The Joe Newsense Show

"The Joe Newsense Podcast" is just a good, old-fashioned simple parodic interview-format improv comedy podcast! Joe Newsense and Timmy Decibel (played by CADA's very own Ruben Ryan and Dean Coutris) interview guests who play characters... or themselves.  

This week is ANOTHER CROSSOVER episode, featuring the star of "Vanquish Presents: Autism AND!"

Vanquish Hudson has a Bachelor's degree in Social Work and a minor in Film from Cleveland State University. She can be seen as an extra in movies such as Judas and the Black Messiah, Cherry, and White Noise.

"The Joe Newsense Podcast" is just a good, old-fashioned simple parodic interview-format improv comedy podcast! Joe Newsense and Timmy Decibel (played by CADA's very own Ruben Ryan and Dean Coutris) interview guests who play characters... or themselves. This week, producer Eddie Torial (played by Joseph Moran) warns our hosts about not upsetting their returning guest, Sammy J, played by Samir Hammoud, for another ICN CROSSOVER EPISODE!

"The Joe Newsense Podcast" is just a good, old-fashioned simple parodic interview-format improv comedy podcast! Joe Newsense and Timmy Decibel (played by CADA's very own Ruben Ryan and Dean Coutris) interview guests who play characters... or themselves. This week, Jonathan Knight will be inhabiting his own character, Vacant. Mostly known for his ten years of improv and professional wrestling, Jonathan is also a published poet and stand-up comedian. Learn more at: centerforada.org/icn-lineup

"The Joe Newsense Podcast" is just a good, old-fashioned simple parodic interview-format improv comedy podcast! Joe Newsense and Timmy Decibel (played by CADA's very own Ruben Ryan and Dean Coutris) interview guests who play characters... or themselves.  

This week is a flashback and a crossover episode: TWO guests in ONE!

Amanda Bugenske is a long-time CADA student who has acted in several productions, including "More than Meets the Eye." She loves musical theatre and Elvis tribute shows. She will be inhabiting her own improv character, Molly Velvet.

Samir Hammoud is an actor and writer of "Mario's New Friend," which was CADA's first ever Zoom play. He will be inhabiting his improv creation and star of his own ICN show, "My Dinner with Sammy J."

"The Joe Newsense Podcast" is just a good, old-fashioned simple parodic interview-format improv comedy podcast! Joe Newsense and Timmy Decibel (played by CADA's very own Ruben Ryan and Dean Coutris) interview guests who play characters... or themselves.  

This week: Justin Miller was taught by CADA's very own Wendy Duke and is involved in several theater groups, including the improv group Stark Raving Mad and QuTheatr.

"The Joe Newsense Podcast" is just a good, old-fashioned simple parodic interview-format improv comedy podcast! Joe Newsense and Timmy Decibel (played by CADA's very own Ruben Ryan and Dean Coutris) interview guests who play characters... or themselves.

This week: Amanda Bugenske is a long-time CADA student who has acted in several productions, including "Mario's New Friend" and "More than Meets the Eye." She loves musical theatre and Elvis tribute shows. She will be inhabiting her own improv character, Molly Velvet.

"The Joe Newsense Podcast" is just a good, old-fashioned simple parodic interview-format improv comedy podcast! Joe Newsense and Timmy Decibel (played by CADA's very own Ruben Ryan and Dean Coutris) interview guests who play characters... or themselves.

This week: Anna-Jeannine Griesacker completed coursework for her MA in Arts Administration at The University of Akron in 2021, during which she worked with CADA on grantwriting before becoming our Administrative Director, then Interim Executive Director. In addition to her experience onstage and backstage, she founded an award-winning boutique entertainment firm that brought her knowledge of theatre performance and design to charity, corporate, and private clients. She will be inhabiting her own improv character, Gabi Upstart.

"The Joe Newsense Podcast" is just a good, old-fashioned simple parodic interview-format improv comedy podcast! Joe Newsense and Timmy Decibel (played by CADA's very own Ruben Ryan and Dean Coutris) interview guests who play characters... or themselves.

This week: Joseph Moran studied drama at Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts. A former CADA student and co-actor, Joseph was a part of Theatre on the Spectrum from the beginning. He can be seen in the documentary The Forgotten Dead now playing on Western Reserve PBS. 

"The Joe Newsense Podcast" is just a good, old-fashioned simple parodic interview-format improv comedy podcast! Joe Newsense and Timmy Decibel (played by CADA's very own Ruben Ryan and Dean Coutris) interview guests who play characters... or themselves.

This week: Jordan Euell is a comedian and writer who worked with CADA from 2014-2021. He recently graduated from Kent State with a BS in Digital Media Production with a Theatre Minor and is currently pursuing an MFA in Screenwriting at DePaul University, even studying with Second City. He hosts ICN podcast, "Well, That Was Awkward..." premiering March 6, 2023.

"The Joe Newsense Podcast" is just a good, old-fashioned simple parodic interview-format improv comedy podcast! Joe Newsense and Timmy Decibel (played by CADA's very own Ruben Ryan and Dean Coutris) interview guests who play characters... or themselves.

This week: The Center for Applied Drama and Autism (CADA), was founded by Wendy Duke and Laura Valendza, who met at Miller South, Akron’s School for the Arts. Duke, the drama director, and Valendza, the intervention specialist who happened to be an actor, bonded over a love of Shakespeare and shared autistic students who were inexplicably drawn to the theatre program. They collaborated on creating an acting class for autistic and disabled children at Weathervane Playhouse, and over the years, developed a curriculum and process for working that inspires the growth and empowerment of diverse people on the autism spectrum through theatre-based programming.