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The Playhouse Free Tier Experiment Results Are In… with Deanna Seymour

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The Playhouse Podcast: Real conversations with creative business owners growing through community and networking
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May 19, 2026
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Summary

I’m officially announcing the end to the free tier inside The Playhouse and I’m sharing the data that’s led to the decision. In this episode: 0:23 - The fate of the Playhouse free tier (and why it's ending) 2:27 - The improv troupe analogy that sparked the whole experiment 4:24 - 5ish months of real membership data, broken down 11:05 - When my funnel went upside down: paid members dropping to free 12:30 - The new Thursday schedule and what's coming next Links: Episode about the Thursday Sched...