Building a Stage: Recent Episodes
Break The Chain Theatre Company
Craig, Alexis, and Maurizio discuss their journey to launch and manage their own theatre company. A new episode each month!
The BTC team talks about upcoming changes for the company, and highlights the upcoming stage combat workshop Mitten Mayhem, hosted by our good friends at Theatrica Gladiatoria!
Just a few days from our first in-person Drunk Shakespeare, Building a Stage podcast is back!This month, Artistic Director Craig Ester tells us his process for adapting Shakespeare text for his play The R & J Project. The BTC team also discusses the choices we made for wardrobe, lighting, and sound in the show; planning fight and weapons choreography, and more!
A Special Episode talking about the process of producing our first full show in collaboration with Matrix Theatre: The R & J Project!
The BTC team tells all about their first in-person production: the BTC One-Act Play Festival. Hosted at Matrix Theatre in Southwest Detroit, this production brought together Michigan actors, directors, and playwrights for a weekend of fun and engaging theatre. Tune in to hear all about it, and to learn about our next production coming in 2023!
After a busy summer of multiple events, the BTC team is back on our podcasts! This month’s episode, we talk about our two live-streamed events of the summer - the We Will Not Go Back play festival, and our third and final Drunk Shakespeare stream, Twelfth Drink (Or What You Brew).
The BTC team also shares how the different strategies they’ve learned to help maintain a healthy work/life balance and avoid burnout. Tune in to hear all the details about our summer events, and a sneak peek at our upcoming One-Act Play Festival!
This month, the BTC team reflects on preparing for the We Will Not Go Back play festival, facing and overcoming fatigue, learning how to include and involve more voices from our community, and more.
Find out all the details about this month’s Broadway Pride, the first BTC live in-person event!
On this month’s episode, we talk about all the behind-the-scenes work that went into Much Ado About Drinking, the challenges and outcomes, and some of our favorite moments from the show.
Tune in to this month’s episode to hear more about our Patreon page, which will launch 5/20, and our first in-person event taking place in June, Broadway Pride: A BTC Drag Show!
Break The Chain Theatre Company is hard at work on their next fundraising events and planning their first full season of theatre! Join Craig, Alexis and Maurizio for a chat about all the projects in the works, including May's Much Ado About Drinking and more!
Craig, Alexis & Maurizio talk about the ups and downs of A Lit-Summer Night's Dream, the first-ever Break The Chain livestreamed event. They share some of their favorite moments, unexpected highlights, and some of the last-minute issues the cast and crew encountered through the event. If you tuned in to Lit-summer and want to know all about what took place in front and behind the camera, this is an episode you don't wanna miss!
This month, the Break The Chain team discusses the challenges they’ve faced and lessons they learned while working on both podcasts and preparing for their first live streaming event - all in the same month!
This week’s topic for Building a Stage is Making a First Impression. The Break the Chain team talks about who they are, what they’re most excited about for the company, and what drove them to starting their own theatre.