LIGHTS UP!

MOTHERS AND OTHER STRANGERS by F.J. Hartland (PA)(join New Play Exchange and read any of the plays F.J. mentioned in this podcast, including MOTHERS AND OTHER STRANGERS)Ethan: Scott Harrison (NYC)Grace: Deb Meeks (TN)Moira: Kim Howard (TN)Directed by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattAdditional Audio:Stock Music provided by SoundPhenomenon, from Pond5Stock Music provided by RickyValadez, from Pond5Houston Museum of Decorative Arts - Humanities TN Sharp Recipient Spotlight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SEAL ISLAND by John Patrick Bray (GA)(join New Play Exchange and follow along, SEAL ISLAND)Jessie: Sadie Collins (TN)Claire: SAvannah Talledo (PA)Jon: Brian Tichnell (CA)Sellers: Rachel Craig (TN)Directed by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattAdditional Audio:Stock Music provided by SoundPhenomenon, from Pond5Stock Music provided by RickyValadez, from Pond5RISE - Humanities TN Sharp Recipient Spotlight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HANDS FROM THE FIRE by Cris Eli Blak (KY via TX soon to be NYC)(an article about the upcoming play at the Cherry lane Theatre in New York that Cris mentions in the interview)Warner: Peter Macklin (NYC)Carmen: Sehri Alese Wickliffe (NYC)Directed by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattAdditional Audio:Stock Music provided by SoundPhenomenon, from Pond5Stock Music provided by RickyValadez, from Pond5Calvin H. Coolidge National Medal Of Honor Heritage Center - Humanities TN Sharp Recipient Spotlight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE MAMA AND THE PAPA by Rex McGregor (NZ)(join New Play Exchange and read any of the plays Rex mentioned in this podcast, including THE MAMA AND THE PAPA)Papa: Daniel Meeks (CA)Mama: Kim Howard (TN)Directed by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattAdditional Audio:Stock Music provided by SoundPhenomenon, from Pond5Stock Music provided by RickyValadez, from Pond5ART120 - Humanities TN Sharp Recipient Spotlight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FRAGILE by Dana Leslie Goldstein (NYC)(join New Play Exchange and read any of the plays Dana mentioned in this podcast, including FRAGILE )Alana: Sehri Alese (NYC)Renny: Adam Osella (MD)Directed by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattAdditional Audio:Stock Music provided by SoundPhenomenon, from Pond5Stock Music provided by RickyValadez, from Pond5ELLA Library - Humanities TN Sharp Recipient Spotlight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WATER MUSIC by Arianna Rose (FL)(join New Play Exchange and read any of the plays Arianna mentioned in this podcast, she has several listed)Meredith: Deb Meeks (TN)Lada: Rachel Craig (TN)Directed by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattAdditional Audio:Stock Music provided by SoundPhenomenon, from Pond5Stock Music provided by RickyValadez, from Pond5SPLASH YOUTH ARTS - Humanities TN Sharp Recipient Spotlight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE HUNCHBACK OF MARSHALL AVENUE by Randy Lee Gross (PA)(join New Play Exchange and read along with THE HUNCHBACK OF MARSHALL AVENUE)Geoffrey: Adam Osella (GA)Dreydan: Khallil Gamble (MD)Mia: Savannah Talledo (PA)Directed by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattAdditional Audio:Stock Music provided by SoundPhenomenon, from Pond5Stock Music provided by RickyValadez, from Pond5SoLit - Humanities TN Sharp Recipient Spotlight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FOR ALL WE KNOW by Rob Dames (CA)(join New Play Exchange and look at Rob's other writings including CLICK,SWIPE the musical he mentions)See Rob's impressive IMDB pageTommy: Peter Macklin (NYC)Angie: Sadie Collins (TN)Benji: Khallil Gamble (MD)Directed by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattAdditional Audio:Stock Music provided by SoundPhenomenon, from Pond5Stock Music provided by RickyValadez, from Pond5SONGBIRDS - Humanities TN Sharp Recipient Spotlight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE ONES LEFT BEHIND by Rebecca Dzida (DC)(join New Play Exchange and then follow along in the script)Sonny: Scott Harrison (NYC)Cher: Savannah Talledo (PA)Directed by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattAdditional Audio:Stock Music provided by SoundPhenomenon, from Pond5Stock Music provided by RickyValadez, from Pond5MOVE AND GROOVE KIDZ GARVEY PROJECT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HOLY HELL by Barbara Lindsay (WA)(join New Play Exchange and then follow along in the script)The Man: Daniel Meeks (CA)The Woman: Sadie Collins (TN)Directed by Garry Lee PoseySoundscape by Eric "Red" WyattAdditional Audio:Stock Music provided by SoundPhenomenon, from Pond5Stock Music provided by RickyValadez, from Pond5www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.comwww.facebook.com/EnsembleTheatreofChattanoogawww.instagram.com/ensemble_theatre_of_chatt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer Garry Lee Posey and Hosts Christy Tipton and Dana Colagiovanni get together to preview Season Three of Lights Up!The three friends discuss everything from musical improvisation to being a mother, weight loss, Belarus, Ukraine, Holocaust and some other exciting news about Season Three.Season 3 and 4 have been made possible from a generous grant from Humanities Tennessee and the #SHARP grant program which is administered through The National Endowment of Humanities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A young boy learns to handle the stresses of being a teenager, having an overbearing grandfather, a dying father and a mother doing her best to keep it together.  A touching play about how our imagination is not only a source of comfort and escape, but also the way some learn to cope and learn.Featuring:Ellis Stephens, Libby Lindsey, Bruce ShawMore About Rob Smith:Wixsite- Rob SmithReview of Rob's play DUST which premiered in Chicago.  ETC consequently presented this play in the fall of 2018.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of it's bimonthly radio program, The ETC Digital Theatre Hour on WUTC 88.1 FM (an NPR affiliate station), The Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presented Neil Wechsler's play GRENADINE.  "GRENADINE is pure fun, it is fantastically delicious, engagingly imaginative and even pushes the button of your heart.  While simple in story, it is massive in the message of not taking oneself or one's journey too seriously," mentions Garry Lee Posey (ETC's founder and executive artistic director)The play follows a group of cohorts on a journey to find the long lost love of one of that group's life.  It is a journey that introduces the group to a host of challenges and characters while challenging their connection to each other and their connection to the world.  "The play ends with such a dramatic sensibility that you never see coming," mentions Posey.The cast includes:Gage Goza as PRISMATICJacob Moore as SCONCECourtenay Cholovich as PYXChristopher Hrozencik-Snyder as GROVECasey Keelen as FEMALE ENSEMBLEAmir Andalib as MALE ENSEMBLEGarry Lee Posey as MALE ENSEMBLEMore on Neil Wechsler:Neil Wechsler's WebsiteYale Books Unbound about Neil Wechsler's GRENADINENeil's Podcast The Online Theatre Development CollaborativeNew Play Exchange - Neil WechslerInstagram - @wechlersprojectsFacebook--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For several years, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presented a series of original works written by local playwrights conceived by and performed in front pieces of art at the Hunter Museum of American Art.  We called this performance CASTING THE CANVAS.  "It was an experiment of mixing mediums in an effort to showcase how the different ways individuals can experience visual art.  Our writers included established playwrights, novice playwrights, fiction writers and willing enthusiasts with no prior writing experience."Six to Eight scripts were curated, rehearsed and performed throughout the museum.  A guide would lead the audiences to each of the galleries housing the art where the play would be performed with the art creating the backdrop.  Three of the four plays in this series by playwright Garry were included in various Casting the Canvas events, they are:FUGUE IN DTerrance Wright, Brenda Schwab, Garry Lee Posey,  Christy GalloSubway - 14th Street - Hunter Museum inspirationTwo Men - Hunter Museum inspiration(Gaiety) Burlesque (also known as Irving Palace Burlesque) - Hunter Museum inspirationGlen (Ireland) - Hunter Museum inspirationAmerican Gothic, Washington D.C. - Hunter Museum InspirationTWELVE IRONS IN THE FIREGarry Lee Posey, Taylor Williams, Kashun ParksGOODWILLEDKashun Parks, Taylor Williams, Maggie Williams, Eric Red Wyatt, Taylor Williams, Jesse McCecilAlone Together IX - Hunter Museum inspirationThe other play in the series premiered as part of Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga's SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE Short Play Festival and then performed again as part of the Drive By Theatre Festival in Atlanta, Georgia.TAKING IN THE PEACEFULNESSMaggie Williams, Megan Smith, Christy Gallo, John Thomas McCecil--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producer Garry Lee Posey and Host Dana Colagiovanni provide brief recaps and insights from the ten plays we produced this season.https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/jun/10/godot-is-a-woman-review-silent-faces-samuel-beckett (mentioned in the recap of Guy Newsham's play "Waiting for Hello")--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WEBSITE - Adam SzudrichFacebook - Adam SzudrichSHORT + SWEET - Article about a trio of shorts by Adam which played to sold out crowds in SydneyBACHELOR GAL - Adam's co-creation original one woman cabaret show based on swiping (left or right)MISLEAD - a short film with a completely funded campaign in INDIEGOGO by AdamCast:Deborah Meeks (TN) - ROSADennis Parker (TN) - LEOCasey Keelen - Stage DirectionsEric "Red" Wyatt - Audio Design --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NEW PLAY EXCHANGE - Marj O'Neill-ButlerPLAYWRIGHT CENTER - Marj O'Neill-ButlerSmith Scripts U.K - three published plays for purchase including THERE'S NEW LIFE COMING and BABY FEVER (which Marj talks about in the interview and the production that happened just recently in Hong Kong)DRAMATIST'S GUILD - bioInstagram - @marj2341; Facebook - Marj O'Neill-ButlerFantasy Theatre Factory - where LIFT EVERY VOICE : Black Women Speak was producedCast:Joyce Benson (TN) - DORISMaggie Williams (GA) - MILLIEEric "Red" Wyatt - Audio Design and Stage Directions--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NEW PLAY EXCHANGE - Donald LoftusPLAYWRIGHT CENTER - Donald LoftusCast:Patrick Brady (VA) - CharlieChristopher Hrozencik-Snyder (TN) - JIMMYCasey Keelen - Stage DirectionsEric "Red" Wyatt - Audio Design--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NEW PLAY EXCHANGE - Daniel PrillamanBackstage.Com - Daniel PrillamanInstagram: @prillsofwisdom2Twitter: @prillsofwisdomFERAL THEATRE COMPANY - Daniel Prillaman's "For a Limited Time Only" Cast:Garry Lee Posey  (TN) - TERRENCEElise Mayfield (AL) - LING LINGEric "Red" Wyatt (TN) - ZOOKEEPERCasey Keelen - Stage DirectionsEric "Red" Wyatt - Audio Design--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on Lights Up, we present the third of a three part series. If you haven't been following the atrocities happening in Belarus over the rigged election of Alexander Lukashenka, known as the last European dictator, then prepare yourself for quite the story. If you are aware of what is happening in Belarus, then prepare yourself for a story that is part documentary, part creative license, but fully rooted in a live and still developing narrative.INSULTED BELARUS by Andrei Kureichik has been translated into English by John Freedman. Together the two of them have been disseminating this play across the world. 190 events involving a reading of the play to date, over 25 translations in 23 different countries, with 43 having happened already in the United States. This play is part of a revolution in a country where democracy doesn't really exist. In a country where artists have been forced from the counties, where opposition candidates are thrown in jail as enemies of the state preventing them the opportunity to run for President. In a country where riot police, from another country, enforce the laws of a man who refuses to give up control.Part One:Interview with John Freedman by Dana Colagiovanni and Garry PoseyPart Two:Act One of INSULTED BELARUS featuring performers Libby Lindsey, Bonnie Stoloff, Shannan Osborn-Bilyeu, Eric "Red" Wyatt, John Thomas McCecil, Gage Goza and Garry Lee PoseyPart Three:Act Two of INSULTED BELARUSFor More Information:INSULTED BELARUShttps://www.facebook.com/Insulted-Belarus-Worldwide-Readings-111217267391429JOHN FREEDMANhttps://jfreed16.wixsite.com/johnfreedman/blogAmerican Theatre article written by Andrei Kureichikhttps://www.americantheatre.org/2020/08/24/theatre-in-belarus-we-will-never-be-the-same/Music used in this three part series of episodes include:Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ilya-kuznetsov/losseshttps://uppbeat.io/t/ilya-kuznetsov/lighthttps://uppbeat.io/t/ak/lost-in-thoughtshttps://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/legendary-confrontationhttps://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/countermarchhttps://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/our-championThe play ends with “Walls,” by Lluis Llach, sung in Belarusian--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etchattanooga/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.