Podcast

Episode 160: Student Voices: Competition The topic this week is competition. Lindsay interviews four groups of students who competed with scenes at the Florida State Thespian Festival. How does...

Episode 159: Interview with Stephen Gregg Lindsay talks to playwright Stephen Gregg (This is A Test, Crush, Small Actors, The New Margo, Twitch) about his start down the writing path, his writing...

Episode 158: The Show Must Go On Everyone has a show must go on story. Sets fall, lines are forgotten, sometimes the light board catches on fire. In this podcast we hear a number of different “show...

Episode 157: Creating An Environment Teacher Ray Palasz talks about set design and creating an environment. He also discusses a set design project using Sketch Up. You too can include set design in...

Episode 156: Double Les Miz Double Valjean Host Lindsay Price and Theatrefolk co-owner Craig Mason had a unique theatrical experience. They saw Les Miserables twice in three days. The first show...

Episode 155: Ensemble Is CoreTeacher Carrie Reiberg has long known about the place that theatre can give a person. The theatre is a community. To that end, she also knows the importance and the...

Episode 154: Come With Us To KabukiIf you’re going to teach a Theatre History Unit, one of the areas you may include is Japanese Theatre: Kabuki, Noh or Bunraku. Theatrefolk co-owners Lindsay and...

Episode 153: Directing Mary Poppins Artistic Director of the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre Todd Espeland directed the musical Mary Poppins last fall. How did put his own stamp on the musical? How did he...

Episode 152: Reflecting Forward On Theatre School Grae Greer is in the middle of her last semester of her theatre program at Marshall University. Why did she choose Marshall? What were her...

Episode 151: Reflecting Back on Theatre School Jesse Wilson was born in LA, started acting at an early age and was accepted into Juilliard. He was on track to becoming a traditional professional...

Episode 150: Using Drama In Other ClassesToday we have two playwrights who also happen to be two teachers: Amanda Murray Cutalo is an English teacher (Nice Girl, Typecast) and Taryn Temple is a...

Episode 149: Do-it-All Directors Are you a do it all director? Today we talk to a number of teachers who have to do it all. We have high school and middle school teachers and teachers who are...

Episode 148: Writing Across GenresToday we talk to Treanor Baring who has written poetry, plays, novels, and scripts for television. What’s her favourite form of writing? What are the important...

Episode 147: Directing the School Musical Directing a musical is a daunting feat. Directing a musical with students can be overwhelming! In this podcast listen to three teachers talk about their...

Episode 146: A Gender conversation….and PiratesSteven is a long time Theatrefolk playwright, and in his latest play The Dread Pirate Sadie, the majority of characters are girl pirates. And in the...

Episode 145: Theatre Beyond the StageJesse Wilson started life as an actor. Born in LA he started acting young and even went to Juilliard. But that traditional “actors” life is not the one he leads...

Episode 144: Looking At Theatre in a New LightIn this episode we have two interviews that explore theatre in a new light. That’s the wonderful thing about theatre – it is malleable, it’s...

Episode 143: Student Stage Managers It’s important to remember that theatre is not just an onstage activity. There are many roles that have be fulfilled offstage that are just as vital to a...