Actor and director Tim Robbins joins Paul Holdengräber for an insightful discussion on art and politics in episode 113 of The Quarantine Tapes. Tim talks about his experience touring with The New Colossus, a play exploring immigration that found an eager and engaged audience all across the US.

Tim offers his vision for the return of theatre after the pandemic, emphasizing the need for theatre to come back with urgency and danger. He then previews his upcoming project for Paul, Bobbo Supreme, a satirical audio piece made under the constraints of quarantine. Paul and Tim’s conversation takes a hard look at the intersection between art and politics, digging into Tim’s fears of an increasingly disconnected world and how art and community will be essential in countering that trend.

For more information about Tim Robbins’ Aural Cinema Bobbo Supreme, visit:

https://www.patreon.com/TimRobbinsPresents

https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/tim-robbins-podcast-bobbo-supreme-trump-1234788884/

For more information about the Actors Gang production of The New Colossus, visit:

https://theactorsgang.com/2017/09/the-new-colossus/

Credits:

Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA Director
Anthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA Director
Alejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, Composer
Christian Pitt - Production Coordinator 
Erin Cooney - Copy, Production
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