OUTtv has acquired the theatre mockumentary series The Dressing Room. The six-time Leo Award nominated series was created by Vancouver theatre artists Paul Almeida (Three Wisest Men) and Makayla Moore (Off Campus). The series is now streaming on OUTtv in the U.S, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Taiwan, Mexico, Argentina, and South Africa. It will also be available on OUTflix in the UK and Ireland.
The Dressing Room stars Irene Karas Loeper (The L Word), Jason Sakaki (The Audacity, Lucky Hank), Jeffrey Michael Follis (Starwalker), and Alex Gullason (Schmigadoon!).
The Dressing Room “is a workplace comedy that follows a fictional touring musical called ‘Balloon Boy.’ We watch as the cast and crew try to keep the show alive every night with backstage meltdowns, romantic entanglements, and Broadway-sized ambitions; the series offers a hilarious and heartfelt look at the people who dedicate their lives to the stage. The series draws inspiration from real experiences within Canada’s theatre community and serves as a love letter to the performers, stage managers, musicians, technicians and creatives who keep the show going.”
“We wanted to create a funny, character-driven series that offered a window into the hilarious and heartfelt world behind the curtain. More than anything, The Dressing Room became a love letter to our theatre community and the artists we’ve been fortunate to work alongside throughout our careers,” says co-creator Paul Almeida. “The world can feel pretty overwhelming these days, and we wanted The Dressing Room to be a fun place for audiences to land. It’s a dramatic, silly, glitter-covered world sometimes held together with crazy glue, but that’s part of the magic,” adds co-creator Makayla Moore.
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