ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
An educational podcast for entertaining audiences like you!
Theatre for the middle class.
Theatre for the middle class.
Update frequency:
every 9 days
Average audio length:
57 minutes
English
United States
14 episodes
since March 10, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
We’re gonna take the long way down to the underground and delve into the myths and stories that make up the world of Anaïs Mitchell’s HADESTOWN. Following an in-depth analysis of the important players, we’ll talk about our favorite songs and how this musical has touched the hearts of so many theatr…
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Oops, ya dropped em. Better pick em up! We’re trying out a new thing where we bring you a "special" episode each month. Instead of reviewing a specific show, we get to go ravenous on an element of theatre we find delicious. This month, Jared chose the art of picking up your cues. We’ll go…
Brought to you by unemployment, we dive deeper into John Cariani’s play “Almost, Maine” for a closer look at one of its most poignant scenes. The play is about people dealing with one of the scariest things there is, love. We want to spend more time enjoying this work and all the ideas it has to sh…
As Gracious battles her frog symptoms, Jared introduces the actor, playwright, and all-around-great guy, John Cariani. A little bit of history, some interviews, some stories, and just a smidgeon of goofy. It’s the guy that brought us the play Almost, Maine, it’s… John Cariani!
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Jared and Gracious decided that the best way to fight off the chilly weather is to head to Maine (well, almost) and break down some love stories composed by the charming John Cariani, who brilliantly captured some couples who fall head-over-heels for each other, tumble out of love, and ask hard que…
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO JARED AND GRACIOUS! This episode is all about the couple behind the podcast. What’s their theatre background? What are their craziest stage stories? What are their favorite shows? Tune in and get the answers to these questions and more in this episode celebrating the Mattsons’ …
Hey… we’re back again to talk even more about this play.
Come for the drama, stay for the comedy!
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Callboard.com
https://community.schooltheatre.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=133&MessageKey=c5d44017-ae9f-4356-b0a0-7b08052bf680&CommunityKey=35d375…
Jared finishes his rant about the importance of “being specific” and goes on to discuss the hit-play by George Kaufman and Moss Hart (the dream-team). Their American play explores self-fulfillment through the lens of anti-establishment with a twist of romance and a spritz of insanity. You’ll get yo…
In our first-ever “Wild Card” episode, instead of discussing a stage play or musical, we delve into “36 Questions” a PODCAST musical produced by Two-Up Productions. You’ll get an update from our lives, Gracious will give us some background on the musical and its leading players, and Jared will lea…
This episode takes place in the wild frontier of Oklahoma with your favorite slew of bumpkin characters. Gracious plays some games, Jared tells some stories, and our favorite cowboy helps us remember the values and ideas that built up the American spirit. Join us for a rootin'-tootin' good time!
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