Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia
Peter Schmitz
5.0from 34 ratings
- 135
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 34
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 4K
- YouTube views
About Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia
Bringing you the best stories from the deep and fascinating history of theater in the city of Philadelphia. This is the podcast for all lovers of theater, students of history - or anyone who enjoys great stories with lots of drama!
- Publisher
- Peter Schmitz
- Category
- arts · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Mar 2021
- Latest episode
- 11 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 135 episodes have a transcript.
11 Oct 2026
Whit MacLaughlin Finds His Utopia
19 Sept 2026
Mark Lord, Part Two
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mark Lord, Part One
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Mark Lord, Part One
Published 11 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And in my first year, I directed one production that tried to use that space in a conventional way. And it was so hard. It was just so hard to arrange for the students to be audible, for the images that I was creating to be legible at the huge distance. So yeah, that meant that I was going to need to figure out different ways to work in that space. Also, Grimmar was, and to some extent remains, pretty suspicious of the arts. They were really scared early on in the college's history that Bryn Mawr might develop the reputation of being a finishing school. They wanted more than anything for it to be a place of very serious intellectual work. […]
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- Whit MacLaughlin
- Mark Lord
- Jen Childs
- Pete Pryor
- Mary Martello
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- YouTube views
- 3,521
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 25 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 9 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- Quality
- 43
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 82
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