As comic-cons go, we gotta admit — we don’t normally cover conventions geared toward soap operas. But our good friend LACRETIA LYON, herself a HUGE comic-con and geek culture fan, is trying to set us straight. Lacretia is part of the driving force behind this coming weekend’s SOAP CON LIVE, a day-long virtual event packed with panels featuring your favorite daytime stars, both current and former. Here’s more info:
Soap Con Live, in partnership with The Locher Room, is proud to introduce a first of its kind fan experience. Created by soap fans, for soap fans, Soap Con Live will celebrate the soap opera genre & connect fans with their favorite daytime stars of past and present.
On Saturday, May 1, the inaugural Soap Con Live fan event sponsored by Soap Opera Digest, Retro TV and It’s Real Good TV will feature free, virtual panels with Q&As that will stream LIVE on The Locher Room YouTube Channel and allow fans to purchase Meet & Greets, Video Greetings and Autographs from their favorite soap stars at SoapConLive.com. The day will kick off with The Doctors panel at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PST: Nancy Stafford (Adriend/Felicia Hunt), Anna Stuart (Toni Ferra), Robert Frank Telfer (Luke Dancy) and Marie Thomas-Foster (Lauri James) will reunite for the first panel for the inaugural Soap Con Live event.
As the World Turns “Live from Oakdale!” will begin at 4pm ET/1pm PST featuring Mark Collier (Mike Kasnoff), Terri Conn (Katie Peretti), Trent Dawson (Henry Coleman), Austin Peck (Brad Snyder) and Colleen Zenk (Barbara Ryan).
“The Cramer Women” of One Life to Live will follow at 5:30pm ET/2:30pm PST featuring Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning), Laura Bonarrigo (Cassie Callison), Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer) and Gina Tognoni (Kelly Cramer).
With General Hospital “Love & Tragedy” rounding out the evening at 7pm ET/4pm PST featuring Shell Danielson (Dominique Stanton), Brad Maule (Dr. Tony Jones), Kin Shriner (Scotty Baldwin) and Jackie Zeman (Bobbie Spencer).
All the panels with Q&As will stream LIVE back to back on The Locher Room with surprises in between. Visit SoapConLive.com to sign up for the FREE live panels and keep up with special guest announcements & info on paid fan opportunities. Stay tuned for more chances to visit with your favorite Soap Stars, both virtually and in-person when it’s safe.
Soap Con Live, is a women-owned company, co-created by Lacretia Lyon (Bleav in Soap Operas/Forever and a Day) and Susan Eisenberg (Wonder Woman Justice League/Justice League Unlimited) who wanted to bring their love of soaps and Comic Cons together and introduce a new & exciting experience to fans of Daytime.
The Locher Room YouTube Channel was created by former television publicist Alan Locher to bring a smile to television fans during the COVID-19 stay at home orders in April 2020. A year later with 140 episodes to date, his guests have included daytime and prime-time stars including Jaclyn Smith, Ming-Na Wen, Frances Fisher, Kim Zimmer, Susan Lucci, Erika Slezak, Michael E. Knight, Laura Wright, Michael Park, Maura West and William Fichtner and so many more.
