Laurie McCants's guest appearances

Laurie McCants

ArtScene with Erika Funke

David Elliott

Mark Stavish

Colson Whitehead

Brian Johnson

Jennifer Weiner

Kate Hayes

Niko J. Kallianiotis

Doug Smith

Kathleen Turner

Wolf Hoffman

Lewis Black

Shemekia Copeland

John Costello

Peter Brown

Madeline Miller

OwlTail

James Goode

Laurie McCants, playwright &amp; director &amp; emeritus member of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble; James Goode, actor &amp; emeritus member of BTE; and Peter Brown, actor &amp; associate member of BTE, speaking about the short play, "Ben and Joe" centering on Ben Franklin's last day in England spent with his friend Joseph Priestley.  The scene will have its premiere as part of a virtual event on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 7pm as part of a WVIA project supported by the PA Humanities Council and the NEH through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.  Laurie McCants and Dr. Carla Mulford of Penn State University will talk about the two friends and take questions from viewers.  There is no admission charge.  www.wvia.org/

Laurie McCants, playwright &amp; director &amp; emeritus member of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble; James Goode, actor &amp; emeritus member of BTE; and Peter Brown, actor &amp; associate member of BTE, speaking about the short play, "Ben and Joe" centering on Ben Franklin's last day in England spent with his friend Joseph Priestley.  The scene will have its premiere as part of a virtual event on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 7pm as part of a WVIA project supported by the PA Humanities Council and the NEH through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.  Laurie McCants and Dr. Carla Mulford of Penn State University will talk about the two friends and take questions from viewers.  There is no admission charge.  <a href="http://www.wvia.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.wvia.org/</a>

Laurie McCants; James Goode; Peter Brown; April 11 2022

Peter Browne

Laurie McCants, playwright, director &amp; emeritus member of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble;  James Goode, actor &amp; emeritus member of BTE, and Peter Brown, actor &amp; associate ensemble member of BTE, speaking about the play, "Ben and Joe" by Laurie McCants.  The work centers on the friendship between Benjamin Franklin &amp; Joseph Priestley and was written for a project funded by the PA Humanities Council &amp; the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.  The theater piece was recorded at the WVIA studios and will be screened as part of a live virtual event on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 7:00 pm, featuring Laurie McCants in conversation with Dr. Carla Mulford of Penn State University, who is a Franklin scholar.  The public is invited to take part without charge.For more information: www.wvia.org/

Laurie McCants, playwright, director &amp; emeritus member of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble;  James Goode, actor &amp; emeritus member of BTE, and Peter Brown, actor &amp; associate ensemble member of BTE, speaking about the play, "Ben and Joe" by Laurie McCants.  The work centers on the friendship between Benjamin Franklin &amp; Joseph Priestley and was written for a project funded by the PA Humanities Council &amp; the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.  The theater piece was recorded at the WVIA studios and will be screened as part of a live virtual event on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 7:00 pm, featuring Laurie McCants in conversation with Dr. Carla Mulford of Penn State University, who is a Franklin scholar.  The public is invited to take part without charge.<br>For more information: <a href="http://www.wvia.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.wvia.org/</a>

Laurie McCants; James Goode; Peter Browne; April 11 2022

Laurie McCants, Award-winning Actor, Director, Writer &amp; Co-founder of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, speaking about the ensemble and the more than 40 years she has spent with the company, in anticipation of her retirement and her last main stage role in the current production of "The Children" by Lucy Kirkwood, running at the Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center Street in downtown Bloomsburg, January 16 - February 2, 2020.  Shows Thursdays, Fridays &amp; Saturdays at 7:30;  Sundays at 3:00 pm.www.bte.org     570-784-8181

Laurie McCants, Award-winning Actor, Director, Writer &amp; Co-founder of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, speaking about the ensemble and the more than 40 years she has spent with the company, in anticipation of her retirement and her last main stage role in the current production of "The Children" by Lucy Kirkwood, running at the Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center Street in downtown Bloomsburg, January 16 - February 2, 2020.  Shows Thursdays, Fridays &amp; Saturdays at 7:30;  Sundays at 3:00 pm.<br><a href="http://www.bte.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bte.org</a>     570-784-8181

Laurie McCants; January 17 2020

Gerard Stropnicky

Gerard Stropnicky, Playwright, and Laurie McCants, Actor &amp; Director, speaking about "Festival UnBound" produced by Touchstone Theatre in the Lehigh Valley from October 4 through 13, 2019, a ten-day festival of arts and civic dialogue on the future of the region.Stropnicky's play, "Prometheus/Redux" runs 10/4-10/6 at the LV Charter School for the Arts, 321, E. Third Street.  McCants directs and acts in "Hidden Seed: Bethlehem's Forgotten Utopia" 10/5-10/9 at the Single Sisters House, 50 W. Church Street in Bethlehem &amp; 10/10 at PBS39 at SteelStacks, 839 Sesame Place in Bethlehemwww.festivalunbound.com    610-867-1689

Gerard Stropnicky, Playwright, and Laurie McCants, Actor &amp; Director, speaking about "Festival UnBound" produced by Touchstone Theatre in the Lehigh Valley from October 4 through 13, 2019, a ten-day festival of arts and civic dialogue on the future of the region.<br>Stropnicky's play, "Prometheus/Redux" runs 10/4-10/6 at the LV Charter School for the Arts, 321, E. Third Street.  McCants directs and acts in "Hidden Seed: Bethlehem's Forgotten Utopia" 10/5-10/9 at the Single Sisters House, 50 W. Church Street in Bethlehem &amp; 10/10 at PBS39 at SteelStacks, 839 Sesame Place in Bethlehem<br><a href="http://www.festivalunbound.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.festivalunbound.com</a>    610-867-1689