Dale takes a peek behind the curtains and under the wigs for this revealing conversation with chameleon-like performer and comedian Cole Escola. Over some early morning coffee-cart coffee and donuts, the two talk about children’s theater, solo sketch comedy, probably gay presidents, Bernadette Peters’ love of animals, and what happens when you spend a lot of time with an alter ego. Featuring a very special slice-of-life moment from Joyce Conner and a new audio character portrait from Andrew Bancroft.

Watch Cole Escola on Hulu’s Difficult People, or catch him live in his solo sketch show The First Gay President at The Duplex, October 23rd. Stay up to date with Cole’s next performances over at Cole’s website. And if you have not watched his Mom Commercial, run and do that first.

Andrew Bancroft is part of the band Moondrunk, and they’ve got a spooky new music video available on YouTube and they’re running a Kickstarter for their new album. Andrew and Ashley from the band were both part of our Welk Tributes in 2015 and are both amazing folks. Think about helping them out if you can! And a hearty thank you to Harvestworks for their assistance with this episode.

Photo of Cole by Allison Michael Orenstein.

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