Marcus Shields grew up with a piano playing mother and sheet music always around. In High School choir a friend said "this is easy, you should try opera, that's the hard one!" So of course Marcus got into opera and fell in love with it! In

125 - Tina Scariano

Apr 16th, 2021 1h 1m

Tina Scariano can do anything, because she never lets anything stand in her way. Want to be an actress? Done! Can you stage manage a show? Sure! How about being a Managing Director for an Off-Broadway Theatre company named Out of the Box

124 - Derick Sheehan

Mar 26th, 2021 1h 19m

Derick Sheehan met Cindy in Grad School at The College Conservatory of Music at The University of Cincinnati where he received his MFA in Technical Direction. After graduation he found himself in NY, back to Cincinnati, and now in The Valley i

123 - Dominic Mishler

Mar 12th, 2021 58m 52s

Dominic Mishler is a theatre technician and playwright who Stacy met working at the Long Beach Playhouse. Though he loves all parts of technical theatre, his passion is in story telling and creating dialogue. Finding theatre for how was find

122 - Naomi Kasahara

Mar 5th, 2021 1h

Naomi Kasahara is a Japanese set designer who earned her MFA at Cal State Long Beach. She knew she wanted to be an artist, and fell in love with the collaborative process of theatre. You can see her work on stages around LA, including the Long

121 - Spencer Richardson

Feb 12th, 2021 1h 7m

Spencer Richardson thought he wanted to be a movie director when he grew up. Then in high school he took a stagecraft class and realized set design was much more his style! Around that same time he took a trip to Disneyland and learned abo

120 - Stephen Olear

Feb 5th, 2021 59m 38s

Stephen Olear picked up the accordion at the age of 7 and was winning stage championships in high school! His parents agreed he could go to college for a music degree, if he agreed to do something else, so he got his graduate degree at law sc

119 - Donny Jackson

Jan 29th, 2021 1h 5m

Donny Jackson is an award winning, LA based, freelance lighting designer. Stacy met him working on a number of shows at the Long Beach Playhouse, where he has been for 8 years. He is currently an Ovation Awards Judge with LA Stage Alliance

118 - Christine A Richardson

Jan 22nd, 2021 1h 6m

Christine A. Richardson is master Costume Manager and Designer with 30+ years of experience in film, TV, Opera and Theatre. She currently is the Costume Director and Designer at Portland Opera, where Cindy had the pleasure to do "Faust " with

117 - Kate Munchrath

Jan 15th, 2021 1h 17m

Cindy and Kate met at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music in 2006 where Kate received her BFM in theatre design and production with an emphasis in Sound Design. Even though in high school her teachers told her that she

116 - Angela De Gregoria

Jan 8th, 2021 1h 2m

Cindy met Angela in the summer of 2015 at Bel Canto where Angela was the Senior Director of Operations at the Orchestra of St. Lukes. Angela has worked at St. Lukes since 2004 where she has tied down instruments on a private jet to Montreal

115 - Antonia Collins

Dec 25th, 2020 1h 34m

By the age of 5, Antonia had decided she wanted to do theatre! Growing up in Wales, she had plenty of exposure to the arts and local theatres. Always being eager to learn more and her willingness to say yes quickly got her Equity card, a jo

114 - Katurah Stickann

Dec 18th, 2020 1h 16m

Cindy and Stacy met Katurah when they all first worked at Opera Santa Barbara on Madame Butterfly in 2012. Keturah's early career was as a contemporary and classical dancer, working mostly with operas later. It is said that dancers have two

113 - Julia Noulin-Merat

Dec 11th, 2020 1h 10m

Julia Noulin-Mératis met Cynthia Hennon Marino a few years ago at an Opera America conference. She is an Opera producer and international Production Designer. She has over 18 years of experience in the Performing Arts industry. For the pas

112 - Stuart Brown

Dec 4th, 2020 1h 14m

As a teenager, Stuart went into "The City" to watch a random Broadway show that a friend had a 2 for 1 ticket to. They get there only to find the show has been canceled, so they go next door and watch the original production of..."Grease!"

111 - Jorrel Javier

Oct 17th, 2020 1h 12m

Jorrel Javier is a Philipines born, Southern California transplant raised in Torrance, CA, who now resides in New York City! Stacy met him when he was in Torrance High School and took part in Palos Verdes Performing Arts Conservatory. Jorrel

110 - Jessica Friday

Sep 18th, 2020 1h 18m

"If given the opportunity to study theatre, I'll make sure to bring this art to a new generation of artists."Stacy met Jessica Rivera a few years ago when they worked together at Palos Verdes Performing Arts. Now she is a theatre tech teache

109 - Mark and Gary Blackman

Sep 11th, 2020 1h 18m

What's better than twins talking about theatre? MORE twins talking about theatre! Gary and Mark Blackman are Co-Founders of Arts Power Inc, which delivers the magical power of live, professional theatre to millions of children and adults in re

108 - Daniel Chapman

Sep 4th, 2020 1h 6m

Don’t like a lighting program? Projection program not working for you? Can't get Zoom to do what you want? If you are Daniel Chapman, you just write your own program! And somehow manage to do it while also still working full time as a lighting

107 - Jeff Cason

Aug 28th, 2020 1h 12m

Jeff Cason is a producer, designer, programmer, jack-of-all-trades who has never let money or experience keep him from chasing his dreams. Instead, he just learns a new skill! Listen to this week's podcast to hear what he has been up to since

106 - Mo Guiberteau

Aug 21st, 2020 56m 16s

Mo Guiberteau, in her own words, is a People Tetris Master at IATSE Local 927 in Atlanta, GA. Pretty accurate title considering she is the Call Steward who scheduled all stage hands and non scripted TV crew for Atlanta. When not on the phone sh

105 - Silver Glass Productions with Jacob Louchheim and Gavin Barba

Aug 7th, 2020 1h 2m

This week we talk to Jacob Louchheim and Gavin Barba from Silver Glass Productions about their most recent production, fully done through Zoom, "City Sounds, NYC during the Pandemic". In episode 86 we talked to Jacob and Suzanne Willett about h

104- Megan Lovegren

Jul 31st, 2020 1h 12m

What happens when a kid is obsessed with spies and hackers, and all she wants to do when she grows up is wear black, a headset, and a walkie talkie? She joins the back stage world of theatre! Megan Lovegren started in Elementary school and has

103 - Chris Eli Blak

Jul 24th, 2020 1h 12m

Like so many people, Cris Eli Blak didn't know theatre was a career outside of school. In college he majored in Liberal Studies to get the broadest education and to help understand the widest range of human experience. He started playwriting

102 - Mark Blankenship

Jul 17th, 2020 1h 9m

Mark Blankenship is a NYC based writer, editor, podcaster, dramaturge whose goal is to build a structure to give artists a space to be heard. He feels most awake when working on a project that benefits himself as well as others.Check out his