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- #36: "The McQUEEN of Comedy" with Lisa McQueen and Sam Scheidler??
It's our APRIL FOOLS switch-em-up spectacular! We tied Sam to a microphone and brought in LEGENDARY Chicago Music Director - Lisa McQueen! Filled with precocious pigeons, adversarial ad-men, infantile improvisers, and more - we're headed back to an extremely accurate 1960s Chicago in this week's Charm Scene!
Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Sam ScheidlerMusic Director: Lisa McQueenDrums: Chris DittonFollow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoot us a message at [email protected]!1 hr 1 min - #35: "Pirate Ride and Also Restaurant" with Devan Seaman!
Yo ho! Yo ho! It's a pirate's life for charming guest Devan Seaman in this week's fully improvised musical! Inspired by her time in pirate dinner theatre, join us as we enter a pirate restaurant inside a pirate ride inside a pirate themed amusment park. Batten down those betas, guzzle that grog, and prepare to be piratized in this episode of Charm Scene! Dead dolphins tell no tales!
Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Devan SeamanMusic Director: Sam ScheidlerDrums: Chris DittonFollow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoot us a message at [email protected]!1 hr 4 min - #34: "Notker? I Hardly Know Her" with Jono Mammel!
Things are HEATING UP! Charming guest Jono Mammel RETURNS, this time taking us all the way back to early human history in this fully improvised musical - complete with ferocious fires, time travelers in training, smoldering sweethearts, and more! Welcome to the stone age!
Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Jono MammelMusic Director: Sam ScheidlerDrums: Chris DittonFollow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoot us a message at [email protected]!1 hr 3 min - #33: "Doctor Vanya" with Liz McCreight!
The doctor is IN. Join charming guest Liz McCreight in our sexiest improvised musical yet. Hot healers, infectious friendships, rambling reporters, and more! Can this doctor heal his patients, and more importantly... himself?
Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Liz McCreightMusic Director: Sam ScheidlerDrums: Chris DittonFollow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoot us a message at [email protected]!59 min - #32: "A Dating Game" with Christian Torres!
Are you single and looking to mingle? Amiss and looking to kiss? Look no further than this week's fullly improvised musical! Charming guest Christian Torres takes us to a pop-up dating game, complete with bachelorettes, bodies of water, and the Bechdel Test. Find your special someone in this week's Charm Scene!
Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Christian TorresMusic Director: Sam ScheidlerDrums: Chris DittonFollow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoot us a message at [email protected]!55 min - #31: "Jack of the Jungle" with Derek Demko!
We're "hanging on by a thread" in this week's fully improvised musical - with charming guest Derek Demko! Jealous Jacks, preoccupied parents, dirty dodos, and more. It's a jungle out there in this week's Charm Scene!
Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Derek Demko
Music Director: Sam ScheidlerDrums: Chris DittonFollow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoot us a message at [email protected]!
1 hr 1 min - #30: "Fast & The Furious 1 1/2" with Natalie Younger!
It's time to impress your mom as charming guest Natalie Younger takes us back to our collective theatre-kid childhoods in this week's fully improvised musical! Captivating cousins, impractical plays, juicy jugs, and more! It's time for the show!
Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Natalie YoungerMusic Director: Sam ScheidlerDrums: Chris DittonFollow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoot us a message at [email protected]!56 min - #29: "Return of the Tooth Wizard" with Deshawn Mason!
Brush up for this week's fully improsived TOOTH-sical as we welcome charming guest Deshawn Mason! Killer cavities, bumbling bicuspids, wisdom-toothed wizards, and more! It's all smiles on this week's Charm Scene!
Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Deshawn MasonMusic Director: Sam ScheidlerDrums: Chris DittonFollow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoot us a message at [email protected]!1 hr - #28: Charm Scene LIVE at The Last Word Comedy Festival - Williamsburg, VAOur FIRST LIVE SHOW! We took to the cobbled streets of Williamsburg, Virginia for the second annual Last Word Comedy Festival for our first in-person fully improvised musical - inspired by audience member Kate's real life college story. Break-in baddies, burgeoning board gamers, basketted balls, and more in this week's Charm Scene!Special thanks to the city of Williamsburg for sponsoring the event, and to everyone at The Last Word Comedy Festival. Learn more at lastwordfestival.comRecorded January 30, 2025 at PBK Hall at The College of William and MaryCast: Lily Ludwig, Austin PackardMusic Director: Sam ScheidlerDrums: Adam ElevenFollow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoot us a message at [email protected]!52 min
- #27: "No One Leaves The Library" with Ben Hebert!
Escape the stacks. Burn the books. Trail the Oregon. Charming guest Ben Hebert (host of the phenomenal podcast - "Bite-Sized") takes us to a public library in this week's fully improvised musical. But can his thirst for a life outside sway the legacy librarian, the sad sixth grader, or the mad mean Mr. Murray? It's a monoscene spectacular in this week's Charm Scene!
Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Ben Hebert
Music Director: Sam ScheidlerDrums: Chris DittonFollow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram and YouTube, or shoot us a message at [email protected]!
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About Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals
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Join Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Music Director Sam Scheidler, and drummer Chris Ditton as they create brand new musicals — completely on the fly — alongside some of Chicago’s most charming music…
improvisers and performers. Welcome to the scene!