Here to Enjoy bringing voice to the spoken word

We Are Vocal sees artists as thought-leaders always searching for new mediums of expression

We Are Vocal sees artists as thought-leaders always searching for new mediums of expression.

We believe that the virtual space is a stage with an intimate engagement through soliloquys transforming into theatrical mindscapes.

Nothing can replace the visceral energy of a stage performance, being inches from a great work of art, sitting in the womb of a resonant concert hall hearing every gesture of the cellist, but…increasingly, we purchase tickets to virtual Broadway and opera, download mp4s, pore over an artist’s oeuvre on an online gallery.

The creators of We Are Vocal can’t duplicate the textured experience of what is live. We can seek to offer an alternative to a night out at the movies or a binge out on your favourite series. Entertainment that will make you think and a continuing relationship with art.

We Are Vocal explores the art of the possible to the art of the probable. We Are Vocal supports performers, writers and directors.

American in Tent

We Are Vocal Virtual Venue community space with 6 artists

The American in Tent is a collective of American artists expressing their take on the  American narrative more personally while mitigating the carbon footprint of global festivals. We welcome cultural exchange and seek to be part of a greater global awareness. Even in the darkest of times, the artist’s voice must be heard.

Stephanie Vlahos
  • The Art of the Possible – the podcast as dramatic ruse for dramatic storytelling
    by Stephanie Vlahos
    The Art of the Possible – the podcast as dramatic ruse for dramatic storytelling “When artful expression went silent in Lockdown, overtaken by the angry volley of rhetoric on social media, stuff shifted. Arguably, artists say what is recklessly expressed […]
  • The Sound of My Grandmother’s Voice
    by Micaela Tobin
    Our Voices carry the emotional history of our lineage. It is a sonic map of our joy and pain–an identity carried across language, through the generations. Soprano and Sound Artist Micaela Tobin reflects upon the lineage of her voice through an intimate narration […]
  • A Branch of Frangipani
    by Stephanie Vlahos
    Join Stephanie Vlahos on a a stage director's process, exploring the story behind playwright Willy Holtzman's play "The First Mrs Rochester." It moves to unexpected places. Players: Jean: Natasha Detmer Selma: Kate Mcclorey A virtual spoken word venue at this […]
  • John K from A Road Trip to Mars – a Triptych part 2
    by Stephanie Vlahos
    A series of spoken word performances telling the story of creation – the writer’s creation, where characters on the page become real. "I am a witless forger of my fate, a fate that should have been about touching a life, […]
  • In the Moon Room
    by Stephanie Vlahos
    In The Moon Room leaves us all with the question, how do we mindfully inspire future generations to do the right thing? These are the stories about women and how their voices are better heard.


Chambered Nautilus Podcast

We Are Vocal Spoken Word Podcast Chambered Nautilus Enjoy 8 Episodes

Chambered Nautilus brings voice to what matters in words that resonate in 10-minute podcasts. We feature poetry, flash fiction, rap, lyrics, unexpected moments, satire, verbal pictures lyrically documenting how we live and who we are. 

  • "Stand up," she said.
    by Stephanie Vlahos
    Actor, singer Gwyn Mackenzie reads a poem from the book and podcast, Mercury's Wake.
  • Julia Fulton shares Trapped in Heaven
    by Julia Fulton
    Actor/writer/director, Julia Fulton reads her poem, Trapped in Heaven.
  • Roi Kwabena's DEEP OBEAH
    by Roi Kwabena
    Celebrating the memory of the author of Deep Obeah, Dr. Roi Kwabena. He was a cultural anthropologist, but not an academic. His work was done entirely outside of the walls of academia, a form of cultural activism that inspired others who—even without a degree in anthropology—began to call themselves anthropologists nonetheless. He was an artist, a musician, […]
  • I've Known Rivers – Langston Hughes read by Anindo Marshall
    by Langston Hughes
    Kenyan–American, master teacher of Dunham Technique, percussionist, and composer, Anindo Marshall, reads Langston Hughes seminal ode and witness to the history of humankind from the beginning of civilisation through the eyes of the Blacks experience. As Charlotte Stevenson wrote in the online magazine for York St John University, "Words Matter," (https://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/englishlit/black-history-month-ive-known-rivers-langston-hughes/) "What Hughes stresses is […]
  • Danse Africaine – Langston Hughes read by Bridget Graham
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    Los Angeles vocalist, songwriter, and multi-media performer, Bridget Graham performs "Danse Africaine" by the great Black American poet, Langston Hughes. "Danse Africaine" is an early poem of Hughes (1901–1967). His poetry reflected on Black awareness, African roots, while exploring the lyrical connection between music and poetry.

Mercury’s Wake Podcast

We Are Vocal Powerful Engaging 5 Part Audio Drama Mercury’s Wake


Over a long weekend, strangers converge in Caesars Palace Las Vegas.

Mercury’s Wake (character development and early platform on which MW The Long Weekend draws inspiration) “Before Chaos” by Stephanie Vlahos

Meet Before Chaos, the novella that inspired the sci-fi novel Mercury’s Wake – The Long Weekend.

Follow the backstories of a few disillusioned strangers on the loose in Las Vegas, trying to make sense of the crazy world. Before Chaosoffers insights into the backstories of characters in the Mercury’s Wake series, expanding them with humor and tenderness.

Beginning with Covid lockdown, author Stephanie Vlahos realized that a character-driven book about people disillusioned by their world couldn’t match what we were experiencing – a zeitgeist rife with unrelenting human crises, apathy, anger, and fast technological advances.

As the world tipped, so, too, the story of Mercury’s Wake, from Before Chaosto Blind Chaos in Mercury’s Wake – The Long Weekend

Mercury’s Wake – The Long Weekend addresses what we’re living as a metaphysical sci-fi mystery saga walking us through four days of backstories and premonitions, murder, high stakes gambling, parallel universes, an alien prophesy, interdimensional travel, metaphor, and ordinary people compelled by the reflections of a fictitious character in a book found in an abandoned Cadillac just up from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Mercury’s Wake freely explores alternate realities, universes, former lives, and karmic destinies as landscapes for its characters. But every story ever told is an alternate reality, a parallel universe, a former life, a future. Every parallel universe deserves its variations on a theme and every cloud has its silver lining.

  • Room Service
    by Stephanie Vlahos
    It's a sweaty night in Vegas for a range of reasons. Stuff's kicking up in Vegas. Bozzy can feel it, but what he doesn't now is what he's headed toward: his end or his beginning, a karmic dance or just another night of chance? When Bozzy makes a […]
  • Vegas is for opportunists – The Book of Rhea
    by Stephanie Vlahos
    Music Biz whiz Rhea Quackenheimer is living on the edge, she just won't admit it. She's in Vegas for a Weirdo Cool event. She knows that much. But what she doesn't know is, is she alive or dead? Every Journey has a left turn. Before Chaos is an […]
  • What Drama May Come – The Book of Bozzy
    by Stephanie Vlahos
    While bartending at the Barge Bar at Caesars, Bozzy meets a strange customer named Joe who is writing a screenplay about a horrible event that takes place in Vegas. His eyes are black like locusts… nothing in them. Every Journey has a left turn. Before Chaos is an […]
  • That’s mine by the way – The Book of Bozzy
    by Stephanie Vlahos
    Luck-junky, Bozzy O’Reilly hightails it to Vegas to try his luck. But he gets more than he anticipated. His world tips after he meets Imani Cosmos in a pop-up Keno room that might be an inter-dimensional hole in Caesars. Every Journey has a left turn. Before Chaos is […]
  • Trust me, it'll all just get weirder
    by Stephanie Vlahos
    Friday, the beginning of a crazy long weekend Imani Cosmos takes a short flight out of a bad relationship to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where alternate realities begin to seize control of her future. Every Journey has a left turn. Before Chaos is an original podcast written […]