{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Off Off Pod - Episode 022 - Marc Palmieri \u2013 Actor, Writer, Webseries Creator","description":"Marc Palmieri is a very smart and entertaining guy, an actor, writer, teacher, and dad. He tells some great stories about getting a screenplay of his made, some of his first survival jobs, his awesome webseries (The Thing), but the most touching part of the interview well may be when he tells the charming story of how he met his wife.\r\nHe and I met when a friend of mine was in a play which he was also in, and we all went out afterwards to a bar.  I instantly liked him because he was just fun to be around, but over the years since, I've been consistently impressed with the depth of his talent not just as an actor but also as a writer.\r\nTopics covered in the interview:\r\n\r\nIntro  (0:00)\r\nHello Marc! (3:51)\r\nFirst survival jobs – as a Macy's "model" and receptionist  (5:10)\r\nGrowing up, connection to New York, Theater Roots  (12:00)\r\nArtsy fartsy literary Shakespeare guy (15:26)\r\nThe Thing Webseries  (19:07)\r\nPlaying the lead in the movie, Too Much Sleep (22:25)\r\nWriting the screenplay Telling You, the scoop (25:45)\r\nHow Marc met his wife – great story! (32:21)\r\nExploring question – is art still important if fewer people see it?  (44:01)\r\nLevittown production (and talk about that great set) (47:13)\r\nContacting playwriting hero, Christopher Durang  (1:01:37)\r\nTalking about memorable moments of the webseries (1:03:28)\r\n"Bizarre, Interesting or Horrible Audition Stories" (1:14:16)\r\n","author_name":"Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich","author_url":"http:\/\/offoffpod.libsyn.com","html":"