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Spotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre PodcastBehind the Scenes of The Da Vinci Code at the Erie Playhouse + a Preview of Spotlight 814's Original Works Weekend at PACA!Send us a text🎠NEW EPISODE: Behind the Scenes of The Da Vinci Code at the Erie Playhouse + a Preview of Spotlight 814's Original Works Weekend at PACA! 🎤 Actor Kyle Filbeck joins us to talk about playing the intense and mysterious Silas, transforming for the role, and what it’s like performing in this chilling adaptation of The Da Vinci Code. Plus, Brenna Thummler shares the scoop on five brand-new local plays premiering at PACA this weekend, including one ghostly comedy she wrote herself! ⚠️ Heads up: Kyle’s mic cut out halfway through o...2025-06-1935 minSpotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre PodcastMel Brooks, Monty Python and Corn Chaos: The Producers, Spamalot, and Shucked, All in One Week!Send us a text🎙️ This week on Spotlight 814: A TRIPLE THREAT of comedy, chaos, and corn 🌽 We’re taking you behind the scenes of three wildly different, and wildly entertaining shows currently lighting up stages across the region: 🕺 The Producers at the Academy Theatre in Meadville, PA 🛡️ Spamalot at Barrow-Civic Theatre in Franklin, PA 🌽 Shucked the Musical at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH🎠Hotsy-totsy Nazis, knights in tights, and the most surprisingly aMAIZEing musical we've seen in a minute. This episode has it all:🌟 Cast in...2025-04-3050 minSpotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre PodcastSpotlight 814: Celebrating Easter with Church of the Rock's Musical MarvelsSend us a textThis week on Spotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre Podcast:- A hilarious exchange over ingeniously re-imagined movie titles used by Church of the Rock, for their infamous Easter musicals, including The Princess Bride of Christ and Joy Story!- Get ready for our Patreon exclusive reaction show on Easter Sunday, as a spectacle awaits at Church of the Rock – "Murder on the Jerusalem Express".Local Art Scene Spotlight:- Meadville's downtown is buzzing with a new revitalization project, Cussewago Square, championed by Rob and Nancy Smith, pr...2024-03-2436 minSpotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre PodcastSpotlight 814: The Artistic Pulse of PACA with Betsy Butoryak and Mark TanenbaumSend us a textThis Week on Spotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre Podcast:🎙️ The Artistic Pulse of PACA with Betsy Butoryak and Mark TanenbaumBetsy and Mark discuss the enchantment of Same Time Next Year, PACA's Valentine's Day Fundraiser production, starring Ken Brundage and Adele Crotty, and how it transcends the test of time since its 1975 premiere.Who can resist homemade cookies, cupcakes, and free wine? Head out to PACA on Valentine's Day for a chance to win raffle baskets stuffed with generous contributions from our local business allies, like tickets to the h...2024-02-1357 minSpotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre PodcastSpotlight 814: Weird Romance, Anastasia, and Tootsie Supercast!Send us a textThis week on Spotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre PodcastJoin hosts Ryan Dawley and Brenna Thummler, as they are joined by Camellia Fazzalari from PACA's Weird Romance, Chris Pedersen from the Academy Theatre's Anastasia, and Jordan B Wolfe from the Erie Playhouse's Tootsie!Camellia Fazzalari talks us through the dual acts of Weird Romance, sharing her experience playing multiple characters, and how audiences have reacted so far!Chris Pedersen tells us about Anastasia, currently in the midst of a four-week run at the Academy Theater in Meadville, as...2024-02-0544 minSpotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre PodcastSpotlight 814: Kristy Moore from Barrow-Civic Theatre!Send us a textThis week on Spotlight 814: Erie’s Local Theatre Podcast: Ryan and Brenna are joined in studio by the GM of Barrow-Civic Theatre in Franklin, Kristy Moore!Kristy tells us all about the 2024 season at Barrow, including the main stage, Off-Barrow, and youth theatre!Werner Books Coffee Break!We discuss Ryan's new obsession with Mark the Shark on Married at First Sight.What's On 814??SUPPORT US: We have just officially launched our Patreon! By subscribing, your support will help us keep the...2024-01-0835 minSpotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre PodcastSpotlight 814: SaNae Stephens: The Little Match GirlSend us a text This week on Spotlight 814: Erie’s Local Podcast:  Ryan and Brenna are joined in studio by the star of PACA’s Striking 12, SaNae Stephens!  We discuss Striking 12 and SaNae’s background in theatre.  We talk a bit about Brenna’s favorite show on the planet, Waitress, which is being screened at Tinseltown until Monday.  We take our Werner Books Coffee Break, obviously sponsored by our friends at Werner Books!  If you, or someone you know...2023-12-1129 minSpotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre PodcastSpotlight 814: It's A Wonderful LifeSend us a text This week on Spotlight 814: Erie’s Local Podcast:  Ryan and Brenna battle through adversity with studio equipment issues to bring you the first episode in a month!  We discuss a few show’s we’ve seen in the last few weeks, including The Play that Goes Wrong at Seneca High School, Guys and Dolls at General McClane, directed by our friend Will Steadman, and Cabaret at Barrow-Civic Theatre in Franklin.Barrow-Civic announced their 2024 Season.  Ryan tells his tal...2023-12-0340 minSpotlight 814: Erie's Local Theatre PodcastSpotlight 814: Mitchell King of Evil Dead, Also A Paying Loser.mp3Send us a text This week on Spotlight 814: Erie’s Local Theatre Podcast: You may recognize this week’s guest from our Ensemble Appreciation Show…it’s Mitchell King! Star of MCT’s Evil Dead the Musical! We discuss Evil Dead, currently running at Voodoo Compound in Meadville.  Brenna and Ryan give an honest review of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein at the Academy Theatre.  This year’s Erie Reader 40 Under 40 Experience featured several impressive individuals in our theatre community, including our very own Brenna Thummler.  Erie Reader’s Best of Erie 2023 votin...2023-10-1750 min