Pamlico Sounds from the Historic Turnage Theatre

The first BoCo Town podcast recording in the new year! Steve and Leesa are joined by William White from the Washington improv troupe, I.C. Improv Comedy. 
William covers everything and anything comedy, discussing the differences in standup and improv comedy, the struggle of playing to a difficult audience, and how to play to your strengths in the world of comedy. 

Important links

Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/photo/

Afterschool Spring 2022

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/youth-arts/

Check out our events at the Historic Turnage Theatre

First Fridays: Open Mic Night with Chuck Phillips – February 4th at 7:30pm

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/open-mic-night-with-chuck-phillips/

AOP Community Players’ Letters of Love – February 11th at 7:30pm

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/50907/

I.C. Improv Performance – February 12th at 7pm

artsofthepamlico.ticketleap.com/ic-improv-feb/

Valentine’s at the Turnage – February 13th and 14th at 3pm

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/50991/2022-02-13/

This week’s guest

William White: I.C. Improv Comedy Founder

https://www.facebook.com/i.c.improv

This month on BoCo Town, Washington native and nationwide sensation Craig Woolard join us.
 Listen as Craig chats with hosts Leesa Jones, Steve Barnes, and special guest host, Chuck Phillips about his start in music, how the Embers came together, what he does when he isn’t onstage, and much, much more.

Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/photo/

First Fridays: Ruth Wyand and the Tribe of One
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/first-fridays-on-stage-ruth-wyand-and-a-tribe-of-one/

Afterschool Spring 2022
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/youth-arts/

 Craig Woolard: Ember’s band leader

On this episode of BoCo Town, Steve and Leesa interview Jordan Cartrette and Elizabeth Waser, ECU School of Music students and cast members of Pirates of Penzance. 

Their discussion ranges from how our guests first got into music to the vocal anatomy.

Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/photo/

Holiday Homes Tour Tickets

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/holiday-homes-tour-3/2021-12-03/

It’s A Wonderful Life Matinee

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/stage-performance-tba/

Afterschool Spring 2022

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/youth-arts/

Jordan Cartrette: ECU School of music student and Pirates of Penzance cast member

Elizabeth Waser: ECU School of music student and Pirates of Penzance cast member

On this episode of BoCo town guests Virginia Finnerty, Gail Baird, and Courtenay Bailey tell us about the search for AOP’s new executive director, important elements for an executive director to be successful, and where our new ED has come from and what plans she has for the future of the Turnage.

Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/

Reader’s Theatre Performance

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/readers-theatre/

Afterschool Spring 2022

https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/youth-arts/

Gail Baird, AOP board member

Virginia Finnerty, AOP board chair

Courtenay Bailey, new AOP executive director

BOCO Town is recorded on stage at the Historic Turnage Theatre in Washington, North Carolina.

The recording session is open to the public.  Visit artsofthepamlico.org for the next recording date.

Hosts Steve Barnes and Leesa Jones chat with Alice Sadler, who provides a first person account of life in Washington  while schools were still segregated. Her gifted storytelling brings that history to life in our imaginations.
Alice Sadler is curator of the P.S. Jones Museum in Washington.

Jennie Ann Cole and Liz Liles discuss homelessness and Photo Voice, which is an exhibit here at the Turnage Theatre.

Hosts, Steve Barnes and Leesa Jones chat with Jeffery and his new intern.

Hosts Steve Barnes and Leesa Jones chat with Clay Carter and Ethan Wolf

Steve Barnes chats with Jeffery Phipps and Ethan Wolf

Leesa and Steve chat with Ethan Wolf, Heather Summers, and Ashley Padgett (Beaufort County schools)

Leesa Jones shares her journey from and back to Washington on
this episode of BoCo Town. 
Listen in to learn how the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum came to be in Washington, NC.  
Learn about and hear the coded language used to communicate paths to freedom and
the role the Pamlico River "alley" played in the pursuit of freedom.
Then watch for the next episode when Leesa brings her delightful
personality back to BoCo Town as the new co-host starting in April
2021.