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episode 6: Why George Salazar Prefers to Call In, Instead of Call Out
The Friends recorded on June 7. This week is a very special episode because there's not one, but TWO, podcast episodes. In the planning for this week, Diep and Jose realized that they had too much content and they didn't want to cut any of it. So this...
episode 5: Why Zoom Theater is Giving Us Life! (Feat: Taylor Reynolds)
The Friends recorded on June 29. They open the show by talking about Zoom plays, what's been working about them, what hasn't been working, and things they've seen on Zoom that they love. Then they talk about two shows they've seen. First, To My Distant...
episode 4: "2666" and Going Beyond Latinx Stereotypes (Feat: Raúl Esparza)
The Friends recorded on June 23 where they discussed the news that Broadway will not be back until January 2021 (at least). They also went into a deep dive on 2666 by Seth Bockley and Robert Falls—a five-hour play adaptation of the Roberto Bolaño...
episode 3: "The King and I" and the White American Theatre (Feat: April Matthis)
The Friends sat down and recorded over Skype on June 14 and talked about "We See You White American Theatre," an open letter that got more than 50,000 signatures (including from a bunch of celebrities) and what can be done to solve racism in the...
episode 2: Jasmine Batchelor Talks "The Surrogate" and Why Theater Should Be Streamable
The Friends sat down and recorded over Skype on June 8. They discuss the recent discovery that Broadway theater owners the Nederlanders gave over $150,000 to the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and why we should care. Plus, they talk about two theater...
episode 1: Black Lives Matter and How We Can Fight Injustice
On the first episode of the newly revamped Token Theatre Friends podcast, the Friends sat down and recorded over Skype on June 1. They discussed Black Lives Matter and the protests that have erupted around the world around the murder of George Floyd and...