Fresh off runs on the series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and “IT: Welcome to Derry,” Helen Shang rose from Researcher and EP assistant to Co-Executive Producer with writing and producing work on shows including “Hannibal,” “The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power,” “Hawaii Five-O,” and “13 Reasons Why.” Part of her journey included a stint in David Mamet’s corner office on the FOX lot - and one of the massively important skills Helen has mastered is: staying in touch with all of the good people she has met along the way. 

Keegan DeWitt has over 80 credits as composer on film and television projects including “People We Meet On Vacation,” “The Chair Company,” “Friendship,” “Kevin Can F**k Himself,” “Sorry For Your Loss,” “The OA” and “How I Met Your Mother.” He has worked in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles and toured as a lead singer in the band Wild Cub. With over 20 years working as a professional in the entertainment industry, Keegan’s point of view is one forged in the furnace of dedication to the storytelling that can only come through music.

David Bianchi has established himself as not only a multi-hyphenate actor, producer and screenwriter with over 120 professional film and TV credits, he is also an entrepreneur with a massive online following who provides industry information and courses like the one he just released for actors to master their self tapes. He has booked more than 55 episodes on 18 shows using the methods in his course. As a producer and writer, David’s recent Emmy-nominated, short form dystopian series, RZR, which is a flagship web3 project, can be seen on the Gala film platform on YouTube. David is a nonstop powerhouse with volumes of creative and business knowledge who has the kind of drive and hustle that only comes with 24/7 commitment. Listen in to hear David speak for himself.

Rebecca Metz got her start on planet Earth in Bruce Springsteen‘s hometown of Freehold New Jersey. Born to classically trained singers, Rebecca went on to act in recurring roles including projects like “Shameless,” “Better Things” and “Coop & Cami Ask the World.” She is a screen and stage actor and voice actor who trained through both Carnegie Mellon and UCB Improv and much of her inspiration caught fire when she sat on the floor as a kid watching TV and told herself “that’s where I belong.”

Gregory Locklear just completed a run on the Peacock series “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy,” a unique and compelling approach to a scripted version of the infamous true crime story. He is now Co-Creator and Executive Producer on the in-development second season, focusing on the Night Stalker. Traveling west to LA from Delaware County, he broke through in documentaries and then went on to shows like “Transparent,” “Project Blue Book,” “Dr Death” and “Fate: The Winx Saga,” which shot on remote location in Ireland. His calm and steady demeanor has carried him through this career from director’s assistant to writing and producing, and who would’ve thought it can all be traced back to Friday nights with his grandma and “The Golden Girls.” FOOTNOTE: The song we discuss at the end is Orville Peck’s “Dead of Night.”

Peter Jang has credits that include roles in over 60 projects from “CSI: Vegas” to “Soulmates,” “American Horror Stories,” “Mask,” “NCIS Hawaii,” “Seal Team,” “Westworld” and “The Suicide Squad. “ He is a stunt coordinator and performer, fight choreographer, actor, writer, director and producer. He is also the CEO of Simplicity Pictures with a unique talent in the industry due to his business background. And his entrepreneurial spirit was inspired by both his father’s own risk taking, and his personal beliefs in the power of art.

Anna Khaja is an award-winning actor, playwright, and director with more than eighty-five film and TV credits, including arcs on The Walking Dead World Beyond, Quantico, The Good Place, Silicon Valley, Madam Secretary and most recently, The Lincoln Lawyer. She also wrote and starred in Shaheed: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto, which enjoyed an acclaimed Off-Broadway run in New York City. 

Khaja is the recipient of the Google x Black List Storytelling Fellowship, a Sundance alum, and was selected for the Mentorship Matters TV Writers Program and she recently wrote and directed her debut film HEADBANG, which just headlined the Flux Screening Series at the Hammer Museum. And so much of this came - not from sitting at home by the phone with her talent, but from taking a proactive approach to her career.

TV series Creator, Writer/Producer and Stand-Up Comic, Gloria Bigelow spent years in New York City performing live before landing on comedy specials with Showtime and Wanda Sykes and as a guest on documentaries, which led to her entry into TV sitcoms as a staff writer on the CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola. She rose up the ranks to Co-Producer and now has a new series with veteran comedy writer, Christy Stratton and Cedric the Entertainer. She has great stories about working stand-up on cruise lines and developed a motto which has helped her along the way: Don’t get fired and be useful.

Niceole Levy rose from double network program participant in staff writer to co-EP on shows like NBC’s Found, The Recruit, SWAT, Cloak & Dagger and Fate: The Winx Saga, for which she served as onset writer producer in Dublin Ireland, and worked French hours. She also wrote the massively impactful book for people breaking into the television industry called “The Writers Room Survival guide.”  And this entire journey all began in the Mojave desert.

Nate Easterling got his start in film and television on PULP FICTION and with Wes Craven then went on to join countless shows that established his career as an editor. These series include - we were liars, the last thing he told me, vampire Academy, Castle rock, and the the tv series for SCREAM - He just came off a stint on a show that will be coming out soon called OFF CAMPUS - and is en route right now to his next job on a franchise horror series. How did a super rubber chicken bring Nate from Redding, PA to Hollywood? Let Nate explain.