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Season One Q & A:  Sean Answers Your Burning Questions!

Season One Q & A: Sean Answers Your Burning Questions!

FromStage Combat: A Mental Health Story


Season One Q & A: Sean Answers Your Burning Questions!

FromStage Combat: A Mental Health Story

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Bonus Episode.   Sean and Stage Combat Voice Actor Ellen Warner answer listener questions about Season One.   We're spilling the tea on all things Stage Combat!Warning: SPOILERS AHEAD if you have not listened to all nine episodes of Season One. Edited by Andrew Linn.Podcast icon designed by Fran Pinter-Parrott.Produced by Haywood Productions, LLC.Sean Hayden is the CEO of Haywood Productions, LLC.  As a professional actor, Sean has appeared in two Broadway national tours and in plays and musicals in theaters across the country.    He is a proud union member of Actors' Equity Association.  As a mental health advocate, Sean has provided thought leadership on how employers can better support the mental health of their employees.  His op-ed on “Men and Mental Health” appeared in The Economic Times.   Sean resides in New York City and upstate New York with his husband, a screenwriter.   Follow us:Instagram @stagecombatthepodcastIGFacebook, TikTok and LinkedIn:  Stage Combat the PodcastEmail us:  stagecombatthepodcast@gmail.comSign up for the Stage Combat newsletter and listen to episodes online at stagecombathepodcast.comClaim Your Story!The Stage Combat story continues in Season Two this summer.  Keep following here for the premiere date!Mental Health Resources:The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a free, nationwide peer-support service providing information, resource referrals and support to people living with a mental health condition.  Call the help line at 1 800 950 6264 or text to 62640. If you or someone or know is in crisis or contemplating self-harm, you can reach out to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by simply dialing or texting 988.  
Released:
Jun 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Welcome to the new, groundbreaking podcast series about a leading actor who experiences a mental health crisis at one of the most powerful theatres in the country: The Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. In 2019, Sean Hayden thought he had booked the role of his dreams at the prestigious Goodspeed in its production of "Billy Elliot, The Musical." As he drove over the Connecticut river and laid his eyes on the fairy tale Opera House for the first time, Sean had no idea what would be looming behind its doors. "Stage Combat: A Mental Health Story" takes the listener into the insular world of the theatre industry in which the unspoken rule is, “You are not supposed to speak up. Or there will be consequences.” If you thought all the drama happens on stage, wait until you hear what happens after the curtain closes in this immersive listening experience. In a unique format, each episode is followed by a short “post-show talk back” with Sean and a mental health professional. Together they unpack the issues presented in the episode in provocative conversations about mental health and the theatre industry.