Kacie Rogers: No Permission Required

Kacie Rogers- actor, writer, producer, and community builder. This is a conversation rooted in theatre, process, and legacy. A two-time NAACP Award winner trained at AMDA, Kacie has worked with many of Los Angeles’ vital theatre companies, including The Robey Theatre Co., IAMA, The Fountain Theatre, Outside In Theatre, Skylight Theatre, A Noise Within, and the Geffen Playhouse, alongside screen work on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Grace & Frankie, Grand Crew, and Home Economics.

We talk about her acclaimed one-woman show I Sell Windows, the emotional and cultural weight of Furlough’s Paradise, as well as the creation of Bottle Tree Theatre Co., an artist-led ecosystem centered on storytelling and community.

Kacie also has breaking news: she’s pitching her first feature film and stepping into Octopus’s Garden, an Outside In x Boston Court x Circle X co-production premiering March 7 at Boston Court in Pasadena. This is a conversation about building what you wish existed and inviting others to grow it with you.

IG @kacie.rogers

Theatre. Culture. Vibe.

Production Credits:

A production of Outside In Theatre in Highland Park, Los Angeles

Created by Alex Ubokudom & Tobie Windham

Edited by Byron Rogers, Jr.

Recorded & Mixed by Byron Rogers, Jr.

Theme Song by Arlo Sanders

Produced by Brianna Seamster & Jessica Hanna

Adrianna Mitchell - The Holiday’s with a Crutch

We welcome Adrianna Mitchell to The Frogs podcast, currently starring opposite Tracy Morgan and Kecia Lewis in Crutch on Paramount+.

Adrianna talks about craft, discipline, Spelman, and the body of work she’s been building. We get into process: how grit, presence, and being ready to move from drama to comedy when moment needs it.

We also talk about the rooms that shaped her:

Fat Ham (The Public, Broadway, Geffen), Snowfall, Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Fight, Evil, Law & Order, and Regional theaters credits across the country.

Each role sharpening her instrument.

Each role getting her deeper into her bag.

This conversation is about family. About resilience. About building over time. She’s your favorite actor’s favorite actor.

Adrianna shows us what it looks like when you trust that work begets work.

As always,

Theatre. Culture. Vibe.

Production Credits:

A production of Outside In Theatre in Highland Park, Los Angeles

Created by Alex Ubokudom & Tobie Windham

Edited by Byron Rogers, Jr.

Recorded & Mixed by Byron Rogers, Jr.

Theme Song by Arlo Sanders

Produced by Brianna Seamster & Jessica Hanna

Biko Eisen-Martin: Table 17 and The Bay Area

Season Two rolls on with Biko Eisen-Martin, the force at the center of the Geffen Playhouse’s West Coast Premiere of Table 17.

Biko sits with The Frogs to break down what it means to carry a story this raw. We dive into the emotional architecture behind playing Dallas, both in the new Geffen production and in the original MCC Off-Broadway run.

We also look back at the path that shaped him:

Lift (Off-Broadway), Hamlet, Pac and Biggie Are Dead, Taming of the Shrew, Ruined, King Lear, Radio Golf, The XIXth at The Old Globe, and Topdog/Underdog.

Each role sharpening his instrument. Each play adding weight to his presence onstage.

This episode is about discipline and the deep work required to hold space for stories that matter.

Biko shows us what it looks like when an actor is fully alive in the work.

As always, Theatre. Culture. Vibe.

A production of Outside In Theatre in Highland Park, Los Angeles

Created by Alex Ubokudom & Tobie Windham

Edited by Byron Rogers, Jr

Recorded & Mixed by Byron Rogers, Jr

Theme Song by Arlo Sanders

Produced by Brianna Seamster & Jessica Hanna

Executive Produced by The Frogs & Outside In Theatre

Recorded at Outside In Theatre