We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jaime Parker Stickle and Jason Beeber a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Jaime and Jason, appreciate you joining us today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?
We’re currently working on the cold case story of Jamie Stickle. A member of Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ community found dead, burned alive, in her jeep twenty years ago. The case has never been resolved and has left a community still bewildered and confused. We’re hoping to tell Jamie’s story, who she was in life, not just death, and hoping new evidence presents itself or someone comes forward who knows something.
Jaime and Jason, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
Jason started his career as an actor while attending undergrad at USC. His passion for acting, theatre, writing and creative endeavors grew from there. He was the managing (and artistic) director of the MacGuffin Theatre Company here in Los Angeles. And from there continued to audition for television and film roles, worked as a director and producer for many independent film projects. And, then, he met Jaime (Parker Stickle) and their partnership took them from indy scripts to podcasting with their show Make That Paper–the show that talks to artists about all the side hustles and side gigs they work to support their artistic careers.
Jaime came to Los Angeles after undergrad to pursue her love of television and film as an actor and writer. She was a member of the all female sketch group Boom Chick Boom and continued to hone her writing craft from there at the University of California Riverside low residency MFA program. She currently writes crime fiction and true crime while also teaching undergrad at Montclair State University’s LA abroad program.
Podcasting has become a rewarding form of storytelling for both Jaime and Jason.
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
Connection. As storytellers connecting to our community and to an audience is the most rewarding part of what we do. It’s why we became artists. We want to connect humans, tell stories that resonate and bring people together. When someone laughs, cries, nods their head in agreement that, ‘hey, me too! I get that,” moment is everything. We’ve done our job. It’s a huge rush of feelings to know we’ve connected with someone.
Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?
A huge goal is to never live with regret. Regret that we didn’t keep going. The only time you fail is when you quit trying and we’ll never quit trying to tell the stories we want to hear, watch, and write.
Contact Info:
- Website: TheGirlwiththeSameName.com
- Instagram: @thegirlwiththesamename
- Facebook: @thegirlwiththesamename
Image Credits
Matt Ellis