Life in Stages with Joel Greenberg
Episodes
Ep. 52 - Norm Foster
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Norm Foster is a highly produced Canadian playwright known for accessible, funny and heartwarming comedies like “The Melville Boys”, “The Fourso...
Ep. 51 - Michael Therriault
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Michael’s jam-packed resume is itself a testament to the many stages in a professional actor’s life. So, having Michael join me in conversation is...
Ep. 50 - Deb Drakeford
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Deb and I met about 25 years ago when we were both working on the Canadian premiere of “The Laramie Project”, the production that launched Studio ...
Ep. 49 - Jim Betts
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jim is a multi-talented writer-performer-director with more than 50 years of professional experience. I first saw Jim in the original Toronto producti...
Ep. 48 - Lucy Peacock
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy just completed her 38th season at the Stratford Festival and was the recipient of the Stratford Festival Legacy Award in 2023.She has played in o...
Ep. 47 - David Storch
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
David has spent as much of his career onstage as he has in front of cameras. Stage credits include “The Nether” (Studio 180 theatre/Coalmine), “...
Ep. 46 - Linda Kash
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Linda began her professional career at Second City (Toronto) where she performed, directed and conducted workshops. She has appeared in and directed m...
Ep. 45 - Tom Rooney
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tom has been a member of the Stratford Company for 12 seasons. Additionally, he has performed in “Someone Else”, “The Seagull” and “The Wedd...
Ep. 44 - Toronto Mike Interviews Joel Greenberg
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bringing this season to a close, Mike becomes host to Joel -- and this is their 3rd conversation, which makes sense since we are in Season 3 -- how th...
Ep. 43 - Judith Thompson
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Judith is the author of more than a dozen plays, all produced in Canada and many translated and produced internationally. She has written two produc...
Ep. 42 - Susan Coyne
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Susan has appeared in leading roles in theatres across the country, including The Royal Manitob...
Ep. 41 - Evan Buliung
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Evan has been a leading player across various stages and screens in Canada and the United States for 30 years. As a longtime member of both the S...
Ep. 40 - Barbara Gordon
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I first saw Barbara in a Toronto production of The Dining Room. I was completely taken with her performance, her warmth, her clarity. I hoped that I...
Ep. 39 - Brad Fraser
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brad is among the most produced and prolific Canadian playwrights. Born in Edmonton, he won his first playwriting competition at the age of 17. He h...
Ep. 38 - Andrew Gillies
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew’s tally of theatre, film and television credits is daunting, and this thumbnail sketch barely scratches the surface. Fourteen seasons at the...
Ep. 37 - Allan Stratton
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many of my guests have discussed the paths they followed through careers both linear and pin-ball like. Allan Stratton begins by stating that he was...
Ep. 36 - Benedict Campbell
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben is in his 50th year as a professional actor. And as weighty as this is, his family history that is equally striking. To take nothing away from ...
Ep. 35 - Jonathan Goad
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and I met in the early 90’s at the University of Waterloo where he was among the students who, years later, performed in The Laramie Project, ...
Ep. 34 - Paul Dunn
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul juggles a career as playwright and actor with effortless dexterity. Having trained at the National Theatre School, Paul understands the value o...
Ep. 33 - Nora McLellan
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Among the country’s most versatile actors, Nora has performed in every style, just about everywhere in Canada. Listing many of her theatre cred...
Ep. 32 - Matthew Jocelyn
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew has worked in both opera and theatre for the past 20 years. Born in Canada, Matthew has spent much of his professional life in Europe, where...
Ep. 31 - Rosemary Dunsmore
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Multi award-winning actor, Rosemary’s resume is its own mini-series. The range of her theatre, television and film credits is more than this brief...
Ep. 30 - Ronnie Burkett
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ronnie is one of Canada’s foremost theatre artists, credited with creating some of the world’s most elaborate and provocative puppetry. Ronnie B...
Ep. 29 - Avery Saltzman
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Currently Co-Artistic Director of Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Avery has an extensive resume as an actor both in Canada and beyond. In Canada, Aver...
New Season -- New Sponsor
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to Zieglerwealth.com -- and continued thanks to all those who help, and have helped, to keep Life in Stages moving forward since our launch exa...
Ep. 28 - Jim Mezon
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing each of my guests is one of the challenges coordinating the roster for Life in Stages. The artists who accept my invitation to sit down ...
An Announcement From Joel
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Greenberg has an announcement to make regarding a third season of Life in Stages.
Life in Stages – Episode 27
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the final episode in Series 2 – but please note that Series 3 is on its way. This week, our guest host is Jody Howze. I met Jody in th...
Ep. 26 – RH Thomson
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Thomson may be among the busiest and most sought-after actors in the country. “May”? Change that to ‘Is”. His list of accomplishment...
Ep. 25 – Seana McKenna
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Seana is yet one more guest whose professional resume approaches the magnitude of an anthology. It’s entirely accurate to say that she has done ju...
Ep. 24 -- Allen MacInnis
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve known Allen for more than 20 years, but until we met recently, I had no idea that, in addition to being Artistic Director at both Young Peopl...
Ep. 23 – Rebecca Northan
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anyone fortunate enough to have seen “Blind Date” has already met Rebecca Northan, although speaking with her is an altogether calmer experience...
Ep. 22 – Tom McCamus
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom has as varied a resume as any actor you are ever likely to encounter. In fact, when we first started our conversation, I said that I felt an urg...
Ep. 21 – Maria Ricossa
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maria began her career (and her life) in the United States. But once she had a taste of life in Canada, both personal and professional, Toronto soon...
Ep. 20 - Nancy Palk
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy is originally from Winnipeg, studied at Queen’s University and then trained at The National Theatre School, in Montreal. She was among the f...
Ep. 19 - Jonathan Wilson
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan and I met at an audition. I didn’t cast him, but I knew that I wanted to work with him one day. Before I had that opportunity, I saw My O...
Ep. 18 - Morris Panych
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Morris’s recollection of how discovering theatre transformed him is both moving and chuckle-worthy. Like so many of my guests, he underlines that,...
Ep. 17 - Jessica Greenberg
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica is my older daughter, so let’s get that on the table and move on. Jess discusses her college years at McGill, where she focussed on Polit...
Ep. 16 - Ted Dykstra
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ted is among our guests who has accomplished just about everything one can imagine a theatre artist achieving. As an actor, a musician, a writer, an...
Ep. 15 – Sharry Flett
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sharry and I met and worked together for the first time as company members in the Summer Festival of Arts in Montreal, 1969. I directed Sharry on ...
Ep. 14 – Patrick Galligan
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick’s career might have been in the Law, following his father and grandfather before him, had he not found himself in a university production ...
Ep. 13 – Corrine Koslo
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Corrine joins me as the first of our new season’s guests. Although we haven’t worked together before, I have certainly seen her work in many Tor...
Ep. 12 – Mike and Joel
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Series 2 of Life in Stages begins with Mike engaging me in conversation about my thoughts and responses to Series 1’s 11 episodes. We discuss how ...
Ep. 11 – Final Episode of Series One
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
LIFE IN STAGES ends Series One with this special episode, responding to comments and suggestions from listeners and supporters. It seems that my...
Ep. 10 – Fiona Reid
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One aspect that links all our guests is the unqualified ability to refuse to take ‘No’ for an answer. Fiona Reid understands this as well as anyon...
Joel Makes an Exciting Announcement
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this quick bonus episode of Life in Stages in which Joel Greenberg makes an exciting announcement.
Ep. 9 – Ron Lea
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Ron was performing in the Studio 180-HGJT production of My Name is Asher Lev, I was struck by the fact that audience members refused to believe t...
Ep. 8 – Janelle Hutchison
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Of all my guests this first season series, I have known Janelle Hutchison the longest. We met in the early 70’s when we were cast as understudies fo...
Ep. 7 – Sterling Jarvis
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sterling Jarvis began his performing life as a singer – bands, receptions of all kinds. But that wasn’t how I met him. In fact, I first worked wit...
Ep. 6 – Tracy Michailidis
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Early in my conversation with Tracy Michailidis, as we discuss professional training, she jokingly refers to herself as ‘an impostor’ because, rat...
Ep. 5 – Michael Healey
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to believe that Michael Healey, playwright of The Drawer Boy and The Master Plan (and several original and adapted projects in between), s...
Ep. 4 – Sarah Orenstein
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Orenstein was a touchstone for me during the pandemic lockdown. We’d meet outdoors, drink coffee and inflict ourselves and our anxieties on ea...
Ep. 3 – Jeff Miller
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meeting Jeff Miller is a guaranteed good time. Possessed of a great sense of humour and delighting in the absurdities of life, Jeff is a model of the ...
Ep. 2 – Sheila McCarthy
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When I begin talking with Sheila McCarthy, I know that I’m in for a good time – and so will you be. In addition to discussing her stage debut at a...
Ep. 1 – Mark McGrinder
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A great way to launch LIFE IN STAGES is with our first guest, Mark McGrinder. Mark and I met in 1990 at the University of Waterloo – he was enteri...
Life In Stages with Joel Greenberg Teaser Trailer
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s a preview of what you will be hearing in the first series of LIFE IN STAGES, conversations with many of our most accomplished Canadian actors...