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The deeper we go, the stranger it gets. GATEWAY: Three & Four is now live. A missing scientist. A military experiment losing control. A government program based on real declassified files that suggests the human mind may not simply imagine other places, other times, or other dimensions. It may be able to reach them. At a moment when UAP disclosures, intelligence programs, government secrecy, and the unknown are no longer living at the edge of the conversation, GATEWAY feels less like science...
Gateway: One & Two A classified cockpit recording. A military tragedy wrapped in silence. A secret government experiment that suggests human consciousness may not be confined to the body, the brain, or even time itself. When Lt. Col. Wayne McDonnell is pulled into an investigation involving Army Intelligence, the CIA, and the mysterious Monroe Institute, he expects a case. What he finds is a threshold. Inspired by the real declassified Gateway Process, Acts One and Two launch McDonnell into ...
THE G.Y.M. — PILOT, ACTS TWO AND THREE By Dani Hanks Pick up where Act One left off. Valerie still cannot get her commercial. The film crew is still in her face. The Solstice gym across the street is still winning. And things are about to get considerably worse. Bryan is teaching group fitness despite not knowing what "happy baby" is, and every senior in the building keeps asking when Reggie is coming back. Kayla is supposed to be training her client. Her client is currently turning purple under...
THE G.Y.M. — PILOT, ACT ONE By Dani Hanks Welcome to the run-down fitness shithole at the end of the strip mall. Two buildings left standing, a tech repair shop and The G.Y.M., and across the street a brand new chrome-and-barbell luxury chain called Solstice is having its grand opening on the same day Valerie is trying to film her grand re-opening commercial. Valerie inherited her childhood sanctuary the hard way. The previous owner got hauled off in handcuffs as "The Flamingo King," the FBI too...
PV & FRANNY A girl with a glockenspiel. A boy with a guitar. A high school full of weirdos, mascots who may or may not be unhinged, and a mystery that isn’t what anyone thinks it is. A dead-serious love story… that refuses to behave like one. One flier turns into a band. One band turns into obsession. And before they ever play a real set, everything is already ridiculous. ACT TWO If Act One is about starting a band, Act Two is about what happens when everything immediately gets in the way. F...
PV & FRANNY A girl with a glockenspiel. A boy with a guitar. A high school full of weirdos, mascots who may or may not be unhinged, and a mystery that isn’t what anyone thinks it is. A dead-serious love story… that refuses to behave like one. One flier turns into a band. One band turns into obsession. And before they ever play a real set, everything is already ridiculous. ACT ONE Overton High is chaos in a controlled environment. The mascot smokes. The journalist thinks she’s breaking Waterg...
A mother is murdered. A tape destroys everything. And a driver who kept his mouth shut for twelve years finally decides to speak — with blood. ACT THREE The blackmail worked. That’s the problem. Because once the truth is out, there’s nothing left to negotiate. Only what it costs. Sal is done driving. He’s done surviving. And for the first time since he walked out of prison, he’s not trying to stay clean... he’s trying to settle accounts. Hara finally reveals what Lotta really built, not a hustle...
A limo driver. A blackmail tape in motion. A senator with everything to protect. What started as leverage is about to turn into control, betrayal, and survival. ACT TWO The ride is over. The damage is not. What was leverage becomes exposure. And everyone wants a piece of it. Sal thought he could drive away from it. He was wrong. The tape moves. Hands change. Intentions shift. And the people behind it start stepping into the light. Vincent steps in. Old world. Old rules. A man who understands tha...
MY LADY'S SONG A limo driver. Two porn stars. A senator with everything to lose. One night in New York that turns into leverage, betrayal, and war. ACT ONE New York. Late-night Eighth Avenue. Strip clubs, neon, and power moving quietly behind tinted glass. Sal “The Barber” Marino is a former soldier of the streets, a man who did twelve years without talking and now makes a living driving high-end clients through a city he no longer trusts. One call pulls him back in. A simple job. Easy money. Dr...
🎧 THE G.Y.M. Welcome to THE G.Y.M. Not a gym. A situation. Valerie inherited a neighborhood gym from her mother. What she actually inherited? Debt, broken equipment, a failing business… and a staff that turns every small problem into a full-blown emergency. Across the street, a sleek corporate fitness empire is opening with glass walls, perfect lighting, and zero chaos. Inside The G.Y.M.? Flooded hot tubs. Out-of-order bikes. A spin class that may or may not be a lawsuit waiting to happen. And ...
TABLE READ: My Lady’s Song Written by Dan Lauria New York. Late-night Eighth Avenue. Strip clubs, limos, politicians, porn stars, and ghosts of the old neighborhood. My Lady’s Song drops you straight into the smoky, blood-soaked underbelly of a city that doesn’t forgive and never forgets. Sal “The Barber” Marino is an aging ex-soldier of the streets — a limo driver who once did twelve years without talking. Now he drives high-end clients and keeps his head down. But when a powerful senator, a pa...
The cage breaks open. Caravaggio breaks with it. Chained in a torture chamber beneath the fortress, Caravaggio faces the Grand Master one last time. Faith against flesh. Obedience against desire. What follows is an escape down a fortress wall, a boat in the dark, and a fugitive painter running not toward freedom but toward the only thing he has left. Act Three is the fall. Brutal. Beautiful. Inevitable. Sicily. Caravaggio paints like a man on fire. In Syracuse, a burial. In Messina, a nativity. ...
Malta. A fortress carved from rock, surrounded by sea, ruled by warrior monks who pray at dawn and kill by noon. Caravaggio arrives to paint a portrait. He stays because he has no choice. The Grand Master offers sanctuary, admiration, and something neither man is prepared to name. The Captain at Arms offers suspicion, jealousy, and a locked door every night. Act Two is the cage. Beautiful. Suffocating. Holy. Caravaggio paints the Grand Master's portrait and captures more than armor and scars. He...
Caravaggio, the brilliant outlaw painter whose genius made him famous and whose violence made him a fugitive. Rome, 1610. The city is loud, corrupt, holy, and dangerous. Caravaggio thrives in it. Act One drops you straight into the night everything breaks. Inside a dark Roman chapel, Caravaggio confronts his greatest rival and exposes a truth the Church is not ready to control. God does not live in perfection. God lives in flesh, shadow, and brutal light. Outside the church, Rome answers back. W...
Rome. 1610. A painter who sees God in the faces of prostitutes and killers is on the run for murder. His name is Caravaggio. He drinks too much. He loves recklessly. Men, women, it doesn't matter. He picks fights with swordsmen and screams at the heavens in candlelit chapels. He paints the way other men pray, except his prayers are in defiance. And the Catholic Church can't decide whether to pardon him or let the bounty hunters finish the job. This screenplay by Richard Vetere, a Pulitzer nomine...
BONUS PARTNER TRAILER Today we’re sharing a sci-fi audio drama trailer from our friends at Voyage Media , creators of multiple #1 fiction podcasts. HARD DRIVE stars Priah Ferguson (STRANGER THINGS) as a young woman who inherits a hard drive containing her late grandfather’s memories. As she explores them, she uncovers instructions he left behind and discovers she may be the key to stopping a global population-control conspiracy. Created by the Neese Twins (UMBRELLA ACADEMY) and produced by Voyag...
Rooms of Experience, Act 3 By Steffany Sommers Starring Patty McCormack as Ada Wells and Dan Lauria as DA Harvey Davis Everything converges. The courtroom becomes the center of gravity. Every choice Dana made now has a witness. Alexis puts Ada on the stand. And for the first time, the story is told without protection. No strategy. No framing. Just truth. Ada speaks about the years. The fear. The promises she made when no one else would. About loving someone the world was never built for. The roo...
ADA Dana Jeffries prosecutes Ada Wells, an elderly woman who confessed to killing her autistic son, but the case quickly moves beyond a simple homicide. Dana's investigations reveal Ada's decades of isolation, the historical misunderstanding of autism, and severe systemic abuse within care facilities, blurring the lines of justice and caregiving. Simultaneously, the trial forces Dana to confront deep-seated personal issues and a hidden past, challenging her worldview and career ambitions.
Rooms of Experience, Act 1 By Steffany Sommers Starring Patty McCormack as Ada Wells and Dan Lauria as DA Harvey Davis The call comes in at night. An elderly woman. A dead son. A tank of helium left in plain sight. Ada Wells doesn’t deny it. She wanted his last day to be peaceful. Enter Dana Jeffries, razor-sharp, undefeated, and hungry to prove herself. Her boss, Harvey Davis, assigns the case for one reason: optics. Defense attorney Alexis Martinez pushes back hard. Detective Curtis starts que...
Rooms of Experience By Steffany Sommers What if the most unforgivable crime came from the purest love? Ada Wells is eighty-nine. Her son, Teddy, is autistic. She has spent sixty years protecting him from a world that never learned how to love him back. Then one night, she makes a choice that shatters everything. Now the system wants a conviction. The media wants a monster. And rising prosecutor Dana Jeffries is handed the most politically explosive case of her career. Defense attorney Alexis Mar...
The clock runs out. The curtain comes up. With opening night looming, the magic begins to fail. Bodies ache. Secrets surface. And the line between who Natalie and Ava were… and who they’ve become… finally disappears. Natalie must confront what she’s been chasing her entire life — and what it cost her to get there. Ava must decide whether stepping into the spotlight is worth stepping away from who she is. The Sugar Plum Fairy is no longer just a role. It’s a reckoning. As rivalries peak and loyal...
The wish came true. Now the consequences begin. Natalie Primavera is trapped in a hospital bed, her body broken, her future uncertain — while her mind is stuck inside Ava Ross, a dancer who was never supposed to be good enough for the spotlight. Ava, meanwhile, is living inside Natalie’s perfect body… and discovering that perfection is a prison with great lighting. As Nutcracker rehearsals intensify, the magic destabilizes. Roles are threatened. Loyalties fracture. The Sugar Plum Fairy becomes a...
What happens when you wish you were someone else… and the universe says bet ? Natalie Primavera has a million followers, perfect technique, and the lead role in every show. Ava Ross has a cracked phone, a boyfriend who sings like naked Miley Cyrus, and a work-study job sweeping up after other dancers. One ancient snow globe. Two desperate wishes. And suddenly they wake up in each other’s bodies. There’s just one problem: Natalie’s body is now in a hospital bed with a shattered hip. And Ava’s bod...
"The Understudy" is a new podcast combining Freaky Friday with Center Stage, where rival dancers Natalie and Ava swap bodies after a magic snow globe wish. With Natalie's body broken and Ava's inexperienced, they must navigate a chaotic Nutcracker rehearsal season. The story explores identity, comedy, and heart as they learn that the lives they envied aren't what they seemed.
Following a series of disappointments and escalating conflicts among friends, P experiences a day of profound revelations. He confronts the hidden insecurities of his best friend, Kev, and grapples with Bex's unexpected confession. A pivotal encounter with Miss World unveils a deeper truth about identity, pushing P to reconcile his own desires and fears, ultimately leading to a transformative moment of self-acceptance.
The morning after Homecoming week hits different. P wakes up at Dizzy’s house pretending everything is fine, even though nothing is fine. The letter from St. John’s is in his pocket like a weight. The DeLorean didn’t show. The note he wrote is still in his head. Outside, Kev and Dizzy shoot hoops like the world is normal. P pretends right along with them. The kind of pretending every kid knows too well. Then real life barges in, and the moment they were waiting for disappears before it even star...
It's Homecoming Weekend in North Texas, 1994. Fourteen-year-old P is barely holding it together, shaving a single whisker in the bathroom mirror, writing a note he almost can't take back, and dialing his best friend Kev before a Zippo flame turns fear into momentum. At school, P's movie-trivia fluency sabotages Kev in a "battle of the sexes" quiz, earning heat from Kev and former best friend Bex. After class, the band - P, Kev, and Dizzy - argues Pantera vs. Korn, then mainlines '90s VHS nostalg...
SMALL BLOCK — Trailer A 14-year-old kid, a DeLorean, and a 90s world that doesn’t have the words for who he is yet. Small Block isn’t nostalgia, it’s a gut-check of youth, identity, and music that could save your life or end it. Performed live by an award-winning cast and mixed like a feature film for your ears. From the Award-winning team at TABLE READ, this is cinema you can hear. 🎧 Listen now — new episodes drop every Tuesday CAST P – Levi Dafferner Kev – Kosi Eguchi Bex – Piper Kingston Diz...
The TV clicks on. Everything else clicks off. The screen glows like the last church in hell. A newscaster reads order into chaos while the world decomposes behind him. Ben watches like a man staring at his own grave. Barbara, in Olivia Graham’s haunting performance, doesn’t watch at all. She’s already gone. Then the floor creaks. Harry Cooper climbs out of the basement like ego in human form. Jim Connor gives him every ounce of misplaced authority. Behind him, Helen (Wendy Shapero) and their dau...
Barbara made it to the house. Barely. Ben's about to turn it into a war zone. Ben spins suddenly inside the kitchen door and the movie stops being polite. This is where Romero strips the fantasy out of survival and leaves you with splinters, sweat, and the sound of a man trying to think faster than death moves. Zeke Alton plays Ben like a man who's already lost but refuses to lie down. He hammers, he plans, he moves. Barbara, still shattered in Olivia Graham's haunting performance, watches him b...
