Behind the Curtain

BAM is proud to announce Behind the Curtain, a new podcast series created by bright, talented, and culturally engaged young adults who have previously participated in BAM EDU programs like Word. Sound. Power., Brooklyn Interns for Arts and Culture, and Creative Career Collective. Featuring in-depth conversations with artists and collaborators, this podcast goes deep with the artists and performances onstage at BAM, revealing and exploring the cultural ideas, historical roots, and creative risks that give each work its meaning.

Behind the Curtain is now streaming everywhere you listen to podcasts!

BEHIND THE CURTAIN…

• Invites artists to step out of performance and into conversation
• Goes deep and gets close to creators, performers, and their processes
• Moves beyond performance to actually demystify the creative world
• Evokes a space where artists can speak candidly and authentically
• Extends past any particular medium into the cultural ideas and context that shape art

Episodes and release dates

Episode 0: Behind The Curtain: Your Hosts!
Release date: Fri, Jun 12—premiere episode
Meet the voices behind the curtain! This season’s hosts—Alysha McKnight, Melanie Huerta, Grace Tapia, and Jovannie Smith—reflect on their experiences as BAM EDU alums, their creative identities, and what it means for them to exercise their vision, voice, and power in the current climate.

Episode 1: Behind The Curtain: Helga Davis (Robert Wilson’s Moby Dick)
Release date: Fri, Jun 26
A multihyphenate artist and BAM’s curator-in-residence, Helga Davis guides us on a journey into the singular vision of the late director Robert Wilson. Helga joins Grace Tapia to reflect on their collaborative relationship, inspirations, art’s current state and BAM’s production of Wilson’s music-theater piece Moby Dick.

Episode 2: Behind The Curtain: Seb Slade (Hamlet)
Release date: Fri, Jul 10
Actor Seb Slade talks to Melanie Huerta about preparing for the National Theatre’s recent production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, plus Hamlet Unplugged, the play’s reception in the US vs the UK, how he began acting, and more!

Episode 3: Behind The Curtain: V (Dear Everything)
Release date: Fri, Jul 24
V (formerly Eve Ensler) joins Alysha McKnight for a candid conversation about her timely new work, Dear Everything—a musical love letter to Earth and a rousing call-to-action for its inhabitants.

Episode 4: Behind The Curtain: Eisa Davis and Mikal Amin Lee (Word. Sound. Power.)
Release date: Fri, Aug 7
Jovannie Smith connects with actress/playwright Eisa Davis and BAM Education’s own Mikal Amin Lee on what it was like to co-curate this year’s Word. Sound. Power., the importance of putting women first, and the enduring spirit of hip-hop.