SYNOPSIS: Chelsea Sutton, interim artistic director at Rogue Artist Ensemble, and Josh explore how Rogue Artists Ensemble brings to life their hypertheatrical pieces with design at its inception. We explore how she and the Rogues approach the "Why Now" test to ensure their work stays relevant.

About Chelsea Sutton

Chelsea Sutton (she/her) is an LA-based writer and director. She’s a PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow, a graduate of the 2022 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Riverside. Her macabre steampunk adaptation of Pinocchio written with Rogue Artists Ensemble, Wood Boy Dog Fish, appeared in the inaugural season at the Garry Marshall Theatre. She also co-wrote the Emmy-nominated Welcome to the Blumhouse Live, an interactive film event for Blumhouse/Amazon. She has worked with Rogue Artists Ensemble in Los Angeles for over 12 years, and is currently serving as the Interim Artistic Director; she previously served as Associate Artistic Director for two years and Marketing Manager for a decade before that. At Rogue she also co-founded the Rogue Lab New Play Incubator in 2018 with Lisa Sanaye Dring. Also a fiction writer, she has over 25 short stories published and her first novella is forthcoming February 2026 from Split/Lip Press

Record Date: Tuesday, July 17th, 2025
Air Date: Monday, October 13th, 2025
Hosted by Joshua Hsu
Featuring Chelsea Sutton

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