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The San Diego Theatre Critic Circle Podcast hosted by David Coddon and Alejandra Enciso
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Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
In this special episode, we discuss the Craig Noel Awards, what we are looking forward to seeing in the first half of 2024. We host our new Critic Circle member Makayla Hoppe and our President, ErinMarie Reiter recaps our programs and how the year is looking for the circle.
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Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
David and Alejandra discuss some of their top 10 shows of 2023.
Our Circle president ErinMarie Reiter and our secretary Cassiopeia Guthrie stopped by to discuss Circle updates and what to look forward to next year.
That is a wrap for this year, everybody!
Will hear each other in January!
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Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
It is episode ELEVEN! Thank you everyone for tuning in!
David Coddon is off this episode and instead, SDTCC Treasurer extraordinaire Cassiopeia Guthrie is co-hosting with Alejandra.
We have Stage manager Ali Flores who talks about her journey in theatre as well as a social media influencer talking about THEATRE,
Cassiopeia and Alejandra discuss the shows coming up as well as the Christmas shows for the season.
Let us know if there are any specific topics you would like us to talk about in the show. Like David says, "We are here to listen and discuss".
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Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Our guest for this episode is MOXIE Theatre's Executive Artistic Director, Desireé Clarke Miller who shares her coming into this role and following the company's mission while in her new tenor aiming to continue presenting diverse and honest images of women+ onstage. She also shares how she broke the stigmas in theatre for what women can and cannot do. What is coming next for MOXIE, turning 20 next year, and how theatre can be a therapeutic tool for catharsis.
David and Alejandra hash out the theatre etiquette per usual and go into theatre appreciation.
They talk about the shows closing in San Diego this weekend along with their impressions and the shows that are opening.
Thank you for tuning in and coming up to us with your takes on the episodes! Let us know if there are any specific topics you would like us to talk about in the show. Like David said, "We are here to listen and discuss".
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Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Two amazing guests grace this episode, Theatre Critic Circle Member, David Dixon joins Downstage to discuss what theatre and theatre criticism means to him and, as the younger member of the circle, Dixon shares an interesting perspective regarding promotional dynamics in theatre for younger audiences.
Phil Johnson, Artistic Director, Writer, and Actor joins the episode to discuss his latest project, directing 39 Steps, a production taking place at Scripps Ranch Theatre, and, his own company The Roustabouts.
David and Alejandra discuss whether theatre critics have a responsibility for selling tickets to shows they review.
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
In this episode, we welcome Kevin "Blax" Burroughs who will walk us through his various artistic responsibilities such as:
- Teatro San Diego's Resident Lighting Designer, Production Manager, Co-Founder, and Artistic Director.
- Oceanside Theatre Company's Associate Artistic Director.
As well as his current projects.
David and Alejandra offer a brief glimpse of how the dynamic looks working with publicists when reviewing a show and how productions come about while choosing classic work versus new work.
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Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
In this episode, our guest and former Critics Circle president and SD Union-Tribune theatre and food critic, Pam Kragen takes us through a brief history of the SD Theatre Critics Circle. Her review process and approach when seeing a show and why having theatre critics is important.
David and Alejandra discuss the recent events at a Denver Theatre as well as the article: Broadway Producer Emanuel Azenberg: “We’ve chased away an audience.”
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Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
We mixed it up on this episode and had our two very special guests, choreographer DJ Gray and Playwright/Performer Keiko Green in one fun segment where we listened to each of their valuable perspectives on what is happening with theatre currently, as well as their impressive careers and upcoming projects. DJ recently worked the titanic double task of choreographing and directing Moonlight Stage's production of 42nd Street, and Keiko has had a pretty full year, especially in San Diego with the debut of her plays Exotic Deadly or the MSG Play at The Old Globe and Sharon at Cygnet Theatre. As well as acting in Sharon, Keiko also was part of the cast in Backyard Renaissance Theatre's production of God of Carnage.
David and Alejandra discuss what they recently saw on the San Diego theatre stages and what they are looking forward to seeing.
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The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle
The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle is dedicated to promoting theater as an art form and a 2,500-year-old cultural necessity. We endeavor to elevate theater criticism by providing informed, unbiased reviews, based on education and experience, to help audiences expand their knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of theater and theater criticism. We want to serve as a regional informed panel of experts who are professionally qualified to encourage the theater-going public to learn more about the theater being produced in San Diego, to be more adventurous in their theater-going, and to support the local theaters by attending more shows.
We are committed to finding, encouraging, and mentoring the next generation of diverse theater critics. With our annual, gender-neutral Awards for Excellence in Theatre, we honor professional and upcoming theater makers, in the name of our award’s namesake, Craig Noel, the founding father of San Diego’s professional theater community.
Podcast Hosts
Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti is a Binational Consultant in communications through PR, Production, and Translations. Founder of Enciso Consulting, a boutique firm that has worked on binational endeavors in the Tijuana-San Diego border for over 10 years with different clients like Broadway San Diego, La Jolla Playhouse, Moxie Theatre, The Old Globe, California Ballet, Tijuana Hace Teatro, Theatre Communications Group, and more. Alejandra also has been a reporter for 15+ years covering arts and entertainment in different media outlets as well as the bilingual blog www.FromAnother0.com and www.DesdeOtro0.com Since 2020, she has been hosting a biweekly podcast in Spanish Desde Otro 0 and its alter ego in English From Another 0. A safe space dedicated to the arts and the industry.
David L. Coddon is a longtime voice on the San Diego arts, entertainment and cultural scene. The former editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune’s “Currents Weekend” and “Night&Day” sections, he wrote a popular column on the arts, “For What It’s Worth,” and chronicled in particular the glitter and impetuosity of the film industry. Following nine years as theater critic for San Diego CityBeat, he is now the author of his own theater-review blog, “Stage West,” and the writer/editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune’s weekly Arts & Culture newsletter. He possesses a BA in journalism from the University of Southern California and an MFA in Creative Writing from San Diego State University, where he is today an instructor in journalism. His reviews are archived on his website davidcoddon.com