Kallan Dana, Julia Greer, and Sarah Blush of “Racecar Racecar Racecar”

The Hearth presents RACECAR RACECAR RACECAR, written by Kallan Dana, directed by Sarah BlushListen in as Racecar Racecar Racecar playwright Kallan Dana, director Sarah Blush, and producer/performer Julia Greer, discuss the open road of a script, symmetry & palindromic structures, complicated father relationships, creating breaks, emergency relocations, and taking road trips with your collaborators.

“…I’m a person who tries to talk and talk until I can get to what I mean, and I’m always failing. The words are always failing you. And so I think that feels like a really emotionally true thing for me, and that was part of the fun for generating the language in this play…”

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Tim Errickson of “Mercutio Loves Romeo Loves Juliet Loves”

Boomerang Theatre Company presents "Mercutio Loves Romeo Loves Juliet Loves," written by Gina Femia, directed by Scott Ebersold, at ART/NY's Jeffrey and Paula Gural TheatreListen in as Boomerang Theatre Company Artistic Director Tim Errickson, producer of the world premiere of Gina Femia’s Mercutio Loves Romeo Loves Juliet Loves, discusses joy in hindsight, speeches that won’t let you rest, upending the madness, giving some distance to put things into perspective, and turning a tragedy into something celebratory.

“…I think that’s what the play is really trying to capture, is this idea that, unlike Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, who don’t get that moment, because theirs is cut off at the end of the play…our characters get to move forward, and grow and change and experience what it means to have that as part of their history, and their journey…we often see LGBTQ-themed stories on stage that tend to center around some sort of tragedy, violence, bigotry, hatred…and I know that Gina wanted to be able to celebrate the things that are also in the LGBTQ experience, and to show them as powerful, and joyful, and life-changing, and heartfelt, and highly relatable…”

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Nancy Ma, Kim Wuan, David Lee Huynh, & Vin Kridakorn of “Warrior Sisters of Wu”

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre presents Warrior Sisters of Wu, written by Damon Chua, directed by Jeff LiuListen in as Warrior Sisters of Wu performers Nancy Ma, Kim Wuan, David Lee Huynh, & Vin Kridakorn discuss navigating and connecting times and traditions, how conflicts can grow relationships and solve problems, respect and love for the audience, the changing moment when you discover your character’s love for another, fighting as conversation, grounding your role in the personal, and the permission to be anything and everything.

“…a great deal of love should be able to hold conflict…”

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