Theatre Geeks

Demystifying music licensing for theatre

Entertainment attorney Gordon Firemark shares insights about music licensing and more. Community theatres often use recorded music as part of pre-show...

Chicago Comedy Film Festival

Festival founder Jessica Hardy tells us all about this unique comedy event

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Now in its third year, the...

Indiana Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director, Janet Allen

Turns out Indiana Repertory Theatre faces many of the same issues community theatres do, including audience building and retention, dealing with changing...

Improv in community theatre and beyond

Our old friend Jessica Hardy joins us to talk about the value of improv as a discipline for community theatres. Jessica trained at The Second...

Are actors made or born?

Are community theatre actors made or born? Can anyone be an actor or does it take something special, an innate talent that only certain people have?...