The Whole Backstage is Alabama’s oldest continuously serving community theatre. This podcast offers radio plays, vocal performances, interviews with performance art insiders, readings, comedy, and drama.
Ajia Jones is a newcomer to the Whole Backstage who has also been heavily involved with Arab Musical Theatre and The Lighthouse Theatre Company. Recently starring as Lucy in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", she is a motivational performer and a genuine team-minded cast member. John Everett Brewer makes his second appearance on the show as a WBS Board member and performer. He most recently lit up the WBS stage as Snoopy in "You'r...
Andrea Oliver and Claire Richards are members of the WBS Board of Directors and both plan events and parties as part of their professional lives. We talk about what to expect for the Gala celebrating the 50th consecutive season at WBS, how to purchase tickets, and the significance of celebrating this milestone for an organization that has been such a fixture for the community and for all who have been positively affected by the art...
Britt Burns is an artist and musician who has played in several bands and works as a videographer and photographer. You may have seen him on our stage in shows like Grease, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and as "Sweaty Eddie" in Sister Act! We talk about moving to Texas for a job with just a few days' notice, being drawn to creative spaces, his videography career, and more. Connect with WBS to stay current on what's coming as we ...
Denton highlights upcoming shows and shares insight into what benefits come with WBS Patron membership as we prepare to open Patron registration and kick off our 50th consecutive season as YOUR community theatre. There will be exclusive Patron events and great opportunities to celebrate our 50th anniversary as a community. Stay tuned to hear what shows will be coming next season and to find out how to be first in line for tickets a...
Aniah Havis is an exceptionally talented performer who is a treasured member of our Whole Backstage family. You may have seen her in shows like Bye Bye Birdie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Little Shop of Horrors, and Sister Act! She graduated from Guntersville High School in 2022 and is now attending The City College of New York and pursuing performance opportunities in New York City. In this episode we hear about her philosophy "Y...
Aniah Havis is an exceptionally talented performer who is a treasured member of our Whole Backstage family. You may have seen her in shows like Bye Bye Birdie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Little Shop of Horrors, and Sister Act! She graduated from Guntersville High School in 2022 and is now attending The City College of New York and pursuing performance opportunities in New York City. In this episode we learn about how she became i...
Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. A lively fiddle and dancing feet can be heard when passing the Harrison Cemetery. Jane Kohl tells of how Grancer Harrison's zest for life and dancing persists near his final resting place near where his dance hall was located.
Produced by Denton Gillen
Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. After a well digger is tragically buried alive, it is said that his spirit appears pleading to be rescued at the bare spot where the well was located.
Voiced and produced by Johnny Brewer
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Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. Julie Oliver voices the circumstances around which the suicide of a troubled and lonely young woman provides the back story for the haunting of Pratt Hall at Huntingdon College.
Produced by Johnny Brewer
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Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. Kate Griffith tells how the murder of an innocent man under false accusations fuels a ghostly compulsion. The guilt of these events catches up with his executioners.
Produced by Denton Gillen
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Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. Bad business dealings and a failed prison escape lead to the death of a disgraced business man. Tony Wildfong reads this unfortunate account.
Produced by Johnny Brewer
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Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. The ghost of an old salty sea captain makes its presence known, and even has a characteristic odor, as Thomas Darnell describes the man's lonely existence on Mobile's State Street.
Produced by Johnny Brewer
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Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. An angry mob seeks their idea of justice after their county courthouse burns. Thomas Breland relays the history of how the likeness of a man's tortured face was permanently imprinted on an upper room window pane.
Produced by Denton Gillen
Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. Evelyn Carter's casket spent months under the stairs in the cold dark cellar of Gaineswood before she could be properly buried. Kristen Gillen tells of how her unquiet spirit disturbed guests of the house with haunting piano and wandering footsteps.
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Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. Josh Hood relays the events surrounding what was arguably the "greatest tragedy in Alabama's river history". The night the Eliza Battle sank below the cold water of the Tombigbee was a very dark night indeed.
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Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. This specter is of unknown origin and purpose. Penny Snapp voices the happenings in and around antebellum Cahaba which led to several unsettling encounters in Colonel Pegues' maze.
Produced by Denton Gillen
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Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. Laura Snapp brings us into the setting at Carlisle Hall, where a young woman pines for her lover away at war, and waits to receive news of his fate in battle.
Produced by Denton Gillen
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Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. This episode is read by Mandy Moore Broadhurst and tells of a 19th century home in Tuscaloosa which gives a red glow from its tower, as if it were coming from flaming candles.
Produced by Denton Gillen
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Whole Backstage Live! brings you 13 Days of Halloween featuring stories from Kathryn Tucker Windham’s “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey”. This episode is voiced by Rich Resler. Formerly located in Lawrence County, Rocky Hill Castle no longer exists; but it was home to more than one ghostly visitor in its day.
Produced by Denton Gillen
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...Part 2 of my conversation with comedian Patrick Sisk. Patrick lives in Orlando and is on a mission to spread joy with comedy after taking a 10-year break from sharing his talents. Listen to Part 2 for insights on balancing a full time day job and comedy, filtering unsolicited advice, and whether young me had a shot at an NFL career. Patrick will be at the Whole Backstage November 18, 2022 to headline our Laugh at the Lake comedy ni...
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