TALKBACK

TALKBACK

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The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK: Where Art, Community, and Inclusion Meet. It’s time to expand the canon. Our new season of DG’s Talkback podcast examines how we can challenge the status quo. Over the course of six episodes, host Christine Toy Johnson and special industry guests explore how we can expand the canon of which plays are taught, read, programmed, and used to define the idea of what constitutes a classic in American theatre. We also discuss the idea of igniting the concept of the canon with new, actionable strategies. How can we be intentional in the ways that we make space for diverse, and inclusive stories, while also reimagining often the produced ones, so that the American landscape of storytelling is truly reflective of the gorgeous tapestry of people who inhabit it?

Recent Episodes

  • Special Episode! Danny Burstein at BroadwayCon

    11 months ago
  • S5 E6: “That insatiable desire to be seen and be heard.” The Future of our Canon

    12 months ago
  • S5 E5: “Why is the Most Dangerous Question in the World” - Redefining Power in the Canon

    12 months ago
  • S5 E4: “Theatre Is Not a Museum Piece" - The Modern Canon with Joseph Haj

    1 year ago
  • S5 E3: “If I Look at Roses, I Hear Bells” - Neurodiversity in the Canon with Harmon dot aut

    1 year ago
  • S5 E2: "English Canon vs. Global Canon” - The Canon and Global Language with Diana Burbano and Jason Ma

    1 year ago
  • S5 E1: "The Spark" - The Canon in Education with Julianne Wick Davis and Stephen Kaplan

    1 year ago
  • S4 E6 We are the Uber Drivers of the Theatre Industry: A conversation with Amanda Green

    2 years ago
  • S4 E5 Writing as a Way For Me to Make Sense Out of Certain Things: A conversation with Rona Siddiqui and Michael R. Jackson

    2 years ago
  • S4 E4 Talking is Easy, Writing is Hard: A conversation with Lisa Kron and John Weidman

    2 years ago