AJ Sage is an actor/writer/director and one of the managers of Ithaca theater company House of Ithaqua. We discuss acting, the world of theater, movies, differences between theater and film, and a little about poker.


0:00 AJ's roles in theater production and coffee production
9:58 What did I take from the acting class?
15:00 Different approaches to acting
21:04 How did AJ get started in theater?
28:12 My best moments in acting
30:30 Character acting
35:40 Somehow unavoidable discussion of Marvel movies
41:00 The Irishman and Casino
49:17 AJ's playwriting and aspirations in the theater; the casting process
57:35 Interlude on the trouble with Greatest Movies lists
1:04:28 What is good acting, really?
1:10:15 The position of theater today compared to film
1:19:27 House of Ithaqua's focus on horror in plays. The difference between horror in theater and film.
1:28:24 Favorite horror movies
1:45:32 Movies we could watch again and again
1:52:00 Inside Llewyn Davis and trying to make it as an artist
2:01:30 Poker
2:16:15 Why AJ is satisfied to do theater in Ithaca