Backstage Banter

A deep dive into UCM’s upcoming production of Tillikum with Sabrina Ortiz, featuring members of the company of Tillikum.

Play showtimes and links:

Thursday October 29th @ 7:15pm CDT: https://youtu.be/VVpnBseaKsg

Friday October 30th @ 7:15pm CDT: https://youtu.be/m6ynH0qwLcg

This week on Backstage Banter, join Sabrina and Aaron as they dive into the upcoming performance of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" with a ton of special guests from the show! 

Hosts: Sabrina Ortiz & Aaron Scully

Guests: Mary Trotter, Elise Marshall, Daisha B. Jackson, Logan Mathes, Kendra Simpson, Sophia Rios, Luke Englert, Tony Smith, Dalton Grafton

Producer/Engineer: Dan Harbaugh

This is the last episode of season 1!  John Wilson joins the show and Sabrina and Aaron talk to Danielle one last time before she graduates!

Disclaimer: technical difficulties are involved and there is an echo sound during the entirety of the podcast, but it is still great content!!!!

Hosts: Sabrina Ortiz and Aaron Scully

Guest: John Wilson and Danielle Sachse

Producer/Engineer: Danielle Sachse

This week Aaron goes back in time and sits down with the amazing Colette Tilden!  Colette is a former office professional for the UCM Theatre Department and is making an appearance in the upcoming mainstage performances of "The Gift of the Magi".  Following that chat, Kendra Simpson returns while she and Aaron discuss their favorite topic, script writing! 

Host: Aaron Scully

Producer/Engineer: Danielle Sachse

Songs: "Pulled" from The Addams Family, "Super Boy and the Invisible Girl" from Next to Normal,  "Somewhere in the Crowd" from La La Land, and "The Black Death" from Something Rotten!

In this special edition, Sabrina and Danielle chat the entire hour!  Sabrina asks Danielle about her performance in the Studio Blackbox of "Touch", and asks Danielle about her life in theatre!  Then Danielle becomes the co-host from behind the board and asks Sabrina about her startup in theatre and after thoughts of Sabrina's production of "Untitled". 

Hosts: Sabrina Ortiz and Danielle Sachse

Producer/Engineer: Danielle Sachse

Songs: "No One Else" from  Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,  "Summer Nights" from Grease,  "First Date/Last Night" from Dogfight, 

Thanksgiving week episode! Will be on UCM Radio the Beat on Monday, November 24th at 4:30 p.m.

The wonderful Colette Tilden returns to the Theatre Department making a special appearance in the upcoming mainstage, The Gift of the Magi.  Hear everything she has to say about her time in retirement and returning to the Highlander stage!  Also, Kendra Simpson joins the show as she and Aaron Scully discuss one of their favorite topics of play-writing. 

Producer/Engineer: Danielle Sachse

Episode 7 of Backstage Banter features 3 members of the cast of Gift of The Magi! The next mainstage to finish out the semester of shows for UCM Theatre and Dance.  Aaron Scully chats with Ally Fields, Emily Layt, and Zach Kujuath and talks about how they came to love theatre and pursue it as a career. 

Lots of exciting things are happening in the UCM department of Theatre and Dance! UCM's improve troupe, "Shenanigans" joins the show (Nathan Endershak and Ashton Bennett).  Also appearing are the co-writers (Sabrina Ortiz and Kendra Simpson), and performer (Tony Smith) of a new show called "Untitled in a Semester"; joins hosts Aaron Scully and Sabrina Ortiz on this week's episode of Backstage Banter!

Engineer/Producer: Danielle Sachse

Get to know the ins and outs of theatre auditions with Elise Marshall, Sabrina Ortiz, Heather Marsh, Danielle Sachse, and Aaron Scully! We cover a wide variety from dance auditions, to callbacks, and how do prepare for Shakespeare plus much more!

Featured song: I Hope I Get It from "A Chorus Line"

Hangout with Sabrina Ortiz and Aaron Scully as they chat it up with the cast and crew of UCM's Production of Top Secret Deer Daycare!

Segment 1: Student-director: Matthew Briggs

Segment 2: Student actors: Heather Marsh and Drew Sinnard

Segment 3: Student-crew members: Christina Foster and Kelsi Richardson

Songs: "Bless the Lord" from Godspell, and "Together, Wherever We Go" from Gypsy