Stage and Screen with Harvey Morton
Oct 11, 2026 · 16 min · 10 segments
I chat with writer and performer Derek Mitchell about his solo show *Goblin*, a darkly comic journey back to 2007 exploring identity, obsession, and the power of being seen. We dive into how Derek…
Harvey MortonHost
I know that Goblin explores the idea of imaginary companions as well and the versions of ourselves that we create.
For you, particularly growing up, do you have any experiences where you felt like you had that or maybe internal dialogues that helped you through maybe difficult times?
I think what's really interesting is it felt like there was a ubiquitous... kind of social meme of the imaginary friend for, like, I don't know, like, millennial kids.
Like, I feel like every television show, there was, like, an imaginary friend character.
I didn't know anybody, at least, who was out as having an imaginary friend.
I mean, I'm not really watching television for young people anymore, but I don't know if that social meme is still a thing.
Like, it almost feels like maybe... like a byproduct of kind of like the whimsical, prosperous 90s that it was like, oh, this lonely kid isn't gay.
So I think I just like think that's such like a fun and funny like cultural artifact of the past.
I know that Goblin explores the idea of imaginary companions as well and the versions of ourselves that we create.
For you, particularly growing up, do you have any experiences where you felt like you had that or maybe internal dialogues that helped you through maybe difficult times?
I think what's really interesting is it felt like there was a ubiquitous... kind of social meme of the imaginary friend for, like, I don't know, like, millennial kids.
Like, I feel like every television show, there was, like, an imaginary friend character.
I didn't know anybody, at least, who was out as having an imaginary friend.
I mean, I'm not really watching television for young people anymore, but I don't know if that social meme is still a thing.
Like, it almost feels like maybe... like a byproduct of kind of like the whimsical, prosperous 90s that it was like, oh, this lonely kid isn't gay.
So I think I just like think that's such like a fun and funny like cultural artifact of the past.
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