Rebecca McGlynn (she/they) is a transgender queer writer, actor, songwriter, and filmmaker working in film and TV production in Los Angeles. She premiered her original, award-winning one-woman show “Asexuality! The Solo Musical” in the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2022. She co-wrote and produced 2016's My Big Fat Blonde Musical, which she has since adapted into a digital series as a creator, writer, composer, cinematographer and editor. Awards include the Hollywood Fringe Festival's TOP OF THE FRINGE, BEST MUSICAL, BEST WORLD PREMIERE, ENCORE PRODUCERS' AWARD, PICK OF THE FRINGE; LA Music Critic's BEST SOLO SHOW; OUTDOOR VOICES FESTIVAL Official Selection; JOSHUA TREE SOLO FESTIVAL Desert Salon Official Selection; SOARING SOLO STARS SERIES Official Selection; Official Selection; iO West's 24hr SKETCH COMPETITION; LA 48hr Film Project's BEST DIRECTOR. Previous stage roles include: Vice Principal Douglas Panch (Spelling Bee), Trevor Graydon (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Caldwell B. Cladwell (Urinetown), Pooh-Bah (The Mikado), Mrs. Gloop (Willy Wonka), Rachel Brown (Inherit the Wind), and God (Spamalot!). Rebecca is also an Emmy-nominated photojournalist, writer and composer of the musical Norton! The Astonishingly True Story of America's Forgotten Emperor, and founder of Denison University's first non-singing a cappella group, Talkapella.
Alex Kern (she/her) is an actor, writer, comedian, and clown from Cleveland, Ohio. Her short films and original series’ (the critically acclaimed “SingleDumb” and “Pawla Dean’s White House Kitchen”) have screened at The Cleveland International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Comedy Festival, Los Angeles Animation Festival, and more. Her acting and writing work has been featured in numerous outlets, some of which include: HULU, Vulture, and Vanity Fair. Alex trained at The New Actor’s Workshop (NYC) under the guidance of Mike Nichols before focusing on comedy (Groundlings, Upright Citizen’s Brigade) but identifies most as a clown (Idiot Workshop, The Clown School). In her comedy, Alex is interested in the risk of losing the logical and luxuriating in the joy of the moment.
For more details you can visit Alex’s website alexandrakern.com
Welcome back to the show Cat LaCohie aka Vixen DeVille.
In this episode we deep dive into devising a solo show on a time limit. That show becoming an award winning hit that goes on tour to then become a television show.
Talk about a journey or what.
How did Cat get inspired and what was her process? Listen now to find out.
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Matthew Quinn is a theatre veteran in Hollywood and oozes knowledge on not only the spaces he runs, basically any space in Los Angeles as well as being a Hollywood Fringe Festival knowledge king.
If you have any questions on the Hollywood Fringe Festival this is the episode for you as we dive into the Fringe and how to get the best out of it.
Matthew also has a three hour workshop that you can watch here:
https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4267
Usual price is $100 and you can get it for $80 with discount code: EARLYBIRD
The Hollywood Fringe Festival is such a fantastic experience to have and I would highly recommend it to all.