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Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich
In this often humorous, comedic, sometimes touching podcast, Stephen Bittrich interviews artists from all disciplines -- actors, writers, directors, designers, filmmakers, fine artists, musicians, and storytellers -- to find out how they create "story." Off Off Pod is a podcast for people who NEVER give up on their dreams, and Stephen talks to artists working at all levels from the indie (or "Off Off") world to those working within the commercial studio system.
Episodes
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Off Off Pod - Episode 034 - Off Off Topic – Sal Clemente & Stephen Talk Star Wars – SPOILERS!
I get Off Off Topic with my buddy, Sal Clemente, and we talk some Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Sal and I are the same age, and we both saw the original back in 1977 at age 14. (I said 15 in the interview, but I checked our birthdates, and we were 14 when it came out.) I think it's fair to say…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 033 - Producer Director Actor Brad Coolidge, Part 2
Filmmaker Brad Coolidge likes hockey Here is part 2 of my interview with Brad Coolidge. If you've ever thought you might want to direct a film, this is a great interview for you because my buddy Brad talks honestly about some of the challenges he faced as a first time director shooting a…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 032 - Producer Director Actor Brad Coolidge, Part 1
Stephen Bittrich and Brad Coolidge after whacking some golf balls. My good friends Brad and Melissa Coolidge helped me transition to Austin. That's the kind of lovely, awesome folks they are! And they also happen to make thoughtful, exciting independent movies. In part one of this two part...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 031 - Actor Mindy Raymond
Mindy getting made up for Bigfoot action Mindy Raymond and C. Thomas Howell The stars of Bigfoot Wars Mindy Raymond in The Adventures of Pepper and Paula I've moved to Austin, and actor Mindy Raymond is a new friend I met at a pool party given by my friends, Brad and Melissa Coolidge (see…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 030 - Director Will Pomerantz
Will Pomerantz and I grew up in the same small town of Seguin, Texas, and we both eventually made our way to the Big Apple to pursue a life in the theatre. We first met when he was about 13 (which would have made me about 12), and while in Texas we did plenty of high school and community theatre...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 029 - David Marantz - Voice-Over Artist and Actor
David Marantz and Stephen Bittrich in the webseries OFF OFF. Dave and I have been working on projects together for a while… in fact he is one of the stars and a co-producer of the webseries I created, Off Off. But in this interview we concentrate on his newest triumph, Audio Book Narrator. At…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 028 - Actor Maggie Wagner
My friend Maggie Wagner is opening in a new movie tonight! It will be playing tonight Friday June 20th at the Manhattan Film Festival at 9:30 pm. The film is called The Wisdom to Know the Difference which stars -- Maggie of course, Daniel Baldwin, Billy Baldwin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mayra Leal....
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Off Off Pod - Episode 027 - Ann Talman and Kel Haney
My friend Ann Talman has been developing her solo show, Woody's Order! for a few years (well, arguably her whole life) about her relationship with her family and in particular her brother, Woody. Woody's Order! will be performed on Monday, September 29th at 9 pm in the 5th Annual United Solo...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 026 - Author Karen Moline, Part 2
Karen Moline's Novels Here's part 2 of Karen Moline's interview. We get right into it talking about celebrity interviewing for the magazines she worked with. Don't forget to check out Karen's books, fiction and non-fiction, on Amazon. By the way, the director of The Long Good Friday (that we...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 025 - Author Karen Moline, Part 1
My fun friend Karen Moline is a wonderful writer with a no shortage of great stories! We we had such a long conversation (the time flew by) that I needed to break the interview up into 2 parts. So here is part 1 today. Come back next Friday for part 2. One of the first things we talked about was...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 024 - Jessi Blue Gormezano and Joe Jung – Project Theater and Our Bar NYC
Joe Jung and Jessi Blue Gormezano are a talented and adorable theater couple. I was first introduced to their work with a production of the dark comedy, The Secretaries, produced by their NYC company, Project Theater. And then when a production of my play Home of the Great Pecan was done at The...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 023 - Steve Sherman – Actor in University of Tennessee Masters Program
Steve Sherman in Spamalot at the Clarence Brown Theater Jessi Blue Gormezano and Steve Sherman in Home of the Great Pecan. Photo by Lee Wexler. I was introduced to actor Steve Sherman by my buddy Dave Marantz, and he was great in my play, Home of the Great Pecan as Deputy Diggity. I liked him so...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 022 - Marc Palmieri – Actor, Writer, Webseries Creator
Marc Palmieri is a very smart and entertaining guy, an actor, writer, teacher, and dad. He tells some great stories about getting a screenplay of his made, some of his first survival jobs, his awesome webseries (The Thing), but the most touching part of the interview well may be when he tells the...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 021 - Scott Baker – Actor, Bally Master, Santa
Scott Baker is truly one of a kind on this earth. He is the barker or bally master for the Coney Island Freak Show in the summers. In the winters he is often (when not acting in films or plays) Santa Claus in one of the big department stores. He was in the legendary show Oh! Calcutta! for 12…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 020 - Holly Williams - Repertory Actor at The Barter Theatre
Holly Williams is a repertory actor at The Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. I really wanted to see something at The Barter while I was still in this area (East Tennessee), and I approached her about doing an interview, and she could not have been nicer. She got me into 2 shows, we had a...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 019 - Corybungus – Off Off Radio Theater
Welcome to Off Off Radio Theater with the short play Corybungus written by Stephen Bittrich. Hijinks ensue when a bookshop customer tries to return a defective "OED" (Oxford English Dictionary) because it's missing words. This fast moving skit is a nod to the works of Monty Python. The Returns…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 018 - Stephen Rosenfield of American Comedy Institute
Stephen Rosenfield and I had a great conversation about comedy, how one can learn the craft, how comedians prepare and how he got his start. Stephen is the director and founder of the American Comedy Institute where folks with the comedy bug can receive great training either by way of their…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 017 - Victoria Campbell – Adventurer Filmmaker and Actor
I've decided Victoria is amazing and fearless. And I don't know if she'd describe herself as an "Adventurer" but after talking to her I felt like that word needed to be in the title of her interview! We got to know each other when she was in a production of my play, Home of the Great Pecan at The...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 016 - Jeremiah James Is Playing El Gallo in The Fantasticks
Jeremiah James kindly invited me to see him as El Gallo in The Fantasticks which is playing Off Broadway on 50th Street in the Jerry Orbach Theater (Snapple Theater Center). I met Jeremiah through my writer friend, Karen Moline. I asked her if there was anybody she knew who I had to talk to while...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 015 - Dan Wackerman of The Peccadillo Theater Company
The Peccadillo Theater Company (soon celebrating 20 years) is the resident company of Theatre at St. Clements, a beautiful 160 seat space on 46th Street in the heart of Manhattan. I interviewed Artistic Director, Dan Wackerman, and we talked about their mission to bring classic American theater...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 014 - Hamilton Clancy - part 2
In the second part of the Hamilton Clancy interview we visit stories about the Theater Ghost, a horrible audition story, how Drilling Company helped to raise money for the kids at PS87, and actors teaching Sunday school. Don't forget that Drilling Company is now running The Norwegians by C. Denby...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 013 - Hamilton Clancy - part 1
In 2000 I was introduced to a theatre company called The Drilling Company which at that time produced new one-acts in themed evenings. They've since branched out into full-lengths, play development and even Shakespeare in the Parking Lot on the Lower East Side. I can't think of many plays I've...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 012 - Gioia De Cari of Truth Values
My friend Gioia De Cari created a very successful one-woman show called Truth Values: One Girl's Romp Through M.I.T.'s Male Math Maze which has had 95 performances in 45 theaters in 17 states with over 17,000 audience members. In this interview we talk about the development of her show as well as...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 011 - Off Off Topic - Midnight Cobbler
I'm heading to New York City in less than a week to capture a bunch of podcast interviews and see old friends. Here's a shot of one of the most beautiful buildings in the world on a night when it was showing off my favorite colors -- the deep blues. In this short and sweet episode I tell one of…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 010 - Off Off Topic - Pulmonary Embolism and Bad Dating Story
I'd like to announce a "live" podcast event at The Drilling Company Theater, 236 West 78th Street, 3rd floor on February 11th, 2014. I'll be interviewing Artistic Director, Hamilton Clancy. The event is free. Donations welcome. Come be a part and then hang out afterwards. And go see the play…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 009 - Storyteller Saundra Kelley Jonesborough TN
In this episode of Off Off Pod, I interview storyteller, Saundra Kelley. As many of you probably know, I've been staying with my parents in Tennessee for a while since my mother's been going through treatments for cancer. And while here, I wanted to find some local artists to interview....
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Off Off Pod - Episode 008 - Off Off Topic – Riding the Wave and the Dominatrix
In this Off Off Topic episode I tell 3 of my classic New York stories... The bad, out of focus photo to the left was taken by a beautiful stranger (who looked like a sexy librarian) and marked the beginning of a night of extreme culinary delights when we crashed an exclusive after party at one of...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 007 - Off Off Topic - Jail in NYC
In this Off Off Topic episode of the podcast I talk all about my fascinating experience in the New York City penal system. Not something I'd recommend if you can help it, but it makes a good story! Topics covered in the interview: My introduction (0:00) Fender bender in high school (4:16) Pet…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 006 - Erik Van Wyck actor/writer - Part 2
This is part 2 of my talk with my good buddy, actor/writer, Erik Van Wyck. In this interview Erik lets it all hang out in his assessment of Los Angeles, the good, the bad, and the ugly -- why it can be intoxicating and also soul sucking to pursue the favored industry of the town. Erik talks a bit...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 005 - Cameron Watson writer/director of film Our Very Own
The multi-talented Cameron Watson wrote and directed the film, Our Very Own, which was a valentine to his small hometown of Shelbyville, Tennessee. If you want to be inspired by some one who did not give up on his dream of making his indie film, listen to this interview. It has a happy ending… a...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 004 - Billy Hayes author of Midnight Express - part 2
This is part 2 of Off Off Pod's Billy Hayes interview, and as you'll recall, he was the inspiration for the 1978 movie Midnight Express with Brad Davis. Please look out for Billy's new one-man theatrical show which recently previewed in Edinburgh called Riding the Midnight Express which talks…
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Off Off Pod - Episode 003 - Billy Hayes author of Midnight Express - part 1
Billy Hayes was the inspiration for the 1978 movie Midnight Express with Brad Davis. After escaping from a Turkish prison and making his way back to America, Billy wrote a book about his experiences, and Hollywood came a-knocking -- a relatively unknown Oliver Stone wrote the screenplay. Now...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 002 - Off Off Topic with Erik Van Wyck
In this the 2nd episode of Off Off Pod, Stephen Bittrich interviews his great buddy, actor/writer, Erik Van Wyck and introduces a new comic segment called Off Off Topic. Subjects include: Intro -- spooky, did I record a ghost? (00:00) LA vs. NYC (09:10) The Frenchman's naked breast scam (20:20)...
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Off Off Pod - Episode 001 - with Margo Martindale
In this inaugural episode of Off Off Pod, Stephen Bittrich interviews actress, Margo Martindale, who is known for such television shows as JUSTIFIED, THE AMERICANS, A GIFTED MAN, and most recently, THE MILLERS. She is also known for movies like AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (Christmas, 2013), MILLION…
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In this often humorous, comedic, sometimes touching podcast, Stephen Bittrich interviews artists from all disciplines -- actors, writers, directors, designers, filmmakers, fine artists, musicians, and storytellers -- to find out how they create "story." Off Off Pod is a podcast for people who NEVER give up on their dreams, and Stephen talks to artists working at all levels from the indie (or "Off Off") world to those working within the commercial studio system.
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In this often humorous, comedic, sometimes touching podcast, Stephen Bittrich interviews artists from all disciplines -- actors, writers, directors, designers, filmmakers, fine artists, musicians, and storytellers -- to find out how they create "story." Off Off Pod is a podcast for people who NEVER...
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