Rant & Rave

From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on February 11, 2019. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"I first arrived in LA on crutches. In the dark. I’d been bitten by a dog the week before, that was the reason, but by the time we got from LAX to our temporary digsin Laurel Canyon, having almost thrown up in the car, I was definitely worse for wear, as if I’d walked the whole way." - Dinah Lenney on Darkness   From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on September 19, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"At this point in my life the idea of sitting quietly in a dark room is highly appealing.Of course just finding a dark room these days is a tall order given the incessant blue,green, red and amber lights, the eyes of all our devices, standing sentry 24/7." - Penny Peyser on Darkness From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on September 19, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.  

"I spent time in North Dakota last week – under sometimes dark, always beautiful skies – standing in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the Lakota clan of Sitting Bull, the people who first said “No” this spring to the construction of the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline."  - A Martinez on Darkness From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on September 19, 2016. A video of this performance can be found HERE. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

This is not a traditional rant, per se, but an important message from this month's guest co-producer and artistic director of Rogue Machine Theatre, John Perrin Flynn.

"I’m not the prince of darkness or the duke, baron or viscount. I might be a peasant of darkness.  How do I know this? Science!" - Andrew Hawtrey on Darkness

"You’re wondering if we’re good parents and paying attention to the well being of that sweet little girl?”  My dad looked up at her and flashed his signature 1000 megawatt grin. “It’s the bells.” “Sir?”   “It’s the bells.  As long as the bells are ringing, everything is ok.  We only panic when they stop.” - Kila Kitu on Wanderlust From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on August 22, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"I might have been a sea creature in a past life. I learned to swim when I was just nine months old. In the second grade, while other kids pretended to be the Spice Girls, I wrote an autobiography about a dolphin whose mother had left her behind. She wandered out into the deep sea in search of safety, self, and friendship." - Marylin Winkle on Wanderlust From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on August 22, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"I have never in my life wanted to be where I am.  I used to think it was a curse. To me there always has to be someplace better. I know the old cliche, “It’s always greener on the other side.” So we should learn to appreciate what we have and where we are. Yea. Yea. Yea. Have you been to the projects?!  That’s some bullshit rich white people made up to keep the rest of us the hell outta their neighborhoods." - Quincy LeNear Gossfield on Wanderlust From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on August 22, 2016. A video of this performance is available HERE Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"By the age of 10, my friends and I were all riding bareback and unsupervised for hours at a time along the Tujunga Wash. Having my own horse was like having a car – it meant I could go anywhere!  The freedom I experienced on those trails every day was pure heaven – but as I rode home at dusk each night my stomach would turn to knots."  - Marni Ayers on Wanderlust  From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on August 22, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"Last fall I went to Argentina and I spent most of my time feeling embarrassed about why I was there.I didn't go to Argentina to see the sights, learn to tango, or hunt Nazis. I flew almost 6500 miles to see a show. Three shows. Three concerts of songs from the musical Next to Normal sung by a combination of its Argentinian cast (“Casi Normales”) and a reunion of its original Broadway cast." - J. Keith van Straaten on Wanderlust From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on August 22, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Diana Dinerman on Change from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on February 8, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

A loving tribute to her most magical friend.  Jeni Verdon-Pearsons on Magic From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on October 12, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"Larry Robinson is my father - from the age of five until his untimely death into 2005 that still sends me into a fit of despair. He is the best father one could ask for and he will always be my dad."  - T Tara Turk Haynes on Sabotage From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on June 20, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"I'm one of those straight guys who enjoyed doing musicals growing up" - Adam Carr on Sabotage From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on June 20, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"I have verbal diarrhea. This manifests in a couple different ways. It makes me say sexually explicit things and it makes me say angry feminist things. One of these things helps me get laid." - Ava Bogle on Sabotage From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on June 20, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"My sister is an evil spiteful monster that’s been, from day one of my life, my nemesis. My own personal SABOTEUR. Before I came along she reigned supreme." - Anil Kumar on Sabotage From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on June 20, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"When I got engaged, I decided that my wedding would be the gentlest fuck-you to society...but more importantly...a perfect occasion to show my Nigerian family and Michigan in-laws that I’d milked life for its highest joys: love, art, and Zen."  - Liz Femi on Adventure   From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on March 14, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"Most Jewish holidays are exactly the same:   They tried to kill us. We survived. Dawling, have another latke." Penny Orloff on Miracles from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on December 14, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rita Taggart on Justice from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on August 24, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

"Four years ago, I decided I would no longer go home for the holidays. It wasn’t just the dirty slush that kept me away, or that the only place to get a drink after 10 o’clock was an Applebee’s, near a Walmart. It was mostly because I wanted to hang out with my Dad in a lowerstakes, lower guilt, lower bullshit environment." - David Jette on Propaganda.   From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on April 11, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.  

"The events that led me to the altar at the televised mega church are complex, but they started in homeroom."  - Christina Cigala on Propaganda. From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on April 11, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Slogans, tag lines and little orange men.  Rogue Machine's resident designer Stephanie Kerley Schwartz riffs on Propaganda. From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on April 11, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

The 'Godfather of Fringe' Ezra Buzzington waxes on Propaganda and finding Jesus. From the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on April 11, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Carlos Foglia on Propaganda from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on April 11, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Jaquita Ta'le on Propaganda from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on April 11, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Liz Feldman on Adventure from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on March 14, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

George McGrath on Adventure from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on March 14, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Anastasia Coon on Adventure from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on March 14, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Andy Nicastro on Adventure from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on March 14, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Mary Jo Smith on Change from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on February 8, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Rob Mersola on Change from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on February 8, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Mia Wesley on Change from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on February 8, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Alan Aymie on Change from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on February 8, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Tucker Smallwood on Change from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on February 8, 2016. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The PodcastJohn DiFusco on Miracles from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on December 14, 2015.Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The PodcastMichael Redfield on Need from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on November 16, 2015.Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The PodcastChristian Levatino on Justice from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on August 24, 2015.Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The PodcastAmanda Meadows on Media from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on August 24, 2015.Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Rashim Cannad on Miracles from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on December 14, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Solange Castro on Miracles from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on December 14, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Sullivan Jones on Miracles from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on December 14, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Frederik Pohl IV on Miracles from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on December 14, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Steve Stajich on Need from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on November 16, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Leah Gottlieb on Need from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on November 16, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Josh Helman on Need from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on November 16, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Erin Pineda on Need from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on November 16, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Michael McBride on Need from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on November 16, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Jason Rohrer on Magic from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on October 12, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Rant & Rave – The Podcast Britni Danielle on Magic from the “Rant & Rave” recorded live at Rogue Machine Theatre on October 12, 2015. Couldn’t make it to the theatre to see this month’s edition? Or maybe you saw the show, loved it, and want to share it with others. Whatever your reason, now you can download “Rant & Rave” and listen to the performances at your convenience on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.