Chatting With Sherri

Chatting With Sherri welcomes actor/writer/director; Eric Paul Erickson! Eric Erickson - The Angry Viking - graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Theatre and spent his early acting years performing on stages across the country in roles ranging from Hamlet and Mercutio to Conrad Birdie and Charlie Chaplin. He has been seen in the feature films "Dam Sharks!" and "Last Call at Murray's" and the television shows "The Last Ship," "The Young and the Restless" and "Stitchers." He also appeared in the cult favorite "Snake Outta Compton" as Alley Jaws. Eric Paul Erickson, writer/director and star of the upcoming award winning feature film “Truth”. He received Best Director awards for the film from the Silver State Film Festival and the Marina del Rey Film Festival and a Best Actor and Best Storytelling award from the Laughlin International Film Festival. It also won best feature at the Worldwide Women's Film Festival and Eric was nominated for best actor at the Bloodstained Indie Film Fes

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author ; Wulf Moon! Wulf Moon, an Olympic Peninsula award-winning writer and podcast director for Future Science Fiction Digest. Moon wrote his first science fiction story when he was fifteen. It won the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards the same contest that first discovered Stephen King, Peter S. Beagle, Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates! Moon has won over thirty awards in writing. In fact, when he first appeared on the show in January, just an hour before our interview Moon won the Critters Annual Readers' Poll for Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story published in 2018. The story is titled, "War Dog." Since then, Moon went to Hollywood to receive another award, this time in the international talent search, Writers of the Future. His story "Super-Duper Moongirl and the Amazing Moon Dawdler" is published in their bestselling anthology WRITERS OF THE FUTURE, VOL. 35.  In addition, Moon's historical fantasy “Weep No More for the Willow” just debuted in th

Chatting With Sherri welcomes illustrator and author Todd Lockwood! Todd Lockwood is an illustrator and author, whose work has appeared on NY Times best-selling novels, magazines, video games, collectible card games, and fantasy role-playing games. It has been honored with multiple appearances in Spectrum and the Communication Arts Illustration Annual, and with numerous industry awards. Always known for the narrative power of his paintings, Todd's debut novel, "The Summer Dragon" was released by DAW Books to rave reviews, named by B&N and Amazon both on their shortlist of "Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels of the Year."

Sherri's Playhouse presents radio play; Kitten! A farce; a group of freinds meet a new girl, she is quite beautiful, but there is something very different about her. Original songs Cat In The Act and Groovy Tune by singer/song writer; Ray Dafrico! Support the radio playhouse; https://www.patreon.com/rithebard

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Emmy Winning Producer,Writer and 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. Additiona

Chatting With Sherri chats with the cast of Kitten! A farce; a group of freinds meet a new girl, she is quite beautiful, but there is something very different about her.  Join the cast of Kitten as we chat about our parts, and the fun and hard work of creating a farse.  

Chatting With Sherri  welcomes back Author/Playwright/Director; Gregg Oppenheimer! Gregg's hit comedy play -- based the experiences of his father, Jess Oppenheimer, Creator/Producer/Head Writer of "I Love Lucy" -- is called "I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom." It starred Sarah Drew ("Grey’s Anatomy") and Oscar Nuñez ("The Office") as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. It's available at Amazon.com, and begins its first national tour next year

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning film-maker; Tom Konkle!   Tom's won best thriller in the Los Angeles Film Awards for his classically inspired 1940’s noir feature, TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS.  Directed by and starring Thomas Konkle, the film follows Roland Drake, a Los Angeles Private Investigator trying to untangle a mystery that only lands him in deep trouble.  And Brittney Powell won the Stella Adler award for acting in film!  His upcoming films are; Savage and Island In The Stars!

Chatting With Sherri welcome authors and writer of the future winners; Eric and Darci Stone! Eric won 2nd place in his quarter in volume 21 (2005). Darci won 1st place in her quarter, plus the grand prize for the year in volume 34 (2018). Darci Stone graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Physics Teaching and a minor in Cultural Anthropology. Her story, “Mara’s Shadow,” was strongly influenced by both her love of science and her love of world cultures. Darci lived at a boarding school in Singapore while attending the United World College of Southeast Asia on scholarship. She also taught English in Russia, and has participated in humanitarian aid projects in India and Cambodia. She currently teaches high school physics in American Fork, Utah and is a web developer for online educational software.  A Nebula Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, and winner in the Writers of the Future Contest, Eric James Stone has had stories published in Year’s Best SF 15, Analog, Nature, and Kevin J. Anderson’

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author Brenda E. Cortez!   Brenda E. Cortez donated her kidney to another mom 14 years ago and has since had a passion for raising awareness for organ donation. This passion has also led to her writing children’s books on the topic to help children understand better and relate. Brenda believes in being kind and helping others so she created her book character around that topic. Howl the Owl™ is character in Brenda’s books and his name stands for Help Others With Love! Visit howltheowl.com for more information about Brenda, her books and her mission. Howl the Owl is a plush animal as well, and has been traveling the world with families who have been hosting him. He also has his regular Facebook page to highlight all things Howl, as well as Instagram and Twitter.  He is a mascot now too! The mascot has been traveling with me to different organ donation events this year in Vegas, Iowa and Ohio.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back photographer; Ian L Sitren! Ian L Sitren is a multi-talented photographer  he creates amazing pictures of athletes, models, actors and planes!  He is the official photographer for the Palm Springs Air Museum. CNN lists it as one of the best Air Museums in the world. It is also a rarity because it is a flying museum. "As a little boy I used to build military aircraft models and hang them from the ceiling in my room." "Aviation is intriguing each photo has a story."

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author; Scot Noel! Scot Noel is one of the winners of Writers of the Future, Vol 6, back in 1990.  He created DreamForge Magazines.   He contributed stories to Eden Studios Zombie anthologies.  He has stories in Algis Budrys’ Tomorrow Magazine, which is a bit of an inspiration for DreamForge.   Also he worked on several Computer Games.

Chatting With Sherri with welcomes back talented artist Jeff Sturgeon and producer/writer Steven L Sears! Jeff Sturgeon a long time illustrator\game artist and designer. He is an avid outdoors-man and spend as much time in the mountains or on the coast and in the woods as much possible especially near my home in the foothills of the Cascades with his wife Leslie and twin sons Corwin and Duncan. He is an avid reader and collector of books and art.  He is joined by the always entertaining, fan favorite; Steven L Sears who is a Producer, screenwriter and author.  He produced/wrote TV shows; such as Xena and Sheena! He is also an author and has had other great adventures. They will talk about art, fan conventions and other fascinating things; listen in!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author Dr. Winfried Sedhoff about his book The Friendship Key! In his early 20s Dr Winfried Sedhoff faced a life-threatening personal crisis that sent him into self-imposed isolation. Over a 12-month internal quest he discovered not only answers to his crisis, but uncovered a sense of genuine self. More than 25 years later, having continuously refined his approaches via his work as a family physician specialising in mental health, he shares his insights with patients, colleagues, medical trainees, and the general public via his books, A Balance of Self, A New Approach to Self Understanding, Lasting Happiness, and Self-Truth(Vivid, 2011), The Fall and Rise of Women, How Women Can Change the World (Ingram, 2016), and now The Friendship Key to Lasting Peace, United Communities, Stronger Relationships, Equality, and a Better Job! (Senraan Publishing). His writings convey his passion for history, tribal society, ethnography, psychology, and self-understanding.   This is a recorded

Chatting With Sherri chats with Egyptologist and Vintage Fashion Aficionada; Dr. Colleen Darnell! Renowned Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Darnell's areas of expertise include Late Period uses of the Underworld Books, ancient Egyptian military history, the literature of New Kingdom Egypt, and Egyptian revival history. Her research in Egyptian military history has led to the first recreation of the tactics of the Battle of Perire, c. 1208 BCE and her study The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah "replaces all other earlier studies of the key historical narratives relating Merneptah's war against the Libyans." Her research on the military role that Tutankhamun might have taken on as pharaoh of Egypt contributed to Tutankhamun's Armies: Battle and Conquest in Ancient Egypt's Late Eighteenth Dynasty (co-authored with John Darnell) and was featured in the historical section of the documentary "King Tut Unwrapped." Through books and documentaries, Darnell has brought ancient Egyptian warfare and tactics to the broader

 Chatting With Sherri welcomes back the amazingly talented actor Nathan Page! We had a fun, casual and lively conversation. We chatted with Nathan about his exciting year! We talked about some of his hobbies. And of course we chatted about Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries and the movie Crypt of Tears. We chatted about  bringing DI Jack Robinson back and about the location in Morocco! He also did a movie with Daniel Radcliffe; Escape from Pretoria in a very different part. Returning to the stage inThe 39 Steps at the end of the year. The interview was recorded earlier so please do not call in. Enjoy! Picture by (c) Sam Mcadam-Cooper for private shot PIctures for Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries owned by Every Cloud Productions. Picture for Crypt of Tears; MFCOT_Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) and Detective Inspector Jack Robinson (Nathan Page) © Ben King Pictures for Escape from Pretoria owned by Arclight Films      

Chatting With Sherri is so happy to welcome Highlander Star & film maker; Elizabeth Gracen! She is also in the process of editing on two  documentaries that she has been working so hard on LEE and Generation Z for Flapper Productions!  I can't wait to see both of them.  We will chat more about these films and now that she is about to show them to the public how she feels about letting her babies go. I am really excited to welcome back Elizabeth to Sherri's Playhouse; Elizabeth will be playing Jane Austen in my play Joe Kronus!!! And so much more...      

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back talented actor Anthony J Sharpe!   Anthony Sharpe best known as Cec Yates from Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries joins us to talk about some his latest adventures; He has been very busy he has been acting as; CASH in Black Water Abyss, Paul in Carp Made The River Green, Keith in Mutt, Sig in 7 Storeys Down, Jasper in Initiation, Malcolm Rogers in Oh Brother!  He has also been busy in Los Angeles working behind the scenes on several film projects.       This a pre-recorded show please don't call in.    

Chatting With Sherri with Best-Selling author, Writers of the Future judge; Mr. Dean Wesley Smith, and author, Writers of the Future winner, Mr. Preston Dennett!  Dean Wesley Smith is considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA Today bestselling writer, he has published almost two hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds and hundreds of short stories across many genres. At the moment he produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series starring Poker Boy.    Preston Dennett is a Writers of the Future winner for L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 35! Preston Dennett, is a UFO and paranormal investigator and has authored 23 books on the subject. He was a featured speaker at Contact in the Desert .   Preston Dennett began investigating UFOs and the paranormal in 1986 when he discovered th

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author; A L Walker! A L Walker is an American writer who grew surrounded by animals and oil in West Texas. After moving to Arizona, where she still lives with her husband, children, she was a ballet teacher and financial writer for many years. After going independent, she now writes fiction while surrounded by parrots, guinea pigs, and other lovely things. Her stories span many genres and often include non-traditional characters. She has a soft spot for small YouTube gamers and Route 66. Her sister, HarleyCyn, is a well-known cosplayer.  What Happened In The Cove; although Bria had escaped from her abusive past, life in the States was still empty. She thought her horrible life would be finally over, by her own hands. This is a fairy tale that rejects the traditional tropes of masculine and feminine in favor of pure fantasy and escape for readers who are ultrasensitive to violence, upset, and reminders of traditional mores. Theirs is a story of healing from abuse, of finding new