Euripides, Eumenides: A Theatre History Podcast (Aaron Odom)

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Brittanie Chafe (@brittaniedoesbroadway on Instagram) discuss the longest running off-Broadway show ever: "The Fantasticks," and the troubles with producing the show today.

Host Aaron Odom of Trident Theatre and London-based theatre producer Richard Jordan discuss why the musical "The Book of Mormon" worked so well, despite a pitch that could have producers, investors, and potential audience members scratching their heads.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Seattle-based theatre artist Christine Shaw conclude their discussion on the tumultuous marriage of iconic film star Marilyn Monroe and renowned playwright Arthur Miller.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) brings back a returning guest, his son Ethan, to discuss one of the most widely studied and performed plays of the twentieth century, the anti-totalitarian allegory, "Rhinoceros" by Eugene Ionesco.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Brittanie Chafe (@brittaniebritt.uh.knee on Tiktok) discuss the public debate of casting hot dudes in the roles of nerds, specifically Seymour Krelbourn in "Little Shop of Horrors."

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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.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) discusses with Marci J. Duncan and Kerry Sandell - playwrights of the new play "Dissonance" - the career highlights and pitfalls of the mercurial Scottish actor, Nicol Williamson.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) interviews cast members from Trident's annual production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the excitement of the evening, how the show was put together, and the incredibly positive results for both cast and audience.

High School Theatre Educator Zach Schneider shares his tale of the unexpected with a surprise cameo.

Returning guest Brittanie Chafe discuss nightmare-inducing stories, as well as stage interruptions of gastric proportions.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Jon Dryden Taylor dissect the failure of the Broadway Musical adaptation of the classic Hitchcock film "Rebecca."

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) brings back returning guest Olivia Ruggiero for this milestone 100th episode. Aaron and Liv discuss the iconic musical 'Cabaret' and how it has been able to dodge controversy for decades despite difficult subject matter and a poignant message.

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Aaron's appearances on "The History of European Theatre," all about the genre of the British Pantomime:

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) meets the remaining members from the cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show '23:

Michael Sandvig - Riff Raff

David Britton - Eddie

Asia Stockwell - Janet

Taly Duenow - Dr. Scott

Serena Laird & Jeremiah Young - Frank's party attendants

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest James Stress (@DianaCarfire) discuss the British Inter Regnum.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and dancer Stephanie Koltiska discuss the plague of unstoppable dancing that occurred in Strasbourg, France in 1518.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Instructor Tracy Burns discuss the origins of Willy Loman on Broadway, and the many actors who have played the role on Broadway since.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and friend Aaron Linden discuss the history of the Actor-Manager system of theatre management in the UK.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Keylee Anderson explore the spectacle involved with special effects in medieval theatre.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Ricky Coates of Matheatre discuss the lengths to which Italian Renaissance thinkers and artists went to achieve 3D perspective on stage.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Jon Dryden Taylor (@jondrytay) discuss the establishment of the French Academy in the 17th century, and its first major ruling: whether Pierre Corneille's play "Le Cid" could actually be considered a play.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Mary Jo Johnson discuss the many oddities regarding Superstitions in Western Theatre.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Valeri Hovland discuss the odd phenomenon of the ghosts that haunt London's Peacock Theatre.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and drama instructor Dustin Hebert discuss the events leading up to the three trials of Oscar Wilde

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Jenni Reed discuss the culmination of one of the most bitter actor rivalries in American theatre history.

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Lisa Viertel, guest from episode 26 "John Dennis' Thunder" shares her horror story.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Seattle-based improviser and educator Leona Partridge deep dive into one of the best plays you may have never heard of: "Fuente Ovejuna" from the Spanish Renaissance.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back returning guest David Britton, and the two discuss the successes and shortcomings of King Kong - The Musical.

Returning guest Jenni Reed discusses a time when safety probably should have been more of a concern during performance.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Dustin Hebert discuss the origin of a truly surprising theatrical experience, based upon a famous adult film: Debbie Does Dallas, The Musical

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) replays an episode with guest Dan Posluns, regarding the censorship efforts of US Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock, and just how much those efforts were ridiculed by the subject of the attempted censorship, playwright George Bernard Shaw.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Seattle-based Actor Lisa Viertel discuss the circumstances around a particularly scandalous performance at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1709.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) conducts one-on-one interviews with remaining cast and crew members from Trident's annual production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show; a follow-up to episode 28.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Natalie Lander (Natalie Lander on IMDb) discuss the inclusion of a certain part of the male anatomy into Ancient Greek theatre and culture.  WARNING - Sexually Explicit Material!  You've been warned!

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes guest Erin Butler, Executive Director of the WYO Theater Performing Arts and Education Center, and the two discuss a fascinating occupation in theatre history: The Master of Revels.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) hears theatre horror stories from the career of Christine Shaw (guest from episode 23), ranging from the innocent and naive to the utterly debauched.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes Keylee Anderson - guest on episode 5, "Secrets" - to tell a horror story about the design and construction of a production. See? It's not always ON stage, friends.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and fellow podcaster, comedian, actor and historian Dawn Brodey of the H.I.L.F. (History I'd Like to F**k) Podcast discuss the most famous and most scandalous play by beloved French playwright, Moliere.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) invites recent cast mates Ryan Legler, Tess Lannan, and Patrick Cossell on the show to discuss a very infamous and surprising backstage rivalry.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) invites returning guests Dalen and Ashley O'Connell to the show in which we discuss another figure from the British Renaissance, Thomas Kyd, and his dismal end.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guests Dalen O'Connell and Ashley O'Connell discuss the authenticity of the canon of a great playwright.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Ashley Daniels of Dogbone Entertainment discuss a very niche theatrical market that has surprising rewards: professional performing farters.

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Dawn Brodey of the H.I.L.F (History I'd Like to F**k) Podcast returns to discuss a formative moment when a van going off the road forced some theatrical ingenuity.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back Brian Michael Jones - guest from episode 12 - to discuss many horror stories, including the re-write of something of an American Classic.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and producer Richard Jordan continue their dissection of the single Broadway outing of one of the world's most popular superheroes.

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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.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back his son Ethan to the show, as the two discuss humor in Ancient Rome, and how that humor is applied to an actual profession: the Archimimus, better known as a Funeral Clown.

Host Aaron Odom (@tridenttheatre) and returning guest James Stress (@dianacarfire) discuss the life, death, and beyond of one of the most popular actors of the Victorian era.

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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

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) discusses the connotation of theatre patrons in Box Seats with his son, Ethan.

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Host Aaron Odom (@tridenttheatre) and Drama Instructor Dustin Hebert continue their discussion of the Trials of Oscar Wilde.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back returning Guest, LA-Based TV and Film Producer Brand Birtwistle, to discuss Orson Welles' love letter to possibly his favorite Shakespeare character Falstaff with his epic film "Chimes at Midnight."  **SPOILERS AHEAD**

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Seattle-based actor Lisa Viertel take a deep dive into the surprisingly relevant Ancient Greek Comedy by Aristophanes, "The Clouds."

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."

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Illusionist John Rotellini - our guest from episode 32, "Passion Plays in America" - returns to regale us with a horror story from his first big magic show.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Seattle-based actor Robert Bogue continue their discussion about the creation of the iconic Broadway debut of Evita, and the legendary actor who best brought her to light in the modern age, Patti LuPone.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Jenni Reed discuss the strategies and difficulties of playing Roxie Hart, the main character in the musical "Chicago," and the many interesting iterations of the character seen on Broadway over the last several decades.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Actor and Movement Specialist Francesca Mintowt-Czyz discuss a subject that just can't seem to succeed in Broadway musicals: Vampires.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Brian Michael Jones discuss some unfortunate advertising decisions made by major corporations that seemed to disparage the performing arts.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Micah Wyatt discuss the compelling entertainment value of the autobiographical tales of Calamity Jane, as told in Wild West Shows of the late 1800s.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) visits with comedian and podcast host Keb Pound of The Stupid History Minute podcast to discuss the life and death of the promising British playwright Joe Orton, and the strange circumstances of his death.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Keylee Challender examine the 1974 patriotic original musical revue, "Over There!," emulating the big band era of the 1940s and the war efforts at home to keep citizens positive.  "Over Here!" became one of the best grossing musicals of that season.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Producer Richard Jordan dissect the singular broadway outing of one of the world's most popular superheroes.

Host Aaron Odom of Trident Theatre and London-based theatre producer Richard Jordan continue their discussion from episode 34, about why the musical "The Book of Mormon" worked so well, despite a pitch that could have producers, investors, and potential audience members scratching their heads.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Jon Dryden Taylor discuss the highs and lows of society's perspective of famed British Actors Henry Irving and Ellen Terry.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Seattle-based actor Robert Bogue discuss the creation of the iconic Broadway debut of Evita, and the legendary actor who best brought her to light in the modern age, Patti LuPone.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back award-winning playwright Jack Canfora of New Normal Rep to continue to discuss the proliferation of streaming and virtual theatre borne of the pandemic, and where it may go from here.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back returning guest Zach Schneider to discuss the final stage appearance of the iconic actor Daniel Day-Lewis.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Shannon Corder (@shannonsboobs) discuss Antonin Artaud, one of the oddest and most influential characters in 20th century theatre, and his Theatre of Cruelty

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) visits with comedian and podcast host Keb Pound of The Stupid History Minute podcast to conclude their discussion about the life and death of the promising British playwright Joe Orton, and the strange circumstances of his death.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and TikTok celebrity Jason Roy Gaston discuss the development of a strange but lovely modern opera, its fanbase, and an unfortunate incident when that fanbase felt threatened.

Dustin Hebert, the guest from episodes 17 & 18 "The Trials of Oscar Wilde" reminisces about his personal experiences of when theatre went awry.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes guest Doug Reitinger to discuss a legal infraction of one of the UK's most prolific theatre artists of the 20th century: Ivor Novello.

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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.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back Dalen and Ashley O'Connell for their horror stories involving raw meats, wardrobe malfunctions, and unfortunate weather effects on stage.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) invites musical theatre artist Olivia Ruggiero, along with Olivia's students Jeremy Russell and Ruby Strohmayer to discuss the creation of David Bowie jukebox musical, Lazarus.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and theatre student David Britton discuss the most outlandish exploits of Broadway Titan David Merrick.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back returning guest Jason Roy Gaston, and the two discuss the many Broadway Actors who have been hired to be TV Game Show Hosts, and why they fit the genre so perfectly.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Micah Wyatt discuss the film and stage adaptations "Misery," the novel by master of horror and suspense, Stephen King.

Host Aaron Odom (@Trident Theatre) constructs a mixtape of sorts from his discussion with Richard Jordan, when they recorded episodes 9 and 10 of "Euripides, Eumenides."

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Laurel Rockall of the Hightailing Through History podcast begin to discuss some of the most significant flops in commercial theatre history.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Zach Schneider explore the contributions of one of the greatest producers America has ever seen ... whose career is overshadowed by one fateful night.

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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.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and returning guest Christine Shaw begin their deep dive into one of the most tumultuous celebrity marriages in theatre history: iconic film star Marilyn Monroe and world-renowned award-winning playwright Arthur Miller.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Seattle-based actor Christine Shaw discuss the events surrounding the play that resulted in the only occurrence of an actor being banned for life from Actor's Equity Association

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) enters a discussion with Aaron's son Ethan, returning guest Jenni Reed, and Jenni's daughter Izzy.  The discussion centers around the what types of musicals are appropriate for kids, and what previously "clean" musicals may not have stood the test of time.

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.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes theatre producer Richard Jordan back to the show for another Post-Mortem.  This time, the two discuss the short-lived Broadway run of "KPOP, The Musical."

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Tracy Burns continue their conversation about Arthur Miller's most well-known play, its central character, and the many actors who have played him on Broadway.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guest Laurel Rockall of the Hightailing Through History podcast continue their discussion about  some of the most significant flops in commercial theatre history.

Host Aaron Odom of Trident Theatre and illusionist John Rotellini discuss some of the many staged retellings of the last week of the life of Jesus Christ, as performed in America.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) replays a section of his appearance on the podcast "High Tales of History," in which he discussed with hosts Laurel Rockall and KT Wahl an incident in World War I which caused Kaiser Wilhelm II to make an uncharacteristic sarcastic comment at theatre's expense.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) brings back to the show producer Brand Birtwistle of The Brand Productions to discuss a plague unleashed upon North America out of respect for William Shakespeare.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and guests Nicole Vernon and Amelia Meckler Bowers of Seattle-based Shakespeare company GreenStage to discuss the many adaptations of Hamlet.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) welcomes back musical theatre artist Olivia Ruggiero (Guest from Episode 62: Lazarus - the David Bowie Musical) to tell her tales of theatre horror.

Host Aaron Odom (@tridenttheatre) and guest Ashley Daniels discuss the Avant-Garde movements of the early twentieth century.

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Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) meets with several members from the cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show '23:

JJ Reign - Brad

Valeri Hovland - Columbia

Laura Thorne - Magenta

Rachael Trueblood - Rocky

Dan Richard - Criminologist

Breahna Jackman - Dr. Frank-N-Furter

Aristele Johnson & Kristina Sharpski - Frank's party attendants

Francesca Mintowt-Czyz (from episode 31, "Are Vampires Broadway Poison?") joins us again to discuss how not to behave on tour, and an unfortunate incident in outdoor theatre.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Seattle Improviser and Actor Dan Posluns discuss censorship of two plays written by George Bernard Shaw, all stemming from the political efforts of Anthony Comstock, one of America's most prevalent enemies of vice.

Host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) and Film and TV producer Brand Birtwistle of The Brand Productions discuss the single on-stage partnership of doomed couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the 1983 production of Noel Coward's classic comedy "Private Lives."

For the first episode in front of a live audience, host Aaron Odom (@TridentTheatre) hosts guests photojournalist Matt Gaston and returning guest and Theatre Instructor Dustin Hebert, in which they discuss nudity in theatre, and the first stage appearance of one of the most iconic pop culture actors of all time.