Balderdash Academy

Award-winning storyteller, Simon Brooks, competes against Professor Nate Greene. Can Simon unseat Alisa Rosenthal from her number one place on our leaderboard and prove once and for all that he has what it takes to defeat a fake professor? Can Nate unseat our Headmaster on the Faculty leaderboard? Find out on this episode of Balderdash Academy's Head to Head with Coach Steve Corning and Headmaster Bob LeBlanc.

Simon Brooks

Award-winning storyteller, Simon Brooks grew up visiting the sites of many myths and legends, and spent a lot of time in Wales (chuck a stone and you'll hit a castle). He’s been telling stories to the public since 1991, and professionally since 2003. His new book, Under the Oaken Bough, is now available!

Professor Nate Greene

Nate Greene enjoys bringing joy and entertainment to others, whether they want it or not. Nate has been involved with theater since the late '90s.

Make sure to catch Randy and Nate in Sleuths Mystery Entertainment's "Trouble in Deadwood", July 1st, 2021 at Funky Bow Brewery in Lyman, ME.

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Dixxit has a talent, but it's not rapping. He needs help from the Doctor, Jimmy P in this special Teacher's Lounge behind the scenes sketch.

Check out the full Episode on the Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge Channel.

What do you get when you mix a serialized sketch improv with the effects from an old-time radio show? You get Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge. What was once a bonus podcast has gotten too big for the platform and sprung off into its own series. Listen to the rest of Episode 20, now playing on your favorite podcast service.

DJ and stand-up comic, Mark Turcotte, competes against Professor Molly McGill. Can Mark unseat Alisa Rosenthal from her number one place on our leaderboard and prove once and for all that he has what it takes to defeat a fake professor? Can Molly unseat our Headmaster on the Faculty leaderboard? Find out on this episode of Balderdash Academy's Head to Head with Coach Steve Corning and Professor Randy Hunt.

Mark Turcotte

Mark Turcotte is a married father of two and lifelong New Englander. Most of his material is mined from his family life, an adultlike curiosity, and a series of misfortunes. He’s the founder of Maine Event Comedy and was a finalist in the Funniest Comic on the East Coast Contest at Mohegan Sun and a semi-finalist at the World Series of Comedy in Sarasota, Florida. He was also part of the Gotham All-Stars Show in New York City and was a recent selection for the Boston, Cleveland, and North Carolina comedy festivals. Mark once facilitated a marriage proposal during a 2015 show in Biddeford, Maine…the couple is still married.

Professor Molly McGill

Molly is the Grand Champion of Balderdash Academy. Overtaking Nate for most wins at the end of the first season. In the non-pandemic world, Molly can be found revving up the audience and cajoling the judges as host of Maine's Got Talent, as part of the cast of Sleuths Mystery Entertainment and Mystery for Hire, and onstage doing improv as a member of Balderdash Academy, The Chamber of Comedy, You Should Smile More and Mainely Improv.

Make sure to catch Randy and Molly in Sleuths Mystery Entertainment's "Trouble in Deadwood", July 1st, 2021 at Funky Bow Brewery in Lyman, ME.

Pick up Head to Head and Balderdash Academy merch in our store.

There is a disturbance of the extraterrestrial variety and the Balderdash County Police Department is on the case. We are so doomed.

Check out the full Episode on the Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge Channel.

What do you get when you mix a serialized sketch improv with the effects from an old-time radio show? You get Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge. What was once a bonus podcast has gotten too big for the platform and sprung off into its own series. Listen to the rest of Episode 20, now playing on your favorite podcast service.

Social Worker, actor, and improviser Amanda Kinsey competes against Professor Randy Hunt. Can Amanda unseat Alisa Rosenthal from her number one place on our leaderboard and prove once and for all that he has what it takes to defeat a fake professor? Can Randy unseat our Headmaster on the Faculty leaderboard? Find out on this episode of Balderdash Academy's Head to Head with Coach Steve Corning and special guest Co-Host Headmaster Bob LeBlanc.

Amanda Kinsey

Amanda has been performing as an improv artist and stage actor for the last seven years. She is currently serving in the Board of Directors for the Theatre of Monmouth, a world-renowned theatre company. Amanda has a passion for combining the principles of improv and mental health recovery to improve the lives of those struggling with mental health challenges. Amanda is currently working as the Assistant Director of Village Clubhouse. She's pleased to announce that Underground Improv has returned to live shows at Craft Brew Underground and the Somerset Abbey. Mystery or Hire and Mainely Improv are returning for live shows starting May 15th. I will be working with SPQRL Burlesque on combining improv and burlesque. Check them out online for classes and performances.

Professor Randy Hunt

If it's theatre-related, Randy Hunt does it -- acting, directing, and even playwriting -- though he likely won't be stage managing ever again (hats off to the Stage Managers out there). He is particularly proud of the award-winning short plays he's written, and is very excited to unleash his first full-length play Inside Man to the world in 2021.  Randy enjoys performing improv, especially since Southern Maine has so many talented improvisers to work with, and he is a proud member of the ComedySportz Maine improv team. Randy also hosts and cohosts various podcasts. We All Have a Story highlights the stories of the people around us for which we may not otherwise hear their stories (Headmaster Bob was the guest in Episode 2!), DeScripted, where he and his cohost Tyler Costigan take a closer look at the plays that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama since it was first awarded in 1918. He is also the cohost of Balderdash Academy’s Head to Head: Competitive Trivia with Coach Steve.

Randy is thrilled to be an occasional visiting professor on Balderdash Academy when one of the other professors calls in sick and a full-time faculty member of the Teacher’s Lounge podcast, and cohost of Head to Head: Competitive Trivia. More information about Randy can be found on his website, www.randyhunt.info.

Make sure to catch Randy in Theater Unmasked's production of Steven Hayet's Everlasting Chocolate Therapy Saturday, May 22nd at 7:00pm and Sunday, May 23rd at 2:00pm.

The Svensons sit down with Stuart Apple of Aggressive CPA to find out how they do their taxes, or else. 

What do you get when you mix a serialized sketch improv with the effects from an old-time radio show? You get Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge. What was once a bonus podcast has gotten too big for the platform and sprung off into its own series. Listen to the rest of Episode 19, now playing on your favorite podcast service.

Juggler and circus arts performer Jason Tardy competes against Professor Marie Stewart Harmon. Can Jason unseat Alisa Rosenthal from her number one place on our leaderboard and prove once and for all that he has what it takes to defeat a fake professor? Can Marie unseat our Headmaster on the Faculty leaderboard? Find out on this episode of Balderdash Academy's Head to Head with Coach Steve Corning and Professor Randy Hunt.

A wedding venue may or may not have the permits they need, luckily Roderick and Broderick are on the case.

What do you get when you mix a serialized sketch improv with the effects from an old-time radio show? You get Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge. What was once a bonus podcast has gotten too big for the platform and sprung off into its own series. Listen to the rest of Episode 18, now playing on your favorite podcast service.

Juggler extraordinaire Paris The Hip Hop Juggler competes against the Headmaster of Balderdash Academy, Bob LeBlanc. Can Paris unseat Alisa Rosenthal from her number one place on our leaderboard and prove once and for all that he has what it takes to defeat a fake professor? Can Bob unseat Professor Nate Greene on the Faculty leaderboard? Find out on this episode of Balderdash Academy's Head to Head with Coach Steve Corning and Professor Randy Hunt.

Mayoral candidate, Sam Squatch sit's down with Chet Smithee for an interview.

What do you get when you mix a serialized sketch improv with the effects from an old-time radio show? You get Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge. What was once a bonus podcast has gotten too big for the platform and sprung off into its own series. Listen to the rest of Episode 17, now playing on your favorite podcast service.