We kick off the 2024-25 academic year of PAD podcasts with an interview of award-winning writer, playwright, lyricist, screenwriter, and poet Steven Sater in a candid interview about his time at WashU, his creative process, and his career. Do NOT miss this opportunity to hear from the two-time Tony, Grammy, and Olivier award winning author of the 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening and glean some wonderful wisdom on life, lessons, and literature!

A new PAD podcast episode is LIVE and is the debut of our first dancer on the #PADpod with an in-depth interview of acclaimed dancer and choreographer David Dorfman! For nearly 40 years, David has been the artistic director of David Dorfman Dance (DDD) which espouses to create innovative, inclusive, and 'radically humanistic' dance'. David is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including a Barrymore Award for best choreography for the musical Green Violin, a Lucille Lortel for choreographing INDECENT’s off-Broadway run, a Guggenheim Fellowship, four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, three New York Foundation for the Arts fellowships, an American Choreographer's Award, and the first Paul Taylor Fellowship from The Yardand. David is a Professor of Dance at Connecticut College where DDD is based. Don't miss this 'radically humanistic', delightful, and thought-provoking episode!

On this new episode of the PAD podcast, Rob chats with accomplished writer, director, screenwriter, and film producer Max Rissman! Max’s first feature film, UPON WAKING, won the Alternative Spirit award at the 2023 Rhode Island Film Festival. His digital series ROOT FOR THE VILLAIN was an official selection of the 2018 Austin Film Festival and Bentonville Film Festival, and his screenplay HIT ME HARDER was featured on the 2020 GLAAD List, an award presented at the Sundance Film Festival by The Black List and GLAAD.
Don’t miss this great episode with this talented WashU alum!