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Tim Aumiller and Scott Scneider of NO HOPE share thoughts on musicals, culture and the 16+ year collaborative journey of their barely-on-life support writing careers and creative endeavours. They formed NO HOPE Productions in 2003 when they presented their first musical DOSE! at the East Village’s Kraine Theatre. Since, they have written five full-length musicals and presented more than a dozen evenings of new music including SIREN/KINGS and PULLING THE PLUG at the legendary Joe’s Pub and THE YEAR AFTER at The Green Room 42. Their musical HELLO, MY NAME IS BILLY was a Backstage Critic’s Pick and a FringeNYC award winner. On film, their song “Fools Like You” was featured in the acclaimed documentary ACTRESS; you can also find their music video “Evolution” featuring Siren on YouTube. The NO HOPE Songbook Volume I: 2003-2013, which includes their MAC Award nominated “So Many Reasons” can be purchased on their website nohopeproductions.com. Recently they received a Fruitie award for Outstanding One Act at the Fresh Fruit Festival for their first consensual cannibal musical, ONCE BEGUN.
Produced by Michael Fell
Logo Design by Maria Santucci of Tin Lizzie Studios
EPISODE GUIDE
SEASON 3: 2023-24
Ep48
The One Hole That Links Us All
Tim and Scott invite friend and longtime NO HOPE collaborator, playwright and novelist Bizzy Coy, for a freewheeling catch up that culminates with the segment that has become an international fan favorite: PITCHIN’ BIZZY!
Ep47
Back To Barbie
The summer season wrap continues with Billy Joel at MSG, Joni Mitchell at Newport, Sweeney Todd on Broadway, West End theatre, camping out for Taylor Swift merch, and, of course, the hit movie of the summer -Barbie…
NEW RELEASE Bonus Track
“Farewell September”
"Farewell September" Written by Scott Schneider and Tim Aumiller, featuring Brittneyann Accetta, Max Crumm, Dayna Dantzler, Deon'te Goodman and Shanna Sharp. With Murph Aucamp, Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim, Scott Schneider, Jacob Shipley and Wick Simmons. Produced by Robert Maril. (C) 2023 Schneider and Aumiller, NO HOPE.
(C) 2023 Schneider and Aumiller, NO HOPE.
Ep46
We Just Heard From Barbra’s People
Tim and Scott embark on season three of their award winning* podcast, bringing their unique critique to New York theater, of the moment movies, and everything & the kitchen sink of pop culture. Prepare yourself for more guests, more laughs -and of course more musicals, both loved and hated. (*this is a lie)
THE YEAR AFTER: MARCH 2023
NEW RELEASE Bonus Track
“Boundaries”
"Boundaries" Written by Scott Schneider and Tim Aumiller, performed by Krystina Alabado.
(C) 2023 Schneider and Aumiller, NO HOPE.
Ep45
THE YEAR AFTER (Introductions)
Tim and Scott are back with a "quick" introduction to their long-awaited first ever professionally recorded album, THE YEAR AFTER, a song cycle.
INTERMISSION: Summer 2022
Ep44
We’re Not Dead, Part II
Tim and Scott continue their Intermission conversation, swapping New York theatre highs and lows since wrapping Season 2 - singing washing machines, strippers named Juicy, Patti vs. Karen, backdoor EGOTS and the brilliance of Heather Headley!
Ep43
We’re Not Dead, Part I
The wait is over -at least for a minute… Tim and Scott are back with a big heaping dose of hopelessness, rage and gallows humor that would get them cancelled, if anyone knew who they were! Nearly twenty years in the making, they name the village of talented artists currently working to record their song cycle THE YEAR AFTER -coming this fall. Tim relives his first time with Justin Bieber, Scott hears Kathleen Turner sing(?), and they share the catharsis of the ethereal Valerie June.
SEASON 2: 2021
Ep42
Rewind: Well, They'll Have Their Fun
Season Two comes to its stunning conclusion as Tim and Scott REWIND on pyramid schemes, the drug-fuled time erasing creation of Fleetwood Mac's magnum opus, Broadway songs that cracked the Top 40 and many more questions accidentally asked they couldn't answer. Producer Michael Fell stops by for a Fall farewell and a theatre themed drinking game!
Ep41
Thank God For Sodomy
Tim and Scott invite you on a trip through the cultural flashpoint that is HAIR -in all its messy, moving, naked glory.
Ep40
Pitching Bizzy: Major Dental Situations
Tim and Scott welcome back Bizzy as she returns from Ireland to Camp Coy! They discuss chicken nuggets, graham crackers as ass -and once again go for the hard-sell in everyone’s favorite front-page-to-stage segment, PITCHING BIZZY!
Ep39
They Are Kind And Wild And Broken. (Hans, Part II)
Tim and Scott say wilkommen to Hans Rausch once again for a moving discussion of his favorite musical, Kander and Ebb classic CABARET, set in 1930’s Berlin during the waning days of the Weimar Republic.
Ep38
I Went To Heaven A Lot (Hans, Part I)
Tim and Scott welcome Hans Rausch, calling from Tim’s favorite city, Berlin, Germany -who "helps people who have great ideas, put them on the stage." They discuss his astounding resume, dish on his personal history, Disney's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, the German phenomena of STARLIGHT EXPRESS and a fülle of other musical theatre experiences.
Ep37
“Tell Me About It Stud”
Tim and Scott are back with a full slate of Rewinds, producer Michael Fell and the highs and lows, hits, misses and history of the one and only GREASE.
NEW RELEASE Bonus Track
“What It Feels Like”
"What It Feels Like" Written by Scott Schneider and Tim Aumiller, performed by Brittneyann Accetta.
(C) 2021 Schneider and Aumiller, NO HOPE.
Ep36
The Yes Moment
Tim and Scott welcome special guest, Brittneyann Accetta, to share her journey from a musical family, starting her YouTube presence at 10 (inspired by who else but Justin Bieber!), writing her first song, singing the National Anthem at Madison Square Garden at 13, her intensive training at AMDA and performing in her very first musical -THE OFFICE, A Musical Parody!. Finally, she is struck by THE GREAT COMET.
You can find much more Brittneyann here and here!
Ep35
I Got the Goosebumps (Mary, Part II)
Special Guest Mary Johnston Rutherford returns with a heart full of love for epic mega-musical LES MISERABLES. The group talks side villains, barricades, missed entrances, 25th Anniversary stunt casting, Frances Ruffelle fun facts -AND wrap with Mary’s Mackey experience working on The Cher Show!
Ep34
Please see Janet Anderson for reference! (Mary, Part I)
Tim and Scott welcome Broadway Wardrobe Supervisor Mary Johnston Rutherford (fellow midwesterner and extraordinary human) as she leapfrogs her journey from Hutchinson, KS to six months in Europe with her high school sweetheart to 11 second quick changes and motherhood on The Great White Way!
Ep33
Lumpy, You're On! (Robert and Steph, Part II)
Creation and Collaboration Episode. Tim and Scott continue their conversation with special guests Steph Bishop and Robert Maril of Tender Creature. This time, the subject is musicals! Steph savors the queer revelation that is FUN HOME while Robert shoots down the beast that is KING KONG.
Ep32
I Felt Like This Little Creature (Robert and Steph I)
Creation and Collaboration Episode. Tim and Scott welcome special guests Steph Bishop and Robert Maril of folk-pop duo Tender Creature to discuss their musical past, present and future and, of course, to introduce their new EP -The Offering.
Listen to Tender Creature on Apple Music here or Spotify here.
Ep31
The Clergyman is Seen To Have an Erection
Tim gets personal with his love of Elton John and elevation of ROCKETMAN. Scott is deeply offended by the stage adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID.
Ep30
Pitching Bizzy!
Tim and Scott welcome frequent collaborator and good-time gal Bizzy Coy to discuss northern European geography, pyramid schemes and $$ free money $$. They go for the hard-sell in a new front-page-to-stage segment called Pitching Bizzy!
Ep29
The Old Friends Phase of My Life
Scott chronicles his intimate affair with MERRILY, WE ROLL ALONG. TIM eviscerates the misogynistic torture porn movie musical DANCER IN THE DARK, despite finding a few bright spots.
Ep28
I’ve Always Been a Gatsby Girl (Kyle)
Special Guest, art director and media guru, Kyle Thomas Hemingway joins to discuss his career, "The Real Housewives" and a musical he loves, Andrew Lippa's THE WILD PARTY.
Ep27
Rewind!
Tim and Scott rewind on topics ranging from musical theatre dance mixes to PRISCILLA's costume budget to the Michael Jackson musical coming to Broadway with book penned by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Lynn Nottage.
Ep26
Will Travel For Rent (Marc)
Reprise: RENT. Special Guest Marc Sinoway defends his favorite musical of all time against Tim’s ongoing contempt.
NEW RELEASE Bonus Track
“Heart On My Sleeve”
Written by Scott Schneider and Tim Aumiller, performed by Brandy Burre at her home in Beacon, NY.
(C) 2021 Schneider and Aumiller, NO HOPE.
Ep25
Domineering, Six-Foot Blonde (Brandy, Part II)
Creation and Collaboration Episode. Tim and Scott continue their conversation with Special Guest Brandy Burre to talk their many NO HOPE collaborations over the last two decades -including a snippet of the brand new "Heart On My Sleeve." The full song debuts as a Bonus Episode you can listen to now! Brandy pans "perhaps the greatest flop in Broadway history," Andrew Lloyd Webber's ASPECTS OF LOVE.
Ep24
From Dildos Forward (Brandy, Part I)
Creation and Collaboration Episode. Tim and Scott welcome Special Guest Brandy Burre to get the lowdown on her storied journey from smalltown Ohio to Washington, D.C. to NYC and now to Beacon -with stops on HBO's THE WIRE and the award-winning documentary ACTRESS, along the way. Brandy weeps for THE SECRET GARDEN.
Ep23
One Free Seizure
Collaborator Bizzy Coy calls in from Dublin for Creative Chaos! Tim recalls the emotional and personal encounter of PASSING STRANGE. Scott bashes the botched jukebox adaptation of THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT.
Ep22
Crucified on a Surfboard (That made me Gay)
Season Two kicks off with producer Michael Fell joining for some sea-shanty Tik-Toks and other silliness. Scott praises the concert film (clearly-NOT-a-musical) LIZA WITH A Z. Tim discusses the disappointing yet beautifully arranged GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY.
SEASON 1 : 2020
Ep21
Rewinds!
Season One wraps with final Rewinds.
Ep20
An Alien Transvestite Noises Off
Tim comes clean (and full circle) on COMPANY. Scott calls out THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW as utter chaos.
Ep19
"The Whitest Song I Ever Wrote"
A CHORUS LINE danced its way into Scott's cold heart at the young age of 14. Tim suffers the massive disappointment of THE COLOR PURPLE musical adaptation.
Ep18
#accutane #transvaginalmesh #munchausenbyproxy
Scott discovers the life and music of Ms. Joplin through the deeply affecting LOVE, JANIS. Tim bashes THE PRODUCERS for more than one reason.
Ep17
Weeping at the Elephant
Tim recalls the ignorance of "better days" with the last mighty roar of the Disney Renaissance and THE LION KING. Scott jumps into the nostalgia bemoaning his post-high-school graduation third chorus boy from the left role in BYE BYE BIRDIE.
Ep16
All Our Angels Came Out in Drag (Dawn, Part II)
Creation and Collaboration Episode. Tim and Scott continue talking with special guest Stage Manager / Producer Dawn Magyar about landing on Broadway with KINKY BOOTS and their many NO HOPE collaborations. Dawn walks out of BE MORE CHILL.
Ep15
Catching Tinkerbell (Dawn, Part I)
Creation and Collaboration Episode. Tim and Scott welcome special guest Stage Manager / Producer Dawn Magyar to discuss her journey from Disney to Cleveland to Blue Man Group. Dawn ugly cries over ONCE. (Note: if you'd ONLY like to hear us talk musicals, that starts in earnest just after the hour mark.)
Ep14
LAH CHANZH EEEH! (I Have Fully Lost It)
Tim teems with ecstatic joy from the visceral revival of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. Scott recalls the absurd experience of being 4th row center for SUZANNE SOMERS: THE BLONDE IN THE THUNDERBIRD.
Ep13
Dressing up as a Nun is Fun
Scott sings from the hills about his love for THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The long-running success of AIDA baffles Tim.
Ep12
As Successful As The "Just Say No" Campaign!
Scott relishes the brilliantly profane SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER AND UNCUT. Tim bashes RENT.
Ep11
Josh Groban Superfan in a Bourbon Blackout
Tim recalls the rage of AMERICAN IDIOT while Scott attempts to unravel NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812.
Ep10
Taking It Apart: I’m Not Friends With Untalented People (Shanna, Part II)
Collaboration and Creation Episode. Tim and Scott continue their conversation with special guest Shanna Sharp. They talk making music videos including NO HOPE’s first (and only) video “Evolution” featuring SIREN. Shanna shares a musical she “could do without” -DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES.
More SIREN HERE.
“Evolution” video HERE.
Ep9
Taking It Apart: Tell Me On The Musical Where Your Teacher Touched You! (Shanna, Part I)
Collaboration and Creation Episode. Tim and Scott welcome special guest Shanna Sharp to discuss their collaboration on their first full-length musical, DOSE! Shanna reminisces on her love for INTO THE WOODS.
Ep8
The Gays Will Dance to Anything
Scott eviscerates EVITA; Tim embraces MATILDA.
Ep7
An American Flag Sequined Bikini
Scott reveres SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE; Tim slams NEXT TO NORMAL.
Ep6
Taking It Apart: Bizzy Doesn’t Dance Too Good (Bizzy, Part II)
Collaboration and Creation Episode. Tim and Scott continue their conversation with special guest Bizzy Coy. They dive into their second collaboration MONSTERS. Bizzy praises BAT BOY.
More of Bizzy HERE!
Ep5
Taking It Apart: Bizzy Does Benadryl (Bizzy, Part I)
Collaboration and Creation Episode. Tim and Scott welcome special guest Bizzy Coy to discuss their first collaboration TEACH ME TO SING. Bizzy batters JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT.
More of Bizzy HERE!
Ep4
Hard to Top Lacey Chabert
Tim can barely muster a kind word for GYPSY; Scott glorifies JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
Ep3
Right Next to the Gaiety
Tim lauds LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and Scott kicks little orphan ANNIE in her little orphan shins.
Ep2
Four Martinis Each
Scott tackles the popular juggernaut, WICKED, and Tim throws down on SWEENEY TODD.
Ep1
Not Stephen Sondheim
Scott celebrates RAGTIME and Tim gushes over HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH.