DG Talkback Podcast

The Dramatists Guild presents: TALKBACK is a podcast for every dramatist or theatre fan who wants, but maybe hasn’t seen, the inclusiveness we all imagined.

In the first episode of Season Three, available on October 18, TALKBACK host Christine Toy Johnson is joined by Bhangin It book writer Rehana Lew Mirza, dramaturg Natasha Sinha, and cultural consultant Rohi Mirza Pandya for a conversation on what it’s like to develop a culturally specific show at a primarily white institution.

The second episode will center on the Dramatists Guild’s new Inclusion Rider. Chisa Hutchinson and Ty Defoe explain their three-pronged approach for how to make the most of the Inclusion Rider and also provide meaningful context for why the industry needs this vital document, now more than ever.

Additional episode guests will include Daniel Gallant, Saviana Stanescu, Caridad Svich, Anna Morton, Sarah Hom, Nicolas Visali, Teresa Coleman Wash, and Leigh Silverman.

“In Season Three of TALKBACK, we take great delight in speaking about collaboration - especially after spending so much time apart over the past year and a half,” explained Toy Johnson. “As our industry endeavors to find more meaningful ways to make space for artists from historically excluded communities, it’s been inspiring to see how art makers across the country have brought innovation, compassion, and renewed insight into their work. I know that we are just in the middle of the beginning of building the theatre we want to see -- and I’m so proud of the many ways the Guild is here for it.”

The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK is brought to you by the Dramatists Guild of America, co-produced by the DG’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Sarah Storm, Amy VonMacek, and Christine Toy Johnson, and distributed by Broadway Podcast Network.