Geeks in the Greenroom
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Welcome to Geeks in the Greenroom, a podcast by and for theater geeks with your host Heather Morrison (hey, Ma, that's me!). In each episode, I interview an actor, writer, dancer, singer, director, costume designer, triple threats, multi-talents, and all sorts of creatives. They share career journeys, confide their fails, wins, and surprises. I may even convince some to do a time step. What respectable Greenroom hang would be complete without a little light swearing, weird backstage rituals, and tails of showmances?
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Episodes
Craig Constantine and I geek out about podcasts and storytelling.
August 26, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 17.9 MBHi stranger! I'm so sorry for radio silence. I hope you'll enjoy this 20-minute episode with Craig Constatine of the Podcaster Community Companion podcast interviewing me so that you can get hooked on his wonderful show here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcaster-community/id1572065270 Check out my new podcast too... coming soon. It's called Memory Keepers Society - where guests talk about writing their life stories down through journaling and then I get them to read their ...
Mark Simon, The Godfather of Storyboarding Year End Update
December 31, 2020 07:00 - 5 minutes - 4.02 MBI dared Mark Simon to do a mini-interview on December 31st, 2020 with no advance warning or prep today and he took up my challenge! Since the Fall, Mark's full plate got even fuller with all kinds of fantastic projects: Dexter - limited Series Fear the Walking Dead Black Lightning, Gossip Girl Boondocks Under Wraps, Comedy Mummy Movie - Disney Channel Mark's memoir Attacked! was released this year too. Check out the website for the cool animatic of the book's epilogue. If you missed...
Heather talks about a three Musicals That Made Me
November 26, 2020 07:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBAs promised here are three of my favorite songs (not all of them)! Enjoy! One from Chorus Line https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chorus+line+one+stage+soundtrack Cell Block Tango https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpvO8pk7Ca4 We'd Like To Thank You Herbert Hoover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqvYNoiPDKw&list=PLaHwSBnw447onwa6uXUZUN3Gh73Ebyo8f&index=5cVukzkKiDL7yiWka6Bx8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
James Gralian, Theatrical Sound Engineer, Part 2
November 23, 2020 07:15 - 59 minutes - 37.6 MBThis is part 2 of the 2 part interview.... with James Gralian, Theatrical Sound Engineer, James toured with professional productions of Les Mis, Annie Get Your Gun and Blues Clues. He also worked at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. He is a longtime member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. James shares his career path and stories about what it’s like to be a professional stagehand. Thanks to Ragnar Hellspong and ragsra...
James Gralian, Theatrical Sound Engineer, Part 1
November 23, 2020 07:15 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBPart 1 of 2-part interview My guest today is James Gralian, Theatrical Sound Engineer, James toured with professional productions of Les Mis, Annie Get Your Gun and Blues Clues. He also worked at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. He is a longtime member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. James shares his career path and stories about what it’s like to be a professional stagehand. Thanks to Ragnar Hellspong and ragsrag.c...
Heather Morrison, Geeks in the Greenroom Creator
October 25, 2020 07:00 - 5 minutes - 3.86 MBHeather talks about what inspired the podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bill Bentley, Record Producer and Award Winning Filmmaker
October 12, 2020 07:15 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBMy guest today Bill Bentley, musician, record producer, and filmmaker. Bill takes us on a journey through his career from growing up playing guitar, moving to LA and gigging at bar mitzvahs and bars then later taking the leap into filmmaking. Bill has produced award-winning documentaries including Gentleman Champion and Sun Block. Most recently, Bill wrote and produced a full length feature called The Tree Movie which touring the festival circuit now. Thank you Ragnar Hellspong and ragsrag...
Mark Simon, The Godfather of Storyboarding & Author of Memoir: Attacked!
September 28, 2020 07:15 - 2 hours - 94.8 MBMy guest today is Mark Simon, story artist, director, and author. In fact, Mark has been called The Godfather of Storyboarding and has been in the industry for 34 years. Mark’s recent book is his memoir Attacked! In which he details how he and his family fought extreme bullying and physical attacks. They defeated the gang in court and is the first person in the country to successfully use a law holding parents legally responsible for the violent actions of their kids. Mark also takes us th...
Angie Flynn-McIver, Director, Communication Skills Coach
September 14, 2020 07:15 - 50 minutes - 33 MBMy guest in this episode is Angie Flynn-McIver, director and producer. In 2001 She and her husband Charlie founded The North Carolina Stage Company, a 127-seat, off-broadway style professional equity theatre. Angie is also the Founder and President of Ignite CSP, which helps clients improve their communication skills. I learned about Angie through a mutual friend in our podcasting community, Lana Camiel. Angie and I were going to have a short, get-to-know-you call. But I hit the record b...
Brigitte Cutshall, Author, Producer, Podcaster, and Bad-Ass with a Big Heart
August 31, 2020 07:15 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBMy guest is Brigitte Cutshall, a multi-talented producer, writer, podcaster, and newbie short filmmaker and Founder of Gemini Media. She co-produced and co-wrote short film, Adaptations, with Hannah Cranfill (writer) and Esha Griffin (editor, writer). The film screened at the Locals Only 2020 hosted by the Atlanta Film Society in The Plaza Theatre parking lot. A virtual screening is scheduled TBD. Esha Griffin works for Cox Media and is owner of her video editing company, Reel P.O.V. Media. ...
Carrie Madsen, Actor, Writer, and Totally Fabulous Greenroom Geek - Part 1 of 2
August 16, 2020 07:15 - 54 minutes - 37 MBOur guest on this episode is Carrie Madsen, a true triple threat, nay, multi-threat. While Carrie was a long-time performer growing up in theater in her youth, she scaled back for a while in adulthood. But when she returned to performing, she leapt with gusto and single-mindedness that it jump-started her career, taking her from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. Besides having an old fashioned gab about a lot of different stuff, Carrie talked about what it’s like to build a career as a mature wom...
Carrie Madsen, Actor, Writer, and Tots Fabulous Greenroom Geek - Part 2 of 2
August 16, 2020 07:15 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBOur time together was So much fun that we kept talking and talking and talking! I mention that there would be 3 episodes, but with some tricky editing, I put "episode 2 and 3" (parts 2 and 3) together to make part 2 (no part 3). I hope you enjoy it as much as we had hanging out! If you didn't listen to Part 1 - here are the show notes! Part 1 of 2 Part Interview: Episode summary Notes Our guest on this episode is Carrie Madsen, a true triple threat, nay, multi-threat. While Carrie was a...
Irma Herrera, Playwright, Solo Performer, Lawyer, and Activist, and Heartfelt Greenroom Geek
August 03, 2020 14:00 - 48 minutes - 30.1 MBIrma’s show was selected to be part of the Best of SF Solo Series 2019-2020, played at the SF Fringe festival went to to APAP - The association of performing arts professions in New York. Her latest creation, her Stairwell Teatro explores themes about names and identity, a subject we can all relate to . . . Check out the show notes for links mentioned in the episode, including a clip from Irma’s show captured by videographer IKI Nakagawa at APAP Here are links to check out Irma's work a...
Laurie Burke, Actor, Singer, Voice Over Actor and Coach, and Glorious Greenroom Geek
July 20, 2020 14:00 - 59 minutes - 38.9 MBLAURIE BURKE'S BIO Laurie Burke is a San Francisco native from a family of professional actors and musicians (think: “The Partridge Family” meets “This Is Spinal Tap”!). With an adventurous spirit and a genuine joy of all things creative, she decided to follow her family’s lead and make her passion her career. For over fifteen years, Laurie has been a professional Actress, Voice Over Artist, Host and Singer. With an un-quenching thirst to learn her craft, Laurie has studied Dramatic Arts i...
C. Conrad Cady, Bay Area Theater Actor and Major Greenroom Geek
July 07, 2020 08:31 - 58 minutes - 49.2 MBOur guest on this episode is C. Conrad Cady - Conrad is the quintessential Theater Geek and I just had to have him on the show to talk about his many years of doing community theater around the Bay Area. We even did two shows together. I thought it was three, but he set me straight. Anyway… Conrad has a ton of stories - I had to cut down our chat from 2 hours to 1 and that was barely scratching the surface. Conrad has logged over 75 productions over the course of 26 years from 1993 to 2019....
Geeks in the Greenroom Trailer!
June 08, 2020 09:42 - 1 minute - 1.36 MBSubscribe now wherever you get your podcasts so that you never miss an episode. Get your episodes as they roll off the presses... stream out my computer.... well, you know what I mean. Away with the show! The beautiful ragtime music in the trailer is "The Strenuous Life" by Scott Joplin, 1902. Many thanks to Ragnar Hellspong who has graciously allowed me to use this music for my podcast. Ragnar, to quote him has "been playing ragtime piano in the Stockholm area for more than 50 years and...