Tickets are going fast.  Join us at the Sunshine Cinemas for our NYC screening of STAG starring Sarah Steele, Peter Rini and Rachel Jett.  Directed by Kevin Newbury.

| STAG a new short film by Kevin Newbury written by Donna Di Novelli In the summer of 1963, fifteen-year-old tomboy Francesca (Sarah Steele from The Good Wife, Please Give, and GIRLS) investigates the mysterious comings and goings in the family basement, the off-limits domain of her father (Peter Rini from Orange is the New Black).  Her mother (Rachel Jett) leads her to believe that the neighborhood men gather there on Fridays to play cards. The mystery deepens as she encounters locked doors and closed curtains. In a bold move, she hides out in the basement. What she witnesses there will change her vision of the world forever. TICKETS ON SALE TODAY  NYC PREMIERE STAG will screen on Wednesday, May 27th, as part of the  New York International Short Film Festival at the Landmark Sunshine cinema – one of the best movie houses in the city! Tickets are on sale NOW and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance. Make sure you get yours before they sell out! The New York International Short Film Festival (NY Shorts Fest) showcases the finest short-form cinema from around the world to enthusiastic audiences in the vibrant filmmaking enclave of New York City. NY Shorts Fest offers short-form filmmakers an ideal platform to screen their film and gain recognition in the heart of New York City. NY Shorts Fest premiered Ricky Gervais ‘Derek” in 2012, which became a popular British television show written, directed and starring Ricky Gervais. The series is now available on Netflix. NY Shorts Fest feels that short form cinema and its creators should have their own premiere film festival in New York deserving similar recognition given to the feature film and its creators.   Award-winning film needs your help! STAG just had its WORLD PREMIERE at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Film Festival last Thursday andTEXAS PREMIERE at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival on Saturday, where won the GOLD REMI AWARD in the Dramatic-Original category.  We are off to a GREAT start, but we need your help! As independent filmmakers, the burden of creating the film, marketing, and finding screening opportunities falls on our shoulders. We are working tirelessly to get this wonderful short out to the world and with this effort, there’s also a financial burden we have.   We launched an INDIEGOGO campaign so you can help our endeavor.   We’re currently submitting the film to festivals around the world and have already received invitations to festivals based on our rough cut! In order for the film to reach a wider audience, we need to raise at least $20,000 to cover post-production—creative and labor costs and administrative costs for film festival submissions. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND MAKE A DONATION   STAG is a fiscally-sponsored art project, through Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)(3) public charity, empowering artists, arts organizations, and other cultural sector stakeholders by eliminating practical barriers to artistic expression, so as to foster a more agile and resilient cultural ecosystem.   All funds raised by this campaign are tax-deductible, and go immediately to Fractured Atlas, designated to our project.  Every contributor will receive a tax receipt from Fractured Atlas.   STAG in the Southwest On Sunday, June 7th, STAG will screen as part of the Albuquerque Film & Music Experience. The Albuquerque Film & Music Experience is a socially conscious and impactful event that represents creative achievement in film, music, arts and entertainment. AFME programming includes new media and technology, domestic and international movies, food and art, engaging conversations, panels and time with industry leaders in attendance. Filmmakers will be in attendance.  For more information and tickets please click here: CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS   STAY IN TOUCH

Rick sings again.  

This from Allan Kozinn in the Wall Street Journal.

“a stirring baritone aria with neo-Romantic heroics and monumentalism at its core from Christopher Theofanidis’s “Heart of a Soldier,” an opera about Rick Rescorla, a retired Army officer who died saving others in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.”

Full review:http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-newest-of-the-new-on-the-new-york-festival-of-song-next-series-1424298710

Coming to a big screen.  Stay tuned for details….

Sarah Steele schemes. #STAG

We’ve just wrapped our movie, STAG, filmed on location in New London, Connecticut.

A teenage girl in the early Sixties, investigates the mystery of her Father’s basement.  An homage to the black and white movies of the era, STAG looks at how we steal pleasure, any way we can.

Produced by Electric Roots, LLC and Principe Productions.  Going into post-production.  Stay tuned for rough cut and production stills.

STAG (lo stupore della notte)

A new short film Directed by Kevin Newbury Screenplay by D. Di Novelli

Starring: Sarah Steele, Peter Rini and Rachel Jett

Director of Photography: James Daniel

Production Design: Vita Tzykun

Costume Design: Paul Carey

Art Director: Clark Parkan

Camera Assistant: David Adam Moore

Gaffer: Nick Perron-Siegel

Sound Designer: Cary Daniels

Hair and Make-up Designer: Liz Printz

Co-Producer/Production Photographer: Jill Steinberg

Grip: Randy Valdres

Costume Intern: Isabelle Parzygnat

Assistant Director: J. Eric Fisher

Location manager and Prop master: Donna Vendetto –

Donationst: http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=10656#sthash.yb2VjvXP.dpuf

Distance

Christopher Burchett is in the House:

BAM’s Liederabend this weekend.

Having been given a ‘safe harbor for risky work’ [created by Kristy Edmunds at UCLA], Heidi and I are rewriting THE GOOD SWIMMER.

UCLA

–diving back in with Kevin Newbury sitting on that lifeguard chair.

Playwrights at the Opera

Michael Korie interviews librettists for the latest edition of The Dramatist