Standby for Places

Just in time for Thanksgiving, board member Ben Mandell is joined In the Green Room by John and Zack Walsh to spill the tea on their ever so serious satire Family Secrets Drama.

Standby for Places brings you a satirical Family Secret Drama written by the Brothers Walsh (John & Zack), and just in time for Thanksgiving too. Listen in as this family and their offbeat neighbors reveal secret after secret, making other familial dynamics look like a delicious piece of cake.

This play features Ernest E. Peeples as Father, Nancy Hays as Mother, Michael Warker as Son, Zack Walsh as Little Son, Anna Mae Gordon as Female Neighbor, and Warren Watkins as Male Neighbor. Music by Morgan Wardlaw with direction and editing by Dunya J. Karam.

this episode does feature strong language and sexual themes

This time In the Green Room everything is On the Table. Join ensemble member Alexandra as she sits down with playwright/poet and actress Diana Arnold, fellow players Morgan Wardlaw and Ken Barnett, and director Dunya J. Karam as they talk about Standby’s most recent piece On the Table and what it’s like working in an industry that everyone has been touched by.

Breaking the fourth wall, Diana Arnold (playwright and actress) carries us with her from table to table during a busy night at work in the service industry with the help of Ken Barnett and Morgan Wardlaw. Diana gracefully guides the audience through hilarious customer interactions, personal anecdotes, and poignant moments by sharing with us her two decades of experience at the city’s best restaurants. Music by Morgan Wardlaw (featuring a Sondheim parody). Directed and mixed by Dunya J. Karam.

To finish off our wonderful Spooky Season, we bring you DRACULA, the thrilling tale of the original vampire! For more information on the cast, please visit our website; standbyforplaces.com.

Join us as we continue to bring you the most thrilling tales! Table of Contents: The Outsider, performed by PJ Sosko. The Music of Erich Zann, performed by Patrick Keeffe. The Yellow Wallpaper, performed by Mary Seidel. The Birthmark, performed by Benjamin Mandell. Sound design and effects by Freda Mattea and Graydon Gund.

Every year, we all get super excited for October, because October means pumpkins, trick or treating, and of course, SCARY STORIES! This episode has three spooky stories full, performed and sound edited to make sure you get the ultimate spooky experience! "The Pale Man" performed by Dana Watkins, "The Voice in the Night" performed by Anna Stefanic, "The Striding Place" performed by Anna Mae Gordon. Sound edited by Freda Mattea and Graydon Gund.

Dramatic readings of some of Edgar Allan Poe's most chilling short stories! The Masque of the Red Death, performed by Alexandra Kopko. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, performed by Torian Brackett. The Black Cat, performed by Gabi Van Horn. The Oblong Box, performed by Patrick Pizzolorusso, Landor's Cottage, performed by E. James Ford. The Tell Tale heart, performed by Kevin Sebastian. The Raven, performed by Margie Zarcone. Sound edited by Sean McGinley

Margie Zarcone and Ben Mandell sit down with Marisa Flores, star of The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, to talk about villains, summoning devils, and to settle the great debate: Shakespeare Vs. Marlowe.

In Christopher Marlowe's play, Doctor Faustus is a scholar living in Wittenberg, Germany. Feeling that he has reached the ends of all traditional studies, he decides to pursue magic, and has his servant Wagner bring him Valdes and Cornelius, two men who can teach him how to perform magic incantations.

Directed, edited, and sound designed by Megan St. Amand, with dramaturgical assistance by Tim Briggs, and sound design assistance by Ren Bell. Featuring Marisa Flores as Dr. John Faustus, Ren Bell as Mephistopheles, Lauren Brooke Ellis as Wagner, Chorus, and Wrath, Tim Briggs as The Pope, Scholar #1, Lucifer, and Gluttony, Lauren Emily Wayland as the Evil Angel, Envy, and Lechery, Dominic Hoskins as Cornelius and The Emperor, Karla Rennhofer as Scholar #2, Robin, The Horse-Coarser, and Pride, Tasha Berol as Friar, Covetousness, and The Duchess of Vanholt, Emily Donn as The Vintner, The Clown, and Valdes, Sammie James as Ralph, The Knight, and Sloth, and Juliana Egley as The Old Man, The Good Angel and The Duke of Vanholt

All music composed by Shane Ivers and obtained on silvermansound.org. Tracks used include Helena’s Lament, Unfolding Mirrors, A Few Moments Later, and Dark Side of Mars. All sound effects were obtained on freesound.org.