Poseidon Theatre Company Podcast

Join us for an in depth conversation with Producing Artistic Director of The Tribe Theatre Company in NYC: Nick Browne. In this episode we delve into what it means to have a "company mindset". Nick is a director, producer and collaborator from St. Mary’s County Maryland. He received a BFA in Acting from Point Park University, where he studied extensively in directing and co-founded Pinnacle Productions, a student run experimental theatre company. In New York he has studied with SITI Theatre Company, NYTW and produced shows Off and Off-off-Broadway. Nick is the Producing Artistic Director of the Tribe Theatre Company, an ensemble dedicated to producing plays that mediate on underrepresented subjects and characters. Through innovative story telling and collaboration with bold new playwrights, Nick crafts theater that is visceral, immediate and inspires conversation. www.nickjbrowne.org, www.thetribenyc.com.

Join us for a candid and insightful conversation with up and coming NYC theatre director, Christopher Erlendson an award-winning director, writer, and producer based in NYC. He is currently taking a director's mentorship under DeMone Seraphin. A graduate of Pitzer College and Columbia Engineering, he studied a combination of theatre, dance, physics, and computer science. He graduated with dual degrees in Management Engineering and Computer Science. His focus is creating high-quality work that has elements of fantasy, science fiction, spirituality, diplomacy, or empathy at its core. Magic The Play, his most recent show, was an Equity Showcase with a sold-out week long run at Theatre Row. It is a play about both real and fake magic, political corruption, and truth, told in all-rhyme with live underscoring of violin and cello. Find out more at: www.ChristopherErlendson.com

Join us for an in-depth conversation about creating original work, producing and the paranormal with Elise Gainer: SAG-AFTRA actress, Elise Gainer is originally from Portland, Oregon where she performed for more than 10 years at 9 different professional theater companies and spent four seasons with the Oregon Symphony Pops singing with the Leyden Singers. She then gave up a corporate dream job and became the oldest undergraduate at The Boston Conservatory. After graduating Magna Cum Laude with a B.F.A. in Musical Theater Performance at the age of 42, she moved to New York City. She has enjoyed working in regional and Off-Off-Broadway productions, as well as film and web projects. After completing Tectonic Theater Project’s Moment Work Labs I and II, she was honored to be the featured writer/director in Moise Kaufman’s Masterclass on Moment Work with her current play, The Bloody Deed of 1857 (bloodydeed1857.com) Now in previews. She is the author of “Ghosts and Murders of Manhattan” with Arcadia Publishing,