In Honor of PRIDE Month: The Transitioning of Lester & Debbie Cook Jay Michaels recounts the true story of Lester & Debbie Cook For Lester Cook, the worst was finally over. Or so he thought. This sounds bad but after years of hating herself, Lester decided to take her life…

This interview begins a series on multi-hypenate artist GARY SOHMERS by Jen Bush Say Aloha to Gary Sohmers! His storied career has earned him the moniker, King of Pop Culture. His father instilled a lifelong love of collecting in him. You may have seen him as an appraiser on Antiques Roadshow putting smiles on people’s faces by valuing things like Frank Zappa paintings…

Indiana Jones started it all. Remember the Indiana Jones film series? Of course, you do. BUT do you remember what Indiana Jones did for a living? He was a university professor art university. That was probably the first time we saw someone who was a superstar at a regular job…

One of the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble’s founders has a story to tell. No, it’s not a funny one. Robert Baumgardner thought he was just like everyone else … until he attended school. “I do consider myself POC out of those BIPOC letters, although it was never always that way…

In March of 2020, Anthony Laura announced that he was not doing his play, THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR, at the moment. He did not announce that he as shuttung down. Quite the opposite. Face to Face Films, his stage and film company, produced a record-breaking three-dozen virtual readings…

Community theater has a really bad rap. The stereotype — so much of one that it even has a meme — is that community theater is filled with local admins and shopkeepers wearing their own clothes standing in front of bland sets doing Hello Dolly or The Odd Couple (over…

A memoir of Phoenix FearCon X: The tenth anniversary celebration of all things macabre in Phoenix Arizona at the [hopefully] tail-end of the pandemic of 2020–2021

MIDSUMMER: A SHAKESPEARIENCE presented by Variety Life Productions OPENING OCTOBER 13 Wednesdays thru Sundays at 8:00pm Loft 51 625 W 51st…

Roy Shellef, director of — what he thought was a deep character study (and it is) — was genuinely shocked to discover his film, Alone, was looked at as a horror movie. He was recently interviewed for Phoenix FearCon — where he will be a guest filmmaker for this film…