov out loud at Annie Baker’s house, ensemble plays with minimal sets, an…
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I'm Trying to Create a Public Persona Here | Will Eno
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Getting to know Will Eno — A+, would recommend. Only if you have time. Life is short. Okay, here we go.By Matt Kagen, The Quickening , Will Eno, Fern Diaz, softFocus
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All These Bodies Are In This Room | Clare Barron
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We talk with Clare Barron about writing, vulnerability, and sex — in theater and in life.By softFocus
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I’m Both a So-Called Poster Boy and Detractor | Ayad Akhtar
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Ayad Akhtar is skeptical about the current role of identity politics in art. Hold on to your hats — it’s a good one.By softFocus
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Everything Was Messy and Really Explicitly Cheap | ERS Theater's John Collins, Scott Shepherd & Pete Simpson
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John Collins, Scott Shepherd and Pete Simpson, members of the theater company Elevator Repair Service, talk about their different paths into ERS and the New York experimental theater scene from the 90s to the present.By softFocus
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Condola Rashad sits down with Fern and Matt to talk about starting out in New York. Topics include: how to audition, LA vs NYC, how to grapple with coming from a long lineage of artists, and performing in Lynn Nottage’s “Ruined.”By softFocus
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It All Looks So Ridiculous on the Page | The Debate Society
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The Debate Society (Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, and Oliver Butler) has been praised for making plays that are "uncannily familiar and teasingly mysterious at the same time" by The New York Times. On the kickoff episode of softFocus' The Quickening, they talk about how they started. Topics include: chili cook-off fundraising, a first production turnin…
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