Vacation Skilled Topher Payne.
Offscript, American Theatre’s flagship podcast for quite a lot of years, is again as a Fb Stay chat with the journal’s editors and particular company in addition to an audio podcast.
This month we discuss to Atlanta actor, playwright, and Hallmark Channel screenwriter Topher Payne, whose annual custom, Y’allmark Christmas: An Improvised Vacation “Film,” co-created and directed by Amber Nash, runs by means of Dec. 30 at Horizon Theatre. This co-production with Dad’s Storage brings collectively vacation tropes, viewers ideas, a rotating forged of veteran improvisors, and a particular visitor actor to create an all-new vacation “film” from scratch, reside onstage each evening. As a vetted vacation skilled, Topher shares his suggestions for capturing the spirit of the season. Topher’s performs embrace Good Association, Offended Fags, Evelyn in Purgatory, Let Nothing You Dismay, and Morningside. His Hallmark movies embrace Rome in Love, My Summer season Prince, Broadcasting Christmas, A Present to Bear in mind, and Cherished Reminiscences: A Present to Bear in mind 2.
We additionally chat with Linda Armstrong, a 36-year veteran theatre critic for the New York Amsterdam Information, Harlem Neighborhood Information, and extra. She has created and took part in varied BroadwayCon panels and lately appeared within the documentary Ladies of Theatre, New York. Linda shares her finest recommendation for aspiring critics and practices to uplift theatremakers of shade.
You possibly can obtain the episode right here and watch the unique Fb chat right here. If in case you have any suggestions or ideas for Offscript, please attain out to at@tcg.org.
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