Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan), celebrate the holidays after a hiatus by catching up on Tessa's love life, the madness that was 2024, accomplishments, and much more in our new segments: Something New, Something Old, Something Heated, Something Bold! Happy Holidays Bi-Cons!
Dec 26, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan), talk more about this incredible season on Broadway, moving in NYC, maintaining adult friendships, teenaged hosts, permanent dick-pics, raising the Palace, and more. Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
Jun 16, 2023•2 hr 39 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan), talk about this incredible season on Broadway and who they think will win along with the usual shenanigans and a poignant hot take on the Here Lies Love controversy. Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
Jun 10, 2023•2 hr 54 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan), and our M-Spectacular guest: Kathleen talk about moving to London, the Fullerverse, swelling into brains, Dick Van Dialects and the results, Michael John LaChiusa fandom, Public Theatre Alum reminiscing, and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
Jun 09, 2023•2 hr 49 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Pride Darlings! Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan), talk about existential crises, ADHD diagnoses, buttons, far-too-dark original musicals, an evening of mashup plays, fully loaded foods, and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons! Content Warning: This episode contains very dark humor, coping mechanisms, and references to the Challenger tragedy.
Jun 02, 2023•2 hr 4 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan), talk about childhood influences and crushes, how this show is "only distractions," Kill Bill and Charlie's Angels, and hear them live to react to songs from "Thumbelina" and "The Swan Princess," and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
May 26, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan), talk about Strega Nona and Strega Nostradamus, the orginis of "Actual New Year," ButtSex: The Musical, the Pedagogy of Pop-Punk, and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
May 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan), and our M-Spectacular guest: Wayne Maugans talk about conservatory training, what is counterpoint, Methodism vs. Catholicism, School House Rock, Yinz Tisch Sodapop Nomenclature, OBP Impression Contests, and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
May 12, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan) real-time fact check themselves, discuss the philosophical implications of dead relative jokes, react to the infamous Rolling Stone best singers list, Joni Mitchell GPS voices, and more! Don't miss this episode Bi-Cons!
May 05, 2023•2 hr 47 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan) talk about coy dialect work, on-stage sex scenes, the darkest things we've written recently, a holiday season would you rather, and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan) and our M-Spectacular guest: Molly Jones talk about bird rescuing, magic on the L Train, Playwrighting, Pittsburgh PA, Flight?, even more Catholic Trauma, and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
Apr 13, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan) brag about stuff, cast never explained puppets, talk about existing until the new year, and whether they would rather swim in Nutella or Maple Syrup. Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
Apr 07, 2023•57 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan) talk about incoruptable saints in the wild, children's book mashups, ghost hunting shows, Brah-Talk through history, and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan) and our M-Spectacular guest: Falcon Heavy talk about body-positive burlesque, how Ethel Merman is the great unifier, acting professor sweater gauges, who has the best liturgical sense, Catholic Trauma, and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
Mar 24, 2023•2 hr 53 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) celebr8 the eighteenth episode by pitching sequel musicals, Romantic Comedy Feature Films, and Late Night Shows. Don't miss this one Bi-cons!
Mar 17, 2023•58 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) talk about life between the naps, heists, Cowboy Jesus, and witness the first mentions of FMK+. Don't miss this one Bi-cons.
Mar 10, 2023•2 hr 47 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), Cameron (Pan) and for the first time ever, an M-Spectacular guest: Stefanie DeMaria talk about The Public, New York City, writing fanfiction, the fandoms that helped them realize their queerness, and more! Don't miss this fun-filled episode Bi-cons!
Mar 03, 2023•2 hr 18 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Cameron, David, and Tessa are at it again! Would you rather be Santa or The Grinch on Christmas Eve? The answers to this and more coming at you.
Dec 23, 2022•12 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Check out the Teaser for our new game FMK+ Some exciting things happening over here at OBP, Stay Tuned!
Dec 02, 2022•4 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) talk about spicing up ramen noodles, favorite recipes, meeting a couple of members of the Flannery Clan, the Challenge, white people nonsense, Dad getting the remote, and more. Don't miss this one Bi-cons.
Feb 25, 2022•2 hr 51 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast It's New Year's Eve! Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) play games, reflect on this past year, and bring in the new year with their atypical brand of comedy and impressions.
Dec 31, 2021•2 hr 58 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Join us for our Christmas Eve Special that we recorded in PERSON! There is serious Chaotic-Good Energy when our hosts get together in real life. Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) talk about opera impressions, being members of the Polar-Bear Club, why Scottish sheep avoid water, watching old holiday specials, Christmas Eve traditions, Heist Folie, and a very special feature in this program. Happy Holidays no matter what you celebrate! Don't miss this one Bi-cons!
Dec 24, 2021•2 hr 39 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast This week hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) talk about the id, ego, and superego, feminist blue balls, their second-tier holiday films, their favorite Flash productions, more holiday traditions, and so much more. Don't miss this one Bi-cons!
Dec 17, 2021•2 hr 40 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast This week hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) get seasonal again and talk about how Marilyn's husband the playwright, New Jersey's silly laws, first vehicles and inherent queerness, the best and worst holiday gifts, how David through a Leslie Knope Party, and the true meaning of Christmas! Don't miss Holiday 2, Bi-cons.
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast This week hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) get seasonal and talk about theatre games, how so far this podcast is only tangentially related, which of our beloved holiday characters are , saying no to tiny tiny floating girls, the Tim Curry Problem, Rule 34ing yourself into a marriage, home penetration, and so much more! Don't miss Holiday 1, Bi-cons.
Dec 03, 2021•2 hr 38 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast After getting the news about Stephen Sondheim's passing yesterday, we decided to jump on a Zoom call and talk about what he meant to us. This is the result. We love you Steve, thank you for the music, the inspiration, and the constant reminders to persevere and make art.
Nov 27, 2021•25 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast This week hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) reminisce about Black Friday traditions, about Tomothy Dilton and Sound of Music spinoffs, about American Idols auditions and tap dancing strippers, impressions, and a truly silly round of Most Likely. Finally, there's James Bond-themed FMK. Don't miss this one Bi-cons!
Nov 26, 2021•2 hr 53 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast This week hear our Celebr-8-tion led by David (Bi) as he takes Tessa (Omni) and Cameron (Pan) to ride the Highways and Bi-ways through some niche pop culture and take every detour possible. On the way find out what Cameron has in common with Jason Reynolds and Donatella Versace, what idioms Tessa knows off the top of her head, what our hosts would teach Data from TNG, what their themed DnD Taverns would be like, how many languages they SHOULD speak, and so much more. Don't miss this one Bi-cons!...
Nov 19, 2021•2 hr 38 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast This week hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) talk about in-school suspensions, Catholic Guilt walks of shame, broken bones, pun sketches, dumpster diving, terrible jobs, white turkey nonsense, and putting your feet on the Oregon Trail. There's also a truly esoteric round of FMK involving Musical Theatre Canon. Don't miss this one Bi-cons!
Nov 12, 2021•2 hr 47 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Hear Tessa (Omni), David (Bi), and Cameron (Pan) talk about surface-level analysis and star power psychopathy, old email addresses and unknown Christian rock band names, introvert superpowers, and presidential impressions; all while nerding out about musical theatre and Star Trek. There's also a round of Never Have I Ever. Don't miss this one, Bi-cons!
Nov 05, 2021•2 hr 11 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast