The Conner & Smith Show

We had a blast catching up with Monica and discussing her journey to and beyond SU, and what she has been up to since. https://vimeo.com/aisthesisproductions http://www.lastcall.film http://www.aisthesisproductions.com @aisthesis_productions @monicahmoehring And don’t forget to say Hi to Monica on our Discord page - https://discord.gg/WZq8MKSJ And also add your late 90’s songs to our Season 5 Spot...

We delve into the SU reunion with Wakey Wakey frontman Mike Grubbs! Listen to the story of his journey to the top of the pop charts, being featured on One Tree Hill on the CW, and what he’s up to today! Join the season 5 Discord board to say hi to Mike, and other alum here: https://discord.gg/WZq8MKSJ And add to our late 90’s Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5AzZo6lYvwCEYcv...

Listen in as Ryan Halbrook takes a trip back to some memorable places in Winchester, Va, including Shenandoah University, Sheetz, The Apple Blossom Mall, the Theatre House, and more, interspersed with the three of us reminiscing about those landmarks. Chime in on our DISCHORD board here: https://discord.gg/WZq8MKSJ and listen to and ADD songs to our Season 5 playlist here: https://open.spotify.com...

Join us for a chat with Monique Midgette, discussing Broadway, DC, National Tours, and her new position as Associate Artistic Director at Theatre Under the Stars in Houston, Texas, where she soon hopes to attend a rodeo…. https://www.moniquemidgette.com/

Join us for a chat with multiple Helen Hayes Award Winning Actress, Natascia Diaz! We discuss her roles in West Side Story as Anita, Fosca in Passion, Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Petra in A Little Night Music in the Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration, Jacques Brel, and her legendary auditions for Cassie in the film, Every Little Step, and so much more! https://www.natasciadiaz.com/

Join us for a chat with Helen Hayes Award winning Actress Jacquelyn Piro Donovan as she talks about her latest venture, https://www.broadwayprovoice.com, plus her roles on the DC Stage in 110 in the Shade, Nevermore, and Witches of Eastwick!

Join us for a chat with Composer/Lyricist/Playwright Marshall Pailet, who we intersected with in 2010 in the DC Fringe Festival production of Super Claudio Bros. His work includes Everyone Gets Eaten By Sharks, Triassic Parq, Who’s Your Baghdaddy? And much more! His new musical “A Girl and a Boy Dance” captured our attention during the Pandemic, and we just love this human so much it hurts. Enjoy...

Join us for an amazing discussion with the inventor of the Klingon Language, Linguist Marc Okrand! We also talk about the development of Closed Captioning, working with great actors like Leonard Nimitz, Christopher Lloyd, Christopher Plummet, and William Shatner!

Join us for a spiritual conversation with Eric Nies, the breakout star of the first reality tv show, The Real World NYC who went on to host The Grind on MTV, and then went on his own healing and spiritual quest. Find out more information on Eric at www. IamEricNies.com

We chat with Helen Hayes Award winner, Carolyn Cole about Hairspray, Spin, the best Thanksgiving ever, and everything in between!

Join us for an amazing catch up with Sandy Bainum, where we discuss her upbringing in Western PA, and her journey to Broadway, LA, and beyond. https://sandybainum.com/

Join us for a chat with Welsh Actor Mark Evans, currently starring in the Broadway Musical of Mrs. Doubtfire, set to reopen in March. We journey through his West End and Broadway engagements, and his stint as “Cal” in The Fix at Signature Theatre in 2015, and everything in between. https://www.markevans.actor/info

Join us for a delightful catch up chat with Bayla Whitten (Feuerstein) on her beginnings dancing and singing in the living room to Les Miserables on the West End, to Signature and her upcoming PBS concert with The American Pops Orchestra on March 6th!

Kyle Coffman is BACK to talk about the 7x Oscar Nominated film West Side Story, in which he plays Ice! Get a backstage pass to the process of shooting this modern classic!

Join us for a chat with the charming and vivacious Bligh Voth. We discuss mushrooms in nature to Dolly Parton songs and everything in between. See what Bligh is doing here: http://www.blighvoth.com

Join us for a chat with Sean from his beginnings in Philadelphia to Broadway with Glenn Close! See him in DC on Friday at https://feverup.com/m/107381

Pulitzer Prize Winner Royce Vavrek joins us for a walk-through of his body of work, Midwestern Gothic, Angel’s Bone, Proving Up, and more. http://www.roycevavrek.com/

Join us for a chat with Ryan Duncan, who we have known for forever but can’t remember when we saw him last! Follow his journey from DC theatre to New York’s “Altar Boyz” and beyond! https://www.ryan-duncan.com/

Join us for a chat with the incredible Emmy Nominee Tracie Thoms as we journey through her pathway from Baltimore, to Toby’s Dinner Theatre, to The Devil Wears Prada, Rent, Falsettos, Death Proof, TV, and much more!

Join us for a chat with Rayshun Lamarr from “The Voice” and so much more! Follow Rayshun at http://www.rayshunlamarr.com/

We catch up with DC beloved actor and Award winner, Tom Story! Join us for a chat about gay clubs in DC, his many roles on area stages, and everything in between.

We had such a blast reconnecting with Helen Hayes Award winning actor, Bobby Smith! We chat about Titanic, Midwestern Gothic, Forever Plaid, and just life in general in these two Pandemic years. Grab your “nabs” for a snack and listen!

Join us for a chat with DC Theatre royalty, Helen Hayes Award winning actor, Frank Britton! We chat about his journey, his love of film scores, and his in general amazing life.

Join us for a chat with one of DC’s favorite actresses, Katie McManus! We chat about her journey into theatre, adopting rescue dogs, and much more!

Join us for a fun catch-up with actress Karissa Swanigan-Upchurch as we discuss our shared theatre productions High Fidelity, Super Claudio Bros., Night of the Living Dead, and the many cabarets we did, plus everything else she’s been up to, including Urinetown with sock puppets!