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EdgeWork is where live event professionals come to the table to break down how it actually gets done. What almost went wrong, what made it work, what others can take with them, and those AHA! moments that make our jobs an adventure! EdgeWork is powered by Stagedge, a 50-year-old event production company with Boston-grit and world-class partnership. Podcast Credits: Andrew Nugent - Executive Producer/Host Andy Boucher - Producer/Lighting Director/Carpenter Richard Mankiewicz - Production Manager Chris Casimiro - Technical Director Jason Kershner - Director Steve Shepard - Lead Audio Engineer Corey Yacco - Lead Video Engineer Andrew Zubankin - Lead Camera Operator Ricky Mankiewicz - Camera Operator Rob Wesinger - Master Carpenter Jason Courtemanche - Art Director Podcast concept and creative production: LSCC (Lindsay Schwartz Creative & Consulting) Concept development, creative direction, set design, branding, marketing, and promotion.

Recent Episodes

Episode 6: The City Is Your Stage: Destinations, community, and the future of events

EdgeWork's Season 1 finale is about place, and what a city brings to an event beyond four walls. Andrew Nugent closes out the season with Stacy Roberts (Senior Manager, Destination Services, Meet Boston), Amanda Ferdinando (Senior Sales Manager, MGM Music Hall, Live Nation), Allison Vecchione (Senior Account Executive, Stagedge), and Will Jones (Event Associate, Access). The conversation covers weaving a location's identity into event creative instead of just hosting there, bringing community...

36 MIN

Episode 5: Entertainment Wants Your Corporate Event: Live music, venues, and the corporate opportunity

Corporate events are borrowing more from the concert world every year. Andrew Nugent welcomes Gillian Stockard (Director of Sales, NE Amphitheaters, Live Nation), Chris Murray (Account Executive, Stagedge), David Balsom (Senior Account Executive, CK Communications Group), and Joseph Fanning (Production Manager, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston). The panel breaks down how to manage talent as a corporate planner (a world most corporate folks have never operated in), matching the entertainme...

42 MIN

Episode 4: When the Walls Start Talking: What iconic spaces demand from planners and producers

Some venues have a life, and a schedule, of their own. In this episode, Andrew Nugent talks with William Donovan (Director of AV Services, Stagedge / Gillette Stadium), Pete Lally (President, Spectacle Live), Kelly Soule (Owner, 8 Stratton Events), and Haley McNearney (VP of Sales & Events, Evergreen / Fenway Park). Topics include what planners actually value in a great experience, finding the middle ground between creative vision and what a space allows, what to do when something goes si...

31 MIN

Episode 3: Making Something Out of Nothing: Design, story, and the events that break the mold

Design is never just the design; it's the fight to protect a vision from budget, venue, and everything else standing in the way. Andrew Nugent sits down with Lindsay Schwartz (CEO & Creative-In-Chief, LSCC), Robert Russo (Founder, Bob Russo Event Design), Kelsi Tucker (Director of Design, Cohera), and Graham Edmondson (Owner, Edmondson Design & Production). The conversation covers the moment a creative brief becomes a game-changer, the questions every designer should ask before the co...

30 MIN

Episode 2: Why They Didn't Hire You: How deals are really won, lost, and salvaged

Not every pitch lands, and this episode is about what actually happens in the space between the proposal and the "no." Andrew Nugent is joined by Patrick Coit (Destination Services Manager, Meet Boston), Richard Ferrara (Sales Operations Director, Stagedge), Adam Averback (Co-Owner & Delivery/Experience Lead, Party Excitement Entertainment), and Tim Torigian (Business Development Manager, NB Development Group). The panel gets honest about the "dream event that got away," chasing feedback ...

28 MIN