Amazing Technicolor Shitshow

Amazing Technicolor Shitshow is a podcast exploring the fumbles and follies of theatre at all levels! Hosts Elle and Trev share hilarious and relatable stories from community theater, regional productions, and professional shows.

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

E53: Zoinks! 10/09/2025

E53: Zoinks! Elle gives us the true story of a famous haunted venue, a theatre employee gets a fright, and Trev has a rematch with Old Man Jenkins. 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/38520065

E52: A Bloody Good Time 10/02/2025

E52: A Bloody Good Time Trev spills on theatre blood, two directors have a spat, and Elle identifies some famous last words. 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/38435905

E51: A Year in the Pod 09/25/2025

E51: A Year in the Pod We've had this podcast for a full year! Elle and Trev celebrate with an extra-long, largely unedited episode with tales of triumphs, a whole bunch of games, and some laughs along the way. 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/38348750

E50: Size Matters 09/18/2025

E50: Size Matters Trev shows off the world's largest and smallest theatres, an actor takes a tumble over a tire, and your hosts test their mind powers. 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/38262680

E49: I'm With the Banned 09/11/2025

E49: I'm With the Banned Elle explores the saga of a banned play, we celebrate theatrical anniversaries for the month, and Trev puts a quarter in some jukebox musicals. 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/38151915

E48: Talk to the Hand 09/04/2025

E48: Talk to the Hand Trev shares an unsettling theatrical practice, an actor takes a tumble, and Elle overcomes a personal fear. Check out Theatre Thoughts Blog: 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/38080870

E47: Gigolo to the Queen 08/21/2025

E47: Gigolo to the Queen Trev leaks the secrets of an Elizabethan playwright, a middle school cast saves the show, and Elle flexes her iambic pentameter. 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/37790095

E46: The Riot Of Spring 08/14/2025

E46: The Riot Of Spring Elle explains a disturbance at the ballet, an actor has a brain fart, and Trev makes a mockery of a theatrical classic. 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/37983435

E45: 2 Hot 2 Handel 08/07/2025

E45: 2 Hot 2 Handel Trev talks about an operatic rivalry, a muffin stars in a play, and your hosts get on the same wavelength. 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/37713250

E44: A Well-Themed Anne 07/31/2025

E44: A Well-Themed Anne Elle introduces us to a visionary pioneer of the theatre, a performance goes fowl, and Trev reads some "mew sickle leer hicks." 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/37617290

E43: Cuthbert, the Poorly-Named Son 07/24/2025

E43: Cuthbert, the Poorly-Named Son Trev gives a tour of an old theatre, a teacher gets a bit pissy, and Elle translates some Shakespeare. 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/37528450

E42: Koi Fish Typecasting 07/17/2025

E42: Koi Fish Typecasting A birthday girl tells the tale of a theatrical shipwreck, an actor does his business, and Trev taps into the universe for help with trivia questions. 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/37437365

E41: The Ol' Claptrap 07/10/2025

E41: The Ol' Claptrap Trev astounds us with the history of melodrama, an actor has fallen and can't get up, and Elle writes a truly sensational plot. 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: "Hand Trolley", "Aunt Tagonist", "Villainous Treachery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/37355975

E40: Curtain Call Me Maybe 07/03/2025

E40: Curtain Call Me Maybe Elle takes a bow, an actor gets a stage high, and Trev tries not to make a faux pas. 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/37267370

E39: The Book Of Ethel Merman 06/26/2025

E39: The Book Of Ethel Merman Trev puts an end to the theatre/theater debate, an actor gets too comfy onstage, and Elle deciphers some misspellings. 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/37157875

E38: Midnight Study Session 06/19/2025

E38: Midnight Study Session Elle gives a theatre vocabulary lesson, a young actor has an issue with the text, and Trev makes up some new theatre words. 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/37066825

E37: Eunice, The Tenth Muse 06/12/2025

E37: Eunice, The Tenth Muse Trev muses on the origin of the theatre masks symbol, an actor needs two rounds of medical attention, and Elle turns paintings into plays and musicals. 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: "Mesmerizing Galaxy Loop", "How It Begins", "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/36966705

E36: Make a Lotta Noise 06/05/2025

E36: Make a Lotta Noise Elle explains why we clap, Stephen Sondheim has a hot take, and Trev gives some judicial rulings. 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: "Ave Marimba", "Suonatore di Liuto", "Duet Musette" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/36857795

E35: Bangers and Hate Mail 05/29/2025

E35: Bangers and Hate Mail For this special episode: Trev ranks 100 opening numbers to separate the bangers from the trash, and Elle gets our listeners a little tipsy. 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/36765340

E34: Very Superstitious 05/22/2025

E34: Very Superstitious Elle warns us about some lesser known theatre no-nos, the ghost with the most improvises a line, and Trev explains some of the most obscure theatre superstitions. 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: "Acaidh Cheide", "Expeditionary", "Enchanted Valley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/36663995

E33: Dripping with Jewels 05/15/2025

E33: Dripping with Jewels Trev grants us the story of the Tony Awards, an actor deals with tummy troubles, and Elle gives out some accolades. 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: "Super Circus", "Backbay Lounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/36573705

E32: Shhh! 05/08/2025

E32: Shhh! Elle speaks up about silent performers, a host of the show takes a tumble, and Trev uncovers a horrible truth within himself. 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: "Arid Foothills", "Parisian", "Duet Musette" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License "I Aint Never Had Nobody Crazy Over Me" Performed by the Broadway Syncopaters /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/36480990

E31: Scaramouche! Scaramouche! 05/01/2025

E31: Scaramouche! Scaramouche! Trev reveals the meaning behind some Queen lyrics, an actor has a good reason for skipping rehearsal, and Elle recasts a beloved Broadway hit. 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: "Moonlight Hall", "The Builder" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/36384250

E30: Raw And Uncut 04/24/2025

E30: Raw And Uncut In this special, fully unedited episode, Elle and Trev rant about how theatre has turned their lives into a shitshow. 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 /episode/index/show/335ca9a2-3ce3-46ee-aef4-17ee220cd4bc/id/36289835

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