SoundstageEDU: Building Better Theater Tech

About SoundstageEDU: Building Better Theater Tech

🎭 SoundstageEDU began backstage — among the headsets, cables, and quiet heroes who make the magic happen. Today, it’s a movement for every parent, student, and educator fighting for the heart of fine arts. From burnout to booster culture, we’re rebuilding what support really means. Because what happens behind the curtain matters just as much as what happens under the lights. ✨ Subscribe for bonus training + extended episodes: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/soundstageedu/subscribe

Publisher

SoundstageEDU

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Jun 2025

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

234 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Oct 2026

   After the Last Rehearsal: Three Halloween Stories from SoundstageEDU - Halloween Special 2026

   As a dad, I love telling a good story. As a lover of halloween, I love a good spooky story. I guess you could say storytelling is a large part of my identity. This year, I wanted to put away the IRS Code dictionary and I wanted to put away Robert's Rules of Order back on the shelf, close the news ticker, and just share a story... For fun. All those other things are scary in their own right, but, lets take a break, gather around the bonfire, and let the old guy tell some stories. These are complete works of fiction... maybe. Either way, be safe, have a happy halloween, and remember to have some fun. It looks good on you when you do. Mike - SSEDU

2. 

   27 Oct 2026

   The Kid Inside of the Machine

   This time of year is crazy, isn't it? I have not disappeared, I have just been busy like the rest of you out there! But today, I did something a little out of character. My kid wanted to explore the horror genre, so we did that together, and what happened was a realization about youth performance that I was not expecting to have when I sat down. My daughter and I watched M3GAN and then I screened M3GAN 2.0 because she wanted to see that tonight. It generated some fascinating discussion, but what happened during the second one was not expected. I saw a young actress create an iconic character from skills that come directly from the performance arts. Not just acting, but dance, and acrobatics, and those things we watch our kids do with passion we sometimes don't understand. In this case, it turned into a contract on a major motion picture. I'm not saying that the arts in our schools will automatically create stars, but it is where it starts. Anyway, in this episode, I discuss that often we consume the product, we appreciate the product, we have expectation for the product, but sometimes, we forget that there is a kid inside of that machine. So yes, I watched a movie about a homicidal AI robot, but what I got out of it was something completely different. Continue to show up for the kids. Support the kids. And lets continue to raise the bar, together.

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Marching Band Is for Everyone. But Not Like That.

   Should every student in marching band be guaranteed a drill spot, solo, leadership role, or performance opportunity? As debates over marching band alternates, fairness, and inclusion get louder, parents and educators need to separate belonging from entitlement... and disappointment from wrongdoing. This emergency episode tackles parent advocacy, competitive marching band, drill design, auditions, student leadership, alternates, and the growing instinct to treat every uncomfortable outcome as an injustice. Our kids absolutely deserve programs where they belong, but sometimes the most important lesson we can give them is learning how to hear “no,” experience disappointment, grow, come back tomorrow, and still know they matter. Marching band parents, directors, staff, boosters, and educators: before we rush in to fix every difficult experience, maybe we need to ask what that experience is teaching them, and what our reaction is teaching them too.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

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