standby
New York City, New York | Film Short
Comedy, Drama
A dispirited and broke middle-aged actor, working as a standby for a hit off-Broadway show, has his love for his art reawakened when he must play the part for the first time, facing an expectant audience, and the possibility of a personal and artistic triumph — or failure.
standby
New York City, New York | Film Short
Comedy, Drama
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A dispirited and broke middle-aged actor, working as a standby for a hit off-Broadway show, has his love for his art reawakened when he must play the part for the first time, facing an expectant audience, and the possibility of a personal and artistic triumph — or failure.
About The Project
- The Story
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Mission Statement
The Story
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the story
Jerry (Reed Birney), a quiet and dispirited middle-aged actor, works as a standby for an off-Broadway show. Facing financial woes and questioning his art, he spends the day in rehearsal with the stage manager (Saidah Arrika Ekulona) and his bored and uninspired fellow-understudies (Pat Nesbit, among others).
At curtain time, when the lead actor calls-in sick, Jerry is thrust into the star's dressing room and a whirlwind of last minute preparations: makeup, costumes, and quick notes from Glenna, the leading lady (Christine Ebersole).
The curtain rises and, on cue, he walks onstage into the blazing lights to face not only an expectant audience, but also the possibility of a personal and artistic triumph — or failure.
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a selection of storyboards
KATHY: (pouting) Jerry, you really want to rehearse this full-out?
STAGE MANAGER: Jerry! Arthur is sick. You're on!
Jerry waits for his cue in the shadows. Suddenly his eyes snap open. He strides toward the door, grabs the knob and flings it open...and he’s caught – frozen – in the bright, blazing stage lights.
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inspiration
Backstage at the Helen Hayes Theater, about to go on for Paul Rudd (1997?! -omg)
Standby is a very personal film for me. It's a story about the fear of failure, and the reigniting of passion — for art and for life.
As a professional actor, I've been a standby many times in my career. While it can be a rewarding and challenging job, there are drawbacks: the anxiety of never knowing when you might, at a moment's notice, have to go on for another actor, giving your version of their performance of their role, and the ever-so-slight ego blow (even though you're compensated) of sitting on the sidelines.
This film is about some of the joys and heartaches of a standby's life.
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the world of standby
In the lobby of the theater, a sign stands ready. Empty slots wait to hold the nameplates that would announce the standbys, the last minute replacements for the cast, who might be going on for that performance...
In the film, we’ll travel all around the theater, from the elegant lobby to a grungy stage door alley with a fire escape...
...to a rehearsal under work lights, no costumes, on the drab-looking set...
...to a cluttered green room where the standbys hang in limbo, listening to the show over the squawk box, killing time telling crazy, uproarious theater stories, chatting with the performing company — once a week going up to watch the show from the house, as a refresher...
...the standby can be suddenly thrown into the star’s dressing room at a moment’s notice....
...when the standby enters the play — it’s a new world: Under the blazing stage lights, we see the set is actually vibrant and colorful, a period drawing room, anachronistic and irreverent, as is the smash hit French comedy being performed: The Prepost’rous Impostor!
...and the actors at play’s end, lost in the lights and the sound of the audience’s accolades.
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director's statement
Dustin Shroff, Producer and Robert Gomes, Writer/Director
Dustin and I are independent filmmakers. We love the process of making films. And we love the art of film — how it can communicate on the deepest level: matters of the heart, complexities of human nature, subtle moments that can register like a quake, beautiful imagery that can steal your breath.
We plan to submit standby to major film festivals in order to reach a wide audience, and to expand our current following for our future film endeavors.
My hope is to make a visually striking and heartfelt film about living a creative life. About holding onto hope, sometimes by a thread, about the possibility of rebirth through creativity and art, and with that, a recommitment to life.
Every play, every musical you see has a team of hard-working standbys sitting backstage…
Standby is my tribute to those unsung actors — my Valentine to the Theater.
-Robert Gomes, Director
Wishlist
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Equipment
Costs $5,825
We will be using your gift for camera rentals, sound equipment, lights and much, much more.
Crew
Costs $6,025
Funds will go to pay the many extremely talented and skilled people working behind the camera.
Location
Costs $2,000
A theater itself is a major character in this piece! We'll be searching for an atmospheric setting.
Actors
Costs $5,000
We'll be paying our actors a union wage! Their work will illuminate the subtleties of this film.
Catering
Costs $1,150
Crew & actors must be fed! A happy set is a well-fed set––with vegan options. And pizza is verboten!
Cash Pledge
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About This Team
our current and ever-growing cast and crew...
Robert Gomes - Director, Screenwriter & Producer
Robert Gomes is a filmmaker and actor living in New York City.
On Broadway, he’s appeared in The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Racing Demon. His off-Broadway credits include Dan Cody’s Yacht, Dada Woof Papa Hot, The Temperamentals, Only You, Shmulnik’s Waltz, As Is and The Sum of Us. Some regional credits include The Winter’s Tale, The Columnist, August: Osage County, Private Lives, Cymbeline, Brooklyn Boy, Angels in America, The Substance of Fire, and Three Sisters. On film, he appeared in The Way I Remember It (opposite Christine Ebersole), Body/Antibody, An Englishman in New York (opposite John Hurt), and the HBO film Daddy. His TV appearances include “Forever,” “Unforgettable,” “Sex and the City,” “Ed,” and “Law and Order."
He produced the award-winning short film Deflated, directed by Dustin Shroff. He also produced segments for the online news magazine "Out at the Center" which was presented by The LGBT Community Center in New York City.
Upcoming projects will include a screen adaptation of the play We Were There (a romantic drama set against the backdrop of the gay rights movement); and with Dustin Shroff, he is co-writing a series called "Rio House," set in Austin, Texas, about a bohemian enclave of artists, geeks, and weirdos.
Dustin Shroff - Producer and Art Director
Dustin is a filmmaker and production designer based in Austin, TX.
Some of his most recent film and television design credits include Travis Mathew's Discreet, Lisa Donato's There You Are, Daniel Stuyck's The Eternal, and the Wanda Sykes-produced "Talk Show the Game Show." He has also designed commercial work for clients including AT&T, Facebook, Budweiser, Google, IBM, USAA, and Dell.
His award-winning short film Deflated played in more than thirty film festivals internationally, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Iris
Prize. The film also received three distribution deals, and is part of Peccadillo Picture's Boys on Film anthology. Deflated is the first film in his Broken Arrow series: a group of stories exploring gender and sexuality through the eyes of Chris, a boy growing up in the
suburban sprawl of the American Bible Belt.
Dustin is excited to bring his experience and love for filmmaking to the production of standby.
Daryl Roth - Executive Producer
Daryl Roth has produced seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays: Clybourne Park (Tony Award); August: Osage County (Tony Award); Anna in the Tropics; Proof (Tony Award); Wit; How I Learned to Drive; and Three Tall Women.
She has produced over 90 award-winning productions. Broadway productions include: Indecent; Caroline, or Change; Driving Miss Daisy; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (Tony Award); The Humans (Tony Award); Kinky Boots (Tony Award, Olivier Award); The Normal Heart (Tony Award); A View From the Bridge (Tony Award); and War Horse (Tony Award).
Her many off-Broadway credits include: The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey; Buyer & Cellar; Our Lady of 121st Street; The Play About the Baby; The Temperamentals; Thom Pain (based on nothing); and De La Guarda.
Film credits include Dustin Shroff’s Deflated, the upcoming Custody; Albert Nobbs; Dinner with Friends (Emmy nomination); The Lady in Question; A Very Serious Person; Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; and My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story.
Rob Odorisio - Production Designer
Rob Odorisio began his career designing at the Walnut Street Theatre and then moving on to Broadway projects, including The Sisters Rosenzweig and The Who's Tommy.
Off-Broadway, he’s designed Stomp, Family Secrets, Imperfect Chemistry, Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight, and An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grand Boeuf (Drama Desk Award Nomination). In New York, he’s designed for Manhattan Class Company, Playwrights Horizons, SoHo Rep, Second Stage and Primary Stages. His extensive regional credits include Hartford Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Alliance Theatre, Portland Stage Company and the Old Globe.
For TV he was art director on "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd," ABC’s “The Standup,” Fox’s "Urban Anxiety” and “The Guiding Light” (three Emmy nominations). His film work includes: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll; Neptune's Rocking Horse and The Rub.
He is currently the art director for CBS News (Emmy nomination), designing and contributing to “CBS This Morning,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” “60 Minutes,” and “Face the Nation.”
the cast
Reed Birney (Jerry, the standby)
Reed Birney won the 2016 Tony Award for his performance in The Humans. Other Broadway appearances include: 1984, Gemini, Picnic and Casa Valentina (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award).
Off-Broadway appearances include Man From Nebraska (Lortel and Drama League nominations), I'm Gonna Pray for You So Hard (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk Award nominations), You Got Older (Drama Desk Award nomination), Uncle Vanya (Drama Desk nomination), The Dream of the Burning Boy (Drama League, Outer Critics Circle nominations), Blasted (Drama Desk Award nomination), Circle Mirror Transformation (Obie and Drama Desk Awards), Bug (Obie award) and Homebody/Kabul. In 2011, he received a Special Drama Desk Award honoring his career as an actor.
Film and TV credits include: Four Friends, "House of Cards," "Girls," "Blue Bloods,” “Madam Secretary," "The Blacklist," and "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." He won a 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance and in 2011 Actors' Equity awarded him the Richard Seff Award.
Christine Ebersole (Glenna, the leading lady)
Christine received her second Tony for her performance in Grey Gardens. Other Broadway credits include: 42nd Street (Tony Award), Steel Magnolias, On the Twentieth Century, Camelot, Oklahoma!, Dinner at Eight (Tony nomination), The Best Man and Blithe Spirit.
Film appearances include The Wolf of Wall Street, Amadeus, Tootsie, Richie Rich, Black Sheep, Dead Again, Folks!, Ghost Dad, True Crime, My Girl 2 and The Big Wedding. Her television credits include "Crisis in Six Scenes," "Search Party," "Sullivan and Son," "Royal Pains," "Madam Secretary," "American Horror Story," "Ugly Betty," "Law & Order: SVU," "Boston Legal," "Will and Grace" and "Gypsy." She was a regular on the 1981-82 season of "Saturday Night Live."
Ms. Ebersole has appeared in numerous concert halls including The Kennedy Center, Boston's Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall. She has performed her critically acclaimed cabaret acts at the Café Carlyle, Feinstein’s/54 Below, and venues around the country. CDs include In Your Dreams, Sunday in New York, Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward and Strings Attached.
Pat Nesbit (Tricia, a fellow-standby)
Pat has appeared on Broadway in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Young Man from Atlanta, and So Long On Lonely Street.
She appeared in the First National Tours of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues (as Rowena); and Copenhagen. She also toured in the Actor Theatre of Louisville's production of Pride and Prejudice. Off-Broadway credits include appearances at Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Mint Theater Company and Manhattan Class Company.
Pat is a four-time Carbonell Award winner for her performances in The Price, Collected Stories, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Middle Ages, all at the Caldwell Theatre where she also appeared in numerous other productions. Other regional credits include the Goodman Theater, Geva Theatre, Cleveland Stage, Syracuse Stage, the Alliance Theatre, San Jose Repertory, the Asolo Theatre and the Cincinnati Playhouse.
She stars in the short film Dressed.
Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Claire, the stage manager)
Saidah is an award-winning theatre, television and film actress. She's originated roles on Broadway, off-Broadway, in regional theaters and international theaters, and originated the role of Mama Nadi in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, for which she won an Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Jeff Award, Audelco Award and the Black Theatre Alliance Award.
Saidah received her BA from Albright College and her MFA from University of Minnesota.
and...
Josh (official standby mascot and associate producer)
Hails from Puerto Rico, but has embraced his new New York life. No producing experience per se, but a lot of energy and enthusiasm so far for the whole process of filmmaking.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
the story
Jerry (Reed Birney), a quiet and dispirited middle-aged actor, works as a standby for an off-Broadway show. Facing financial woes and questioning his art, he spends the day in rehearsal with the stage manager (Saidah Arrika Ekulona) and his bored and uninspired fellow-understudies (Pat Nesbit, among others).
At curtain time, when the lead actor calls-in sick, Jerry is thrust into the star's dressing room and a whirlwind of last minute preparations: makeup, costumes, and quick notes from Glenna, the leading lady (Christine Ebersole).
The curtain rises and, on cue, he walks onstage into the blazing lights to face not only an expectant audience, but also the possibility of a personal and artistic triumph — or failure.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
a selection of storyboards
KATHY: (pouting) Jerry, you really want to rehearse this full-out?
STAGE MANAGER: Jerry! Arthur is sick. You're on!
Jerry waits for his cue in the shadows. Suddenly his eyes snap open. He strides toward the door, grabs the knob and flings it open...and he’s caught – frozen – in the bright, blazing stage lights.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
inspiration
Backstage at the Helen Hayes Theater, about to go on for Paul Rudd (1997?! -omg)
Standby is a very personal film for me. It's a story about the fear of failure, and the reigniting of passion — for art and for life.
As a professional actor, I've been a standby many times in my career. While it can be a rewarding and challenging job, there are drawbacks: the anxiety of never knowing when you might, at a moment's notice, have to go on for another actor, giving your version of their performance of their role, and the ever-so-slight ego blow (even though you're compensated) of sitting on the sidelines.
This film is about some of the joys and heartaches of a standby's life.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
the world of standby
In the lobby of the theater, a sign stands ready. Empty slots wait to hold the nameplates that would announce the standbys, the last minute replacements for the cast, who might be going on for that performance...
In the film, we’ll travel all around the theater, from the elegant lobby to a grungy stage door alley with a fire escape...
...to a rehearsal under work lights, no costumes, on the drab-looking set...
...to a cluttered green room where the standbys hang in limbo, listening to the show over the squawk box, killing time telling crazy, uproarious theater stories, chatting with the performing company — once a week going up to watch the show from the house, as a refresher...
...the standby can be suddenly thrown into the star’s dressing room at a moment’s notice....
...when the standby enters the play — it’s a new world: Under the blazing stage lights, we see the set is actually vibrant and colorful, a period drawing room, anachronistic and irreverent, as is the smash hit French comedy being performed: The Prepost’rous Impostor!
...and the actors at play’s end, lost in the lights and the sound of the audience’s accolades.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
director's statement
Dustin Shroff, Producer and Robert Gomes, Writer/Director
Dustin and I are independent filmmakers. We love the process of making films. And we love the art of film — how it can communicate on the deepest level: matters of the heart, complexities of human nature, subtle moments that can register like a quake, beautiful imagery that can steal your breath.
We plan to submit standby to major film festivals in order to reach a wide audience, and to expand our current following for our future film endeavors.
My hope is to make a visually striking and heartfelt film about living a creative life. About holding onto hope, sometimes by a thread, about the possibility of rebirth through creativity and art, and with that, a recommitment to life.
Every play, every musical you see has a team of hard-working standbys sitting backstage…
Standby is my tribute to those unsung actors — my Valentine to the Theater.
-Robert Gomes, Director
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Equipment
Costs $5,825
We will be using your gift for camera rentals, sound equipment, lights and much, much more.
Crew
Costs $6,025
Funds will go to pay the many extremely talented and skilled people working behind the camera.
Location
Costs $2,000
A theater itself is a major character in this piece! We'll be searching for an atmospheric setting.
Actors
Costs $5,000
We'll be paying our actors a union wage! Their work will illuminate the subtleties of this film.
Catering
Costs $1,150
Crew & actors must be fed! A happy set is a well-fed set––with vegan options. And pizza is verboten!
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
our current and ever-growing cast and crew...
Robert Gomes - Director, Screenwriter & Producer
Robert Gomes is a filmmaker and actor living in New York City.
On Broadway, he’s appeared in The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Racing Demon. His off-Broadway credits include Dan Cody’s Yacht, Dada Woof Papa Hot, The Temperamentals, Only You, Shmulnik’s Waltz, As Is and The Sum of Us. Some regional credits include The Winter’s Tale, The Columnist, August: Osage County, Private Lives, Cymbeline, Brooklyn Boy, Angels in America, The Substance of Fire, and Three Sisters. On film, he appeared in The Way I Remember It (opposite Christine Ebersole), Body/Antibody, An Englishman in New York (opposite John Hurt), and the HBO film Daddy. His TV appearances include “Forever,” “Unforgettable,” “Sex and the City,” “Ed,” and “Law and Order."
He produced the award-winning short film Deflated, directed by Dustin Shroff. He also produced segments for the online news magazine "Out at the Center" which was presented by The LGBT Community Center in New York City.
Upcoming projects will include a screen adaptation of the play We Were There (a romantic drama set against the backdrop of the gay rights movement); and with Dustin Shroff, he is co-writing a series called "Rio House," set in Austin, Texas, about a bohemian enclave of artists, geeks, and weirdos.
Dustin Shroff - Producer and Art Director
Dustin is a filmmaker and production designer based in Austin, TX.
Some of his most recent film and television design credits include Travis Mathew's Discreet, Lisa Donato's There You Are, Daniel Stuyck's The Eternal, and the Wanda Sykes-produced "Talk Show the Game Show." He has also designed commercial work for clients including AT&T, Facebook, Budweiser, Google, IBM, USAA, and Dell.
His award-winning short film Deflated played in more than thirty film festivals internationally, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Iris
Prize. The film also received three distribution deals, and is part of Peccadillo Picture's Boys on Film anthology. Deflated is the first film in his Broken Arrow series: a group of stories exploring gender and sexuality through the eyes of Chris, a boy growing up in the
suburban sprawl of the American Bible Belt.
Dustin is excited to bring his experience and love for filmmaking to the production of standby.
Daryl Roth - Executive Producer
Daryl Roth has produced seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays: Clybourne Park (Tony Award); August: Osage County (Tony Award); Anna in the Tropics; Proof (Tony Award); Wit; How I Learned to Drive; and Three Tall Women.
She has produced over 90 award-winning productions. Broadway productions include: Indecent; Caroline, or Change; Driving Miss Daisy; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (Tony Award); The Humans (Tony Award); Kinky Boots (Tony Award, Olivier Award); The Normal Heart (Tony Award); A View From the Bridge (Tony Award); and War Horse (Tony Award).
Her many off-Broadway credits include: The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey; Buyer & Cellar; Our Lady of 121st Street; The Play About the Baby; The Temperamentals; Thom Pain (based on nothing); and De La Guarda.
Film credits include Dustin Shroff’s Deflated, the upcoming Custody; Albert Nobbs; Dinner with Friends (Emmy nomination); The Lady in Question; A Very Serious Person; Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; and My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story.
Rob Odorisio - Production Designer
Rob Odorisio began his career designing at the Walnut Street Theatre and then moving on to Broadway projects, including The Sisters Rosenzweig and The Who's Tommy.
Off-Broadway, he’s designed Stomp, Family Secrets, Imperfect Chemistry, Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight, and An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grand Boeuf (Drama Desk Award Nomination). In New York, he’s designed for Manhattan Class Company, Playwrights Horizons, SoHo Rep, Second Stage and Primary Stages. His extensive regional credits include Hartford Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Alliance Theatre, Portland Stage Company and the Old Globe.
For TV he was art director on "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd," ABC’s “The Standup,” Fox’s "Urban Anxiety” and “The Guiding Light” (three Emmy nominations). His film work includes: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll; Neptune's Rocking Horse and The Rub.
He is currently the art director for CBS News (Emmy nomination), designing and contributing to “CBS This Morning,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” “60 Minutes,” and “Face the Nation.”
the cast
Reed Birney (Jerry, the standby)
Reed Birney won the 2016 Tony Award for his performance in The Humans. Other Broadway appearances include: 1984, Gemini, Picnic and Casa Valentina (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award).
Off-Broadway appearances include Man From Nebraska (Lortel and Drama League nominations), I'm Gonna Pray for You So Hard (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk Award nominations), You Got Older (Drama Desk Award nomination), Uncle Vanya (Drama Desk nomination), The Dream of the Burning Boy (Drama League, Outer Critics Circle nominations), Blasted (Drama Desk Award nomination), Circle Mirror Transformation (Obie and Drama Desk Awards), Bug (Obie award) and Homebody/Kabul. In 2011, he received a Special Drama Desk Award honoring his career as an actor.
Film and TV credits include: Four Friends, "House of Cards," "Girls," "Blue Bloods,” “Madam Secretary," "The Blacklist," and "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." He won a 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance and in 2011 Actors' Equity awarded him the Richard Seff Award.
Christine Ebersole (Glenna, the leading lady)
Christine received her second Tony for her performance in Grey Gardens. Other Broadway credits include: 42nd Street (Tony Award), Steel Magnolias, On the Twentieth Century, Camelot, Oklahoma!, Dinner at Eight (Tony nomination), The Best Man and Blithe Spirit.
Film appearances include The Wolf of Wall Street, Amadeus, Tootsie, Richie Rich, Black Sheep, Dead Again, Folks!, Ghost Dad, True Crime, My Girl 2 and The Big Wedding. Her television credits include "Crisis in Six Scenes," "Search Party," "Sullivan and Son," "Royal Pains," "Madam Secretary," "American Horror Story," "Ugly Betty," "Law & Order: SVU," "Boston Legal," "Will and Grace" and "Gypsy." She was a regular on the 1981-82 season of "Saturday Night Live."
Ms. Ebersole has appeared in numerous concert halls including The Kennedy Center, Boston's Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall. She has performed her critically acclaimed cabaret acts at the Café Carlyle, Feinstein’s/54 Below, and venues around the country. CDs include In Your Dreams, Sunday in New York, Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward and Strings Attached.
Pat Nesbit (Tricia, a fellow-standby)
Pat has appeared on Broadway in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Young Man from Atlanta, and So Long On Lonely Street.
She appeared in the First National Tours of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues (as Rowena); and Copenhagen. She also toured in the Actor Theatre of Louisville's production of Pride and Prejudice. Off-Broadway credits include appearances at Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Mint Theater Company and Manhattan Class Company.
Pat is a four-time Carbonell Award winner for her performances in The Price, Collected Stories, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Middle Ages, all at the Caldwell Theatre where she also appeared in numerous other productions. Other regional credits include the Goodman Theater, Geva Theatre, Cleveland Stage, Syracuse Stage, the Alliance Theatre, San Jose Repertory, the Asolo Theatre and the Cincinnati Playhouse.
She stars in the short film Dressed.
Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Claire, the stage manager)
Saidah is an award-winning theatre, television and film actress. She's originated roles on Broadway, off-Broadway, in regional theaters and international theaters, and originated the role of Mama Nadi in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, for which she won an Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Jeff Award, Audelco Award and the Black Theatre Alliance Award.
Saidah received her BA from Albright College and her MFA from University of Minnesota.
and...
Josh (official standby mascot and associate producer)
Hails from Puerto Rico, but has embraced his new New York life. No producing experience per se, but a lot of energy and enthusiasm so far for the whole process of filmmaking.