A podcast about theatre and life.
How does your work as a participant in performance affect your life? How do communications intersect with artistic work? How do we communicate in life? We don't know where this will go, but we've got things to explore and our goal here is to share our explorations with you. Check it out at: Listen at Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts |
Episode 0 - A Preview of Our Intent
Podcast Preview: Check out our thoughts on what we're getting into.
Episode 1 - Who the Fuck Cares What Anyone Thinks?
A discussion of performance and audiences.
Part I: A Conversation with Performers about Audiences featuring the thoughts of Emilee Carroll, Lydia Skarivoda, and Phoebe Avila-Olderman.
Part II: Reviews and Awards featuring a conversation with Warren Gerds.
Part III: Play Selection and Audiences with thoughts from Tom Berger and Dean Sleger.
Episode 2 - What Are Your Pronouns? (Dropping at the end of March)
A discussion of gender and theatre.
Part I: A conversation about theatre and gender with Adam Yankowy, Erin Degner, and Shannon Kearns.
Part II: What's Your Favorite Executive Order?
Part III: Gender and Performance: A conversation with Karter Mueller, Asher Stokes, and Brittieny Simmers about auditions, performance, and life in the theatre.
Podcast Preview: Check out our thoughts on what we're getting into.
Episode 1 - Who the Fuck Cares What Anyone Thinks?
A discussion of performance and audiences.
Part I: A Conversation with Performers about Audiences featuring the thoughts of Emilee Carroll, Lydia Skarivoda, and Phoebe Avila-Olderman.
Part II: Reviews and Awards featuring a conversation with Warren Gerds.
Part III: Play Selection and Audiences with thoughts from Tom Berger and Dean Sleger.
Episode 2 - What Are Your Pronouns? (Dropping at the end of March)
A discussion of gender and theatre.
Part I: A conversation about theatre and gender with Adam Yankowy, Erin Degner, and Shannon Kearns.
Part II: What's Your Favorite Executive Order?
Part III: Gender and Performance: A conversation with Karter Mueller, Asher Stokes, and Brittieny Simmers about auditions, performance, and life in the theatre.
Our Episode 2 Guests

Adam Yankowy (he/him) is a native of Louisville, KY and is currently an Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at Michigan State University. Currently, he is the Artistic Program Director of the New Musical Laboratory and is the host of Showtunes Across the Mitten on WKAR. (Full bio)

Erin Degner - Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Head of the BFA Musical Theatre Program, Drake University (Full bio)

Shannon TL Kearns is a transgender man who believes in the transformative power of story. As an ordained priest, a playwright, a theologian, and a writer all of his work revolves around making meaning through story. (Full bio)
Your Hosts

Hannah Otto
I am a retail manager by day and a stage manager and occasional director by night,
bringing stories to life both on and off the stage. A lover of books, movies, and board games, I enjoy storytelling in all its forms. Most importantly, I share my world with a very special cat, Minnie, because no great tail is complete without a feline sidekick.
I am a retail manager by day and a stage manager and occasional director by night,
bringing stories to life both on and off the stage. A lover of books, movies, and board games, I enjoy storytelling in all its forms. Most importantly, I share my world with a very special cat, Minnie, because no great tail is complete without a feline sidekick.

Michael Sheeks
My bio is all over this website, so not much more to say other than that I've got things in my head and I've been enjoying this new stage in life where I am unabashedly sharing them. Whether you want to hear them or not. The beauty of a podcast, blog, or social media post is that you don't have to engage it if you don't want to.
My bio is all over this website, so not much more to say other than that I've got things in my head and I've been enjoying this new stage in life where I am unabashedly sharing them. Whether you want to hear them or not. The beauty of a podcast, blog, or social media post is that you don't have to engage it if you don't want to.