Welcome to the SEASON FINALE of the Places for Act II podcast! In this week's episode, we're talking to actor & arts integrator Becky D.

Btw Becky's cartoon portrait is having the time of her life!

FUN FACT: Wearing her lucky long scarf, Becky was riding the elevator up to Studio 8H for her big SNL audition. As she stepped off the elevator, her scarf got caught in the closing doors. Three hours later, a fireman pried open the doors and freed her. She missed her big audition, but ended up dating the fireman for 8 years.

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Directors Notes:

Kristen Wiig

Rachel Dratch

Tony Danza

Judith Light

Who’s the Boss?

Three’s Company - Jack Tripper - Chrissy Snow

Dick Van Dyke

Music Man

Otterbein University, Department of Theatre & Dance

To Kill A Mockingbird

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Places for Act II podcast! In this week's episode, we're talking to teaching artist Carmel A.

Btw Carmel's cartoon portrait makes her look as glamorous as she actually is.

FUN FACT: This past December, Carmel was recruited to direct her neighborhood HOA holiday spectacular. According to HOA bylaws, all costumes, scenery paint colors, and props have to get HOA board approval. As of July, they are still in the approval process.

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Directors Notes:

Brave Young Voices

School of Theatre & Dance, Otterbein University

‘Top Girls’ by Caryl Churchill

SHREK- The Musical JR

Ragtime

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Places for Act II podcast! In this week's episode, we're talking to actor Ryan R.

Btw Ryan's cartoon portrait has a whole Seth Meyers thing going on.

FUN FACT: Ryan's big break came on the set of The Young & the Restless. He played an ex-boxer who gets amnesia, falls in love with his former trainer, gets amnesia again, is killed in the ring by his former trainer, and then comes back as a ghost to haunt his former trainer. He earned an Emmy for the role.

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Directors Notes:

Interlochen Center For the Arts

Will Farrell

William Hurt

John Malkovich

St Clair Shores

Grosse Pointe Children’s Theatre

Dynasty

Dallas

‘Paper Dolls’ & Morgan Fairchild

LaGuardia School of the Arts

The Theatre School at DePaul University

‘Orphans’ by Lyle Kessler

Cedar Point

‘Pay-to-Play’ Workshops

Kimball Acting Studio

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Places for Act II podcast! In this week's episode, we're talking to theatre actor & businesswoman Tricia S.

Btw Tricia's cartoon portrait has the best highlights in the business.

FUN FACT: Tricia's corporate raider days were numbered when, as CEO, she arranged a hostile takeover of the Steinway Piano Co. To cut costs and boost profits, her board proposed eliminating one key on the piano. When she explained a piano needs 88 keys, she was branded a 'music lover' and fired.

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Directors Notes:

Otterbein University, Department of Theatre & Dance

Once Upon a Mattress

Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Avignon Theatre Festival

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Places for Act II podcast! In this week's episode, we're talking to musical theatre actor Marianne T.

Btw Marianne's cartoon portrait for some reason says, "I'm a bit hippy & I love it."

FUN FACT: At the famed Bellagio, Marianne was winning big at the high-roller table when she heard the distant sounds of a karaoke competition. She got up, leaving over 500K on the table. Singing Total Eclipse of the Heart, she won the $150 karaoke 1st prize. Her quote afterwards: "Totally worth it."

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Directors Notes:

Kirsten Dunst

Cindy Lauper

Otterbein University, School of Theatre & Dance

Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (CCM)

Into the Woods

West Side Story

Phantom

Educating Rita

10 Little Indians (And Then There Were None)

CatCo (Contemporary Theatre of Ohio)

Death of a Salesman

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Places for Act II podcast! In this week's episode, we're talking to improv professional Beth M.

Btw Beth's cartoon portrait bangs are THE BEST

FUN FACT: On Chicago's South side, Beth improvised her way into one-on-one ball with former President Obama. She was up 12-8 before the Secret Service realized she was not WNBA star Cameron Brink.

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Directors Notes:

Beth's Improv Troup: Improvised Shakespeare Co

Beth's Instagram: @melewsk

Melissa McCarthy

Bruce Campbell

Rumors

Whose Line Is It Anyway

Second City

Cash Cab

Second City: Guide to the Opera

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Church Sacristan

TJ & Dave

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Places for Act II podcast! In this week's episode, we're talking to musical theatre artist Josh G.

Btw he wanted us to make his cartoon portrait "snazzy"

FUN FACT: Josh was about to start a barbershop called Todd Sweeny's where the stylists sing showtunes as they give you a shave and cut. He was forced to give up on the idea after being summarily sued by the vindictive Sondheim estate.

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Directors Notes:

Otterbein University, Department of Theatre & Dance

A Few Good Men

Ohio Wesleyan

Cedar Point

COSI (Center of Science Industry)

Opera Columbus

Cannibal, The Musical

Terrence Mann

Lost Colony

Parade

Sweet Adelines International

Barbershop Harmony Society

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Places for Act II podcast! In this week's episode, we're talking to dancer/singer/actor Ryan M.

Btw His cartoon portrait is mwah! Chef's kiss.

FUN FACT: Ryan was hired to choreograph the much-hyped Broadway sequel A Chorus Line 2: A Chorus Boy. Unfortunately, the project fell through when producers deemed Hugh Jackman- at 57yrs- too old to play a chorus boy.

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Directors Notes:

Ryan's Website

Ryan's Socials: Instagram TikTok Facebook

Otterbein University, School of Theatre & Dance

Some Like It Hot (Musical)

Actors' Equity Association

Cabaret

Bonus Info: Jaques- International Theater Newsletter

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Places for Act II podcast! In this week's episode, we're talking to artist Melissa K.

Btw I think we got the hair right on her cartoon portrait.

FUN FACT: Melissa directed herself in a one-woman cabaret drama of lesser-known songs from the Hall & Oats catalogue. She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Daryl Hall, but was unanimously panned for her portrayal of John Oats.

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Directors Notes:

Vital Shift Creative

Otterbein University School of Theatre & Dance

Copa Cabana

Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati

Cabaret

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Places for Act II podcast! In this week's episode, we're talking to actor Taylor R.

Btw his cartoon portrait looks exactly like him.

FUN FACT: Taylor is best known for his role as Bloody Dagger in Disney's short-lived stage version of Macbeth in which all the inanimate objects from the famous Shakespearean tragedy come to life & question their fateful roles in the story.

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Directors Notes:

A Hero’s Journey

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning

William Carey University, School of Arts & Letters

Cumberland County Playhouse

Oklahoma!

Texas Shakespeare Festival

Cincinnati Conservatory of Music

Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC)

Joel Arthur Rosenthal (JAR)

Bergdorf Goodman