Podcast Episodes

Blocking, Choreography & Casting (for Evil Dead the Musical)

Season 2 Episode 2

How does a director decide where the actors need to be on stage in each scene? How does a choreographer design each dance move? How does a music dire…

1 day, 8 hours ago

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Defying gravity in sports & theater (Carol Smith, John Collier & Christy Carr – The Mousetrap)

Season 2 Episode 1

While it’s easy to see how literature, music and song, choreography and dance, costumes and sets, and lights and sound are all present in theater, co…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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When Theater is Controversial … or Not (Fun Home)

Season 1 Episode 13

“Fun Home,” the graphic novel that became a Tony-winning Broadway musical, was controversial upon its release 20 years ago and banned from some libra…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Birthday Candles is Every Family’s Story

Season 1 Episode 12

Theater begins with living room performances for family, continues in high school/college, and peaks on Broadway. Where does community theater fit? K…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to the Jungle (Book)

Season 1 Episode 11

Part 2 from the Civic Youth Theatre production of Disney’s Jungle Book Kids. You can almost see in real time our cast, 6 to 13 years old, develop the…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Kids Find a Home in Theater—Julie Baumann & Griffin Valiant

Season 1 Episode 10

Parents, listen up. Do any of your kids struggle to find belonging on a sports team or even in the lunchroom? Maybe they need to try community theate…

8 months ago

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A Story That People Need to Hear—The Revolutionists

Season 1 Episode 9

Part 2 of a conversation with the cast & director of “The Revolutionists” is a case study in how theater can bring us together and make us think abou…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Revolutionists—It's 1793 All Over Again

Season 1 Episode 8

What can the late 18th century teach us about the civil unrest, inequality, and political uncertainty of the 21st century? Meet the cast and director…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Neil Radtke & Clem Kollman, The Hobbit

Season 1 Episode 7

Actors, what’s the downside of pouring too much of yourself into a role? Neil Radtke found out on our stage, and you can learn from his experience. C…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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Trey Gordon & Em Miller, Christmas Carol Live Radio Play

Season 1 Episode 6

If you think the Ebenezer Scrooge story offers no surprises after all these years, travel back with us to a 1945 radio studio for “A Christmas Carol,…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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