Theatrical Shenanigans

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 fulfilling his true potential. In "Tins" we meet four sisters who find something out about their mum that they didn’t expect. Accompanying this fabulous play, I get to have a chat with Brooklyn based playwright Ashley Lauren Rogers (https://newplayexchange.org/users/6296/ashley-lauren-rogers & https://www.ashleylaurenrogers.com/)   Cast: Anne - Elayne Teague Gill - Andrea Richardson (https://www.mandy.com/uk/voice-artist/andrea-richardson-1) Sue - Gillie Stoneham Caroline - Nicky Whichalow (https://www.facebook.com/nickywvoices4u)   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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/ & https://gsapio.wixsite.com/gsapio)   Debra A. Cole (https://debraacolescripts.com/ & https://newplayexchange.org/users/30609/debra-cole)   Robert J. LeBlanc (https://newplayexchange.org/users/37762/robert-j-leblanc, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14614648/, https://www.balderdashacademy.com/)   For anyone interested in the plays discussed in this episode: "Believe Me" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1663782/believe-me-v3 "Affairs" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1680351/affairs   "Follow your Art" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1804302/follow-your-art-stepping-through-frame "Stork Patrol" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2033718/stork-patrol   "The Naughty List" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/805546/naughty-list "The Amethyst Ghost" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3380068/amethyst-ghost-episode-one-eye-bastet   "Ghosts" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/5972/ghosts "Quack" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2047231/quack "Maria and Little Joey Have a Baby" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/357076/maria-and-little-joey-have-baby   "One Night in September" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3041624/one-night-september "My Vagina Has a First Name" - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1506566/my-vagina-has-first-name   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts To purchase the self-published books - https://www.rfwscripts.co.uk/shop  

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 teacher as well as a playwright who has had various written works published and/or performed. He also write horror fiction and has had several of those works published. I also get to have a chat about the play with the founder of Broken Arts Entertainment and fabulous playwright, Joe Swenson (https://newplayexchange.org/users/67940/joe-swenson & https://brokenartsentertainment.com/)   Synopsis: The setting is a cabin in the woods on a rainy night. Resolution had gotten away from Conflict for a time, but now Conflict is back, and Resolution’s old foe is ready to wreak havoc on the world once again.    Cast: Conflict - George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio & https://gsapio.wixsite.com/gsapio)  Resolution - Fiona Leishmann   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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_PZe2jj66CGzTO4V-fKRjqMJI6BWXaJiio-gcmb3yE9u_qVt8AXSKqTlmODHdJC_NuRD9_RLKkVnbqTQLIvNu9PtWJ_gI-EoNjU-EQghKoRpXbCmZoPCDrkHdv-WQ6QMtSzAz0ir2acC003XZbdyatre0Ff4TCidvvNQFGrFh77UIrU8iNFV_pXMCZ9j_EsfspWRnxx7CTL78TLb7jYEkEM.EHLSs4kzZRfFLpRoIyFW2rqBs2ECd5TPBF5NmJotGqI&dib_tag=se&qid=1705515863&refinements=p_27%3AJudy+Upton&s=books&sr=1-1).   Back to her play though, the piece is entitled “In Fact its a Gas”. Cast: James - Chris Plumridge (https://newplayexchange.org/users/64773/christopher-plumridge) Mia - Sarah Wyatt Laura - Zoe Barke Accompanying the brilliant performance of this piece I also get to have a chat with Rebecca Frew who has only been a playwright for a year but has already had self-produced productions (https://www.frewproductions.co.uk/). If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/  https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts  

Hello there and welcome to our May installment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panelists to discuss all things theatrical on this Star Wars Day!   Our panelists 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-RdEFIRVdqGGlTOS7WLjwPhy9RmofQuzdiCXaYc Vivika Widow - https://www.instagram.com/vivika_widow/   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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 but now must face the daunting task of trying to get out!   Cast: Spencer - Patrick Hibbin (http://www.spotlight.com/profile/3414-5612-5037) Julie - Gilly Fick   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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 times, all against the mother's background Cancer treatment.  Accompanying this touching play I get to have a chat with Georgia based actor and playwright, Lora Hogan (https://newplayexchange.org/users/64052/lora-hogan)   Cast: Julie - Perdita Lawton (www.perditalawton.com) Carys - Amy Wilson Nurse - Heather Dalton (https://www.mandy.com/uk/a/heather-dalton) Old Woman - Monika Brodowska (https://app.spotlight.com/4291-9089-1454) If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts    

Hello there and welcome to our April installment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panelists to discuss all things theatrical.   Our panelists 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) Chris Soucy - (https://newplayexchange.org/users/26789/christopher-soucy) Vidalia Unwin - (https://newplayexchange.org/users/36629/vidalia-unwin)   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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: Sarah has spent most of her life being deceived by friends and having suspicions about her husband but this time, will she be able to see the snake for the grass?   Cast: Jane - Nicky Whichelow (www.nickywvoices.com) Helen - Helen Fullterton (www.HelenFullerton.com)   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/

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 being deceived by friends and having suspicions about her husband but this time, will she be able to see the snake for the grass?   Cast: Dr Catherine Tenson - Heather Dalton (https://www.mandy.com/uk/a/heather-dalton) Sarah - Amy Wilson Michael - Chris Smith   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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.   Episode 12 has a second play by Chicago based playwright and Theatrical Shenanigans regular, Dana Hall (https://newplayexchange.org/users/58758/dana-hall/ & https://www.danahallcreates.com/).   The play is entitled "The Long Goodbye" and is best described as a beautiful quote from the front of the script, “Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity.”   Cast: Ella - Megan Bickel Louis - Greg Bauhof   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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.   Episode 11 has a play by UK based playwright and regular feature on Theatrical Shenanigans, Tony Vale.   The play is entitled "Writing Wrongs" and is described by Tony as "kind of matrix for how a play develops in the writer’s head and to show how the characters can take over, when the writer least expects it."   Cast: Writer - Kerry Frater (http://www.kerryfrater.co.uk/index.html & https://www.mandy.com/uk/actor/kerry-frater) Woman - Cathy Flockton   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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.   The play for Episode 10 has been written by Darrin Ingram (https://newplayexchange.org/users/59169/darrin-ingram) who has been a voice actor for many Theatrical Shenanigans episodes and now joins for the first time as a playwright.   The piece is called "Goodnight Jimmy" and in it we see James Boyd and his younger brother Johnny engage in their nightly ritual of banter and reminiscing in an attempt to overcome (or maybe enhance) a case of chronic insomnia.   Cast: James Boyd - Joe Swenson (www.brokenartsentertainment.com) Johnny Boyd - Robert Sawyer (https://www.voices.com/profile/rtsawyer) If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/  https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

Hello there and welcome to our special celebrating International Women's Day. For this special I have got together with three amazing female playwrights to hear four plays celebrating women and having a chat about them. The four plays are: "Sister from the same Mister" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1804106/sisters-same-mister) by Debra A. Cole (https://newplayexchange.org/users/30609/debra-cole & http://www.debraacole-playwright.com/) Melissa - Gillie Stoneham Amanda - Helen Cheng Mao (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOBWRX6h1_Qm8VQZqPWymVGFIkfruadkU) Dana - Dana Hall (https://www.danahallcreates.com/)   "Faerie Ring" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/860297/faerie-ring) by Jacquelyn Priskorn (https://www.jacquiefloyd.com/writing ) Woman - Gilly Fick (https://www.guildburys.com/) Bridget - Marnie Thomson (https://marniethomson.co.uk & https://www.spotlight.com/9094-6752-4968)   "Need to Know" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2260659/need-know) by Rachel Feeny-Williams (https://www.rfwscripts.co.uk/) Girl 1 - Perdita Lawton (www.perditalawton.com) Girl 2 - Jacquelyn Priskorn (https://www.jacquiefloyd.com/writing & https://newplayexchange.org/users/37764/jacquelyn-floyd-priskorn) Wife - Megan Bickel   "My Vagina Has a First Name"  (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1506566/my-vagina-has-first-name) by Dana Hall (https://www.danahallcreates.com/) Heather - Melissa Schmitz (https://101stageadaptations.buzzsprout.com/ & https://newplayexchange.org/users/72513/melissa-schmitz) Sam - Hannah Lee Defrates (https://newplayexchange.org/users/58102/hannah-lee-defrates) Becky - Angela Sarabia (https://newplayexchange.org/users/83860/angela-sarabia) Vicky - Jacquelyn Priskorn (https://www.jacquiefloyd.com/writing & https://newplayexchange.org/users/37764/jacquelyn-floyd-priskorn) If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/  https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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.   Episode 9 has a play by Kansas based playwright and Theatrical Shenanigans regular, Debra A. Cole (https://newplayexchange.org/users/30609/debra-cole & http://www.debraacole-playwright.com/).   The play is entitled "Camel Girl" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2241369/camel-girl) and is based on the life of Stella Harper, the Camel Girl. In it we see Ella talking to a reporter about her life and how she wants more than the circus can give her. Cast: Ella - Megan Bickel James - Darrin Ingram (https://www.darrin-ingram.com/) Promoter - Peter Buchacz   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

Hello there and welcome to our March installment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panelists to discuss all things theatrical.   Our panelists for this episode are: Tony Tambasco - https://newplayexchange.org/users/21527/tony-tambasco & http://www.tonytambasco.com/ Loretta Bolger Wish - Kim E. Ruyle - https://newplayexchange.org/users/37647/kim-e-ruyle Rachel Rubin Ladutke - https://newplayexchange.org/users/63052/rachel-rubin-ladutke & https://rachelwrites67.wixsite.com/website   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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.   Episode 8 has a play by Theatrical Shenanigans regular, George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio & https://gsapio.wixsite.com/gsapio). The play is entitled "Seasons" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/25876/seasons) and in it we see the Seasons of the year brought to life as characters. Grandma Fall has her hands full getting her exhausted granddaughter Spring out of bed. If she doesn't, will nature ever recover? Cast: Fall - Megan Bickel Spring - Perdita Lawton (www.perditalawton.com) Summer - Darrin Ingram (https://www.darrin-ingram.com/)   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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.   Episode 7 presents a play by Japan based playwright Morey Norkin (https://newplayexchange.org/users/70395/morey-norkin) entitled "Eden 2" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1758506/eden-2). In it we see two astronauts on a mission to begin populating Mars have a divine encounter that leads to a conclusion of biblical proportions.   Cast: Adam - Robert Sawyer (https://www.voices.com/profile/rtsawyer) Eve - Jacquelyn Priskorn (www.jacquiefloyd.com) Female Voice - Fiona Leishmann   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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.   Episode 6 has a play by Christophe Plumridge, a playwright based in East Anglia, UK (https://www.cjp-scripts.co.uk/). The play is called "A Ruby in a Sky of Diamonds" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2164121/ruby-sky-diamonds). In it we see April standing outside during a party on a hot midsummer's night, alone. Until a beautiful stranger joins her under the stars. But is this stranger more than she seems?   Cast: April - Perdita Lawton (www.perditalawton.com) Summer - Angela Sarabia (https://newplayexchange.org/users/83860/angela-sarabia)   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts

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.   Episode 5 has a play by US playwright Donald E. Baker (https://www.playsbydonaldebaker.com/ & https://newplayexchange.org/users/13449/donald-e-baker) The Play is called "Feeling Devilish" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2158433/feeling-devilish) and in it we see Roger's best friend is very concerned when they discover Roger met a demon on an online dating site. They're even more concerned when the demon turns out to be a personal injury lawyer.    Cast: Roger - Anthony Targan (www.tonytargan.com) Stevie - Chris Smith Zippy - Peter Buchacz   If you can, please Like/Follow/Support us! :-) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheatricalShenanigans https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 https://www.instagram.com/theatricalshenanigans/ https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts