Career makeup and FX makeup artist for 3 decades and Winter Garden native, Lee Grimes, talks about how his childhood dream became a reality & a thriving career! Currently working on Fear of the Walking Dead, his imdb.com profile is a true ‘scroller’ filled with over 85 TV and film credits including The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay, The Walking Dead, Oz the Great and Powerful and so much more! 

Recently voted Best Theme Park Performer for Orlando by www.broadwayworld.com, Sterling Lovett is a Florida native. He started his career in entertainment for the Walt Disney Company, where he worked for 20 years as a performer. He’s worked as an award-winning choreographer for over 15 of those years, working with local high schools, local and surrounding theaters, and special events all over the country. He has kept his friends and family laughing during the pandemic with his amazing Instagram and Facebook posts that are now available as a book and calendar. You can order them on www.ster-crazy.com. 

Steve Fessler is an integral part of our Central Florida Arts and Culture community. His career spans from hoofing it on the Broadway boards to a conductor's podium and from a stage manager's console to being a committed donor to arts programs locally and statewide. Get a cup of tea and settle in for some amazing stories! 

Join us, Ray Fournier and Andrea Canny, your co-hosts of this brand new fun and interesting  podcast about Arts and Culture in Central Florida! In our first episode, we discuss where our community has been and where it is going with RK Kelley, a prominent 'mover and shaker' in our arts community. Follow us on our social media platforms that you will find on our website, www.therise.today.