Articles of Antiquity

Balloon Man tells the tale of one man’s dream to be the first African American to take flight in a hot air balloon. The online series is captured through beautiful animation, interviews and pictures making it a riveting and heart warming experience.

I sat down an chatted with Brianna Seamster writer and director of the story Homebound. She won the opportunity to create a one minute cut of her comedy pilot Homebound. Currently as of May 2020 she is pitching to companies now to hopefully either become a television writer or for her pilot to get picked up in the future.

His short film is about a woman named Jane who’s car breaks down on the outskirts of a small town. She starts to experience supernatural activity connected to the ghost of a mass shooter. Very relevant for our times today.

Unlikely talks about how students are finding it harder to navigate the college complex. So many start and then drop out due to finances, life challenges or failing a class and not knowing how to cope next. Adam and Jaye Fenderson went out to find why this happened and what’s being done about it.

Euphoria is a quiet but explosive film about two sisters dealing with bubbling up conflicts that have been brewing for years. Alicia Virkander plays Ines and Eva Green plays Emilie.

Written and created by Matt Schrader, with producer Kenny Holmes, this is a tale of the birth of Spielberg and Lucas. Actors do voiceovers to play these iconic directors.

Writer and director Emma Forrest is a force with with her newest film Untogether. It has a brilliant cast of actors such as Ben Mendelsohn, Billy Crystal and Lola and Jemima Kirke. A romantic drama of sorts about people dating and living their life in an urban city.

The latest fantasy film with an epic  steampunk style is here! I interviewed actress  Menik Gooneratne who acts in the film. She also talks about working with the collaboration between Christian Rivers and Peter Jackson on set.

I interviewed the director Michael Leoni and masterful storyteller of the documentary American Street Kids. This story talks about the lives of the kids you see but don’t stop to ask their story. These are the kids you see everyday in Los Angeles, CA.

A wild documentary about an ever growing alternative art movement in the West. Written and directed by Jilann Spitzmiller and Morgan Capps answer some questions about their doc MeowWolf.

Alone We Fight is a quiet war movie that comes from out of the woods. Literally. During WWII in the woods of the German/Austrian border American troops were sent to hold off the front lines.

What if one decision tipped off the adventure of a lifetime? In Brett Simon’s new indie film we are taken on a journey of one guys dream of helping his grandpa and trying to save the love of his life in the process.

A movie of what’ifs and modern romance from an all female writer and director and producer comes Zelos.

The wonderfully talented and passionate Lynda DeFuria is a singer, director, teacher and community organizer who is doing incredible things in the Big Apple.

Check out 2018 Tony Award’s Predictions with a good old round table discussion

I recently attended a workshop of a play about Ted Bundy. It was as fascinating as you'd expect.

Investors are often not credited in your Playbill or recognized in any way publically, but they are a very important part of the show. What does it mean to be an investor?

What better place to start ending the systemic discrimination of women in theatre than in how we tell women’s stories? If we allow a man to tell this story, particularly one who traditionally is not supportive of women, have we learned anything at all?

Theater is special especially when a group of bootstrapping theater artists get together to laugh alot and make incredible stories come to life. Welcome to The Shrill Collective! 

Paula Vogel's most recent play was seven years in the works before bringing the Pulitzer Prize winner her Broadway debut in 2017. After Broadway, she came to Minneapolis. 

"Hi Taryn, Congratulations! You were selected to have your work read in Paula Vogel's...." Oh, shit, I thought. 

Black History Month is a time for all of us to take a step back and recognize the contributions that the African American community have both given and had stolen from them.

The theater has never been silent on politics. 

Broadway is typically more intentional about representation than Hollywood, and yet last year's Tony Awards were given almost entirely to white artists, a large step back from the previous year with 11 Tony's just to the cast of Hamilton.

Happy New Year! How it has been a year of crazy life transitions over here. The magazine is still here and thriving, but still looking for ways to expand and make more beautiful stories come to life.

Hi World. It's been awhile since we have spoken without an artist in front of my face. Although you should go check out all the artists on the other pages. Instead of reading about me and my thoughts here.

Find out what Jen the Founder and Editor in Chief is up to when she's not working on the magazine and interviewing artists.