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Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals

Join Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Music Director Sam Scheidler, and drummer Chris Ditton as they create brand new musicals — completely on the fly — alongside some of Chicago’s most charming music improvisers and performers. Welcome to the scene!

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#69: "Infinite Hot Topic" with Barb Jackson and Hugh...

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2026/01/06

Let's go to the mall! It's the first episode of 2026, and we've got a DUO. Charming guests Barb Jackson and Hugh Walker (Director and Writer/Composer of "Evangelikids!") join us for an all-new improvised musical, set in the long lost world of US shopping malls. A captive Claire's, a submerged Spencer Gifts, troubling taekwondo, and more. Yay capitalism!Barb Jackson is a writer, performer, and director originally from Northern California. She has called Chicago home for 4 years, but you can still

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75:17

#68: Challenge Episode! New Years Eve with Just Us...

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/12/30

What better way to celebrate the new year than a CHALLENGE EPISODE? We've got the gang together to ring in 2026 with resolute rhymes, timely time signatures, a charming champaign toast, and so much more - including a special surprise appearance from friend of the pod, Maya Tanaka! Happy New Year from all of us at Charm Scene!Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Maya Tanaka Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, or shoot us a

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65:11

#67: "Santa: Origins" with Santa Claus!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/12/23

You better watch out. You better not cry. Because this improviser is a heck of a guy. It's our CHRISTMAS EPISODE with charming guest and huge get - Santa Claus! In this week's fully improvised musical, we revisit the true (and dark?) origins of Kris Kringle, complete with radiated reindeer, 70s swag, and a babbling Baby New Year. Happy Holidays!Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Santa Claus Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram, TikTok, and

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60:11

#66: "Abominable Sasquatch" with Daniel Matthews!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/12/16

BRRRRRR. This week we welcome the abominable Daniel Matthews, as he shares his experience puppeteering "Nigel the Sasquatch" for a series of Chuck E' Cheese music videos. This wintery improvised musical comes complete with miserable misfits, supportive straights, and hungry hungry hippos. Find where you belong on this week's Charm Scene!Daniel (He/Him) grew up in the suburbs of Texas between Fort Worth and Dallas. He started improv back in his junior year of high school and has been performing

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58:40

#65: "The Secret-er Garden" with Jessica Joy!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/12/09

To you he's just a sickly kid, but one day he just might be governor. Pod favorite Jessica Joy is back for another fully improvised musical, this time inspiring us with her real life summer stock experience in "The Secret Garden." Sour servants, talking termites, bags of bullets, and more in this week's Charm Scene! Make a wish!Jessica Joy is an actor and sketch comedian originally from Cleveland, Ohio! She is an alumni of the Second City in Chicago, where she wrote and performed in the Jeff

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57:30

#64: "Wedding AUNT-aliano" with Carlos Rivera!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/12/02

It might be December, but it's wedding season on Charm Scene! Charming guest Carlos Rivera helps us plan the perfect wedding in this week's fully improvised musical, with brooding brides, massive monologues, and aunt-ish ants! Will anyone find love? Find out this week on Charm Scene!Carlos, a rare species of "non-fluent in Spanish" Miami native, has done improv for most of his adult life. Since moving to Chicago in 2016 to pursue comedy, he has successfully graduated from the Annoyance, iO, CiC,

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62:41

#63: "Beltsgiving" with Sydney Clinton!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/11/25

What's that shiny object at the thrift store? It's a surprise Charm Scene Thanksgiving with charming guest Sydney Clinton! Sydney tells us a bit about her time as a performer and comedian, and her dad's unique perspective on her career, which we use as inspiration for an all-new fully improvised musical - featuring balladic belts, feuding families, a kicked Kyle, and more. Happy Thanksgiving!Sydney Clinton is a Chicago-based performer who plays on stages across the city. Catch her regularly in

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44:32

"Rhyming Crash Course" with MC Hammersmith (Chat...

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/11/20

It's all rhymes and good times in this very special episode of Chat Scene! MC Hammersmith (aka our dear friend Will Naameh) is back again, this time discussing his origins in comedy and hip-hop, and giving us some advanced tips and tricks on rhyming. Join us!--- MC Hammersmith (the alias of Will Naameh), is a multi-award winning hip hop comedian. He is the world’s leading rapper to ever emerge from the ghetto of middle class west London. In his live shows, MC Hammersmith performs improvised hip hop

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53:09

#62: "Big Thick Men" with MC Hammersmith!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/11/18

Get PUMPED. This week we're joined by charming guest and UK's thickest boy - MC Hammersmith! It's a fully improvised musical, complete with melodious mayors, brutish boys, critical crosswords and more! Get your reps in on this all new Charm Scene! LADS LADS LADS. --- MC Hammersmith (the alias of Will Naameh), is a multi-award winning hip hop comedian. He is the world’s leading rapper to ever emerge from the ghetto of middle class west London. In his live shows, MC Hammersmith performs improvised

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64:55

#61: "Jar Wars" with Christian Torres!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/11/11

Jar Jar. Jar Jar Binks Star Wars. It's about Jar Jar. These are his wars.Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Christian Torres Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, join our Discord, or shoot us a message at CharmScenePod@gmail.com!

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65:06

"We Have Reached the End of Our Show" with Ali...

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/11/04

Breaking news! Charming guest Ali Gordon (last heard in episode #24) wrote a BOOK? Join us in this very special episode of Chat Scene as we discuss her debut novel, her New York improv roots, the LA comedy scene, and more. Get your copy today at whatdoesaligordondo.comAli Gordon is a comedian, author, and educator from New York City, now living in sunny Los Angeles. Ali has performed for years with Team Starkid, most recently in "VHS Christmas Carols" in Chicago at the Apollo Theater. Ali also

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61:53

#60: "The Night Family" with Sean Buckley!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/10/28

What's that sound in the hall? It's the final Charm SCREAM of the year, and we're finally spooky. Charming guest Sean Buckley ("Phony Award," "Teen Girl Book," "Oops All Bards") joins us for another terrifying improvised musical, complete with ghostly gaming, ridiculous radio, manipulative motherhood, and more. Meet the OTHER family in your house, this week on Charm Scream!Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Sean Buckley Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScenePod on

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33:37

Chat Scene - Jackbox Party Pack 11 with Austin Packard!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/10/23

Austin's in a game! In this bonus episode, we sit down with our own Austin Packard, voice of The Bard in the Jackbox Party Pack 11's "Legends of Trivia," (out NOW!) to talk all things Jackbox. Welcome, adventurous trivia team, to the land of Chat Scene!Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Sam Scheidler Follow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, or shoot us a message at CharmScenePod@gmail.com!

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60:49

#59: "The THE House" with Allie Gospel!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/10/21

They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're all together ooky, and legally distinct. Our month of Charm SCREAM continues, this week with the incredible Allie Gospel ("Anarchy," "Faking The Band," "Lil' Sluggers")! It's another terrifying improvised musical, complete with a devlish dare, a wicked wing, and gruesome government connections! Welcome to the family! Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Allie Gospel Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us

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#58: "ApotheSCARY" with Kerri Morrison!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/10/14

It's a 'fowl,' witchy good time on this week's Charm SCREAM. We welcome charming guest Kerri Morrison ("Faking The Band," "Blank," "Improvised Sondheim Project") for another horrifying, terrifying, very very spooky improvised musical. Bumbling birds, pesky potions, humongous hands, and more. Come fly with us... if you dare!Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Kerri Morrison Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, or shoot us a

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58:05

#57: "Charm SCREAM" Challenge Episode with Just Us!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/10/07

There's nothing SPOOKIER than surprise improvised songs! It's finally October, and our month of Charm SCREAM-ingly horrifying improvised musicals has just begun. We're starting off with just the four of us for a scary good time of music improv challenges, all themed around our favorite spooky season. Gruesome games, creepy key changes, ghastly gets, and more in this all-new special episode of Charm SCREAM. Happy Halloween!Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris

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#56: "Of Mice & Bi Men" with Simon Tessmer!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/09/30

It's the classic tale of two interns who are also neighbors who are also consensual polyamorous lovers. This week we welcome charming guest Simon Tessmer ("Hitchcocktails," "Clued In," "Jackie Bass") for another fully improvised musical - complete with scientific sun tans, misogynistic mice, troubled tradwives and so much more. Tap into your rage for an all new Charm Scene!Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Simon Tessmer Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScenePod

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58:30

#55: "Dreams & Beans" with Ryan J. Hurdle!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/09/23

Sharks, have we got a product for you. Charming guest Ryan J. Hurdle ("Gums," "Y2K: A 90s Musical," Voila) takes us to the cutthroat world of investing and also parking. We've got daring dreams, climbing camera men, and a lyrical Lin Manuel Miranda in this fully improvised musical. Your dreams are what they seems on this week's Charm Scene!Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Ryan J. Hurdle Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube,

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53:46

#54: "A Happy Medium" with Heather Scholl!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/09/16

How have we not done a western yet?? This week on Charm Scene, we've got the phenomenal Heather Scholl (Phony Award, Voila, ComedySportz, Anarchy) back again for another fully improvised musical! Curious cowboys, towns and tracks, a medium marriage, and more. Hear those western weddin' bells, this week on Charm Scene!Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Heather Scholl Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, or shoot us a message

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59:24

#53: "Not Beauty & The Not Beast" with Ben Auxier!

Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals ·

2025/09/09

Charm Scene is BACK and so is charming guest Ben Auxier (Friend Dog Studios, Wheel of Improv, RIFF)! We go deep into yet another fully improvised musical, with personified pits, marching meatballs, minor miners, and a faulty understanding of the US copyright system. No one charms like Gaston!Cast: Lily Ludwig, Austin Packard, Ben Auxier Music Director: Sam Scheidler Drums: Chris Ditton Follow us @CharmScenePod on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, or shoot us a message at

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