Theatre Geeks
Talk show about community theatre and performing arts.
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152 Audition: Great, Performance:Not so much
What do you do when you give a new actor ...
What do you do when you give a new actor a chance, based on a good or even great audition, but they never seem to rise to the same level in performance? The Geeks discuss. - - Music provided by Music Alley.
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151 Deirdre Lovejoy, Ang Lee and cell phones in theatres
Deirdre (Dede) Lovejoy joins the Geeks to talk about the ...
Deirdre (Dede) Lovejoy joins the Geeks to talk about the recent Patti Lupone cell-phone snatch, working with Ang Lee in the upcoming "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," plus her own autobiographical play, "Bird Elephant China.
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150 — Interview: Jill Olson of Chicago’s StoryTown and Funny Bones Improv
Improv artist making a difference in Chicago Jill is the ...
Improv artist making a difference in Chicago Jill is the founder of Storytown, a Chicago improv troupe that performs every Saturday morning in an interactive show for young people. Through Storytown , she works to cultivate creativity and arts apprec...
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149 Scenic Painter Jeff Barrick
Love of all art styles gives scenic painter Jeff Barrick ...
Love of all art styles gives scenic painter Jeff Barrick a lot of inspiration to draw upon Jeff Barrick is a scenic painter working at Indiana University South Bend, but who also creates wonderful backdrops for The Geeks' home theatre,
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148 Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival
Aaron Nichols, Director of Audience Development for the Notre Dame ...
Aaron Nichols, Director of Audience Development for the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival and other events at ND, joins us to talk Shakespeare, festivals and other things theatre. Great conversation with the Geeks. -
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147 Putting music on stage
Live music, clicktracks and other music-making options This time the ...
Live music, clicktracks and other music-making options This time the Geeks discuss use of live vs recorded music for musicals. Budget is always a concern when considering music on stage. But what about quality? Some musicians are very good,
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146 – Care and feeding of community theatre volunteers
Volunteers are the lifeblood of most community theatres. Michael Beatty ...
Volunteers are the lifeblood of most community theatres. Michael Beatty has worked with volunteers in all types of not-for-profit organizations (including theatres). Listen to the conversation and Michael's insights in this lively episode. - -
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145 – Putting history on the stage — conversation with playwright Michael Beatty
Heartland: The Civil War comes to the stage in Northern ...
Heartland: The Civil War comes to the stage in Northern Indiana later this year, and the Geeks asked Michael Beatty, the developer and playwright of this new original work, to tell us about it, and about the process of bringing history to life.
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144 Say What? Theatre sound.
All of us have attended a play or musical where ...
All of us have attended a play or musical where the sound is less than perfect. This can be because of the facility or the actors themselves, among other reasons. And bad sound can harm the theatre experience for the audience.
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143 Putting on the California State AACT Festival
It's been a number of years since California has participated ...
It's been a number of years since California has participated in the AACT Festival cycle with its own state festival, so resurrecting the tradition presents a number of challenges. With the Geeks to talk about them are Andrew Vonderschmitt,
