Between 2 Butts: The Podcast That Lets Nothing Slip Between The Cracks

Come back with us to September 2023 when Tice, Jay, and Becca took stock of their summer adventures. Jay is riding high in his new Jeep and getting in touch with Jeep culture through the extremely wholesome phenomenon of "ducking". Tice is taking his first shots at stand-up paddleboarding, re-assessing his gym goals and STILL taking tentative looks at yoga (through sketchy online ads). And Becca remembers some of the hicc...

In this episode, our guest Erin Gallalee shares with Jay, Becca and Tice her advice about doing research about your character and the advantages of being a character actor and not putting yourself in a box. Then she delights us with stories about Jay making her laugh uncontrollably while watching him in The Elephant Man, the audience laughing inappropriately at her performance in Dangerous Liaisons, many ways of screaming "Vic...

Jay is excited to complete the 9-to-5-Trifecta as he, Becca, and Tice have a chat with actress and singer Jolene Vettese! She tells stories about her history in musical theatre and experimental theatre, studying theatre and performing at Syracuse and abroad in London, trying to do "the New York thing" and getting a job with Oxygen TV, and her thoughts on the current state of community theatre. Of course, she gives us some...

Our seventy-first episode begins with Becca considering a small cat tattoo and Jay trying to talk her into a big one. Tice mulls over getting a tat but wonders about the cost; Jay serves up info. Job-hunting Jay then shares a video of tips (from Bryan Creely of A Life After Layoff) on how to maximize your results from LinkedIn, with everyone weighing in with reactions. After that, Tice takes us down the Dilbert-hole with much more ...

Becca, Tice and Jay each weigh in on the phenomenon known as Hockey Butt (and lack thereof) as our lead-in to a delightful session with actor and director Michael Kharfen, star of Superior Donuts, The Diary of Anne Frank, Frost/Nixon, and Amadeus, as well as director of A Streetcar Named Desire, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, As You Like It, Wit, and more, not to mention director of various public health organizations. In this episode, M...

An episode we've been waiting for (and honestly, had to re-start) with guest Joey Olson! Joey is president of the Reston Community Players, and he has appeared in such shows as "9 to 5", "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Bright Star", and most recently "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" along with our own Becca Harney! Besides telling us about his illustrious theatre car...

Between 2 Butts is between guests so Jay, Becca, and Tice are choosing discussion topics at will. Becca muses over losing her credit card virginity. Tice leaves the subject of the Un-"Dilbert"ing on the table and instead decides to keep trying to make fun of "Pluggers", which allows Becca to bring up numerous family anecdotes. Jay declares his intention to grow and nurture his beard, bringing along a few tips fr...

On this Between Two Butts, Tice, Jay, and Becca are joined by director and choreographer Stefan Sittig, whose recent work includes Urinetown and The Mystery of Edwin Drood at the Workhouse Arts Center, as well as Man of La Mancha, Xanadu, and many others. Stefan fills us in on his journey from DC to South America to Charlottesville and Richmond and once again to DC...including how growing up steeped in samba in Brazil affected his ...

After a long rest, here's an episode with just little ol' us, and although some big things have happened, nothing much has changed. Jay continues to ask newlywed Becca about her married-name status and test the boundaries of what first names Becca accepts. Nothing has changed. Jay shares his newfound love of Babymetal (see links below), Becca talks The Last of Us, and Tice reveals to the group one of his Twitter follows: ...

The Between 2 Butts crew is all a-flutter because Becca's about to get married to her beloved (and often-mentioned on the podcast) Bryan. Jay plays around with Becca's possible new name and edits everyone's middle names to suit his liking, insulting Tice when he forgets that Tice already IS his middle name. 
We are then joined by guest Jasmine Michelle: actor, writer, cosplayer, and more, who started her theatre ...

In an episode that could have been titled "Slawin' Down", "Hobo: Origins", or "Uranus Spins Backwards", Jay, Becca and Tice talk with actor and space expert Pam Sabella about her theatre, TV and film experiences both locally and in LA, including her middle school theatre teacher almost talking her out of acting (and later eating her words), doing Shakespeare without knowing what it all means, play...

After we open with some final(?) laughs at the expense of Becca's surname before her wedding, we greet Jay's and Tice's former improv teacher, as well as Dungeon Master and podcast host Dave Rockwell! Dave takes us through his introduction in elementary school to Dungeons and Dragons, his introduction to improv via ComedySportz, his return to D&D after a 25-year hiatus following the demise of DC ComedySportz, and...

It's a casual no-guests episode! Tice and Jay exchange loving beard compliments and, as we are approaching the date of Becca's nuptials  we talk about nebulous wedding dress codes, and dress-pant sweatpants. Becca and Jay reflect on their recent performances in The Sound of Music (as the Baroness and Captain von Trapp) and their character choices-- how the Baroness is NOT just a bitch, how Jay got to show some range and e...

It's an unusual Between Two Butts, in which Jay and Becca turn the spotlight on producer-of-few-words Tice Rust! We find out about his name origin, his start in improv, his forays into stage acting, his job history (including DC's very fancy Willard Hotel), and even some discussion of lumbersexuality. But this is the podcast you know and love, so we also have talk of matrimonial tandem toilets and a cautionary restroom st...

It's big episode Six-O! As we push into the sixties, Jay, Becca and Tice hang out with actor/musician Laura Mills, the Lucy to Jay's Snoopy, and maybe even a voice you have heard on the phone without knowing it.  During this episode, Laura shares tons of glorious info with us, including  her experiences playing Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast, Doralee in 9 to 5,  and moms in so many productions from her youth. She also...

Tice, Becca and Jay have a chat with one of the inspirations for this very podcast, a performer of many talents, Liz Colandene, aka Lizzy Pasta! Liz is the performing arts coordinator at the Workhouse Arts Center in Northern Virginia, an actor, musician, visual artist, and host of the Workhouse's Chat & Sip video series. In this episode, Liz talks about how she got named Lizzy Pasta, her performances in Little Shop of Horr...

Huzzah! Jay, Tice, and Becca are joined by seasoned Renaissance festival performers Tony and Mark Korol-Evans! In this installment of the show you'll meet two actors who have played as characters in the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Find out anything you want to know about Renaissance festivals from the people who wrote the book on it (literally!) You´ll hear which Renaissance festival was designed by Escher (all uphill!), wh...

Becca, Tice and Jay welcome an old-improv-buddy-turned-New-York-actor Shravan Amin, whose career now includes shadowy gigs with limousines and non-disclosure agreements. Join us as we remember his origins as a dance recital DJ, his beginnings in improv, his first theatre roles, and his move to New York. Along the way, we touch on the improv game Freeze, why Shrave loves doing Shakespeare, and resume hacks. Also in this episode, exc...

In this episode, Tice, Jay and Becca talk to performer-hair and makeup artist-cosplayer-writer Ahryel Tinker! She takes us back to her garage performances for friends and family, demonstrates her amazing Britney Spears impression, remembers how seeing "Chicago" changed her life, discusses dream roles and dream cosplays, and writing horror. We also have a running discussion in this episode about whether Jay and Ahryel are ...