S2E1: Professional Theatre in Rural PA

09/01/23 • 38 min

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble: Down Center

Running a professional ensemble theatre company in rural PA is not for the faint of heart. Join Aaron, Amy, and Elizabeth while they discuss the joys, trials, and tribulations of the “great BTE experiment.”
Recorded and Edited by: Amy Rene Byrne
Original Music by: Aaron White

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Ensemble Driven. Professional Theatre. Arts Education. Rural Pennsylvania. For Everyone. With Everyone.

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S1E6: Charles Dickens’s "A Christmas Carol"

Unable to bring you our annual Holiday Family Show during this pandemic Christmas, BTE is reaching out to you, our treasured audience, with a gift from our heart. In this episode, we present Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol."
Production Team:
- Adapted and Directed by James Goode
- Audio Engineering and Sound Design by Nick McGaw
- Music performed by Grace Kenny

Cast:
- Elizabeth Dowd as The Narrator
- Andrew Hubatsek as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Willow, Maya, and Thomas Bishop as Cratchits and other children
- Amy Rene Byrne as a Charitable Person, Belle, A Female Guest, Charwoman
- James Goode as Bob Cratchit, Williams and a Businessman
- A'nie Kirchner as Mrs. Cratchit
- Abigail Leffler as a Caroler, Fan, Mary, Mrs. Diller
- Danny Roth as a Charitable Person, Fezziwig, The Ghost of Christmas Present, The Ghost of Christmas Future, a Businessman, the Undertaker's Man
- Zach Shultz as Peter Crachit
- Thom Sirkot as Topper, a Businessman
- Henry Turnbough as Boy Scrooge, Peter
- Lily Wirth as The Ghost of Christmas Past, Martha, Turkey Boy
- Eric Wunsch as Fred, Marley, Young Scrooge and a Businessman
- Michael Yerges as Mr. Belle, a Businessman, Old Joe

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S2E3: Meet the Ensemble

What you see onstage is just the tip of the theatrical iceberg. It takes many hands, brains, minds, and hearts to run a professional theatre. In this episode you’ll hear from eight of BTE’s Ensemble Members about their jobs, favorite theatre stories, and much more!
Recorded and Edited by: Amy Rene Byrne
Original Music by: Aaron White
Transcription by: Kimie Muroya

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble: Down Center - S2E1: Professional Theatre in Rural PA

Transcript

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Down Center
Professional Theatre in Rural PA
[INTRO MUSIC]
AMY
Welcome to our first full episode of Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Down Center, a podcast where we, the people of BTE, put our company, our people, our art, and our town front and down center.
AARON
We're here at the Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce building, and we just wanted to thank the foundation of the Chamber of Commerce for providing resources to bring this podcast to your ea