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"How Far...:" Kimberly Gilbert, Actor
Jun 1, 2026
44m 55s
"An Open Space:" Stefan Sittig, Choreographer, Writer, and ‘Third Chorus Boy from the Left’
Apr 30, 2026
56m 00s
"A Cultural Memory:" Elgin Martin and Nicole Hertvik, DCTA
Apr 14, 2026
37m 25s
"Many Ways In:" Danisha Crosby and Round House Theatre
Mar 21, 2026
39m 49s
"All the Notes:" KOKAYI, Musician, Producer, and Artist
Mar 12, 2026
38m 20s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/1/26 | ![]() "How Far...:" Kimberly Gilbert, Actor✨ | theateracting+3 | Kimberly Gilbert | Round HouseWoolly Mammoth+3 | DCDC theater+1 | Kimberly GilbertDC theater+6 | — | 44m 55s | |
| 4/30/26 | ![]() "An Open Space:" Stefan Sittig, Choreographer, Writer, and ‘Third Chorus Boy from the Left’✨ | choreographymusical theatre+4 | Stefan Sittig | Methuen DramaLatinidad in Musical Theatre | DCDMV+1 | choreographerfight director+5 | — | 56m 00s | |
| 4/14/26 | ![]() "A Cultural Memory:" Elgin Martin and Nicole Hertvik, DCTA✨ | theater journalismarts coverage+3 | Elgin MartinNicole Hertvik | DC Theater ArtsThe Washington Post | — | theaterjournalism+6 | — | 37m 25s | |
| 3/21/26 | ![]() "Many Ways In:" Danisha Crosby and Round House Theatre✨ | theater educationcollaboration+4 | Danisha CrosbyAlexander Weiss | Round House TheatreAt the End of the World | — | theater educationRound House Theatre+5 | — | 39m 49s | |
| 3/12/26 | ![]() "All the Notes:" KOKAYI, Musician, Producer, and Artist✨ | musictheater+3 | KOKAYI | FolgerMosaic+2 | — | KOKAYImusic+5 | — | 38m 20s | |
| 1/14/26 | ![]() "Invite People In:" Karen Ann Daniels and the Folger Shakespeare Library✨ | Shakespearetheater+3 | Karen Ann Daniels | Folger Shakespeare LibraryAs You Like It | — | Folger Shakespeare LibraryKaren Ann Daniels+5 | — | 48m 47s | |
| 12/24/25 | ![]() "Use Their Voices:" Elizabeth Dinkova, Director, Adaptor, Leader, and Educator✨ | theater directionartistic leadership+4 | Elizabeth Dinkova | Spooky Action Theaterelizabethdinkova.com+1 | Sandanski, BulgariaOregon+3 | Elizabeth Dinkovatheater+6 | — | 47m 08s | |
| 12/11/25 | ![]() "So Much to Go See:" Em & Alexis, Audience Members Extraordinaire✨ | theater accessibilityaudience engagement+3 | AlexisEm | DC Theater SocialDC Theatre Goer+1 | — | theaterDMV+5 | — | 41m 10s | |
| 11/26/25 | ![]() "Get in the Room:" Ryan Sellers, Actor, Mover, and Shaker✨ | theateracting+3 | Ryan Sellers | Synetic TheaterAdventure Theater+5 | — | Ryan SellersDMV theater+5 | — | 44m 57s | |
| 11/13/25 | ![]() "Everything Informs Design:" Jonathan Dahm Robertson, Designer and Technical Director✨ | set designtheater production+4 | Jonathan Dahm Robertson | United Scenic ArtistLocal 289+5 | — | set designtheater+5 | — | 42m 35s | |
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| 9/11/25 | ![]() Ask Me Anything: Chad Dexter Kinsman with Erin Murray✨ | Ask Me Anythingdramaturgy+3 | Erin Murray | — | Seattle, Washington | dramaturgyarts journalism+4 | — | 52m 10s | |
| 5/16/25 | ![]() "Quality of Work:" Luke Hartwood, Designer and Performer✨ | puppet designfreelance artistry+3 | Luke Hartwood | George MasonKeegan+2 | — | puppetrytheater+3 | — | 44m 23s | |
| 5/1/25 | ![]() "Act Things Out:" Mollie Greenberg, Actor and Educator | Mollie Greenberg is many things--an actor, a puppeteer, a teaching artist, and an emerging director. She's also a recovering 'shy kid,' who found theater as a way to learn more about herself and others. That curiosity has led Mollie to try--and excel, IMHO--many new things, from going to an open call at The Puppet Co., to directing her first show there, and now starting Ingrid & Mollie. The way she talks about how her various practices inform one another and continue to push her towards new projects is inspiring, as is how much she champions having fun while making theater. Learn more about Mollie's background, experiences, and credits at molliegreenberg.com, and follow her at @gollymollie. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 4/17/25 | ![]() "Take a Risk": Caleen Sinnette Jennings, Playwright and Educator | Caleen Sinnette Jennings is an award-winning playwright and Professor of Theatre Emerita at American University. Theaters across the country have produced her celebrated Queens Girl trilogy, including Theatre J, Mosaic Theatre, Everyman Theatre, Clackamas Repertory Theatre, and Hangar Theatre. Her plays of all lengths have regularly been published and anthologized. She has received commissions from the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Round House, and others. A multiple Helen Hayes-nominee, Prof. Jennings was also founding member of the DC playwrights’ collective The Welders. During her 31-year tenure at AU, she served as the Director of the Theatre/Musical Theatre Program and Chair of the Department of Performing Arts, winning the university’s Scholar/Teacher of the Year in 2003. Prof. Jennings has been a faculty member of the Folger Shakespeare Library's Teaching Shakespeare Institute since 1994. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 3/27/25 | ![]() “In Pursuit of Something Brilliant”: Danica Rodriguez, Casting Director | If there’s one part of the theatrical process that can be mysterious, scary, and unfair, it’s casting. Danica Rodriguez is here to change all of that. A native New Yorker, Danica worked in casting for television and theater, including for the Public Theater, before becoming the resident casting director of the esteemed Shakespeare Theatre Company in fall 2021. An open, joyful, and canny person, Danica is perfectly suited to her role and her mission of championing representation, authenticity, nuance and specificity on stage. “The goal of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.” - Toni Cade BambaraLearn more about Danica’s background, experiences, and values at danicarodriguez.com, and follow her at @danicarodriguezcasting. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 2/6/25 | ![]() "Planning Ahead:" Che Wernsman, Stage Manager | Who can carry on four conversations at once, keep track of an ever-growing list of props and ques, and fix the plot hole in the second act? A stage manager, and Che Wernsman is one of the best in the DMV. The resident SM at Round House Theatre, Che shares her journey to become an equity stage manager, her thoughts on why military members make great theater makers, and how SMs maintain the integrity of a show over its run. We also discuss important changes in tech and rehearsal processes to take better care of crew members, and more. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 1/11/25 | ![]() "The Space of the Ecstatic:" Eric Ruffin, Director and Educator | Eric Ruffin is a professor of theatre arts at Howard University, focusing on acting and directing. A Howard alum himself, he has helmed productions at Mosaic Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, 1st Stage, African Continuum Theatre Company, Imagination Stage, the Kennedy Center, and more. His 2015 production of Langston Hughes' Black Nativity with Theater Alliance won three Helen Hayes Awards. A gregarious and charming interlocutor, Eric discusses the importance of Howard to the American entertainment industry, how love and transcendence should be central to the theatrical experience, and the kind of work we need to make today. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 12/27/24 | ![]() "Theater is a Service": Shanara Gabrielle and Theater Alliance | Shanara Gabrielle is a force for good in the DC theater scene. Since planting roots here in 2017, she has worked as an actor, director, and cultural producer across our region, and in July 2024, became the producing artistic director of Theater Alliance, which specializes in socially conscious, thought-provoking work. We discuss how the company is settling into their new venue, the values that underpin theater, the need for theaters to understand and support their community, and how the non-profit model could use a re-thinking. Learn more about Shanara on her website, shanaragabrielle.com, follow her on Instagram at @shanaragabrielle, and check out Theater Alliance's website, theateralliance.com. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 12/12/24 | ![]() "Physicalizing the Gesture": Sierra Young, Violence and Intimacy Director | Sierra Young is a multi-hyphenate artist known for her violence and intimacy direction, as well as an actor and director. A graduate of Howard Community College and UMBC, where she worked with Chelsea Pace, Sierra quickly established her credentials and reputation in the DC/Baltimore area. In our conversation, she emphasizes the importance of cultural competency, trauma-informed practices, and sustainability in her work. She addresses the priorities and best practices of intimacy direction, including the need for clear communication and boundaries, and the role of consent and anti-racism in her practice. She also discusses her experiences working with students and her work as a director.Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 10/31/24 | ![]() "In the Hot Seat:" Alberto Segarra, Lighting Designer | Alberto Segarra is a lighting designer in the DMV who has probably illuminated almost as many people and places as the sun. He has designed in theaters of all shapes and sizes all over the District, as well as across the country, and won a Helen Hayes Award for his work on The Honey Trap with Solas Nua in 2024. We discuss his creative process, from first reading the script to the long, long hours of teching a show, as well as the differences in working with actors, dancers, and opera singers. He also talks about the past, present, and future of lighting design. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 10/18/24 | ![]() "Hoping for Magic:" Rebecca Ritzel, Writer | Arts journalist Rebecca Ritzel discusses her journey from early childhood storytelling to becoming a first-rate journalist and critic, adept at reviewing a wide range of performing arts as well as investigative and preview articles. A brilliant setter of scenes, Rebecca invites her readers into the theater with her, to experience the work from her point of view. Our conversation includes her perspectives on DEI in arts journalism, her experiences with conflicts of interest and other ethical considerations for arts journalists, and how critics can serve as advocates, witnesses, and memory holders for local arts scenes. We also discuss making and seeing work in DC—including which production Ruth Bader Ginsburg saw four times—and the changes Rebecca has seen over her time in DC. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 5/23/24 | ![]() "The First Connection:" Joy Johnson and Folger Theatre | No one has likely welcomed more audience members to DC theaters than Joy Johnson, and certainly no one has done it with more humor, grace, and compassion than Joy. A patron services professional in the District for almost 20 years--first at Shakespeare Theatre and now the Folger Library--she knows what makes a good box office employee, the supportive and risk-taking nature of DC audiences, how gatekeepers need to leverage their positions to better welcome new patrons and artists, and how to remove stage blood from the patron in the 4th row's clothes. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 5/9/24 | ![]() "Building Big Things:" Shonali Burke and Arena Stage | Shonali Burke is the Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Arena Stage, one of the largest and most prominent theater companies in the District. Trained as an actor and director in her native India, Shonali is today one of the best in the business of understanding and applying analytics. Adept in all things PR and marketing, she discusses content development, how data crunching is a form of listening, measuring and understanding patron relationships, Arena Stage's role in the redevelopment of the Wharf neighborhood, and serving on boards. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 4/11/24 | ![]() "At the Forefront": James J. Johnson, Actor and Writer | James J. Johnson has been bringing his blend of charm, poise, and humor to roles across DMV stages for almost 30 years, working at companies such as the African Continuum Theatre, Arena Stage, Imagination Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Theater J, and Keegan. Now making his name as a playwright--with his play, Wannabe, debuting at the 2024 Capital Fringe Festival and Central Time with Mosaic's H Street Oral History Project--he is also an established educator and audiobook narrator. He shares the growth in opportunities for Black artists he's witnessed over his career, how he stays motivated while working on multiple projects at once, his love of standup, and growing up with a community of peer artists. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
| 3/28/24 | ![]() "Let's See What Happens": Chani Wereley, Actor | Chani Wereley is one of the most versatile and talented performers in the DMV. After attending Young Artists of America in Maryland and Catholic University in DC, they've racked up an astonishing number and variety of projects, from new musicals to classic plays to her own cabaret triptych, HARD TIMES. Currently starring as Audrey in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Ford's Theatre, Chani is without a doubt an artist whose continued rise will be well worth the watch. She shares her STEM to stage journey, a few of their favorite people, and how to be a flexible and adaptable artist. Send Dex a text!Be sure to follow and connect with the show on Instagram: @theater_district | — | ||||||
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