The Playing For Laughs Podcast

The camera pans away from the party and we descend into a high office in the Lisphemda, where the city's leaders and high officials meet to discuss recent events and make plans. 

The Playing For Laughs Podcast cast:

Keith Anctil

Amanda DeHahn

Matt Drewette-Card

Caleb Christensen Fletcher

Abben Maguire

Eric Darrow Worthly

Go to www.playingforlaughs.com for info on the Playing For Laughs improv troupe and cast information!

Background music provided by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com/)

This episode was edited and produced by Matt Drewette-Card.

Mercival Shrubrush pulls Armida, Az-et, Barney, Garric, and Redd together to send them on a crucial mission to a northern town in need of aid. Plus: a game of "Edit"!

The Playing For Laughs Podcast cast:

Keith Anctil (as Garric Banyon)

Amanda DeHahn (as Armida Nimblefingers)

Matt Drewette-Card (as Redd and Marki)

Caleb Christensen Fletcher (Game Master)

Abben Maguire (as Barney Barnabee)

Eric Darrow Worthly (as Az-Et)

Go to www.playingforlaughs.com for more information about the podcast and dates/times for our monthly improv shows, hosted by The Theater Project in Brunswick, Maine!

Thanks to www.tabletopaudio.com for the background music.

This episode was produced and edited by Matt Drewette-Card

As our heroes make their way to the northern Footside Village, bringing much needed healing and medical aid, they are interrupted on their journey by an explosion which awakens an angry and corrupted goo.

The Playing For Laughs Cast:

Keith Anctil (as Garric Banyon)

Amanda DeHahn (as Armida Nimblefingers)

Matt Drewette-Card (as Redd)

Caleb Christensen Fletcher (Game Master)

Abben Maguire (as Barney Barnabee)

Eric Darrow Worthly (as Az-et)

Go to www.playinglaughs.com for more information on improv shows.

Background music provided by Tabletop Audio (www.tabletopaudio.com)

After encountering and encumbering Jasper Chantrelle in the party, Garric is invited to get some answers to the questions about the strange wolf tracks from Marki whom, unbeknownst to anybody, followed the party away from Eska. Garric accepts the invitation. When one member of the party goes off on a strange errand with someone who doesn't belong there, what could go wrong?

The Playing For Laughs Podcast Cast:

Keith Anctil (as Garric Banyon)

Amanda DeHahn (as Armida Nimblefingers)

Matt Drewette-Card (as Redd)

Caleb Christensen Fletcher (Game Master)

Abben Maguire (as Barney Barnabee)

Eric Darrow Worthly (as Az-et)

Go to www.playingforlaughs.com for information on our upcoming improv shows.

Thanks to Tabletop Audio (www.tabletopaudio.com) for the background music.

This episode was produced and edited by Matt Drewette-Card.

Matt, Amanda, Caleb and Eric take a pause from the normal D&D campaign and ask some Clarifying Questions! Join us as we talk TTRPGs and games and learn about Caleb's childhood.

This episode was produced and edited by Matt Drewette-Card.

After defeating the angry goo, the party meets Jasper Chantrelle. Barney and Jasper hit it off immediately, while Redd and Armida have... "reservations." Plus: someone from Eska shows up and convinces Garric to go on a walk.

The Playing For Laughs Podcast cast:

Keith Anctil (as Garric Banyon)

Amanda DeHahn (as Armida Nimblefingers)

Matt Drewette-Card (as Redd)

Caleb Christensen Fletcher (Game Master)

Abben Maguire (as Barney Barnabee)

Eric Darrow Worthly (as Az-et)

Thanks to Daniel Edgerton Dickey for writing Ember's letter!

Thanks to Tabletop Audio (www.tabletopaudio.com) for the amazing background music.

Go to www.playingforlaughs.com for all info about upcoming improv shows and all things Playing For Laughs.

This episode was edited and produced by Matt Drewette-Card.

Laughter is important. It’s therapeutic. We, as the Playing For Laughs Improv Troupe, love laughter. We love laughing, and making people laugh. I don’t think it’s too far of a stretch to say that laughter fills our individual and collective souls. The PLaying For Laughs Improv Troupe is centered out of the Theater Project in Brunswick Maine. I am recording this on October 26, 2023, less than 24 hours after an unspeakable and unfathomable tragedy occurred in Lewiston, Maine, which is less than 30 minutes away from Brunswick. It’s a scary, sad, confusing, frustrating time. At this point, on this day, I know I can’t even truly comprehend the magnitude of the tragedy that happened yesterday. I’ve been finding myself lost and unfocused at times, as my brain and emotions grapple with what happened.

Laughter is important. It’s therapeutic. And it can also mask and hide feelings that make us uncomfortable. Laughter can help us put on a brave face in the wake of true horror and sadness. Laughter can even help us accept the realities we are faced with. We, as a comedy group, want to help you laugh. We want to help us laugh, too. It’s our primary goal… hell, it’s in our very name. Our podcast is all about improvisational storytelling, and making us, and hopefully you, laugh along the way. We also want to honor the space and the situation we are in. We want to make sure that we provide a space for laughter. That’s the point of this podcast. And we want to honor and acknowledge that, for some, now might not be the time for laughter, and that the timing of publishing our normally-scheduled podcast could be perceived as insensitive or uncaring or inappropriate. 

So we have decided that, for this week, our normally scheduled Playing For Laughs Podcast will be postponed until next week. If you need a laugh, please go back and listen to any of our previous episodes and come along with us and enjoy the good times we had recording them. Be kind to yourself, and check in with your friends and loved ones to support them through this time. And, also, if you’re feeling confused, frustrated, angry, scared, sad, etc., please find a friend or loved one and talk with them. If you need someone to talk to, please call the Maine Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 1-888-568-1112. They’re there to help and to give you the guidance and support that you need.

We’re here to provide you laughs. Laughter is important. It’s therapeutic. We’ll be back with a new episode for you next week, November 3, 2023, with plenty of new laughs for you and for us. Until then, take care of yourselves; take care of your community; and let your community also take care of you. You deserve it. 

Today we're NOT playing D&D... we're playing FIASCO! Caleb leads Amanda, Keith, and Matt on a journey of a new game that 3/4 of the table has never played before. Join us as we create characters and a dramatic and silly adventure that was completely made up and improvised. Plus: Gremlins and The Bit's-Gone-Too-Far Golem show up!

The Playing For Laughs Podcast players today were:

Keith Anctil

Amanda DeHahn

Matt Drewette-Card

Caleb Christensen Fletcher

Go to www.playingforlaughs.com for all of our upcoming improv show dates and all podcast information. Thanks for listening, and be sure to drop us a review and rating!