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- 🇺🇸US · Performing Arts#42100K to 300K
- 🇦🇺AU · Performing Arts#6130K to 100K
- 🇸🇪SE · Performing Arts#5110K to 30K
- 🇻🇳VN · Performing Arts#113500 to 3K
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"The Lookingglass Story: How A Theatre Responds"
Jun 22, 2026
32m 02s
"The Lookingglass Story: How We Got Here"
Jun 22, 2026
30m 46s
"Return to Roanoke Island"
Jun 15, 2026
42m 28s
"The Way That I Hear You"
Jun 8, 2026
36m 47s
"The War On Artists Under Trump"
May 25, 2026
40m 46s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/22/26 | "The Lookingglass Story: How A Theatre Responds" | Season 4, Episode 9. THIS IS PART 2 OF A TWO-PART EPISODE. LISTEN TO EPISODE 8 FIRST: "The Lookingglass Story: How We Got Here" Synopsis: Two months, the Tony award winning Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago issued a cease-and-desist letter in response to our story about a young actor named Ayana who says she was left disabled performing a circus act in Lookingglass' production of Circus Quixote. It's a story that has provoked anger and frustration in the Chicago theatre community. S... | 32m 02s | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | "The Lookingglass Story: How We Got Here" | Season 4, Episode 8. Synopsis: Two months, the Tony award winning Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago issued a cease-and-desist letter in response to our story about a young actor named Ayana who says she was left disabled performing a circus act in Lookingglass' production of Circus Quixote. It's a story that has provoked anger and frustration in the Chicago theatre community. Sean's getting personal at the mic to assess just how we got here and to let you know where we are today wit... | 30m 46s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | "Return to Roanoke Island" | Season 4, Episode 7. Synopsis: One of our most provocative stories last season was the story of Court Watson, a designer who alleges he was assaulted as a college student at The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island by Tony award winning costume designer William Ivy Long. With Long secretly working on The Queen of Versailles on Broadway this past season, Sean is reconnecting with Court to hear how he feels about that, AND, for the first time on this podcast, one of Long’s other accusers, Michael Mart... | 42m 28s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 | "The Way That I Hear You"✨ | hearing losstheatre industry+3 | Marianne Galloway | Haywood Productions, LLCSTAGE COMBAT AT PATREON | Dallas | hearing losstheatre+3 | — | 36m 47s | |
| 5/25/26 | "The War On Artists Under Trump"✨ | war on artistsTrump administration+3 | Chris Webb | Boston ConservatoryHaywood Productions, LLC | Trump administration | artistsTrump+3 | — | 40m 46s | |
| 5/17/26 | "Cancel Culture and Scott Rudin's Return to Broadway"✨ | cancel cultureBroadway+4 | Dr. Alisa Hurwitz | The Hollywood ReporterDeath of A Salesman+1 | — | Scott Rudincancel culture+6 | — | 33m 06s | |
| 5/10/26 | "Heated Rivalry and How Do Actors Portray S-x Scenes"✨ | intimacy directionsex scenes+3 | Nicole Perry | SAGHeated Rivalry | — | intimacy directorsex scenes+5 | — | 40m 37s | |
| 5/3/26 | "The Queen of Versailles on Broadway: What The Hell Did We Learn?"✨ | BroadwayTheater Flops+3 | Matt Koplik | The Queen of Versailles | — | BroadwayThe Queen of Versailles+5 | — | 39m 18s | |
| 4/26/26 | "Aaron Lazar: Healing With ALS"✨ | ALSBroadway+3 | Aaron Lazar | Haywood Productions, LLCThe Skin Deep+1 | — | ALSBroadway+5 | — | 32m 19s | |
| 4/12/26 | BONUS: "5 Eye Opening Stage Combat The Podcast Moments"✨ | stage combatpodcast moments+3 | — | — | — | stage combatpodcast+3 | — | 34m 33s | |
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| 11/24/25 | BONUS: "The Thanksgiving Catch-Up Episode"✨ | ThanksgivingStage Combat+3 | — | Actors' Equity AssociationBroadway | — | ThanksgivingStage Combat+5 | — | 28m 19s | |
| 2/24/25 | "Walking Away From Broadway"✨ | Broadwayacting+3 | Bobby Steggert | — | — | Broadwayactor+3 | — | 34m 44s | |
| 2/11/25 | "The Court Watson Story Part Two"✨ | sexual harassmentsexual assault+3 | Court Watson | — | Roanoke Island | Court WatsonRoanoke Island+3 | — | 38m 36s | |
| 2/10/25 | "The Court Watson Story Part One"✨ | sexual harassmentsexual assault+3 | Court Watson | Adam Stocker | — | Court WatsonWilliam Ivey Long+3 | — | 34m 16s | |
| 1/28/25 | "Franki Takes A Bow"✨ | theatre safetymental health+3 | Franki MastroneJessica Webb | Boston Conservatory at Berklee | — | theatremental health+3 | — | 47m 37s | |
| 1/14/25 | "Sean Has Questions for the Union"✨ | actors' unionworkplace stories+3 | Abbey Crowley | Actors' Equity Association | — | actors' unionharassment+4 | — | 48m 30s | |
| 12/31/24 | "Loving Someone Traumatized By The Industry"✨ | mental healthtrauma+3 | Eddie PendergraftTony Mansker+1 | Wicked | — | mental healthtrauma+6 | — | 45m 10s | |
| 12/17/24 | "The 2nd Annual Stage Combat Holiday Special!"✨ | holiday specialstage combat+3 | Bret ShufordBrad Bass+6 | The Rockefeller Center Christmas Treethe Charlie Brown Christmas Tree | — | stage combatholiday special+3 | — | 50m 06s | |
| 12/3/24 | "Revealing Your Darkest Secret: ABC News' Matt Gutman" | SEASON 3 Episode Eleven. "Revealing Your Darkest Secret: ABC News' Matt Gutman" Synopsis: Thinking about the power of disclosing our secrets causes Sean to revisit his 2023 interview with ABC News' Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman. Special thank you to Matt Gutman, LaQuet Sharnell Pringle and Amelia Morse. Coming up in 2 weeks: It's the Stage Combat Holiday Special! Hear more of Sean's conversation with LaQuet and Amelia at STAGE COMBAT AT PATREON. patreon.com/StageComba... | 35m 53s | ||||||
| 11/19/24 | "Another Wicked Story: Eddie" | SEASON 3 Episode Ten. "Another Wicked Story: Eddie" Synopsis: Another actor from Wicked on Broadway comes forward to tell Sean his story about the toxic work environment he experienced there and how it traumatized him for years. Special thank you to Eddie Pendergraft. Hear Wicked actor Brad Bass' account of what he called "witch hunts" backstage at Wicked at STAGE COMBAT AT PATREON. patreon.com/StageCombatThePodcast It's the companion to Season 3. Plus "Sean Goes Off Script" to... | 44m 53s | ||||||
| 11/3/24 | "The 'F' Word" | SEASON 3 Episode Nine. "The 'F' Word" Synopsis: Sean investigates whether there's a problem with using the "family" word in our workplaces. Special thank you to Bret Shuford, Michael McGurk, Nicole Perry, CorBen Williams, Jeanine Bruen, Michael Passaro, Kirsti Carnahan, Greg Roderick, Juliet Lambert Pratt, Mia Scarpa and Frank Mastrone. Stage Combat The Podcast is member supported programming. If you believe in what we are doing, why not support us by becoming a member at ... | 43m 42s | ||||||
| 10/21/24 | "Putting It Out There" | SEASON 3 Episode Eight. "Putting It Out There: Your Mental Health Story On the Stage" Synopsis: Sean meets two very different performers who claimed their mental health stories by creating their own one-person solo shows: Legendary drag queen Varla Jean Merman aka Jeff Roberson and Broadway actor Chryssie Whitehead. Content warning: Content about suicide. Dial or text 988 24/7 to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you are in crisis. Follow Varla Jean Merman on Instagram a... | 45m 12s | ||||||
| 10/7/24 | “You’re Under Investigation: Laura's Story" | SEASON 3 Episode Seven. "You're Under Investigation: Laura' Story" Synopsis: After hearing Sean's story about the botched workplace investigation at the Goodspeed Opera House, listener Laura shares her own bonkers workplace investigation story that ended with devastating consequences. Content warning: Content about suicide. Dial or text 988 24/7 to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you are in crisis. Special thank you to attorney Mark Carey. Stage Combat The Podcast is member sup... | 49m 50s | ||||||
| 9/23/24 | "Charlie at the Crossroads" | SEASON 3 Episode Six. "Charlie At the Crossroads" Synopsis: Sean meets Charlie, a 23-year-old Boston theatre program student. Two months before his graduation, Charlie has an unfiltered conversation with Sean about his hopes, his dreams, his frustrations and how Stage Combat the Podcast has affected him personally as he sits at the crossroads of his life. Strong language. Thank you to Charlie Zuckerman. Stage Combat The Podcast is member supported programming. If you beli... | 47m 34s | ||||||
| 9/9/24 | "Somebody's Going to Get Hurt" | SEASON 3 Episode Five. "Somebody's Going to Get Hurt" Synopsis: Sean asks whether theatre audiences actually understand the dangers that actors face when it comes to staged combat sequences on stage. And do the actors themselves fully understand the risk they are taking on with every performance. Guests: Actor/fight instructor McKey Carpenter; Broadway actor Kaylin Seckel; Boston Conservatory at Berklee fight instructor Angie Jepson. If you're only listening to Stage... | 49m 31s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
5 placements across 5 markets.
Chart Positions
5 placements across 5 markets.