S5 E21 STEFAN HAVES: Clown Town Confidant
An award-winning global director of cirque, cinema & stage. As comic act designer he specializes in clowns, characters and story components. Stefan is the author of The Power of HA! Connecting through the heart of humor.
S5 E20 BILLY McGUIGAN: Pop Rocketeer
A critically-acclaimed musician and producer known for his touring shows Rave On! The Buddy Holly Experience, Yesterday and Today: The Beatles Interactive Experience and Billy McGuigan's Pop Rock Orchestra.
S5 E19 JENN ELY: Visually Making Her Mark
A visual concept artist & illustrator who served as a color designer for Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, illustrated on Henry Selick’s Wendell & Wild, and provided the illustrations for the picture book The Gardener of Alcatraz: A True Story.
S5 E18 JERRELL L. HENDERSON: A Director That Is Nobody's Puppet
A theatre director, puppeteer, and African American theatre historian and archivist who received his MFA in theatre directing from Northwestern University.
S5 E17 NCC/Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Part 2
The National Comedy Center Presents The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival featuring Paul Morrissey, Eitan Levine, Dean Edwards, Marcus Monroe, Chris Martin and Rachel Feinstein.
S5 E16 NCC/Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Part 1
The National Comedy Center Presents The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival featuring: Tony Deyo, Ashley Austin Morris, Adam Mamawala, Turner Sparks, Sarah Tollemache & Jon Laster.
S5 E15 BEAVER BAUER: Custom Costumer
An award-winning theatrical costume designer who has collaborated with The American Conservatory Theater, Teatro Zinzanni, The Roundabout Theatre Company & Cabaret Zazou.
S5 E14 SQUONK - JACKIE DEMPSEY & STEVE O'HEARN: A Quest for Jest
A troupe of interdisciplinary artists from Pittsburgh that develop original outdoor interactive music spectacles that have been performed in over 250 venues in 35 of the United States. Steve & Jackie create participatory art that pops up in public spaces and evolves into a whimsical happening.
S5 E13 FRANK KOZIK: Pop Culture Provocateur
A tribute to a legendary graphic artist known for his iconic rock and punk poster designs and album covers for bands like Soundgarden, Queens of the Stone Age, Pearl Jam, Nirvana and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
S5 E12 RACHEL BLOOM: A Bunch of Bloom'n Talent
A Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy-Award winning writer, comedian and singer known for co-creating and starring in My Crazy Ex-girlfriend. Rachel is the author of I Want to be Where the Normal People Are.
S5 E11 CLAY JOHNSON & JEREMY DAVIS: Savannah Swagger
Two world-class musicians & the creators of The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra. From gospel to the Great American Songbook and Texas swing to Broadway they are defining the Savannah Sound.
S5 E10 SETH BARRISH: The Invisible Director
The director behind comedian Mike Birbiglia’s many one person shows, co-founder and co-artistic director of The Barrow Group and author of An Actor’s Companion: Tools for the Working Actor.
S5 E9 DANA JERI MAIER: A Cartoon Career
An artist and cartoonist that has been a contributor to the New Yorker “Daily Shouts” feature since 2018 and the creator of the syndicated online series The Worried Well.
S5 E8 TOM DUDZICK: The Play Thing
A prolific playwright with eight published and produced plays including Greetings!, Miracle on South Division Street and the Over the Tavern trilogy, with well over three hundred productions to date. The Irish adaptation, Over the Pub, broke the box office record at Cork Arts Theatre in Ireland.
S5 E7 KELLY SWANSON: Story Spinner
An award-winning storyteller, Hall of Fame speaker, and strategic storytelling expert, creator of the Persuasion Principle (TM) and Story Impact Academy. Kelly is the author of the one-woman show Who Hijacked My Fairy Tale? and was a cast member of the Fashion Hero TV show.
S5 E6 BEOWULF BORITT: Visual Storyteller & Set Designer
A Tony award-winning set designer with 29 Broadway shows to his name including New York, New York; Come From Away, The Scottsboro Boys, Freestyle Love Supreme and over 100 off Broadway show designs. An Obie Award winner for Sustained Excellence in Design.
S5 E5 MARJA HARMON: A Schuyler Sister Reunion
Marja has played all three Schuyler sisters: Angelica, Eliza and Peggy on the National Tour of Hamilton. She starred as Nala on the National Tour of The Lion King and in the Broadway companies of The Book Of Mormon and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
S5 E4 SIMONE GIERTZ: Workshop Wunderkind
A Swedish born inventor, maker, robotics enthusiast, TV host, TED talker and YouTube sensation now living in LA. Simone appeared on Tested.com with Adam Savage and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
S5 E3 DOUG McINTYRE: Doug Talks Too Much
A columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News with over 500 columns to his name. Formerly the host of McIntyre in the Morning and Red Eye Radio and the author of the new novel Frank’s Shadow.
S5 E2 KIRA LEHTOMAKI: Drawer for Disney
An accomplished animator for Disney that has worked on Zootopia, Tangled, Bolt, Wreck-it Ralph, Encanto, Frozen, Moana & Raya and The Last Dragon.