REPCast kicks off the REP's 40th sesaon with its first episode featuring audio from our first Surround Event of the season Talkin Theatre With Todd. Join REP Associate Artistic Director TODD SALOVEY and members of the creative team for Violet as they share the inside story of the creative process that brought this extraordinary musical to the stage. Todd's guests are REP Artistic Director and Violet stage director SAM WOODHOUSE and Assistants to the Director ADIRA ROSEN and HANNAH TRUJILLO.

Our podcast series continues with SAM'S SALON: TODAY AND YESTERDAY. The quests for equality, dignity, justice, self realization and the resulting conflicts that were central to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s are also central to the story of the musical Violet. REP Artistic Director SAM WOODHOUSE hosts leaders of the NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER for a unique conversation that will explore how individuals and communities solve conflicts with civility that fosters dignity and equality.

This episdode of the podcast is a recordeing of the debut of our new LGBT Surround Event series with a rare chance to meet the Editors who shape and deliver news in San Diego. It was recorded on September 4th prior to The San Diego Repertory Theatre production of Violet. Current San Diego Uptown News and Mission Valley News editor KEN WILLIAMS was the editor in chief at San Diego Gay & Lesbian News for five years. MORGAN HURLEY is the editor at Gay San Diego. Learn about the journey each has taken to secure a voice in our diverse community in a conversation hosted by REP Literary Manager DANIELLE WARD. This surround event was sponsored by GAY SAN DIEGO.