Author biography: Ron Matthew Inawat

Recent content by Ron Matthew Inawat

GoPride Interview with Kurt Perry
"I am a firm believer that artists know when they're artists"
Friday, March 29, 2024 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Kerry D'Jovanni
"You want to know where you're going in order to take clear steps to get there"
Monday, March 11, 2024 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Vince Kelley
"We like to say it's as if the show never went off the air; it just moved from cable to streaming"
Friday, February 2, 2024 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Erich Bergen
"Stories are stories, but we have to tell stories that represent people in ways that are beneficial to people"
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Matt Rodin
"I grew up being awoken by my mother every morning singing show tunes."
Sunday, November 5, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Mitchell Fain
"I play 20 different people, and, with very few exceptions, we don't have any props or costumes to let you know that we simply have to morph into them and tell that story"
Saturday, September 23, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Steven Lee Johnson
"there's this incredible connection there; or they're introducing their spouse or child who never read the book, and they're able to experience it in this new way that we're giving them"
Friday, August 4, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Gavin Creel
"I spent a long time being afraid and thinking that if I got too queer or too gay, somehow it would actually come back and hurt me"
Monday, April 24, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Sam Nackman
"Who cares what happens when we're dead? Why should we think that far ahead?"
Saturday, April 15, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Naomi Rodgers and Zurin Villanueva
"I hope they leave floating on a high note; I just really want them to ride that back into their lives, into their jobs, into whatever it is"
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Harrison Drake
"these little paper mache caricatures that a friend made for me for my birthday that I lay out on my dressing room station"
Saturday, March 11, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Sav Souza
"there have been moments where we've needed to navigate just transphobia in the world and in the industry..."
Sunday, March 5, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Amadeo Fusca
"I just kind of want to make them laugh with whatever goofy stuff I have going on."
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Brian Kalinowski
"...it's what they call a princess track. You get to just roll on stage and do your thing and get your big applause and then leave..."
Thursday, January 26, 2023 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Justin Wirick
"I just remember I freaking loved it"
Monday, October 24, 2022 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Beth Leavel and Taylor Iman Jones
"that said, I have such easy access to my inner diva..."
Monday, August 8, 2022 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Javier Muñoz and Megan Masako Haley
"He has one song that makes me feel like I'm the little kid in my room dancing with nobody watching, and that kind of freedom."
Monday, August 8, 2022 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Paul Louis Lessard
"I'm outspoken and outlandish. I'm out there. I'm a proud queer individual, and I embrace all of those aspects in my frenetic three and half minute number"
Monday, July 25, 2022 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Andre Ward
"Yes, I'm living my dream...., girl"
Friday, May 13, 2022 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Hennessy Winkler
"You know Annie used to be a dream role of mine. Then I transitioned so now I get to play her boyfriend!"
Thursday, January 13, 2022 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Em Hadick
"My mom really loved movie musicals, they were always on and I would sing along and I would dance along"
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Cunio
"The show is happening above you, on top of you, next to you, behind you, below you and it never stops."
Sunday, July 11, 2021 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with E'mon Lauren Black
"It teaches that Black women are not a monolith, and that Black experiences are not all the same"
Thursday, February 25, 2021 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Matthew-Lee Erlbach
"Part of my work is making the invisible, visible. It is giving a voice to the voiceless. It's going to where the silence is."
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Amadeo Fusca
"I just want everybody to have so much fun and I go home thinking about these things and just working on their relationship"
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with John Gardiner
"it puts you in that perfect mindset for how this odd little period of time in the mid '70's of like where there were just no rules"
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Patrick O'Mahony
"...is the first underwear that I wore when I did my very first lead show, so I wear that constantly..."
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Michael Ivan Carrier
"it is all leopard print and turquoise"
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Mariah Rose Faith
"there is a learning experience I want kids and even adults to have and how these words aren't ok and they matter"
Monday, December 23, 2019 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Rob Lindley
"what I was most struck with in seeing it - and maybe it is the filter we are all seeing art in in this time we are living in - I really find it a show about empathy and compassion"
Friday, December 20, 2019 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with James Percy
"How they thought putting a musician and a dancer was going to come out with a lawyer... I have no idea!"
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Taylor Bloom
"My favorite thing that happens every night is that we get to share in this communion of music with people for whom it is very personal"
Sunday, November 17, 2019 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Jamal Howard
"it is really about finding that space and coming up with creative solutions"
Monday, November 11, 2019 in Interviews

Navy Pier's Pumpkin Lights pop-up experience continues
Thursday, October 24, 2019 in News

Arts in the Dark features About Face Theater
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 in News

GoPride Interview with Bobby Bowman
"Chicago's Bobby Bowman on the remarkable story of Oslo"
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with David Cromer
"I hope this interview about my terror will inspire people to come see the show"
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Rizo
"Who knows if I really made an impact, but I believe that one-on-one energy, even if it's from a stranger who is talking to you and caring about your life, can really change it."
Monday, August 12, 2019 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Andrew Love
"you can also pick up on the story of revolution and the story of wanting change and the lengths you're willing to go to to get change in your world"
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Stache
"basically nothing is off limits for us due to everyone's musicianship and talent level"
Saturday, June 1, 2019 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Max Von Essen
"Isn't it amazing once you know who you are or what you wanna say in something like this it does start to fall into place"
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 in Interviews

GoPride Interview with Javon King
"The show is so impactful 20 years later is because it has themes that people still need to hear today"
Friday, May 10, 2019 in Interviews

Artistic Halloween Parade showcases city diversity downtown on Saturday
Monday, October 15, 2018 in News

White Sox host first LGBTQ night with pre-game parade and pride-themed giveaways
Monday, August 13, 2018 in News

Equality Illinois Gala celebrates love on Valentine's Day
Sunday, February 15, 2015 in News

Horizon's Cafe in Lakeview celebrates ten years
Friday, October 3, 2014 in News

Fabulous Beekman Boys showcase new cookbook this weekend
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 in News

About Face Theatre welcomes four new board members
Monday, May 5, 2014 in News

World Wrestling Entertainment shows support for marriage and LGBT equality
Monday, April 21, 2014 in News

Chicago's gay country 'All-American Boy' Steve Grand hits 1m views
Thursday, July 11, 2013 in News