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The Jersey Arts Podcast presents in-depth, one-on-one conversations with the liveliest and most intriguing personalities in New Jersey’s arts scene. From the casts of hit shows to critically acclaimed film producers; from world-renowned poets to classically trained musicians; from groundbreaking dance visionaries to cutting-edge fine artists, our podcast connects you to what’s happening in your local arts community.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Gina Marie Rodriguez turns New Jersey event previews into revealing conversations about artistic process, collaboration, and the institutions that bring work before audiences.
Jersey Arts Podcast treats an upcoming performance or festival as the start of a conversation about how creative work gets made and reaches an audience.
Improv without a plan meets a musical written through grief, if your arts curiosity runs that wide.
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A warm, loose conversation about The Orchestra carrying ELO forward.
This episode finds Gina Marie Rodriguez in an easy, familiar rhythm with Eric Troyer and Dave Scott Morgan of The Orchestra, letting the conversation move from the band's history to the Beatles influence in their playing and the way ELO's music keeps traveling.
A thoughtful touring-theater conversation that treats Dear Evan Hansen as a poignant, funny, and powerful musical.
The Jersey Arts Podcast presents Dear Evan Hansen as a poignant, funny, and powerful musical that has resonated since its Broadway premiere in 2016.
A theater conversation that makes constitutional debate feel immediate, human, and grounded in craft.
Pioneer Productions Company's What the Constitution Means to Me is framed as both a civics conversation and a stage piece with real bite. Gina Marie Rodriguez opens with a direct question about the Constitution, then settles into Heidi Schreck's play as something funny, hopeful,…
A warm look at how Dog Man becomes a stage show without losing its comic spark.
Dog Man comes across as sturdy stage material, not a novelty act. The conversation with Jen Weinman, Kevin Dell'Aguila, and Brad Alexander is at its best when it stays close to the practical work of turning Dave Pilkey's noisy, kinetic world into theater without losing the jokes…
A friendly festival chat that makes curation feel personal, local, and worth the ticket.
This episode treats Montclair Film with warm, practical attention, and the festival comes across less like a checklist than a civic gathering.
A warm arts conversation about a play that folds humor into grief.
Every Brilliant Thing is treated as a hope-laced comedy about a son, a chronically depressed mother, and the list he makes to help her keep going.
A warm artist interview where virtuosity meets exile, memory, and freedom.
Arturo Sandoval's appearance on the Jersey Arts Podcast works as both a profile and a compact life story. Gina Marie Rodriguez lets him stay both the decorated trumpet player and the man shaped by jazz, military service in Cuba, and a hard belief in freedom.
A grounded look at how New Jersey is making itself easier to film in.
This Jersey Arts conversation has a clear line: John Crowley's move from television producer to New Jersey's film leader ties craft, policy, and the practical work of making the state easier to film in.
Kaitlin Prest blends personal reenactment and Gaza war testimony across serialized documentary seasons.
Maddie Orton talks with the team behind Dog Man: The Musical about turning Dave Pilkey's popular character into a live show.
Gina Marie Rodriguez talks with Pinky Patel as she brings her crown-adorned TikTok comic persona to the Jersey Arts Podcast.
Gina Marie Rodriguez introduces Eastland Theatre Company's production of *Every Brilliant Thing* and lays out its premise plainly.
Gina Marie Rodriguez speaks with Eric Troyer and Dave Scott Morgan of The Orchestra about the Blue Skies Forever tour stop at the Levoy Theatre in Millville, New Jersey, on March 15 at 7 p.m.
Maddie Orton sits down with Oak in Red Bank.
A theater podcast interviews the director and two actors from Shakespeare Theatre's production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Jersey Arts Podcast features the cast and director of Pioneer Productions Company's staging of What the Constitution Means to Me.
Jersey Arts Podcast host Gina Marie Rodriguez interviews legendary trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.
Host Gina Marie Rodriguez sits down with Jonathan Brooke for a warm arts conversation.
Host Gina Marie Rodriguez interviews John Crowley, executive director of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission, about his career in TV production and efforts to grow New Jersey's film industry.
Maddie Orton interviews George Doherty and Aaron Norton about Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, a 35-year-old groundbreaking program pairing live orchestras with animated shorts.
Jersey Arts Podcast centers on the world premiere of Noli Timere, Latin for "Be Not Afraid," a collaboration between choreographer Rebecca Legere and sculptor Janet Echelman.
Gina Marie Rodriguez speaks with Tom Hall, Montclair Film’s artistic director, and Tricia Haggerty-Wentz, the organization’s new executive director, about the 14th Montclair Film Festival running October 17th through 26th.
An intimate conversation between host and New Folk movement leader John Gorka about his musical journey, influences, and artistic philosophy.
John Pizzarelli tells Gina Marie Rodriguez how a Jersey childhood, Nat King Cole records, and years in New Jersey clubs shaped his jazz career.
Catching the Moon is a musical based on Crystal Hubbard’s children’s book and the true story of Marcinia Lyle, who grew up to become Toni Stone, the first female regular on an all-male professional baseball team.
Gina Marie Rodriguez hosts.
Gina Marie Rodriguez speaks with Dustin Seifhammer about playing Buddy in Surflight Theater’s Elf the Musical in Beach Haven, with the show running through December 21 and already close to sold out.
Jersey Arts Podcast spotlights Premiere Stages’ 20th season with The Mallard, written by Vincent Delaney and directed by John Wooten.
Gina Marie Rodriguez introduces Dear Evan Hansen as the North American tour arrives at the State Theater in New Brunswick.
Jersey Arts Podcast host Gina Marie Rodriguez speaks with Grammy-winning trumpeter Chris Botti ahead of his April performance at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, New Jersey.
George Street Playhouse is staging The Shark is Broken, a play about the making of Jaws, and host Gina Marie Rodriguez speaks with Jeff Bender, Max Walkowitz, and Ace Mavinsky during rehearsal.
Roomful of Blues are highlighted as a five-time Grammy Award-nominated band formed in 1967, and the episode centers on their album Steppin' Out and their first female singer, Didi Bastos.
Laurie Berkner says her rule for children's songs is simple: she has to be willing to sing them “thousands of times,” or they do not get released.
Gina Marie Rodriguez talks with Ben Schwartz as he brings Ben Schwartz and Friends to New Jersey for the first time.
Gina Marie Rodriguez speaks with director Shauna Levine Phelps and actors Jade De Los Santos and Connor McDowell about Pioneer Productions Company of Morristown staging Rent at the stage at Fellowship Hall.
Teresa Rebeck and Marisa Smith talk with Maddie Orton about Samantha Inside Out, a one-woman play at New Jersey Repertory Company that runs February 19 through March 15 in Long Branch.
Host Gina Marie Rodriguez interviews legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman about his career, passion for music, and upcoming performance at the State Theater New Jersey.
An interview with the team behind Gateway Playhouse discussing their milestone all-musical season.
Interview with Broadway veteran Brian Noonan about his career and the Jersey Tenors opera-rock mash-up group.
Host Gina Marie Rodriguez interviews director Robbie Simpson about the touring stage production of A Charlie Brown Christmas and his theater background.
An interview with the artistic director and playwrights about a series of baseball-themed short plays in Hoboken.