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🎭 Throwback Thursday!

Throwing it back to one of my absolute favorite theatre roles: Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd! 🪒

#ThrowbackThursday #SweeneyTodd #MusicalTheatre #TheatreLife #ActorLife

October 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM

Theatre Life with Ben Kercheval

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Episode 9 is out now! Broad Theatre co-founder Molly Fonseca talks female stereotypes, channeling her MS diagnosis into art, and doing shows in a literal shed.

Subscribe for more episodes and shorts (link in bio).

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Molly Fonseca: Making #Theatre for Austin’s Marginalized Voices -- #TheatreLife

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October 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM

Go Cue Λ

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Lighting trivia: a "cyc" is short for cyclorama, the big backdrop at the back of a stage that gets washed with colour to fake a sky. Some days I wish Sydney's actual sky came with a dimmer. #StageLighting #TheatreLife

October 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM

Go Cue Λ

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Lighting trivia: "house lights" are the ones over the audience, and "house to half" is the cue that tells everyone the show's about to start. When they dim, are you a phone-away-instantly person or a one-last-photo person? #StageLighting #TheatreLife

October 25, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Dakota James | Actor • Singer

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🎭 Throwback Thursday! 🎭

Throwing it back to The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! 🐝📚

#ThrowbackThursday #SpellingBee #MusicalTheatre #TheatreLife #ActorLife

October 22, 2026 at 3:14 PM

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October 19, 2026 at 1:26 PM

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October 16, 2026 at 7:41 PM

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🛫 Casting w/o Auditions

October 2026 | Finally! Add cast members w/o an audition form and other massive upgrades to the cast list.

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October 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM

Theatre Life with Ben Kercheval

@theatrelifepod.bsky.social

Episode 8 with Stage Presence Players is out now!

We dive into their new show "Voices of Now" -- a collection of short plays by independent playwrights. The showcase premieres Oct. 16 and runs through Oct. 25.

#acting #directing #austintheatre #theatrelife

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Stage Presence Players: Inside the 'Voices of Now' showcase premiere

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October 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM

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October 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM

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October 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM

Dakota James | Actor • Singer

@dakotajamesactor.bsky.social

🎭 Throwback Thursday! 🎭

Taking a trip back to You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, a production that holds a very special place in my theatre memories. ❤️

#ThrowbackThursday #YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown #TheatreLife #TheatreMemories #MusicalTheatre