Category: nightlife

Ali a Visionary at Radford Studios

October 23, 2025

Ali was honored by Vizibility at Radford Studios! Radford Studio Center hosted an evening honoring the extraordinary talents of mid-to-senior-level filmmakers with disabilities across the greater Los Angeles area. The groundbreaking, résumé-forward pop-up gallery as a spotlight on the visionaries whose work shapes the stories, worlds, and magic of the entertainment industry. The evening celebrated, … More Ali a Visionary at Radford Studios

MacLean lands cover story for Devise magazine

February 24, 2025

Ali wrote this issues cover story for Devise Magazine about the stars of the indie hit, Didi, Isaac Wang, and Shirley Chen. The two young talented and prolific actors led the cast in Sean Wang’s coming-of-age dramedy about an awkward Taiwanese teen in the mid 2000s. Devise Magazine is published by The Unusual Suspects and … More MacLean lands cover story for Devise magazine

Help take rock n roll show This Will Be Our Year on the road! Or down it…

April 20, 2023

Team TWBOY has some exciting prospects coming up, including workshops with some broadway producers and creatives. However, funds are needed, so Ali and the gang started a fundraiser: Hey you rock ‘n rollers! Help us take This Will Be Our Year on the road! Or even down the road… Recently Ali adapted her play This Will Be Our … More Help take rock n roll show This Will Be Our Year on the road! Or down it…

MacLean’s residency at The Citadel ends with virtual presentation of This Will Be Our Year

August 10, 2022

Ali was named the Resident Artist at the Citadel of Playwrights this summer. As a co-hort and resident artist, she spent weekly sessions presenting pages to the collective and panel of her play as she transferred it into a musical, with the new material by Craig Finn. The work culminated with a virtual performance of … More MacLean’s residency at The Citadel ends with virtual presentation of This Will Be Our Year

Radio, Radio

August 10, 2022

Wanna relive the glory days of the early aughts when musicians still played guitars? Listen to Ali’s radio demo from her time on the air during the early aughts for a flashback. Ali was plucked from the halls of MTV to be an on-air personality on the new radio station Indie 103.1 FM. She was … More Radio, Radio

This Will Be Our Year debuts at Zephyr Theatre!

July 23, 2021

Ali MacLean’s play This Will Be Our Year, described as a rock-n-roll Greek tragedy, melodramedy, or Normal People meets A Star Is Born, was a rock rollercoaster ride that audience members rode on Saturday at The Zephyr Theater. The play, starring playwright MacLean, Adam Sinclair, Juliet Lopez, and Eric Delgado, chronicles the ten-year-long tumultuous relationship … More This Will Be Our Year debuts at Zephyr Theatre!

This Will Be Our Year rehearsals are underway!

June 28, 2021

This Will Be Our Year, which debuts live at the Zephyr Theater on July 17th, has begun the rehearsal process. Director Jason Weiss, and the cast: Adam Sinclair, Ali MacLean, Juliet Lopez, and Eric Delgado, are working their way through the piece which follows the stormy and passionate ten-year relationship between a British rockstar and … More This Will Be Our Year rehearsals are underway!

The Point presented at ANDTheatre Festival

May 23, 2021

Ali’s short film The Point, a gothic tale about four Massachusetts townies partying at Chesterfield Gorge, was presented this past week at the ANDTheatre’s Eclectic Festival. “The Point”Written & Directed by Ali MacLeanWith Nevin Millan as LugoAlison Minick as TeenieAlexander Demas as MurphAaron Lyons as Scanlan A Q&A session was held after, where MacLean explained … More The Point presented at ANDTheatre Festival

This Will Be Our Year debuts at the first SHE LA ARTS virtual theater festival

July 19, 2020

This Will Be Our Year was selected as part of the 2020 She NYC Arts/ She LA Arts Theatre Festival. The Festival was due to open at the Zephyr Theater this summer, but due to COVID has switched to a virtual, online festival. THIS WILL BE OUR YEAR, was instead performed virtually, using an innovative … More This Will Be Our Year debuts at the first SHE LA ARTS virtual theater festival