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Radio Phoenix Broadcast of The YabYum Hour: Confessions from the Nocturne Nebula

On this special edition of The YabYum Hour, hosts Anna and Bonnie along with Young Garrett talk with some of the cast + crew of Confessions from the Nocturne Nebula. Austin Campbell, Carly Schorman, Dale Rasmussen, and Mark Anderson talk with the team all about this new science-fiction podcast and also play some rad jams they’ve been into lately…

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Confessions from the Nocturne Nebula: Episode Six – So Long Salome’s

Thanks for tuning in to the final installment of Confessions from the Nocturne Nebula: So Long Salome’s.

In this episode, Stratford gets his way on a phone call. Morgan is fed up. Nolan Stone takes a long look at Salome’s. A 24 hour pawn shop in the Stockyards receives an unlikely visitor. A trip back to the Memorial Gardens doesn’t go as expected…

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Confessions from the Nocturne Nebula: Episode Five – The House Takes a Beating

Thanks for tuning in to this exciting installment of Confessions from the Nocturne Nebula: The House Takes a Beating.

In this episode, Malachi Stratford makes demands. Nolan’s options shrink. Yoli visits and brings company. Stone and Wallace have a difference of opinion. Zarah has an upstairs meeting with the boss. Salome’s doesn’t open on time…

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Confessions from the Nocturne Nebula: Episode Four – Chasing a Gut Shot Straight

Thanks for tuning in to the latest installment of Confessions from the Nocturne Nebula: Chasing a Gut Shot Straight. In this episode, Zarah learns of Cherry’s fate. Nolan Stone loses something important. Steps are retraced. Flynn Morgan makes friendly conversation. A search for a needle through a space-station-sized haystack ends with an unexpected and unwelcome visitor..

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Weird West: ‘be my little baby’ at Space 55

by Dale I. Rasmussen

The deserts of Arizona are a place of mystery and myth.

The environs are harsh, uncompromising, and teeming with menace. However, even amidst the unyielding cruelty, there is beauty, at times, even peace. The winds whisper of both dreams unimagined and tragedies untold. Such is the backdrop and setting of Space 55’s newest offering, be my little baby, an original production by local playwright John Perovich with directtion by Ilana Lydia…

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Greek Classic, American Contemporary: Now & Then’s New Take on Antigone

by Dale I. Rasmussen

How do we define “loyalty?”

When confronted by others whose viewpoints we find toxic or offensive, just how important is steadfast resolve to our own values? Are there prices for “being right” that are too high to pay, and if so, where is that threshold? At what point does fidelity to our responsibilities to God or country mutate into obstinate, self-serving pride?

These questions, which haunt us in 2019 America form the spine of a story first told nearly 2,500 years ago in Sophocles’ Antigone, and this shockingly contemporary work is being told anew in Now and Then Creative Company’s final show of their second season, directed by Cody Goulder…

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