LCT's 5 Til Places

For this month’s Top 5 show the gang (with special guests Robin McCullough and Zach Kocurek-Gentry) discuss their favorite LGBTQ+ productions!

Have you ever wondered about what goes into picking the shows for a given theatre season? That's the subject for this week. We also take a look at how we've adapted that process for these unusual times.

This week we sat down with special guests Dr. Teddy Alexis Rodriguez-Valez and playwright Sharai Bohannon to talk about the many ways in which we, the theatre community at large, have fallen short in our efforts to include people of color. Though the conversation is far from over, we are grateful to have the opportunity to amplify their voices.

Dr. Teddy Alexis Rodriguez-Velez is an independent scholar and actor/writer/director based in Los Angeles, California. He currently studies inclusion, diversity and equity in the theatre education and in media. He also freelances as a multiculturalism consultant.

Sharai Bohannon is a playwright who has had work produced in Arkansas, California, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas, and London, England. In addition to writing plays Sharai is also a film and pop culture critic for various online magazines including The Everygirl and Book and Film Globe, and her own Medium page

There’s more to theatre in Lubbock than just LCT and this week we sat down with longtime friend of the theatre Andi Babineaux of Lubbock’s Will of the Wind Productions who clued is in to the goings on over there and also shared with us just a bit of her experience being a person of color in the theatre community. 

It’s June and another month means another Top 5 and this is our most lively one yet as we reveal our Top 5 movie musicals!

LCT alum Jacie Hood of Stomping Ground Comedy in Dallas is here to talk about Improv! It’s not as scary as you think! You – yes, YOU – can learn to do it! Join us for a fascinating discussion.

The big question confronting the theatre community right now is “How does theatre survive this?” Just as important is “What does theatre look like when we enter our new normal?” Join us as we welcome special guest and LCT Alum Alec Lee Williams and together address these questions with hope.

Science fiction in theatre. How do we do it? What does it look like? What even is it? Today we welcome Mike Stephens of Abilene Community Theatre in Abilene, TX for a rousing discussion on this very topic!

Another month, another Top 5 episode! This time we discuss our Top 5 audition pieces, with some tales of good and bad auditions to boot! But first we check in with LCT’s Youth Artists’ Guild to see what the kids have been up to!

What sparked that love of theatre in you? When was the moment that you know you’d found a place to belong and that you’d be here for life? These area the questions our panel discusses this week as they delve into their own history with the theatre. We’d love to hear your story! Email us at [email protected] and let us know how you got started on your theatre journey!