Stage Door, a theatre podcast hosted by two average guys. Hosted by: Kyle Omlor, Thom Ovacek, Ron Ma

Stage Door, a theatre podcast hosted by two average guys. Hosted by: Kyle Omlor, Thom Ovacek, Ron Ma

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  • TBD Productions: They started a new theatre company in the middle of a pandemic. Annelise and Warren tell us about how they believe theatre is a great tool to start a conversation

    TBD  Productions: They started a new theatre company in the middle of a pandemic. Annelise and Warren tell us about how they believe theatre is a great tool to start a conversation 

    TBD  Productions is a community theatre company in the greater Toledo area  established in 2020.  For tickets or for more information, contact:   [email protected]

    40 min
  • Waitress the Musical: The National Tour is coming to The Stranahan Theatre (February 17-20) and Gabriella Marzetta, who plays Dawn in the cast, took time out of her very busy schedule to talk to us, a

    Waitress the Musical: The National Tour is coming to The Stranahan Theatre (February 17-20) and Gabriella Marzetta, who plays Dawn in the cast, took time out of her very busy schedule to talk to us, and tell us how amazing the entire experience has been from casting to tour. 

    Tickets

    https://www.ticketsales.com/stranahan-theatre/44492/Waitress?gclid=Cj0KCQiA0eOPBhCGARIsAFIwTs6qgPAf2zgg_XFGLMURyTmiaTLL3gbZ1dFxoLB1OpywLnsekGF8nbYaAl0kEALw_wcB

    Based on the 2007 film of the same name, written by Adrienne Shelly, the musical tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, a waitress in an unhappy marriage to her husband Earl. When Jenna unexpectedly becomes pregnant she begins an affair with her gynecologist Dr. Jim Pomatter. Looking for ways out she sees a pie contest and its grand prize as her chance.

    Dawn is the “shy and quirky” type, who longs for a true love. Marzetta’s so infectious and endearing as Dawn, that she could easily teach a master’s class. She lands the one-liners with ease, which put smiles on the audience’s faces.” -Adrian Gomez (Albuquerque Journal)

    Gabriella Marzetta

    https://gabriellamarzetta.com/

    Gabriella is a versatile actor/singer/dancer with a wellspring of depth, a lighthearted quirk with quick comedic timing and an earthy, animated youthful spirit. A lover of collaborative and intimate environments, Gabriella has great talent in building strong ensembles and creating work that is honest, vulnerable, and thought provoking. She has been consistently working since graduating from CAP21 May of 2016. She studied a multitude of styles and techniques such as Meisner, Shaw, Shakespeare, Chekov, Mask Work, Lecoq, On Camera Technique, TV/Film, Clowning, and Linklater Technique. She has a natural intuition that reads strong on stage/screen, loves all things that include a jam session with some dope in the moment harmony, classic rock and folk (Joni Mitchell/Brandi Carlile's #1 fan) is a midwestern gal at heart and LOVES to make people laugh. 

    Gabriella grew up in St. Charles and Geneva, Illinois (about 45 minutes outside of Chicago) and spent most of her childhood playing in the mud and cornfields of Oglesby, Illinois at her grandma and grandpa's house. Very shy as a child, she spent most of her elementary school and middle school days holed up in her house teaching herself songs on the piano and guitar and creating intricate stories on The Sims or playingBarbies, along with writing scripts and filming an assortment of media from her solo talk show "Gab's Corner" to her Barbie Soap Opera "Average" starring the Mary-Kate Olsen barbie doll, to her legendary music videos (most notably her rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.)

    The first time she stepped into the spotlight was when she first sang in front of a crowd at age 10. It started with her father persuading her into auditioning for the school talent show by buying her the Daphne (Ala Scooby Doo) Barbie Doll. From that moment on, Gabriella continued to be known for her shy exterior and powerhouse voice. She continued down the path of performing by becoming an avid community theatre participant, took acting/dance classes/piano and guitar lessons growing up and even assisted theatre classes for children at different theatre companies as a teenager, resulting in a more confident and extraverted version of Gabriella. Who would have thought putting an extremely introverted child in the arts would help her flourish and realize her full potential?! (jokes...but really. thank god(s) for ART)


    26 min
  • February 1st - Go See a Show!, A quick list of CAN'T MISS shows coming out in the next 30 days

    February 1st - Go See a Show!, A quick list of CAN'T MISS shows coming out in the next 30 days

    Les Miserables School Edition: The Croswell Opera House -  Jan 28-Feb 9

    Kalamazoo: Fremont Community Theatre - Jan 28-30 and Feb 4-6
    The Last Five Years – Children’s Theatre Workshop’s Collective – Feb 4-6 at The Ohio Theater
    Constellations: TBD Productions - February 10-14 at the Veterans Building in BG
    Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Stone Productions - February 11-13,  at The Collingwood Arts Center.
    Love Letters:  Bellevue Society for the Arts - Feb 11–13
    August Osage County: Black Swamp Players - Feb 18-20 and 25-27
    Disney's The Little Mermaid: Oregon Community Theatre - February, 18-20 and 25-26
    The Legend of Georgia McBride: Valentine Theatre Studio A -  February 11-13 and February 17-20
    Waitress (National Tour) : Stranahan Theater -  Feb 17-20
    Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific (National Tour)  Feb 23rd  Valentine Theatre
    The Addams Family Musical: Anthony Wayne High School - February 25-26
    Escanaba: Fort Findlay Playhouse, February 24-27 & March 4-6 2022
    Joseph and The Technicolor Dreamcoat – Cardinal Stritch H.S.  March 4 -6
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    3 min
  • The CTW Collective: A producing company of teens, who collaborate on all aspects of producing theatre; season selection, budgeting, fundraising, ticket pricing, production coordination and oversight,
    The CTW Collective: A producing company of teens, who collaborate on all aspects of producing theatre; season selection, budgeting, fundraising, ticket pricing, production coordination and oversight, technical theatre and design, and performance.
    Thee Last Five Years February 4-6
    CTW welcomes Hanna Felver and Mitchell LeStrange as our Cathy and Jamie. Save February 4-6, 2022 to see these amazing performers bring this beautiful musical to life!
    The 2021-22 Collective:
    Lyric Clifton-Bowen as director
    Bronson Steiner as assistant director and marketing manager
    Jillianne Fogle as assistant producer and stage manager
    Luna G. Cherry as technical director
    Who is this program for? Theatre students who are interested in exploring the world of theatre beyond rehearsals and performances; theatre kids who want to learn to produce their own theatre; theatre kids who want to keep doing theatre but are interested in adding to their non-performance skill sets.
    Questions? Email Aimee at [email protected]!
    27 min
  • Fremont Community Theatre: we were fortunate to have Mary Jo and Cyrus with us, this week, to talk about FCT and the upcoming shows they'll be producing
    Fremont Community Theatre: we were fortunate to have Mary Jo and Cyrus with us, this week, to talk about FCT and the upcoming shows they'll be producing 
    The  Fremont Community Theatre and Literary Society was founded in 1956 by  several Fremont residents who had a desire to perform live theater.   Over 50 years later, FCT continues to be the premier live theater venue  in Sandusky County.
    A  non-profit organization, FCT is an all-volunteer theater which depends  on the continued support of its members, patrons, and guests.
    Everyone  is welcome at FCT; whether it be as a guest, musician, stage hand,  decorator, actor, actress, or even just to donate cookies
    53 min
  • January 18th - Go See a Show!, A quick list of CAN'T MISS shows coming out in the next 30 days

    January 18th - Go See a Show!, A quick list of CAN'T MISS shows coming out in the next 30 days

    Twilight of the Golds: Monroe Community Players- January 14, 15, 21, and 22

    The Choir of Men (National Tour): The Valentine Theatre - January 21
    Apartment 3A, (by Jeff Daniels): The Village Players Theatre - January 21-23
    Radium Girls: Clay High School Limelighters - January 21-23
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Toledo School for the Arts - January 27-30,  at the Toledo Repertoire Theatre
    Annie: St. Ursula Academy Toledo - January 27 thru 30 at the The Valentine Theatre
    Les Miserables School Edition: The Croswell Opera House -  Jan 28 – Feb 9
    Kalamazoo: Fremont Community Theatre - Jan 28-30 and Feb 4-6
    The Last Five Years – Children’s Theatre Workshop’s Collective – Feb 4-6 (4 shows) at The Ohio Theater
    Constellations: TBD Productions - February 10 – 14 at the Veterans Building in BG
    Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Stone Productions - February 11-13,  at The Collingwood Arts Center.
    Love Letters:  Bellevue Society for the Arts - Feb 11 – 13
    August Osage County: Black Swamp Players - Feb 18 – 20 and 25 – 27
    Disney's The Little Mermaid: Oregon Community Theatre - February, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 2022
    The Legend of Georgia McBride: The Toledo Rep. Theatre - February 18-27, 2022


    3 min
  • Annie: St. Ursula Academy Director, Kirsten Hinshaw and actors, Anni and Nina, sit down with Stage Door to tell us how much fun this show has been to produce and perform.

    Annie: St. Ursula Academy Director, Kirsten Hinshaw and actors, Anni and Nina, sit down with Stage Door to tell us how much fun this show has been to produce and perform. January 27-30  on the Valentine Stage. Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award-winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, Annie KIDS features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

    20 min
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Toledo School for the Arts Director, Amelia Lefever and actor Gabe Omlor, sit down with Stage Door and explain to us why this is a uniquely cool show
    January 27-30 at the Toledo Repertoire Theatre. Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play. 15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world.
    “This adaptation by the acclaimed playwright Simon Stephens is intensely, innately theatrical; it is also funny and extremely moving…resonates with quality.” —Telegraph (London). “…just terrific…a profoundly moving play about adolescence, fractured families, mathematics, colours and lights…dazzling.” —Independent (London). “A beautiful, eloquent, dazzlingly inventive show about the wonders of life.” —Evening Standard (London).
    20 min
  • Alabaster January 14-16: We had Director Fran Martone on ou show to talk about Actors Collaborative Toledo's upcoming production.
    Alabaster: We had Director Fran Martone on our show to talk about Actors Collaborative Toledo's upcoming production.
    Actors Collaborative Toledo (ACT) presents the area premiere of Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly. January 14-16, 2022 at the Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts (7270 Biniker Road, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551). The play is directed by Fran Martone and features a cast of Toledo Theatre veterans: Cindy Bilby (Weezy), Carol Ann Erford (Bib), Aimee Reid(June), and Marissa Rex (Alice).
    An all-female darkly comic southern drama about women on the verge, art, and the power of human connection. After a tornado barrels through a North Alabama town leaving nothing but death and destruction, only June and her wisecracking pet goat Weezy live to tell the tale. When Alice, a prominent photographer, arrives to take pictures of June’s scars, every living soul on the farm is tipped to the breaking point in this epic tale of life after death.
    Showtimes are January 14 and 15 at 8:00 p.m. and January 16 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available in advance at www.act419.org.
    Audrey Cefaly is a southern writer and Alabama native based in the DC region. She is published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus (two volumes of Best American Short Plays), and Applause Books. She was recently named a Traveling Master by the Dramatist Guild Foundation. She is an outspoken proponent of silence in story-telling and has authored numerous articles on the topic of playwriting for HowlRound and Samuel French’s Breaking Character Magazine. Cefaly is a recipient of grants from the Boomerang Fund for Artists as well as the Alabama and Maryland state arts councils.
    Audrey Cefaly won the 2018 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize for Alabaster.
    Sometimes a piece just glues you to your seat, makes you laugh, rips your heart out, and when it’s done you want to hold the people you love tightly and never let go.
    21 min
  • Staring Role: Perrysburg High School Grad., Trevor Dorner, sits down with Stage Door and tells us how he went from the local stage, to working professionally in the theatre world
    Staring Role: Perrysburg High School Grad., Trevor Dorner, sits down with Stage Door and tells us how he went from the local stage, to working professionally in the theatre world.
    Trevor Dorner is an NYC based actor from Toledo, Ohio. He received a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ohio Northern University where he played roles such as Bobby in Company, Guido in Nine, Angelo in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, and The Lecturer in Reefer Madness.
    Recent: Trevor could be seen recently playing Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet in The Heritage Theatre Festival's 45th season in Charlottesville, VA. Before that, he played The Suspects in Murder for Two at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford, CT.
    51 min

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Two average guys covering the local theatre scene in NW Ohio and SE Michigan. Speaking to all Directors, Producers, Choreographers, Set Designers, Stage Managers, and anyone else connected to stage theatre. They're not the experts, but luckily their guests are, so the guest does most of the talking. Toledo Ohio, Sylvania, Perrysburg, Waterville, Whitehouse, Oregon Ohio, Adrian Michigan, Sandusky, Huron, Maumee, Holland Ohio, Rossford

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