While The Applause Is Paused: Conversations With Regional Theater Makers Lacey Tucker

Meet Julia Brothers, a prolific actor who has worked all over the country. She was commissioned to write her first play during the pandemic, then starred in a streaming production of it. Join us for Julia's wisdom and her pandemic experience.

San Francisco Playhouse website
Target Margin Theatre website
ACT (American Conservatory Theater) website
Theaterworks Silicon Valley website
Marin Theater Company website
Gulfshore Playhouse website
Merrimack Repertory Theater website
B Street Theatre website
Arthur Miller wikipedia
Death of a Salesman wikipedia

Podcast website
Lacey’s Instagram
Episode transcript
Get in touch at whiletheapplauseispaused@gmail.com
Music by: Drew Wutke
Drew’s website
Logo design by Sarah Kleist, Kleist Creative
Sarah’s website
Photo by Billy Bustamante, Billy B Photography
Billy’s website

This week Lacey chats with Bryce McDonald, Producing Director of the Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville, TN. Join in the conversation with one of the only theaters in the series so far that has been producing shows inside, and hear about their slow climb back to full houses. Hear about their unique small town in Tennessee where the theater nonetheless attracted nearly 90,000 visitors a year pre-COVID. Get curious about the realities of producing theater in a socially conservative environment and hear some really great stories about CCP’s productions of A Chorus Line and Sweeney Todd.
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Show Notes
Bryce’s Instagram
Cumberland County Playhouse website
Cumberland Plateau wikipedia
Savannah Sipping Society teaser
Clue On Stage teaser
Edward Villella and football article
Bright Star wikipedia
Sweeney Todd wikipedia
A Chorus Line wikipedia
Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones website

Podcast website
Lacey’s Instagram
Episode transcript
Get in touch at whiletheapplauseispaused@gmail.com
Music by: Drew Wutke
Drew’s website
Logo design by Sarah Kleist, Kleist Creative
Sarah’s website
Photo by Billy Bustamante, Billy B Photography
Billy’s website

This week Lacey chats with Ginger Poole, Producing Artistic Director of Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke, VA. Despite having spent 8 weeks working at Mill Mountain, Lacey did not know the story of its 10-year journey to reduce debt and rebuild its relationship with the actor's union.
Join the conversation to hear the theater’s amazing survival story and how it was poised to complete its comeback just as the pandemic hit. Get curious about how Ginger remade the theater’s business model. Follow her careful plans for the next several productions leading to a full mainstage show in the Fall. 

Show Notes
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Mill Mountain Theatre website
The Mill Mountain star at night photo
Equity EMC program webpage
Million Dollar Quartet Tony Awards performance
Equity COVID-19 safety documents webpage
Meet Me At Mill Mountain podcast

Podcast website
Lacey’s Instagram
Episode transcript
Get in touch at whiletheapplauseispaused@gmail.com
Music by: Drew Wutke
Drew’s website
Logo design by Sarah Kleist, Kleist Creative
Sarah’s website
Photo by Billy Bustamante, Billy B Photography
Billy’s website

This week Lacey chats with Sean Daniels, Artistic Director of the Arizona Theatre Company in Tucson and Phoenix. Sean is also an award-winning director and a playwright.
Join the conversation to hear about what may be the only theatre company in America with two hometowns, and how that was further complicated in the pandemic. Get curious about how Our Town influenced Sean at a young age and how he imagines the first live show back at the theatre will go.
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Show Notes
Arizona Theatre Company’s website
Sean’s email
Sean’s twitter
Our Town by Thornton Wilder wikipedia
Private Lives by Noel Coward wikipedia
Merrimack Repertory Theater website
My 80 Year Old Boyfriend by Charissa Bertels, Christian Duhamel and Ed Bell website
LORT Theaters website
Native Gardens by Karen Zacarias article

Podcast website
Lacey’s Instagram
Episode transcript
Get in touch at whiletheapplauseispaused@gmail.com
Music by: Drew Wutke
Drew’s website
Logo design by Sarah Kleist, Kleist Creative
Sarah’s website
Photo by Billy Bustamante, Billy B Photography
Billy’s website

This week Lacey chats with Kate Galvin, Artistic Director of Cardinal Stage and Barrymore Award-winning director. She recently directed Cardinal Stage's virtual production of Adam Gwon's Ordinary Days.

Join the conversation to hear about Cardinal Stage's challenging relationship with its subscribers in the pandemic, its site-specific, walking audio plays, and the flash mob choreography at its Social DisDance Party.
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Show Notes
Cardinal Stage’s website
Kate Galvin’s website
11th Hour Theatre Company’s website
Ada and the Engine by Lauren Gunderson webpage
Ordinary Days by Adam Gwon wikipedia
National Alliance of Musical Theater (NAMT) website

Podcast website
Lacey’s Instagram
Episode transcript
Get in touch at whiletheapplauseispaused@gmail.com
Co-Editor: Kelly Gabrielle Murphy
Kelly’s website
Music by: Drew Wutke
Drew’s website
Logo design by Sarah Kleist, Kleist Creative
Sarah’s website
Photo by Billy Bustamante, Billy B Photography
Billy’s website

Lacey chats with Dina Janis, Artistic Director of the Dorset Theatre Festival in Dorset, VT. Dina has led the Festival for the past 11 years, turning it into a powerhouse of new works development for diverse voices.
Take a listen to why Breaking Bad is proof that regional audiences are ready for more than we used to think they were. Hear about Dina's preference for audio plays over Zoom theatre. Get curious about Dina's reaction to the social justice protests and why it matters in Vermont, the second whitest state in the union.
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Dorset Theatre Festival website 
Joe Papp and the Public Theater wikipedia
Steppenwolf Theatre website
Labyrinth Theater website
Theresa Rebeck website
Heidi Armbruster interview
The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez
Alan Ayckbourn wikipedia
Merrily We Roll Along at Menier Chocolate Factory, London 2013

Podcast website
Lacey’s Instagram
Episode transcript
Get in touch at whiletheapplauseispaused@gmail.com
Co-Editor: Kelly Gabrielle Murphy
Kelly’s website
Music by: Drew Wutke
Drew’s website
Logo design by Sarah Kleist, Kleist Creative
Sarah’s website
Photo by Billy Bustamante, Billy B Photography
Billy’s website