Welcome to the world-premiere installment of the DFW Theater Scene Podcast Series. In this podcast series, I will be talking with some of the insiders of DFW theatre: directors, actors, producers, artistic directors, crew, playwrights and more.

Today I had a chat with Mark-Brian Sonna of MBS Productions (click here to visit their website), who specializes in what he calls “New Theatre”: New Plays, New Musicals, New Translations and New Adaptations of Classic Works. As their website states, they “are the only theatrical production company in North Texas that specializes in exclusively producing works previously unseen for the stage. [Their] audiences are the most adventurous, sophisticated, and eager, for they know that they’ll get to experience new works for the stage.”

In part 1 of this 2-part interview, Mark-Brian and I talked about his vision for New Theatre, his 2008 “The Column” nominations, his writing process (many of his plays come to him fully-realized during dreams) and we also had a chance to talk about some of his upcoming productions, including a stage adaptation of Dante’s Divine Comedy (titled Dante: Inferno) which Mark-Brian translated from the original Italian, a new satire by Bretton B. Holmes titled Homeland Insecurity: How I Learned to Love the Patriot Act, as well as his translation of the Spanish classic play titled A New Drama by Tamayo y Baus.

Let’s listen…

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For more information about the play Dante: Inferno, visit the website.

Host: Jimmie R. Markham
Guest: Mark-Brian Sonna
Music: Deep Dark Diving by Hummingdreams
File Size: 21.4 MB
Length: 23:26

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