The Cleveland Stage Podcast 0301: Alabama Story w/ actor Craig Joseph

It's the Season Premier of CSP as Tyler and Ian talk with actor Craig Joseph who is portraying children's book illustrator Garth Williams in Ensemble's upcoming production of "Alabama Story" by Kenneth Jones, which is making its Ohio premiere. Tyler is directing the first show of Ensemble's 39th season about the true story of a children's book that caused a stir in 1959 Montgomery, Alabama. Craig discusses working on the play, as well as the play's own theatrical elements and themes, and why censorship can do long term damage to a society.

"Alabama Story" by Kenneth Jones and directed by Tyler Whidden runs September 7 - September 30 at Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights.

For tickets or more info, visit EnsembleTheatreCLE.org.

Our Sponsors:

Fogg.com

DiscountMI.com

@EnsembleCLE and @ClevelandStage on Twitter

The Cleveland Stage Podcast 0207 #AmericanPlaysBracket Challenge: Sweet 16

Tyler & Ian discuss the Sweet 16 round of their #AmericanPlaysBracket Challenge and whether or not Ian would actually ever vote for "Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" They also discuss other things that ended up on the cutting room floor.

You can vote on Twitter by following @EnsembleCLE and @ClevelandStage

Our sponsors:

Fogg.com

DiscountMI.com

The Cleveland Stage Podcast 0206: #AmericanPlaysBracket, Round 2

Tyler and Ian invite Celeste, Ensemble Executive Artistic Director, to discuss the 2nd Round of their #AmericanPlaysBracket Challenge in celebration of #MarchMadness. The plays are now down to 32 and the random seeding has brought about some unfortunate matchups. They discuss the great plays, plays that didn't make it out of Round One, and everyone's hate for "August: Osage County."
You can vote on Twitter by following @EnsembleCLE and @ClevelandStage

Our sponsors:

Fogg.com

DiscountMI.com

The Cleveland Stage Podcast 0205 #AmericanPlaysBracket, Part II

Tyler and Ian continue their walk into the rabbit hole of the #AmericanPlaysBracket wherein they put forth 64 American classics (and some not so much - sorry, Tyler) for folks to vote on as their favorite play. The final 32 of 64 are introduced here in probably the most diverse section of the bracket lending to some of the toughest decisions. Becca Jean returns to the podcast to provide some intelligence to the conversation, and the group decide that maybe the "random seed generator" thing Tyler used for the seeding/pairing is demonic and is the first step to us living in a "Terminator" world.

Follow @EnsembleCLE and @ClevelandStage to vote!

Our sponsors:

Fogg.com

DiscountMI.com