Anti-Heroine, Season 1

Two young women face the metaphorical garbage in their lives...and battle a literal trash monster.

Written by ERIN AUSTIN

Directed by CHAD ESCHMAN

Produced by TRAP STREET

Music by PURPLE URCHINS

• Nikki   FAITH D'AMATO
• Christine   DESIREE STAPLES
• The Trash Monster   JESSE ABBOTT CHIN
• Marin OLLIE WALTON

The Lad-About-Town, the Connoisseur, the Stud and the Pseudo-Intellectual are spreading "Young Man's Disease", and Sonny has caught it. Can Mommy save him?

A 12-minute satirical comedy, edited for length and adapted for audio-only from the short film Family Values in the Goddess Years.

Written & Directed by LAURIE LAMSON

Sound Recording & Mixing by CONRAD B. SLATER

Edited by JEFF PICCININI, Audio re-editing by LAURIE LAMSON

Composer  ALLAN PHILLIPS

A JaZzyMaE Media Production

the Family:  

• Mommy   GALE BAILEY (in loving memory)
• Daddy   PETER QUARTAROLI
• Sonny   NATHAN AARON PLACE

the Lads: 

• Tracey, the Connoisseur   RICHARD BENN
• Wiley, the Lad-About-Town   BENTON GREENE
• Bark, the Stud   JUD PARKER
• Sebastian, the Pseudo-Intellectual  SAMUEL SHENG

Supporting:  

• Stud's Pick Up Chick   LINDA NORTON
• Cookie Girl   CARMEN MARCEL-ALMODOVAR
• Professor   PHILLIP MAYALL
• Party Guests   MARIA DE COLOMBIA, ANNIE HUANG

• Bata Ketu
• Karl Denson
• Jaime Valle & Equinox
• Hector Rivera & Orquesta la Conciencia
• Sharkbait
• Ten Bright Spikes

In a future dystopian Los Angeles, an alliance of female revolutionaries fight back against a dangerous patriarchal cult.

Written and Produced by CHAD ESCHMAN
Directed by ALAINA MCMANUS

• Jackie  JENNY GILLETT
• Angela  KATIE PELENSKY

A mother's startling life changes shock her adult daughter.

Cast

• Mother, Daughter   MELANIE CHARTOFF

In a moment of personal crisis, a young mother reconnects with her dead mother, for a few fleeting moments. Is it a techno-glitch, a spiritual journey, or a the universe allowing one last Hail-Mary to save a life? Edited/adapted for audio from the short film,

Written & Directed by  CINDY MARCUS

Produced by  AMY SCHUMACHER

Edited by STEVEN LAMORTE

Crew  FINN KOBLER, FLIP KOBLER

• Sasha   AMY SCHUMACHER
• Mom  TAMARA DEEMS

Docudrama of an Auti-Mom who battles close-minded individuals while using love, brains, and humor to help her son overcome his disability.  Based on a true story.

Winter Fall is a satirical comedy/drama short story, written in response to a movie about elderly "charming rascals" that had a distinctly misogynistic tone... and inspired Laurie to tell the story from one of the wive's point of view.

The Anti-Heroine is often just trying to save herself or those she cares about from an unfair situation or system, rather than a traditional Heroine trying to save the world. This wife character is so downtrodden, the tiny stand she finally takes for herself qualifies her for “Anti-Heroine” status.

Written & Edited by LAURIE LAMSON

Directed by LAURIE LAMSON and DAVID SAWICKI

Recorded by DAVID SAWICKI

Cast

• Housewife/Narrator   LISA SAWICKI
• Joe/Joe’s Attorney   DAVID SAWICKI
• Judge  JOHN FANTASIA

In the midst of a city-wide disaster, two sister wives have to work together to survive – after they decide what to do about their problematic husband.  Adapted from a Chicago stage play.

Written & Directed by CHAD ESCHMAN
Editing & Sound Design by MATTHEW JOHNS

• Dana   KATIE PAGE
• Sophie   KIMBERLY ALEXANDER

A bride-on-the-run won't budge from a park bench a photographer needs to shoot for his book. Their chance encounter leaves an impact on both of them.

Written by LAURA SHAMAS

Produced by GEORGE SAPIO

Edited by LAURIE LAMSON

CAST

• Terry   SIOUXSIE EASTER
  
• Ben   MIKE DAVIE

A late middle-aged, burnt-out bartender dreams of becoming an auto mechanic, while a poetic barfly secretly dreams of her.

A 10-minute slightly satirical comedy/drama.

Written, directed and edited by LAURIE LAMSON

Casting by STEPHEN SNYDER, PITBULL CASTING

CAST

Muriel BABE MCGUIRE

Steve JOHN FANTASIA

Jackie BRITTNEY O'ROURKE

Donna ANGELLAVOCALS

Auto School Instructor NICK WILLIAMS

Mike, the Auto Shop Owner MARSHALL THOMAS

Bar Patrons NICK WILLIAMS, MARSHALL THOMAS

A town in the 1700s knows exactly how to control its "witch problem" – or does it?

(Note: edited for length from original version)

Written and Directed by JULIE HOVERSON

Sound and Mastering by AARON EMMANUEL

CAST

Judge  AARON EMMANUEL

Bailey RUSSELL GOLD

Witch Hunter BARRY HOWARTH

Elizabeth Jameson KARIM KRONFLI

Master Berne  LIBBY THOMAS

Master Hillman MICHAEL HUDSON

Old Maggie. ALEX GILMOUR

Old Agnes ELIZABETH PRICE

Major Janis Timms  JULIE HOVERSON

Kate  DEVIN NISSAN

Priest  KATY ANDERSON

Bordo The Goat  OWEN CURTISS

Townsfolk  JAY LANGEJANS, NAOMI ROSE MOCK, OWEN CURTISS, ROBERT FINCH, KATY ANDERSON, MICHAEL HUDSON, ALEX GILMOUR, JULIE HOVERSON