EXCLUSIVE: Cassie Workman Is Witchy AF Is a Show “About Black Magic Hosted by a Transgender Immigrant”

As summer starts to wane and fall starts to settle in, Lilly Wachowski has just the show for you to get into the spooky season groove. Cassie Workman Is Witchy AF, an eight-part weekly, comedic documentary series hosted by Australian transgender comedian Cassie Workman, explores the history and philosophy of occultism and magic. Set in a fictional occult bookstore and featuring puppetry and practical SFX make-up, the show finds Workman diving into the worlds of “ritual magic, identity, demons, tarot, love, death and possible salvation,” while also exploring topics such as occultist Aleister Crowley and religious movement Santa Muerte.Workman’s quirky and macabre humor is on full display in the trailer, as she introduces herself as a “television host created in a lab specifically to make Ron DeSantis angry.” Promising a fun-filled ride through the occult, Workman points out that this is a “show about black magic hosted by a transgender immigrant.” - YouTube The series, set to premiere on YouTube on September 16, will also feature special guests, including Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson and comedian Ben Russell, as well as an “all-star cast of demons and evil puppets.” “Cassie Workman weaves a Charm of Making so wickedly delightful it turned me into a newt!” Lilly Wachowski, who serves as an executive producer via her company Anarchists United Studios, said in a statement. “Seriously, everyone needs to watch the fabulous and funny and informative Cassie Workman is Witchy AF immediately! I am so proud to be a producer on this and call her my friend!!! #NEWTLIFE” Workman is a writer, director, actor and comedian who has previously toured with her show Giantess, which explored the “anguish of coming to terms with a gender identity that doesn’t match your body.” The program was nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and won Best Show at the Sydney Comedy Festival. She also toured a one-woman sh