EdgeWork is where live event professionals come to the table to break down how it actually gets done. What almost went wrong, what made it work, what others can take with them, and those AHA! moments that make our jobs an adventure! EdgeWork is powered by Stagedge, a 50-year-old event production company with Boston-grit and world-class partnership.
Podcast Credits:
Andrew Nugent - Executive Producer/Host
Andy Boucher - Producer/Lighting Director/Carpenter
Richard Mankiewicz - Production Manager
Chris Casimiro - Technical Director
Jason Kershner - Director
Steve Shepard - Lead Audio Engineer
Corey Yacco - Lead Video Engineer
Andrew Zubankin - Lead Camera Operator
Ricky Mankiewicz - Camera Operator
Rob Wesinger - Master Carpenter
Jason Courtemanche - Art Director
Podcast concept and creative production:
LSCC (Lindsay Schwartz Creative & Consulting)
Concept development, creative direction, set design, branding, marketing, and promotion.
Episode 6: The City Is Your Stage: Destinations, community, and the future of events
EdgeWork's Season 1 finale is about place, and what a city brings to an event beyond four walls. Andrew Nugent closes out the season with Stacy Roberts (Senior Manager, Destination Services, Meet Boston), Amanda Ferdinando (Senior Sales Manager, MGM Music Hall, Live Nation), Allison Vecchione (Senior Account Executive, Stagedge), and Will Jones (Event Associate, Access). The conversation covers weaving a location's identity into event creative instead of just hosting there, bringing community...
21 Sept 2026
Episode 5: Entertainment Wants Your Corporate Event: Live music, venues, and the corporate opportunity
Corporate events are borrowing more from the concert world every year. Andrew Nugent welcomes Gillian Stockard (Director of Sales, NE Amphitheaters, Live Nation), Chris Murray (Account Executive, Stagedge), David Balsom (Senior Account Executive, CK Communications Group), and Joseph Fanning (Production Manager, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston). The panel breaks down how to manage talent as a corporate planner (a world most corporate folks have never operated in), matching the entertainme...
20 Sept 2026
Episode 4: When the Walls Start Talking: What iconic spaces demand from planners and producers
Some venues have a life, and a schedule, of their own. In this episode, Andrew Nugent talks with William Donovan (Director of AV Services, Stagedge / Gillette Stadium), Pete Lally (President, Spectacle Live), Kelly Soule (Owner, 8 Stratton Events), and Haley McNearney (VP of Sales & Events, Evergreen / Fenway Park). Topics include what planners actually value in a great experience, finding the middle ground between creative vision and what a space allows, what to do when something goes si...
19 Sept 2026
Episode 3: Making Something Out of Nothing: Design, story, and the events that break the mold
Design is never just the design; it's the fight to protect a vision from budget, venue, and everything else standing in the way. Andrew Nugent sits down with Lindsay Schwartz (CEO & Creative-In-Chief, LSCC), Robert Russo (Founder, Bob Russo Event Design), Kelsi Tucker (Director of Design, Cohera), and Graham Edmondson (Owner, Edmondson Design & Production). The conversation covers the moment a creative brief becomes a game-changer, the questions every designer should ask before the co...
18 Sept 2026
Episode 2: Why They Didn't Hire You: How deals are really won, lost, and salvaged
Not every pitch lands, and this episode is about what actually happens in the space between the proposal and the "no." Andrew Nugent is joined by Patrick Coit (Destination Services Manager, Meet Boston), Richard Ferrara (Sales Operations Director, Stagedge), Adam Averback (Co-Owner & Delivery/Experience Lead, Party Excitement Entertainment), and Tim Torigian (Business Development Manager, NB Development Group). The panel gets honest about the "dream event that got away," chasing feedback ...
17 Sept 2026
Episode 1: When Everything Is on the Line: Pressure, accountability, and the calls that define careers
Every live event professional has a moment where the whole show hangs in the balance. In this premiere episode of EdgeWork, host Andrew Nugent (Director of Business Development, Stagedge) pulls up a seat with Johnice Veals (Associate Director, Events & Internal Comms, Vertex Pharmaceuticals), Michael Basteri (Senior Vice President, Stagedge), Dayna Gilchrist (Founder & CEO, The Hype Agency), and Jamie Hellesen (Managing Partner, Corinthian Events). This roundtable digs into the moment...
8 Sept 2026
EdgeWork Season One Trailer
We’ve been working on something, and it’s time to pull up a seat. EdgeWork is a podcast by event people, for event people, presented by Stagedge. Season 1 brings planners, producers, creatives, and industry partners to the table for candid conversations about budgets, branding, ambitious experiences, what nearly went wrong, and where the events industry is headed next. Everyone brings something different to the table. See what they have to say when EdgeWork premieres September 22.
1 Sept 2026
EdgeWork Season 1 Teaser
Pull up a seat. 9/22/26
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