Onus Playhouse: All Is Forgiven?

As a bonus to those who've completed the seven episode meal of All Is Forgiven?, the world's first episodic musical podcast, we bring you this episode of Phoenix Tonight? where hosts Russ Kazmierczak and Emily Estril interview  Serene Dominic. You can see a video of the whole Phoenix Tonight? installment here on YouTube but in case you want to continue in the same theatre of the mind territory we mined with All Is Forgiven?...

In our finale episode, explanations abound like raisins in Raisin Bran. Things come to a head  as the battle of humans versus Orzonians rages to its unforseeable end. We learn the truth about Vic, Shanabella and the real reason the Orzonians are here. Spoiler alert: the song titles will not give anything away.

Songs include “The Territory,” “All is Forgiven “ and “Masters of Woe.”  Deadly Sin of the Week? Don't get mad, get  WR...

In episode 6 of All Is Forgiven?, The Orzonians manage to blackmail everyone in a three-block radius of Vic’s paint store into working at their crystal meth fulfillment center. After vowing to do nothing, Vic colluded with Shanabella to raise arms against their oppressors and find it’s easy to kill a malevolent extra terrestrial with no street smarts? Or maybe not.

Songs include “The Heat is Upon Me Now,” “Take Some Strength From M...

In episode 5  of All Is Forgiven?, The Orzonians reveal their plan to get Vic back into the crystal meth manufacturing and distribution game which will violate his agreement with the US Marshalls. To strong-arm him, they threaten to disfigure his ex-wife Angie with bad liposuction. Vic mentally retreats to The Bronx to get imagined advice from his old crew.

Songs include “Morris Park Boys,” “The Sunnyslope Historic Society” and “So...

In episode 4  of All Is Forgiven? Vic takes Shanabella to his French Provincial riddled house in Sunnyslope after eating too much at Brusco’s and discovers she has a different slant on things not caused by a busted plastic heel on her stiletto. The newly amorous pair get some unexpected visitors who ensure that this is their first and last-ever date!

Songs include “French Provincial Kick,” “Up in Your Attic” and “Testosterone."...

In Episode 3 of All Is Forgiven?, Vic gets some bad news about his ex-wife and decides to visit Shanabella at the strip club to get a better view of what she does for a living. Before the night is over, one of them will see a ghost and the other will violate the “no crying on the pole” rule.

Songs include “That’s My Ava,” “Nobody Knows Me Like You Do” and “The Night They Knocked Fat Alfonso Off.” Deadly Sin of the Week? Lust, natch!

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In episode 2 of All Is Forgiven?, Nathan, the assistant manager at Vic’s paint store, pays a visit to his boss' home after work hours to persuade him to go out to a country-and -western bar to meet women. Then Vic, still pining for his ex-wife Angie, does the next worst thing to drunk dialing her--he has an imaginary fight with her!  And we’ll meet Shanabella Heisener, a black stripper whose storehouse knowledge of old vaudevil...

In episode 1 of All Is Forgiven? Vic Masterone, a convicted low-level mob foot soldier has entered the Witness Protection Program to relocate from Morris Park in the Bronx to Sunnyslope, Arizona. And there are more new adjustments to make than just an unpopular name change, an injured pride and a rejected new chin cleft request to deal with.

Songs include “How Did I Become Such a Monster,” “Guess That’s Just the Way She Wants It” an...