Podcasts about downriver actors guild

To celebrate the release of BPN's remastered Season 1 of Loveville High, David and Eric discuss the amazing journey the podcast has been on since its release in 2019. In addition to updates about the stellar cast, they speak with directors of two productions––Tamara Meneghini of CU-Boulder and Bryan Aue of Michigan's Downriver Actors Guild––about the joy and challenges of turning this podcast into a show! Watch LOVEVILLE HIGH at the 2nd Street Performing Arts Center here! www.2ndstpac.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode the Downriver Actors Guild announces some exciting news! We are developing a performing arts center and moving! Listen to host Benjamin Apostle get all the details from Artistic Director Debbie Aue, Director of Operations Joel Bias, and Executive Board President Jim Steele. Be sure to follow and subscribe to get all new episodes automatically!

We're Baaaaaaack!Host Benjamin Apostle and Producer Bryan are back with your inside look behind the curtain of all the theaters in the downriver area. In our first episode back since the pandemic, host Benjamin Apostle sits down with Chuck Bollman from The Downriver Actors Guild, Sydnee Corbin for Southgate Community Players & The Players Guild of Dearborn, and Daveaux Riggs & Nathan Kubik from Spotlight Studios in Monroe. Here we learn a little about how each group has found ways to keep theater alive and what the future may hold for local theater.

In our 2020 return, host Benjamin Apostle sits down with Ashley Blevins, Kayla Harwood, and Gerald Hymer to discuss the pervasive problem of male privilege in community theater. The three share their opinions, stories, and experience working with productions at the Downriver Actors Guild and beyond and how male actors are treated differently than female actors.

In this week's episode of the Curtain Call, host Benjamin Apostle sits down with Taylor Charbonneau and Sydnee Corbin to discuss how other theater compaines compare to the Downriver Actors Guild. The two share their stories of working with groups like DYPAC, SCP, and The Players Guild of Dearborn.

In this week's episode, host Benjamin Apostle sits down with Josh Gray (Director of Frozen Jr.), Kylie Scarpace (Queen Elsa), and Chloe Scarpace (Princess Anna) as they discuss being in the Downriver Actors Guild's production of Frozen Jr. Kylie and Chloe share what it's like being sisters in real life and on stage together. To get tickets to Frozen Jr. visit www.downriveractorsguild.netPerformances are 11/8 - 11/10 & 11/15 - 11/17 and the cost is $15.

In this week's Curtain Call, host Benjamin Apostle sits down with Nick "Big Papa" Brown and Mishana Green to discuss the point of view of African Americans in community theater. Nick and Mishana share their stories, opinions, and struggles of being an African American actor in predominately white community theater companies. Contact Mishana about voice or acting lessons at mishanagreen@gmail.com. To see "Frozen Jr" 11/8 - 11/17 at The Downriver Actors Guild, get your tickets at www.downriveractorsguild.netTo see Nick Brown in "Elf: The Musical" 11/22 - 12/8 at The Croswell, get your tickets at www.croswell.orgTo learn more about The Downriver Actors Guild visit www.downriveractorsguild.net.

Host Benjamin Apostle takes a deep dive with guests Denny Connors and Melanie Aue. The two share stories, secrets, and feelings about past and present productions at the Downriver Actors Guild.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to go up on a stage and act? Was fear preventing you from doing so? Well, this episode is for you! John is joined by four very talented women from the hit Doug Stone show – Sealed for Freshness. Associated Press has called it, “A raucous comedy” […]

This week, Deb and Joe talk to master set designer Drew Hall about what goes into creating a great set. Mike Trudel shares the plight of Grosse Pointe Theater and his newspaper opinion piece which set off a community firestorm. Auditions this week include Oliver at the Downriver Actors Guild and A Chorus Line at Southgate Community Players. Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email info@frontrowpodcast.com or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077.  

This week, Deb and Joe talk to master set designer Drew Hall about what goes into creating a great set. Mike Trudel shares the plight of Grosse Pointe Theater and his newspaper opinion piece which set off a community firestorm. Auditions this week include Oliver at the Downriver Actors Guild and A Chorus Line at Southgate Community Players. Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email info@frontrowpodcast.com or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077.  

This week, Deb and Joe discussed holiday shows:   Christmas Then and Now  at the Downriver Actors Guild. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Farmington Players. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Starlight Theater. Sing in the Season at Birmingham Village Players. Jef Fisk and Theresa Selvaggio from Grosse Pointe Theater talk about GPT leaving the Grosse Pointe War Memorial after 58 years and what the future holds for the theater. Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email info@frontrowpodcast.com or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077.

This week, Deb and Joe discussed holiday shows:   Christmas Then and Now  at the Downriver Actors Guild. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Farmington Players. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Starlight Theater. Sing in the Season at Birmingham Village Players. Jef Fisk and Theresa Selvaggio from Grosse Pointe Theater talk about GPT leaving the Grosse Pointe War Memorial after 58 years and what the future holds for the theater. Subscribe to Front Row Podcast in iTunes, or visit our website. Contact the show directly via email info@frontrowpodcast.com or leave your comments on our hotline at 248-631-4077.

Front Row Podcast - All about Community Theatre in the Metropolitan Detroit area. Hosted by Deb Dworkin and Joe Munem, the show focuses on the talented artists working on all levels in local community theatre. FRP 001, the premier episode of the podcast, was recorded at Avon Players in Rochester Hills. Deb and Joe discuss what the show is all about, a little about their own backgrounds in theatre and in life. They promoted upcoming auditions for shows in the Detroit area: Downriver Actors Guild - "Bonnie & Clyde," Grosse Pointe Theatre - "The Sunshine Boys," The Lakeland Players - "Heaven Can Wait," Pontiac Theatre IV - "Disney Beauty and the Beast," Rosedale Community Players - "Minus Some Buttons," Spotlight Players - "The Haunting of Billop House," St. Dustan's Theatre Guild - "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," Stagecrafters - "Trevor" & "The Best Man," The Starlight Theater - "The Mousetrap," Village Players of Birmingham - "Mame." In this episode, two local theaters were thrown into the spotlight: Joe interviewed Larry O'Grady of Sterling Civic Theater. Both Deb and Joe spoke with JD Deierlein, president of Avon Players and the director of their season opening show Assassins.  Contact Front Row Podcast at the website or email at info@frontrowpodcast.com 

Front Row Podcast - All about Community Theatre in the Metropolitan Detroit area. Hosted by Deb Dworkin and Joe Munem, the show focuses on the talented artists working on all levels in local community theatre. FRP 001, the premier episode of the podcast, was recorded at Avon Players in Rochester Hills. Deb and Joe discuss what the show is all about, a little about their own backgrounds in theatre and in life. They promoted upcoming auditions for shows in the Detroit area: Downriver Actors Guild - "Bonnie & Clyde," Grosse Pointe Theatre - "The Sunshine Boys," The Lakeland Players - "Heaven Can Wait," Pontiac Theatre IV - "Disney Beauty and the Beast," Rosedale Community Players - "Minus Some Buttons," Spotlight Players - "The Haunting of Billop House," St. Dustan's Theatre Guild - "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," Stagecrafters - "Trevor" & "The Best Man," The Starlight Theater - "The Mousetrap," Village Players of Birmingham - "Mame." In this episode, two local theaters were thrown into the spotlight: Joe interviewed Larry O'Grady of Sterling Civic Theater. Both Deb and Joe spoke with JD Deierlein, president of Avon Players and the director of their season opening show Assassins.  Contact Front Row Podcast at the website or email at info@frontrowpodcast.com