Twins Cynthia Hennon Marino and Stacy Hennon Stone host a weekly podcast talking to the people behind the curtains. Take a trip back stage to learn what it takes to put on a production: design process, music study and execution, paperwork, meetings, management, unions, and all the excitement backstage that the audience doesn’t get to see. Enjoy the show!
Episodes
Friday Feb 12, 2021
121 - Spencer Richardson
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Spencer Richardson thought he wanted to be a movie director when he grew up. Then in high school he took a stagecraft class and realized set design was much more his style! Around that same time he took a trip to Disneyland and learned about Imagineers. Today he has achieved his goal and is an Imagineer Show designer working on the Spider-Man attraction for the Disney's California Adventure Avenger Campus! When not working for the mouse, you can find him at the Long Beach Playhouse designing anything they will give him.
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120 - Stephen Olear
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Stephen Olear picked up the accordion at the age of 7 and was winning stage championships in high school! His parents agreed he could go to college for a music degree, if he agreed to do something else, so he got his graduate degree at law school. That is how he moved from NJ to CA and started working as an usher at the Music Center. Fast forward a few years, Steven is still working in law with the Small Business Administration, is in his 38th year and now the Usher Manager at the Music Center, as well as the Musical Director and Volunteer coordinator at the Long Beach Playhouse!
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