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

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Podcast: [The Playhouse Podcast: Real conversations with creative business owners growing through community and networking](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-playhouse-podcast-real-conversations-with-creative-business-owners-growing-through-community-and-networking-7096256)
Published: 2026-05-19T15:00:00+00:00
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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...

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