Amazing Technicolor Shitshow

We're a married couple obsessed with theatre mishaps and mayhem from community theater to Broadway! Join us for fumbles and follies from theatre history and listener-submitted stories of meltdowns, near-misses, and the moments that make it all worth it.

E80: It's Gonna Be Mae | The Story Of Mae West's Play "Sex" 05/07/2026

E80: It's Gonna Be Mae | The Story Of Mae West's Play "Sex" Trev talks about the birds and the bees, and Elle flexes her transatlantic quip writing skills. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/41200240

E79: 'Cause That's Dada! | Performance Art as a Performing Art 04/30/2026

E79: 'Cause That's Dada! | Performance Art as a Performing Art Elle paints a picture of performance art, an actor gets taken for a spin, and Trev deciphers some translations. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/41069380

E78: My Inheritance, My Legacy 04/23/2026

E78: My Inheritance, My Legacy Elle and Trev are running ragged. In this unedited episode, Elle presents an ode to a fabulous thespian of history and your hosts do some financial planning. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40982865

E77: Whigs Akimbo 04/16/2026

E77: Whigs Akimbo Trev spills the tea about a historical pot-stirrer of the stage, a famous actor wets his tights, and Elle makes some improvements to a musical. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40894520

E76: Attila We Meet Again 04/09/2026

E76: Attila We Meet Again Elle unearths the story of an excavated Roman theatre, a current Broadway revival faces a dilemma, and Trev figures out who he really is. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40781375

E75: A Crime of Passion Plays 04/02/2026

E75: A Crime of Passion Plays Trev tells the tale of church plays that toyed with copyright law, a listener helps out after pyrotechnics go awry, and Elle does some stunt casting. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40706270

E74: Charlie Chaplin Gets an MRI 03/26/2026

E74: Charlie Chaplin Gets an MRI Elle reports on the first play to be broadcast on television, a pit musician gets more than he bargained for, and Trev makes some guesses about historical timelines. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40627375

E73: NOT LEGAL ADVICE 03/19/2026

E73: NOT LEGAL ADVICE The law offices of Thelen Clementi and Thelen Clementi definitely do not give legal advice on show licensing, and Trev rates some morally grey theatre scenarios. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40538955

E72: And the Rigatoni Goes To... 03/12/2026

E72: And the Rigatoni Goes To... Elle dishes on dinner theatre, a cast of high schoolers learn an important lesson, and Trev sorts out pasta shapes from opera characters. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40408115

E71: Hostess with the Ghostess 03/05/2026

E71: Hostess with the Ghostess Elle appears as a guest on her own podcast, a pencil becomes a threat, and Trev puts a darker spin on a classic musical. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40326880

E70: Full Frontal, Part Backal 02/26/2026

E70: Full Frontal, Part Backal Trev reveals all there is to know about nudity onstage, and your hosts present some unnecessary censorship for popular musical lyrics. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40236935

E69: Smoke and Mirrors 02/19/2026

E69: Smoke and Mirrors Elle reveals the theatrical origins of magic shows, a technician creates a bit of a spill, and Trev deciphers some transformed show titles. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40156955

E68: Oh, Ya Got Trouble 02/12/2026

E68: Oh, Ya Got Trouble An actor navigates casting Trouble (with a capital T) in three separate productions of The Music Man, and Trev tries to predict some old-timey rap lyrics. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40082730

E67: Drama Queen 02/05/2026

E67: Drama Queen Trev presents an ode to a 19th century queen of the stage, and Elle gives an alphabetical challenge. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/40001250

E66: Salmon Hat Couture 01/29/2026

E66: Salmon Hat Couture Elle observes Mother Nature's most theatrical creatures, a cast gets sweaty, and Trev plays casting agent to some animals. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39919535

E65: Wagner? I Hardly Know Her 01/22/2026

E65: Wagner? I Hardly Know Her Elle presents the Idiot's Guide to Wagner, a listener has a creative solution to a vamp problem, and Trev is humbled by a game of Name That Theme Song. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39822145

E64: Mixy Business 01/15/2026

E64: Mixy Business Trev explains the rise and fall of the megamix, a listener adapts to tech troubles, and Elle creates a medley of her own. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39737920

E63: Sockdologizing Old Man-Trap 01/08/2026

E63: Sockdologizing Old Man-Trap Elle gives a lesson on a historical theatre tragedy, Trev figures out which actors have only child energy, and your hosts are live and in the flesh for the first time! Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39656170

(REPRISE) E28: A Little Jest 01/01/2026

(REPRISE) E28: A Little Jest We're taking a brief intermission to set up a new video component to our podcast! Elle entertains us with the history of jesters, a pit musician saves the day, and Trev delivers some punchlines. This one is rated F for Flatulence. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider Edited music: "Errigal", "Master of the Feast", "Farting Around" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39586140

(REPRISE) E19: ThunderSheet TM 12/25/2025

(REPRISE) E19: ThunderSheet TM We're taking a brief intermission to set up a new video component to our podcast! Trev sounds off about aural effects, a listener ruins a poignant historical moment, and Elle tries her hand at some foley work. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider Edited music: "Tiki Bar Mixer", "Gaslamp Funworks", "Chromatic Fugue" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39530160

(REPRISE) E1: Toil and Trouble, My Ass! 12/18/2025

(REPRISE) E1: Toil and Trouble, My Ass! We're taking a brief intermission to set up a new video component to our podcast! In our first-ever episode: Elle shares the sordid story behind a popular theatre superstition, multiple actors literally bleed for their craft, and Trev becomes a five-minute playwright. Send us your stories! Email: Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider Edited musical selections: "Vanishing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License "Lord of the Land" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39449825

E62: The Smackdown 12/11/2025

E62: The Smackdown Trev reviews an unexpected genre of performance art, a show goes wrong on national television, and Elle comes up with a few theatrical alter egos. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39364755

E61: Gallus in Weegieland 12/04/2025

E61: Gallus in Weegieland In this special episode, Elle and Trev chat about a UK-specific theatre genre that they enjoyed while abroad. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39263895

E60: Dancin' Until I'm Dead 11/27/2025

E60: Dancin' Until I'm Dead Trev tells the tale of St. Vitus, an actor gets a gnarly bruise, and Elle separates dance fact from dance fiction. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39096365

E59: Yakbeard 11/20/2025

E59: Yakbeard Elle gives a history of stage makeup and wigs, a director gets more than they bargained for, and Trev shows off his knowledge of ingredients. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39096255

E58: Debunked! 11/13/2025

E58: Debunked! Trev explores why we call it the green room, an actor is underestimated, and Elle makes up some theatre etymology. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/39017195

E57: Godbaby 11/06/2025

E57: Godbaby Trev shares another actor biography, a performance is saved from disaster, and Elle does some instrument profiling. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/38855945

E56: Big Boom No Fire 10/30/2025

E56: Big Boom No Fire It's another Haunt-A-Palooza with Elle and Trev! Listen in for ghostly tales, too-real horror, and unedited Halloween chaos. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/38839110

E55: The Phantasmicks 10/23/2025

E55: The Phantasmicks Elle enlightens us on a spooky theatrical practice, some front-of-house staff have embarrassing moments, and Trev stages some impossible scenes. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/38751305

E54: Don't Send In The Clowns 10/16/2025

E54: Don't Send In The Clowns Trev subjects Elle to an episode all about clowns, an actor grabs a drink, and Elle analyzes some famous trios. Send us your stories! We want your tales of follies and fumbles from community theatre, school/college productions, and professional/regional shows. Email us at or fill out our Instagram: Facebook: Logo design: Casey Fiebig Piano accompaniment: Paul Thelen Voice of Stage Manager: Daniel Schneider /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/38600860

Amazing Technicolor Shitshow

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