Ryland Shelton

Michael Kearns’ sixteenth solo show, It Must Be Him: A Genderful Musical Memoir, has been chosen as part of the line-up of the inaugural Circa: Queer Histories Festival with a one-night only performance on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 8:00pm.

Michael Kearns presents his 16th Solo Show It Must Be Him: A Genderful Musical Memoir as part of CIRCA: Queer Histories Festival October 11, 2023 at the LGBT Center’s Davidson/Valenti Theatre. Long-time collaborator Ryland Shelton directs Michael. Michael graciously agreed to this, our fourth interview.

Explore the world premiere of Michael Kearns' 'It Must Be Him: A Genderful Musical Memoir' at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, CA. Don't miss this unique voice defined by hope, reality, desire, tragedy, and promise. Tickets available now.

Award-winning digital gay sitcom Old Dogs & New Tricks has joined the ever-growing library of independent LGBTQ productions on the premiere streaming service Prime Video. All four seasons are now available to stream and purchase in the US and UK on Prime Video's TV platform and at www.amazon.com/v/odnttheseries. 

More than 40 actors have been set to participate in The Blank Theatre's 27th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. Twelve winning plays by young playwrights aged 14 19 from six different states will be presented during this year's festival at the YPF Pop-Up Playhouse in Hollywood, running from June 6 30.

Queer & Art Presents 'I AM SEAGULL' a new play with music is having it's first public workshop performance at acclaimed Celebration Theatre in Hollywood. This all-queer inspired new adaptation takes place in the not-so-distant future after the United States and Russia have joined forces to create a new fascist-communist country; where the government has deemed queer people as 'Unclassified' and sent to death camps. A response to the world's climate, performer/artist Frankie Kraft has adapted the classic play to be told through queer voices. The cast includes 'godfather of LGBTQ theatre' Michael Kearns, Toni Christopher (Ovation Nominee 'Rabbit Hole'), Nathan Mohebbi, Kareem Ferguson, Ryland Shelton, Ashley Diane Currie, Richardson Jones, Arne Gjelten, Kenton Chen, Tristan Scott Behrends, Jessie Jacobson, and Frankie Kraft. Written and Directed by Frankie Kraft. The story is told with original music from Ryland Shelton, Jessie Jacobson and Ivo Dimchev. As well as choreography by Bruno Isakovic and Arne Gjelten. 'I AM SEAGULL' is presented by Queer & Art-- a new multimedia platform specializing in Queer art. They produce podcast, films and now theatre. For more information visit: www.frankiekraft.com On instagram at @queerandart & @frankiekraft. Or email queerandart@gmail.com. Monday January 21 7:30 pm at Celebration Theatre in Hollywood. This is a benefit performance for Rainbow Railroad-- an organization that helps LGBT+ asylum seekers escape violence globally.

More than 50 actors have been set to participate in The Blank Theatre's 26th Annual Young Playwrights Festival. Twelve winning plays by young playwrights aged 15-19 from seven different states will be presented during this year's festival at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood, running from May 31-June 24.

Highly-acclaimed Los Angeles theatre luminary and legendary artist-activist Michael Kearns will debut his new full-length play Bloodbound at Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th Street in Santa Monica, CA, opening January 19th, 2018. Performances will continue through March 4th, with Mark Bringelson directing. Producers are Leo Garcia and Patrick Kennelly for Highways Performance Space, Ryland Shelton for Moon Mile Run, and Kirk Frederick, Executive Producer.

It's been too long since Los Angeles has had a world premiere of a Michael Kearns' creation. On January 13, 2018; Michael will open his latest dramatic composition, BLOODBOUND at Highways Performance Center. Michael has since been keeping busy with his theatrical commitments at Skylight Theatre, QueerWise, Michael Kearns & Other Outies, and Housing Works; while always doing what he does best in his HIV/AIDS activism, and raising his grown-up daughter Katherine.

Actor Gordon Thomson returns to the stage in Michael Kearns' highly-dramatic new play Bloodbound at the Highways Performance Space at 1651 18th St. in Santa Monica, CA opening on January 13th, 2018. The play will run January 13th, 14th, 19th, 26th, 27th and 28th .and on February 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 11th and 23rd, being directed by Mark Bringelson and produced by Leo Garcia and Ryland Shelton for Moon Mile Run.

SFIAF 2017 has announced its performance listings. The full Festival lineup with project descriptions is as follows (projects listed chronologically by discipline: dance, music, theatre/ performance art). An online calendar is available here.

In the Dark Times will there also be Singing? The San Francisco International Arts Festival takes Bertolt Brecht's rhetorical question as its theme for 2017 (and beyond) and forms the bedrock of a commitment to develop an artistic platform that addresses the dangerous domestic and foreign policy political abyss currently confronting the United States of America.

The 2017 San Francisco International Arts Festival will feature a brilliant 11 day program co-presented with, and held exclusively at, the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture.

Heartrending tales of tragedy weaved together by the common denominator of a gun (hence, Bang Bang) will rip your heartstrings and possibly cause a flow of tears. Ably directed by Mark Bringelson at an even, fast clip; his talented cast succeeds in presenting actual human faces to the oft-times, de-personalized news accounts of these all-too-common fatal occurrences.

The award-winning hit comedy web series Old Dogs & New Tricks celebrates the completion of its successful second season with a new 30-minute retrospective special "Is This Goodbye?" debuting today. Watch it below!

While web-series crossovers are a common occurrence, Old Dogs & New Tricks - the award-winning web comedy about middle-aged gay friends in youth-obsessed West Hollywood currently in its second season - may have just accomplished a first. Two of its lead characters appear in the upcoming feature film Hot Guys with Guns, debuting this spring - perhaps the first time characters from a web series have appeared in an unrelated big-screen project.

It's not over yet! Last week's "gay wedding of the year" between professional party boy Dirk Evans and snarky WeHo queen Nelson Van Eddy (special guest stars Greg Louganis & Bruce L. Hart) concludes with today's new episode of Old Dogs & New Tricks, "Bad Reception". Watch it below!

Katselas Theatre Company presents THEATRE SEX: BEFORE & AFTER, theatrical readings in honor of World AIDS Day 2012. BEFORE AIDS: tonight, November 30th at 8pm and AFTER AIDS: December 2nd at 8pm at the Skylight Theatre Complex – 1816 N. Vermont, LA.