BackStage Pass  

Thomas Amo talks with author & playwright Scott Cherney about his new book "Red Asphalt". Born and bred in Stockton, California, Scott Cherney has worn many hats in his life and times, among them a cowboy hat as a stunt performer on the streets of the Pollardville Ghost Town, a western amusement park that housed leftover sets from the William Wyler film The Big Country. He then ventured to the Palace Showboat Dinner Theater becoming a triple threat actor/writer/director of their melodrama/vaudeville stage productions in the process including Song of the Lone Prairie and California Follies. Cherney was an award winning actor with roles in such shows as Angry Housewives, Sylvia and Move Over, Mrs. Markham. His film credits consist of appearances in Under Arrest, Omega Cop and Backstage Pass. In 1986, Scott was the winner of the one and only San Joaquin County Stand-Up Comedy Competition. He spent time as an on-air film critic for KUOP-FM and even inside a giant raccoon suit as a radio station mascot. Scott’s first book, the non-fiction memoir In the Dark: A Life and Times in a Movie Theater, was published in 2003. A collection of original comedy sketches entitled Now THAT’S Funny and the script of Song of the Lone Prairie followed. He currently lives near Portland, Oregon with his wife, Laurie