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We sat down with Elizabeth Freeman to talk about her new comedy, Sex Lives of the Recently Widowed. We talk about PortFringe, her show, and play our traditional show closer on this special PortFringe episode. Buy tickets to PortFringe SEX LIVES OF THE RECENTLY WIDOWED (Elizabeth Freeman) Show Description: Can we all just laugh about it? A humorous take on widowhood and the journey back to (sex)life after death. Artist Description: Elizabeth Freeman is a local actress living here in Portland, ME (originally from Ottawa, Canada she came here via California). She also writes and occasionally directs. Elizabeth created this one woman show for PF2022. Schedule: SEX LIVES OF THE RECENTLY WIDOWED is part of PF22 Event #2 and will be presented with two other short PF22 shows – THE BRIDE and AS OF YET, UNTITLED – on the following schedule: Tuesday, June 14 @ 7:30PM – at Goodfire Thursday, June 16 @ 8:30PM – at PortFiber Saturday, June 18 @ 6:00PM – at Goodfire --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

Tonight we have Linda Hildonen, half of the creative team LinCo Media and Daniel Bridgman Co-Stars of their upcoming PortFringe show, “It’s Complicated: The Musical.” They also write music together as the duo “Scrumgirl.” You can find Linda and Daniel at PortFringe with It’s Complicated: The Musical along with Kerry Anderson and Catherine Buxton’s Windows 95 Relaunch and our very own Aphrodite Prime. We can all be seen June 14, 16, and 18. Advanced ticket prices are $15 gives you all three acts or $30 gives you the show and sends some extra to the artists. Which we appreciate. You can also get the $75.00 – Frugal Fringer Pass – a punch card good for one person to attend each of the regular PF22 Shows (Late Night Shows NOT included). $180.00 – Fringe Fiend Pass – avoid the rush! an all-access pass with a reserved seat to see each show once (seat held until 5 minutes before showtime). Buy Tickets to PortFringe: http://portfringe.com/pf22boxoffice/ “Once in a Lifetime” https://www.linco.media/ LinCo Media YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXoC4GU-Q_7g39_AlHuMdJg Scrumgirl: Scrumgirl: https://www.facebook.com/Scrumgirl Show Links: Hey Party People!: https://youtu.be/4lkhHTVHulA Understanding Toxic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0QqS8QOErA Give Me The Details: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/30/1102044111/man-throws-cake-at-mona-lisa-the-louvre Buy tickets to Aphrodite Prime and the Invaders From Venus 12!: http://portfringe.com/portfolio/balderdash-academys-aphrodite-prime-and-the-invaders-from-venus-12-balderdash-academy/ Please Donate: Crohn's & Colitis Foundation: https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/donateAlxheimer’s Association: https://act.alz.org/site/Donation2?df_id=32112&32112.donation=form1 Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtankShow your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/storeCheck out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge ©2022 Balderdash Academy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

Tonight we have Linda Hildonen, half of the creative team LinCo Media and Daniel Bridgman Co-Stars of their upcoming PortFringe show, “It’s Complicated: The Musical.” We talk about Fringe in this special PortFringe Kickoff episode. You can find Linda and Daniel at PortFringe with It’s Complicated: The Musical along with Kerry Anderson and Catherine Buxton’s Windows 95 Relaunch and our very own Aphrodite Prime. We can all be seen June 14, 16, and 18. Advanced ticket prices are $15 gives you all three acts or $30 gives you the show and sends some extra to the artists. Which we appreciate. You can also get the $75.00 – Frugal Fringer Pass – a punch card good for one person to attend each of the regular PF22 Shows (Late Night Shows NOT included). $180.00 – Fringe Fiend Pass – avoid the rush! an all-access pass with a reserved seat to see each show once (seat held until 5 minutes before showtime).  "It's Complicated: The Musical," "Windows95 Relaunch", and "Balderdash Academy's Aphrodite Prime and the Invaders From Venus 12!" are presented by PortFringe. #PORTFRINGE #PORTFRINGE2022 #EASTBAYSIDE  Buy Tickets to PortFringe: http://portfringe.com/pf22boxoffice/  “Once in a Lifetime” https://www.linco.media/ LinCo Media YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXoC4GU-Q_7g39_AlHuMdJgScrumgirl:  Scrumgirl: https://www.facebook.com/Scrumgirl Hey Party People!: https://youtu.be/4lkhHTVHulA  Buy tickets to Aphrodite Prime and the Invaders From Venus 12!: http://portfringe.com/portfolio/balderdash-academys-aphrodite-prime-and-the-invaders-from-venus-12-balderdash-academy/  Please Donate: Crohn's & Colitis Foundation: https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/donate Alzheimer's Association: https://act.alz.org/site/Donation2?df_id=32112&32112.donation=form1  Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge ©2022 Balderdash Academy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

We sat down with PortFringe veteran and award-winning creator and producer, Chris DeFilipp, to talk about his upcoming PortFringe22 show VILLAINY! …or Something and his upcoming trip to Reykjavik to perform his award-winning Story Gauntlet.  Help Chris get to Iceland! Visit Chimera Theater Collective https://www.instagram.com/chimeratheatrecollective/ https://linktr.ee/chimeratc Buy tickets to PortFringe VILLAINY!…OR SOMETHING. (Chimera Theatre Collective) Show Description: VILLAINY! (…or something?) is afoot. Though honestly we don’t know if we really thought this whole thing through… so just… give us 20 minutes of your time… or else your will shall be mine! Erm… ours? Anyway… we shall see. *dramatic cape flip* And then maybe we’ll all learn something. So there! Artist Description: Forged in 2015, Chimera Theatre Collective is a Portland, Maine-based theatre collective that takes the theatrical road less traveled as often as possible. This year, we’ve teamed up with our friends at Polyphonic Theatre Ensemble, another local troupe with a similar mission, to bring you a villainously good time. Schedule: VILLAINY!…OR SOMETHING. is part of PF22 Event #1 and will be presented with two other short PF22 shows – JURASSIC JO’S DINO SHOW! and YOU SHOULD SMILE MORE – on the following schedule: Thursday, June 16 @ 7:30PM – at Goodfire Friday, June 17 @ 9:00PM – at PortFiber Saturday, June 18 @ 5:30PM – at PortFiber --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

We sat down with our own Aphrodite Prime herself, Marie Stewart Harmon to talk about her other show with the MTWTFSS Theatre Company, TITLE GOES HERE. Show Description: This is a short description of our show as we wish it to appear in all PortFringe marketing materials. *fart noise* Artist Description: MTWTFSS Theatre Co was established in 2012 in Portland, Maine. Expect the unexpected with our plays & films! Schedule: TITLE GOES HERE is part of PF22 Event #7 and will be presented with two other short PF22 shows – A MAN CLAMS UP and OCCUPANT OF HOTEL ROOM 429 – on the following schedule: Tuesday, June 14 @ 7:00PM – at PortFiber Friday, June 17 @ 8:30PM – at Goodfire Saturday, June 18 @ 5:00PM – at Maine Studio Works Buy your tickets. ©2022, Balderdash Academy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

Bob sits down and talks to Kerry Anderson and Catherine Buxton about their new show in this year's PortFringe22, Windows95 Relaunch. We talk about the operating system, and its influence, and play a little Technically Correct.  You can also play a game along at home by spotting every time Bob's exhaustion affects his speech patterns. For every time Bob misspeaks, rambles, uses the wrong word, and the like, give yourself 1000 points. At the end of the podcast, tally up the total and post your number. The highest score wins bragging rights and forces Bob to go to bed early. It's super fun! See Windows95 Relaunch along with our Aphrodite Prime and the Invaders From Venus 12! and It's Complicated: The Musical June, 14, 16, and 18. 1 ticket for all three shows! 6/14 9 PM Goodfire Brewing Co. ., 219 Anderson St., Suite 6, Portland, ME 04101 6/16 7 PM Portfiber , 50 Cove St, Portland, ME 04101 6/18 4:30 PM Goodfire Brewing Co., 219 Anderson St., Suite 6, Portland, ME 04101  Tickets at http://portfringe.com/pf22boxoffice/ Select the  Pick up your tickets today. Advance Ticket Pricing $15.00 – Base Ticket Price. Get your butt in a guaranteed seat, support PortFringe artists, see a great show! $30.00 – I 3 Fringe Price. Do you 💗 Fringe? Show your love the old-fashioned way – with money! This is the same as a base ticket, but the artists involved get a little extra for the hard work they’ve poured into their show. Too rich for your blood? That’s fine – stick with Base Price Advance Ticket… or take your chances with a Rush Pass at the door (Click here for more information about the Rush Ticketing process)! Rush Pass Pricing & Packages Single Show Pass – Sliding Scale Pricing. One single-use pass good for any PF22 show. Suggested range of $9-$15 per single pass. $75.00 – Frugal Fringer Pass. A punch card good for one person to attend one performance of each of the PF22 Short-Format events plus HEDY!. Late-night shows NOT included. $180.00 – Fringe Fiend Pass. Avoid the rush! an all-access pass with a reserved seat to see all PF22 shows, Late Night Shows included (seats will be held until 5 minutes before showtime). Presented by PortFringe - Maine's Fringe Festival #PORTFRINGE #PORTFRINGE2022 #EASTBAYSIDE --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

We talk to our good friend and former Visiting Professor, Dr Hal Cohen. Show Description: A man was casually watching his gentle neighbors one day. They were in their front yard. He heard them speak only one sentence. This man then told me what he heard and saw. He was surprised. So was I. And I wondered if I could tell their story in only one sentence. Artist Description: We are not a company per se. We are a collaborative effort, a gaggle of artists if you will. I thought puppets were needed for this piece. Thus I asked Elliot Nye to join me. Elliot thought a second puppeteer was needed. Thus he asked David Handwerker to join us. I thought we needed a talented and graceful actor to join us. Thus I asked Amanda Painter. This is our company. We are from Portland Maine. Schedule: YOU’VE ALWAYS LOVED THE SUN is part of PF22 Event #6 and will be presented with two other short PF22 shows – WHAT IS TO BE DONE? BY NIKOLAI CHERNYSHEVSKY and THEY TOLD YOU ABORTION WAS UGLY: POETRY ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE – on the following schedule: Wednesday, June 15 @ 9:00PM – at PortFiber Friday, June 17 @ 7:00PM – at Goodfire Saturday, June 18 @ 6:30PM – at Maine Studio Works Tickets at: http://portfringe.com/pf22boxoffice/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

We sit down and talk to our good friend Eric Darrow Worthley about his new show in this year's PortFringe22, Occupant of Hotel Room 429. Occupant of Hotel Room 429 is presented by PortFringe. PortFringe Sketch --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

CarlaRose, Molly, and Bob have been busy helping to start a new sketch comedy group in Portland, Maine. We've received special permission to present a part of the show here for you. You can check out the full video here. Hey Party People! No longer is this just a phrase drunk uncles use to greet their vaping teenage nephews, but a full-fledged comedy experience! This new sketch comedy show from the minds of Portland's fifth most talented group of writers and performers promises to be a Project-X style rager. So strap on your party hats and get those little noisemaker things you blow into and they shoot out at the end and go BZOOO (you know what I'm talking about) because this comedy show is gonna be a SHINDIG! Featuring: Greg Baker, CarlaRose Dubois, Gwenyth Fraser, John Heffernan, Bob LeBlanc, Molly McGill, Pat Neuguth and Tanya Schultz. Presented here with permission. BIOS! Greg Baker is a writer, stand-up, filmmaker and a very nice person. He began his career at the University of Colorado Boulder writing for the premiere on-campus sketch comedy team Secret Recipe. After moving to Los Angeles, he worked on dozens of short films, music videos, feature films and sitcoms in production, art, casting and as a writer. He frequently performed stand-up comedy around Hollywood and occasionally wrote sketch comedy with The Upright Citizens Brigade and iO Theater West. Currently, Greg runs and manages his writing workshop group and writing collective The Los Angeles Writing Group and recently created the Maine based sketch comedy group Hey Party People. He enjoys going to the movies, playing beer league softball and baking cookies. twitter: @gregthebaker Tanya  Schultz is a comedy/sci-fi nerd who writes half hour animated comedies for adults from an egalitarian perspective. She utilizes parody and satire to dissect contemporary culture/politics and is influenced by shows like South Park, Futurama, Bojack Horseman and seasons 1-8 of The Simpsons. Tanya studied improv and sketch comedy with the Second City in Toronto. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

We finish the night with Sex With Me! Get into the fun by submitting topics for us to riff on in our bonus episodes. Use the form and, if selected, we’ll use your idea in the show. If your topic is selected, you’ll be entered to win a special tee-shirt from our school store. Our visiting professor tonight is comic, producer, and podcaster, Nick Gordon. Nick has performed throughout New England, and has had the good fortune of opening for the legendary Eddie Brill. He’s also the co-founder of The River Comics comedy production team and a co-host of the Comedy Think Tanked Podcast both along with our Inaugural visiting professor Leonard Kimble. Show Links: Support Nick at the Craft Brew Underground comedy nights almost every Friday, and every Saturday night. www.therivercomics.com www.comedythinktanked.com Comedy Think Tanked: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=b560bf4b87994a9f Casey Crawford: https://youtube.com/channel/UCm2rmRr-dIwLRCYPPn0guFg https://www.facebook.com/casey.crawford.9655 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=1d64a6b630234698 Jay Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXb1PTHTEPJyPt6WBWULCyA?fbclid=IwAR3qUmtwS6q8zDlxduKLx5jQ9uc7GFB19aBbnpvNKBE2YWCAuesJS22frbo https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pmZwbgdwBhA7LZkMmoeMb?si=f97e110fa2534a23 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UOU0uSC4qSx21JNRf9I2c?si=49838a7a69884682 Watch this on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/BalderdashAcademy Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge ©2022 Balderdash Academy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

Our visiting professor tonight is comic, producer, and podcaster, Nick Gordon. Nick has performed throughout New England, and has had the good fortune of opening for the legendary Eddie Brill. He’s also the co-founder of The River Comics comedy production team and a co-host of the Comedy Think Tanked Podcast both along with our Inaugural visiting professor Leonard Kimble. Show Links: Support Nick at the Craft Brew Underground comedy nights almost every Friday, and every Saturday night. www.therivercomics.com www.comedythinktanked.com Comedy Think Tanked: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=b560bf4b87994a9f Casey Crawford: https://youtube.com/channel/UCm2rmRr-dIwLRCYPPn0guFg https://www.facebook.com/casey.crawford.9655 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=1d64a6b630234698 Jay Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXb1PTHTEPJyPt6WBWULCyA?fbclid=IwAR3qUmtwS6q8zDlxduKLx5jQ9uc7GFB19aBbnpvNKBE2YWCAuesJS22frbo https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pmZwbgdwBhA7LZkMmoeMb?si=f97e110fa2534a23 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UOU0uSC4qSx21JNRf9I2c?si=49838a7a69884682 Washed up on Norway:  https://www.npr.org/2022/02/16/1081159750/a-norwegian-student-found-a-boat-launched-by-new-hampshire-middle-schoolers-in-2 Joe Hill’s Jaw’s Theory: https://www.thewrap.com/jaws-lady-dunes-joe-hill-stephen-king-steven-spielberg/ Watch this on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/BalderdashAcademy Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge ©2022 Balderdash Academy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

We finish the night with Sex With Me! Get into the fun by submitting topics for us to riff on in our bonus episodes. Use the form and, if selected, we’ll use your idea in the show. If your topic is selected, you’ll be entered to win a special tee-shirt from our school store. Our visiting professor tonight is a playwright, actor, and director, Maryland native DC Cathro. In addition to his theater chops, he also manages a designer toy store and art gallery in Chicago. He is one of seven children,  still a newlywed, and a collector of Fisher-Price Little People, ATARI, lunch boxes, and board games. Check out DC's work: https://newplayexchange.org/users/750/dc-cathro https://www.stagerights.com/authors/ Show Links: Jem and the Holograms: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64133/13-truly-outrageous-facts-about-jem Give me the Details: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1075558463/a-veteran-won-a-4-million-lottery-prize-using-the-numbers-from-a-fortune-cookie Randy's New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/users/32863/randy-hunt Bob's New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/users/37762/robert-leblanc Watch this on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/BalderdashAcademy Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge ©2022 Balderdash Academy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support