Teacakes & Tarot: Conversations with Queer Futurists
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsJoin host Will Wilhelm (they/them) for an intimate chat and a tarot reading with America’s coolest and queerest theatre creators. Each episode, Will and their special guest create space to summon a brighter, bolder, binary-breaking future. As the candle burns low, Will offers a unique tarot reading that folds in Shakespeare’s sonnets. This podcast is your all-access hand stamp to the genderqueer party you never knew was all around you!
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Episodes
Triggering Love - featuring Robert O'Hara (he/him)
June 01, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBTriggering Love - featuring Robert O'Hara (he/him) Featuring award winning playwright and Tony Award nominated theater director Robert O'Hara | he/him This creative conversation kicks off with frank discussions of the practical and physical: this industry is tough, success is not promised, and backstage Broadway is far from glamorous. In short, it's a job! Robert and Will connect on the value of voicing the risks to young artists early - "It's a profession, not a hobby." This lead...
Protecting Softness - featuring Jéhan Òsanyin (they/them)
May 25, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBProtecting Softness - featuring Jéhan Òsanyin (they/them) Featuring theater director, actor, playwright, storyteller, and lead facilitator of earthseed Jéhan Òsanyin | they/them Our evening begins as Will invites Jéhan to illuminate the audience about their company, earthseed, which is committed to decolonizing theater through examining the wilderness as the quintessential scene partner and inspiration. This leads to a fruitful discussion about what theatre artists too often fight...
Lessons & Laughter with Deafness & Queerness - featuring Joshua Castille (he/him)
May 18, 2023 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBLessons & Laughter with Deafness & Queerness - featuring Joshua Castille (he/him) Featuring Deaf performance artist and actor Joshua Castille | he/him Get ready for an effervescent exchange as Josh shares his experience as a queer and Deaf actor who has done it all from the Broadway stage to the Hollywood screen. Jokes and anecdotes bubble throughout the interview as Will learns more about the Deaf community culture and how it mirrors and deviates from queer community culture. Jos...
De(a)ftly Queer - featuring Joshua Castille (he/him)
May 18, 2023 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBDe(a)ftly Queer - featuring Joshua Castille (he/him) Featuring Deaf performance artist and actor Joshua Castille | he/him Get ready for an effervescent exchange as Josh shares his experience as a queer and Deaf actor who has done it all from the Broadway stage to the Hollywood screen. Jokes and anecdotes bubble throughout the interview as Will learns more about the Deaf community culture and how it mirrors and deviates from queer community culture. Josh tells stories about his pro...
Celebrating Curiosity - featuring Michael J. Bobbitt (he/him)
May 11, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBCelebrating Curiosity - featuring Michael J. Bobbitt (he/him) Featuring theater director, choreographer, playwright and Executive Director of Mass Cultural Council Michael J. Bobbitt | he/him The subject of structure, from institutions to boards to families, appears throughout this week's sparkling conversation. Will kicks off by asking Michael how his intersectionality across race, artistry, and sexuality informs the organizational reforms and redesigns he now leads as an artist ...
Becoming Embodied - Featuring P. Carl (he/him)
May 04, 2023 17:17 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBFeaturing Artist, Activist, Scholar, Birder, and Author P. Carl | he/him : Will dives into conversation with P. Carl through the desire to know about the origins of Howlround Theatre Commons - an online forum and non-profit that seeks to support developing theatre practitioners and facilitate dialogue between artists and administratives within the performing arts field. Then, P Carl discusses the satisfactions and struggles with transitioning as a mature adult and writing his book ...
PODCAST EXCLUSIVE : National Queer Theatre's "Criminal Queerness Festival" 2021
June 17, 2021 18:48 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBFeaturing Artistic Director of National Queer Theatre Adam Odessa-Rubin | he/him : Will and Adam discuss the origins of NQT and America's only theatre festival dedicated to new plays by LGBTQ artists from countries that criminalize queer and trans people. Nobody's gonna break NQT's stride as this summer's festival will go forward as planned only outside on the bustling streets of New York! After grabbing the deets to our new NYC summer plans happening June 22-26, Will reads Adam a s...
I "Came Out" ... Less Afraid to Speak my Truth - Featuring Bill Rauch (he/him)
June 10, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBFeaturing the Inaugural Artistic Director of The Perelman Performing Arts Center and former Artistic Director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Bill Rauch | he/him : Will is pleased to welcome Bill to this very special bonus episode. We begin by ruminating on the cyclical nature of storytelling feeding queerness and queerness feeding storytelling. Bill shares the trials and triumphs of being the first openly gay AD of OSF while urging all listeners to see the potential for outreach in...
Burn Down the Type - Featuring Meme García (they/them)
June 03, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutes - 56.6 MBFeaturing bilingual actor, writer, poet and artivist, Meme Garcia | they/them : Will and Meme launch into a discussion on the frustrating and harmful trappings of conservatory training and actor “types.” Thankfully, they are able to bond over the shared freedom and personal growth offered through inhabiting Shakespeare’s many characters. Even if a person is not a Danish prince, everyone can understand existing on the sheer scale outlined by Hamlet. Conversations around magic, perfec...
BREAKING NEWS: A Trans Person went to the Store - Featuring MJ Kaufman (they/them)
May 27, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBFeaturing award winning playwright and TV writer, MJ Kaufman | they/them : Will asks MJ the ultimate queer Theatre paradox: do we start by creating new plays about contemporary queerness or uncovering the queer roots in old works? Then MJ discusses creating Trans Lab, a writers collective dedicated to emerging trans voices, and the importance of bringing more diverse trans perspectives to the fore so that no one writer is expected to speak for all. Will and MJ dream of a day when mu...
You Have to See It to Be It - Featuring Sara Bruner (she/her)
May 20, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBFeaturing actor, director, and Associate Artistic Director of Great Lakes Shakespeare Theater and Idaho Shakespeare Festival Sara Bruner | she/her: Sara generously shares her thoughts and experiences surrounding the ever-evolving concept of Gender both in her life and greater American cultural contexts. When it comes to constructing character, gender is not fixed, rather it can go in waves or be “dialed up or down” depending on the role and their journey. Will and Sara muse upon th...
You Have to See It to Be It
May 20, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBFeaturing actor, director, and Associate Artistic Director of Great Lakes Shakespeare Theater and Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Sara Bruner | she/her : Sara generously shares her thoughts and experiences surrounding the ever-evolving concept of Gender both in her life and greater American cultural contexts. When it comes to constructing character, gender is not fixed, rather it can go in waves or be “dialed up or down” depending on the role and their journey. Will and Sara muse upon th...
Creative Liason - Featuring Linnea Valdivia (she/her)
May 13, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBFeaturing dramaturg, critic, producer, and playwright, Linnea Valdivia | she/her : Will starts with the question we all want to know: what is a dramaturg??? After we listen with bated breath, Will and Linnea discuss her Howlround article, “Queering Theatre Criticism” which placed responsibility on the critic to understand queerness in order to inform the audience. Then the pair discusses working on the 2018 gender-bending production of OKLAHOMA! at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the m...
Creative Liason
May 13, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBFeaturing dramaturg, critic, producer, and playwright, Linnea Valdivia | she/her : Will starts with the question we all want to know: what is a dramaturg??? After we listen with bated breath, Will and Linnea discuss her Howlround article, “Queering Theatre Criticism” which placed responsibility on the critic to understand queerness in order to inform the audience. Then the pair discusses working on the 2018 gender-bending production of OKLAHOMA! at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the mi...
If People are Right for the Role, They're Right for the Role - Featuring Ada Karamanyan (she/her)
May 06, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBFeaturing independent casting director, and casting associate for The Playwrights Realm, Ada Karmanyan | she/her : Ada shares her experience with casting the entirety of the 2019 Play on! Series - 36 contemporary translations of Shakespeare’s works commissioned by Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Will and Ada discuss her American Theatre Magazine article, “Unicorn at the Soup Factory,” which details her experience as a TGNC casting director helping more TGNC actors get seen, while marsh...
Embracing my Weird Queer Self - Featuring Jordan Barbour (he/him)
May 06, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBFeaturing Broadway actor, Jordan Barbour | he/him : Jordan Zooms with Will from inside his blanket fort to discuss the importance of queering the canon. Together, these two Libras discuss bringing their authentic self to a role instead of “disappearing” and offering advice as to what to do with moody and brooding actor guys who don’t know how to receive the many alternative portrayals of masculinity that exist. In Teacakes and Tarot: Conversations with Queer Futurists, host Will Wi...
Hire Queer People for Queer Roles
May 06, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBFeaturing published poet, spoken word performer, and actor, Kevin Kantor | they/them : Will welcomes Kevin to celebrate the publication of their latest collection of poems, “Please Come Off-Book.” Together they discuss life in a rehearsal process as TGNC actors and the pressure to appear androgynous or offer up non-binary identity as commodity. Before a bespoke tarot read, Kevin explains how both poetry and queerness are as anti-Capitalist as they are captivating. In Teacakes and Ta...
If People are Right for the Role, They're Right for the Role
May 06, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBFeaturing independent casting director, and casting associate for The Playwrights Realm, Ada Karmanyan | she/her : Ada shares her experience with casting the entirety of the 2019 Play on! Series - 36 contemporary translations of Shakespeare’s works commissioned by Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Will and Ada discuss her American Theatre Magazine article, “Unicorn at the Soup Factory,” which details her experience as a TGNC casting director helping more TGNC actors get seen, while marsha...
The Work Needs to be Personal
May 06, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBFeaturing multi-disciplinary artist blending the lines of theatre, dance, and film, Christian Bufford | he/they : Will peppers Christian with questions about life as a multi-disciplinary artist. Christian stresses the need for balance when navigating so many mediums while also finding a balance amongst their passions. Achieving balance through producing, executing through inventing, Christian celebrates the staying power of collaboration and never apologizing for paying attention. An...
The Work Needs to be Personal - Featuring Christian Bufford (he/they)
May 06, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBFeaturing multi-disciplinary artist who blends the lines of theatre, dance, and film Christian Bufford | he/they: Will peppers Christian with questions about life as a multi-disciplinary artist. Christian stresses the need for balance when navigating so many mediums while also finding a balance amongst their passions. Achieving balance through producing, executing through inventing, Christian celebrates the staying power of collaboration and never apologizing for paying attention. A...
Embracing my Weird Queer Self
May 06, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBFeaturing Broadway actor, Jordan Barbour | he/him : Jordan Zooms with Will from inside his blanket fort to discuss the importance of queering the canon. Together, these two Libras discuss bringing their authentic self to a role instead of “disappearing” and offering advice as to what to do with moody and brooding actor guys who don’t know how to receive the many alternative portrayals of masculinity that exist. In Teacakes and Tarot: Conversations with Queer Futurists, host Will Wil...
Hire Queer People for Queer Roles - Featuring Kevin Kantor (they/them)
May 06, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBFeaturing published poet, spoken word performer, and actor Kevin Kantor | they/them : Will welcomes Kevin to celebrate the publication of their latest collection of poems, “Please Come Off-Book.” Together they discuss life in a rehearsal process as TGNC actors and the pressure to appear androgynous or offer up non-binary identity as commodity. Before a bespoke tarot read, Kevin explains how both poetry and queerness are as anti-Capitalist as they are captivating. In Teacakes and Ta...
Introducing Teacakes & Tarot: Conversations with Queer Futurists
May 03, 2021 19:56 - 1 minute - 1.58 MBIn Teacakes and Tarot: Conversations with Queer Futurists, host Will Wilhelm (they/them) welcomes an artistic crush for an intimate chat and a reading. Each episode features a new queer guest discussing art, life in our industry, and their dreams and intentions while the world of performance waits in the wings. Together, they hold space to summon more inclusive, exciting, and queer-friendly ways to create. As the candle burns low, Will offers their guest a unique tarot reading to g...