Playdate The Show

MIS AMORES! Can you believe it? We made it to the Season One Finale of PLAYDATE. 😭💖 And for our final gathering inside the fort, we're doing something we've never done before. We're casting a spell! Not metaphorically. Not as a cute theme. An actual spell. Together! I invited the incomparable Curly Velasquez into the fort, and what unfolded was one of the most magical conversations w...

Mi amor! Get ready for one of the most inspiring Playdates ever. 🌙If you've ever felt creatively stuck, convinced your voice doesn't matter, or wondered if you have anything new to say, this hour might just change your life. Liz Kimball changed mine. She completely revolutionized my relationship with creativity and guided me back to my own magic. I could think of no greater gift than brin...

Mi amores… this episode means the world to me. 💛This week inside the fort, I get to play with one of my oldest friends in the entire universe: my childhood bestie from Monterrey, Mexico… the wildly talented drag artist, storyteller, creator, and human firework: DD Fuego. ✨🔥We go ALL the way back. Theater kid dreams. Broadway obsessions. NYU auditions. Spring Awakening mania. Running around New...

Mis amores… this is an EXTRA special episode because it is the very first PLAYDATE we ever shot. 🥹✨ There was never a question in my mind about who I wanted to kick this whole adventure off with: my favorite photographer in the world, Jackson Davis. Jackson is not only the photographer behind PLAYDATE… he is one of the artists who changed the way I see myself forever. Years ago, I did my first s...

What if creativity, mental health, and spirituality are all the same electric current? ⚡Writer & director Andrew Russell breaks down bipolarity, theater, and the energy of being human. Welcome to the Fort, mi amor! 🧡This week on PLAYDATE, we dive deep into the wildly brilliant, hilarious, and soul-stretching mind of writer and director Andrew Russell… and baby, this one is a JOURNEY.From gro...

Mis amores! This week inside the fort, I get to play with the one and only Amy Chapman… aka THE Voice Witch. ✨🎤🧙‍♀️A licensed vocal therapist, healer, and absolute wizard of sound, Amy works with some of the most iconic voices in the world: Idina Menzel, Shakira, Sia, Dick Van Dyke, Brian Littrell, James Van Der Beek, and so many more. And this episode? It is pure vocal witchcraft! We go all th...

Mis amores! ARE YOU READY?!This week inside the fort, I get to play with the wildly talented, deeply lovable, and effortlessly cool Kapil Talwalkar… currently starring on Peacock’s “The Burbs” with an iconic cast led by Keke Palmer. Y mi amor, you are going to fall deeply in love with Kapil. From the moment he discovered comedy as a little kid making a room full of strangers laugh… to navigating t...

Welcome to the Fort, my love… are you ready for this one?! 🕯️✨This week on Playdate, I get to sit across from someone I love deeply… the brilliant, hilarious, wildly talented Tonatiuh. And bebé… his story? It’s the kind that rewires your belief in what’s possible. Because this isn’t overnight success. This is:1,129 auditions. Yes… he counted.1,129 times of showing up.1,129 times of being told thi...

Welcome to the Fort, my love… this one is something special. 🕯️✨On this week’s Playdate, I get to play with the absolutely iconic Roxana Ortega… and let me tell you… I have never laughed harder! Roxy is a cartoon voiceover queen (you’ve heard her on Monsters at Work, Archer, The Casagrandes and more), and inside the Fort she lets all her characters loose. From Frida Casagrande to Penelope Cruz… i...

Welcome back to the Fort mi amor! This week on PLAYDATE, I get to play with the brilliant, hilarious, deeply lovable Mitch Silpa: actor, Groundlings legend, and one of those performers whose face you absolutely know from some of the most iconic comedy projects of the last few decades. From Bridesmaids, Spy, The Heat, Will & Grace, Gilmore Girls, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Desperate Housewives, Reno...

Welcome to the Fort, mi amor 🏕️✨What happens when you stop waiting for permission… and start telling the story only you can tell? In Episode 5 of Playdate, I sit down with the extraordinary Sara Lee Porkalob: award-winning writer, performer, activist, and creator of the Dragon Cycle, her epic trilogy of matrilineal musical plays about her Filipina American family. Sara is currently starring in Dr...

Welcome to the Fort, mi amor! 🫧In Episode 4 of Playdate, Lorena Martinez sits down with actor Vincent Rodriguez III (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Insatiable, With Love) for one of the most joyful, chaotic, and surprisingly profound playdates yet. Inside the fort we talk about ADHD, creativity, musical theatre obsession, and the magic of being a wildly curious human. Vinnie opens up about growing up as a...

Welcome to the Fort mi amor! In Episode 3 of Playdate, Lorena Martinez sits down with Hollywood screenwriter Bernardo Cubria for a joyful, chaotic, and surprisingly profound conversation about clowning, writing, and the courage it takes to become the artist you’re meant to be. Bernardo is the screenwriter behind the upcoming Juan Gabriel biopic, directed by Gaz Alazraki, and in this episode we div...

Welcome back to the Fort! In Episode 2 of Playdate, Lorena Martinez plays and dives deep with Broadway director Kristin Hanggi (Rock of Ages, Bare: A Pop Opera, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion: The Musical) between playful segments and a soul-level conversation about art, faith, magic, witches, and creative purpose. Inside the Fort, expect laughter, games, craft-time chaos, and theatrical s...

Welcome friends! In this very first episode of Playdate, Lorena Martinez sits down with The Chosen actor Noah James for a wild, hilarious, and unexpectedly profound ride. From Broadway auditions to the most epic Pokemon Cringe story you’ve ever heard, we dive into what it really takes to stay in the game as an artist; showing up when there’s no hope, risking embarrassment, and remembering to PLAY....