HeyJaredStory Matters by Curt Mega
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The Snowball of Creativity - Nerdy Prudes Heads to The West End! (opens the original)
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Back in March of 2022, I was asked to make a trailer for a new musical called Nerdy Prudes Must Die.And somehow, in February of next year, that little snowball is rolling all the way to London.This is my little story about making that trailer in a crazy situation, and looking back four years later at all the tiny things that had to happen to get from there to here.And somehow I get to be there.I am so excited that I get to be part of it.I hope I’ll see you there.Nerdy Prudes Must Die r
Tomb Quest is open! (opens the original)
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Tomb Quest is officially open in Los Angeles.We had a fantastic opening weekend full of energy, laughter, tears and joy. And I have been wanting to shout about this show from the rooftops since the moment I first read the script.So I was thrilled to sit down with the tremendously talented Ryan Garcia on his podcast Big Theatre Kid Energy for an in-depth conversation about the show, what went into making it, and why I think it matters. We are living in a moment where so much of what we consume is
The Odyssey Is About the Life You're Not Living (opens the original)
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15 years ago, I moved across the country to pursue a dream. I had this vision of what success would look like, and I told myself that achieving it would justify everything. The sacrifice. The longing. The years of grinding toward a thing. The failures, the small victories would all add up one day to achieve what I would consider to be success. And I have sacrificed a lot in pursuit of this dream. Often sacrificing the very thing that fuels the possibility of the dream. My own physical and mental
Tomb Quest Is About Making Something With Your Friends (opens the original)
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I’m in a new Starkid show. It’s called Tomb Quest. It opens in a little less than three weeks at The Colony Theatre here in Burbank.If you’ve heard or seen me talk about the show online, I’ve used the words “this one’s special” several times. I’d like to tell you why I specifically feel that way in this specific season.As much as I love the act of performing and creating, I often find the obstacles and red tape of the business of it all to be disheartening, if not downrigh
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