Table Read Podcast
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPrior to awe-inspiring and breathtakingly breathtaking cold Table Reads of magnificent scripts and fantastic screenplays, we usually discuss in some depth some aspect of the performing arts or arts in general or the arts industries or related life lessons, sort of a presentational brainstorming session with rounded edges and big chunks of chewy chocolate. (Memo to self: never write descriptions when hungry for chocolate.) We’re unabashedly seldom at a loss for pithy words or pithy rhetoric, which is really good if you like pithy, no matter what the topic, perfect qualities for a Table Read podcast or the ancient Roman Senate, SPQR y’all. These podcasts are dedicated to the memory of our dear friend, writer, and fellow performing artist, the incomparable Eugene McDaniels.
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Episodes
Pre-Oscars 2020 (spoiler alert)
June 01, 2020 19:00 - 2 hours - 98.9 MBA discussion of 2020 Oscar favorites recorded a few days before the Academy Awards presentation. Featuring Lorenzo Vigil, Chase Bailey, Kate Jurdi, Todd Hunter, and Dennis C. Johnson. We really missed you for this one, Adrienne Montezinos!
On the Road in Lititz 2013 (no read)
December 20, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 38.9 MBIn an on-the-road Table Read Podcast episode from December 2013, Dennis is joined in Lititz PA by the incomparable Brian Belge, the incomparable David Donovan, and the incomparable Smith Collins, comparatively speaking, for a discussion of actors, acting, improvisation, auditions, personal experiences, and previous events produced and participated in by these guys. Sorry, there was no read this time, and we blame Dave, as is usual when blame is called for, because he had to go home early.
Drinking In New York (read only)
October 28, 2014 04:00 - 2 hours - 64.6 MBHerein is a fine screenplay by Mitchell Ganem, Drinking In New York, performed in series of cold reads by Chase Bailey, Heidi Bunnell, Todd Hunter, Duncan Watt, and Dennis Johnson. There were no rehearsals or cast assignments done beforehand. This Table Read Podcast was edited from 3 full podcasts recorded in August and September of 2013 in Chase's painting studio in Portsmouth, NH.
Big Butt Bruise Brothers (read only)
June 26, 2014 04:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBThis Table Read Podcast episode, the read-only version of a compilation of two Big Butt Bruise Brothers podcasts, minus a few hours of stimulating discussions before and after, features Chase Bailey, Heidi Christofferson Bunnell, DB Cooper, Duncan Watt, and Dennis Collins Johnson. It is a cold read, with no rehearsal or cast assignments done beforehand, and was recorded in October of 2013 in Chase's painting studio in Portsmouth, NH. Big Butt Bruise Brothers was written by Eugene McDaniels ...
Visitors (no read)
January 21, 2014 05:00 - 2 hours - 78.9 MBThis Table Read Podcast Visitors episode from Chase's painting studio in Portsmouth NH features Chase Bailey, Heidi Bunnell, Duncan Watt, Dennis Johnson, and introducing voice artist, actor and director DB Cooper, now one of us, in her first published podcast. And of course, there's the TRP security presence of Rudy the dog. Not known for our organized structure or our brevity, TRP Visitors goes a few degrees further, as a plethora of guests descending on the podcast turns out to be so much...
The Tent (read only)
January 03, 2014 05:00 - 2 hours - 70.5 MBThis is a read-only podcast of the screenplay The Tent, minus the usual 90 minutes of discussion per podcast beforehand. It is a cold read. It is a compilation from three separate podcast sessions in 2013, the first two in a small room and the last session taking place in Chase's larger painting studio, hence the dramatic change in room tone. Three separate casts were used, with Chase Bailey reading the action lines, Dennis Johnson as Corey, and Duncan Watt in a variety of roles, present i...
Harmony
August 28, 2013 04:00 - 2 hours - 63.7 MBThis Table Read Podcast episode features Chase Bailey, Heidi Bunnell, and Dennis Johnson. From his painting studio in Portsmouth, Chase tells stories ranging from his early days as an art student to his experiences making films with John Malkovich, Ann Cusak, Johnny Depp, Uma Thurman, Brett Cullen, and John Goodman. Heidi and Dennis tell a story or two as well. Dennis reads an essay on Global Harmony by Eugene McDaniels. As usual there is excellent wine to drink. And there's... Rudy. Ope...
Drinking in New York part 1
August 07, 2013 04:00 - 2 hours - 82 MBHost Dennis Johnson welcomes the usual crew of Chase Bailey, Heidi Bunnell, Duncan Watt, Rudy the dog, and introducing in his debut on TRP, actor/director Todd Hunter for a lively discussion of music, art, theater, film and the business of show, culminating in a cold Table Read of part one of the screenplay Drinking In New York by Mitchell Ganem. The opening music is from an unreleased studio session by Yer Basic Phantasy Company, featuring Joe Walsh on lead guitar, Joe Vitale on drums, Tom ...
The Tent part 3
July 09, 2013 04:00 - 2 hours - 72.4 MBHost Dennis Johnson welcomes Chase Bailey, Heidi Bunnell, and Duncan Watt to a rollicking discussion of film, music, theatre, their respective businesses and related arts, followed by a cold table read of the screenplay The Tent which concludes with part 3. For this episode, Table Read Podcast moved to Chase's art studio amid many lovely paintings both finished and unfinished. The opening music is The Girls Are Going to the Movies, melody and lyric by Dennis Johnson, arrangement by AutoRap....
Wet and Slippery Can Be Good/Gilgamesh
June 18, 2013 04:00 - 1 hour - 36.9 MBFor one of our earlier podcasts, host Dennis Johnson welcomes returning podcasters UCLA theatre student, singer and actor, Brigid Abreu, and actor/musicians Dylan Michael Collins and Peter Nickell, two members of the band Throw Me Down a Well, and the Meanderthals Theatre Company. The cold read for this one is a set of two comic one-acts written by Dennis Collins Johnson, one a washer wench show for Ren fest performances, and the other a farce based on an ancient myth. Opening music by Throw ...
The Tent part 2
June 11, 2013 04:00 - 2 hours - 59.6 MBHost Dennis Johnson welcomes filmmaker/actor Chase Bailey, composer/producer Duncan Watt, and actor/musicians Dylan Michael Collins, Peter Nickell and Justin Norton for a lively discussion of music, art, theater, film and the business of show, culminating in a cold Table Read of part two of the screenplay The Tent. The opening music is from an unreleased studio session by Yer Basic Phantasy Company, featuring Joe Walsh on lead guitar, Joe Vitale on drums, Tom Stephenson on piano, Michael Sta...
The Tent part 1
May 28, 2013 04:00 - 2 hours - 79.6 MBHost Dennis Johnson welcomes filmmaker/actor Chase Bailey; actor/musician Dylan Michael Collins, and composer/producer Duncan Watt to a lively discussion of film, music, and their respective industries, culminating in a cold Table Read of part one of the screenplay The Tent.