Downstage Right

What's it like to grow up loving and participating in theater? A panel of five local theater kids, ranging from a high school freshman to a soon-to-be college grad who intends to pursue theater as a profession, share the triumphs and challenges of a young adult's life on the stage. 

As artists and performers, it is important to learn to trust ourselves, honor our needs and values, and conserve our physical and emotional energy, but this is easier said than done. Our hosts discuss the challenges creatives confront when faced with setting boundaries on their life's passion. 

Our hosts, Simmon and Melissa, dish on the their favorite performance experiences and how these shows shaped them as both performers and people.

Simmon and Melissa sit down with four local educators to discuss the past, present, and future of performing arts education locally and beyond.

To film theatre or not to film theatre? That is the question. See where our hosts and special guest land on this much debated topic.

We talk to three Artistic Directors of community theaters in the Charlotte Metro area to examine how they continue to raise the bar and challenge perceptions of amateur theatre.

How have performers made the most of the challenging, dynamic COVID-19 landscape? We'll explore this and more!

Meet our hosts, Simmon Fecho & Melissa Statema, and learn more about what to expect from the Downstage Right Podcast.