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Theater Forward — 104 episodes

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World Premiere Wisconsin 2.0

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The Mentor That Changed My Life - Pt. 2

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The Mentor That Changed My Life - Pt. 1

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The 2026-27 Season at Forward Theater

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We're in Love and We Don't Care Who Knows It

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Interview w/ Suzan Fete - Artistic Director of Renaissance Theaterworks

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The Algorithm vs. The Arts: Marketing for Theater in 2026

8

The Write Stuff: A Conversation About Developing New Work

9

Our 2026 New Year's Theater Resolutions

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What We're Grateful for in 2025

11

Interview: Chad Bauman, Milwaukee Repertory Theater Executive Director

12

Top 10 Most-Produced Plays & Playwrights in 2025-26

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Discussing Playwright Martyna Majok w/ Directors Marcella Kearns & Jake Penner

14

Long Story Short(er): A Debate About LONG PLAYS

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Interview w/ BJ Jones, Northlight Theatre Artistic Director

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Summer Lovin' - What We're Excited to See in 2025

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Strings Attached: Arts Funding in America

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The 2025-26 Season at Forward Theater

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Fixing the Musical Pipeline: Interview w/ THE GREAT GATSBY's Kait Kerrigan & Nathan Tysen

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Leading vs. Listening

21

Dreaming of Streaming

22

What We're Grateful for in 2024

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The "Someone's Getting Canceled" Mailbag Episode

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The Most-Produced Plays & Playwrights in America - 2024-25 Edition

25

Play Ball: When Sports Meet Theater

26

Missing the "Business" in Show Business - TCG Conference 2024

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The State of Theater for Young Audiences

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The Plays That Stay 2024 - Vol. 1

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What We're Excited to See in 2024-25

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Forward Theater's 2024-25 Season

31

Mentors (a Michael Blakemore tribute)

32

No Longer a World Premiere...Now What? - Interview w/ Samuel Hunter

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The Best of 2023

34

The Art of Making Money in Theater

35

What We’re Looking Forward to in 2023-24

36

Accessibility & ASL Interpretation

37

Hot Take: We Are Surviving (and Thriving).

38

Where is the Next Generation of Technical Artists?

39

Producing in a Post-Dobbs Decision Era

40

The Plays That Stay 2023, Vol. 1

41

We’ve Got a Beef With ”World Premieres”

42

Choosing Our 2023-24 Season

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Interview w/ Playwright Lauren Gunderson

44

Fast Times at Understudy High

45

World Premiere Wisconsin

46

The State of Theater for Transgender & Non-Binary Artists

47

Emerging Directors

48

A Look Back at 2022

49

A Closer Look: The Board of Directors

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Making Accessibility the New Normal

51

State of the Arts (in Education)

52

Most Produced Playwrights in America, 22-23

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”There is No Backstage” - Interview w/ Linda Stephens

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The ’Hamilton’ Debacle - Copyright Takes the Spotlight

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Summer Lovin’ - Interview with American Players Theatre and Northern Sky

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Interview w/ Ten Chimneys’ Randy Bryant

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Our Hot Summer Mailbag Episode

58

Theater Needs a Check-Up

59

All About Our WI Wrights New Play Festival

60

Announcing Our 2022-23 Season

61

Desperately Seeking (New) Scripts

62

The Talkback Strikes Back

63

Lovin’ on Stage: Our Favorite ”Love Plays”

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What the Heck is Going On?

65

The Plays That Stay, Vol. 5

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”We made it” - Looking back at 2021.

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Seeking Actors (With Instagram Followers)

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What We‘re Thankful For in 2021

69

Remounting a COVID Casualty Production (The Amateurs)

70

Super Mailbag Episode - October 2021

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Show Me The Money

72

Dramaturgy & Adrienne Kennedy

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Interview w/ Marti Gobel & Baron Kelly

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The Plays That Stay, Vol.4

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Relegated to Summerstock

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The Plays That Stay, Vol. 3

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On the Fast Track to In-Person Theater

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The Plays That Stay, Vol.2

79

Monologues 101

80

The Plays That Stay, Vol. 1

81

Interview w/ Writers of '46 Plays for America's First Ladies'

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The 2021-22 Season at Forward Theater

83

Interview w/ Jen Uphoff Gray & Jake Penner

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Rehearsing In-Person: Interview w/ Cast of Lewiston/Clarkston

85

Flyover Country (or The Urban/Rural Divide)

86

Identity-Conscious Casting

87

Where Do We Go From Here?

88

Interview w/ Howard Sherman

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Interview w/ Christie Chiles Twillie

90

Best of 2020 (no, really)

91

#Enough - Interview with Michael Cotey

92

Union Beefs & Time Travel: The Mailbag Episode!

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Safety First: Interview w/ Jared Clarkin of Milwaukee Repertory Theater

94

Political Plays

95

The Ones That Got Away

96

Our Guide to Creating Digital Theater

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Gender Parity vs. Parody

98

Detroit Public Theatre - Interview With Courtney Burkett

99

The Future of Arts Education is...Strong, Actually.

100

Decisions, Decisions...

101

Zooming Your Theater Season Like a Boss

102

Podcasts We Love: Blacker the Berry

103

Our Favorite Live Theater Experiences

104

How to Plan Your Next Theater Season