Podcasts
AACTFest Update 2009 Edition
Host: Chris Laning
Podcast Description: AACTFest Update 2009 Edition is designed to help you get ready for AACTFest '09 by bringing you news and information about Tacoma, the venues and the festival. Episodes will include interviews with the people behind the festival, interviews with the people that run the main venue, Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, and even an audio tour of the city. Future episodes will also include interviews with nearly if not all of the organizations selected to participate in the festival.
Episode 2: Hotel, Transportation and Workshops
Published: Sat, 1 Dec, 2008 04:0:00 GMT
In this episode of AACTFest Update, 2009 Edition we spend time with all three of the AACTFest '09 Co-Chairs. Co-Chair Lark Moore, who is a Past-President of the Washington State Community Theatre Association and a Board Member at Tacoma Musical Playhouse fills us in on the transportation options for the festival and then gives us an in-depth look at the workshops being planned. Co-Chair Jon Douglas Rake, who is the Managing Artistic Director of Tacoma Musical Playhouse and is also the AACT Region IX Representative, gives us an overview of the festival hotel and tells us about some of social events being planned. Co-Chair Judy Cullen, the current president of the Washington State Community Theatre Association the Production Stage Manager for the Broadway Center for the performing arts, gives us a brief description of Union Station, the site of the banquet. Also listen for Judy in the two bonus material cuts for this episode: the walk from the hotel to Freighthouse Square, and the ride-along on the Link Train. Running time: 23 mins
Episode 2 BONUS MATERIAL - Cut 1: Walk from Hotel to Freighthouse Square
Published: Sat, 1 Dec, 2008 03:58:00 GMT
In this special bonus material cut, podcast host Chris Laning and Festival Co-Chair, Judy Cullen, narrate a walk from the festival hotel, Best Western Tacoma Dome Hotel to Freighthouse Square (site of the shopping, a food court, and access to the Link Train). Running time: 10 mins
Episode 2 BONUS MATERIAL - Cut 2: Ride on the Link from Freighthouse Square to Broadway Center for the Performing Arts
Published: Sat, 1 Dec, 2008 03:57:00 GMT
In this special bonus material cut, podcast host Chris Laning and Festival Co-Chair, Judy Cullen, narrate the train ride from Freighthouse Square (near the festival hotel, Best Western Tacoma Dome Hotel) to the station near the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts. Along the way they point out some of the important cultural sites (like museums) and the even more important locations for restaurants and Starbucks! Running time: 11 mins
Episode 1: The Broadway Center (festival venue) and Tacoma
Published: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:0:00 GMT
We kick off AACTFest Update 2009 Edition with a look at the main performance venue, the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts. We spend some time with David Fischer, Executive Director of the Broadway Center who fills us in on the history of theatre in Tacoma, and how Tacoma became involved in being a host city for this festival. We also talk with Scott Painter, the Operations Director of the Broadway Center. Scott lays out the specifics of the Pantages theatre for us: dimensions, lights, sound, acoustics...you name it. To wrap up this episode we have the pleasure of sitting down with the Honorable Bill Baarsma, the mayor of Tacoma, to find out more about the City of Destiny and the role the arts play in it. Running time: 25 mins
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