Christian Kiley's guest appearances

Christian Kiley

The Drama Teacher Podcast

Allison Williams

Elaine Stritch

Jeffrey Harr

Stephen Gregg

Clint Snyder

Ken Preuss

Ruth Wareham

Janice Harris

Jana Beck

Kerry Hishon

Steven Stack

Annie Loffredo

Matt Webster

Lindsay Price

Bradley Walton

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Episode 69: Christian KileyTeacher Christian Kiley is also a published author and a cancer survivor. He talks about writing for youth, and how he used cancer as motivation to write a play.Show Notes	Plays by Christian Kiley	Playwright Interview Self-Reflection WorksheetSubscribe to The Theatrefolk PodcastEpisode TranscriptWelcome to TFP, The Theatrefolk Podcast. I am Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening.So, today we have an interview with teacher, playwright, and cancer survivor, Christian Kiley. We have a number of Christian’s plays in our catalog and all of which will include links for in the show notes. We have The Art of Rejection, Chaired, two one-act plays in one book which are so awesomely absurd and also grounded in reality, if that can be, Virtual Family, Discovering Rogue, and his latest, Chemo Girl which is a collection of plays which explore the teen perspective of dealing with cancer. It is such an excellent collection for the variety of plays and the theatricality of them. It’s not just, you know, play after play of “I have cancer.” It’s so much more. It’s got humor and fantasy and humanity – I think that’s a real great little package of emotions for such a difficult subject matter. So, check them all out, theatrefolk.com, and especially check out Chemo Girl.So, Christian teaches out in California which I am very keenly aware of as I sit in the office of the Theatrefolk global headquarters, and we are preparing for the first big winter storm of the year, and I like living in a place that has four seasons – I like them all – and I know that, if I want to enjoy fall which is my absolute favorite season, that means winter comes next. But there’s something a little bit deflating in sitting here, looking out the window, and I see bare dry pavement and green grass and knowing that it’s all about to be history, and I’m going to sit here unquietly, sigh to myself, and you are going to move right on to the interview.Oh, but, just before we do that. Okay, one thing I wanted to say about these podcasts, and also about how you can use them in the classroom, particularly our playwright interview podcasts, have your students listen to the interviews, all of which, you know, there are a good variety in our interview podcast because we have writers of varying histories, varying experiences, but all of them talking about doing something similar – what it’s like to write a play – and then, have students reflect afterwards.Does listening to a playwright talk make the act of writing more tangible for them? You know, what were they surprised at what the playwright had to say about writing? What was the most memorable part of the interview? And, how did the interview sort of inform their beliefs about what it was like to write a play? Did it dissuade any beliefs? So, I will include a download self-reflection handout on the Theatrefolk blog post page for this podcast. Whew!Okay, now onto Christian Kiley.Lindsay: Alright, so hello there, welcome to the podcast and I am thrilled to be able to say hello to Christian Kiley. Hello!Christian: Hello, Lindsay!Lindsay: How are you?Christian: I'm very good, thank you.Lindsay: And you are all the way across on the other side of the North America in California.Christian: Yes, Southern California, Rancho Cucamonga.Lindsay: Now where is that? Give me a city that I would know. [Laughs]Christian: Well, [laughs] Ontario has an airport that you guys have probably flown into…Lindsay: Oh, yes.Christian: …I would say.Lindsay: Yes.Christian: You know, the US Ontario.Lindsay: Fabulous. Well, we have a little in connection then – you're in the US Ontario and we're in the Canadian Ontario.Christian: Yes, we're sister cities.Lindsay: [Laughs] Awesome. Okay, so now Christian, you have a number of plays with us. We first got to know you with Art of Rejection and Chaire...

Episode 69: Christian Kiley Teacher Christian Kiley is also a published author and a cancer survivor. He talks about writing for youth, and how he used cancer as motivation to write a play. Show Notes 	Plays by Christian Kiley 	Playwright Interview Self-Reflection Worksheet Subscribe to The Theatrefolk Podcast Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP, The Theatrefolk Podcast. I am Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. So, today we have an interview with teacher, playwright, and cancer survivor, Christian Kiley. We have a number of Christian’s plays in our catalog and all of which will include links for in the show notes. We have The Art of Rejection, Chaired, two one-act plays in one book which are so awesomely absurd and also grounded in reality, if that can be, Virtual Family, Discovering Rogue, and his latest, Chemo Girl which is a collection of plays which explore the teen perspective of dealing with cancer. It is such an excellent collection for the variety of plays and the theatricality of them. It’s not just, you know, play after play of “I have cancer.” It’s so much more. It’s got humor and fantasy and humanity – I think that’s a real great little package of emotions for such a difficult subject matter. So, check them all out, <a href="http://theatrefolk.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theatrefolk.com</a>, and especially check out Chemo Girl. So, Christian teaches out in California which I am very keenly aware of as I sit in the office of the Theatrefolk global headquarters, and we are preparing for the first big winter storm of the year, and I like living in a place that has four seasons – I like them all – and I know that, if I want to enjoy fall which is my absolute favorite season, that means winter comes next. But there’s something a little bit deflating in sitting here, looking out the window, and I see bare dry pavement and green grass and knowing that it’s all about to be history, and I’m going to sit here unquietly, sigh to myself, and you are going to move right on to the interview. Oh, but, just before we do that. Okay, one thing I wanted to say about these podcasts, and also about how you can use them in the classroom, particularly our playwright interview podcasts, have your students listen to the interviews, all of which, you know, there are a good variety in our interview podcast because we have writers of varying histories, varying experiences, but all of them talking about doing something similar – what it’s like to write a play – and then, have students reflect afterwards. Does listening to a playwright talk make the act of writing more tangible for them? You know, what were they surprised at what the playwright had to say about writing? What was the most memorable part of the interview? And, how did the interview sort of inform their beliefs about what it was like to write a play? Did it dissuade any beliefs? So, I will include a download self-reflection handout on the Theatrefolk blog post page for this podcast. Whew! Okay, now onto Christian Kiley. Lindsay: Alright, so hello there, welcome to the podcast and I am thrilled to be able to say hello to Christian Kiley. Hello! Christian: Hello, Lindsay! Lindsay: How are you? Christian: I'm very good, thank you. Lindsay: And you are all the way across on the other side of the North America in California. Christian: Yes, Southern California, Rancho Cucamonga. Lindsay: Now where is that? Give me a city that I would know. [Laughs] Christian: Well, [laughs] Ontario has an airport that you guys have probably flown into… Lindsay: Oh, yes. Christian: …I would say. Lindsay: Yes. Christian: You know, the US Ontario. Lindsay: Fabulous. Well, we have a little in connection then – you're in the US Ontario and we're in the Canadian Ontario. Christian: Yes, we're sister cities. Lindsay: [Laughs] Awesome. Okay, so now Christian, you have a number of plays with us. We first got to know you with Art of Rejection and Chaire...