From Scripts to Stage
Before there was a stage, there was a script.
Back in the late 2000s, ChadO wrote a stoner-adventure screenplay called Mitch and Stu’s Quest. It was offbeat, wild, and full of the kind of chaos you pitch when you know exactly the right guy to bring it to life: Jason Mewes. Jason not only loved it—he signed on as producer.
But it was during that project that something darker was born.
One night, Jay mentioned offhand that he’d love to play a serial killer. That comment haunted Chad. And RoomMate—a disturbing psychological thriller loosely inspired by true events—began to take form. He saw Jason in the lead. Not as a punchline, but as a character soaked in trauma, mystery, and menace. Someone haunted, much like the story itself.
Years passed. Projects shifted. Chad survived a major health scare. And RoomMate evolved from screenplay to novel. But the origin—the spark that came from that Mewes moment—remained baked into its DNA.
ChadO’s Reunion With Jay Mewes
Fast-forward to June 2025. Cap City Comedy Club, Austin.
Chad took the stage both nights to open for Mewes’ A-Mewes-ing Stories tour. He brought his sharpest material—jokes about his marriage, his adult kids making dumb weed decisions, and the weird aftermath of almost dying a few months ago from a celiac artery dissection.
And then, there was the Mewes story—one he finally shared out loud on stage. A moment from the past, delivered to a packed crowd of Jay’s fans, with Jay himself waiting in the wings.
For Chad, it wasn’t just a performance. It was a release, unlike any other stand-up he had done in the past.
The RoomMate Echo
If you’ve read the foreword to RoomMate—a 20+ page look behind the novel—you already know that Chad’s history with Jason runs deep. The novel might be fiction, but its roots are tangled in real friendships, regrets, and creative visions that never quite reached the screen.
RoomMate is not a comedy. It’s twisted. It’s tortured. It’s a descent. And the man it was first written for was standing a few feet away all weekend long.
Sometimes showbiz closes its own loops.
Thank You, Jacob Ruble
Big thanks to touring comic Jacob Ruble, who followed Chad’s set both nights with his own stories—this time from the POV of a younger dad navigating life and weed. The unspoken generational handoff between Chad’s jokes about adult kids and Jacob’s bits about raising kids gave the show a natural rhythm. Audiences caught it. The laughs flowed. And the story arc, though accidental, landed exactly where it needed to.
Personal Moments, Finally Captured
I was there on Saturday. I snapped pictures, took in the night, and finally got my photo with Jason—something I regretted not doing all those years ago. That second night felt full circle in a hundred small ways.
Yes, this was a comedy show. Yes, it was full of laughs. But underneath the jokes was something real. A moment of connection, history, and resolution between two longtime creatives who once shared a vision darker than most people ever knew.
Thanks, Jason. Thanks, Jacob. And thanks to every single person in that room who witnessed more than just a comedy show.
Written by April Olshavsky
