Scranton Talks

Join us this Monday, September 16, for a lively conversation with Amanda, Steph, and Gene as they share exciting insights about their upcoming show at the AFA Gallery, debuting on September 28th as part of The Scranton Fringe Festival! Cadavera's Cult Movie Club" is a horror-hosted event that blends live theatre and an interactive movie experience! Your hosts Cadavera and Jobber G, love movies so...

Guest host Tony Susi and Desiree Zielinski chat with Gregory Lamberson. 2024 marks Greg Lamberson's 40th year as an independent filmmaker. He has produced and directed nine feature films including SLIME CITY and KILLER RACK, has had 15 books published, and has worked on such cult films as I WAS A TEENAGE ZOMBIE. PLUTONIUM BABY, BRAIN DAMAGE and MODEL HUNGER. He's a member of the Producers Guild of...

Join Luz Cabrales and Desiree Zielinski as they chat with Tim O'Hearn (Producer/Actor Showdown In Yesteryear) and Jeff Grennell (Showdown In Yesteryear Lead Actor). Tim O'Hearn has been acting for almost 20 years. He has over 30 credits including cult slasher film "100 TEARS" and appeared on TV shows including DEADLY AFFAIRS and MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM. 2019 Tim decided to go behind the camera and...

Join Luz Cabrales on a special episode of Scranton Talks, featuring Tierney Violet Joyce, Zach Sprowls & Maureen Mcguigan, all performing at the Scranton Fringe Festival 2023. Tierney Violet Joyce posted her first episode of 52 Mondays on January 2, 2023 - and hasn't missed a Monday yet! Tierney started this project to share her passion for Musical Theatre: the songs she loves, the shows that...

Join Luz Cabrales and Tony Susi on a conversation with Joe Dain. Joe Dain has been an Actor, UPM, Line Producer, Producer, Executive Producer, Film and Distribution Executive on various independent films across all genres. He has overseen the structure of financing, development, acquisition and production of various award winning projects including the Berlin International Film Festival Official S...

David Lee Madison developed his love for film as a very young man. At the age of five, he had already seen and loved all of the original Universal horror films. He got his first taste of film making at age nine, when he was an extra in Hero at Large, a John Ritter film directed by Martin Davidson. Throughout his teen years, he appeared in Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and James Lemmo’s Heart...

Join Luz Cabrales and Desiree Zielinski as they chat with American Film Director, Playwright, and Environmental Activist Josh Fox. Josh Fox is an independent filmmaker and founder and artistic director of International WOW Company, a film and theater company working closely with actors and non actors from diverse cultural backgrounds, including activist communities in sustainable energy and design...

Calling all Jedi, Sith, Ewoks, Scoundrels, Nerfherders and Womp Rats! We are hosting a special episode of Scranton Talks for Star Wars Day! Join us as Luz Cabrales moderates our panel of Star Wars experts Desiree Zielinski, Rich Drees, Tony Susi, and Josh Bidwell talking all things Star Wars and doing some Star Wars Trivia. Come geek out with us and may the force be with you!

We are hosting a special episode of Scranton Talks for Star Wars Day! with Special Visual Effects Artist Martin La Land Romero. Martin is a visual effects artist who pushes creative boundaries while generating optimized solutions for games and VR.He is currently a Visual Effects Lead at Amazon Game Studios in San Diego, CA, and is a former Visual Effects artist at ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm's immersive en...

Tom Ryan is a writer, director, and producer who was born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. He studied the media arts for two years at New Jersey City University (formally Jersey City State College).Since his early childhood Tom has had a great passion for genre films, particularly horror. He nurtured that passion by shooting movies on a VHS camera, drawing a slasher-comic series titled “Midn...

Join Luz & Desiree on a special episode of Scranton Talks where we chat with multitalented Jolie Cook about her professional work in the film and theater industry! Jolie is an actress, singer & dancer from Scranton, PA. She has done most of her acting & singing training at The Creative & Performing Arts Academy NEPA. She’s performed in many stage productions regionally over the las...

Led by Writer/Director Rory Colarossi and Cinematographer Matthew Wise, Raven View Productions is an energetic team of inspired creatives who have created a safe, ego free environment dedicated to the love and crafting of cinema. Raven View Productions has finished their first film “The Burden of Beauty” which is now an official selection of Kevin Smith’s SMODCastle film festival. The company’s se...

Ian Lewis is currently a Junior Data Wrangler working in the Visual Effects department on set. Previously he worked as a Production Assistant in the AD department and made short films prior to entering the industry. He is an independent filmmaker originally from NEPA.

We had a chat with Dan Kimbrough Owner and Founder of Park Multimedia and the Artistic Director of Taking Up Space Film Festival. Dan Kimbrough is a content creator who works with individuals and businesses to best tell their stories through media. Dan knows the power of content and storytelling in reaching an audience and branding a business. He has 20+ years of media experience and has worked wi...

We chat with the Executive Producers of Strings Attached Andy Wolf, Lucinda Bruce, Jessica Hutchinson, and Marie Förster. Strings Attached is an award winning international anthology series set within a fictional online dating site. The series tells the stories of people looking for love and trying to connect during these disconnected times. The show endeavors to go against expectations, and chall...

An outcast, teenage live streamer must enlist the help of four popular kids after he discovers that a werewolf is tracking one of them in their small rural town. Produced by McKeever, Oifer, McCallum and Sarullo. A Showtown American Pictures Production. Directed by Christopher Jackson. Starring Michael Pare, Michael McKeever, Madelyn Chimento, Kyle Oifer, Samantha O’Donnell, Dylan Intriago and Eri...

Patrice D. Bowman is a New York City-based award-winning filmmaker and colorist with over six years of experience. Her films focus on the nuanced spiritual lives of women of color, particularly those of African-American women. She is the owner of the film production and post-production company Bowman Pictures. She received a B.A. in Film and Media Studies from Yale University. Currently, her exper...

Join Luz Cabrales and Desiree Zielinski as they chat with the producers and host of The Libby Show: Messalina Morley, Beth Brier, Iliana Guibert and Suzanne Curry. Messalina “Messa” Morley is an actor and screenwriter. Most recently she played Revlon in the American Premiere of “The Revlon Girl” by Neil Anthony Docking. Previously she worked on TV shows such as “The Other F Word” and Amazon’s”Styl...

Calling all Jedi, Sith, Nerfherders and Womp Rats! We did a special Scranton Talks for Star Wars Day! Join Luz, Desiree, and special guests including Daniel Roebuck to talk about all things Star Wars! From the original trilogy to the sequels and everything in-between. Having made his feature film debut starring in the teen comedy Cavegirl Daniel Roebuck quickly realized that there was only one dir...

Filmmakers Nidheya Suresh, Ria Patel & Kankana Chakraborty joined forces to create The Rose Garden. Together, Nidheya, Kankana and Ria have won over 50 awards in national and international film festivals. Nidheya had collaborated with Kankana in her award-winning film MAA, and with Ria in her award-winning film BANDAID. ​ The Rose Garden is the story of two estranged Indian-American sisters wh...

Josh Bidwell was born in Scranton, PA. He is known for Nick & Ophelia and Batman V Arrow. He was inspired to be an actor ever since high school. He became more into the industry studying movies while working in his hometown movie theater and eventually found out about a local crew in his hometown that was planning on making their own films in which Josh wanted to join. Ever since he got his fi...

Beth Clausnitzer, born and raised in Bethlehem, PA. Beth utilized her skills at the local television station WFMZ Channel 69 in Allentown PA. Beth landed a background actor role in the feature film GETTING GRACE which was shot locally produced, directed, written, and starred Daniel Roebuck, a native of Bethlehem. She started out as an extra and quickly became the Extras Casting Assistant, casting...

Chloe Bluebell Joyce has been performing since she was 3 years old. She has had the pleasure of working on projects for Scranton Films, Gabe's Department Store, Random House, Nickelodeon, The Food Network, HBO, and Amazon Prime. You may catch a glimpse of her on the rides at Coney Island on the newest season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! Chloe is represented by Jackie Reid of L'il Angels Unlimited...

Zack Wilcox is an Upstate New York born and raised filmmaker who brings the sensibilities of small town life into his filmmaking. After an extensive career as a crew member on countless indie features, commercials, television, and Music Videos. He has honed skills in the technical aspects of streamlined indie filmmaking. His first feature film as Writer\Director\Producer - Hunting Lands, Is a slow...

Tara Gadomski is a 2019 Sundance Knight Fellow. She is a filmmaker, actor and journalist. In 2017, she was invited to the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriting Intensive in Philadelphia with her feature-length screenplay, Mother Mary. This lead to the 2019 Sundance Knight Fellowship. Previously produced writing includes, The Offering (Best Play of the Network One-Act Festival in New York); The webser...