Podcasts about village players

The Puppetry of AmelieThe Puppetry of Amélie: Dave Nelms, and The Village Players Theatre, have reimagined the story of Amélie a young woman who discretely orchestrates the lives of the people around her, creating a world exclusively of her own making. Using puppets and a fluid stage, the actors and the set immerse the audience into Amélie's imagination, daydreams, and her real life experiences. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/214M4OKBbWcDivndnc2MTu Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stage-door-a-theatre-podcast-hosted-by-two-regular-guys/id1573865415

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]: The village Players are producing this irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's 37 plays in 90 minutes. Listen as the Director and stars tell Stage Door why this show is London's longest-running comedy April 5th-7th and April 11th-14th Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/214M4OKBbWcDivndnc2MTu Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stage-door-a-theatre-podcast-hosted-by-two-regular-guys/id1573865415

Nunsense, The Village Players Theatre: The Little Little Sisters of Hoboken sat down with Kyle to discuss the crazy misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser. Sadly, the rest of the sisterhood died from botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia Child of God.Did we mention that tisis a comedy!

We do a lot of unique events and working with The Village Players (the oldest community theatre in Hillsborough county) is a fun organization to create some unique imagery. Our goal is assist in the promotion of their shows as they typically have around 4-5 each year and operate as a not-for-profit theatre group.   **Just a side note, due to their non-profit status as 501c3 we do not charge the theatre for our time or image creation. We are a fan of the arts and The Village Players is our organization of choice to volunteer with and assist in getting the word out.   So what's the process that we do help out and create some fun work? Usually, we know the play in advance since the schedule is out - this helps as it allows us to start coming up with ideas. Currently as this is being worked on - The Music Man - our goal is to make some graphics that appear to match the era and feel of the of the early 1900's. Since we haven't started work, since that session is in July - our last play was Clue. I'll do a post on the music man post session. Our sessions are booked 2-3 months in advance, our schedules are a bit crazy. We bring the studio to the theatre and a lot of times, it's one of the first full dress rehearsals of their show. Image are taken in front of a green or gray screen depending on what we're working on currently as they're relatively easy to extract. I'll post a video on the extraction process and link it here - at this point it's much easier and the AI tools make the process a lot smoother. The image with the police officer is a post extraction shot. Once we make extractions of the entire cast it's time to place them into the images we created for the play. Usually it's 2-3 show photos and the cast imager. For extractions, we either use Pixnub's EZ Green Screen or the Adobe Extraction tool - it really just depends.   Whether it's theatre, sports or our Comic Lucy the process is very similar. It's a lot of fun and we enjoy the process of creating new imagery for everyone we work with. For the upcoming Music Man at The Village Players Valrico - the 2023 Show Dates are the following: Performance dates are on August 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 at 8 p.m. and matinees on August 13 and 20 at 3 p.m. Doors open at least 30 minutes before curtain. Tickets are on online at: https://tvpvalrico.ticketleap.com/the-music-man/ 

Cabaret, 3B Productions and The Village Players are producing a show with more depth than most ppeople know. It's not just a dance show with skimpy costumes, but much, much, more. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stage-door-a-theatre-podcast-hosted-by-two-regular-guys/id1573865415 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/214M4OKBbWcDivndnc2MTu Cabaret November 17th - 20th 2022 Tickets https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?subscription=vipie A Special Event In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. "A stunning musical... "– Walter Kerr, The New York Times

Ruthless: The Stage Mother of All Musicals, at The Village Players Theatre. Nick and Abby join us, on Stage Door, and give us the rundown of what audiences can expect. Show opens June 17, The Village Players Theatre For tickets, visit www.thevillageplayers.org or call 419-472-6817 Think Gypsy meets The Bad Seed, with a Dash of All About Eve- something for everyone! The script is hilarious, and the cast is stacked. What's not to love? Featuring Laura Crawford, Nick Adams, Anne Cross, Jennifer Braun, Abby Karakas, Sarah Pettee.

December 10, 12, 18, 2021. in repertoire- December 11, 17, 19, 2021 "It's a Wonderful Life A Live Radio Play” and “A Christmas Carol A Live Radio Play” from The Village Players Theatre We were at The Village Players Theatre  tonight. We got to sit down with a couple of the stars of the upcoming  holiday shows. "It's a Wonderful Life A Live Radio Play” and “A  Christmas Carol A Life Radio Play”

 Robbie Deaton is a member of the Hot Springs Village Players. Here's how they describe themselves on their website: Established in June of 1978 the "Village Players"  had a goal to organize and promote amateur theater in Hot Springs Village.  Over 42 years later that goal and many others have been realized.  We have evolved into "Hot Springs Village Players" and have grown in membership  from 16 to 120 members,  produced more than 140 plays and musicals and still going strong. The HSV Players are preparing to present "Mama Mia!" at The Woodlands beginning November 18th, Thursday evening. Go here to buy your tickets. Here's a list of the cast and crew (it takes a village to put on a great production - pun intended). They've been hard at work since the end of September to bring this show to the Village. Buy your tickets today! • Join Our Free Email Newsletter • Subscribe To The Podcast Anyway You Want • Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel (click that bell icon, too) • Join Our Facebook Group • Tell Your Friends About Our Show!

Fran Martone, Jacqueline Arvanitis, & Laura Crawford are in to talk about the Village Players new show The Revolutionists by Lauren GundersonOpening November 8Directed by Fran MartoneFeaturing: Emily Waters, Jacqueline Arvanitis, Laura Crawford and Aimee Reid.Call 419-472-6817Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It's a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…that ends in a song and a scaffold.The Village Players is a 100% volunteer-run organization, from the people who staff the ticket counter, run the lights and sound, and stage crew to the actors and directors. If you are interested in volunteering at The Village, please email our Volunteer Coordinator at VPlayers@gmail.com. We accept submissions for shows all year round. These go to our Play-Reading Committee who sort through and read every single show. November 1 is the cut-off date for submissions. Normally, at our December or January board meeting, the Play-Reading Committee submits its selections for the next year, as well as the shows that were not selected. Then comes the hard part. The board reads and rehashes all the work that the committee did and comes to a final consensus on the following season. If you have seen a show that you think we could pull off, heard of one you would like to see done, written one you would like performed, or you have an interest in directing at The Village Players, please do not hesitate to contact. We shall be happy to put it up for consideration.

In the early 1950s, a group of well-off men and women from the Village of Ottawa Hills formed a theater group for entertainment. Their first shows were presented with a tent as their theater and were held in Ottawa Park. As the group continued to prosper and grow, they began to look for a new, permanent home. A small church building on Upton Avenue between Monroe Street and Central Avenue was acquired in the mid-1960s, and renovations began to turn the chapel into a true theater space. Incorporated in 1956, The Village Players Theater has evolved over the years into a friendly, open, community theater presenting a wide variety of productions.Over the years, new seats, state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems, and numerous “work days” have turned the humble chapel into one of Toledo’s most-beloved performance spaces.Walter Cronkite is Dead by Joe Calarco (comedy)September 6 – 14, 2019A fierce thunderstorm has shut down airports up and down the East Coast. Two women, who appear to have nothing in common, are stuck in a waiting area at Reagan National Airport. Patty is a chatty southerner—a blue-collar woman from a red state—who is almost physically unable to tolerate silence. Margaret is a Washingtonian, reserved, educated, liberal and not interested in sharing her thoughts, or her table, with Patty. Forced together for a long night in a public place, the two strangers have no choice but to share a bottle of wine and begin to talk…and to listen. Their conversation is funny, difficult, deeply revealing and astonishingly frank. Patty and Margaret share details of their lives that lead them to a place of kinship neither of them could have imagined. Yes, Walter Cronkite is dead, but his wisdom and compassion lives on in this insightful comedy about what might be possible if people from opposite sides of the political aisle would stop shouting and take even one night to listen.Get more info and tickets at thevillageplayers.org

This week, Deb and Joe interviewed Ryan Moore, director of Avon Players – The Bridges of Madison County, May 18th – 20th, 25th – 27th, June 1st – 2nd. Richmond Community Theater - Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, runs May 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th,  and 27th, 2018 Village Players of Birmingham production of She Loves Me, runs May  18th, 19th and 20th, 2018.  Starlight Theater - Children of Eden, runs May  18th, 19th and 20th, 2018. Youth Summer Theater Camp Downriver Actors Guild – Summer Camp 2018  Stagecrafters – Audition - The Wild Party June 2nd, 2018 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 interviewed Ryan Moore, director of Avon Players – The Bridges of Madison County, May 18th – 20th, 25th – 27th, June 1st – 2nd. Richmond Community Theater - Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, runs May 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th,  and 27th, 2018 Village Players of Birmingham production of She Loves Me, runs May  18th, 19th and 20th, 2018.  Starlight Theater - Children of Eden, runs May  18th, 19th and 20th, 2018. Youth Summer Theater Camp Downriver Actors Guild – Summer Camp 2018  Stagecrafters – Audition - The Wild Party June 2nd, 2018 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 discuss record the show in the middle of Joe's final dress rehearsal for Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Richmond Community Theater. Joe interviews director Bryan Braun (who didn't know Joe was recording a podcast during the final dress rehearsal). The show runs May 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th,  and 27th, 2018. Village Players of Birmingham production of She Loves Me, runs May 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th and 20th, 2018. Joe interviews director Kevin Branshaw and leading actor Kathleen Duffy. Avon Players – The Bridges of Madison County, May 18th – 20th, 25th – 27th, June 1st – 2nd  Barefoot Productions – What Would You Do?, May 11th-13th, 18th-20th, 2018 Clarkston Village Players – Leading Ladies, May 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 Downriver Actors Guild – Heathers – The Musical, May 11th - 20th, 2018 Players Guild of Dearborn – Sweet Charity, May 11-13, 18-20, and 25-27, 2018 Ridgedale Players – Fox on the Fairway, May 11th - 20th, 2018 Rosedale Community Players – Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun, May 11-12 Southgate Community Players – Into the Woods, May 11-12 Stagecrafters – Annie, May 11- June 3 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 discuss record the show in the middle of Joe's final dress rehearsal for Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Richmond Community Theater. Joe interviews director Bryan Braun (who didn't know Joe was recording a podcast during the final dress rehearsal). The show runs May 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th,  and 27th, 2018. Village Players of Birmingham production of She Loves Me, runs May 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th and 20th, 2018. Joe interviews director Kevin Branshaw and leading actor Kathleen Duffy. Avon Players – The Bridges of Madison County, May 18th – 20th, 25th – 27th, June 1st – 2nd  Barefoot Productions – What Would You Do?, May 11th-13th, 18th-20th, 2018 Clarkston Village Players – Leading Ladies, May 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 Downriver Actors Guild – Heathers – The Musical, May 11th - 20th, 2018 Players Guild of Dearborn – Sweet Charity, May 11-13, 18-20, and 25-27, 2018 Ridgedale Players – Fox on the Fairway, May 11th - 20th, 2018 Rosedale Community Players – Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun, May 11-12 Southgate Community Players – Into the Woods, May 11-12 Stagecrafters – Annie, May 11- June 3 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.

In FRP 005, Deb and Joe visited Ridgedale Players in Troy (248-988-7049). “The overture is about to start, You cross your fingers and hold your heart, It's curtain time and away we go, Another op'nin', another show” Joe and Deb space on the show of origin of that song while introducing the big opening week in Detroit community theatre.  Joe was sure that the Cole Porter tune is in Anything Goes, so of course it can actually be found in Kiss Me Kate. Show openings include Once Upon a Mattress at Richmond Community Theater, Assassins at Avon Players, Plaza Suite at Village Players of Birmingham, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Barefoot Productions, Lend Me a Tenor at Clarkston Village Players and the season kickoff fundraiser of I’ll Be Waiting at Rosedale Community Players, Disney’s The Little Mermaid at Stagecrafters and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown at our host theater, Ridgedale Players. As the hosts offered each cast to “Break a Leg,” Deb explained the origin of that phrase. You can find many of these in an article by Eddie Deezen. Our special guests this week are Eileen White and Aaron Filipski of Ridgedale to talk about their new season (You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Haunting of Hill House, Urinetown – The Musical and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Eileen and Aaron discuss the two things Ridgedale Players are known for: great theater and serving sandwiches after each showv performance, a tradition dating back to the Great Depression. 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.

In FRP 005, Deb and Joe visited Ridgedale Players in Troy (248-988-7049). “The overture is about to start, You cross your fingers and hold your heart, It's curtain time and away we go, Another op'nin', another show” Joe and Deb space on the show of origin of that song while introducing the big opening week in Detroit community theatre.  Joe was sure that the Cole Porter tune is in Anything Goes, so of course it can actually be found in Kiss Me Kate. Show openings include Once Upon a Mattress at Richmond Community Theater, Assassins at Avon Players, Plaza Suite at Village Players of Birmingham, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Barefoot Productions, Lend Me a Tenor at Clarkston Village Players and the season kickoff fundraiser of I’ll Be Waiting at Rosedale Community Players, Disney’s The Little Mermaid at Stagecrafters and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown at our host theater, Ridgedale Players. As the hosts offered each cast to “Break a Leg,” Deb explained the origin of that phrase. You can find many of these in an article by Eddie Deezen. Our special guests this week are Eileen White and Aaron Filipski of Ridgedale to talk about their new season (You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Haunting of Hill House, Urinetown – The Musical and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Eileen and Aaron discuss the two things Ridgedale Players are known for: great theater and serving sandwiches after each showv performance, a tradition dating back to the Great Depression. 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