{"id":400773,"date":"2026-09-15T20:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400773\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T20:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:26:11","slug":"stageworks-theatre-talks-history-leadership-and-their-44th-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400773\/","title":{"rendered":"Stageworks Theatre Talks History, Leadership and Their 44th Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1536\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789503970_730_Web-Logo.png\" class=\"attachment-266580 size-266580 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/events\/the-big-gay-radio-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Gay Radio Show<\/a>, show hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/florida_turtle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Gorman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/esmerussell61\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Esm\u00e9 Russell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theebodaciousbryan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryan Hinkson<\/a> welcomed Karla and Heather from <a href=\"https:\/\/stageworkstheatre.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stageworks Theatre<\/a> to discuss the history behind the organization, its distinction as the longest-running professional theater in Tampa, its commitment to being a woman-led nonprofit and its upcoming 44th season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karla and Heather shared more about Stageworks Theatre and its history in Tampa, while looking ahead to what\u2019s next for the organization as it prepares for another season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team also covered several LGBTQIA+, political, entertainment and national headlines. Topics included the death of Bob Mackie, the Supreme Court saying President Donald Trump cannot enforce new mail-in ballot regulations, the return of Mitch McConnell and Macklemore being removed from the Ed Sheeran tour following pro-Palestine comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Gorman, Esm\u00e9 Russell and Bryan Hinkson continued the conversation on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/20tGIYNexwKJawK0jPDI6L?si=54a30fb681084519\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Gay After Show<\/a>, covering another round of the week\u2019s hottest and most unusual stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group discussed updates surrounding efforts to rename Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton, Rep. Jasmine Crockett honoring Chris Brown and Usher, technology CEOs calling for further artificial intelligence regulation and the 2026 Emmys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other topics included a 22-year-old who crashed their truck while applying deodorant, penny regulations, vandalism involving a Charlie Kirk statue and Sydney Sweeney\u2019s latest controversy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team also discussed past BDSM pictures involving a gay congressional candidate, the potential for the first openly gay senator, the Medal of Honor monument,\u00a0The Cat in the Hat\u00a0\u201cattacks,\u201d Hasan Piker\u2019s RNC picture and an appeals court saying clean drinking water is not a constitutional right. Esm\u00e9 and Bryan also shared their personal experiences during the September 11th attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out the most recent episode of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/events\/the-big-gay-radio-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Gay Radio Show\u00a0<\/a>here!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out The Big Gay After Show available at 5PM, September 15th, on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/20tGIYNexwKJawK0jPDI6L?si=5d3d172695b742c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-big-gay-radio-show\/id1672159950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1617-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266585\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week on\u00a0The Big Gay Radio Show, show hosts Chris Gorman, Esm\u00e9 Russell and Bryan Hinkson welcomed Karla&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3699,5164,135,137,136,3700,13226],"class_list":["post-400773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-lgbtqia","tag-stageworks-theatre","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-the-big-gay-radio-show","tag-theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}