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As a member of the Latinx and LGBTQ communities, he began making movies to create his own world where he celebrates them through his stories. His dream is to direct an original film about a gay superhero.

Melancholy Man, a dance short film, directed and choreographed by James Kinney with cinematography and editing by Pierre Marais is available for viewing on Vimeo, Social Media Platforms and selected film festivals beginning Wednesday, June 16th. The film is produced by Nicole LaFountaine.

Two of Yorkshire's best known theatre companies are set to join forces with an exciting line-up of playwrights for an afternoon of brand-new short plays written for radio and performed in front of a live audience.

The final Almost Adults Productions LGBTQ+ Online Short Play Series for the season will celebrate both Gay Pride month and the company's one-year anniversary. This will be on Sunday, June 27th at 3:30 PM Mountain Time.

The shorts will feature music by Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson and Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter of the GRAMMY Award®-winning musical group The Roots, who are executive producing through their Two One Five Entertainment production company alongside Latoya Raveneau.

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced that American rock guitarist, pianist, singer and songwriter JOHN HIATT will play the historic Pantages Theatre.

The National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron has announced the premiere of a collection of short dance films by Cara Hagan (Boone, NC/Australia) and her artistic collaborators as part of NCCAkron's Community Commissioning Residency..=

This summer's Guest Artists include Tony Award-winning Director/Choreographer Jerry Mitchell, creator of Kinky Boots, the Best Musical of 2013, Disney Parks Casting Director, Dan LoBuono, and Alex Brightman, star of Broadway's Beetlejuice the Musical and School of Rock!

When The World Was Young, a family drama that tells the story of siblings Benjamin (Jason Ma) and Audrey (Lia Chang) who return home to confront their Mother's (Virginia Wing) memory loss and discover a hidden key to her past, was voted Audience Choice for Best Short Narrative at the 16th annual DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon.

“SUDDENLY: A Short New Musical” will stream for free worldwide, from April 30th 2021. Available on YouTube, the brand new 30 minute musical film brings theatrical innovation to the next level in a production performed on stage that is entirely designed for camera.

Happenstance Theater will present a new short film A ROSE FOR ERGENSBURG, inspired by fairy tales and hard times.

Prospect Theater Company has announced the premiere date for the next offering in the company’s VISION Series of original music-theater on film.

First Stage has announced the creation of Amplify - First Stage's BIPOC Virtual Short Play Series, to be developed and produced throughout Spring 2021. In this new series, three short plays will be created by BIPOC playwrights that center on the young person's point or view, amplifying the voices of these artists and young people.

So often, the world’s most powerful and important documentaries are only available at film festivals but not to the general public.

Red Bull Theater today announced that submissions will begin for their 11th annual festival of 10-minute plays of heightened language and classic themes. Six brand new plays, inspired by this year’s theme: “Restoration,” will be selected through an open submission process to premiere alongside commissions from C. A. Johnson and José Rivera.

Austin and Meredith Bragg's short film A Piece of Cake produced by the Moving Picture Institute (MPI), shares a story of a father who goes to drastic measures for his daughter’s birthday.

The pandemic halted audiences from being able to experience live theatre in-person, but Cinevative worked alongside Pasadena Playhouse to capture new works on-stage for the Playhouse's new digital platform, PlayhouseLive, including the brand new, 90-minute tribute, 'You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman' set to premiere January 10th.

As we turn the calendar to 2021, we can't leave the lessons learned in 2020 behind us.

San Francisco theater company Word for Word continues their New Podcast Series Word For Wordcast with the new radio drama podcast of author and tribal leader Greg Sarris’ short story Citizen going up on January 14 & 21 2021, available at http://www.zspace.org/pod and on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

“Jerry Dance Party is a chance for music lovers to experience the mind-bending marriage of cutting-edge audio-visual technology with the timeless music of the Grateful Dead.” - concert promoter and Relix publisher Peter Shapiro.

As the pandemic continues to sweep the world, bringing a second wave of lockdowns, Drag icon Nina West and Walt Disney Studios animator Dan Lund ( Frozen, Frozen 2) have teamed up to ask people to 'Mask up, Stay home, and Watch a Musical' with the release of their new, made-at-home musical short, Quarantine Dream.

Influenced by stories of hope and the disproportionate impact that COVID-19 has had on the Black community, The Washington Chorus and Artistic Director Dr. Eugene Rogers commissioned composer Damien Geter and Emmy award-winning filmmaker Bob Berg to produce a short music film.

Today, GLSEN, the leading education organization focused on ensuring safe and inclusive schools for LGBTQ+ students and respect for all in school, announced that its annual Los Angeles Respect Awards will be reimagined as RESPECT EVERYWHERE.

The Apollo Theater announced today the line-up for Black Life Matters: A Program of Short Films & Conversation, which launches the return of the innovative quarterly series Apollo Film Presents: ImageNation's Cocktails & Sōl Cinema on November 19 at 7:00pm ET.

Broadway's Sara Brians, Alex Hartman and Sam Quinn teamed up to create a dance short film with the message of community and love. To experience music and dance is to connect with humanity. It is to inspire empathy, and we all need this fundamental, shared experience more than ever right now. People need people. To live. To create. To love. To heal.