The Premiere Podcast

Special Edition Episode! Casey visits with Jesse Jensen, we discus his theatre background, his Chicago stories, and directing the infamous chair bit.    Casey then meets with the director of Nothing On, the pllay within the play Noises Off! premiering this weekend at The Orpheum Theatre part of The Premiere Playhouse's Season 23 Mainstage Series! The first of it's kind, a very Meta Interview.   Get your tickets to Noises Off! here: https://thepremiereplayhouse.com/productions-events/noises-off/    Get your tickets to American Idiot, here:  https://thepremiereplayhouse.com/productions-events/american-idiot/   Get your tickets to The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadow Cast 50TH ANNIVERSARY! https://prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=340066~1d5b34e1-badb-43f0-8475-370ee07c62d1&epguid=510d615f-2c6d-4679-af0f-02aeca3c7396&mdy=6/28/2025&  Tickets Available for Halloween Stores presented by The Premiere Playhouse will be on: www.thepremiereplayhouse.com  

What a wild rife the last few weeks have been for TPP. You can hear it in the way Casey and Oliver open the program, covering the audition process and announcing the cast list for the first Mainstage Series show, Noises Off!  We also discuss the audition process and the things we learned for next year.    In our second segment we visit with longtime caller, first time listener, Jill Clark-Manshreck, TPP's genius Scenic and stage designer. She tells us about her process, time before TPP and how it came full circle a few years ago. I also give her so much crap for asking and asking to be on the show, yet she's NEVER listened to an episode. So maybe we got a new fan or several new fans after this episode.    Get Tickets to Noises Off! October 3rd - 5th at the Orpheum Theatre, Sioux Falls: https://thepremiereplayhouse.com/productions-events/noises-off/    Get a Mainstage series Membership: https://thepremiereplayhouse.com/mainstage-subscriptions/    Sponsor the podcast or a TPP Production: Sponsor - The Premiere Playhouse

Welcome to a very exciting episode of The Premiere Podcast! On this episode, Casey and Oliver discuss The Premiere Playhouses' new Audition process. Auditions will be held August 30th for Straight Plays and August 31st for Musicals. Call Backs are scheduled for that first week of September. Visit www.thepremiereplayhouse.com for more information and to sign up!    On the second half of the episode, Casey does a deep dive into the history of Good Night Theatre Collective as they begin their 10th season in Sioux Falls. Joined Bob Wendland, a founding member of the GNTC, and Luke Tatge, Collective member, producer, director, write, jack of all trades; they share the insights as to what to expect this season and more from Good Night.  So, enjoy the Good Premiere Night Podcast!  Interested in season Tickets for the Premiere Playhouse? Sign up here: Mainstage Subscriptions - The Premiere Playhouse Support The Good Night Theatre Collective by purchasing season subscriptions and more here:  good-night.squarespace.com/new-tickets 

Casey is back with Oliver in the cohost chair as they recap their 5!!!! Wins!!! At the Stage Awards. We also hold space for the many mispronunciations of names and shows. But hey, that's what you get when you record a show at 11pm on a School Night.  Our special guests this episode are two Penguins from the Penguin Project, Sarah and Shianna. They share about their last few years in the Penguin Project and what it has meant to them. We also discuss the rehersal process leading up to the Premiere of High School Musical The Musical Jr August 15-17 at the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux Falls.  Learn more about the Penguin Project and The Premiere Playhouses involvement: The Penguin Project - The Premiere Playhouse   Get Tickets to High School Musical the Musical Jr here: Performance selection [Disney's High School Musical Jr.] - Washington Pavilion (Disregard the Washington Pavillion Name - The Premiere Playhouse is producing the Penguin Project. WPMI Helps with ticketing.)   Get your Season 23 subscriptions here: Mainstage Subscriptions - The Premiere Playhouse

Join your host Casey Kustak as he breaks down The Premiere Playhouse's 2025 Stage Award Nominations prior to the award ceremony on July 17th, 2025.  With Oliver our enjoy some well-deserved relaxation and show seeing, Casey is joined by former guest and wife, Abby Kustak. They discuss each category that TPP was nominated in for the upcoming Stage Award Ceremony. It's a stacked year and it's anybody's game! Which is said no less than 98 times in this episode.  Abby and Casey also do impressions of Oliver that are so uncanny, you'd think he was actually there with them.  Congratulations to all the nominees from TPP, Goodnight Theatre, Theatre Lab, Olde Towne, Mighty Corson Arts Players, Monstrous and more!!   Learn more about the Sioux Falls Stage Awards here: siouxfallsstage.org/awards Consider donating, Sponsoring or becoming a volunteer with The Premiere Playhouse here: Donate - The Premiere Playhouse

Welcome back to the 2nd part of the Clay Ackerman interview. We dive more into 9 to 5 and just music in general. If you enjoyed the first part, you are going to love this part too.  If you didn't enjoy pt 1, keep it to yourself.  9 to 5 opens its 2nd week of shows on Thursday June 19th. YOu can purchase tickets here: https://wpmi-3encore.shop.secutix.com/selection/event/date?productId=10228997748547 Get your tickets as this show has been selling close to sold out! Thursday June 19 - 22! See you at the show!

Welcome back to another episode of The Premiere Podcast! On this episode we are joined by Clay Ackerman, Musical Director for 9 to 5. Casey and Clay talk music. All sorts of music. It kind of goes in every direction, it's obvious that there is a love for music all around on this one.  Before we get Clay, Casey and Oliver discuss tech week briefly as 9 to 5 gets set to premiere! Most of this episode is just making fun of the obnoxious program bios that Casey has written during his time with TPP.  9 to 5 opens June 12th and runs through June 22 at the Historic Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Sioux Falls. Thurs-Sat Shows 7pm Sun Shows 2pm  Get Your Tickets here: thepremiereplayhouse.com/productions/9-to-5/ 

Welcome to episode 5! Our biggest episode yet!    On this episode we announce The Premiere Playhouse's Season 23 shows! Unfortunately, since Casey is the host, he makes it one big joke.  Oliver takes time to share all the buzz and excitement within TPP and fills you in on what to expect for this upcoming season and beyond.  Case is then joined by the co-directors of 9 to 5, Brittney Lewis and Abby Schwedhelm. They share their journey through the rehearsal process and what to expect when 9 to 5 premieres this June.   Get your tickets to 9 to 5 here! thepremiereplayhouse.com/productions/9-to-5/  

It's another episode of The Premiere Podcast! And this episode is one for the history books! It's our LONGEST episode yet; however, you can tell that there is so much fun being had in this episode that you'll wish it was longer!   Oliver Mayes, side kick and co-host extraordinaire, joins Casey to share exciting things happening in the community. We tease BIGLY announcements coming for The Premiere Playhouse (sorry no season 23 news yet, but maybe some clues!). Casey is quizzed again on his knowledge of musical theatre; it does not go great. Casey turns the tables on Oliver and tests his knowledge on Sports. What does this have to do with Theatre? Nothing, it's just fun.   Our second portion of the show, Casey interviews, Mo Hurley. Actor, Writer, Director, Author, Clown#2 and an Award Winner shares stories of TPP, Casey's Santa Thong Picture, directing the chair bit (yep, brought up again). But most importantly we discuss Mo's direction of Educating Rita, opening April 24 - 27 at the University of Sioux Falls Educating Rita - The Premiere Playhouse (Tickets here).   There is so much zaniness and laughter in this episode you'll be begging for us to bring Mo back soon!   Want to learn how YOU can get involved in our season Productions? Or wish to Donate to keep Community Theatre alive and running in the Sioux Empire - Visit our Get Involved page for more information! Get Involved - The Premiere Playhouse

On this third episode of The Premiere Podcast we deal with sound issues. Just a little bit. Though more importantly Casey and Oliver read totally real reviews that are not made up. Oliver questions Casey on Musical Theatre trivia. Spoiler Alert. It does not go well. The second half of the episode, Casey welcomes two bright actors from The Premiere Playhouse, Ceil Stoll and Ian Ward, to talk William Shakespear's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pranks, working with your significant other and more.

The Premiere Podcast is back for its second episode. Is it bigger and better than the first? That's for you to find out and judge. This episode, Casey visits with Oliver to discuss the happenings since episode 1. WE MANIFESTED OUR FIRST GUESTS POMOTION TO CEO!!!!! We dive into Casey's show in Parker, after a 2 year hiatus form Standup, SNL 50th and the audition process. Oliver provides insights for anyone auditioning for shows. Guess what? The entire crew is rooting for you and your peers. Alex and Abby join to discuss the education camps, kids summer camps and the Penguin Project. They also share what to expect for these mainstays year over year. As we say in the biz, they are "show ready". To sponsor the remainder of the season or learn more about sponsoring next season and supporting The Premiere Playhouse all year round, visit thepremiereplayhouse.com/sponsorships. We'll see you at the show!

Welcome to the show! The first ever episode (Super Sized!) of The Premiere Podcast! On the very first episode, your host, Casey Kustak, visits with the Interim CEO of Downtown Sioux Falls, Brandon Hansen. They discuss the recording space, Brandon's experience with The Premiere Playhouse and the truest of love stories found on stage. The shows second guest is, Oliver Mayes the Executive Artistic Director of The Premiere Playhouse, he shares his thoughts on Young Frankenstein's infamous "chair bit" with host, Casey. They reminisce Oliver's TPP directorial debut before discussing The Premiere Premieres and what it takes to run a local non-profit community theatre. Oliver also asks Casey questions that were certainly written by Oliver and no one else, no matter what anyone says. The Premiere Podcast would like to thank Downtown Sioux Falls for the recording space. To donate or Sponsor shows with The Premiere Playhouse, please visit: Support Us - The Premiere Playhouse

Ladies and Gentlemen, Kings and Queens and In-Betweens, Welcome to The Premiere Podcast! Hosted by resident comic and actor, Casey Kustak. Join me on a journey through the ins and outs of the Sioux Empire's very own, The Premiere Playhouse! Learn what it takes to put on a main stage community theatre production! Get the inside scoop on future productions, the shows happening during the season, camps and other opportunities that help grow the performing arts scene in the Sioux Empire! Get ready backstage with us this January 2025!