Meet the Crew
Michael Monteiro Wise
Writer/Director
Michael is a queer writer with an affinity for dramedy and dark comedies. He is currently an associate producer for MTV's Ridiculousness.
His writing career began as a playwright in Chicago with his play “Wasteboy” which performed at the Puppy Tears Festival and the Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins Festival. His found space adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (Reader Recommended) was revived in Lincoln Park in the summers of 2009, 2013 and 2014.
His one hour pilot "The Boys' Club" has placed as a second rounder in the Austin Film Festival (2020) and a semifinalist in the Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship (2021). His half hour pilot “Angels in Ohio” is a second rounder at the Austin Film Festival (2021) and quarterfinalist at the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (2021).
Tim O'Leary
Co-Producer
Tim is an award-winning screenwriter and professional ghostwriter. He's a graduate of the UCLA Professional Program in Television Writing, and was one of the co-creators of the comedy series Moms Anonymous, featuring the late, great 80s video vixen Tawny Kitaen.
When not writing or directing, he works as a fight coordinator for film and theater, and his fights have appeared in such films as Disciple (by Hustling creator Sebastian La Cause) and The Zoo (Denim Richards.)
Tim is the founder of the LGBTQIA TV Writers in LA, the only group for queer writers in Los Angeles. He is also the founder of Freaky Fighty Funny Films, a production company dedicated to queer genre projects. Their flagship project, the action-horror-comedy series Demonhuntr, will be premiering on HereTV in January of 2022.
Zack Ogle
Co-Producer
Zack is a queer writer/producer and a self proclaimed "Lord of the Pies". He's an award winning filmmaker & performer, a seasoned Dungeon Master, and co-host of the queer podcast "We're Not Together with Zack and Haley".
Timothy L. Quirus
Associate Producer
As a first-generation college student, Timothy L. Quirus went after the tools UC Berkeley offered to help support his desired career for storytelling in both the stage and screen mediums. With his unique voice, deep-rooted emotions, Tim hopes to express through future works, a crusade into illuminating stories about the queer community, diversity, and social change. He successfully authored two Honors Thesis’s in each of his Theater (2019) and Film (2021) majors, and graduated from Cal with distinction in May of 2021. Timothy has a passion for Hollywood history, children’s books, fairytales, superheroes, horror films, and Jane Austen. Doris Day is his “diva”.
Associate Producer
Russell Kohlmann
Russell Kohlmann (affectionately known as "Ruffles") is an actor-writer-producer and a newcomer to the "House Husbands" production team. He's thrilled to be working with such incredible talent both in front of and behind the camera. Follow him @russellkohlmann for constant dance videos, cats, and endless Britney Spears trivia.