EnTrance Theatre Talk
43 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWhether you are new to theatre, a veteran theatre goer or somewhere in between, we welcome you at EnTrance - where we pull back the curtain and go behind the scenes to shine a spotlight on the work, the craft, and the transformative nature of theatre. Through interviews with the people on stage, the many more behind the scenes, and those of us in the audience, we are exploring the power of theatre as a vehicle for connection, joy, magic, and opening the door to what’s possible.
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Addy and Uno
November 10, 2020 23:53 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBAs Uno, a child with autism, faces the challenge of competing in his school's math competition, his friends with varying disabilities - ADHD, visual, hearing and physical impairment - rally in support. Through puppets and soaring music, Addy & Uno is a heartfelt and hilarious journey celebrating hope, big dreams, and the beauty of differences. https://www.addyanduno.com
Kirsten Wyatt
May 26, 2020 12:13 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBKirsten Wyatt is an award winning actress hailing from Clarksburg, WV. Her Broadway credits include Annie (Lily St. Regis), A Christmas Story the Musical (Crusty Elf/Mrs. Schwartz), Elf (Santa's Elf), Shrek (Shoemaker's Elf), Grease (Frenchy, 2007 revival), High Fidelity (Anna), The Pajama Game (Poopsie), Urinetown (Little Becky Two Shoes) and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lucy/Sally standby). Favorite regional roles include Agnes Gooch in Mame at the Goodspeed Opera House for which she ...
Prospect Theatre
April 29, 2020 23:31 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBProspect Theater Company is dedicated to a bright future for the American musical. We develop and produce new works, envisioned and implemented by emerging artists. Our artists work in diverse genres and styles but share an interest in re-inventing the art form of musical theater for the 21st Century.
Prospect Theater
April 29, 2020 23:31 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBProspect Theater Company is dedicated to a bright future for the American musical. We develop and produce new works, envisioned and implemented by emerging artists. Our artists work in diverse genres and styles but share an interest in re-inventing the art form of musical theater for the 21st Century.
Annie Torsilgieri
April 22, 2020 01:29 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBAnnie has been seen on Broadway in Top Girls, Parade, Blood Brothers and Miss Saigon as well as in the National Tour of Les Misérables as Fantine. Off-Broadway and regionally she's performed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY Stage and Film, Williamstown Theatre Festival, McCarter Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, The Huntington, The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Festival, Sundance Theatre Lab, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Cleveland Playhouse...
Co/Lab Theater Group
April 06, 2020 20:56 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBCO/LAB Theater Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing Creative Opportunities without Limits And Boundaries. CO/LAB offers individuals with developmental disabilities a creative and social outlet through theater arts.
Renee Harrison
March 20, 2020 03:09 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBRenee Harrison is a NYC based actor and founder of the online community, Black Girls Do Theater. She holds a BFA from The New School for Drama and is currently a member of The Bats, The Flea Theater’s resident acting company. Her most recent production was the world premiere of Mac Wellman’s “The Invention of Tragedy” at The Flea Theater. Black Girls Do Theater is a project of passion and a love letter to Black women, Black arts, Black theater, and those who define themselves as creators i...
Kimberly Faye Greenberg
March 10, 2020 00:40 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBA multi-tasker extraordinaire and self-admitted workaholic, Kimberly Faye Greenberg is the first and only actor to play leading roles in two Off-Broadway musicals at the same time. In addition, Kimberly’s numerous portrayals of a Fanny Brice (4 shows/2 CDs) have been critically acclaimed by the New York Times, Huffington Post, and Associated Press. Kimberly has worked backstage as a Broadway wardrobe swing dresser on over 20 Broadway shows, including “Mean Girls,” “Something Rotten,” and “Th...
Marissa Hecker
February 27, 2020 02:04 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBMarissa Hecker is an actor, singer, dancer, cartoonist, writer, and master or runon sentences raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is a recent graduate of the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music in musical theatre. After graduation she signed with The Price Group and soon booked the role of female swing in the national tour of SPAMILTON: An American Parody.
Rick Plaugher
February 16, 2020 23:40 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBRick Plaugher holds a BFA in acting from Boston University and a masters degree in educational theatre from City College, New York City. Rick has performed at The Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles, Upright Citizens Brigade, and the Peoples.Improv.Theatre. in New York. As a member of Blue Man Group, Rick held several backstage positions at the Astor Place Theater in New York before later going on to perform onstage as a Blue Man for over three years in New York, Boston, and Chicago. As an...
Debra Barsha
February 03, 2020 15:13 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBDEBRA BARSHA won the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Award for the score to Radiant Baby, (Public Theater) directed by George C. Wolfe. Composer credits: Songs From an Unmade Bed (NYTW), Sophie (JRT), NBC’s Policewoman Centerfold soundtrack, and her two one-woman shows Go to Your and A Womb With a View (CAP21/Cherry Lane Theatre). Barsha originated roles and was the music director for the original Off-Broadway companies of both Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding and Charles Busch’s Swingtime Canteen....
Charleston Stage
January 17, 2020 01:37 - 47 minutes - 46.2 MBOn the road chatting with Marybeth Clark about Charleston Stage.
Actors Theatre of Louisville
January 02, 2020 02:24 - 41 minutes - 40.6 MBOn the road chatting with Jessica Reese about Actors Theatre of Louisville
Theatre Under The Stars
December 04, 2019 02:45 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBOn the road chatting with Dan Knechtges about Theatre Under The Stars
Red Mountain Theatre Company
November 23, 2019 21:47 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBOn the Road chatting with Keith Cromwell about Red Mountain Theatre Company
It's Our Birthday!
November 01, 2019 12:36 - 22 minutes - 21 MBEnTrance is one year old! Join past guests, Kirsten, Jenna and Jeremy as we celebrate the first year of EnTrance.
Geeking Out: A Chorus Line
October 22, 2019 00:18 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBArtistic Director Dan Knechtges, Associate Artistic Director Megan Larch Dominick, and Actress Chryssie Whitehead geek out with Kirsten on a deep dive into A Chorus Line.
Aaron Kubey
September 29, 2019 03:05 - 56 minutes - 55 MBAaron Kubey was the first Deaf and youngest Executive Director/President of the National Theatre of the Deaf. He had the opportunity of working on numerous television, film, theatrical productions, and concerts during his professional career. He regularly works as a Director of Artistic Sign Language (DASL) in the Washington, DC Metro area. He has most recently DASL’d Dear Evan Hansen, Falsettos, and Miss Saigon at the Kennedy Center, and 12 Angry Men and Into the Woods at Ford’s Theatre....
Carolyn McCormick
September 06, 2019 01:11 - 58 minutes - 54 MBCarolyn McCormick was born in Midland, Texas and grew up in Houston where she went to The Kinkaid School. Upon graduating she went to Williams College where she majored in theatre and graduated with honors after directing and translating Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit for her senior thesis. For the next four years she lived in San Francisco getting her masters degree in acting at the American Conservatory Theatre. After two years as a student she joined the main stage acting company. Her first b...
Lori Klinger and Anthony Santos
August 27, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBRosie’s Theater Kids (RTKids) is an arts education organization dedicated to enriching the lives of children through the arts. They serve students who otherwise would not have the opportunity to experience theater, positively changing the trajectory of their lives by providing comprehensive classes in music, dance, and drama; thoughtful mentoring; and structured academic guidance.
Sydney Bacenas
August 11, 2019 22:34 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBWith twenty-five plus years in the industry, Sydney has worked in various capacities including costume designer, costumer, senior manager, mentor, teacher, production manager and wardrobe supervisor. Sydney has experience working abroad and domestically in theaters and theme parks, for resorts and corporate events, with national tours, and on film locations. Designing and fabricating themed and theatrical costumes and developing large-scale puppets and animated character costumes with design...
Alisa Hurwitz
August 01, 2019 00:53 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBDr. Alisa Hurwitz, aka Dr. Drama, is a clinical psychologist with a lifelong passion for musical theater. Through interviews, articles, and live events, she explores the way musicals express our inner lives and provides mental health insight about shows and characters, both from classic musical theater and modern musicals. She has been a lecturer at such events as BroadwayCon, Cultural Arts Playhouse, and the New York State Psychological Association and a contributor to the National Alliance...
Chris Stepanek
July 31, 2019 00:15 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBChris Stepanek is the Master Technician of Second Stage Theater's Kiser Theater as well as an occasional freelance technician. Previously Chris was the Technical Director at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. He has worked all across the country in such places as The Santa Fe Opera, Utah Shakespeare Festival, KC Repertory Theatre, and Nebraska Repertory Theatre. He is an alumni of University of Nebraska - Lincoln and University of Missouri Kansas City.
Evelyn LeBel
July 16, 2019 00:38 - 1 hour - 63 MBEvelyn LeBel is a 26 year old dresser on Broadway. She currently works at Lion King, but as a swing dresser, she moves from show to show. Over the past two and a half years, Evelyn has worked on 10 shows including Bronx Tale, Miss Saigon and The Prom. She currently lives in Manhattan with her boyfriend, soon to be a guest on the podcast, and their cat but is a proud Boston native. Non theatre hobbies include brunch with friends, exploring different parts of NYC, and vintage shopping.
Victoria Theodore
July 13, 2019 19:25 - 56 minutes - 52.5 MBVictoria Theodore is a pianist, singer-songwriter, composer, music director, producer and teacher. She received her Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Classical Piano Performance and Computer Music from Oberlin College / Conservatory of Music, and her Master of Arts degree in Classical Piano Performance from Stanford University. Victoria was the Music Director and Pianist for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (2017-2018), both in La Jolla and on Broadway. The musical is an ho...
Claire Warden
June 15, 2019 17:13 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBClaire is an intimacy director and coordinator, fight director, teacher and actress with over twenty years experience in theatre, TV and film across America and the UK. She is the Director of Engagement with Intimacy Directors International and a founding member of IDI - UK, and is co-leading the intimacy direction movement across America and the world. Claire consults for and intimacy coordinates on television networks, such HBO and Hulu, as well as independent films. She will shortly be ma...
Josie Whittlesey
June 02, 2019 18:11 - 1 hour - 62 MBDrama Club is an innovative non-profit organization that provides theatre programming and positive mentorship to young people who are incarcerated or court-involved in New York City, bringing classes into juvenile detention centers, jails and community centers. Drama Club is committed to providing New York City’s most vulnerable youth the opportunity to laugh, play, and cultivate life skills through improvisational theatre. Josie Whittlesey is the founder and Executive Director of Drama C...
Lewis Flinn
May 24, 2019 18:40 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBLewis Flinn is the composer and lyricist of the Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones (with a book by Douglas Carter Beane). Other current projects with Beane include the Broadway bound Hood which debuted at the Dallas Theater Center and won Best Musical 0f Dallas 2017, and a musical version of Beane’s hit film, To Wong Foo. Flinn has composed scores and songs for over 50 Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional productions including TONY nominated The Little Dog Laughed, Charles Busch’s Off-Broadwa...
Carol Dunne
May 07, 2019 12:43 - 52 minutes - 49 MBCarol Dunne is the Producing Artistic Director of Northern Stage, regional non-profit LORT-D professional theater company in Vermont with a mission to change lives, one story at a time. Now in her sixth season, she brings a wealth of experience from her former position as Producing Artistic Director of the New London Barn Playhouse, a company she transformed from a semi-professional summer stock theater to one of the most successful summer theaters in New England. Since 2013, Dunne and her t...
Adam Hyndman
April 26, 2019 20:36 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBAdam Hyndman is a performing artist, producer, and activist. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Cultural Anthropology and minors in theater and dance. He has worked extensively in the arts, performing on stage and screen with roles on Broadway and television. Some notable credits include: NBC’s The Sing Off, Children Of Eden at the Kennedy Center, Aladdin on Broadway, and the Tony Award winning revival of Once On This Island. Adam uses his experiences working with narrat...
Alie B. Gorrie
April 07, 2019 02:59 - 1 hour - 69 MBAlie B. Gorrie is an artist and advocate who strives to kindle meaningful connection with others so that we can create a more inclusive world. She is a proud member of Actors Equity, and has performed all over the country on tour and in regional theatre. She is currently producing ABLE: a series, a new doc-series featuring actors with disabilities from stage and screen. ABLE hopes to remove stigmas around disability, discuss the powerful artistic contributions actors with disabilities are ...
Sara Glancy
April 01, 2019 17:05 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBSara Glancy is a New York City-based actor and entrepreneur. As an actor, she’s performed Off-Broadway, in touring companies, and regionally. In 2014, Sara founded Audition Rep Matchmaker, a service which pairs actors with songs and monologues that will make them shine in the audition room. This was borne out of a project she did in 2013, where every day for a year she either read a play she’d never read or listened to a musical she’d never heard. Thus began Sara’s love affair with audition ...
Tim Dolan
March 15, 2019 01:32 - 51 minutes - 48 MBTim moved to the Big Apple shortly after graduating high school to pursue a career in the arts. On the small screen, Tim was featured on Season Two of HBO's Boardwalk Empire. Onstage, Tim was the Dance Captain in the Off-Broadway revival of Once Upon A Mattress starring Jackie Hoffman and John Epperson. He also performed as Abraham in the long-running hit musical Altar Boyz. His other acting credits include the National Tours of Altar Boyz and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as well as numerous reg...
Michael Kushner
March 10, 2019 15:17 - 1 hour - 61 MBMichael Kushner bases his work on the idea that he can do anything whenever he wants. He selects his projects his carefully. He is a multi - hyphenate: a person who has multiple proficiencies, often cross pollinating into each other to help flourish professional capabilities. Michael is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association and some favorite credits include ON THE TOWN and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Barrington Stage and TOXIC IF SWALLOWED at Ars Nova. Michael graduated with distinc...
The What If Collaboration
February 26, 2019 23:31 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBThe Second Story Project is the collaboration of two theater companies and two artistic directors. Starting in March 2019, The Great Beyond will premiere at Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte and The Ghost of Splinter Cove will premiere at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. Steven Dietz wrote the two plays with intertwined stories that will run simultaneously. Both plays take place on a single evening on different floors of the same house and are connected by a mystery. While each play stands in...
Davita Galloway
February 23, 2019 16:55 - 51 minutes - 48 MBDavita attended UNCC and Parsons The New School for Design in New York. She has served as Lead Stylist for Africa Fashion Week New York for several years. She was featured on Black Wednesday’s blog as one of thirteen influencers in the fashion community. Davita is the resident costumer for On Q Productions and creates costumes for other theater companies as well. https://www.thedavitagalloway.com http://www.duppandswat.com http://www.crownkeepers.org http://www.youarenowonq.com/#!sta...
Alex Gibson
February 07, 2019 02:53 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBAlex Gibson is a New-York based performer. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Alex attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he was a member of the inaugural class of the New Studio on Broadway. He is also a graduate of the Upright Citizen's Brigade Training. His Broadway credits include: Spongebob Squarepants, and Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812. Alex performed in Pirates of Penzance at Barrington Stage, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Guthrie Theater, ...
James Kennedy
January 23, 2019 00:18 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBJames Kennedy is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist based in New York City. As a playwright, composer, and director, his work has been produced and presented by Actors Theatre of Louisville/The Humana Festival of New American Plays, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and Superhero Clubhouse, among others. He is the composer-in-residence with Playing for Others in Charlotte, NC, and will premiere his first opera at The Kennedy Center with the Washington Nat...
Tonia Sina
January 09, 2019 23:35 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBTonia is the founder, executive director, and head of pedagogy of Intimacy Directors International. She is an international sexual harassment prevention advisor for theatre and film, and an international “Intimacy for the Stage” workshop teacher and choreographer. Tonia has been researching intimacy for the stage and sexual harassment in the industry since she began research for her thesis in 2004. She has been featured in many publications and interviews. Tonia was originally an actre...
Douglas Carter Beane
December 26, 2018 15:11 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBDouglas Carter Beane is an American playwright and screenwriter who trained as an actor, graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts' New York campus in 1980. His works include the screenplay of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, and several plays including The Country Club, As Bees in Honey Drown, The Nance, starring Nathan Lane, and The Little Dog Laughed. Beane wrote the book for Xanadu, a stage musical adaptation of the 1980 film of the same name, He worked...
Diane Nutting
December 09, 2018 18:37 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBWorking at the intersections of disability, arts, and education, Diane provides training, project coordination, and strategic planning services for a wide range of cultural arts institutions as well as state and local arts agencies. Her recent project clients include the Smithsonian Institution, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Diane brings to her work over 20 years of experience in non-profit arts administration and educati...
Matt Olin
November 17, 2018 03:36 - 49 minutes - 97.1 MBMatt Olin is a writer and creativity consultant for organizations & events, as well as the host of CreativeMornings/Charlotte, a popular monthly breakfast lecture series celebrating the creative spirit of Charlotte and its citizens. Matt spent the first 20 years of his career creating and producing theater in Charlotte and New York – productions garnering such honors as 14 Tony Awards, 50 Tony nominations, Obie Awards, Drama Desk Awards, and more. Matt is also the co-creator of Queen City Qu...
Jen Band
October 10, 2018 20:05 - 38 minutes - 55.2 MBJen Band, Founder and Executive Director of Playing for Others (PFO), talks about her experiences in the arts from high school performance to directing and teaching at Children’s Theater of Charlotte and beyond. As visionary and leader of PFO, Jen uses the arts as well as personal development and service as platforms for teens to answer two most important questions - Who Am I? And How Do I Give Of That? Through the arts, teens discover themselves, learn how to express themselves and honor an...