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The San Diego Theatre Critic Circle Podcast hosted by David Coddon and Alejandra Enciso
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Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Director, choreographer, and Old Globe Resident Artist James Vásquez, joins Downstage to discuss what directing a show looks like and what projects he has coming up.
David and Alejandra talk about the timeframes between seeing a show and posting a review with all its in-betweens as well as shows they have seen recently and what is coming up in San Diego Theatre.
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We will see you at the theatre!
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
In this episode, the wonderful Melanie Chen-Cole takes us through the world of sound design, explaining thoroughly how her process is when working on a show.
We also welcome one of our fellow critics, the most recent member, and Circle Secretary: Cassiopeia Guthrie, and we chat about her vast theatre background, theatre criticism, ticket prices, and audiences.
It is definitely another great one!
Thank you for joining us and if you do not follow us on social media already, please do so on Facebook and Instagram for more Circle content!
We will see you at the theatre!
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
We welcome former Circle member and beloved theatre critic who wrote wonderful reviews at the San Diego Union Tribune, Jim Hebert who ventured into the tourism world and is very happy over there.
David and Alejandra discuss theatre etiquette in San Diego and what is happening with the Civic Theatre, as well as some fun trivia.
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A new episode drops every other Monday! Thank you for listening!
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
We welcome two VIP guests to this episode, ErinMarie Reiter the new President of the SD Theatre Critics Circle, and Kandace Crystal, actor, director, and intimacy director who during our taping was in New York working on her certification for ID.
ErinMarie shares her background in theatre, why she believes in it, and her story with the Circle.
We discussed with Kandace the nature of Intimacy Direction, how it looks to have an ID in the room, and whether is it viable to have one as a resident.
David and Alejandra talk about the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and its announcement about suspending the running season as well as the future of theatre in general.
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Downstage is the new San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Podcast.
In this first episode, your hosts David and Alejandra discuss their journey into theatre, where they write, and when they joined the Circle.
An introduction to the Critics Circle's yearly event: The Craig Noel Awards.
A recap of the Circle and San Diego Theatre since de Pandemic, the new members who came in, and members that left.
What is a passion vote?
A new episode will air every other week.
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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