Theater artist and church elder Seth Willis conducts post-show talkback services at the Family of Christ Presbyterian Church in Greeley, CO, home of the Greeley Garage Sale Theater, connecting the art of the theater to the mission of the congregation in both profound and emotional ways. Willis, whose production of Christopher Trumbo's Red, White, and Blacklisted runs October 23-24 & 30-31, 2026, discusses how the particular ritual came to be, his own background with both theology and the arts; the beauty of unanticipated depth and connection; and the brilliant and generous understanding that “wisdom literature” comes in many forms. (Length 21:52)

Playwright Sara Farrington, whose terrific two-hander "Look Out" has just dropped from Broadway Play Publishing, also writes the most excellent Substack "Theater Is Hard," wherein she writes entertainingly and usefully about not only the difficulties of the artistic process but the business process as well. Sara shares the blessing and curse of playwrights not having bosses; how theater's limitations are what make it an amazing art form; the way in which the audience is always complicit in the theater’s art of “collective imagination;” how there needs to be an “injection of inevitability” in everything; being inspired by both Eugene O’Neill and the Wooster Group; the dangers of explaining everything and related critiques of Stephen Sondheim; and how we're both big fans of those Aristotelian unities, baby. (Length 22:35)

RSC actor Joseph Maudsley (William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)) talks about his solo show Biff to the Future, which celebrates the epic Back to the Future trilogy from the point of view of Biff Tannen, the bully in all three movies. Joe shares how Biff came to life through his experience performing with Oddsocks, Potted Potter, and the RSC; how he made new discoveries in the sacred texts; how he honors the craving to make rehearsed text sound spontaneous every single time; the power of creating your own work; leveling up from reduced production values to more elaborate stage magic; how his Biff characterization was equally inspired by original Biff actor Tom Wilson; and how you absolutely can’t hide when performing a one-person show. (Length 23:15)