Everyman Theatre's Resident Ghost Company

“In 2014 I saw a ghost backstage of a performance and soon discovered I wasn’t alone.” Everyman Theatre's Resident Ghost Company is a paranormal, true-crime documentary podcast produced and hosted by Everyman Theatre Resident Acting Company member Danny Gavigan. With interviews from Everyman Theatre's company of artists, paranormal experts, and Baltimore historians, Danny pieces together corroborating firsthand accounts, expert analysis, and revelatory newspaper clippings to uncover the history behind the ghost he encountered backstage at the haunted Baltimore theater. Part documentary and part suspenseful radio drama, Everyman Theatre's Resident Ghost Company explores how the supernatural connects us all. This content is produced by Danny Gavigan and distributed by WYPR.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conversations concerning the paranormal typically lend themselves to the sensational, but Danny has discovered they can also open deeper discussions about trauma, the afterlife, and a region’s rich history. Danny looks back on some of the other ghostly happenings at Everyman Theatre's historic space and explores the rich history of Baltimore’s Bromo Arts District, particularly Lexington market, to learn how the past still haunts the present with UMBC American Studies professor Dr. Nicole King. Heard on this episode Yaegel Welch Resident Acting CoClinton Brandhagen Former Resident Acting Co MemberHelen Hedman Resident Acting CoDeborah HazleI Resident Acting CoBeth Hylton Resident Acting CoBruce Randolph Nelson Resident Acting CoAndrew Gaylin Audio EngineerMegan Anderson Resident Acting CoCorey Frier-Ritsch Associate Director of Marketing and Strategic CommunicationsShammah Moore Porter at Everyman TheatreMandy Hall Director of ProductionBrenna Horner Former Lead Teaching Artist at Everyman TheatreJason McIntosh Actor (Radio Golf, Sweat, Fences)Tony Nam Resident Acting CoVincent M. Lancisi Founder, Artistic DirectorDonald Hicken Former Theater Head of Baltimore School for the ArtsDr. Nicole King Associate Professor and American Studies Dept. Chair, UMBCPaige Hernandez Associate Artistic Director This content is produced by Danny Gavigan and distributed by WYPR.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danny discovers that for many in the company their brush with the paranormal goes back to their childhood, and for some, the ghosts were not always welcome visitors. We hear from academic Dr. Hollis Robbins, medium Dr. Gwen F. MacGregor, paranormal investigator Elyse Caudill Corker, and host Marc Steiner from Everyman Theatre's “World of the Play” discussion around the production of Blithe Spirit back in 2015. Heard on this episode Brenna Horner Former Lead Teaching Artist at EverymanDr. Hollis Robbins Director of the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University and Chair of the Humanities Department at the Peabody InstituteBeth Hylton Resident Acting CoBLITHE SPIRIT Trailer – Bruce Randolph Nelson, Beth Hylton, Nancy RobineIe, and Megan AndersonDr. Gwen F. MacGregor Intuitive Life Coach and Metaphysical EducatorShammah Moore Porter at EverymanPaige Hernandez Associate Artistic DirectorJuan Juarez Lighting SupervisorMandy Hall Director of ProductionMegan Anderson Resident Acting CoJason McIntosh Actor (Radio Golf, Sweat, Fences)Andrew Gaylin Audio EngineerDonald Hicken Former Theater Head of Baltimore School for the ArtsElyse Caudill Corker Founding Member and Lead Investigator of the Greater Maryland Paranormal SocietyJoan Gavigan Mom This content is produced by Danny Gavigan and distributed by WYPR.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyman Theatre's porter, Shammah Moore, has had more than his fair share of ghostly experiences at the theater and attributes them to a shootout that occurred there back in 1953. Danny and Company unfold the events of that fateful day through anecdotes and revelatory newspaper clippings. Heard on this episode Shammah Moore Porter at Everyman TheatreMegan Anderson Resident Acting CoCorey Frier-Ritsch Associate Director of Marketing and Strategic CommunicationsBrenna Horner Former Lead Teaching Arts at EverymanTony Nam Resident Acting CoDonald Hicken Former Head of Theatre at Baltimore School for the ArtsVincent M. Lancisi Founder, Artistic DirectorMandy Hall Director of ProductionAndrew Gaylin Audio EngineerBeth Hylton Resident Acting Co This content is produced by Danny Gavigan and distributed by WYPR.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beth tells a ghost story from her childhood that has Danny investigating the parallels between traumatic events and apparitions in hopes to explain who the mysterious figure was backstage. Bruce offers a practical explanation of what our minds do to fill in blanks, but Danny learns about an event at the theater that might offer more answers. Heard on this episode Beth Hylton Resident Acting CoDonald Hicken Former Head of Theatre at Baltimore School for the ArtsVincent M. Lancisi Founder, Artistic DirectorMegan Anderson Resident Acting CoClinton Brandhagen Former Resident Acting Co MemberMandy Hall Director of ProductionHelen Hedman Resident Acting CoAndrew Gaylin Audio EngineerBruce Randolph Nelson Resident Acting CoDeborah Hazlett Resident Acting CoHelen Hedman Resident Acting Co This content is produced by Danny Gavigan and distributed by WYPR.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As theaters across the world go dark from the COVID-19 pandemic, Danny and the Everyman Theatre Co gather around the virtual ghost light to tell of their experiences in the haunted halls of the historic theater on West Fayette Street, only to realize that their stories intersect. Heard on this episode Bruce Randolph Nelson Resident Acting CoVincent M. Lancisi Founder, Artistic DirectorHelen Hedman Resident Acting CoBeth Hylton Resident Acting CoDeborah Hazlett Resident Acting CoPaige Hernandez Associate Artistic DirectorMandy Hall Director of ProductionDonald Hicken Former Head of Theatre at Baltimore School for the ArtsAndrew Gaylin Audio EngineerClinton Brandhagen Former Resident Acting Co MemberDaniel Ettinger Resident Scenic Designer This content is produced by Danny Gavigan and distributed by WYPR.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.