Thank You, Places!

Vanessa Medeiros drops into The 117 to talk about going from Catholic School Basketball to touring the globe with The Portuguese Kids. We...are all over the place in this one. Enjoy!

This is the correct version of the episode we meant to post today. But, Pat Taylor is still a thug! 

It wouldn't be a proper minisode unless we speak at length about a topic we are poorly prepared for. The Tony Awards are days away and we make predictions with the skill and precision of a drunk cousin throwing darts in a bar, blindfolded. 

The Least Influential Man in Community Theatre joins us as we talk about the Spring Awakening doc on HBOMax. Did he watch it? No. Did we ask him too? Nope. 

The brains and hands behind the Thank You, Places theme song, Eli Bigelow is in the house for this episode and things get...scattered. We read through an original work by a 14 year old Jared Robinson and it's such a hit that Ryan didn't even bring up his adopted baby "Annie, Too, 3." 

This week's minisode has us discussing the new Providence Performing Arts Center season!

We are excited to sit down with Pam and discuss her career in television, film and it's obvious apex, on-stage with Ryan. Visit PamelaJayneMorgan.com to see more about Pam and her career! “Pamela Jayne Morgan’s Marnie is quite possibly the best character despite limited screen time. There’s just something about her old school Hollywood vibe that’s electric onscreen and her relationship with M...

This week we discuss what is coming to the area, including productions from Little Theatre of Fall River, Your Theatre, Inc, Theatre by the Sea, Goodspeed Opera House and we even talk about an upcoming episode chatting about the Spring Awakening doc on HBO!

Ryan brings "his" big idea back up to playwright Cam Torres about Annie 2 (which we have now learned would actually be Annie 3) but that is only after some great conversation regarding the state of the industry, what a younger audience demands, and we learn that life is hard out there for a freelance playwright. 

The original concept for Thank You, Places was quick 15 minute pods where we just chat about the arts for a quarter of an hour, but we realized that we are very long winded and 15 minutes divided by 3 people and a guest does not lead to hearing our voices as much as we need. This is the first 15 minute mini-sode and we hope to make them a regular occurrence. They will be bulletin boards for local...

Ryan seems to think that "the people" (that's you), are clamoring to meet and hear more from The Producers. No, not the the smash Broadway show, the people who bring you the show and chime in here and there, Jared Robinson and Jose Cabral. They discuss how they each got into the arts and their March Madness style Top 4 shows. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Ryan talks to the original Show Ho, Jeff Belanger about acting, dancing, skating, directing, horror stories and takes Jeff's Oscar predictions! We also get Jeff and Ryan's take on Jose's experience watching the touring production of Oklahoma.  This show was produced by Jared Robinson and Jose Cabral from 117 Studios. The title track, Thank You, Places Theme, was written and recorded by Eli Bi...

Ryan Durkay sits down with two cast members, Emily Gene Fleet and Sean LaFontaine,  from a local production of Ken Ludwig's Baskerville A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. They get into playing multiple characters in a show and holiday movie classics. Thank You Places is hosted by Ryan Durkay and co-produced by Jared Robinson and Jose Cabral. The theme song was written and performed by Eli Bigelow.&nb...