All Episodes
Theatre Geeks — 164 episodes
Episode 158
Marcia Reminisces
159 Marcia Reminisces
157: What do you do about those “problem” patrons?
Episode 156 — Playwright Elaine Liner
155 – Speak up and don’t talk with your mouth full! Enunciation and diction on stage.
154 – Interview with a college intern for a community theatre
153 Return episode: Old or New? What sells best?
152 Audition: Great, Performance:Not so much
151 Deirdre Lovejoy, Ang Lee and cell phones in theatres
150 — Interview: Jill Olson of Chicago’s StoryTown and Funny Bones Improv
149 Scenic Painter Jeff Barrick
148 Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival
147 Putting music on stage
146 – Care and feeding of community theatre volunteers
145 – Putting history on the stage — conversation with playwright Michael Beatty
144 Say What? Theatre sound.
143 Putting on the California State AACT Festival
142 Festival tips from Ron Ziegler, AACT
How to save your theatre, part 2
How to save your theatre, Part 1
139: Some thoughts about theatre promotion
138 Animals Onstage
137 Richard Engling, Chicago Playwright
136 Kids in Hollywood: getting an agent and more
135 When your kids want to become professional actors
134 Getting your show shut down — how to avoid it
To your health: staying well on stage
132 Up in Smoke: Smoking onstage in a non-smoking world
131 Theatre a la carte: using food onstage
130 Backstage Etiquette
129 Directors — should they be smooth or sharp?
128 Stratford Festival 2014 Preview
127 Bad Theatre vs No Theatre at All: the great debate
126 Keeping a classic character fresh
125 Making your opening night more exciting (and profitable)
124 Stratford Festival Reviews creator Keith Tomasek
123 Summer Musicals
122 Fighting the community theatre budget battle
121 Know what you’re getting into or stay home
120 Can there be too much theatre tech?
119 Leave that stuff at home! Dealing with bad behavior in the theatre.
118 Is it Actor or Actress?
117 Awards Nights for Community Theatre: the pros and cons
Colleen Williamson talks about her life entertaining on cruise ships
115 Theatre under the influence
114 Does the weather put your community theatre in the deep freeze?
Choreography in community theatre: how is it different?
Everything old is new again: what’s wrong with “recycled†theatre?
Bonus Year-end episode: Theatre Quality vs Theatre Quantity
Shirley Mitchell and Heywood Banks talk about their musical Swamp Opera
Theatre Christmas Gifts for Theatre Geeks
Second City Conservatory: A student’s view
Stand-up comedy and community theatre
Stevens Puppets — “Theatre in the Littleâ€
Scientific Theatre Analysis (Sort Of)
Using Social Media to Promote Theatre
Early theatre experiences
Microphones on stage:To Mike or Not to Mike
Get the picture! The importance of good stage photography.
100 Deirdre Lovejoy talks about Lucky Guy, Tom Hanks, her new one-woman play and more!
99: Casting decisions: Experience vs talented new face
Audience etiquette: another smackdown
In theatre production, it’s the little things that matter
All or nothing at all? Honesty at the audition
Wigs and beards: the pleasures (and horrors) of hair on stage
When theatre critics attack, should a theatre fight back?
Latino Theatre in Chicago
Saving the play when the script is a dud
Building Community Support for Community Theatre
AACTFest 2013 Showcased Excellence in Community Theatre
Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival
Planning for festival competition? Here are some insights from the Geeks
Marcia in New York for “Lucky Guy†Opening — her full report
Demystifying music licensing for theatre
Chicago Comedy Film Festival
Indiana Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director, Janet Allen
Improv in community theatre and beyond
Are actors made or born?
Build audience with special performances
Theatre ushers, box office and customer service
79 Using theatre to reach at-risk youth
78 Deirdre Lovejoy and Our Trivia Game Show LIVE
77 How theatre can help autistic youth (Live audience show!)
76 Costuming the Stratford Festival
75 — Amy Shojai and Kurves, The Musical
Podcast Awards — Vote for us and for Dave’s favorites too!
74 Making your stage crew part of the action
73 Is your theatre ticket priced right?
72 Consider Staged Readings in Community Theatre
A playwright talks about royalties and writing
Episode 70 How to blow an audition
Theatre News for July 30, 2012 with Dave Dufour
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune theatre critic joins the Geeks
Do some shows get too MUCH applause?
Online ticketing for Community Theatre
ComedySportz on Theatre Geeks
Theatre Geeks News for June 5, 2012
Ticket Pricing in Community Theatre (That’s the Ticket!)
Theatre Geeks News for May 20, 2012
Ethics in the theatre
Theatre Geeks interviews Accidental Pervert star Andrew Goffman
Theatre Geeks News for April 1, 2012
Brush up your Shakespeare and Shaw at two great Canadian theatre fests.
Theatre Geeks News for March 19, 2012
Does today’s theatre technology leave too little to the imagination?
Theatre News for March 4, 2012
AACT New York Convention preview, John Takes a Holiday and More!
Extra for February 19, 2012
Theatre Ghosts, Superstitions and more!
Theatre trivia and bad theatre etiquette – LIVE!
50 Theatre Geeks Extra for January 25, 2012
49 Deirdre Lovejoy and our theatre game show!
48: Music and sound on stage
47: Rehearsals: closed while under construction
46: What theatre have you seen lately?
45: What actors shouldn’t do
44: Stanislavski’s got nothing on us!
43: The mind of the music director: auditions
42: Vocal Director Challenges
41 Miss America pageant system and performing arts (Miss Indiana, part 2)
41B Bonus episode — planning AACT Fest 2013 in Carmel, Indiana
40 Miss Indiana’s Youth Theatre Dreams
39 Do you update a dated play?
38: Laugh or Cry: Our personal favorite theatrical blunders (humorous and horrible).
37: Flying Blind: Staging a play when the script’s no help
36: Sixty-eight years in community theatre
35: Theatre competitions aren’t about the awards … or are they?
34: Interview with cast of New World Arts’ “The Pillow Manâ€
33: Community Theatre Festivals and Competition
32: A peek inside the mind(s) of theatre festival judges
31: Dealing with a Diva in the Theatre
30: What the #@&! — dealing with profanity and explicit language in community theatre
29: Theatre FOR children vs theatre WITH children
28: Writing for children’s theatre
27: Developing and caring for donors
26: Youth and Children’s Theatre
25: Plays every community theatre should produce
24: Audience Smack-down 101 (They’re Misbehavin’)
23: House Rules: Managing your theatre’s public face
22: Let there be light
21: You can't always get what you want
20: Experimental Theatre (Huh?)
19: Death takes a holiday
18: Theatre Tech, Tac, Toe
17: Fear of Commitment
16: Moving from high school to community theatre
15: There are no small parts . . .
14: Be kind to your stage manager
13: Stage Fright
12: Casting is Relative
11: When you get a part, but it’s not the part you want
10.5: A brief contest announcement
10: Directors’ Pet Peeves (Volume 2)
9: God, I hope I get it, or Auditions: the first step
8: He’s such a character (we hope)
7: Don’t Tempt Fate (Theatre Superstitions)
6: Actors wanna know: What do I do with my hands?
5: How much rope do you give your actors?
4: You Can’t Get Enough Shakespeare
3: It’s NOT all about you
2: The Unknown Play Problem
1: Mistakes Directors Make
A message from the host of Theatre Geeks