Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
RHPS '23, Pt. 1
Euripides, Eumenides: A Theatre History Podcast
The Theatre History podcast that doesn’t take itself too seriously. For each episode, Aaron Odom hosts a guest from the worldwide theatre community to talk about a bizarre, fascinating and humorous story from theatre history. One catch, the guest has no idea what they’ll be discussing. Plus, guests return to the program to share ”Theatre Horror Stories,” moments when theatre artists maintain that old adage: ”The show must go on.” From events an audience might never realize affected the show to the wheels falling off a production completely, these stories just make for great listening.
Listen on:
Episodes
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Karen Knappenberger describe the ensuing events after women were first allowed to publicly perform on stage in England in 1660.
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) invites 3 guests to discuss modern adaptations of Shakespeare's popular tragedy, Romeo and Juliet:
First guest: Aaron's son Ethan, to discuss the plot of R&J
Second guest: Dr. Paul Gagliardi, to discuss if R&J is the grand love story it's hyped to be
Third guest: Lindsay Robert, to discuss two successful major motion picture adaptations
Lindsay Robert's Royally Enchanted - book your party today!
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) invites author Dr. Paul Gagliardi to discuss some entries in Paul's new book, "All Play and No Work," all about the comedies presented by the Federal Theatre Project in the 1930s.
Buy "All Play and No Work" from Temple University Press
Buy "Gas Money for Austin" by The Barefoot Band, including the "Euripides, Eumenides" theme song, "The Apocalypse Song"
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back returning guest David Britton, and the two discuss the successes and shortcomings of King Kong - The Musical.
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Wednesday Nov 29, 2023
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back returning guest Seattle-based Theatre artist Robert Bogue to discuss a Seattle production designed to curb a lurid epidemic.
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back guest Brian Michael Jones to discuss some of the street performers seen on the Great White Way.
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) invites author Susan Blumberg-Kason on the show to reverse the format, and tell him a story of Bernardine Szold Fritz. Bernardine is known for many things in 1930s Shanghai, but gave a fresh life and a sense of national identity to a play: "Lady Precious Stream."
Get your copy of Susan's book: "Bernardine's Shanghai Salon"
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) replays a favorite episode from the past: discussing American actor, theatre producer and innovator Laura Keene with high school theatre instructor Zach Schneider
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) records this episode before a live audience at the Community College of Denver. Featuring a panel including actor and comedian Mary E. Kennedy ("Shameless"), CCD Technical Theatre Coordinator Keylee Anderson, and comedy producer Chuck Roy, Aaron and the panel discuss if the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats" is worth the awards or the disdain.
Mary E. Kennedy - Official Website
Mary E. Kennedy - IMDb Page
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) invites former guest Jenni Reed back to the show to discuss the truly horrible behind-the-scenes behavior of stage and screen star Rex Harrison.
Live in-person episode at CCD!
Euripides, Eumenides: A Theatre History Podcast
My name is Aaron Odom, and I'm the creator and host of this show. So, what's it all about?
This is the theatre history podcast for people who like bizarre and hilarious stories from history; these just all happen to be about theatre. For each episode, I meet with guests from the many different avenues my theatre career has taken me down, and I give my guests no idea what we're going to be discussing for the episode. All they know is that we'll discuss a strange story from theatre history and perhaps get a better understanding about why we're still doing it after all these years.