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Lights, camera...apocalypse? TVL goes behind the scenes of the upcoming film “Turns Out It’s an Apocalypse...We Think”

Tennessee Valley Living follows along the production of the new indie feature film shot in Alabama. Interviews with Director Mike Hayhurst, Producer Allison Moy Hayhurst, Writer/Actor Tara Jayn, and Writer/Actor Natalie Lynch.

Watch the entire segment here!

That’s a WRAP! Indie film shot in Huntsville now in post-production

Spencer Brooks covers the wrap of principal photography on Turns Out, It’s the Apocalypse… we think? And includes links to the Day to Day with Mariah segments featuring Natalie Lynch, Tara Jayn, and Mike Hayhurst.

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Day to Day with Mariah

Filmmakers Natalie Lynch, Tara Jayn, and Mike Hayhurst sit down with Mariah Wiggs of WHNT’s Day to Day with Mariah to talk all things Turns Out, It’s the Apocalypse… we think? after just wrapping production in Huntsville, Alabama.

Watch the full interview and Reddit with Friends segment here!

Broadway World: FORKED Creator Sarah Goeke Awarded Grant To Adapt Award-Winning Web Series For The Stage

A.A. Cristi covers the upcoming screenings of Sarah Goeke’s award-winning web series Forked, along with the recent award from the Hudson Valley Writers Residency for Goeke to turn the web series into a play.

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NPR: Arts Underground: “Turns Out It’s the Apocalypse… we think?”

Cozy bunkers… a dearly departed cat… professional actors … who are also hamsters? All of those things are the comically macabre ingredients to an independent filmbeing shot locally in Huntsville, Alabama in February.

It’s titled, “Turns Out It’s the Apocalypse… we think?” and Katy Ganaway’s guests are the film’s director, Mike Hayhurst, and Natalie Lynch and Tara Jayn, who split the duties of co-starring and writing the film. It’s set in the end-times, in what they call an “everywhere town”- in Huntsville, Alabama.

Listen to the full interview here!

Broadway World: AND THROUGH THE PORTAL WE GO Heads To Yonkers And Queens Film Festivals

A.A. Cristi covers the upcoming November screenings of And Through The Portal We Go. The time-loop comedy, led by a theatre-trained cast, will screen November 8–9 at YoFi Fest and Queens World Film Festival

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Broadway World: TURNING TIGERS INTO PANCAKES Comes to Dixon Place

Stephi Wild covers the upcoming run of Joseph Lymous’ solo comedy show “Turning Tigers Into Pancakes” at Dixon Place.

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Creekside Mornings with Charles and Sam

Director, Mike Hayhurst and Producer, Allison Moy Hayhurst joined Charles and Sam to discuss their upcoming screening of And Through The Portal We Goat the Macon Film Festival. Excellent English accents were used and many laughs were had!

"And Through The Portal We Go" Asks Big Questions about the Major Challenges in Life at the 20th Macon Film Festival

Nate Weeks covers the screening of “And Through The Portal We Go” at the 20th Macon Film Festival.

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Short Takes with Allison Moy Hayhurst

In the final episode of this season of Short Takes, host Blaine Duncan catches up with Allison Moy Hayhurst, who is an award-winning actor and producer. Her current film, 'And Through the Portal We Go,' will be screened at the Mystic Film Festival in Mystic, Conn. as well as other festivals as the year finishes! In the conversation, Allison describes Evening Squire, her production company with her husband, their love of dark comedies, an upcoming cannibal comedy, the best advice she's received, advice she would give anyone trying to make it or move to New York, and what's done up real good for her.

Watch the full episode here!

Huntsville Native Allison Hayhurst Returns with Award-Winning Comedy

Noah Logan sat down with Huntsville native Allison Moy Hayhurst to discuss the Alabama premiere of the award-winning dark comedy And Through The Portal We Go. Returning to her hometown for the Southern Fried Film Festival, Hayhurst reflected on her filmmaking journey and shared hopes of shooting their next feature in Huntsville.

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Tennessee Valley Living with Payton Walker

Allison Moy Hayhurst, along with her husband Mike Hayhurst, And Through The Portal We Go’s writer and director, joined TVL to share behind-the-scenes stories from set to screen.

Watch the entire interview here!

The Oscar Project Podcast: Forked Web Series

Jonathan Ytreberg interviews Sarah Goeke and Julia Sears, the writer and director of the web series "Forked," a story of a woman recovering from the purity culture of the Bible Belt through sobriety and dragon fantasy erotica. Listen to hear about Sarah trusting her director on the shoot for And Through the Portal We Go, keeping the cast of "Forked" very much in the family, and finding humor in some of life's most serious moments.

Listen to the entire interview here!

Morning Blend: WLRH 89.3 FM

Morning Blend host Dorrie Nutt welcomes Allison Moy Hayhurst and Mike Hayhurst into the studios to talk about their newest feature film, And Through the Portal We Go

Listen to the entire interview here!

Homely Huntsville

Huntsville Native Returns with Award-Winning Cult Comedy Film by Forrest Webber

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Special Mark Productions: Mike Hayhurst Interview

Filmmaker Mike Hayhurst stops by to chat about his feature film "And Through The Portal We Go". We discuss cults, self improvement, influences and his journey in making his first feature film.

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Special Mark Productions: The Final Cut

Mark “The Movieman” shares his review of “And Through The Portal We Go”

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The Oscar Project Podcast: Filmmaker Interview with Allison Moy Hayhurst and Mike Hayhurst

Jonathan Ytreberg interviews Allison Moy Hayhurst and Mike Hayhurst, the producer and director of the film And Through the Portal We Go.

Listen to hear about the some of the research that was required for the film (and the dubious online searches that entailed), the level of detail required to keep everything straight in a time loop film, and how bloopers can sometimes lead to useable takes in a film like this.

Listen to the podcast here!

Slice of SciFi Podcast:Indie Talk: “And Through The Portal We Go”: Mike Hayhurst and Joseph Lymous

Writer-director Mike Hayhurst and actor-writer Joseph Lymous talk about their indie fantasy-satire “And Through The Portal We Go”, a smart, sly look at cults, quests of faith and personal growth.

Listen to the podcast here!

In Conversation with Mike Hayhurst

Sammie Purcell with RoughDraft Atlanta interviews Mike Hayhurst, Director/Writer of “And Through The Portal We Go”

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Chattin' with Chuck - Filmmakers from "And Through the Portal We Go"

Atlanta Film Chat

Mike Hayhurst, Sarah Goeke, and Allison Moy Hayhurst hop on the show to talk about their film "And Through the Portal We Go" before their showing at the Broad Street Film Festival on March 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM!

Listen HERE.

Around The Reel - The Filmmaking Portal! with Mike & Allison Hayhurst

Around The Reel

Making a feature film ain't easy but it's definitely doable! On today's show we sit down with filmmakers Mike & Allison Hayhurst.

Their new film, "And Through The Portal We Go" is a fantastic new feature that was nominated for numerous awards at the Gig Harbor Film Festival and is currently in its film festival run!

We dive into multiple topics on this episode including the workshop they created to flesh out this film, the power of improv, the film festival circuit and why that approach is the right fit for them!

Listen HERE.

Rails to Reels Film Festival

During a screening of 15 Down, in Meridian, Mississippi, Allison and lead actor, Marilyn Light were interviewed about the event by WTOK. You can watch the interview HERE.

Lanett City Film Festival Interview

In the run-up to the Lanett City Film Festival Mike and Allison were interviewed about their film 15 Down. You can check it out HERE.

Queens Gazette Feature

Evening Squire founders Mike & Allison Hayhurst were recently featured in the Queens Gazette. You can read the article HERE.

Astoria Characters: The Puppeteer and the Producer

We love building our business in Queens and were honored to be featured in the Astoria Characters blog. If you ever wondered how the team behind Evening Squire met, you can check out the article HERE!

The Pits Online Release! 

Our award-winning short film The Pits is now available online. Check out what people are saying on QNS.com, Laughing Squid, the LIC Courier, and The Kid Should See This!

Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema

We had a great time at the Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema, where The Pits was nominated for Best Animation/Experimental. Director Mike Hayhurst and Writer/Puppeteer David Bizzaro also got to sit down and discuss the film in this podcast.

deadCenter Film Festival

We had an amazing time in OKC for the deadCenter Film Festival, take a look at their recap video where Mike and Allison were featured. You can also check out a interview with them HERE!

The Annual One-Take Oscar Recap

Our first One-Take Oscar Recap was featured on local NYC news station NY1, you can check out their awesome segment HERE!