Queer Creative Duo Roger Q. Mason And Lovell Holder Launch SISTER ROGER'S GAYBORHOOD Podcast

Sister Roger's Gayborhood is a queer podcast bursting from the hivemind of award-winning playwright and performer Roger Q. Mason (Lavender Men, The White Dress) and lauded writer/director Lovell Holder (Working Man, Some Freaks).

Building on their own professional rises in our challenging times, Mason and Holder have curated a star-studded and thought-provoking roster of LGBTQIA+ guests and allies who have stories to share: about their life and work journeys, the struggles and joys broached along the way, and the transcendent power of their communities. The podcast launched on September 29 on all podcast streaming platforms and can be found here.

The premiere season's guests include Garrett Clayton (Hairspray), Miss Peppermint (RuPaul's Drag Race), Yin Chang (literary podcast host and Gossip Girl's "Nelly Yuki") and many more. Like great host pairs Casey Wilson/Danielle Schneider (BITCH SESH), Alaska/Willam (RACE CHASER), and Matt Rogers/Bowen Yang (LAS CULTURISTAS), Mason and Holder's episodes of Sister Roger's Gayborhood are fun and provocative, mixing jovial personal anecdotes with candid reflection. Each episode ends with Mason, Holder and the guests playing a madcap, improvised storytelling game called "The World According to Joanne" about a fictional, omnipresent diva that Mason and Holder riff on to keep the fun alive. The show is executive produced by Mia Chang (It Follows, Struck by Lightning) with original sound engineering and music composition by David Gonzalez.

Close friends ever since their time together as students at Princeton University almost 15 years ago, Mason and Holder have a history that has produced an inimitable friendship as they strive to forge a community of artists and friends here in LA. Roger Q. Mason is a truly undeniable and signature talent whose burgeoning career as a powerful playwright, innovative screenwriter, and staple of the LA queer scene truly exemplifies a singular and exciting voice that speaks to a variety of communities: LGBT, Black, Filipinx, plus-size, gender-nonconforming... Yes, it's a one of a kind voice. A very loud voice. Which is why sometimes Roger needs his straight man, indie filmmaker Lovell Holder, to bring him back down to earth (and we say "straight man" only in the comedic sense of the term).