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APT Talkbacks to Go

50 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

Compelling 20 minute conversations about individual plays with the artists of American Players Theatre, Spring Green, WI

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Episodes

APT Talkbacks To Go: Stage Managing at APT

August 02, 2019 19:22 - 14 minutes - 26.9 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 productions in this special episode about APT's Stage Managers. This enlightening conversation includes production stage manager and artistic associate Evelyn Matten, and stage manager Jacqueline Singleton.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the artistic decisions that make the APT productions so special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: A Doll's House, Part 2

August 02, 2019 19:21 - 16 minutes - 30 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 production of A Doll's House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath with this enlightening conversation with director Brenda DeVita and actor Colleen Madden.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: A Doll's House

August 02, 2019 19:20 - 15 minutes - 29 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 production of Simon Stephen's adaption of A Doll's House by Henrik Isben with this enlightening conversation with director Kiera Fromm and actors Kelsey Brennan and Nate Burger.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: The Book of Will

August 02, 2019 19:18 - 12 minutes - 23.5 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 production of The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson with this enlightening conversation with director Tim Ocel and actors Henry Condell and John Heminges.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Fences

August 02, 2019 19:17 - 14 minutes - 27.2 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 production of Fences by August Wilson with this enlightening conversation with actors David Alan Anderson and Gavin Lawrence.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: She Stoops to Conquer

June 13, 2019 18:11 - 15 minutes - 28 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 production of She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith with this enlightening conversation with director Laura Gordon and actor Laura Rook.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Twelfth Night

June 13, 2019 18:00 - 13 minutes - 25.4 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 production of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare with this enlightening conversation with actors Kelsey Brennan and Gavin Lawrence.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: The Man of Destiny

June 13, 2019 17:55 - 15 minutes - 28.5 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 production of The Man of Destiny by George Bernard Shaw with this enlightening conversation with director James Bohnen and actor Charles Pasternak.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Macbeth

June 13, 2019 17:50 - 15 minutes - 27.7 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 production of Macbeth by William Shakespeare with this enlightening conversation with actors Marcus Truschinski and Melisa Pereyra.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur

June 13, 2019 17:34 - 14 minutes - 26.1 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 production of A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur by Tennessee Williams with this enlightening conversation with actors Colleen Madden and Cristina Panfilio.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: APT’s Costumes, Crafts, and Wigs

July 31, 2018 16:40 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2018 productions in this special episode about APT's exquisite costumes, crafts, and wigs. This enlightening conversation includes costume director Scott Rott, wig master Becky Scott, and crafts master Becky Hanson.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the artistic decisions that make the APT productions so special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Engaging Shaw

July 31, 2018 16:30 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2018 production of Engaging Shaw by John Morogiello with this enlightening conversation with director David Frank.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Heartbreak House

July 31, 2018 16:26 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2018 production of Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw with this enlightening conversation with director Aaron Posner and actor Tracy Michelle Arnold.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Measure for Measure

July 31, 2018 16:21 - 15 minutes - 20.8 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2018 production of Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare with this enlightening conversation with director Risa Brainin and actor Marcus Truschinski.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Our Country's Good

July 31, 2018 16:15 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2018 production of Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker with this enlightening conversation with director Ameenah Kaplan and actorNate Burger.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Born Yesterday

June 13, 2018 21:57 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2018 production of Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin with this enlightening conversation with director Brenda DeVita and actors David Daniel and Colleen Madden.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Blood Knot

June 13, 2018 21:57 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2018 production of Blood Knot by Anthon Fugard with this enlightening conversation with director Ron O.J. Parson and actors Jim DeVita and Gavin Lawrence.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: As You Like It

June 13, 2018 21:56 - 15 minutes - 21 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2018 production of As You Like It by William Shakespeare with this enlightening conversation with director James Bohnen and actor Melisa Pereyra.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: The Recruiting Officer

June 13, 2018 21:56 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2018 production of The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar with this enlightening conversation with director William Brown and actor Kelsey Brennan.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.    

APT Talkbacks To Go: Exit the King

June 13, 2018 21:56 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2018 production of Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco with this enlightening conversation with director Tim Ocel and actor James Ridge.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Creditors

October 31, 2017 16:23 - 13 minutes - 25.1 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 production of Creditors by August Strindberg with this enlightening conversation with director Maria Aitken.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: APT's New Stage and Renovations

July 20, 2017 03:20 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 productions in this special episode about APT's exciting renovations and new stage. This enlightening conversation includes production manager Michael Broh and artistic director Brenda DeVita.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the artistic decisions that make the APT productions so special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Pericles, Prince of Tyre

July 20, 2017 03:19 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare with this enlightening conversation with director Eric Tucker and actor Cristina Panfilio.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: A View From The Bridge

July 20, 2017 03:18 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 production of A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller with this enlightening conversation with Director Tim Ocel, and actors Melisa Pereyra, who plays Catherine, and Jimmy DeVita, who plays Eddie.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Three Sisters

July 20, 2017 03:18 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 production of Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov with this enlightening conversation with director William Brown and actor Laura Rook, who plays Olga.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: A Midsummer Night's Dream

June 14, 2017 17:07 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare with this enlightening conversation with actors Gavin Lawrence, who plays Oberon, and Colleen Madden, who plays Titania.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: The Unexpected Man

June 14, 2017 17:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 production of The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza with this enlightening conversation with actors Brian Mani, who plays Parsky, and Sarah Day, who plays Martha.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: The Maids

June 14, 2017 16:53 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 production of The Maids by Jean Genet with this enlightening conversation with actor Melisa Peyrera, who plays Claire, and first time APT director Gigi Buffington.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: A Flea in Her Ear

June 14, 2017 16:49 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 production of A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau with this enlightening conversation with actors David Daniel, who plays Victor, and Kelsey Brennan, who plays Raymonde.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Cyrano de Bergerac

June 14, 2017 16:42 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2017 production of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand with this enlightening conversation with actor Jim Ridge, who plays Cyrano, and director and adapter Jimmy DeVita.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: King Lear

July 20, 2016 17:42 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2016 production of King Lear by William Shakespeare with this enlightening conversation with Jonathan Smoots, who plays Lear, and Melisa Pereyra, who plays Lear’s daughter Cordelia. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Endgame

July 20, 2016 17:40 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2016 production of Endgame by Samuel Beckett, with this enlightening conversation with director Aaron Posner, and actors David Daniel, who plays Clov, and Brian Mani, who plays Hamm. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Mary's Wedding

July 20, 2016 17:38 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2016 production of Mary’s Wedding by Stephen Massicotte, with this enlightening conversation with director Brenda DeVita and actors Laura Rook, who plays the dual roles of Mary and Flowers, and Nate Burger, who plays Charlie.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Arcadia

July 20, 2016 17:18 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2016 production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard with this enlightening conversation with director James Bohnen and actor Jim DeVita, who plays Bernard Nightingale. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: An Ideal Husband

June 10, 2016 03:33 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2016 production of An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde,with this enlightening conversation with Colleen Madden, who plays Lady Gertrude Chiltern, and David Daniel, who plays Sire Robert Chiltern. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Death of a Salesman

June 10, 2016 03:31 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2016 production of Death of a Salesman byArthur Miller, with this enlightening conversation with director Kenneth Albers and actor Brian Mani, who plays Willy Loman. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Eurydice

June 10, 2016 03:30 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2016 production of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl with this enlightening conversation with Kelsey Brennan, who plays Eurydice, and James Ridge, who plays Eurydice’s Father. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: The African Company Presents Richard III

June 10, 2016 03:28 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2016 production of The African Company Presents Richard III by Carlyle Brown with this enlightening conversation with director Derrick Sanders and actor Cedric Mays, who plays James Hewlett. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: The Comedy of Errors

June 10, 2016 03:23 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2016 production of The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare with this enlightening conversation with the two Dromios: Kelsey Brennan and Cristina Panfilio.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: The Island

June 11, 2015 19:27 - 15 minutes - 34.3 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2015 production of The Island by Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona with this enlightening conversation with director Derrick Sanders. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Merry Wives of Windsor

June 11, 2015 19:25 - 15 minutes - 38.3 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2015 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare with this enlightening conversation with director Tim Ocel and actor Brian Mani, who plays Falstaff.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Edward Albees Seascape

June 11, 2015 19:22 - 14 minutes - 34.4 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2015 production of Edward Albee’s Seascape by Edward Albee with this enlightening conversation with actors Jonathan Smoots (Charlie) and Sarah Day (Nancy). Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: An Iliad

June 11, 2015 15:54 - 15 minutes - 38.9 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2015 production of An Iliad, by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare, translated from Homer’s Iliad by Robert Fagles, with this enlightening conversation with director John Langs and actor Jim DeVita, who plays The Poet.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Pride and Prejudice

June 11, 2015 15:49 - 15 minutes - 38.6 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2015 production of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, adapted by Joseph Hanreddy and J. R. Sullivan, with this enlightening conversation with director Tyne Rafaeli and actor Kelsey Brennan, who plays Elizabeth Bennet. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: A Streetcar Named Desire

June 11, 2015 15:48 - 15 minutes - 38.4 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2015 production of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams with this enlightening conversation with director William Brown and actor Tracy Michelle Arnold, who plays Blanche DuBois. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Othello

June 11, 2015 15:46 - 15 minutes - 38.8 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2015 production of Othello by William Shakespeare with this enlightening conversation with director John Langs and actor Chiké Johnson, who plays Othello.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.  

APT Talkbacks To Go: The Game of Love and Chance

June 11, 2015 15:43 - 15 minutes - 35.8 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2015 production of The Game of Love and Chance by Pierre Carlet de Marivaux, translated by Stephen Wadsworth, with this enlightening conversation with director David Frank.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Private Lives

June 11, 2015 15:40 - 15 minutes - 36 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2015 production of Private Lives by Noël Coward with this enlightening conversation with director James Bohnen.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.

APT Talkbacks To Go: Euripides' Alcestis

June 09, 2014 17:43 - 14 minutes - 35.6 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2014 production of Euripides’ Alcestis, translated by Ted Hughes, with this enlightening conversation with director David Frank and actor David Daniel, who plays Heracles.  Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.  

APT Talkbacks To Go: The Doctor's Dilemma

June 09, 2014 17:42 - 15 minutes - 37.9 MB

Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2014 production of The Doctor’s Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw with this enlightening conversation with actors Brian Mani (Sir Colenso Ridgeon) and Abbey Siegworth (Jennifer Dubedat). Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play, and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.