*fully* get how blessed the Jacks have been with opportunities to go and see and do

and

*fully* get why we were all razzle-dazzle distracted from anything more than "I recognize everyone in these seats!"

while still

needing to put in the work other Regional Crew did years ago actually connecting

other favorite meetups:

- s1e1&4 screening @ UC Santa Barbara +Q&A w/ writer Eliza Jiménez Cassio

- Guz Khan @ the Regent w/ opener Samba + radiant audience bestie Con

- Uproar screening @ Laemmle Royal +Q&A w/ Minnie Driver

- Vico Ortiz's one person show Rise of a King @ Greenway Court Theatre

bluesky really letting our inner seabirds fly home with that 2000 character limit on Alt Text.

like the loving care and the extensive works consulted list that went into annotating that photo grid for historical accuracy felt vintage pirate brainrot sorry for the on the clock relapse, boss

Southern California had a large, active Our Flag Means Death fanbase, but past meetups were often in support of cast/crew

- WGA / SAG-AFTRA picketing & meals

- s3 renewal campaigns at studio HQs

- supporting cast gigs (Rhys, Vico, Samba, Guz) & films

planning some 2026 meetups just to reconnect

If you’re near Sausalito, California: Courtney Anderson, who did the rigging for the Revenge, is teaching a 5-session rigging class, if that’s somewhere your hyper fixation has led you to. Looks like you can do each session separately and not have to do all 5

Support local queer artists and shop with intention this season!

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Southern California Crew!

Check out this new show premiering at the same theater on Fairfax a bunch of us saw Vico perform their one-person show. The show's tagline reads:

"A griot's inheritance. A nun's unraveling. A twink's reckoning."

Tickets linked here:
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