Theatrical Shenanigans

Hello there and welcome to our September instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical.   Our panellists for this episode are:   Marj O'Neill-Butler - https://newplayexchange.org/users/2803/marj-oneill-butler   Fred Tacon - https://www.kyplays.org/ & https://newplayexchange.org/users/28025/fred-tacon   Marcia Ep...

Welcome once again to Mini Shenanigans for our third episode in our third season! This week we have a play written by Chicago based playwright Julie Brandon ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/12443/julie-brandon ) entitled "Can you Get There From Here?" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/955255/can-you-get-there-here ) which was inspired by a conversation with someone who had no sense of directi...

Greetings and welcome to episode 2 of this series of Mini Shenanigans. For this episode we have a play written by UK based playwright Paul Smith ( https://theatreplays.uk/ ) who was a featured playwright back in Season One with another piece "One Foot in Front of the Other" ( https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/episode-7-one-foot-in-front-of-the-other-christopher-plumridge/ ) Paul advised...

Hello there and welcome to a brand new series of Mini Shenanigans. We start this series with a piece entitled "Missing" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3029044/missing ) written by Kansas based playwright and Theatrical Shenanigans regular Debra A. Cole (https://newplayexchange.org/users/30609/debra-cole & http://www.debraacole-playwright.com/ ).   Synopsis - A family finds themselves in a...

Welcome to the very last episode in this Theatrical Shenanigans Special of "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and )   Detective JM Barry has been slowly but surely getting to what he believes to be the truth behind the mysterious pink powder that was placed on his desk by Wendy Darling, along with a note thre...

Welcome to the very last episode in this Theatrical Shenanigans Special of "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and )   So far in our story we know that private investigator Detective J.M. Barry is investigating a threat recieved by Wendy Darling, who he hasn't seen in years, as well as some mysterious pink pow...

Welcome to another Theatrical Shenanigans Special to end Season 3! In this episode we continue the story of "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and ) For a quick reminder of the story so far, the play is set in the dark and dangerous city of Neverland, where Private Investigator Dt. JM Barry has been approache...

Welcome to another Theatrical Shenanigans Special to end Season 3! Over the next four episodes you will be hearing the play "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and ) The city of Neverland has always been one of depravity, corruption and violence, but now Dt. JM Barry (P.I) has been approached by a woman from h...

Hello there and welcome to the very last episode of Season 3 of Theatrical Shenanigans! This week we have a piece by community director, actor, playwright and regular voice actor on Theatrical Shenanigans Tony Targan ( www.tonytargan.com ) with his piece "Curtains For You!"   When talking about the play Tony says "In the Wizard of Oz, the wizard’s declaration – “Pay no attention to the man behind...

Hello there and welcome to our August instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical.   Our panellists for this episode are: Izolda Trakhtenberg ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/90481/izolda-trakhtenberg https://izoldatauthor.com/ https://www.instagram.com/izoldat/ ) Robert Weibezahl ( https://newplayexchange.org/...

Hello there and welcome to the penultimate episode of Season 3 of Theatrical Shenanigans. Our play for Episode 9 is written by previous panellist and award winning playwright Judy Klass (https://newplayexchange.org/users/5340/judy-klass & www.judyklass.com ). The piece is entitled "What we Cast Off" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/625056/what-we-cast-what-we-keep ).   Synopsis: Janet is ha...

Hello there and welcome back as we start to move towards the end of our third season but fret not! There are still a few more episodes to come, including this one! Our playwright this week is James McLindon from Massachusetts, USA (https://newplayexchange.org/users/4206/james-mclindon & http://www.jamesmclindon.com/ ) with his play "Culling" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3046366/culling-t...

Hello there and welcome to our July instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical. Our panellists for this episode are: Chuck Charbeneau (https://www.chuckcharbeneau.com/ & https://www.theatrefromtheground.org/ ) Maggie Smith (https://newplayexchange.org/users/72194/maggie-smith & https://www.maggiesmithwrit...

Hello there and welcome to Episode 7 of Theatrical Shenanigans. This week we have a piece from UK based playwright Trish Bertram, who had always wanted to try and write plays and screenplays and is finally able to make the time for it. She's had works done as staged readings and monologues performed and filmed previously. Trish's piece is entitled "Sky Horses" and initially came out of a class exe...

Hello once again and welcome to another episode of Theatrical Shenanigans as we move past the half way point. This week we have a piece entitled "The Book Tour" written by Massachusetts actor, writer and director Bruce Deveau, who was encouraged to submit to Theatrical Shenanigans by previously produced playwright Jack Rushton. ‘The Book Tour’ began as an idea about what it might be like to be a t...

Hello there and welcome, once again, to Theatrical Shenanigans as we reach the half way point of this third season. For todays episode we have the great privilege of producing the first script of UK based playwright, Pauline Watts who only recently started playwriting as the result of attending a script/playwriting class in Kingston-Upon-Thames, UK.  Her play "Tins" is based on a true story about...

Greetings and welcome to a special episode of 'The Panel Presents' because it is our 12th episode! We've had a years worth of panellists come and chat about all things theatrical so for this show I thought I'd bring back the original four who started it all.   My four panellists this week are: Dana Hall ( https://www.danahallcreates.com/  &  https://newplayexchange.org/users/58758/dana-hall )...

Welcome to another episode of Theatrical Shenanigans as we are almost at the half way point of this Season. For  this episode, we will be listening to an intrieguind play entitled "Conflict/Resolution" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/14666/conflictresolution) by Evan Baughfman (https://newplayexchange.org/users/1708/evan-baughfman & https://www.amazon.com/stores/Evan-Baughfman/author/B08BSQ...

Welcome to our third episode in this third season of Theatrical Shenanigans. This week we are featuring a playwright from my side of the pond in the UK. Judy Upton is an award winning playwright and novelist with her latest mystery novel “Brownlow Checks In: it takes a dog to catch a cat burglar” recently been published by Hobart Books and is available on amazon ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brownlow...

Hello there and welcome to our May instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical on this Star Wars Day!   Our panellists for this episode are: AJ Deane - https://www.andrewjamesdeane.co.uk/ Perdita Lawton - https://perditalawton.com/ Daniel Prillaman - https://www.danielprillaman.com/?fbclid=IwAR0G4OTl8RCod5MEr2F_uq...

Welcome to our second episode of this third Season of Theatrical Shenanigans. For this episode we have a wonderfully funny play entitled "The Wait" by Stuart Brown (https://newplayexchange.org/users/19321/stuart-brown & https://twitter.com/stuonbroadway ) and I have a chat with the Tony Targan, who has been a voice actor and panellist for Theatrical Shenanigans many times before ( www.tonytarg...

Hello there and welcome to the first episode of our third brand new season. I am utterly thrilled you could join us. For this first episode we have a piece by Scottish Actor and Playwright Marnie Thomson, who had her first brush with Theatrical Shenanigans when she played the ghost of Christmas past in our 2023 Christmas Special ( https://marniethomson.co.uk & https://www.spotlight.com/9094-67...

Hello there and welcome to our April instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical.   Our panellists for this episode are: Evan Baughfman - (https://newplayexchange.org/users/1708/evan-baughfman & https://www.amazon.com/stores/Evan-Baughfman/author/B08BSQZ2X6?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPort...

Welcome once again to our second season of Mini Shenanigans. Between now and the start of Season 3 in April 2024 we will be running one of our mini series where we produce short plays but with no guest interview. We are the last episode, which is another piece written by me entitled "But Why" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2195242/why )   Synopsis: When Jane chose to spend her day at the beac...

Welcome once again to our second season of Mini Shenanigans. Between now and the start of Season 3 in April 2024 we will be running one of our mini series where we produce short plays but with no guest interview. We are now down to the last two episodes, which will be appearing with one on Saturday and one on Sunday, both pieces written by your host. The first of the duo is "Snake for the Grass" (...