Becoming Wilkinson

Send us a textAlex Price is new to Palm Springs after moving here from the East coast in 2021.  His life has taken him from the sticks of Tennessee, to Washington DC, a brief detour in Wuhan, China (ever heard of it?), and finally to the West coast and the Coachella Valley.  A government bureaucrat during the day, Alex has rekindled his love of acting and can be found performing in two different, local stage productions. Check him out in The Bent’s production of THE LINCOLN DEBATE at the Palm Springs Cultural Center in February 2023 as well as Desert Theatreworks’ production of THE MOUSETRAP in February and March.You can find Alex at www.thealexprice.com or through his Instagram https://www.instagram.com/xand83/Find tickets to THE MOUSETRAP:  https://ci.ovationtix.com/36400/Find tickets for The LINCOLN DEBATE at The Bent Theatre: https://www.thebent.orgPhoto: Copyright Wilkinson/2023Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us a textJason Reale is a recent transplant from NYC where he was a director of design for a global branding agency. At the age of thirty he decided to change up his life, quit his job and rediscover his passion for acting by studying the Hagen technique at HB Studio. It was there where he was able to start to unravel the facade he had built up over the years and reawaken his creative spark. Since moving to Palm Springs he has started to find his people through the plays he has been cast in. His most recent play, The Lincoln Debate by Terry Ray, poses the questions of Lincolns sexuality. This play has been his most challenging role to date and probably the role that has helped him grow the most. It doesn't hurt that he shares a lot in common with the sixteenth president, besides just the beard. More info and to contact Jason:  http://jasonreale.com/Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2023Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us a textAlan Kraemer and Claudia RiedAfter careers in the tech industry and the fashion industry respectively, Alan Kraemer and Claudia Ried have reinvented themselves in the desert as producers and entertainers. On this show they tell us about their various ventures and adventures.Links: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@PalmSpringsPointofViewFacebook: https://www.Facebook.com/PSPOVInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/pspov1938/Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2023Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us a textKevin  has travelled extensively throughout the USA.  After getting kicked out of his home as a teen, he had many harrowing adventures that seemed to bring him to various forks in the road.  But somehow, he beat the odds and was able to choose the path away from certain destruction.But it wasn't until he tested positive for HIV that it all came together and he was able to settle down, complete his education, get married and find purpose in life doing a job that he loves.  And all the previous challenges meshed together to make him the man he is today.It took many round about ways to get places but eventually always made it!He currently resides in NYC with his husband and he's working as a nurse in a NYC hospital. Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2023Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us a textKevin  has travelled extensively throughout the USA.  After getting kicked out of his home as a teen, he had many harrowing adventures that seemed to bring him to various forks in the road.  But somehow, he beat the odds and was able to choose the path away from certain destruction.In other words, he takes many round about ways to get places but eventually always makes it!He currently resides in NYC with his husband and he's working as a nurse at a NYC hospital. Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2023Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us a textAdam Ross is a writer, a three-time Moth StorySLAM winner, and a three-time Moth GrandSLAM performer. His stories have been featured on The Moth Podcast and the Bawdy Storytelling Podcast. He has performed at curated storytelling shows in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Chicago and New York City, including Strong Words, GatherNYC, OUTspoken, This Much is True, Talk Therapy, Bawdy Storytelling, and Better Luck Next Time.Adam has been writing both fiction and nonfiction stories since he and his nerdy friends started ditching recess in the 4th grade to create short plays and home movies.  He is currently producing a short film dramatization of his shocking “Since We’re Being Honest” story.  In addition to Adam’s creative projects, Adam has spent the last two-decades working for technology companies in various legal and business capacities, where he has almost mastered the art of cat­-herding.  Though he doesn’t enjoy long walks on the beach, Adam does enjoy being a part-time science nerd, political junkie, and gay rights rabble­-rouser.https://adamross.me/ http://Twitter.com/adamross http://Instagram.com/adam.ross.storiesPhoto: Copyright Wilkinson/2022Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us a textShawn Smith shares his stories of coming out in the rural midwest.His involvement in an emerging Gay college campus organization began a path of LGBT activism, advocacy, and community-building as the Gay Rights Movement began to coalesce in the mid-70's across America. Lured by the freedom and anonymity of big city life, Shawn shares his adventures along the road to freedom of sexual expression.A writer and storyteller by trade, he's now quasi-retired and slacking poolside: A dirty old man enjoying the free and Fabulously Gay life that Palm Springs has to offer.Contact Shawn at: macgizmoguy@hotmail.com  Photo: Copyright Wilkinson/2022Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us a textAaron Jay Young grew up in a very conservative, religious home in Pennsylvania. He escaped at age 19 and he's spent his adult life on a journey of growth and self-discovery.  Today he's an amazing portrait photographer based in LA and Palm Springs.  I'm proud to have had the chance to get to know and interview this beautiful soul.In Aaron's own words:"My work is my passion. It is a culmination of all my life experiences - the pain, the trauma, the work I’ve done to find forgiveness, love, and compassion - not just for myself but for others. The process allows me to see other people, their pain, their joy, their vulnerability, and capture it authentically. It is with my camera that I take this journey; through self-portraits and through portraiture of others. It’s a very intimate experience; when a subject is in front of me, whether it’s for 30 seconds, or much longer. There is an undeniable connection that is established. We exchange a sense of trust. All other distractions fall away and it is my sole purpose to see them and to capture those moments of truth. Self-portraits are a way for me to expose not only my own inner world, but the inner world of others; to capture emotional states that are not encouraged to be shown in our society. Yet this is the very essence of what everyone can relate to throughout their own moments in life".  Aaron Jay YoungWeb:  https://www.aaronjayyoung.comEmail:  aaron@aaronjayyoung.comPhoto: Copyright Wilkinson/2022Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us a textMatthew Hardy is a New York City based actor and musical theater writer. His musicals can be seen Off-Broadway, at theaters across the United States and as far away as Poland. As an actor he has performed in theater, film and television but has recently made the leap to the tiny screen where you can find him on tiktok singing impromptu songs in his underwear.www.matthewhardy.orgwww.tiktok.com/@matthewahardyPhoto: Copyright Wilkinson/2022Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com

Send us a textRob Ollander-KraneRob grew up in New Jersey where he met his husband Jason 43 years ago at 19 years old! It was there that he also started his career in retail and Human Resources…a career that led to Harvard Business Case creating a case study that focused on the innovative work he did in Performance Management.The two left New Jersey for the greener pastures of California and settled in San Francisco in 1987. Two years later, they were among the first gay men to both legally adopt a child. Their son Craig, now 37, lives in Virginia with his wife and 4-year-old son. Rob is a real gay grandpa!A few years back, Jason and Rob relocated to Palm Desert and retired. But that hasn’t slowed Rob down. Since moving here, he has become a singer/songwriter, penning three songs after unsuccessfully trying to write songs for many years. The trick he discovered…a song writing camp in the Catskills run by his favorite band, the Milk Carton Kids. But if that wasn’t enough, he also started a gay country western dance space called Palm Springs Country Dance Association where he and 50 others dance every Friday night. Seems Rob is a bit of a renaissance man. What will he do next?Come dance at the Palm Springs Country Dance Association: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3149602058688600Listen to Rob’s favorite band: https://www.themilkcartonkids.comAnd check Rob out at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rob.ollanderkranePhoto: Copyright Wilkinson/2022Opening and closing music courtesy the very talented Zakhar Valaha via Pixabay.To contact Wilkinson- email him at BecomingWilkinson@gmail.com