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- Ambition, love, joy, and pain are all on show over Zoom, as people from various walks of life call each other to air their grievances and say what's on their minds. Much of life is online now, but how much are we truly listening to one another? Each episode will tell a different story from a different perspective.
- Comically traces the rise and fall of Donald J. Trump as President and the coming of the Biden/Harris administration told by a host of political characters, including Hillary Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Vladamir Putin, Bernie Sanders, Stormy Daniels and many others, notorious and noble. This irreverent romp features satirical scenes and musical numbers, offering a humorous and provocative reflection on what our Founding Fathers feared, if left unchecked, could happen to the most powerful office in the world. This project has never been just a theater production. It has been a cathartic release-a safe place to let off steam within the venue of humor with a mission to awaken the better angels of our nature into action. The voice we speak with in our satirical parody masks one of great concern for our beloved USA. This show is our contribution to that struggle. We hope it can be a clarion call to spur us on to do our part in returning to the compassion, peace, sanity, and unity that represent the true identity of our nation.
- Whitney, a stand-up comic, is accused of stealing jokes because she's afraid she's not good enough on her own. She is confronted about this while getting some scary news about her family, which challenges her to make a hard decision. Whitney gets confronted by her ex-girlfriend and fellow comedian Autumn for stealing jokes from her set. Whitney's new girlfriend Alisha intervenes, but then Whitney gets news from her father that her brother Bill has gotten in trouble with the law for robbery. Will Whitney come home and put her comedy career on hold?
- Chad is clearly "the creative" in his business partnership with Nancy. They have made quite a stir with their unique new app design. Drennan and Taylor, an important firm, is considering investing in their company. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Chad and Nancy, and their best hope for realizing their dream of six-figures. But Chad has certain personal issues Nancy believes might sabotage their prospects and are better left hidden from sight. She won't allow Chad to talk in their meetings. In her mind, the risk is just too high. What neither of them know is that Drennan, of Drennan and Taylor, also has something she has been hiding. And she is willing to reveal what that is, but only in a meeting with Chad, alone. Now, their entire future success rests on the outcome of that meeting.
- "The Virus Hits Home" in more ways than one. Not only is this nuclear family of mother, father, and daughter sheltering in place because of COVID-19, they are also locked in a toxic struggle and ready to explode. Rebecca is back from college for the semester and has confined herself to her room to avoid her mother. Debra is unhappily downstairs, resenting a daughter she has little in common with and a husband who has little in common with her. Frank is ensconced in his business lair in the basement, staying in touch with his sales force more closely than with his wife and daughter. This is a family stretched to the breaking point. The outcome is one that none of them saw coming.
- It's a wonderful thing to be in love. And Angie is in love...helplessly in love....but with the wrong guy, and it's taking its toll on her. Adam is breaking her heart. That trust you expect in an intimate relationship is being shattered by his gas-lighting and lies. Angie confronts Adam with her fears and confesses to doing some outrageous things to recapture his love and attention. But Adam isn't moved, nor letting up on his destructive path, which includes inappropriate flirting with Angie's best friend, Eliza. Angie would be totally emotionally spiraling out of control, but for Eliza's friendship and help. Eliza wants Angie to clearly see what Adam is doing. What results is an unexpected and shocking wake-up call for both Angie and Adam.
- Sidney and Juliette are taking opposite paths toward getting older. Sidney welcomes his solitude and focuses on an ever-diminishing future. His sister, Juliette, on the other hand, is tired of the routine of her present-day life and wants to move on to greet whatever adventures may lie ahead. Sidney's plans are to hunker down in his apartment in Manhattan; Juliette wants to leave hers in Connecticut and relocate to the Southwest. Their brother-in-law, Ralph, sees a middle path, one that could benefit both. He offers them an opportunity that might just prove to be a second chance.
- Martin has been unhappy his entire life and thought there was just no way out of his misery. But now, because of the rare blessings of an organization called "The Institute for DNA Closure," and Eugenia, their expert examiner, he has finally "found himself." He can't contain his excitement, and is moving at a fast and furious pace into his plans for a new life...one far away from the lies he's endured from generations of his ancestors. At least those who he thought were his ancestors. His beloved granddaughter, Remy, is devastated. "Poppaloo," as she calls him, and her older brother, Randall, are the only family she has since her parents' divorce. Why would Poppaloo leave so suddenly and without a word? Everyone's mind is in a swirl, as they react to personal memories from fear, mixed with betrayal and doubt, to all the many good times they have had together. How will it all end? Only Remy has the answer?
- Arlene teaches an online class on how to take photos of animals dressed as people, while also coming up with funny names like Tailor Swift and Paw McCartney. However, she isn't happy. Her true desire is to take photos of wine glasses dressed as people. It turns out one of her students, Liz, also has her sights set elsewhere. Liz wants to take photos of glass jam jars dressed as people. Her father Jim, however, is devastated, as he dedicated his life to animals and he expects his daughter to do the same. Later, Arlene confesses to her friend Irma her true intentions, but Irma also has dreams of her own. Irma has plans to start a photography business that shows off sexy stemware with names like Diana Rosè and The Supremes. Whose dreams will flourish? And whose will have to be put on "paws"?
- Meet our furry announcer, Bob Cat, with the elegant Lana, our host, featuring Freyja, the Stunt Cat, and many others, including our PURRRR-fect Santa CLAWS in our Festival of Felines. In this season of takeout, join us for outtakes of all seven of our Zoom Shorts with Lana's Most Memorable Moments in a Zoom Short...for a CAT. Whether or not you've been naughty or nice, join us for our holiday special featuring cats and mice.
- Steve refuses to let age or inexperience quench his enthusiasm as he embarks on a new career as a stand-up comic. He practices at home, honing his craft, and decides to enlist the help of a friend, Roweena, who is a successful, established stand-up. He asks for her honest opinion about the merits of his material. Will she feel free to express how she truly feels, or will she be forced to wear a dutiful smile frozen on her face? Does Steve have what it takes to actually soar or will he crash and burn? Roweena has some ideas about how to approach this delicate subject, but then Steve pulls out a surprise secret weapon from up his sleeve that changes everything.
- Three Grumpy Guys chew the fat around the potbellied stove of zoom. Hunter (Grumpy Guy #1) reviews his life from his salad days to the sunset years, from unbridled passion to forgotten passwords, of going from getting it up to not being able to get up. Val (Grumpy Guy #2) recounts the threats to his health, not having the old fire in the belly, no longer liking the cold, and feeling just plain tuckered out. Life has become a one-way street to a dead end. Charlie (Grumpy Guy #3) hears their pain, but he has journeyed on-first to Pilates and now to Shibari. No longer feeling tied up like how the other two are, he offers a new take on the age-old dilemma of growing old.
- Sofia and Daniel are the perfect couple. Both are budding professional photographers, living their dream in blissful success, loving it, and loving each other even more. They see life through that very special artist's lens, where reality melts with fantasy, and anything is possible. When an unexpected twist of fate threatens to blast a hole in their happy, secure relationship, both are challenged to the core. Separated physically due to work by an ocean, they are also oceans away emotionally about the solution to their problem. Some choices are life changing and this is one. There's no turning back the clock. And what remains after the dust has cleared is the test of true love.
- Tired of living with unwanted demons in your bedroom at night? Too terrified to go into the basement for fear of a haunting? Nervous about meeting up with something possessed in your bathroom? It's time to call on the Ghost Whisperer. She will solve what no other can with her unique techniques of...you have guessed it...Ghost Whispering. Watch in amazement as she tames the savage spook and cleanses your house of unwanted ghostly pests. Call the toll free number today to get your free consultation. "If you gotta ghost you wanna slay, call on The Ghost Whisperer today!"
- Clarissa is a voice over artist. And that would be fine, except she's also invisible. In a world where all voice over artists have to trade existing in the physical realm for having a lucrative voice over career, Clarissa struggles with her decision every day. She misses people being able to see her facial expressions. She misses being able to see her two daughters-- her daughters, who even before her choice, never really "saw" her. Clarissa calls her agent to say she wants out of the game. But her agent doesn't take the news well. Will Clarissa get her body back? Or will she forever be a voice speaking into a microphone?
- It was love, alright. The kind that hits you over the head and knocks you off your feet. It didn't matter that Jim and Nadia came from opposite sides of the world. It wasn't a problem that they both had established careers in their dream jobs in their own country. This was bigger. It was nothing less than fate that thrust them together. It's that indescribable, undeniable natural chemistry between two people that has kept the relationship going, even though they are now many miles apart. They've worked these many months to keep alive the fire that first sparked between them in Jim's New York City, where they met. But Nadia's Morocco has an equally exotic and important pull. What will they do with their long distance love affair?
- Doris Wurtzboef, otherwise known as Epiphany Marlowe, the lively, young grand dame of The Roaring Twenties chapter of a Live Action Role Playing social media site, has spent the last two years designing her dream LARP extravaganza. Everything is coming together perfectly as she begins to gather her LARPING guests, characters she has carefully picked from the many she's interviewed to play the roles she has created. However, something is happening which threatens to ruin her LARPING lavish party and murder mystery. She hopes Clara, her good friend and beguiling 1920s dance instructor, can help her. But things have gone in a very strange and totally unexpected direction.
- A loving, concerned mother--an extraordinary species, found around the globe, universally admired, and able to survive all manner of adversity--confronts the quintessential ugly patriot, believed by some to be a dying breed, yet is, in fact, very much alive. Tariq's mother simply wants the Principal of his elementary school to acknowledge that her son is being bullied because he is of Arab origins, and wishes him to take action to stop it. But Principal Randolph has ideas of his own about the bullying experience, which take us down a very dark road of warped beliefs and perceptions. Is bullying on any level ever acceptable? Is it possible something good could come of it? Can one claim to be cultured while distorting the truth into a kind of barbarism? Watch Tariq's mother stand her ground when confronted with the garbled twists of discrimination.
- Sydni has just left a difficult marriage and is trying to forget about the heartbreak by going out with friends to celebrate her freedom. She is fun-loving, open, honest and trusting. These may be considered positive qualities under most circumstances. But there are some in which these traits can land you in big trouble. Tonight she is particularly vulnerable. She simply wants to feel loved...appreciated. The stranger with the sweet smile really makes her laugh like she hasn't in such a long time. He is even kind enough to buy her drinks. They're hitting it off so well, she just doesn't see the warning signs. And down the rabbit hole she flies, only to wake up naked in bed in that stranger's apartment, with no memory of leaving the club, and terrified of what might have just happened. While he sleeps, she quietly reaches out on the phone to her best friend, Nina, asking to be rescued. Her unsympathetic sister, Anna, becomes involved. Will they arrive in time to help her? What will happen to Sydni if they don't?
- She's risked it all. April quit her well-respected, good-paying job on a whim. She was convinced she had a gem of an idea for an invention. A once in a lifetime, one-of-a-kind idea. Something that would catapult her into fame and riches...or, at least make her happier than she was in her former life. But things aren't going as expected. Her best laid plans are flying out of control. Her brother, Jules, is no help, suggesting his crazy invention ideas as possible solutions to her troubles. Her best friends June and Augustina try out her invention, but their experience with it is a total disaster. May, her friend and jingle writer, tries to help by shining a small ray of hope on April's ever darkening prospects for success. But will it be enough to bring the much needed investors and avert a catastrophe?
- It's been a long apprenticeship. It's been a long time coming. A man's son, an aspiring actor, finally moves from Vermont to New York, the city of his dreams, to pursue his goals of breaking into film and TV. The father walks down memory lane with his friend Tom, whose son Jacob also moved to New York, while the son talks about the future with Jacob. As father talks to father and son talks to son, eventually they decide to meet each other over Zoom to catch up. The father, while nostalgic, is also gearing up towards his own creative endeavors as a writer, while the son works on an experimental horror movie about clowns. Together, they decide to make a film about family, loss, art, and moving on. Is this a "Long Goodbye?" Or is it actually an unexpected new hello?
- Lance is in trouble. Inside trouble. His marriage to Jill is over because of it, and no matter how hard he's tried to reconcile his own feelings with reality and make things right, in the end, failure still comes crashing down upon his head. That's why he comes so close to thinking thoughts a man should never think and ending it all. Until a glimmer of hope comes through blood. His blood. And not for him, but for someone else. A mysterious exchange...an unearthly salvation...where his life will finally make sense and have meaning. All his dismal failures will be magically washed away in a tide of purpose. But Lance can't leave this unchallenged. Will he destroy even this strange chance of redemption for himself and for another?
- Old friends Sunshine and Dustin are finally reuniting after a long absence. From the first note to the last, this is not only a re connection of childhood chums, but also musicians singing and playing about their friendship. Sunshine is the first to cast out a musical line to his good pal. Up to the task, Dustin sifts through his memory bank and adds some melodic twists and syncopated turns of his own. This free association of words and tunes is back in Sunshine's court to put his own stamp on the proceedings, until it's time once again for Dustin to show us what he's got up his sleeve. Not to be outdone, it's back to Sunshine to sing and play guitar in his own take on their friendship, before settling on one of his original songs, "I'm Hip." Dustin concedes that at one time he was anything but, particularly when it came to playing the National Pastime, before he then pulls out all the stops to pound out different piano renditions of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"-from traditional to the Stones, interspersed with innings of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Joplin, Gershwin, and The Beatles. From the first note to the last, this is not only a re connection of childhood chums, but also musicians singing and playing about their friendship. But in addition to being a tribute to friendship, "The Sunshine Brothers" is also a celebration of two lifetimes in music.
- Jaime fell in love, but with the wrong guy. Of course, she didn't know that when she first met Peter. He was amazing. Extraordinary. The love of her life. Or more precisely, he was, in her eyes, "perfect." But sometimes a person can be blinded by this deep feeling and unable to face the much too painful truth. After some emotionally charged encounters, with sworn promises broken, and trust completely shattered, Peter became incommunicado. Jaime decided to record a personal video. He loves movies, so why not create a uniquely charged one about their life together? If he won't communicate any other way, maybe this will get through? In the video she recounts "the magic" that happened between them, and how it blossomed, and then turned into a roller-coaster ride, only to disappear in an avalanche of reality. She attempts to set the record straight and reveal how she is feeling at this moment in time. Will her heart-felt account of their love be enough to move Peter to repentance? And if so, can Jaime ever really forgive him?
- What Joey wants, Joey never gets. He tries. He really does. But life seems to find sardonic pleasure throwing him curve balls. He's an excellent musician, and a good, loving person. But nothing in his life reflects back his own excellence, goodness or love. His home life was, putting it as nicely as possible, dysfunctional. His love life is, well, let's say it's "uniquely complicated." And his professional life continues to be a Mount Everest of challenges. It seems that on almost a daily basis he is challenged to survive one catastrophe, only to immediately be hit in the face with another. Wrong choices? Not being in the right place at the right time? Hard to say. Yet he forges ahead, trying to have a positive outlook. But how will he make it through still another day like this? Is there any hope for fulfillment and lasting solace for poor Joey? Based on a true story. Fact is stranger than fiction, so this is a mild version of the truth.
- Häagen has a rare gift of understanding the canine language and mind. She was born with this gift and has perfected it. So much so, that she has a doggy dating service, Häagen-Dogz Dating. Under her expertise, hundreds of dogs have been paired off and are now living in waggy-tail bliss. Alonzo, an adorable male French Bulldog, with his mom, Andrea, and Princess, a fluffy, sweet Pomeranian, with her mom, Georgia Mae, find employing Häagen to find their perfect matches a no brainer. But Andrea and Georgia Mae have something in mind that doesn't quite measure up to what their beloved pets are looking for, and a battle rages between the owners, with poor Alonzo and Princess stuck in the middle. Will the hearts of the pups win over the desires of their owners? Who is really in charge? And can Häagen come to the rescue in time?
- A Lost Man and a Lost Woman wander in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Confused, longing, searching, tortured, they walk separately, looking for something, they know not what. The art reflects their souls. They attempt to drown out the noise in their minds with visual distractions. Eventually they meet and a bond is formed. But is their meeting an end to their misery, their search, or will the quest to quell monotony continue? Join the two for an afternoon in New York City. Join them for an afternoon of culture, fear, and reflection. Ultimately, despite our differences, we are all sharing the Same Vibe.
- Kevin tried to be a good son. Truly, he did his best. But his father had issues. Big ones. The family endured the ups and downs. Valleys and mountaintops. How many more times could they endure seeing the same pattern repeat itself? Helplessly stand by and watch him retreat once again into the deep, dark, silent cavern of his mind? Kevin tried desperately to connect with his father. Somehow get inside his head. Maybe even touch a cord in his heart. But it was near impossible to know what he actually wanted. Or needed. This quiet...deadly, quiet dad.
- Everyone remembers their first kiss. At least that's what most people say. The utter magic when the crush you had for weeks on end is right in front of you, your lips touching for that first, passionate, infinite moment. Unforgettable and golden, right? Or was it? Did your first kiss actually turn out to be the dream come true you'd imagined it would be? Some memories are best left buried. Unless something unexpected dredges it up and you are again face to face with that which you tried so hard to forget. Will you make it through unscathed for the second time? That's the challenge Sarah faces with the prospect of showing up at her high school reunion just days away. Dare she go? And what will rise up and haunt her if she does?
- At the peak of the Covid epidemic in New York City, a nurse and a doctor take a break at the end of their long shifts at a hospital. As they discuss their trying experiences, we are exposed to a firsthand glimpse of the difficult lives of health care workers weathering one of the most serious crises in our history. Like two soldiers on the front lines sharing the unsettling scenes they witness every day, these two young women forge a mutual understanding as well as a bond of friendship.
- An author's own mind can sometimes be their worst enemy. And so it is with Alpha. She longs to express herself, but the voices inside are determined to prevent her. Their countless annoying tactics distract and confuse. They lay down rules she can't possibly follow, trapping her inside her own head in a wordless prison. Then something unexpected locked in the back of her mind rises and ventures to the front. That's when things begin to really spark. To change. Will this be the breakthrough she desperately needs, or just another detour dragging her back into the dark, stagnant corners of her mind. Based on an original one-act play by Karen Klami.
- Sleep away summer camp in the beautiful countryside. Swimming, hiking, sports, campfire songs. Nothing less than a summer of laughter, fun and happy lifetime memories. Lorraine keeps playing that notion over and over in her mind when her 10 year old daughter pleads with her about going to the same summer camp where she was a counselor so long ago. But not long enough to bury deeply the stinging pain she feels every time she hears the name. For Lorraine, that summer was hell on earth. How did she survive it? And what far reaching damage was done by simply one summer at Camp Hiawatha?
- Facelessness is in. At least as a human. The present whim of our society insists an avatar or cartoon face is preferred to real, natural, human features. Or if you have to "do human," a distorted face is more appealing. Anything but reality hitting you...yes...in the face. And so, even in his role behind the camera as an Insert Artist for films, Michael finds himself in a world with no tangible identity. Faceless, like all the rest. And now, he's been given disjointed words on a page and asked to fill the screen and dazzle. Be brilliant. He reasons to himself, that hit or miss, it's just another job. He's the lucky one. He's employed for the present, unlike so many others. So, he will make the best of it and do what he can, working to keep his job from being snatched away by one of the new AI generated rendering programs.
- Some will go through great lengths to improve their appearance. Cosmetic surgery. Botox. Anything to look perfect, like a doll. But what if instead of altering one's appearance to look like a doll, you could actually become one? The perfect, living doll. That's what Wolfgang wants. He's fed up with his life in his human body and dreams of all the wonderful benefits of becoming one of the Plastic People. He knows this is a life altering decision. Once done, it cannot be undone. Not every human can psychologically handle such a drastic change. Wolfgang claims he is ready. But to prove this, he must pass the Transformation Committee's rigorous examination. Can he really part with his humanity and become one of the Plastic People? Dolls, infidelity, murder, and fabulous flamingos-it's all just another day in the life of the Plastic People.
- Genevieve is practicing her usual Saturday morning ritual, something she's done since she was a little kid...watch cartoons and eat Cocoa Puffs. Every weekend she is tortured by the memory of so many wrong decisions she's made in her life. She's trying hard to block them out. She can't seem to break free of the pattern of playing those scenarios over and over in her mind, and blaming herself for the negative consequences. But today that is all going to change. Today Genevieve is going to be given the rare and golden opportunity to alter her past and make things perfect. Finally make the right choices. Or so she thinks. Or so she hopes.
- Old Walker reminisces over the love of his life, a woman named Thursday. He thinks back on their first date in Central Park in New York. Going to every landmark, Old Walker finds himself drowning in memories. Everything is exactly as he remembers... everything except now he is alone, left only with the memory of Thursday. What happens to our memories of lost love years down the road? And does revisiting those memories help us to heal? As Old Walker dances to nostalgia's hypnotizing melody, he recalls the Walker he used to be, and the beautiful memory of his first encounter with Thursday in New York.
- Two dolls tossed in the attic and left for trash are on a mission to take back their house from Jessica (the new owner) no matter what they have to do. What's it going to be? Murder? Mayhem? ...or asking politely? Find out. "They Lived in the Attic" is a stop motion and live action horror comedy by Allie Radice. Starring: Allie Radice and Barbara Goodman. Written, Directed, and Edited by Allie Radice.
- The writer covers the blank page as well as possible, and then revises. Again and again. Is this so different from life itself? You lead your life as best you can-day after day after day -and then you take stock and make any necessary changes, hopefully making things better. You also hope that what attempts you made at leading a good life will be bettered by the next generation.