Into the Fire at Burning Coal Theatre

Episode 50: Joel Oramas

This week, Jerry is joined by actor Joel Oramas, who will be portraying tennis legend Arthur Ashe in our upcoming premiere of Hannah Benitez's Ashe in Johannesburg!

Episode 49: Maxine Eloi

On this week's episode of the podcast, Jerry is joined by actor Maxine Eloi!

Episode 48: Juan Isler

On week's episode of the Into the Fire podcast, Jerome Davis is joined by actor and sound designer Juan Isler!

Episode 47: Hannah Benitez

On this episode of Into the Fire, Jerry is joined by Ashe in Johannesburg playwright Hannah Benitez!

Episode 46: Adrian Rice

In this episode of Into the Fire, Jerome Davis is joined by Appalachian State professor Adrian Rice to discuss the work of Conor McPherson. Born and raised in Ireland, Rice dives deep into Irish literature, as well as what it was like to grow up in Northern Ireland. They then go on explore the supernatural and its presence in McPherson as well as Rice’s works, and Adrian lets us in on a few tales of his own.

Episode 45: Simmie Kastner

On this very special episode of the Into the Fire podcast, Jerry is joined by Burning Coal Theatre Company's Managing Director: the inimitable Simmie Kastner!

Episode 44: Chris Popowich

On this week's episode, Jerry is joined by lighting designer Chris Popowich!

Episode 43: Simon Kaplan

In this episode, Jerome Davis is joined by veteran actor Simon Kaplan!

Episode 42: Byron Jennings

In part two of this week's podcast double feature, Jerry is joined by Byron Jennings, who will be playing Colin Powell in Stuff Happens through October 28th! Don't miss it!

Episode 41: Ketti Shum

In this episode of Burning Coal Theatre podcast “Into the Fire” with Jerome Davis, Ketti Shum, the Costume Designer for David Hare’s Stuff Happens, tells us what it really takes to be a dedicated customer. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Ketti came to the states for her undergraduate education, but had a very different idea of what her career path was to be. Beginning in a pre veterinary track, Ketti describes what drew her to theatre and what caused her to change majors. Jerry, and Ketti discuss the differences of costumes in film and stage, as well as the gap between traditional and contemporary theatre in China and other countries.

0:01 - Intro

0:28  - Jerry’s introduction

1:00 - Introduction to Ketti

3:45 - Ketti’s connection to Burning Coal Theatre

5:00 - Ketti’s theatre experience in Hong Kong

5:54 - Theatre in Hong Kong

7:34 - Closing the gap between traditional and contemporary theatre

9:25 - Resistance to western drama/culture in Hong Kong

10:45 - Ketti’s time spent with Children’s Theatre of Charlotte

12:04 - Difference between chinese opera and newer works

14:07 - What caused you to change majors from pre vet to theatre

16:41 - Steps to prepare for the production

19:50 - with actors that play multiple parts we make simple and clear chances to the costume do you work with this style frequently?

23:07 - Is there anything as a costume designer you would like to do that you haven’t yet?

24:00 - thorough costuming in film

25:43 - Costume continuity in film

27:37 - the frustrations with costume designing

31:48 - the joys of being a costume designer

33:05 - Outro