Chatting with Sherri

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Emmy Winning Producer/Writer; Brooks Wachtel!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Emmy Winning Producer/Writer/author; Brooks Wachtel!
Brooks is a very talented and diverse man who won an Emmy Award for screenwriting for the animated hit series Tutenstein! Brooks is an Emmy Award-winning writer with a long resume in TV and film. Wachtel has written more than 100 produced episodes of television fiction. In addition to episodes of X-Men, he has written shows as diverse as Fox’s live-action Young Hercules (starring Ryan Gosling) and animated hits like Spider-Man, Heavy Gear, Robo-Cop, Beast Machines: Transformers and PBS’ Liberty’s Kids. For younger viewers, he penned episodes of the pre-school hits, Clifford the Big Red Dog and Rainbow Fish. Wachtel's episode, "I Did it My Way," for Tutenstein won an Emmy Award.
For The History Channel, he co-created and executive produced the hit series DogFights. Wachtel also wrote and produced other documentaries for that network, including episodes of Defending America: National Guard and The Coast Guard. Additionally, he wrote The Great Ships, Search and Rescue, The Royal Navy and Fly Past, which won the Cine Golden Eagle Award. Wachtel recently co-wrote and co-produced Silver Tsunami, an award-winning independent theatrical documentary.
Now he is an author  of Lady Sherlock, LADY NATASHA (TASHA) DORRINGTON, an emancipated and brilliant detective in 1906 London, is drawn into a deadly mystery involving an ancient pagan curse and a diabolical plan to plunge the world into war. And he is hard at work on the sequel. 
He also serves on the Steering Committee of the Animation Writers Caucus of the Writers Guild of America, West; as well as teaching screenwriting at UCLA Extension. He is a performing magician member of Hollywood’s Magic Castle.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back multi-talented photographer; Ian L. Sitren!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back multi-talented photographer; Ian L. Sitren!
Ian L Sitren is a multi-talented photographer. He creates amazing pictures of athletes, models, actors and aircraft! "As a little boy I used to build military aircraft models and hang them from the ceiling in my room. Now I get to photograph them and fly in historic and military airplanes from World War II and many others.”
"My project about the Yiddish Theatre has it’s beginning with my own family. Uncle Izzy as he was known in our family, was one of the pioneers of the Yiddish Theatre along 2nd Avenue in New York City along with the famous Maurice Schwartz. The impact of the Yiddish Theatre through the Century and today reaches from Edward G. Robinson, Irving Berlin, and even Marlon Brando and so very much more. Indeed without the Yiddish Theatre even “Apocalypse Now” may never have been the motion picture it became."
"Photo excursions started out a few years ago with me just looking for interesting shoot locations. Then a couple of my friends wanted to come along so they became road trips for the purpose of finding the odd and unusual. One of the guys in our group does paintings from his photographs and is now in galleries here in Southern California and Montana and has been in number of prestigious art shows. Another of our group has also been successful in art shows with his photographs, here and abroad. Art Patron Magazine last year did a story about our photo excursions."

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back best selling author; David Farland

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back best selling author; David Farland!
 
 
David Farland is an award-winning, international bestselling author with over 50 novels in print. He has won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Special Award for “Best Novel in the English Language” for his science fiction novel On My Way to Paradise, the Whitney Award for “Best Novel of the Year” for his historical novel In the Company of Angels, and many more awards for his work. He is best known for his New York Times bestselling fantasy series,The Runelords.
Farland has written for major franchises such as Star Wars and The Mummy. He has worked in Hollywood greenlighting movies and doctoring scripts. He has been a movie producer, and he has even lived in China working as a screenwriter for a major fantasy film franchise.
As a writing instructor, Farland has mentored dozens who have gone on to staggering literary success, including such #1 New York Times Bestsellers as Brandon Mull (Fablehaven), Brandon Sanderson (Wheel of Time), and Stephenie Meyer (Twilight).
Farland judges L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future, one of the largest worldwide writing competitions for new fantasy and science fiction authors. The contest has helped discover and launch many authors into professional careers, with nearly 100 new science fiction and fantasy books released in just the last year. In the video game industry, he has been both a designer and a scripter and was the co-leader on the design team for StarCraft: Brood War. He set the Guinness World Record for the largest single-author, single-book signing.

Chatting With Sherri chats with the cast of Dimness

Chatting With Sherri chats with the cast of Dimness from Sherri's Playhouse!
All alone. In a small room.  All you can remember about yourself is your name.
Three lonely people reach out to each other in the dimness, al they know are their names and how they are dressed.
The cast of Dimness discuss the play and their parts.  It's a fun chat.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning screenwriter/producer Tom Blomquist!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning screenwriter/producer Tom Blomquist!
 
Tom Blomquist is an award-winning screenwriter, producer and director who has been associated with some of the nation’s most popular television dramas, including Catherine Marshall’s Christy, Walker Texas Ranger, The A-Team, Hunter, Riptide, Swamp Thing, Farscape, Werewolf, In A Heartbeat, FAME LA and Hardcastle & McCormick, among others. He was also Staff Producer on NBC’s classic late-night talk show Tomorrow With Tom Snyder and served as Creative Executive on the Emmy-  Ans the winning Hallmark Hall of Fame specials.
In addition to his work in television Blomquist has published two books; the forensic mystery novel Silent Partners and a textbook Eye Of The Storm: Directing For Film, Television & Emerging Media, which is recommended reading in the Disney/ABC Directing Program. A new novel, Devious Thinking, will be released by Lindstrom Legacy Publishing this fall.  www.tomblomquist.com

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back talented actor; Drew Stephenson!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back talented actor; Drew Stephenson!
 
Best known for Vampire Diaries and Complications; Drew Stephenson is an Actor , Model, Musician, and Technologist who believes you get out what you put in, so he strives to always put every last piece of himself into his work.  His newest project I am in called "One Heart!". As 1st Generation American Drew Grew up with close ties to his families Caribbean Heritage which has influence his thirst for creativity and hunger for art. Drew enjoys boxing, hiking, basketball, and painting when he is not on set or building apps. Stephenson's long-term goals include directing and scoring his own projects alongside developing apps for the entertainment industry in an 'always on world'. In the interim, audiences have a chance to see this future star grow and glow as he lights up the screen and continues to forge his path to success!
 http://www.imdb.me/drewstephenson 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author Mitzi Szereto!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author Mitzi Szereto!
Mitzi is an author and anthology editor whose books encompass true crime and crime fiction, gothic fiction, cozy mystery, satire, parody, horror, sci-fi/fantasy, paranormal romance, erotic fiction, and general fiction and non-fiction. Her novels, short stories and anthologies have been translated into several languages. She has appeared at major international literature festivals and taught creative writing around the world, including several universities in the United Kingdom.
The real monsters aren’t hiding in the woods—they’re in our towns. Featuring murder stories, criminal case studies, and more, The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns offers all-new accounts from today’s finest writers of true crime, crime fiction, and beyond. What’s more, these entries are not based on a true story—they are true stories. Edited by acclaimed author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto, the stories in this volume span the globe. Discover how murders, shooting sprees, violent robberies, and other bad things can and do happen in small towns all over the world.

Sherri’s playhouse reprises my tiny play called Dowry!

Sherri's playhouse reprises of my tiny play called Dowry!
 
It was originally for an under 10 minute play writing contest. But it was so personal and special I decided to do it on Sherri’s Playhouse. It is a very short re-imagining of the founding of my family in the US. It was a very personal project and so I am very interested in chatting with my cast about bringing it to life. We chat both plays and their parts in it. But it was so personal and special I decided to do it on Sherri’s Playhouse. This next part takes place after the family has moved to NYC after they started to assimulate.  And how my Grandma started working for some biggest stars in the theater
 
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-nominated author; Piper Mejia!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-nominated​ author Piper Mejia!
Piper Mejia is an advocate for New Zealand writers and literature and is a co-founder of Young NZ Writers - a non-profit dedicated to providing opportunities for young NZ writers. Her short fiction has appeared in a range of publications including Babyteeth, Conclave, Spec-Fic Short Cuts, Short Cuts Track 1, Te Korero Ahi Ka and Tricksters Treats 3.  A collection of her short stories, The Better Sister, will be published by Breach in 2020. As a child, Piper stayed up late laughing at horror films. As an adult, she spends a lot of time being disappointed by plot holes and yet somehow she has never lost her love for Science Fiction and Horror; two genres that continue to ask the question “What if …”
The Better Sister; Throughout literature authors return again and again to the theme of three sisters; Cinderella and her two stepsisters, Medusa was one of three gorgons, King Lear had three daughters. Too often the sisters are portrayed as an innocent virgin, a sinful temptress, and a vengeful crone whose only purpose is to marry, trick or kill the prince. This collection of stories explores the complexity of the sister-trio relationship in worlds where women struggle for a voice, a place to stand; and peace in themselves. 

Sherri’s Playhouse reprises my radio play about my family origins; Mishpucha!

Sherri’s Playhouse reprises my radio play about my family origins; Mishpucha!
This is both an interview with the cast and and the presentation of the radio play.  The cast talks about the parts and how they felt about playing them and then we broadcast the radio play itself which is a very short re-imagining of the founding of my family in the US.  Then there is a bit more chat, come and join the party!
This show was recorded earlier so please do not call in.