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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Signup to Generate a PitchJoin 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!
Recent episodes include "#101: "Who's That Freshman?" - LIVE at Imposters Theater!" (13 October 2026, 85 minutes), "A Look Back at 100 Episodes of Charm Scene! (Chat Scene #6)" (11 August 2026, 58 minutes), and "#100: "Charm Scene 100" - LIVE at iO Theater!" (4 August 2026, 60 minutes).
Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 63 minutes across 109 episodes.
Booking probability for Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals's contact route on record: verified email.
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Charm Scene: Improvised Musicals is a comedy show with 109 episodes published.
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Episode #109
We're alive! And ready for a (food) fight. We travelled to sunny Cleveland, Ohio for an all new improvised musical - filled with rugged wrestlers, juvenile Jersey Boys, catapulted Case Western cabbages, and Austin's...
Episode #108
It's a "Chat Scene" bonus surprise! In celebration of our award-winning 100th episode, we look back at the past two years of Charm Scene, discuss the show's creation, answer listener questions, and more. Happy 100...
Episode #107
Our LIVE 100th episode, and we're celebrating with a classic Charm Scene road trip - complete with NINE surprise guests - all at Chicago's own iO Theater. Old orphans, haunted hotels, precious programmers and more...
Episode #106
It's a new day for podcasts as Charm Scene is visited by two LEGENDARY music improvisers - Ashley Ward and Adrien Pellerin! We combine their stories in this newborn improvised musical, complete with bobbing babies...
Episode #105
A tale as old as time. Boy jumps in water. Boy drowns in water. Boy gets saved by a hot mom. It's our take on this classic story, told by 5 time charming guest Brandon Michael Thomas, that finally peels back the curtain...
Episode #104
Stunning one and two bedroom units available in this classic Chicago improvised musical. An easy walk to charming guest Megan Ramsey, with ample space for chore charts, in-unit babbling babies, erroneous...
Episode #103
Duck quack! It's a ducking duckprovised ducksical with charming duck Tess Abeduck (Holy Fuck Comedy Hour, Tuesday Musical Improv, Pigskin). Melodious mallards, aquatic actors, feathered families, and more on this week's...
Episode #102
Welcome to Door County Summer Stock! We're sat as charming guest Delaney Sterling (Tuesday Musical Improv, Marquee) manages the house in this week's fully improvised musical. Talkative ticket buyers, shushed...
Episode #101
A crossover episode?? We've got the incredible Katie Terres in this week with her own special blend of multiverse. It's an improvised musical of sexual celebrities, cigarette sandwiches, shipped Chalamet's and more as...
Episode #100
LIVE from Coalition Theater's 2nd Best Fest in Richmond, Virginia! We looked to the crowd for a quintessential Richmond story, and boy did we find one. Inspired by audience member LJ's whirlwind romance, it's a fully...
Episode #99
Welcome to a show about death. We've got some unfinished business as Alex Garday returns (from the dead?) for an all new fully improvised musical. Crashing cars, mystical mirrors, liminal limerence, and more as we put...
Episode #98
It's Christmas in June as charming guest Rob Grabowski (Clued In, Hitch*Cocktails) joins us for a merry murder mystery. Was it the sinister son? The revengeful rabbit? The horrible head of HR? Everyone has a motive on...
Episode #97
Cat's out of the bag - and we're breaking out of the pound with the very beautiful Amber Linde! It's an all new improvised musical, this time inspired by Amber's real life love of cats. Feathered friends, Vegas...
Episode #96
Get ready to work as FIVE TIME charming guest Ben Auxier returns! It's another fully improvised musical, inspired by Ben's real life experience gig working in comedy. A frivolous fair, corporate costumes, a deep nuanced...
Episode #95
Who's that ominous figure in the back of your childhood pics? It's charming guest Max Lazerine in a fully improvised musical! Flip through for fateful photos, prescient peepers, risque relatives and more. We've seen the...
Episode #94
Welcome to the wild! Charming guest Landree Fleming joins us for an all natural improvised musical much better than Shakespeare's original, complete with shrewd shrews, sick scientists, and a ravenous revolution. La la...
Episode #93
No, you're not dreaming. It's charming guest Maura Chappelle in a fully improvised musical straight from the subconscious. Concocted coffees, made up mariachis, pictured performances and so much more on this week's...
Episode #92
Gather round, Charm Family, as we welcome back charming guest Ben Hebert! We look back at one fascinating, fictional life in this fully improvised musical, complete with back row banjoes, scuffling siblings, ragtime...
Episode #91
Tired of words in your podcast? Not enough mimes? Have we got the episode for you. Charming guest Annie Farwell joins us for our most descriptive improvised musical yet, complete with corporate clowns, mermaid minxes...
Episode #90
Things get 'familiar' as we welcome charming guest Brady Barrow! Inspired by Brady's haunting experience playing Dracula's #1 sidekick Renfield, we travel to the monstrous, blood soaked streets of New York City, where...
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