Hello there and welcome to our October instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical. Our panellists for this episode are: Kat Evans (https://newplayexchange.org/users/79783/kat-evans & https://www.katevansllc.com/) Karim Kronfli (https://www.dramaticvoice.co.uk/) Jacquelyn Priskorn (https://www.jacquiefloyd.com/writing & https://newplayexchange.org/users/37764/jacquelyn-floyd-priskorn) Phil McCullough (ht...
Oct 05, 2024•51 min•Ep. 111
Greetings once again and welcome to another Mini Shenanigan. This week we have a piece by Chicago based writer, actor and singer Kat Evans entitled "Numbers Game". Kat says about the piece "Like many audio comedies, this one was triggered by a single joke idea, while contemplating a contemporary dilemma-- technology and the difficulties of finding true connection." As A lover of sci-fi, Kat decided the best way to bring it all together was to make this play about an intergalactic dating app. Cas...
Sep 29, 2024•13 min•Ep. 75
Hello and welcome to the half way point of this series of Mini Shenanigans. This week we have a play by Nashville based queer, Jewish writer, Sam Heyman ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/68885/sam-heyman ). The piece is entitled "Sensories" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3035290/sensories ). Synopsis: The Institute of Subconscious Progress is dedicated to helping members of the public gain access to their subconscious mind through the use of sensory memories, or what the Institute refers ...
Sep 22, 2024•13 min•Ep. 73
Greetings once again for another episode of Mini Shenanigans. This week we have a piece by award-winning playwright Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/38716/lisa-dellagiarino-feriend ) and her play "To The Moon!" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1333449/moon ) which was inspired by the idea of a person being afraid of the moon. Cast: Alison - Megan Bickel Maria - Kathy Li ( http://www.kathyliaudio.com ) Joe - Joe Swenson (www.brokenartsentertainment.com) If you can,...
Sep 15, 2024•7 min•Ep. 72
Hello there and welcome once again to Mini Shenanigans. This week we have a piece by Florida based playwright, Ken Preuss (https://newplayexchange.org/users/21201/ken-preuss & http://kenpreussplaywright.weebly.com/ ). The play is called "Science Friction" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/876820/science-friction-or-rapid-deconstruction-rational-mind ) in which an exasperated man finds that his girlfriends deep dive into the science fiction he loves has driven her over the deep end! Cast: R...
Sep 08, 2024•14 min•Ep. 71
Hello there and welcome to our September instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical. Our panellists for this episode are: Marj O'Neill-Butler - https://newplayexchange.org/users/2803/marj-oneill-butler Fred Tacon - https://www.kyplays.org/ & https://newplayexchange.org/users/28025/fred-tacon Marcia Eppich-Harris - https://newplayexchange.org/users/35629/marcia-eppich-harris & https://www.meppichharris.c...
Sep 07, 2024•58 min•Ep. 103
Welcome once again to Mini Shenanigans for our third episode in our third season! This week we have a play written by Chicago based playwright Julie Brandon ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/12443/julie-brandon ) entitled "Can you Get There From Here?" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/955255/can-you-get-there-here ) which was inspired by a conversation with someone who had no sense of direction and couldn't read a map! Cast: Jenna - Helen Cheng Mao ( https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOBWR...
Sep 01, 2024•9 min•Ep. 58
Greetings and welcome to episode 2 of this series of Mini Shenanigans. For this episode we have a play written by UK based playwright Paul Smith ( https://theatreplays.uk/ ) who was a featured playwright back in Season One with another piece "One Foot in Front of the Other" ( https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/episode-7-one-foot-in-front-of-the-other-christopher-plumridge/ ) Paul advised this piece came to him when reading up about Queen Mary who, according to some sources, was a bit li...
Aug 25, 2024•12 min•Ep. 65
Hello there and welcome to a brand new series of Mini Shenanigans. We start this series with a piece entitled "Missing" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3029044/missing ) written by Kansas based playwright and Theatrical Shenanigans regular Debra A. Cole (https://newplayexchange.org/users/30609/debra-cole & http://www.debraacole-playwright.com/ ). Synopsis - A family finds themselves in a tense situation. Where is Beth? Cast: David - Darrin Ingram ( https://www.darrin-ingram.com/ ) Jane -...
Aug 18, 2024•9 min•Ep. 70
Welcome to the very last episode in this Theatrical Shenanigans Special of "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and ) Detective JM Barry has been slowly but surely getting to what he believes to be the truth behind the mysterious pink powder that was placed on his desk by Wendy Darling, along with a note threatening her life. However, as the powder has now taken one life and landed Wendy in hospital time is r...
Aug 15, 2024•31 min•Ep. 51
Welcome to the very last episode in this Theatrical Shenanigans Special of "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and ) So far in our story we know that private investigator Detective J.M. Barry is investigating a threat recieved by Wendy Darling, who he hasn't seen in years, as well as some mysterious pink powder, which he's discovered to be the cause of the death of nightclub owner Mr Sammy Smee. Originally t...
Aug 14, 2024•21 min•Ep. 54
Welcome to another Theatrical Shenanigans Special to end Season 3! In this episode we continue the story of "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and ) For a quick reminder of the story so far, the play is set in the dark and dangerous city of Neverland, where Private Investigator Dt. JM Barry has been approached by Wendy Darling, a woman he's not seen in years, with a threatening note and some pink powder. As...
Aug 13, 2024•21 min•Ep. 45
Welcome to another Theatrical Shenanigans Special to end Season 3! Over the next four episodes you will be hearing the play "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and ) The city of Neverland has always been one of depravity, corruption and violence, but now Dt. JM Barry (P.I) has been approached by a woman from his past to look into some rather sinister undertakings. Cast: Dt. JM Barry - Darrin Ingram ( https:/...
Aug 12, 2024•34 min•Ep. 42
Hello there and welcome to the very last episode of Season 3 of Theatrical Shenanigans! This week we have a piece by community director, actor, playwright and regular voice actor on Theatrical Shenanigans Tony Targan ( www.tonytargan.com ) with his piece "Curtains For You!" When talking about the play Tony says "In the Wizard of Oz, the wizard’s declaration – “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” – got me thinking about the many meanings of “curtains” in the theatre. As a fan of Agath...
Aug 11, 2024•32 min•Ep. 82
Hello there and welcome to our August instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical. Our panellists for this episode are: Izolda Trakhtenberg ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/90481/izolda-trakhtenberg https://izoldatauthor.com/ https://www.instagram.com/izoldat/ ) Robert Weibezahl ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/17142/robert-weibezahl ) Kitty Dubin ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/15391/kitty-dubin ) Dan...
Aug 03, 2024•58 min•Ep. 94
Hello there and welcome to the penultimate episode of Season 3 of Theatrical Shenanigans. Our play for Episode 9 is written by previous panellist and award winning playwright Judy Klass (https://newplayexchange.org/users/5340/judy-klass & www.judyklass.com ). The piece is entitled "What we Cast Off" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/625056/what-we-cast-what-we-keep ). Synopsis: Janet is hanging out with Molly, a friend she has not seen in decades. Molly's marriage has ended in the midst of...
Jul 28, 2024•40 min•Ep. 80
Hello there and welcome back as we start to move towards the end of our third season but fret not! There are still a few more episodes to come, including this one! Our playwright this week is James McLindon from Massachusetts, USA (https://newplayexchange.org/users/4206/james-mclindon & http://www.jamesmclindon.com/ ) with his play "Culling" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3046366/culling-ten-minute-play) that depicts two Florida librarians have to decide which books to ban from their hig...
Jul 14, 2024•30 min•Ep. 66
Hello there and welcome to our July instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical. Our panellists for this episode are: Chuck Charbeneau (https://www.chuckcharbeneau.com/ & https://www.theatrefromtheground.org/ ) Maggie Smith (https://newplayexchange.org/users/72194/maggie-smith & https://www.maggiesmithwritesandwrongs.com/ ) Darrin J. Friedman (https://newplayexchange.org/users/76352/darrin-friedman, http...
Jul 06, 2024•58 min•Ep. 93
Hello there and welcome to Episode 7 of Theatrical Shenanigans. This week we have a piece from UK based playwright Trish Bertram, who had always wanted to try and write plays and screenplays and is finally able to make the time for it. She's had works done as staged readings and monologues performed and filmed previously. Trish's piece is entitled "Sky Horses" and initially came out of a class exercise to write 10 minute plays. The idea being to learn about structure - as the same principles app...
Jun 30, 2024•31 min•Ep. 79
Hello once again and welcome to another episode of Theatrical Shenanigans as we move past the half way point. This week we have a piece entitled "The Book Tour" written by Massachusetts actor, writer and director Bruce Deveau, who was encouraged to submit to Theatrical Shenanigans by previously produced playwright Jack Rushton. ‘The Book Tour’ began as an idea about what it might be like to be a touring musician—the pitfalls, consequences, and hopefully redemption. Cast: Nigel Finger - Jeff Tull...
Jun 16, 2024•26 min•Ep. 67
Hello there and welcome, once again, to Theatrical Shenanigans as we reach the half way point of this third season. For todays episode we have the great privilege of producing the first script of UK based playwright, Pauline Watts who only recently started playwriting as the result of attending a script/playwriting class in Kingston-Upon-Thames, UK. Her play "Tins" is based on a true story about a husband who wanted to inform the congregation at his wife’s funeral that she had stopped him fulfil...
Jun 02, 2024•42 min•Ep. 78
Greetings and welcome to a special episode of 'The Panel Presents' because it is our 12th episode! We've had a years worth of panellists come and chat about all things theatrical so for this show I thought I'd bring back the original four who started it all. My four panellists this week are: Dana Hall ( https://www.danahallcreates.com/ & https://newplayexchange.org/users/58758/dana-hall ) George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio, https://onstageoffstage.podbean.com/ &...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 91
Welcome to another episode of Theatrical Shenanigans as we are almost at the half way point of this Season. For this episode, we will be listening to an intrieguind play entitled "Conflict/Resolution" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/14666/conflictresolution) by Evan Baughfman (https://newplayexchange.org/users/1708/evan-baughfman & https://www.amazon.com/stores/Evan-Baughfman/author/B08BSQZ2X6?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true) who is a middle school teac...
May 19, 2024•31 min•Ep. 61
Welcome to our third episode in this third season of Theatrical Shenanigans. This week we are featuring a playwright from my side of the pond in the UK. Judy Upton is an award winning playwright and novelist with her latest mystery novel “Brownlow Checks In: it takes a dog to catch a cat burglar” recently been published by Hobart Books and is available on amazon ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brownlow-Checks-takes-burglar-Mystery/dp/1914322185/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xjxZKRs-2aDIAL6T0qHK_PZe2jj6...
May 05, 2024•28 min•Ep. 64
Hello there and welcome to our May instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical on this Star Wars Day! Our panellists for this episode are: AJ Deane - https://www.andrewjamesdeane.co.uk/ Perdita Lawton - https://perditalawton.com/ Daniel Prillaman - https://www.danielprillaman.com/?fbclid=IwAR0G4OTl8RCod5MEr2F_uqQohqE65iuWIneBGiEb085u9e42I11iKO89IpU_aem_AZs_JKogR_lC1KniLFSQw8GAqr-REFTykoBk_gMCVGtvJLf3t-RdEFIRVdqG...
May 04, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 88
Welcome to our second episode of this third Season of Theatrical Shenanigans. For this episode we have a wonderfully funny play entitled "The Wait" by Stuart Brown (https://newplayexchange.org/users/19321/stuart-brown & https://twitter.com/stuonbroadway ) and I have a chat with the Tony Targan, who has been a voice actor and panellist for Theatrical Shenanigans many times before ( www.tonytargan.com ) Synopsis: Spencer is a theatre critic who, with his friend Julie, have just enjoyed a show ...
Apr 21, 2024•32 min•Ep. 62
Hello there and welcome to the first episode of our third brand new season. I am utterly thrilled you could join us. For this first episode we have a piece by Scottish Actor and Playwright Marnie Thomson, who had her first brush with Theatrical Shenanigans when she played the ghost of Christmas past in our 2023 Christmas Special ( https://marniethomson.co.uk & https://www.spotlight.com/9094-6752-4968 ). The play is entitled "Treatable" and depicts a mother and daughter sharing troubling time...
Apr 07, 2024•30 min•Ep. 69
Hello there and welcome to our April instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical. Our panellists for this episode are: Evan Baughfman - (https://newplayexchange.org/users/1708/evan-baughfman & https://www.amazon.com/stores/Evan-Baughfman/author/B08BSQZ2X6?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true ) Alli Hartley-Kong - ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/47640/alli-hartley-kong ) Chr...
Apr 06, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 86
Welcome once again to our second season of Mini Shenanigans. Between now and the start of Season 3 in April 2024 we will be running one of our mini series where we produce short plays but with no guest interview. We are the last episode, which is another piece written by me entitled "But Why" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2195242/why ) Synopsis: When Jane chose to spend her day at the beach the last thing she expected was someone to question her choice not to have children. Cast: Jane - Ni...
Mar 31, 2024•14 min•Ep. 46
Welcome once again to our second season of Mini Shenanigans. Between now and the start of Season 3 in April 2024 we will be running one of our mini series where we produce short plays but with no guest interview. We are now down to the last two episodes, which will be appearing with one on Saturday and one on Sunday, both pieces written by your host. The first of the duo is "Snake for the Grass" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1945566/snake-grass ). Synopsis: Sarah has spent most of her life...
Mar 30, 2024•18 min•Ep. 44
