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SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON! follow Otter: @otterleemoy follow Adrián: @adrian.burke follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod About our guest: Otter Lee (He/They) is a Queer NYC-based actor, comedian, writer, and voiceover artist. He currently voices Otter Lin on the animated satire series Stephen Colbert Presents: Tooning Out the News on Paramount+. They will also be starring in the Comedy Central cartoon Fairview in 2022. In 2020 and 2021, Otter served as a creative producer and performer for Asian Comedy Fest. His storytelling segment "Discomfort Food" recently premiered on the Comedy Central X Logo Instagram collab "The Gag."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Gabe! @darth_gabe follow Gabe's Show! @boyzinthewoodsny follow La Mezcla! @lamezclapod follow Adrián! @adrian.burke About our guest: Gabe Pereira is a Brazilian-American stand-up comedian and writer based in NYC by way of Boston. He’s performed at the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival and currently produces Boyz in the Woods, a stand up-meets-trivia show, where audiences can win free drinks by answering pop culture and hip-hop trivia questions in between comedian’s sets. He also writes and shoots comedy sketches and contributes headlines and articles to the satire magazine FlexxMag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow David! @perezident follow La Mezcla! @lamezclapod follow Adrián! @adrian.burke About our guest: Hi! I’m David! I am Brooklyn based writer, performer, comic, and homosexual Mexican man. I was a performer at UCB Theater NY (RIP) and my work has been seen at Steppenwolf Theatre, Littlefield, Dixon Place, Joes Pub, and The Exponential Festival. My writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Contagious Magazine and an essay of mine will appear in this fall's "Kweendom" Anthology. My pilot “1993” was a Semi Finalist in the Screencraft competition, and won 1st place in the Fresh Voices ½ hour pilot competition. Before the world became poo poo, I hosted the popular monthly show “Hail Mary: Our Queer Saints.” I have a BFA in Acting, and a PHD in gossip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Lauren @clarka_lark follow The Black Creator Connection @theblackcreatorconnection Check out Lauren's Coaching Business! Returning guest Lauren Clark this week! We talk creativity, resilience, comedy and a lot more. Check out the links above to support Lauren or follow her podcast The Black Creator Connection! ALSO La Mezcla is back with its first live show since the pandemic hit in New York City! The show is on August 4th at 7pm at Caveat on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Tickets available here! Virtual Tickets are available for out of town viewers or people who want to see it but don't feel like seeing people (I've been there trust me, no judgment). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Ryan: @allmyproblemz follow Awf Mag: @awfmag follow Adrián: @adrian.burke follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod This weeks guest is the amazing comedian/actor/satirist and cofounder of the queer satirical magazine Awf Mag: Ryan Leach! Please remember to like, review, and subscribe to the show and share with your friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Adrián! @adrian.burke follow La Mezcla! @lamezclapod follow John! @jahnfornsworth follow The Honeymoon Phase! @thehoneymoonphaseband About John: John Farnsworth (NYT, Guest of a Guest) is a comedy songwriter, host, and producer based in Ridgewood, Queens by way of Sacramento, CA. Pre-pandemic he hosted a monthly variety show, The Honeymoon Phase, with his beautiful band of the same name. For now, follow him on twitter and Instagram @jahnfornsworth for jokes, validation, and updates on his online shows, The Great Outdoors and Tall Boys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Dylan: @dylanadler_ follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod follow Adrián: @adrian.burke About Dylan: Dylan Adler is a comedian, actor, and musician based in NYC. He performs as an actor on Maude Night on his team "Young Douglas". He’s performed musical comedy at the New York Comedy Festival and was featured in The New York Times for his show "Rape Victims are Horny Too" with Kelly Bachman. He also performs musical improv on the People’s Improv Theatre house team "Punch Funk". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow La Mezcla on IG: @lamezclapod on Facebook: @lamezclapod follow Lorena! @colonialmanface About the Guest: Lorena Russi (aka La Rata) is a Queer-Latinx Pro Soccer Player turned Comedian and Filmmaker. Her 10 years in entertainment range from hosting live shows for Amazon to writing-producing for The Late Show digital team. Follow her @ColonialManFace or follow her home, dealer's choice! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Sideways Smile: @sidewayssmileseries follow Hang: @honeyiplummedthekids follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod Hang Nguyen is the amazing creator of SIDEWAYS SMILE, a dope new web series making the rounds at film festivals right now including Newfest and the Austin Film Festival! About SIDEWAYS SMILE: Alex fakes orgasms because she’s never had one. After Dara, her eccentric queer roommate, pushes her to “get to know her pussy better,” Alex reluctantly enrolls in a class to get more in touch with her body. Each week, Alex learns something new about sexuality and identity, and must reckon with whether she wants to be what society tells her an Asian American woman should be or carve her own path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow AMIGO SKATE CUBA: @the_amigo_doc follow Vanesa: @como.me.ves follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod Vanesa Wilkey Escobar is an Emmy-Nominated Art Director for the Ellen Show as well as a first time documentary filmmaker on AMIGO SKATE CUBA! Be sure to follow the movies IG and look out for the release! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Kellan: @kelkeltrenal follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod follow Adrián: @adrian.burke About Kellan: Coming from both Native American and African American ancestry, contemporary artist Kellen Trenal (pronounced like "Chanel") aims to increase visibility for underrepresented communities while expanding upon the conversation on identity. As an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe, Kellen utilizes a wealth of his Indigenous crafting knowledge, passed down through generations, to explore the intersection of tradition and innovation. Kellen's works range from hand crafted accessories and jewelry design, to home decor, traditional indigenous regalia, modern apparel, and much more. Each piece is a custom creation: a Trenal Original. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Raquel: @rockwell826 follow BIPOC Voices of Long Island: @bipocvoicesofli follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Barbie: @barbieleungdp follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod About Barbie: Barbie Leung is a New York based cinematographer and camera operator. Her work includes AMERICAN MORNING starring Emmy Award Winner Richard Schiff, a drama exploring the destructiveness of American school shootings. Other notable narrative shorts include family dramedy TELL-BY DATE and Slamdance Best Short Screenplay winner CRYBABY. Leung is currently filming the feature documentary BATTLEGROUND, a collaboration with Director Cynthia Lowen, with whom she has previously worked with on the feature NETIZENS (Tribeca Film Festival 2018). Leung’s camerawork has also screened at Sundance, SXSW, Fantasia International, Newfest, and Outfest. She is an associate member of the SOC (Society of Camera Operators), and a recent participant of AFI Conservatory’s 2019 CIW Workshop, a selective intensive for emerging narrative cinematographers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Desiree: @des_thecreatrix support The Blacktivated Boutique: blacktivatedboutique.com follow the show on IG: @lamezclapod and on Facebook: @lamezclapod We're Back! Our guest today is Desiree Okoh: Desiree is a French teacher and artist living in Boston, MA. When she is not thinking about how to reach these kids, she can often be found working on some creative endeavor. Recently, she opened the Blacktivated Boutique to raise funds for various organizations and in direct response to the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Dipti: @superdiptiwrites follow us on IG: @lamezclapod follow us on Facebook: @lamezclapod About our guest: Dipti Bramhandkar is a Mumbai born Indian-American playwright and performer. Her first play, The Accident, won Best Drama at the Frigid Festival. She has subsequently written and produced several short plays. Her autobiographical solo show, American Rookie, was performed at the Gotham Storytelling Festival, and received a full production at Luna Stage in January 2020.  The entire run was sold out and extended. She also presented her play Islands of Contentment at LAByrinth Theater’s Barn Series in January 2020. She was the playwright-in-residence at Guild Hall in 2019. Dipti received her B.A. from Cornell and M.A. from Cambridge in English literature. Currently, she is developing a new play with Narativ UK, releasing stories inspired by life in quarantine on SoundCloud (which was featured on WNYC), and writing a screenplay for a film set in Mumbai.  Instagram: @Superdiptiwrites   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Carolina: @carolinakaydo follow Adrián: @adrian.burke follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod About Carolina: Carolina Do is an actor, playwright, producer. She is a firm believer in, and advocate for, art to address and activate change in the community it serves. Co-founder of The Sống Collective. Broadway: Tracy Lett’s Linda Vista and Bess Wohl’s Grand Horizons. NYC theater: Loading Dock, The Tank, New Dramatists, Primary Stages, The Flea. TV/Film: FBI: Most Wanted, Children of The Dust, Catfight, Queens The Series. Her play, My Mother’s Daughter was recently a semifinalist for Space on Ryder Farm and a finalist for BRICLab. www.carolinado.com Upcoming: Collective Stories, May 20th @8pm ET, Streaming Live on Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow La Mezcla on IG: @lamezclapod on Facebook: @lamezclapod follow Mike Improta: @mikeimprota follow the Neofuturists: @nyneofuturists About Mike: Michael John Improta is an Actor, Writer, and aspiring Tap Dancer of Puerto Rican descent from New Haven Connecticut. Past theatrical credits include Our Town (George Gibbs), Spring Awakening: The Musical (Moritz) The Lovesong of J Robert Oppenheimer (Edward Teller), and El Coqui Espectacular & The Bottle of Doom (Alex/El Coqui). Michael is an ensemble member of the New York Neo-Futurists where he performs, writes and directs for their ongoing ever changing experiment, "The Infinite Wrench". His work can be heard in the New York Neo-Futurists "New York Times" acclaimed podcast "Hit Play" available on all podcast streaming platforms.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow us on IG: @lamezclapod on Facebook: @lamezclapod follow Marina: @marinampires follow the Heartstrings Project: @theheartstringsproject follow Adrián: @adrian.burke About Marina: Marina Pires is a trilingual actress and singer-songwriter born in Brazil and raised in South Florida. She spent almost a year and a half touring with The Miami Sound Machine as a swing/understudy Gloria in “On Your Feet!” She was due to make her Broadway debut as Jasmine in Aladdin. And she still will. Eventually.  She was also on a badass musical improv team with Adrian when she first moved to the city and has been avoiding this interview ever since.  Here’s some other fun stuff she’s done: PHISH (Madison Square Garden), Vanessa “In The Heights” (Dallas Theatre Center), and Rapunzel “Into The Woods” (with Tituss Burgess).  Her band “The Heartstrings Project” is releasing their debut album Shadow People in 2020. Do us a favor and put us on your quarantine cooking playlist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow on IG: @lamezclapod on Facebook: @lamezclapod About Olivia: Olivia Abiassi is a comedian, singer, and actor based in NYC but currently quarantined in Texas. Her latest work includes ‘The Commons’ at 59E59 Theater, ‘Pride and Prejudice’ at The Heritage Theatre Festival, ‘Eh Dah? Questions For My Father’ at NYTW (Next Door Series), and screaming stand up at her victims in random east village bars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow on IG: @lamezclapod follow on Facebook: @lamezclapod About our guest: Sean Church-Gonzalez is an Astoria native, New York City based actor. He has been acting since the age of 6, theatre productions in elementary school, short films in middle school, studied Film Directing at The Academy for Television and Film for 4 years then Theatre Performance at SUNY Purchase for another 4. He has been in over 40 short films and the Lead of 2 feature films and just closed his Manhattan debut in February.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices