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"Bucking the System": Rebecca Caine Claims Her Story

"Bucking the System": Rebecca Caine Claims Her Story

FromStage Combat: A Mental Health Story


"Bucking the System": Rebecca Caine Claims Her Story

FromStage Combat: A Mental Health Story

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Aug 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Audiences around the world know actor Rebecca Caine for originating the role of "Cosette" in Les Miserables and as one of the most iconic "Christine Daes" of Phantom of the Opera.   But what many don't know about Rebecca is that she has her own harrowing "Stage Combat" story.  Something that happened to her in the theatre industry almost thirty years ago.For the first time in a podcast interview, Rebecca is "claiming her story" and discussing with Sean Hayden what really happened to her in 1990s in this very special bonus episode.Content warning:  contains strong language.Rebecca Caine is best known for creating the role of Cosette in the original production of Les Miserables at The Royal Shakespeare Company and in London’s West End where she made her debut as Laurie in Oklahoma! And subsequently played the role of Christine with the original company of the Phantom of the Opera, a role she originated at the Canadian Premiere in Toronto. She made her North American operatic debut at the Canadian Opera Company as Lulu, going on to sing a variety of roles there and winning the Dora Mavor Moore Award in the title role of The Cunning Little Vixen. She has gone on to appear in opera, musicals and plays internationally and enjoys an extensive recital and cabaret career, which has taken her to every province and territory in Canada except Quebec, The Yukon and Nunavut.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.   Edited by Andrew Linn and Alex Griffith.Podcast icon designed by Fran Pinter-Parrott.Produced by Haywood Productions, LLC.
Released:
Aug 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (32)

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.