Exit the Proscenium

19/05/2023

The June Episode of EtP will be delayed. I got ZERO responses when I put out calls for guests and have to go back to the drawing board. If there is anyone out there who would like to speak about Theatre in Ed on a podcast about why the arts are a powerful learning tool-- hit me up.

07/05/2023

New Exit the Proscenium episode, S2.E3- "The Intimacy Talk" is up! Take a look at the emerging role of Intimacy Director and Coordinator and how the Entertainment Industry has evolved in the post-MeToo World.
Guests include Alice Camarota, Evelyn Fogleman, and Jayna Swan.
This episode was very personal for me, and I'm quite proud of it.

30/04/2023

Exit the Proscenium Update: "The Intimacy Talk," a look at the emerging role of the Intimacy Director and the post-Metoo entertainment industry will be delayed. It is almost done, and will be released sometime within the week.
Honestly, I've just been under the weather, and need to rest more than I need to meet a self-imposed deadline. Thank you for your understanding.

24/04/2023

First Draft of Exit the Proscenium S2.E3- "The Intimacy Talk," a discussion of the emerging role of Intimacy Director in Theatre and Film and how the Entertainment Industry has changed since the Movement, featuring Alice Camarota and Evelyn Fogleman is complete and should be released Monday May 1

04/04/2023

EXIT THE PROSCENIUM, winner of the Silver 2022 Signal Award for Best Drama Podcast, "explores theatre that defies convention is 1 Year Old today! Season 2, Episode 2 : "Four Drag Queens, A Lawyer, and a Rabbi Walk Into My Podcast" went live just shy of midnight last night.
Check us out on Buzzsprout, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, Deezer, Listen Notes, Player FM, or at www.exittheproscenium.com

04/04/2023

New episode "Four Drag Queens, a Lawyer, and a Rabbi Walk Into My Podcast" went live a little before midnight last night. I'm particularly proud of this one, so if you've enjoyed anything thus far, go listen.

26/03/2023

First draft complete Exit the Proscenium S2.E2-- Some Drag Queens, a Lawyer, and a Rabbi Walk Into My Podcast.
Episode to drop April 3rd.

08/03/2023

Exit the Proscenium is BACK!
Season 2, Episode 1 "The Victory Lap: Podcasts, Signal Awards, and Podfest 2023" is LIVE.
Go listen to Deondric Royster, Andrew Weiss, Salisha Thomas Weiss, and Jayna Swan.
On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, Deeper, Listen Notes, and Player FM.
NEW-- Support the show and get exclusive content:
Basic and Premium Members can download full and extended versions of the original interviews used to write the doc / article style episodes, and Premium members can call in questions for upcoming guests (to be announced soon) and hear their own voice on the show!
www.patreon.com/exittheproscenium

07/03/2023

Due to circumstances beyond my control, the Exit the Proscenium episode will be premiering TOMORROW. Original interviews are currently available on Patreon to Basic and Premium Members at
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24/02/2023

On this day, last year, I started editing the first episode of Exit the Proscenium.
Last night I finished up interviews for the first episode of Season 2.

29/01/2023

Today, I am flying back from Podfest Expo 2023 with so many ideas for expanding in Season Two: Memberships, Tiers which offer perks, ask my guests your own questions, a newsletter, a discount ticketing service. EtP is coming back, hitting hard.

29/01/2023

10/01/2023

It's official. Exit the Proscenium just took Silver for Best Drama Podcast at the Signal Awards. According to the email, we beat out "than 1,700 entries from over 30 countries—and nearly 150,000 votes cast in the Listener’s Choice Awards."

11/12/2022

Vote for EtP here. We're one of three finalists in the category, so we have a shot at winning.

I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

07/12/2022

Oh HEY! Exit the Proscenium is a Finalist in the Signal Awards, and apparently is up for the Listener's Choice Award-- So, uh-- if you checked out my podcast and enjoyed it, or if this is impetus to check it out, and you do-- cast a vote my way.
https://www.signalaward.com/
In November of 2021, after a battle with illness had taken me out of work, I dedicated time to a side project I'd been envisioning since my time at NPR in 2011. I was inspired by my involvement with Rocky Horror, and shows I'd seen like "Sleep No More," "Then She Fell," "Tony and Tina's," and later "Drunk Shakespeare." Exit the Proscenium seeks to explore performance mediums which push the boundaries of what theatre is, how we experience stories, and why these things are an integral part of the human experience.
Featuring Richard Nelson discussing the first published and produced play written specifically for Zoom, Sal Piro, discussing the origins of Shadowcasting in Rocky Horror, and the creators of Drunk Shakespeare these mini-docs are the perfect intro courses to nontraditional theatre

The Signal Awards seeks to honor and celebrate the people and content that raise the bar for podcasting.

22/10/2022

Hey Exit the Proscenium fans. Does EtP have fans? What do I call you guys? Anyway! If you've been curious about the actual performance abilities of the voice who's been lecturing about theatre for the past six months, I will be performing tonight with Braving the Bard in their Drunk production of Much Ado About Nothing!
The show will live stream from their Facebook. Here is the direct link: https://www.facebook.com/events/106632622072001
Use THIS link to get the cast drunk and watch us try to make it through a script we learned last week: https://www.gofundme.com/f/braving-the-bards-first-live-season
Proceeds will support Braving the Bard's upcoming live production of Hamlet.

Started amid the Covid-19 Pandemic as a way for friends to keep creative from a… Aly Marie Mazzie needs your support for Braving The Bard's First Live Season

14/09/2022

Exit the Proscenium, S1.E6- "Exit the Proscenium Makes History" is BACK UP!

06/09/2022

Forgot to update this site yesterday, but the season finale, S1.E6- "Exit the Proscenium Makes History" is live. Go listen to Colonial Williamsburg, Plimoth Patuxet Museums, the Tenement Museum, and even some local reenactors and Renn Faire experts. Can theatre make time travel possible? Is theatre more than entertainment? Let's find out!

31/07/2022

S1.E5- Drunk Theatre, premiers at midnight. Tune in to hear from Drunk Shakespeare, Braving the Bard, and A Drinking Game NYC

16/07/2022

Our next episode features guests from Drunk Shakespeare, Braving the Bard, and A Drinking Game NYC. Projected Air Date- August 1.

05/07/2022

2 episodes left. Next is "Drunk Theatre," featuring Drunk Shakespeare and more. What would you guys like to see for the finale?

05/07/2022

The website is better, go listen!

05/07/2022

The website is sick, but the new episode has been available on Buzzsprout and the various streaming services that carry us since 8 AM.

02/07/2022

S1.E4 is ready and drops on 7/4. This time we're discussing Interactive / Immersive Theatre.

25/06/2022

Exit the Proscenium has entered the Signal Awards, competing in the categories of best Arts & Culture and Best Drama Podcasts.

Support the Signal Awards: www.signalaward.com

We commute, work, eat, exercise, meditate, sleep and procrastinate to them. They’re unobtrusive and highly disruptive. They’re uncannily authentic, stupid smart, and reliably surprising. They’re the voices we’d rather have in our head than our own.

20/06/2022

Two episodes left in Season 1.

20/06/2022

S1.E4 Immersive / Interactive Theatre update: Draft complete, ready for the mix. Projected release date 7/4. Hear Christy Casey discuss the medium and Greg Cioffi talk about one of its most enduring and celebrated shows; Tony 'n Tina's Wedding

06/06/2022

This episode has seen as many downloads in one day as last month's has yet.

05/06/2022

HAPPY PRIDE! Tomorrow, get ready to hear from Sal Piro, the father of shadowcasting, three previous directors of the New York City Cast, veteran shadowcasters from across the country, and phantom and a director from a stage show, as Exit the Proscenium asks "So what is 'Rocky Horror,' anyway?"

This piece has been in the works for a very long time for me, some of the people I interviewed for the original, unfinished, version are no longer with us, so it might be really cool to hear from them again, and it would mean a lot if you all would listen and share.

Eric Grayson