After a scandal, a “manosphere” podcast brings on a woman to replace their disgraced co-host, but she knows their monstrous secrets and has her own plans for them. A live screenplay reading for a brand new script by Julian Seltzer & Amanda Jane Stern.
Think Late Night with the Devil meets The Joe Rogan Experience.
Smoke. Sip. Die. follows a “manosphere” podcast called The Evolved Cavemen, it’s their first time back in the studio after a MeToo scandal involving one of their co-hosts. In an effort to move on from the scandal, the three remaining men on the podcast decide to replace him with a woman. However, she knows that these men have monstrous secrets of their own, and she plans to expose them.
Caveat: 21 A Clinton St., NY, NY
Doors 9:00 PM
Show 9:30 PM
Tickets
$15 premium
$15 standard
$20 at the door
21+
No outside food or drink allowed. Tickets may be refunded up to 24 hours before the event.
Julian Seltzer (Writer) is a Brooklyn-based writer and producer. From the to gulf coast of Mississippi to the mountains of California, he has traveled the country to produce stories about monstrous men and women for TV films and series: HBO/Max (Sons of Ecstasy, House of Hammer, How To Create A Sex Scandal, Teen Torture Inc.), ID (Blumhouse’s Cabin in the Woods TV series), and Oxygen (New York Homicide, Sins of the South). He is currently developing a TV show about murders within tight-knit communities for Oxygen. In the narrative world, he produced the feature film Perfectly Good Moment, now out on Tubi and Amazon.
Amanda Jane Stern (Writer/Performer) is a Brooklyn-based screenwriter, actor, and producer. She specializes in stories about messy women bringing down toxic men. She made her feature film screenwriting debut with the psychosexual revenge thriller Perfectly Good Moment, out now on Tubi. Her screenplay Beast With Two Backs has placed in several competitions. She co-hosts the podcast Don’t be Crazy with Zach Rancourt, and she is a regular guest on numerous horror-themed podcasts (Horror Queers, The Horror Squad, The Movie Crypt...) By day, she produces stories about real murder and mayhem for true crime TV shows.
Ryan Nicolls (Performer) is a California transplant working in the city since 2008. Recently, he has appeared on Law & Order: SVU and The Equalizer, voiced ads for Pepsi and Walmart, and is celebrating ten years of Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six universe where he portrays Seamus “Sledge” Cowden. He’s repped by Tracy Luthi at Bonafide & Emerging Artists.
Abe Goldfarb (Performer) is an actor, writer and director based in Brooklyn, NY. He studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He's been on Broadway (in Beetlejuice), voiced Pokémon (several) and emceed burlesque shows all over the world (seriously). His multiple award-winning film First Time Caller is now streaming.
Aaron Phillips (Performer) is an actor, singer, and voice over artist for film, tv, and video games. Originally from Baltimore, he attended the School of Music at UNCG for vocal performance. He has appeared on TV in The Equalizer, Evil, and Girls5eva. His video game voice over credits include World of Warcraft: The War Within, God of War: Ragnarök, and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Ryan O’Regan (Performer) is an actor, filmmaker, show host & personality from Port Reading, NJ. After receiving his formal education at West Virginia University, he has worked & entertained in the NY/NJ/PA area for the past two decades. Aside from working on sets for Film, TV & streaming, he's also an award-winning short film producer, an accomplished stand-up comic & even a veteran celebrity interviewer for multiple online distributors.
Lauren Greenhall (Stage Directions) is a director who specializes in character-driven stories. She has directed TV and video for CBS interactive, National Geographic, The New Yorker, The New York Post, the Huffington Post, Amazon Originals, Inside Edition, and more. Her movie Perfectly Good Moment —an award-winning psychological thriller starring Broadway star Stephen Carlile and Amanda Jane Stern— premiered at the 2023 Sarasota Film Festival as a nominee for the Independent Vision Award and was acquired by Buffalo 8 distribution.