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Theatre Life with Ben Kercheval
Warm, conversational interviews with theatrical creatives across all disciplines -- actors, directors, playwrights, designers, and producers -- about personal stories, artistic process, and current projects.
Episodes
Theatre Life with Ben KerchevalMolly Fonseca: Making Theatre for Austin’s Marginalized Voices
Molly Fonseca is an actor, director, producer, playwright, and co-artistic director of Broad Theatre, the Austin company she co-founded in 2019 to make work by…
Theatre Life with Ben KerchevalStage Presence Players: Inside the 'Voices of Now' showcase premiere
Stage Presence Players opens "Voices of Now," a collection of five short plays, this month in Taylor, Texas. Ben sits down with two of the people at the center…
Theatre Life with Ben KerchevalKaci Beeler | Part II: Taking Improv to Edinburgh Fringe and The Hideout's New Home
Part II of our conversation with Austin improv mainstay Kaci Beeler of The Hideout Theatre. This time the focus goes global: with her troupe…
Theatre Life with Ben KerchevalKaci Beeler | Part I: Austin's Renaissance Woman Refuses to Pick a Lane
Austin's true Renaissance woman sits down for part one of a two-part conversation. Kaci Beeler is an award-winning improviser, playwright, director, scenic…
Theatre Life with Ben KerchevalAlexander Surian: Meet the new Jack Kelly in Disney's Newsies
Part 2 of a two-part conversation. In Part 1, drag artist Alexander Surian took us inside the alternative drag world of Dragula: Titans as its Season 2 winner…
Theatre Life with Ben KerchevalEvah Destruction: On Eating Pig Brains and Being Crowned Champion of Dragula: Titans
Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Nationally recognized drag artist Evah Destruction -- the alter ego of Austin-based performer Alexander Surian -- has eaten…
Theatre Life with Ben KerchevalA. Jason Jones: Keeping a 100-Year-Old Theatre Alive During COVID-19 Lockdown
Self-proclaimed "theatre brat" A. Jason Jones fell for the stage from an early age, but walked away for years before he came roaring back. Today, he directs…
Theatre Life with Ben KerchevalKelsey Layton: From Opening for Loretta Lynn to Landing Her Dream Role
Award-winning actor and director Kelsey Layton has been performing since she was three years old, singing lead in her family's multi-generational show band…
Theatre Life with Ben KerchevalEpisode 1 -- Arielle LaGuette
From Ukulele to Shakespeare (Shitfaced): Arielle LaGuette Takes Us Behind the Curtain Welcome to the very first episode of Theatre Life, a podcast for theatre…