Matthew Kreiner, Megan Lee, and Lawrence Lesher, directors of EndTimes Bunker’s “Zombie March Madness”

EndTimes Bunker Zombie March MadnessI love doing this podcast as a way to meet new people, and see cool shows that I might not otherwise have found about. And, of course, to share with you, dear listeners, these gems of the off-off-Broadway world, and the thoughts of the brilliant artists behind them.

It’s also fun, however, to do a little shameless self-promotion for shows I’ve made with friends now and again, too. Good things these friends happen to be brilliant artists as well.

On this episode of Go See a Show!, an interview with my fellow artists at EndTimes Productions, talking about the EndTimes Bunker’s current production, Zombie March Madness: four new zombie-themed plays, playing now at the 133rd Street Arts Center. That’s some of my original scoring for The Last Days that you hear at the top of the episode; your humble narrator sound-designed that show, as well as the “magnum opus” Zombie Frat House Bash.

Listen in as directors Matthew Kreiner, Megan Lee, and Lawrence Lesher talk about zombie classics vs. classics with zombies, doing the Harlem Shake live (and in Harlem), zombies as allegory for our reality-television-obsessed world, and theatre that goes for the jugular. Literally.

“Tennessee Williams, Schmennessee Williams.”

EndTimes Bunker presents
Zombie March Madness

Thursdays thru Saturdays, March 7th – March 23rd, 2013
133rd Street Arts Center
308 W. 133rd Street, New York, NY

Tickets available via OvationTix

THE LAST DAYS
Written by Carlos Cisco
Directed by Jeremy Duncan Pape

March 7-9, 14-16, 21-23
All performances begin at 7PM

THE ZOMBIE GALLERY

March 7-9, 14-16, 21-23
All performances begin at 9PM

featuring

Zombie Frat House Bash
Written by Steve Strangio
Directed by Lawrence Lesher

Zombie Glass Menagerie
Written by Matthew Kreiner & Tennessee Williams
Directed by Matthew Kreiner

TMZ TV: Too Many Zombies
Written by Jamie King
Directed by Matthew Kreiner

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The Cast & Crew of Perchance to Dream Theatre’s “Antigone”

Antigone, by Perchance to Dream TheatreThis episode of Go See a Show! features the first-ever hat-trick on the show — the third episode featuring members of Perchance to Dream Theatre (listen to the first and second episodes here & here).

Joining me in the seating of Shetler Studios Theatre 54 to discuss the company’s own adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone are director (and, speaking of hat tricks, fellow Sabres fan!) Emma Schimminger, set designer Luc S. Hotaling, and actors Megan Lee, Bret McCormick, Leanne Mercadante, Lauren Pennline, Brian Sheppard, and Kevin Paul Smith (with a quick shout-out from Stage Manager Aaron Salley).

Listen in as the cast & crew talk about how to create a modern version of a Greek classic collectively as a company, learning to be honest with each other for the sake of the work, and “day-dreaming” with the harsh deadlines of a 24-Hour play festival.

Antigone

by Sophocles, in a new adaptation by Perchance to Dream Theatre

directed by Emma Schimminger

Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios
244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Thursday & Friday, 1/10 & 1/11 at 8pm
Saturday 1/12 at 3pm and 8pm
Sunday 1/13 at 2pm

tickets: $15, via Brown Paper Tickets

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Megan Lee & Kevin Paul Smith of “Perchance to Dream Theatre”

After two weeks of conversations with (fabulous) playwrights, his week’s episode of Go See a Show! features two (wonderful) actors — Megan Lee & Kevin Paul Smith, company members of Perchance to Dream Theatre.

It’s also the first episode to be done via Skype, so please forgive the sub-par audio quality!

In addition to treading the boards, Megan & Kevin are producing an event for Perchance to Dream: This Isn’t Bloody Shakespeare, at The Delancey in Manhattan on September 18, 2011.

Listen in to the podcast to hear more about what Perchance to Dream is all about, and about what promises to be a great event on the 18th!


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This Isn’t Bloody Shakespeare
presented by Perchance to Dream Theatre

Sunday, September 18
7:00pm–2:00am

The Delancey
168 Delancey St.
Manhattan, NY