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Listen to conversations with New York's most exciting indie theater artists. It all comes from The Tank - a home for New York’s emerging artists and experimental work across many disciplines.

Tanked! 46 - Gi60: The International One Minute Theatre Festival 06/30/2023

Tanked! 46 - Gi60: The International One Minute Theatre Festival Guests Steve Ansell and Rose Burnett Bonczek have a conversation with MF about the history of Gi60: The International One Minute Theatre Festival before a touching tribute to Gi60 almuni Christopher Thomasson and Mike Flanagan; as well as a special announcement. This episode also includes recordings of Gi60 plays "Hide and Seek" by Jonathan Hadley, with Helen Huff and Vincent Ingrisano; "Top Story" by Tom Misuraca, with Yuliya Orkis and Mickey Ryan; and "Ebb and Flow" by Ted Wenskus with Jay Nickerson and Sabra Shelly. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/27337077

45- Welcome to Clowntown 05/11/2023

45- Welcome to Clowntown Catch the final performances of Welcome to Clowntown this weekend! /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/26815059

44 Rough Trade 04/05/2023

44 Rough Trade Kev Berry and Alex Tobey join MF and JL to talk about the newsest Tank Core Production - Rough Trade. Final Performances this weekend! /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/26452545

43 Song Of Joy 01/27/2023

43 Song Of Joy Carol Mazhuvancheril and Nick J. Browne join Johnny G. Lloyd to talk about the new Tank Core Production - Song Of Joy! Catch the final performances this weekend! /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/25751022

42 Vatican Falls 11/18/2022

42 Vatican Falls This month MF and JL speak with Frank J. Avellla and Ace Young, the playwright/director and the star behind Vatican Falls. Based on factual accounts, spanning decades and set against the backdrop of the continuously-swelling Catholic sex abuse scandal, VATICAN FALLS is a sweeping multi-genre work that follows survivor journeys examining the feelings of shame and confusion that ultimately turn to anger and revenge. This fast-paced, non-linear suspense-thriller jets from Boston to Rome to New York to Los Angeles as our radicalized protagonist falls in love with a Vatican operative and, along with his Fellowship, plots vengeance on the institutional power players that allowed the rape and torture of countless children and young adults. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/25063002

41 Simon and His Shoes 10/20/2022

41 Simon and His Shoes JL returns to Tanked! to join MF in a conversation with Stephanie Singer and Laurel Haines, the duo behind the new "shoesical" Simon and His Shoes. They're also joined by Mery Cheung, a member of The Ladies of Mischief- the team behind designing the original puppets - who also appear in the show as puppeteers! Simon and His Shoes is running every Saturday and Sunday at The Tank in October. Can't get these tunes out of your head? The Simon Original Cast Recording is out on Spotify now! /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/24750753

40 Body Through Which the Dream Flows 10/05/2022

40 Body Through Which the Dream Flows MF talks with Soomi Kim - the co-director and choreogrpaher of Body Through Which the Dream Flows, the first show of the Tank's 2022/2023 season. Body Through Which the Dream Flows is running now through 10/16. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/24597219

39 - Don't Do This to Us 08/23/2022

39 - Don't Do This to Us Tanked is back! MF is joined by playwright Stephanie Swirsky and director Tasha Gordon-Solmon to discuss the new Tank Co-Production, "Don't Do This To Us". Catch "Don't Do This to Us" at the Tank now through Aug 28. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/24146514

38 Homecoming Gala 06/03/2022

38 Homecoming Gala MF talks to two 2022 gala honorees: Tank co-founder and board member Mike Rosenthal and A Simple Herstory's Jocelyn Kuritsky /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/23319248

37 War Stories 05/20/2022

37 War Stories Playwright Marthe Rachel Gold and director Christina Roussos join Johnny to discuss WAR STORIES, the final show of the Homecoming season. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/23176250

36 In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY 05/05/2022

36 In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY Johnny and MF talk with Carlotta Brentan, translator for THE LAND OF SWOLLEN FACES and HIDE AND SEEK and the director of HIDE AND SEEK, and Laura Caparrotti and Jay Stern, co-directors of THE LAND OF SWOLLEN FACES. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/23015222

35 Homecoming: Dance 04/27/2022

35 Homecoming: Dance Johnny and MF speak with directors and choreographers Marc Nuñez and Candace Brown about Homecoming: Dance, part of The Tank's 2022 Homecoming season! /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/22922384

34 FILIKI ETERIA 04/20/2022

34 FILIKI ETERIA Johnny and MF speak with co-writer Aris Asproulis and co-writer/director Ioli Andreadi about the international presentation FILIKI ETERIA: THE BROTHERHOOD BEHIND THE REVOLUTION, part of The Tank's 2022 Homecoming season! /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/22848308

33 FEAST. 03/23/2022

33 FEAST. Johnny and MF speak with co-creators Christina Tang, Anna Jastrzembski, and Carsen Joenk about their exciting interactive digital experience FEAST., part of The Tank's 2022 Homecoming season! /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/22533506

32 Glass Town 03/10/2022

32 Glass Town Johnny and MF speak with Miriam Pultro, composer and performer from the Homecoming season opener GLASS TOWN. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/22407302

31 Prometheus Bound 03/31/2021

31 Prometheus Bound Johnny, Dani and MF interview the creative team behind The Tank's world premiere film of Prometheus Bound -adapted from Aeschylus by Howard Rubenstein and coproduced with Iris Media Works. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/18556868

30 A Simple Herstory 11/17/2020

30 A Simple Herstory Hear from many members from the team of The Tank's new podcast A Simple Herstory, a show that goes into the stories of all the women who have run for president of the United States. Hear details about these fascinating figures they are examining and the brilliant way they have brought all these ideas together /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/16804964

29 Kev Berry and Alex Tobey: Harsh Cacophonies 11/10/2020

29 Kev Berry and Alex Tobey: Harsh Cacophonies Kev Berry is often referred to as the ghost that roams the halls of the Tank. Well, he's back in the theater with his new one-person show Harsh Cacophonies, and he took some time to talk with us about how the show came to be, what its been like adapting for the live-stream audience, and his dreams of floating soda streams /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/16742555

28 Puppet Playlist 05/28/2020

28 Puppet Playlist Can you believe it's been 11 years already? /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/14602133

27 The Ladies of Mischief: Puppet Spread 05/18/2020

27 The Ladies of Mischief: Puppet Spread Julia Darden, Christina Rodriguez, and Mery Cheung join us to talk about their new Puppet talk show / variety show / extravaganza. We hear what fun puppetry they have in store as well as how puppetry is adapting and changing in this time. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/14465270

26 Andrea Coleman: Tank 2020 Gala 05/11/2020

26 Andrea Coleman: Tank 2020 Gala Andrea Coleman is the host of the Wack or Woke at The Tank, where she an a group of comedians dig into different laws. Why? because in addition to being a comedian with The Armory Andrea is a lawyer! Hear her path to comedy and the law as well as some exciting news about The Tank's upcoming virtual gala /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/14368994

25 Ivan Anderson: Email Pro 05/04/2020

25 Ivan Anderson: Email Pro E-mail based content: it's what we all need more of. We talk with the creator and host of Email Pro, Ivan Anderson, to discuss his show full of parodies of spam, parodies of self-help, absurd distortions of what it’s like to be a person, and frantic attempts to tell the truth and be helpful. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/14271944

24 CyberTank 04/27/2020

24 CyberTank We're still here! We're still making art! We're still supporting emerging artists! All digitally. Hear how we have shifted during this time of isolation and quarantine, how we are moving forward, and how Frozen 2 is poignantly applicable. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/14162336

23 Birthday In The Bronx 02/25/2020

23 Birthday In The Bronx This new play about a Puerto Rican girl who grew up in the South Bronx and received a fancy scholarship to a pretty much all-white prep school is based on the true story of Raquel Millan. In this episode we sit down with Raquel along with playwright Paul Hufker and director Michaela Escarcega to talk about how they have crafted this play, how they are incorporating Raquel's history into the piece, and how they are diverging from reality /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/13110029

22 Johnny Lloyd and Will Steinberger: Or, An Astronaut Play 01/16/2020

22 Johnny Lloyd and Will Steinberger: Or, An Astronaut Play Space Jam! Earth 2! Exploding Suns! This podcast has it all. We talk about the vastness of space, the depth of humor, and why Or, An Astronaut Play is so thoroughly compelling. This new play about astronaut school run through January 26th at The Tank. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/12760430

21 Ran Xia, Alyssa Simon, Finn Kilgore: In Blue 11/26/2019

21 Ran Xia, Alyssa Simon, Finn Kilgore: In Blue We talk art in this art about art about art. In Blue explores the complex and sprawling relationship between Franz Marc and Else Lasker-Schüler. The actors playing these roles plus the creator of the show, Ran Xia, talk with Danielle about how so much art has made its way into the play and how they're trying to get it back out through the show. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/12181499

20 Sara and Reid Farrington: BrandoCapote 11/15/2019

20 Sara and Reid Farrington: BrandoCapote "This show kicked my ass!" /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/12045614

BONUS Julianne Schaub: The Fifth Vital Sign 10/30/2019

BONUS Julianne Schaub: The Fifth Vital Sign In this mini episode, Meghan chats with one of the directors from the team of a short-running show this weekend at The Tank. This show is facing the topics of addiction and the opioid epidemic not only through the visibility the plays provide but also through partnering with Shatterproof to transform addiction treatment throughout the country. For more, visit www.Shatterproof.org /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/11835923

19 EllaRose Chary and Brandon James Gwinn: The Seance Machine 10/15/2019

19 EllaRose Chary and Brandon James Gwinn: The Seance Machine It's spooky season at The Tank! Our beautiful Tank-aret curators and Tank family Brandon and Ella have created a poignant, innovative, and interactive show specifically for our blackbox theater, and they can't wait to tell you all about it /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/11645198

18 Tonya Pinkins: Truth and Reconciliation 09/25/2019

18 Tonya Pinkins: Truth and Reconciliation We are back with a new season of theater, a new season of Tanked!, and a new co-host. Meghan and Danielle sit down with award-winning multi-hyphenate Tonya Pinkins about her remarkable collection of plays coming to The Tank for one week only. They discuss the genesis of this project in the midst of the Time's Up movement and the genuine power and importance of reconciliation between women. /episode/index/show/thetanknyc/id/11390675

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