Our Regularly Scheduled Program


Our Regularly Schedule Program is the brainchild of Brass Tacks Members James Ingagiola and Isaac Ellis in response to the COVID-19 pandemic closing theaters.

Set in a dystopian reality where Art (and the practice of it) is outlawed, the citizens themselves provide  entertainment. As part of their civic duty, ordinary people are forced to showcase their (non-artistic) “talents” for the diversion of the rest of the populace–with dire consequences if they do not comply. But while the government enforces these measures with an iron fist, there are those who are not content to remain in the shadows. Humor, mystery, personal revelation, and politics collide as each 5-10 minute episode gives us a look into the private-made-public lives of these ordinary folks and those who might attempt to disrupt the status quo.

Developed and Directed by James Ingagiola and Isaac Ellis.

Season 2 Written by Mary Conley, Isaac Ellis, James Ingagiola, and Russ Schwartz.

Season 2 features Robby Griswold as Terrance Baker, Brittany Batell as Deborah Copeland, Rachel Robbins Toon as Sue Gursky, Maegan Murphy as Carla Mills, Jeffrey Steiger as Gregory Clark, Amy Bogetto-Weinraub as Melinda Carpenter, Ethan Gibney as Wiley Marian, Jahmeel Powers as Antoine Shore, Angela Dill as Anna Fogelsmith, and Rob Sulewski as Daniel.

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Season 2 (June 2021)

Season 2, Episode 1: Gloria Lewis
Season 2, Episode 2: Melinda Carpenter
Season 2, Episode 3: Sue Gursky
Season 2, Episode 4: Antoine Shore
Season 2, Episode 5: Gregory Clark
Season 2, Episode 6: Carla Mills
Season 2, Episode 7: Terrance Baker
Season 2, Episode 8: Wiley Marian
Season 2, Episode 9: Daniel
Season 2, Episode 10: Anna Fogelsmith
Season 2 Viewing Party, with commentary!
Is This Art? – A PSA from Terrance Baker, Secretary of Broadcasting
Art Independence Day – A PSA from Terrance Baker, Secretary of Broadcasting
Two-Way Monitors – A PSA from Terrance Baker, Secretary of Broadcasting
Louisa Collins – A PSA from Terrance Baker, Secretary of Broadcasting
Artists on the run – A PSA from Terrance Baker, Secretary of Broadcasting

Season 1 (October 2020)

Season 1 Teaser Trailer
Season 1, Episode 1: Guy Marshall
Season 1, Episode 1: Amanda Densmore
Season 1, Episode 3: Oliver Watts
Season 1, Episode 4: A PSA from the Secretary of Broadcasting
Season 1, Episode 4: Charles Bonham
Season 1, Episode 6: Sue Gursky
Season 1, Episode 7: Carla Mills
Season 1, Episode 8: Gregory Clark
Season 1, Episode 9: The Incident Report