My Haunt Life

Dealing with Death and Grief – Interview with Sam Shaber (Sam Shaber: Life, Death, and Duran Duran) and Ashley Steed (When Skies Are Gray)

How do you deal with death? How do you deal with grief? What if time does NOT heal all wounds? Can art heal?

In a challenging, moving conversation, we sit down with two creators and chat about what it takes to create from a place of loss or sadness and wind up transforming audiences in the process. Ashley Steed and Sam Shaber join us to talk about very different shows born from personal experiences. We explore the subject of grief and how to deal with it in a way that goes very deep and very personal.

While their shows have the subject of death and loss, we learn that they are more than that…they’re a celebration of the life of their loved ones.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Sam Shaber – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Life, Death, & Duran Duran – Final Show Friday, July 13th – Tickets

My 80s Bedroom Radio

Ashley Steed – Website, Twitter

Son of Semele

Hollywood Fringe Fest 2018 – Weeks Two & Three Reviews

In this episode, we learn that Russell is a theatre junkie that is constantly looking for his fix. We talk about the record setting number of shows he’s seen over the last couple of weeks of the Hollywood Fringe Fest.

Hollywood Fringe Fest has come to a close for this year, but you STILL have the chance to see more shows! Extensions are being announced for many of the shows, check out the official Hollywood Fringe Festival website for schedule information.

With close to four hundred shows in the festival, June proved to be a thrilling, emotional and challenging month. We hope you managed to see something that made you laugh or cry or lifted your spirits! (Or completely emotionally devastated you… you know… if you are into that sort of thing, haha!)

For the written reviews of the shows we talk about in this podcast, please check out our Week Two reviews, as well as our Week Three reviews.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Romeo and Juliet

Snow Fridge

Rayn: An Electronic Burlesque Experience

Survival Check

Lights Out in the Hermit’s Cave

The Universe (101)

The Midnight Menagerie

Laertes Loves Hamlet Loves Ophelia

Escape from Godot

A Life Behind Bars

A Very Die Hard Christmas

A Beast / A Burden

Cthulhu: The Musical

Eyes of the Blind

Rochester, 1996

When Skies Are Gray

Hollywood Fringe Fest 2018 – Week One Reviews

Hollywood Fringe Fest is well underway! In the first official week of Fringe, we saw some more shows! If something sounds interesting to you, make sure you get a ticket sooner than later as many runs are already becoming sold out! To read the written reviews of the shows in this podcast, please CLICK HERE.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

The Rental

Psychodelicate’s Magical Mystery Comedy Show

Meanwhile, Back At The Super Lair

When Skies Are Gray

Caspar Thomas: More Magic & Mentalism

Glitch

Kiss My Ax!

Man Is Wolf

The Stars

Foxhole Stories: Twist, Pull, Smoke, Run-Motherfucker-Run

What Went Wrong

Shilo Kloko

Dracula’s Taste Test

God: The Apologies Tour

Wounded

Hollywood Fringe Fest 2018 – Preview Week Reviews

In this episode, we talk about all preview shows we’ve seen at Hollywood Fringe Fest. This podcast is a companion piece to our written reviews. We talk a bit more in depth about the shows and the emotions we felt in some.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Manson’s Girls

The Witnessing

Sam Shaber: Life, Death, & Duran Duran

The People Vs Hell Kross

The Study

Ghosts

Death and Coffee

Hush

Fresh Meat

Coke & Mirrors

Dr. Zomba’s Ghost Show of Terror!

Final Preparations

The Dangerous Cures of Doctor B.

Hercules Insane

One Last Thing Before You Go

Unreal City

My Haunt Life – iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, TuneIn, Forums, Calendar, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Call or text us! 515 HAUNT LA ( (515)428-6852 )

In this episode, we get caught up on the shows we’ve seen and things we’ve done over the last couple of months. We both had family emergencies and had to travel back to Mississippi and Massachusetts for a month each and due to those travels, a lot of these shows/reviews are a bit out of date. Even if the shows we talk about have ended their run, the companies still remain and will have new shows to check out!

Russell was able to finally try to escape from Escape Room LA‘s “Pyramid”. Screamfest‘s anniversary screenings and Q&As have been fantastic! E3W came back with their new show “Bitter at the End”. Las Vegas has some “Serial Killers You Know and Love” by Majestic Repertory. The 5th Annual Spookshow came and went at Halloween Club as did this years Monsterpalooza. Mike was able to “check out” room B340 at the Queen Mary. Russell was among “They Who Saw the Deep” from Ceaseless Fun and saw “Wood Boy Dog Fish” from Rogue Artists. Force of Nature Productions gave us two shows to check out, “The Bereaved” and “Seven”. The New Bad Boys of Magic continue their monthly show “Dirty Tricks” and Urban Death from Zombie Joe continues to make Russell disturbed. We get to open two Boxes of Dread and Mike kind of guilt trips Russell to watch A Serbian Film.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Escape Room LA – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Screamfest – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

E3W Productions/Bitter at the End – Instagram

Majestic Repertory (Las Vegas) – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Serial Killers You Know and Love – Instagram

Interview with Stash House Creators Tommy Honton & Don DeLeon

In this episode, we sit down with Stash House creators Tommy Honton and Don DeLeon. We learn about the origins of Stash House, how it came to be, it’s inspiration and much, much more. Enjoy!

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Stash House – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

The Firm – Phone Tap – YouTube

The Firm – 5 Minutes To Flush – YouTube

Escape Room Recommendations

Cross Roads Escape Games – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Escape Chronicles – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Arcane – Website, Facebook, Instagram

Virus Escape Room/Get the F out – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Evil Genius Escape Rooms – Website, Facebook, Instagram

The Basement – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

60 Out Escape Rooms – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

EscapeX – Website, Facebook, Instagram

Escape Room in a Box – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Stash House, Agnosia, Sleep No More, and Then She Fell

In this episode, we get to open 2 Box of Dreads! Russell tries to have some (Ceaseless) Fun at “Agnosia”. We become a part of a crew in LA’s newest escape room, Stash House. Star Wars VR at Disneyland? YES! The second Dirty Tricks with the New Bad Boys of Magic happens. Mike heads to New York and sees Sleep No More and Then She Fell!

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Box of Dread – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Ceaseless Fun/Agnosia – Website, Facebook, Instagram

Stash House – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

The Void VR – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

New Bad Boys of Magic Dirty Tricks – Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

Sleep No More – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Then She Fell – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Interview with Daniel Donohue and Eric Siegel (The New Bad Boys of Magic)

In this episode, we chat with Daniel and Eric aka The New Bad Boys of Magic! We talk about how they met, how they got into magic, the dating app they will make, their new show (Dirty Tricks), and so much more! Sit back, relax, and be mesmerized by the enthusiasm, sincerity, and charm of these gentlemen!

 

New Bad Boys of Magic Dirty Tricks – Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Tickets For Dirty Tricks

 

Dirty Tricks at Camp Whitsit and a 50 Hour Drive By The Wolseley Institute

In this episode, we look back at our favorite shows of 2017. Bringing it back to the present, we talk about what we’ve done so far in 2018. We start of by checking out the New Bad Boys of Magic‘s new show called “Dirty Tricks“. We then go camping with Zombie Joe at Camp Whitsit. Russell goes for a 50 Hour Drive By (Festival) with Zombie Joes and then becomes a professor with The Wolseley Institute‘s new show called “Catagmatic”.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Russell’s 2017 Top “3”

The Speakeasy Society/Johnny The Living – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Scout Expedition Company/The Nest – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

The Choe Show – Website, Instagram

Escapade Games/Zoe Escape Room – Website, Facebook, and Instagram

Komnata Quest Escape Rooms – Web, Facebook, Instagram

Evil Genius Escape Rooms – Website, Facebook, Instagram

Hollywood Fringe Fest – Website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Mike’s Top 5 of 2017

Comic Con the Musical – Website, Facebook

The Choe Show – Website, Instagram

The Speakeasy Society/Johnny The Living – Website, Fac...

Episode 70 – Box of Dread, The Pyramid, Night Shift, Komnata, Blood Alley, and The Lust Experience: Anointment

In this episode, we get excited about the newest Box of Dreads. Mike goes to Escape Room LA to try and uncover the secrets of their newest escape room, The Pyramid. Russell tries a mash up of escape room, haunt, and immersive theatre at Horror Escapes LA‘s “Night Shift” and travels across the country to try out Komnata Quest‘s “Boxed Up” and “The City of Ashes”. Zombie Joe brings us horror holiday cheer in Blood Alley Christmas! Then we enter a party put on by the OSDM with The Lust Experience‘s “Anointment”.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Box of Dread – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Escape Room LA – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Night Shift – Web, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

Komnata Quest Escape Rooms – Web, Facebook, Instagram

Zombie Joes – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

The Lust Experience – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

My Haunt Life – iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, TuneIn, Calendar, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

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