Williamston Theatre Backstage Chat

In this episode Emily Sutton-Smith, co-Founder and Executive Director of the Williamston Theatre, chats with two amazing theatre professionals, Alexis Black and Tina Newhauser, about their theatrical journeys and the work they are doing with staged intimacy.

WT co-Founder and Executive Director Emily Sutton-Smith chats with Scenic Designer Jennifer Maiseloff.

Emily Sutton-Smith, WT co-Founder and Executive Director, chats with Media and Projections Designer Alison Dobbins.

WT co-Founder and Executive Director Emily Sutton-Smith chats with award-winning playwright Audrey Cefaly, whose play MAYTAG VIRGIN will be on the Williamston Theatre stage in February and March of 2024. Her play ALABASTER was in our 2022-2023 Season.

WT co-Founder and Executive Director chats with lighting designer Shannon T. Schwietzer.

In this episode, WT co-founder Emily Sutton-Smith explores the world of theatrical sound design with Julia Garlotte.

In part 2 of Episode 7, Emily Sutton-Smith continues her chat with Director Rob Roznowski and actors Andrea Wollenberg and Mark Schenfisch about their favorite moments in the production, what they’ve been doing for the past 6 years, and what’s next for them in 2024.

Back in 2017, the Williamston Theatre produced a great show called Murder for Two with Book and Music by Joe Kinosian, and Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair. It continues to be the Theatre’s most successful production in our 17-year history. We’ve always wanted to bring the show back, and when we learned there was a Holiday version of the show we secured the rights to make it our holiday production for the 2023-2024 season. And we have been lucky enough to secure both cast members and most of the creative team from that production. In this special two-part episode, Emily Sutton-Smith chats with Director Rob Roznowski and actors Andrea Wollenberg and Mark Schenfisch about the upcoming production.

In this episode, Emily Sutton-Smith chats with WT resident stage manager Stefanie Din about what it is, exactly, that a stage manager does, and how it's different than what a director does.

In episode 5, Emily Sutton-Smith gets to chat with actor Patrick Loos about his experience on the Williamston Theatre stage in On the Market.

In this episode, Emily Sutton-Smith chats with Scenic Designer Kirk Domer. Kirk's 17th scenic design for the WT stage is currently creating the world for On the Market, through October 22, 2023. Emily and Kirk chat about his past designs, what he finds inspiring, and what's up next for him.

In this episode, WT co-Founder and Executive Director Emily Sutton-Smith chats with Costume Designer Karen Kangas-Preston about her work on the current WT show On the Market, her process when developing the costume design for a production, and what's up next for her.

WT co-Founder Emily Sutton-Smith chats with playwright Jason Odell Williams. Listen to their discussion of Williams' inspirations, process, and what's coming up next for him. Williams' play ON THE MARKET is currently on the WT stage through October 22, 2023.

As we embark upon an adventure in podcasting, hear what the Four Founders of the Williamston Theatre are most looking forward to in Season 17, what surprises them most about having gotten this far, and what they've learned since opening the WT in 2006.