Hello, Adventurers!

I am Dennis Spielman, the Founder and Producer of The Show Starts Now Studios. The Show Starts Now Studios (TSSN Studios) is dedicated to adding adventure, sharing knowledge, and fostering collaboration in people’s lives through shows and events. Shows include Uncovering Oklahoma, Yes! Science!, Tales Unveiled, Quarter Minutes, and with more on the way. For the most part, I make the videos for these shows by myself and I'm looking to expand them, bring more people on board, and a bring a new live studio audience TV show experience to the public.

I am asking for your contribution to destroy boredom, which includes the following projects:

Uncovering Oklahoma
My main and most well-know production is my the travel and interview series, Uncovering Oklahoma. Uncovering Oklahoma shares stories about adventurous places in the state and interviews with people creating wonderful things.

Yes! Science!
Showing that science is for everyone, this science documentary and demonstration series features a rotating roster of women and minority individuals in STEM fields in Oklahoma (and hopefully around the world in later seasons). Think of this show as a cross between a TED Talk and Bill Nye. Yes! Science! videos discuss topics of science, career profiles, and fun experiments.

Tales Unveiled
Combining real Oklahoma urban legends with a greater mystery, Tales Unveiled follows two individuals in a narrative podcast series as they team up to research stories in their state. Journalist, Sam Saxton, (voiced by Dennis Spielman) meets up with fiction writer and paranormal researcher, Geoff DeGroot, (voiced by Jeff Provine) connecting with each other at a ghost tour and work together to unveil local hauntings.

Quarter Minutes
Quarter Minutes pierces through the multiverse to capture short glimpses of strange and seemly normal oddities of multiple realities. Think of it as a show like the Twilight Zone or Black Mirror, but stories are 15 to 90 seconds long.

The Future Vision

The primary draw of The Show Starts Now Studios will be the creation of studio audience productions, with the shows being broadcasted live online. You’ll be able to see shows like a political satire series, late night talk shows, creative entrepreneur panels, a children's show, and more. In short, we want to make all kinds of shows to expand people's horizons and destroy boredom.

There are some core values I do wish to share here in the overview that encompasses what this studio is about. For starters, the studio is grounded in collaboration, equality, and transparency. Collaboration will be vital to making everything happen and with that comes equality. For example, shows will be team based with everyone putting in equal work and getting paid equality. This is completely unheard of in the film industry. Just because something was done that way because that’s how it was always been done in the past won’t apply here if there’s a better and fairer way to do it, let’s do it.

For me on Uncovering Oklahoma, I’m all about getting people to led more adventurous lives and getting them outside of their bubble. This personal mission will be applied here as well.

The next phase to accomplish the goal of a having a studio will involve the creation of new shows, the first of which was the new narrative podcast series, Tales Unveiled. Next, we'll be producing live audience shows at various venues in the Oklahoma City metro. Events and community engagement will also start to become more prevalent. Details on the other new shows will be announced when the time comes, but know that there are more in development already.

As a patron, you'll be rewarded with your support, so join in, and let's make Oklahoma better!

For more about what we're working toward, visit TheShowStartsNowStudios.com

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, please give via PayPal.

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