Fri, 29 March 2013
Nature Theater of Oklahoma goes deep with artist Xaviera Simmons, talking about infection, inspiration, difference, and indifference – race and (like - ohmigod!) audience. What were we thinking? Is anger, aggression and dissatisfaction a prod to artistic enterprise? or a burden we should leave behind? |
Fri, 22 March 2013
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks to choreographer/dancer/artist Mårten Spångberg. A far-fetched discourse on corruption, bullshit, undermining, alchemy, pain-in-the-ass, architecture - and so much more! Including also rodents, moles, foxes, dragons, aliens, monsters and other totem species of the artistic animal underground. |
Fri, 15 March 2013
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks to NPR correspondent Robert Smith about radio, reporting, and storytelling. What happens when we put extreme constraints of time on narrative – as in durational theater and art projects (such as Chris Marclay’s The Clock and our current project, Life and Times) – and in public radio which is typically built in short 3-6 minute story segments? We also examine the ways in which live performance and radio are both shaped (respectively) by the physical presence and absence of their audience. |
Fri, 8 March 2013
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks to actor Scott Shepherd of ERS and the Wooster Group about strictures, exposures – and helicopters! We also ponder the intangible and ineffable in theater and the surprising and inevitable consequences of vitamins, nutrition, and bad shellfish on acting |
Thu, 28 February 2013
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks to playwright and performer Sibyl Kempson about adjustments we have to make when real life gets more dramatic than theater. How do we weigh life and death against the old showbiz notion of “the show must go on”? Also, enjoy as we share a few choice words about ambient theater, New Jersey theater, theater for dogs, cats, cavemen and aliens - among others. (We also try podcasting with our eyes closed to see what we look like inside ourselves.) |