AMT Talks is a free curated series of conversations featuring unique perspectives from people within a broad spectrum of the arts, humanities, and many other professions covering the landscape of daily life. From performers to plumbers, from writers to welders, AMT Talks encourages insight, discussion, and an intimate dive into our daily work lives.
AMT Talks with Laura Flanders
Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends (formerly The Laura Flanders Show), which airs on PBS stations nationwide.
The Whole World Passes Through with Robin Hirsch
Robin Hirsch discusses his 41 years at the helm of the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village where he produced some 700 shows a year.
AMT Talks with Tyler Thomas
Director and theater maker Tyler Thomas discusses her work with the Commissary, a theater collective formed during the pandemic to investigate conversations (both seminal and unheard) between radical black writers and artists of the late 20th century, as they devise strategies for survival, liberation, and transformation.
AMT Talks with Emily Coates & Ain Gordon
Writer/choreographer/dancer Emily Coates and writer/director/actor Ain Gordon embark on their 2nd collaboration sourcing archival traces of ballet histories found in bodies and texts across New England.
My Life Is Garbage with Kevin Westhall and Ross Blackburn - tales of cleanouts, demos, and renovations
Join us for an riproaring conversation with Kevin Westhall and Ross Blackburn about their always interesting work.
A Conversation with Actor Peter Gerety
Join us for an insightful discussion with American actor Peter Gerety. He is best known as Judge Daniel Phelan in The Wire.
An Affair to Remember with Edward Barnes
Edward Barnes presents an Affair to Remember
Phil Spector, Ronnie Bennett, and the making of "BE MY BABY"
Girl groups, the Brill Building, Santa Monica Boulevard recording studios and an illicit love affair between a teenager from Washington Heights and a crazy genius L.A. record producer. This is the story of BE MY BABY, the 1963 rock-n-roll classic that Rolling Stone calls "one of the most influential songs ever written." Edward Barnes discusses how and why the song came to be, along with the innovative techniques utilized to record it which changed the course of pop music history.
Culture Wars Then and Now with John R. Killacky
John R. Killacky, Culture Wars Then and Now
When John R. Killacky was a curator at Walker Art Center (1988-96) in Minneapolis and presented such artists as Karen Finley, David Wojnarowicz, Ron Athey, and Bill T. Jones he found himself ensnarled in the moral panic of the day and became a target for the national political vitriol against queer and sexualized artists. At AMT TALKS!, Killacky will discuss his experiences through the 1990s Culture Wars and its contemporary relevance.
Storytelling with the Human Form with Matt Kent and Renée Jaworski
Storytelling with the Human Form, with Matt Kent and Renée Jaworski
An in depth conversation between Pilobolus's Executive and Co-Artistic Director Renée Jaworski and Artistic Director Matt Kent as they delve into the renowned company's 52 year legacy of creating stories with daring physicality. Pilobolus uses deep collaboration in an atmosphere of playful inventiveness to devise and develop work with lasting impact. The duo will discuss the relationship between storytelling, improvisation, collaboration, and the human body. They have created Houdini inspired escape acts with Penn & Teller, Shakespeare with Aaron Posner, music videos with OkGo, zombie choreography for the hit series The Walking Dead, staging shadows for the Academy Awards® and much more.
Theatre Anywhere with Evan Neiden
Evan Neiden | Monsters in the Wires: Theatre Anywhere for an Audience of One
Imagine a performance that begins with a call to your cell phone; a voice telling a story that infests the reality around you. So begins Candle House Collective's CLAWS: an immersive theatre experience that takes place via phone call for an audience of one. Years before the pandemic, CHC's Artistic Director Evan Neiden pioneered a unique form of remote, personalized storytelling - one that has since ignited a new generation of creators and audiences alike. Join them for an unpretentious conversation about new frontiers of interactive storytelling, exploring how this form can reshape theatre as we know it today.
