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From Broadway to your hometown stage, Richard Patterson shares how a musical joins the licensing catalogue with Music Theatre International (MTI). Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Richard Patterson! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Richard Patterson: Richard Patterson has worked in the professional licensing department since 2015, having joined the MTI family in 2012 as a Customer Account Representative in the amateur licensing department. In his role as International Licensing Director, Richard’s focus is on international professional licensing, including coordination between MTI’s New York, London, and Melbourne offices. Originally from Drexel Hill, PA, Richard studied Dramatic Literature and Creative Writing at New York University and previously worked as a licensing representative at Samuel French, Inc. In addition to his work at MTI, Richard is a writer whose theatre reporting has been featured on Playbill

Digital marketer of Broadway favorites including Hamilton, Hadestown, and Be More Chill, Micayla Brewster breaks down her process at Marathan Digital and beyond. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Micayla Brewster! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Micayla Brewster: Micayla is a creative, detail-oriented, driven person who loves to share stories and cultivate relationships. Those skills helped her as she developed a passion for digital marketing and social media management.  She is currently based in New York City and is an Account Manager at Marathon Digital where she runs the official social media accounts of fan-centric Broadway shows like Hamilton, Hadestown, and Be More Chill. Micayla loves working in the world of entertainment is excited to be doing it through her passion for social media and digital marketing. There is absolutely nothing more captivating to her than an innovative campaign with a detailed st

From American Idol to bedroom closet, Justin breaks down the artrepreneur lifestyle and how you can find your core confidence. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Justin Guarini! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Justin Guarini: Justin Guarini’s robust performance career launched with the first season of American Idol in 2002. His stage and screen appearances since then include Broadway productions of American Idiot, Romeo and Juliet, Wicked, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Justin has hosted shows like Idol Wrap and Idol Tonight along with live events for the TV Guide Network, the Oscars, the Emmys, and the Grammys. He continues to reprise his role as the lovable Lil’ Sweet in commercials for Diet Dr. Pepper. Justin is a generous humanitarian: he has advocated for music education funding on Capitol Hill by lobbying for the International Music Products Association. He has worked with Education Through

Collaborating with Stephen Schwartz to update "Working" for modern audiences, Peter breaks down their process and the challenges that make this virtual production so timely. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Peter Flynn! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Peter Flynn: Peter is a New York based director, writer and teacher who works both in new work development, as well as staging classic American musicals in New York and for some of the most notable regional theaters. His New York directing credits include the off-Broadway premiere of Smart Blonde by Willy Holtzman starring Andréa Burns; the off-Broadway premiere of Curvy Widow by Bobby Goldman & Drew Brody; Rhapsody in Seth starring Seth Rudetsky; Lee Blessing’s Two Rooms; the 75th Anniversary performance of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town with Adriane Lenox, B.D. Wong, S. Epatha Merkerson; On the 20th Century with Douglas Sills & Marin Mazzie; Chess with Josh Groba

Is Broadway really 'end game' when it comes to theatre? Mo shares his thoughts and breaks down the process of his work as a theatre advocate. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with our good friend Mo! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Mo Brady: Mo Brady is co-creator, podcast host and content director of The Ensemblist, the online advocate for the talent artists working in theatre ensembles. Through our podcast, website and social presence they create conversation about what it means to be a successful artist in the theatre. The Ensemblist podcast has more than 1.5 million podcast downloads and was recently named one of the Top 50 Best Selling Performing Arts Podcasts of all time. He is the Communications Projects Manager for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofit that unites theatre artists and theatre lovers to help those in need. As a member of their communications team, he conceptualizes, develops and crea

Can you handle the Circle of Pain? Mercedes Murphy breaks down her process of working on movement driven theatre and the questions she asks herself, her collaborators and the audience while directing. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Mercedes! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Mercedes Murphy: Mercedes Murphy (Writer/Director) has directed theater and dance at various venues including the Moscow Art Theater, Lincoln Center Outdoors, PS 122, the Vineyard Theater, the Market Theater and the American Repertory Theatre. Mercedes' work has toured throughout Europe. She has worked as an Art Director for music videos and collaborated with artists including Coleman Hough, Jody Oberfelder, Robert Woodruff, Jay Scheib and John Bucchino. Mercedes was the resident director at the New Opera and Musical Theater Initiative in Boston and is the Founding Artistic Director of Théâtre Trouvé. She has taught at the New York Film Ac

Build a Prom? Check. Dori breaks down the process of bringing The Prom from Broadway to Netflix. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Dori! This is part of our mini-series, Page To Stream, where we'll dive deep with theatre-makers as they explore this virtual and digital space while Broadway and theatre continues to be shutdown in America. If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Dori Berinstein: Dori is a four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer (“Fool Moon”, “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Next”, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and “Virgina Woolf”), an Olivier winner (Legally Blonde) and an Emmy-award-winning director, producer and writer of film and television. Dori most recently was Lead Producer on “The PROM”. Dori is partnered with Justin “Squigs” Robertson on the Lights of Broadway Show cards, is Co-Founder of Camp Broadway and is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Broadway Podcast Network. @DoriBerinstein Broadway Podcast Netw

Imposter syndrome is a common side effect of the theatre industry. Bret breaks down his process bridging the gap between craft and commerce and how to cope with that feeling of imposter syndrome. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Bret! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Bret Shuford: As the Broadway Life Coach Bret Shuford is passionate about helping artists create a digital reputation and bridging the gap between craft and commerce. Shuford’s Broadway credits include Wicked, Cirque Du Soleil’s Paramour, Amazing Grace, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid. Other N.Y. credits include Actors Fund Benefit performances of A Wonderful Life, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, On the Twentieth Century, and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Shuford’s credits outside of New York City include the National Tour of Lincoln Center’s South Pacific and Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden in Next to Normal at t

Devising plays has no one size fits all process, but Barb breaks down how she teaches and works on devised theatre. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Barb! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Barbara Pitts McAdams (she/her): Our guest today is best known for her work with Tectonic Theater Project. Barbara Pitts McAdams was in the original company of The Laramie Project, a play devised from interviews with the residents of Laramie, Wyoming after the brutal murder of gay university of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard. Barb and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project share playwriting credit with artistic director Moisés Kaufman, and Barb is the co-author with Kaufman of MOMENT WORK: Tectonic’s Process of Devising Theater. Barb, as she asked us to call her, has worked regionally as an actor and appears on all the usual NY tv shows, but has found herself more and more called to teach and devise plays. Her current passio

Feminized labor, dirty laundry, and being 8,000 miles from home are all part of Johanna's process as a textile and visual artist. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Johanna! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Johanna Pan (she/they): Johanna Pan is a Costume and sometimes Scenic designer for Theatre, Film, Dance and Opera, a textile and visual artist, host and co-producer of the podcast “Dirty Laundry: Unpacking the Costume Closet”. Born and raised in Singapore, she currently splits her time between New York City and home. She first discovered theatrical design while competing in the creative thinking competition Odyssey of the Mind and has never looked back. She is a proud feminist, lover of vintage clothing and all things related to textile arts. Johanna’s artistic practice is centered around decolonizing the imagination, breaking down the notions of feminized labor, and anti-racism. She continues to harbor hope f

Hadestown's Tony winning sound designer reveals her process designing Hadestown with co-designer Nevin Steinberg. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Jessica! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Jessica Paz: Jessica Paz is a Tony Award-winning Sound Designer for theater, film and music. Most recently, she collaborated with Nevin Steinberg on the sound design for Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed production of Hadestown, which earned the duo a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle nomination. On Broadway, Jessica was an Associate Sound Designer on projects including Dear Evan Hansen, Bandstand, Disaster! The Musical; The Assembled Parties (MCC); and Fela!. Other design credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Westside Theater); Kiss My Aztec (Berkeley Rep); Twelfth Night, Othello, Miss You Like Hell, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Nights Dream, and As You Like It (The Public Theater); Burn All Night (A.R.T Ober

Imagine casting yourself in Hamilton and also being the associate choreographer. Stephanie breaks down that process and so much more! Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Stephanie! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Stephanie Klemons: Stephanie Klemons is an award-winning performer, choreographer and director who has worked on the pre-Broadway and Broadway productions of HAMILTON, IN THE HEIGHTS, BRING IT ON and IF/THEN. She sang on the original cast albums of three out of four of those shows and got to perform in the now infamous Tony performance with Hamilton as they performed Yorktown sans guns as a statement against gun violence. She got her equity card doing the first national tour of BOMBAY DREAMS. Her work can be seen currently on Broadway and around the world as the Associate and Supervising Choreographer of the smash hit HAMILTON. In 2018 she directed and choreographed the Kennedy Center production of IN TH

Kate Rockwell was Lori's first client. They break down their process working together and how they both see the impact of social media theatre makers' careers. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Lori and Kate! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Her Story is founded by Lori Wheat. After graduating with a major in Corporate Communications and a minor in music business, Lori spent six years working in artist management and public relations with artists such as Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, Amy Grant, and Old Dominion. She then worked in public relations in Los Angeles with mainly Disney Stars as assistant executive before eventually gaining her own accounts, E!'s "WAGS" stars Natalie Halcro and Olivia Pierson. In 2018, Lori decided there was a serious gap in PR and brand partnership. Broadway actors have huge and loyal social media followings. Lori's goal with Her Story is to get to know her clients interests so she can t

Cody breaks down his process working as stage manager of Broadway favorite including Hamilton, The Lion King and Freestyle Love Supreme. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Cody! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Cody Renard Richard most recently finished working on the extended Broadway run of Freestyle Love Supreme, serving as the Production Stage Manager. Other Broadway credits include Hamilton, Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots, Motown the Musical, After Midnight, Ghost the Musical, Cyrano de Bergerac, Lysistrata Jones, Dear Evan Hansen, If/Then, The Lion King. TV: 2019 Tony Awards, 2019 MTV VMAs, Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (DGA Nom), Hairspray Live! (DGA Nom), The Wiz Live! (DGA Nom). Cirque du Soleil: OVO (North American Tour), Wintuk (Madison Square Garden). Off Broadway/NY: Porgy and Bess (Metropolitan Opera – Assistant Stage Director), Freestyle Love Supreme, Candide at Carnegie Hall, 5 productions with

Cockeyed optimist, Alie B. is on a mission to make theatre more inclusive! Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Alie! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! As an actor, Alie B. Gorrie has worked in regional theatre, off-Broadway, and on tour. She seeks to tell stories that shed light on the complexities of the human condition...stories that challenge norms. She also lives for a celebratory tap break and a perfectly timed Dad-joke. As an inclusion consultant, she helps theatre companies, organizations, and educators make their communities more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities.  She is a self-proclaimed “cockeyed optimist,” and she happens to live with a vision impairment. In 2008, she created Songs for Sight, an organization that provides funding and support so that children with low vision across Alabama can thrive.  As an advocate and creative, she helped dream up and co-produce ABLE: a series, a new doc

As a child Sean visited Arizona Theatre Company as an audience member. Today Sean is the artistic director of the organization while continuing to tell his own stories. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Sean! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Sean Daniels is a Director, Playwright, Husband. Artistic Director, and most exhaustingly, the father to a toddler. As a writer, he has been produced commercially Off-Broadway by Tony Award-winning Tom Kirdahy, and at Arizona Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, City Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, and Dad's Garage. His play, The White Chip, was a New York Times Critics Pick and is in talks to return when theater does. As a director, he has directed at theaters such as the Manhattan Theatre Club (Off-Broadway), The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, to the West End in London. Sean has been named "one of the top fifteen up and coming artists in the U.S., whose work wil

Valli? As in Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons? Yup, Olivia shares her unique process playing her own grandmother in Jersey Boys off-Broadway as well as getting greenified on tour with Wicked. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Olivia. We appreciate you spending your time with us! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Olivia Valli is a performer based in New York City. Upon graduating from Montclair State University with a BFA in Musical Theatre, Olivia booked her first professional gig -- the Elphaba understudy for the Wicked Second National Tour! Most recently, Olivia was seen in the Off-Broadway production of Jersey Boys where she played her own grandmother, Mary Delgado. Olivia has also starred in her own cabaret show at Feinstein's/54 Below. She also has her own podcast with co-host Fiona McIntyre called What's Your Backup Plan? Follow Olivia on Instagram and Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/oliviafvalli/ https://twi

Max shares their experience as a queer theatre maker and encourages listeners to stop making assumptions and keep asking questions. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Max. We appreciate you spending your time with us! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Max Vernon (Book, Music & Lyrics) is a 3 time Drama Desk nominee, Out100 Honoree, and recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, Richard Rodgers Award, Jonathan Larson Grant, New York Stage and Film's Founders Award, New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship, and the JFund Award from the Jerome Foundation. They have been a Dramatist Guild Theatre Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, and an artist in residence at Berkeley Rep, Ars Nova, Kimmel Center (viaThe Public Theater), Disney Creative Entertainment, and Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat, among others. Their musical, The View UpStairs, ran 105 performances Off-Broadway and will have sixteen new productions around the world

Games, a recap of our first year, and goals for the next 365 days of Page to Stage. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE. We appreciate that you've decided to share your time with us! In this special birthday episode, co-hosts Brian and Mary celebrate with a few games, recap from this year, and set goals for the next 365 days. If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Mary Elizabeth Dina lives in New York City where she works for Tony Award-winning Producer Ken Davenport (Once On This Island, Spring Awakening, Daddy Long Legs). Mary is the co-host of the theatre podcast, Page To Stage: A Conversation with Theatre Makers and continues to freelance photography and social media marketing. Formerly, Mary worked in the Development office at Bucks County Playhouse and worked as a director and dramaturg. She has an MA from Montclair State University and a BA from University of Delaware.  Brian Sedita grew up in northe

The queen of a cappella musicals, Margot shares her process working in an ensemble. Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. We appreciate that you shared your time with us. If you listened on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review. Margo Seibert has proven herself to be a uniquely captivating and versatile performer, writer, and activist. After originating the role of “Jane” in Broadway’s first a cappella musical, IN TRANSIT, she recently co-starred in Dave Malloy’s world premiere OCTET at Signature Theatre in New York and released her debut album “77th Street”on Yellow Sound Label . She is perhaps best known for her critically acclaimed performance as “Adrian” in the Broadway musical ROCKY. After graduating with a degree in International Relations from American University, Margo began her acting career in the D.C. Theatre scene, seamlessly transitioning between plays and musicals at Signature Theatre, Folger Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Olney Theatre Center and the