JemCon 2026: Truly Outrageous in San Diego
If you grew up in the 1980s, there is a good chance you remember the moment Jem appeared on your
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Entertainment
Different Lives by Fly By Midnight
By Korie Houston “Saw myself two years ago, and I was someone else Back then I loved just like a
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The Wild Unicorn in Our Backyard
By Patric Stillman Twelve years ago, The Studio Door opened with a simple belief: artists deserve to be seen. Not
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Books: Guapa & Love after the End
By Zach Shattuck GuapaBy Saleem Haddad Can Rasa make love work in the wake of a failed revolution? Taking place
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History Gets Hilariously Rewritten: Sam Pinkleton, Alaska Thunderf*ck & J. Harrison Ghee Bring Oh, Mary! to the West Coast
By Cesar A Reyes San Diego is about to meet Mary Todd Lincoln—and not the Mary Todd Lincoln you learned
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Seen, Heard, Found: Blake McCarty and Aiden Meyndert Take on Dear Evan Hansen at Cygnet Theatre
By Cesar A Reyes From September 9th through October 4th, Cygnet Theatre is bringing Dear Evan Hansen to its stage in a new
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Beyond the Perfect Image: Sam McConnell’s Test Explores Masculinity, Identity, and Self-Acceptance
By Cesar A Reyes For director Sam McConnell, Testis not just a story about bodybuilding, but a story about the search
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Sal Bardo’s Out of the Woods Navigates Love, Memory, and the Courage to Be Seen
By Cesar A Reyes Some stories change as we grow older. For writer-director Sal Bardo, Out of the Woods began as one
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Gary Jaffe’s Before I Do Celebrates Love, Friendship, and Second Chances
By Cesar A Reyes Before Before I Do ever became a screenplay, it began with a question that many people quietly ask
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Jeffrey Schwarz’s Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders looks beyond controversy to honor a forgotten LGBTQ+ community
By Cesar A Reyes Jeffrey Schwarz has spent much of his career documenting pivotal moments in LGBTQ+ history, but Mineshaft: The
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