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Shotgun Spotlight: Margo Hall
May 13, 2026
Unknown duration
Radio Wolinsky Podcast: Patrick Dooley
Apr 20, 2026
57m 46s
Shotgun Spotlight: Jon Tracy
Apr 15, 2026
56m 31s
Shotgun Spotlight: Joy Carlin
Apr 1, 2026
35m 07s
Shotgun Spotlight: Lily Janiak
Mar 23, 2026
1h 22m 30s
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| 5/13/26 | ![]() Shotgun Spotlight: Margo Hall | Wow. I just finished an inspiring conversation with Bay Area Theater royalty, the incomparable Margo Hall. As an actress, she had made her presence felt on every major Bay Area stage from the rough and tumble Intersection for the Arts in the Mission to the big houses at ACT, BRep, and Cal Shakes. She's taught and mentored hundreds of theatre artists and directed over two dozen plays. Perhaps more importantly, she has shown many emerging theater artists how hustle, hard work, and a big heart can cut a path to a gratifying and successful career. As you can imagine, Margo is a spectacular storyteller. She recounted adventures and anecdotes from her beginnings in Detroit, Michigan, to her first professional gigs at Arena Stage in DC, and on to her decision to pull up stakes and move to the Bay Area, which, fortunately for all of us, became her home. You're in for a real treat. This conversation was recorded in front of a live audience at the Shotgun Studios on Friday, May 1st. As always, your feedback and suggestions are welcome at patrick@shotgunplayers.org. https://www.margohall.com/ | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 | ![]() Radio Wolinsky Podcast: Patrick Dooley✨ | interviewtheater+3 | Patrick Dooley | KPFAShotgun Players+1 | — | interviewtheater+3 | — | 57m 46s | |
| 4/15/26 | ![]() Shotgun Spotlight: Jon Tracy✨ | theatercreativity+3 | Jon Tracy | Shotgun Players | Bay AreaShotgun Studios | theaterJon Tracy+4 | — | 56m 31s | |
| 4/1/26 | ![]() Shotgun Spotlight: Joy Carlin✨ | theatreinterview+3 | Joy Carlin | Berkeley RepACT | Bay AreaNorth Berkeley | Joy CarlinBay Area theatre+3 | Roses on Adeline | 35m 07s | |
| 3/23/26 | ![]() Shotgun Spotlight: Lily Janiak✨ | theater criticismperforming arts+3 | Lily Janiak | San Francisco ChronicleSF Weekly+1 | Northern CaliforniaShotgun Studios | theatercriticism+5 | — | 1h 22m 30s | |
| 2/26/26 | ![]() Shotgun Spotlight: Lance Gardner✨ | theaterartistic direction+3 | Lance Gardner | Marin Theatre | Bay Area | Lance GardnerMarin Theatre+3 | — | 1h 17m 36s | |
| 2/3/26 | ![]() Shotgun Spotlight: Michael Moran✨ | theaterinterviews+3 | Michael Moran | Oakland Theater ProjectShotgun Players+1 | — | theaterinterview+5 | — | 1h 13m 52s | |
| 8/26/21 | ![]() Let's Talk About Theatre: A Small Fire✨ | theatreplaywriting+3 | Adam BockMary Ann Rodgers | Shotgun PlayersA Small Fire | — | theatreplaywright+3 | — | 1h 02m 00s | |
| 8/10/21 | ![]() Let's Talk About Theatre: Babes In Ho-lland✨ | theatreRiot Grrrl+3 | Deneen Reynolds-Knott | Alabama ShakesBabes in Ho-lland | — | theatreBabes in Ho-lland+4 | — | 59m 43s | |
| 7/27/21 | ![]() Let's Talk About Theatre: Dream Hou$e✨ | theatreplaywright+4 | Eliana PipesKarina Gutiérrez | HGTVDream Hou$e | — | theatreDream Hou$e+6 | — | 53m 16s | |
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| 7/13/21 | ![]() Let's Talk About Theatre: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812✨ | theatremusical+3 | Dave MalloyPatrick Dooley+1 | ShackShotgun Players+4 | — | theatremusical+5 | — | 51m 01s | |
| 6/29/21 | ![]() Let's Talk About Theatre: The Cassandra Sessions | Let's Talk About Theatre will feature interviews with playwrights and other contributing artists of past and future shows. The interviews will be focused on shows from our upcoming 30th Anniversary Season as well as conversations about past programming. The program will be offered as a video series and an audio podcast. 'The Cassandra Sessions: Recording This World' creators Beth Wilmurt and Jake Rodriguez appear live with Shotgun Players founding artistic director Patrick Dooley on June 17, 2021 at 5pm PST. Cassandra—that mythic figure from Greek legend, cursed with prophecies that nobody believes—knows she is soon to die. She locks herself in a studio to record an album of songs entitled This World, hoping to leave a time capsule of truths about the state of the world that might one day be heard. How to tell the truth in a way that compels people not only to listen and sing along, but to make the changes they haven't? Featuring songs by Berkeley native, Malvina Reynolds, 'The Cassandra Sessions: Recording This World' is a new theater piece about making meaning of the world by making music about it. | — | ||||||
| 6/16/21 | ![]() Let's Talk About Theatre: My H8 Letter to the Gr8 American Theatre | Let's Talk About Theatre will feature interviews with playwrights and other contributing artists of past and future shows. The interviews will be focused on shows from our upcoming 30th Anniversary Season as well as conversations about past programming. Tune in on YouTube or listen to the audio version right here! 'My H8 Letter to the Gr8 American Theatre' playwright Diana Oh appears live with director Mina Morita and TBA director-in-residence Leigh Rondon-Davis, recorded on June 10, 2021. A brutally candid, painful, and bitingly funny play about transparency, honesty, and repairing centuries of damage done in the American theatre industry. Oh's play embraces the power of naming and celebrates truth on a journey toward building a balanced relationship that is no longer oppressive, silencing, and damaging. Music is You Make Your Money Now, written and performed by Diana Oh and Matt Park! | — | ||||||
| 7/8/20 | ![]() Episode 16 - It's not you, it's the story. | Hanah talks with Celeste Martore, set designer of Kill Move Paradise and The Niceties, about the architecture and set design, what makes an oppressive space, and figuring out how to design in the wild world of Zoom. Don't miss our live digital production of The Niceties, this weekend only! Tickets are pay-what-you-can and available here. To see Celeste's design for Kill Move Paradise, and her other work, check out celestemartore.com. For some examples of International Style, i.e. not what Celeste is going for, here's some wikipedia for you all. To support Shotgun, and our ability to keep paying artists in quarantine, visit www.shotgunplayers.org and click "Donate!" Intro music by Dave Malloy, davemalloy.com Outro music by Misner & Smith, misnerandsmith.com | — | ||||||
| 7/1/20 | ![]() Episode 15 - Costume Design with Brooke Jennings | Hanah talks with Brooke Jennings, designer of Arcadia, Vinegar Tom, Henry V, and assistant on Iron Shoes. Learn about helping actors find characters, why you should be kind to costume shop managers, how to make a fake pregnancy belly, and that one time Brooke threw together a whole Regency gown in 48 hours. To see some of Brooke's work at Shotgun, visit our show pages below: Iron Shoes (assisting designer Alina Bokovikova) Arcadia Vinegar Tom To support Shotgun, and our ability to keep paying artists in quarantine, visit www.shotgunplayers.org and click "Donate!" Intro music by Dave Malloy, davemalloy.com Outro music by Misner & Smith, misnerandsmith.com | — | ||||||
| 6/24/20 | ![]() Episode 14 - Lighting in Rep with Ray Oppenheimer | Hanah talks with Ray Oppenheimer about lighting at the Ashby Stage, from The Coast of Utopia to the 2016 Season in Rep. Listen through the end for a meditation on the ethereal nature of light and sound and hot tips for getting the best lighting for your next Zoom call. We talk about a lot of shows and gear in this episode! Click here to see photos. If you haven't heard the The Claim yet, check it out here! And don't miss our panel discussion about black immigration experiences, inspired by The Claim, on YouTube here. To support Shotgun, and our ability to keep paying artists in quarantine, visit www.shotgunplayers.org and click "Donate!" Intro music by Dave Malloy, davemalloy.com Outro music by Misner & Smith, misnerandsmith.com | — | ||||||
| 6/17/20 | ![]() Episode 13 - Sound Design for Theater and Radio | Hanah talks with Sara Witsch (The Claim) and Elton Bradman (Kill Move Paradise) about their recent experiences designing radio plays in quarantine, missing their in-person theater collaborators, and their attempts to compose in harmony with the Ashby Stage air conditioner. If you haven't heard the The Claim yet, check it out here! For more of Elton's work, visit eltonsounds.com and Bass Magazine. For more of Sara's work, visit Sound Play Media. Also check out Sara's recommendation of Unseen, an audio comic with a blind heroine, for blind (and sighted) audiences. To support Shotgun, and our ability to keep paying artists in quarantine, visit www.shotgunplayers.org and click "Donate!" Intro music by Dave Malloy, davemalloy.com Outro music by Misner & Smith, misnerandsmith.com | — | ||||||
| 6/10/20 | ![]() The Claim by Tim Cowbury | We are proud to present this workshop audio performance of The Claim by Tim Cowbury, directed by Rebecca Novick. A bold, imaginative response to the stories of African refugees seeking asylum in the UK, The Claim asks what happens when your life is at stake and all you have to save it are your words. While the theater is closed, we are continuing to pay artists to create online content like this and making it all free or pay-what-you-can to the public. We need your support to make it happen! Please click here to donate. For the best audio experience, we recommend listening with headphones. CastSerge: Kenny Scott A: Soren Santos B: Oluchi Nwokocha Production Team:Playwright: Tim Cowbury Director: Rebecca Novick Sound Designer: Sara Witsch Dialect Coach: Nancy Carlin Sound Effects from the Soundly Database We're planning a live interactive event on June 20 at 5pm to further discuss the issues surrounding the play. To learn more, follow Shotgun Players on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. | — | ||||||
| 5/27/20 | ![]() Episode 11 - Past, Present, and Future with Mark Jackson and Beth Wilmurt | Hanah talks Beth Wilmurt and Mark Jackson about what we carry forward from the past into the future, trying to stay in the present, and how theater may present more opportunities than basketball. To watch the video that inspired this podcast, check out Remember Theatre? It's not required for listening, but it is pretty damn charming. The full-length version of Mark and Beth's production of Kill the Debbie Downers! is also still available here! Please support Shotgun Players during our 2-week Sassafras fundraiser right now! Proceeds go to the "Shotgun stimulus" fund for our 2020 artists affected by the shutdown, and the folks creating online theater for you all to enjoy. Click here for Sassafras or visit www.shotgunplayers.org! Intro music by Dave Malloy, davemalloy.com Outro music by Misner & Smith, misnerandsmith.com | — | ||||||
| 5/20/20 | ![]() Episode 10 - Eurydice Tales with Megan Trout and Kenny Toll | Hanah talks with Kenny Toll and Megan Trout about water slides, backflips, buckets, and even acting in Shotgun Players' 2015 production of Eurydice. For pics from onstage and off, click here. Please support Shotgun Players during our 2-week Sassafras fundraiser right now! Proceeds go to artists creating work on our online platforms until we can get back to the Ashby Stage! Visit shotgunplayers.org and click the Sassafras banner. Intro music by Dave Malloy, davemalloy.com Outro music by Misner & Smith, misnerandsmith.com | — | ||||||
| 5/13/20 | ![]() Episode 9 - Doing All the Jobs with Leigh Rondon-Davis | Hanah talks with Leigh Rondon-Davis about the joys and challenges of doing a million theater jobs, how they got started at Shotgun Players, and one particular night when all the lights went out at the Ashby Stage. For pics, including some never-before-seen from the 2016 "flashlight performance" of Caught, click here. Intro music by Dave Malloy, davemalloy.com Outro music by Misner & Smith, misnerandsmith.com To support Shotgun Players, visit shotgunplayers.org and click "Donate." | — | ||||||
| 5/6/20 | ![]() Episode 8 - Stage Managing Hamlet Roulette | Hanah talks with Heather Kelly-Laws and Nikita Kadam - the Stage Management team from our 2016 Hamlet and many other shows - about the joys of a difficult show, and how some very adept actors saved the day every time. For pics and videos from onstage and off, click here. For the charts that guided the Hamlets (And Ghosts and Gertrudes), click below: Actors' Progress Character Breakdown Scene-Timing Sheet Intro music by Dave Malloy, davemalloy.com Outro music by Misner & Smith, misnerandsmith.com To support Shotgun Players, visit shotgunplayers.org and click "Donate." | — | ||||||
| 4/29/20 | ![]() Episode 7 - Blood and More with Propmaster Devon LaBelle | This week, Hanah is talking with Devon LaBelle about beets and bleach and consulting medical professionals - all part of producing blood effects on stage. Plus - find out exactly how the wedding turned bloody during our 2017 production of Black Rider. For pics and videos related to the podcast, click here. (Warning: contains graphic images of stage blood.) Finally, as promised, the beet-blood recipe: 1/4 cup powdered beets 2 Tablespoons xanthan gum 2 Quarts water Intro music by Dave Malloy, davemalloy.com Outro music by Misner & Smith, misnerandsmith.com To support Shotgun Players, visit shotgunplayers.org and click "donate." | — | ||||||
| 4/22/20 | ![]() Episode 6 - Big Picture by Madeleine George | We are so pleased to offer The Big Picture by Madeleine George (Watson Intelligence, Precious Little) for this week's episode of The Shotgun Players Podcast. This workplace comedy/tragedy explores the relationship one man has to himself, his human resources manager, humanity, and a very unlucky raccoon. Featuring Joe Estlack (Bonnie and Clyde, Woyzeck, Blasted) and Adam Niemann (Henry V, Arcadia) Dale - Joe Estlack Paul - Adam Niemann Music is Neverland by Onycs Intro music by Dave Malloy, davemalloy.com Outro music by Misner & Smith, misnerandsmith.com | — | ||||||
| 4/15/20 | ![]() Episode 5 - Behind the Scenes Interview with Randy Wong-Westbrooke | Director of Production Hanah Zahner-Isenberg interviews scenic designer Randy Wong-Westbrooke about their approach to design, with special focus on The Flick, including where all those darn chairs came from. Click here to see behind-the-scenes photos from The Flick at Shotgun Players, as well as another of Randy's designs, The Daughters at SF Playhouse. To support our work, visit shotgunplayers.org and click "donate"! You can also send ideas and feedback to podcast@shotgunplayers.org. Editing by Hanah Zahner-Isenberg Music Credits: Intro - Dave Malloy, from Beowulf with Shotgun/Banana Bag and Bodice, http://davemalloy.com/ Outro - Misner & Smith, Poor Player, https://misnerandsmith.com/ | — | ||||||
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