Our next guest is Jen & Matt Coogan, a musician couple who has been working with the Musical Café and, through Musical Café, created Song Salon, a zoom meeting place where budding songwriters come together and share ideas, songs and inspire each other. We learn about Jen and Matt’s upbringing, their affiliation with the café and where they see themselves in the future.
You can reach the Coogans and learn more about them through their website: https://www.constantcoogan.com
SHOWS:
Pygmalion (Orinda Starlight Village Players)
Sept 9 – Oct 1
Alicia Von Kugelgen (Episodes 46 and 101) is in the show
https://www.orsvp.org/index-2a.html
Tiny Beautiful Things (Plethos Productions)
Sept 9 – 18
http://www.plethos.org/now-playing
Written in Water (Ferocious Lotus)
A part of Ferocious Lotus’ Evolution series
Sept 16 – 25
Lisa Kang (Episode 76) wrote the play
Alan Coyne (Episode 29) is in the play
https://www.ferociouslotus.org/current-production.html
Christmas in Oz (Coastal Repertory Theatre)
Dec 1 – 18
Danny Martin (Episode 71) is directing the show
https://www.coastalrep.com/upcoming
The Women’s Annex (Central Works)
Oct 15 – Nov 13
Elizabeth Carter (Episode 159) is directing the show
http://centralworks.org/the-womens-annex/
Compared to What (Masquers Theatre)
Aug 26 – Sept 24
Norman Gee is directing the show
Jake Fong (Episode 228) is in the show
https://www.masquers.org/compared-to-what/
Back To The Way Things Were (San Francisco Mime Troupe)
July 2 – Sept 5
Norman Gee is in the show
https://www.sfmt.org
It’s Only A Play (Altarena Theatre)
August 12 – Sept 11
Reg Clay and Ronnie Anderson are in the show
https://www.altarena.org/2022-season-announcement/its-only-a-play
Lear (Cal Shakes)
Sept 7 – Oct 2
Dawn Monique Williams (Episode 112) is co-directing the show
Michael Asberry (Episode 183) is in the show
https://calshakes.org
Sense & Sensibility (Silicon Valley Shakespeare Company)
Aug 5 – Sept 4
Cynthia Branch Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is in the show
https://www.svshakespeare.org/our-season/sense-and-sensibility-2022/
Songs for Larry (Theatre Brava)
Workshop of a new Musical
October 2nd
Melvign Badiola (Episodes 89 & 186) is producing the show
https://www.brava.org/all-events/songsfromlarry
The Play That Goes Wrong (San Jose Stage)
Sept 21 – Oct 16
Jon Tracy (Episode 169) is directing the show
Michael Barrett Austin (Episode 133) and Cassidy Jamahl Brown (Episode 59) is in the play
https://www.thestage.org/season/play-that-goes-wrong
Gypsy (Hillbarn Theatre)
September 8 – 25
Melissa Momboisse (Episode 140) is in the play
https://www.hillbarntheatre.org/gypsy/
Man of God (Shotgun Players)
Sept 3 – Oct 2
Hyunji Kim (Episode 235) is the assistant stage manager
Sharon Shao (Episode 176), Chuck Lacson (Episode 184) and
Lauren Garcia (Episode 207) are in the show
https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp
Camelot (Contra Costa Civic Theatre)
Sept 9 – Oct 9
Jaime Strube (Episode 126) is in the show
https://ccct.org/camelot/
Follies (San Francisco Playhouse)
June 30 – September 10
Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the musical
https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2021-2022-season/follies/
Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out!
The Black Man’s Heart
On Spotify and all your podcast apps
Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) is producing a podcast for KCBS Radio called Connect The Dots, a weekly news podcast, hosted by WCBS Newsradio 880’s Lynda Lopez. Check out “Connect The Dots” on any podcast app.
Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app.
The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3)
Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay)
Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)
