This installment of the Big Gay Musical Podcasts features guest Ammon Taylor,  an Austin-based pianist, musical director, composer and performer (wait… isn’t he usually making musical magic behind the keys?!?). He chats about what it was like leaving Mormonism, the experience of doing full Victorian, sister-wife drag and dating people who are still religious. Then, Ammon runs back behind the keyboard for a musical extravaganza all about leaning on religion, facing our pasts, and sassy coffee tables! Also, talking furniture is now queer canon.

The Big Gay Musical Podcast is produced by Tosin Awofeso, Chelsea Beth, Bridget Brewer, Marissa Macy and Ammon Taylor.

Music by Ammon Taylor

This episode featured the improvisational talent of: Rachel Austin, Chelsea Beth, Bridget Brewer and Marissa Macy.

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On this week’s episode, we talk to the magnificent Sophia Poitier: a creative, a thinker, a parent, a performer, a badass genderqueer visionary. Sophia shares her thoughts about alien-inspired gender expression, being a queer parent, how much people love to “mom” you, and even a few nuggets on navigating the healthcare system (hint: it sucks)! Then woah nelly… stay tuned for an improvised musical about a teenager named Amelia and her personified body as they traverse an alien world, take a ride on a literal struggle bus, and step into the reflection zone. Grab your box of tissues, because we’re bringing you the full spectrum of emotion via equal parts goofy UFO jokes and heart-wrenching duets about loving yourself and your body.

Watch Sophia perform in The Hideout Theatre’s Dystopian Teen Future, Saturdays in June!

The Big Gay Musical Podcast is produced by Tosin Awofeso, Chelsea Beth, Bridget Brewer, Marissa Macy and Ammon Taylor.

This episode featured the improvisational talent of: Rachel Austin, Chelsea Beth, Bridget Brewer and Marissa Macy.

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On this week’s episode, we chat with Liza Dovgish, an improviser and comedian in Austin, TX. Liza digs into what it was like to be born in Russia, to grow up in South Korea until she was thirteen, then to be flung into American suburbia -- complete with hamburgers, hugs, and skate park kids! Then, get ready for a whacky improvised musical about the “New Kid” in Talkstown: the town where everything talks. It turns out there’s a lot to learn from chatty soda machines and outspoken department stores! When New Kid makes friends with the old new kid, he has to learn to accept himself and how to make the best of his new home.

The Big Gay Musical Podcast is produced by Tosin Awofeso, Chelsea Beth, Bridget Brewer, Marissa Macy and Ammon Taylor.

This episode features the improvisational talent of: Frank Sanchez, Liza Dovgish, Chelsea Beth, Trent Thomson, Casey Marie, and Marissa Macy.

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On this week’s episode, we talk with Paul Weiner, an Austin-based stand-up comedian, improviser and theatre actor! Paul shares his early love of The Rolling Stones, being a queer parent and cab driver in San Francisco, and his grandmother’s wisdom. Then, wipe away that single tear, because here comes a goofy, completely improvised musical about Cassidy, a misguided trauma-unit worker who just wants to impress her boss. But woah, hold up, does her boss have motives outside of being a good doctor? And are those motives somehow related to the demise of department stores by the hands of millennials? Hold on to your britches, y’all!

The Big Gay Musical Podcast is produced by Tosin Awofeso, Chelsea Beth, Bridget Brewer, Marissa Macy and Ammon Taylor.

Music by Ammon Taylor

This episode featured the improvisational talent of: Trent Thomson, Elizaveta Dovgish, Frank Sanchez, Chelsea Beth, Marissa Macy

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This week we “sit down” with Caeriel Crestin, an Austin-based improviser, director, improv teacher extraordinaire, and host of the amazing improvised podcast “Custodians of Justice” (link below). Caeriel talks about what it was like to come out during high school in the nineties, Linda Carter as Wonder Woman, why he has “PLAY” tattooed to his arm, and getting COZY at a pumpkin party. Then, gear up for a HOT HOT HOT improvised musical about two queer teachers from different schools, Diana and Mary. Will they come together? What is the deal with this evil principle, and why does he have an old-timey accent? Can everyone talk to squirrels or is it just people who believe in love? Also, some outrageously catchy musical numbers, including a song about how TEACHERS ARE PEOPLE, TOO! It’s the bop we’ve always needed.

The Big Gay Musical Podcast is produced by Tosin Awofeso, Chelsea Beth, Bridget Brewer, Marissa Macy, and Ammon Taylor.

Music by Ammon Taylor

This episode featured the improvisational talent of: Casey Marie, Caeriel Crestin, Bridget Brewer, Frank Sanchez, Chelsea Beth, and Marissa Macy.

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Custodians of Justice on iTunes -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/custodians-of-justice/id1444354369?mt=2

This week we talk to Luke Wallens, an Austin-based improviser and original cast member of the 2018 Big Gay Musical stage production, as well as part of the LGBTQIA sketch show Martini Ranch. Luke talks about moving around a lot as a kid, coming out as gay when your dad is a pastor, and how to find a special sense of home wherever you go. Then, off we go to the magical desert land of Marfa, TX for a fully-improvised musical extravaganza about Christine, a new woman in town looking for love! What will happen when she meets a ghost with the same name as her? What’s the deal with the grumpy, wiccan pizza place owner? Can cacti really will anything to happen, like a genie? Are dreams real?!?! CAN YOU LOVE PIZZA IN A ROMANTIC WAY?

The Big Gay Musical Podcast is produced by Tosin Awofeso, Chelsea Beth, Bridget Brewer, Marissa Macy and Ammon Taylor.

Music by Ammon Taylor

This episode featured the improvisational talent of: Casey Marie, Bridget Brewer, Frank Sanchez, Luke Wallens, Marissa Macy

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On this inaugural episode of The Big Gay Musical Podcast, we first chat with Rachel Austin, an Austin improviser and original cast-member of the 2018 Big Gay Musical stage production. We cover everything from getting over a breakup, to getting people’s pronouns right, to pancake-driven self-care, and even heteronormativity in apps! Then, buckle-up your queer belt for a fully-improvised musical featuring ghosts in a Golden Corral, a bi-curious cat, married men as distractions, and -- WAIT A MINUTE  -- is trying to connect with ghosts just a metaphor for trying to connect with your queerness?!?!?!