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Podcast, 2026, July-Dec, July 2026 Kristin Eggerling Podcast, 2026, July-Dec, July 2026 Kristin Eggerling

11.4.26 Allison Page

Allison Page grew up in Thief River Falls and now is a playwright and comedy writer living in Nashville, Tennessee. Several comedic pieces that she wrote are in this year's TRFACT's An Evening of Short Comedies. 

Some background on Allison: Her plays include Terms & Conditions (2026/2027 ORIGINS play at Coachella Valley Rep), There Have Been a Series of Miracles at Shrieking Ridge (2025 Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission Semifinalist), Roberta at the Bottom of the Pool (2024 Tennessee Playwrights Studio Fellowship), Over a Barrel (Paul Bunyan Playhouse), Sorry About The Galvanism (Duluth Playhouse), The Jersey Devil Play (Awesome Theatre Company), and many others. Her published works include The Pyramid (YouthPLAYS), Hilarity (EXIT Press), and Dear Philosopher (Penguin Australia). For 12 years, she worked regularly for San Francisco’s largest sketch comedy company Killing My Lobster, as a writer, head writer, director, award-winning performer, and from 2014-2022, she also served as Artistic Director. Her pilot script, Himbo, was a second-rounder at Austin Film Festival. She likes to write about monsters who are sometimes also people.

After the TRFACT show, her next production is also her first outside the United States — The Hello Girls when it gets its world premiere in Paris.

𝑨𝒏 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 will be performed November 19-21 at 7 PM at the TRF Eagles Club. Tickets are available at https://tinyurl.com/TRFACTEOS.

Listen to the conversation to hear more about Allison’s background and current projects. Find Allison on her website at allisonpageishere.com.

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Podcast, 2025, July-Dec Kristin Eggerling Podcast, 2025, July-Dec Kristin Eggerling

11.5.25 Megan Maloney

Megan Maloney spoke with Phil about her history in the arts, taking over as the Executive-Artistic Director of Thief River Falls Community Theater, and Jane’s legacy. TRFACT is producing An Evening of Short Comedies Nov 13-15 at the Eagles Club in Thief River. Tickets are available online at TRFACT.org or at the door. Megan shared how they come up with the upcoming shows. The upcoming season will include The Sound of Music (directed by Jane Anderson), for kids ages 2nd-5th grade Frozen Kids, Teresa McGriff will be directing The Sweet Delilah Swim Club, and Something Rotten Jr for teens. Listen to all of the conversation!

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Podcast, 2025, Jan-June Kristin Eggerling Podcast, 2025, Jan-June Kristin Eggerling

5.21.25 Jane Anderson

Jane Anderson, Executive Director of the Thief River Falls Community Theater, spoke about TRFACT’s 30 year anniversary, the organization, the upcoming shows this summer, including Little Shop of Horrors (June 4-6 and 9-11), Seussical Kids (June 24-26), Talking with … by Jane Martin (July 9-10), and The Addams Family (July 29-31). You can buy tickets for these shows online at TRFACT.org. Jane also shared anecdotes about the importance and impact of theater for kids, as well as her work at TRFACT (including grant writing, publicity, and signing contracts, and more. Listen to the conversation to learn more about TRFACT and theater!

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Podcast, July-Dec, 2023 Kristin Eggerling Podcast, July-Dec, 2023 Kristin Eggerling

11.7.23 Jane Anderson

Jane Anderson of Thief River Falls is the Director of the Thief River Falls Area Community Theater. She and Pioneer 90.1’s Ron West spoke about ACT's upcoming An Evening of Short Comedies November 16-18. She entertained Ron with stories about her theater background and more. Finally, she provided an update about other ACT shows and happenings. Listen to learn more and head to Thief River to see the show!

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