Theater Forward

By Jen Uphoff Gray, Julie Swenson, and Mike Fischer | Forward Theater Company

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From Forward Theater Company, a podcast featuring Jen Uphoff Gray, Julie Swenson and Mike Fischer as they discuss theater issues on a local, regional, and national level.

Episode Date
The 2026-27 Season at Forward Theater
May 20, 2026
We're in Love and We Don't Care Who Knows It
Apr 13, 2026
Interview w/ Suzan Fete - Artistic Director of Renaissance Theaterworks
Mar 24, 2026
The Algorithm vs. The Arts: Marketing for Theater in 2026
Feb 25, 2026
The Write Stuff: A Conversation About Developing New Work
Jan 21, 2026
Our 2026 New Year's Theater Resolutions
Dec 22, 2025
What We're Grateful for in 2025
Nov 24, 2025
Interview: Chad Bauman, Milwaukee Repertory Theater Executive Director
Oct 27, 2025
Top 10 Most-Produced Plays & Playwrights in 2025-26
Sep 29, 2025
Discussing Playwright Martyna Majok w/ Directors Marcella Kearns & Jake Penner
Aug 27, 2025
Long Story Short(er): A Debate About LONG PLAYS
Jul 23, 2025
Interview w/ BJ Jones, Northlight Theatre Artistic Director
Jun 27, 2025
Summer Lovin' - What We're Excited to See in 2025
May 19, 2025
Strings Attached: Arts Funding in America
Apr 18, 2025
The 2025-26 Season at Forward Theater
Mar 18, 2025
Fixing the Musical Pipeline: Interview w/ THE GREAT GATSBY's Kait Kerrigan & Nathan Tysen
Feb 28, 2025
Leading vs. Listening
Jan 28, 2025
Dreaming of Streaming
Jan 02, 2025
What We're Grateful for in 2024
Dec 20, 2024
The "Someone's Getting Canceled" Mailbag Episode
Nov 21, 2024
The Most-Produced Plays & Playwrights in America - 2024-25 Edition
Oct 30, 2024
Play Ball: When Sports Meet Theater
Aug 30, 2024
Missing the "Business" in Show Business - TCG Conference 2024
Jul 23, 2024
The State of Theater for Young Audiences
Jun 27, 2024
The Plays That Stay 2024 - Vol. 1
May 29, 2024
What We're Excited to See in 2024-25
Apr 26, 2024
Forward Theater's 2024-25 Season
Mar 20, 2024
Mentors (a Michael Blakemore tribute)
Feb 19, 2024
No Longer a World Premiere...Now What? - Interview w/ Samuel Hunter
Jan 15, 2024
The Best of 2023
Dec 12, 2023
The Art of Making Money in Theater
Nov 22, 2023
What We’re Looking Forward to in 2023-24
Oct 18, 2023
Accessibility & ASL Interpretation
Sep 25, 2023
Hot Take: We Are Surviving (and Thriving).
Aug 11, 2023
Where is the Next Generation of Technical Artists?
Jul 18, 2023
Producing in a Post-Dobbs Decision Era
Jul 14, 2023
The Plays That Stay 2023, Vol. 1
Jun 09, 2023
We’ve Got a Beef With ”World Premieres”
May 10, 2023
Choosing Our 2023-24 Season
Apr 26, 2023
Interview w/ Playwright Lauren Gunderson
Apr 05, 2023
Fast Times at Understudy High
Mar 22, 2023
World Premiere Wisconsin
Mar 03, 2023
The State of Theater for Transgender & Non-Binary Artists
Feb 15, 2023
Emerging Directors
Feb 01, 2023
A Look Back at 2022
Dec 28, 2022
A Closer Look: The Board of Directors
Dec 20, 2022
Making Accessibility the New Normal
Nov 30, 2022
State of the Arts (in Education)
Nov 01, 2022
Most Produced Playwrights in America, 22-23
Oct 12, 2022
”There is No Backstage” - Interview w/ Linda Stephens
Sep 26, 2022
The ’Hamilton’ Debacle - Copyright Takes the Spotlight
Aug 30, 2022
Summer Lovin’ - Interview with American Players Theatre and Northern Sky
Aug 15, 2022
Interview w/ Ten Chimneys’ Randy Bryant
Jul 19, 2022
Our Hot Summer Mailbag Episode
Jun 23, 2022
Theater Needs a Check-Up
Jun 02, 2022
All About Our WI Wrights New Play Festival
May 13, 2022
Announcing Our 2022-23 Season
Apr 13, 2022
Desperately Seeking (New) Scripts
Mar 25, 2022
The Talkback Strikes Back
Mar 10, 2022
Lovin’ on Stage: Our Favorite ”Love Plays”
Feb 10, 2022
What the Heck is Going On?
Feb 02, 2022
The Plays That Stay, Vol. 5
Jan 13, 2022
”We made it” - Looking back at 2021.
Dec 20, 2021
Seeking Actors (With Instagram Followers)
Dec 09, 2021
What We‘re Thankful For in 2021
Nov 23, 2021
Remounting a COVID Casualty Production (The Amateurs)
Nov 01, 2021
Super Mailbag Episode - October 2021
Oct 20, 2021
Show Me The Money
Oct 05, 2021
Dramaturgy & Adrienne Kennedy
Sep 14, 2021
Interview w/ Marti Gobel & Baron Kelly
Sep 07, 2021
The Plays That Stay, Vol.4
Aug 24, 2021
Relegated to Summerstock
Aug 16, 2021
The Plays That Stay, Vol. 3
Jul 30, 2021
On the Fast Track to In-Person Theater
Jul 13, 2021
The Plays That Stay, Vol.2
Jul 01, 2021
Monologues 101
Jun 16, 2021
The Plays That Stay, Vol. 1
May 28, 2021
Interview w/ Writers of '46 Plays for America's First Ladies'
May 12, 2021
The 2021-22 Season at Forward Theater
May 02, 2021
Interview w/ Jen Uphoff Gray & Jake Penner
Apr 19, 2021
Rehearsing In-Person: Interview w/ Cast of Lewiston/Clarkston
Apr 12, 2021
Flyover Country (or The Urban/Rural Divide)
Mar 15, 2021
Identity-Conscious Casting
Mar 04, 2021
Where Do We Go From Here?
Feb 17, 2021
Interview w/ Howard Sherman
Feb 02, 2021
Interview w/ Christie Chiles Twillie
Jan 14, 2021
Best of 2020 (no, really)
Dec 21, 2020
#Enough - Interview with Michael Cotey
Dec 11, 2020
Union Beefs & Time Travel: The Mailbag Episode!
Dec 01, 2020
Safety First: Interview w/ Jared Clarkin of Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Nov 03, 2020
Political Plays
Oct 21, 2020
The Ones That Got Away
Oct 07, 2020
Our Guide to Creating Digital Theater
Sep 17, 2020
Gender Parity vs. Parody
Sep 03, 2020
Detroit Public Theatre - Interview With Courtney Burkett
Aug 20, 2020
The Future of Arts Education is...Strong, Actually.
Aug 04, 2020
Decisions, Decisions...
Jul 28, 2020
Zooming Your Theater Season Like a Boss
Jul 03, 2020
Podcasts We Love: Blacker the Berry
Jun 23, 2020
Our Favorite Live Theater Experiences
Jun 09, 2020