Stage Combat The Podcast

BONUS EPISODE  Sean and Stage Combat Voice Actor Ellen Warner answer listener questions about Season One.   We're spilling the tea on all things Stage Combat! Warning: SPOILERS AHEAD if you have not listened to all nine episodes of Season One. Podcast icon designed by Fran Pinter-Parrott. Produced by Haywood Productions, LLC. Sean Hayden is New York City based attorney, actor and advocate for...

SEASON FINALE.  Season One, Episode 9. Synopsis: Following the events of last night, Sean hopes the Goodspeed will finally take action. Content warning: strong language. Stay tuned after the story for scenes from Season Two of Stage Combat: A Mental Health Story. Post Show Talk Back: Sean chats with clinical psychologist Dr. Alisa Hurwitz about the power of words when it comes to mental health. Di...

Season One, Episode 8. Synopsis: The chaos at the Goodspeed affects Sean in a devastating way. Content warning: Strong language; depiction of a panic attack Post Show Talk Back: Sean chats with clinical psychologist Dr. Alisa Hurwitz about panic attacks. Directed and narrated by Sean Hayden for Haywood Productions, LLC. Podcast icon designed by Fran Pinter-Parrott. Produced by Haywood Productions,...

Season One, Episode 7. Synopsis: Sean senses the Goodspeed is keeping something from him.  Content warning: strong language. Post Show Talk Back: Sean chats with clinical psychologist Dr. Alisa Hurwitz about an essay by Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth about the fear actors have of speaking up about their safety for fear of being labeled "a problem." Directed and narrated by Sean Hayden f...

Season 1, Episode 6.  Synopsis: Chad has a plan.  The Goodspeed kicks into high gear in response to Chad's allegations. Content warning:  strong language, including a homophobic slur.  Post Show Talk Back:  Sean chats with actors Michael McGurk and Steven Bono, Jr. about bullying in the workplace.  Directed and narrated by Sean Hayden for Haywood Productions, LLC. Podcast icon designed by Fra...

Season 1, Episode 5. Synopsis: The director holds a meeting on stage with Chad, Sean and the stage manager; Sean attends the opening night party for Billy Elliot . Post Show Talk Back:  Sean chats with clinical psychologist Dr. Alisa Hurwitz about whether our bodies send us signals with they feel like they are in danger. Directed and narrated by Sean Hayden for Haywood Productions, LLC. Podcast ic...

Season 1, Episode 4 Synopsis: Things heat up on the Goodspeed stage during the stage combat sequences of Billy Elliot. Content warning: strong language. Post Show Talk Back: Sean chats with clinical psychologist Dr. Alisa Hurwitz about "consent" in the workplace. Directed and narrated by Sean Hayden for Haywood Productions, LLC. Podcast icon designed by Fran Pinter-Parrott. Produced by H...

Season 1 Episode 2 Synopsis: Sean begins a closing working relationship with the Broadway director helming Billy Elliot at the Goodspeed. Content warning: strong language; depiction of a panic attack. Post Show Talk Back:   Dr. Alisa Hurwitz joins Stage Combat to talk about the mental health story being portrayed on stage within the musical of Billy Elliot .  Directed and narrated by Sean Hayden f...

The original Goodspeed Opera House Story that started it all.  Told like a true crime podcast. Synopsis: An actor gets a second chance late in his career by booking a leading role at one of the most prestigious and powerful theatres in the country. Content warning:  strong language. Stay tuned at the end of this episode for a trailer of what's coming up this season on Stage Combat: A Mental H...

Season 1 Episode 3 Synopsis: A replacement actor brought in two weeks before rehearsals for Billy Elliot may change everything for Sean.  Content warning:  strong language. Post Show Talk Back:  Sean chats with clinical psychologist Dr. Michelle Sherman about her study with the American Psychological Association about the mental health effects acting can have on performing artists. Directed and na...