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07/21/2025

06/21/2024

Today is the start of Soonercon! I'll be speaking today and tomorrow on panels.

Sure it’s easy to be super motivated when your business is brand new! But keeping momentum is hard, especially with setbacks and unexpected problems that face every artist. Our panel of professionals will talk about the tricks and strategies that keep you focused and productive!

06/06/2024

New Spielventure episode is out! Join us as we visit 8 spots on Route 66!

I traveled the stretch of Route 66 from Arcadia to Bistro with Caitlin from Oklahoma's Credit Union. We spent an entire day visiting sights from the area between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and there ...

05/21/2024

Big Pivot: The Show Starts Now is shutting down in a pivot to create Spielventure.

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Welcome to Spielventure! Hello! I'm Dennis Spielman, the creator of Uncovering Oklahoma and The Show Starts Now, along with a bunch of other shows. After celebrating 15 years of producing my local...

04/24/2024

Learn how to make your own fringe theatre production! Join Art & Victory and Theatre Crude Fringe Festival for a special networking event and panel discussion on putting together a show! See you at Sailor & the Dock!

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03/28/2024

I got some sad news to share with you. I will be shutting down The Show Starts Now streaming service. The online video library subscription service didn't get the traction needed to make this venture profitable, so I'm having to make a pivot. I know not every business succeeds, but I am proud that I did try.

As for what I will be doing next, I hope you continue to follow me in my journey. I plan to do a more formal announcement next month of what's coming.

Thank you for your support!

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03/14/2024

Happy Pie Day! Enjoy this Take A Bite OK with Phi episode about Pie Ju**ie and Not Cho Cheesecake.

Indulge your sweet tooth in this episode of Take A Bite with Phi! Join us on a culinary journey as we explore Pie Ju**ie, where Leslie and Darcy turn childho...

03/12/2024

Specializing in vintage fashion, Aunt Fancy's Vintage Formal & Couture has clothing and accessories of past styles, sourced from all over the United States. Subscribers get early access to the new Uncovering Oklahoma episode about this Plaza District business.

Specializing in vintage fashion, Aunt Fancy's Vintage Formal & Couture has clothing and accessories of past styles sourced from all over the United States.

03/12/2024

New episode of Uncovering Oklahoma features 10 artist statements about the Area fiftyONE event to benefit the Norman Arts Council.

Norman Arts' annual arts party goes intergalactic with Area fiftyONE! MAINSITE Contemporary Art will be invaded by stellar art, drinks and bites while live m...

03/12/2024

Uncovering Oklahoma is about creative places and people in Oklahoma. Uncovering Oklahoma features information about adventurous places in the state and inter...

03/07/2024

03/06/2024

New Episode of Archiving Contemporary Art takes a look back at "Yes! I Can Ronger" by Gregg Standridge Artwork in an extended interview. Plus, Ander Cardinale Toy Artist gives a tour of "Welcome to My Dreams."

Be sure to get your tickets to Norman Arts Council's ONE Event!

A look back "Yes! I can Roger!" and "Welcome to My Dreams" at MAINSITE Contemporary Art.

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The Show Is Starting

The Show Starts Now Studios (TSSN Studios) is a non-profit organization dedicated to adding adventure, sharing knowledge, and fostering collaboration in people’s lives through shows and events. In a future phase of development, we’ll create a place for studio audience productions in Oklahoma City, with the shows being broadcasted live online. In addition to the shows, we’ll offer film related classes, such as acting, improv, podcast recording, and complete video production.

The 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 similar to Saturday Night Live, Steven Colbert, Last Week Tonight, and even morning shows and sitcoms. In a way, we’ll also be like an Oklahoma based Netflix, pooling together resources to create shows. When the studio home is complete, we’ll also partner with local schools to allow them to film shows there and have grants for documentary filmmakers. In addition, there will also be public spaces for small filmmakers to borrow or rent for their projects.

Visiting the studio itself will be an experience. The lobby area will have a mix of functions with art, a bar, and a stage for bands. Studio shows will be able to take over the lobby with art that relates to an episode’s theme. For example, if a show is featuring a celebrity, there can be fan art in the lobby. There will also be a dedicated space for art exhibitions not relating to any show. Artists will be allowed to either sell or not sell their artwork.

Shows will be more than their episodes as they’re each have their own element of community engagement. This will range from providing internships, live studio shows having a corresponding art show, shows hosting a festival, doing mini-episodes, having a podcast similar but different from a video series or vice versa, having a comic book version, interacting with fans on social media by using their suggestions for the series, and/or doing a live tour production across the world. Even before the studio is built, shows will start doing events and being at places, like art walks, in an effort to build audiences.

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 will be 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 first phase involved realigning all the shows I currently produce under this parent company. The main mission here was to reveal this studio project, which I’m doing today.

Phase two will involve the creation of new shows, the first of which is a new podcast called Tales Unveiled. Combining real Oklahoma urban legends with a fictional plot line of a greater mystery, Tales Unveiled follows two writers with different pursuits as they team up to unveil stories in their city. Details on the other new shows will be announced when the time comes, but know that there are more in development already.

In phase three, the studio will start the application process to become a 501(c)3 non-profit. As we build a community and resources, we’ll begin building a home to create our shows. As for where exactly the studio will be built, that is up in the air. Oklahoma City is growing and changing, and we’re a few years away from that stage of development. Events and community engagement will also start to become more prevalent in phase three. We’ll do live shows around town to build excitement for what we’re creating here.

How You Can Help:

The best way you can right now is to become a Patron on Patreon. Patreon is a platform for creatives to not only earn a living creating things but to engage with their supporters to improve their craft. For a cup of coffee a month, you’ll be able to get early access to shows, vote on what I work on next, as well as exclusive content in The Vault. There are all kinds of rewards for you. Plus I want you to know that I have never charged anyone for coverage, and I never want to get into any situation where I have to choose between an advertiser or a story. I am asking for your contribution to keep being independent.

The second way you can help is to spread the word! Follow the studio on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

While ambitious, I believe that through the power of collaboration, all things are possible. I’ve been working toward this for years now, brainstorming ideas, meeting talented people, and learning how to make this possible (and still learning).

I thank you for your time and your support.

Dennis Spielman Executive Program Director

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