With a healthy dose of captivating drama and passionate sex and romance, "Elena Undone" combines the enchantment of falling in love for the first time with the reality and resposibilities of long-term commitments.
Before crossing paths with Peyton, falling for a woman was an unimaginable situation for Elena, a straight wife and mother. The friendship between Peyton, an out lesbian writer, and Elena, the wife of an anti-gay paster who has never experienced true love, transforms swiftly from a one-sided crush into a torrid extramarital affair. Despite their attraction, Peyton, jaded in a number of ways, has strong reservations about becoming involved with a married straight woman; Elena, recognizing that she is caught in a loveless marriage, can barely begin to rationalize the nature and magnitude of her desires.
As their relationship evolves, Elena confronts the choice of leaving her husband or
ending her involvement with Peyton to save her unraveling and unrewarding marriage and return to a drab and automated life. Above all, Elena faces the looming challenge of convincing Peyton that the two women have a bright future together despite their unfavorable circumstances.
Writer/Director Nicole Conn confidently tackles issues of religion, sex, family and commitment in this contemporary story about star-crossed lovers and the walls between them.
--ALEX CHOUSA
Elena - Necar Zadegan
Necar Zadegan was born in Germany and currently resides in Los Angeles where she splits her time between television, film and stage work. Her latest film,"Unthinkable," sees her starring alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Micheal Sheen and will be released in 2010. Other film work includes Adam Sandler's "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" as well as award-winning indie
film festival "The Touch."
Necar is most recently working as a recurring role on the hit FOX television series "24" as first lady, Dalia Hassan. Other television work includes "Nip/Tuck," "The Unit," "NCIS," "How I Met Your Mother" and "Lost" among others. Necar attended UCSB on a performance scholarship and graduated with degrees in literature and writing. She then toured through three continents with Workshop 79 in the Farsi language show "From Satellite With Love" and was also part of the LA Weekly Award nominated cast of the Boston Court production of "Gilgamesh."
She recently closed her one-Amazon-woman show at the Powerhouse Theater in Santa Monica and will return to the stage this spring in the much celebrated LA premiere of the "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" at the Mark Taper Forum directed by Moises Kaufman.
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Peyton - Traci Dinwiddie
Traci Dinwiddie is one of the unique female guest stars recurring on CW's "Supernatural" as the badass and blind psychic, Pamela Barnes. She has extensive film and television credits, including guest starring on 90210 and playing Sarah Leaves, Demi Moore's creepy kidnapper in the feature film "Mr. Brooks". As a seasoned stage actress, she's tackled a diverse range of roles such as Patsy Cline, Titania, Lady M, and Mrs. Forrest.
A dynamic force on and off screen, she fills her days with West African drumming, Anusara Yoga, and myriad forms of community improv theater. Her motto in life is Rumi's poetry..."Let the beauty we love be what we do".
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Barry - Gary Weeks
Gary is credited with over 50 film, TV, and commercial appearances. Recently, Gary recurred as "Campbell" on the USA TV series "Burn Notice," and his resume includes "The Office," "Parks and Recreation," "24," and many more.
Gary has written over 12 screenplays. He produced his first feature "29 Reasons to Run," which went on to win 10 awards. His second writing/acting production, the post-apocalyptic thriller "Deadland," has won 12 awards and counting, and is set to release worldwide in February 2010.
Along with "Elena Undone," upcoming 2010 projects already include a guest-spot on "Parks and Recreation," the roles in the feature films "Bus Stop Conspiracy," "Wasteland," and "Sunset Riders."
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Wave - Mary Wells
M ary is an accomplished stage actress, tackling weighty material such as "King Lear" with Tag theatre, Viola in "12th Night" and "Macbeth" with The Voice Studio, and "Semi Detached" and "A Kind of Alaska" with the Chichester Festival Theatre, as well as a solo show and Broadway tours of "The Red Balloon" and "Martha" among many others theatrical productions.
She can be seen in the new BBC drama now showing on BBC1, "Half Moon Investigates", where she plays the hapless Miss Heeley. She will be filming "Warren the Ape" this January for TV in addition to her role as Wave in "Elena Undone."
She is interesting in training and in supporting the growth of other artists, and also works as a performance reviewer for the National Council for Drama training, London, and more informally with Nadine George of The Voice Studio International. Mary has just completed a research paper with the artistic directors of The National Theatre Scotland and the Traverse, in a special voice project led by Ros Steen, director of Voice, RSAMD, and is writing it up for publication this winter.
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Lily - Heather Howe
Heather is in production on the feature comedy "A Guy, A Girl, and a Space Helmet", and the Sci-fi web pilot, "The Gunrunner". As a company member at the Los Angeles Drama Critic Circle Award winning Chance Theater, Heather directed Anthony Minghella's Prix Italia Award winning play, "Hang Up", co- wrote and adapted Mozart and Dupont's "The Marriage of Figaro" to create the 90 minute "FIG R.O. (Retro Opera)" and acted in numerous productions including; Tony Kushner's "The Illusion"," Never in my Lifetime", "Spring's Awakening", "The Eight:Reindeer Monologues", and Beckett's "Come and Go".
After studying at the Actor Training Program and receiving her BFA from the University of Utah, Heather was awarded a scholarship to attend the Graduate Acting Program at NYU. She also went on to study at The British American Drama Academy.
She plays Gina in the thriller "A Darker Reality" starring Daniel Baldwin, due for release in 2010.
Millie - Erin Carufel
In 1996, Erin was crowned Miss Oregon American Coed. She then went on to become a two-time U.S. Open gold medal winner in Tae Kwon Do (1996/97). Two more gold medals were awarded to her after she won the Gold Cup Championships in the same years (1996/97). She graduated from the University of Southern California with honors with a B.A. in Theatre. She has starred in and directed numerous plays during her time at USC, and acted and starred in over thirty USC films by the time she graduated. She also has a degree in theatre from the University of Kent in Canterbury.
Erin has formed her own production company, Juggernaut Entertainment, and is sourcing money for independent features.
Nash - Connor Kramme
Connor began his career on-stage as a paper boy in "My Heart is in the Highlands", Marley's Ghost in "A Christmas Carol", and Lord Evelyn in "Anything Goes". His first on-camera appearances included commercials for Cable Vision and Disney Interactive. Recent credits include short films "Alex's Halloween" starring Jane Lynch and "Spring Sing" and student projects "Lullaby" (L.A. Film Studies) and "Homework" (UCLA).
Kramme transitioned to the big screen in early 2009 co-starring in "Mother and Child," starring Annette Benning and Samuel Jackson.
In December 2009, Kramme earned the title role of Grinch in the Magic Mirror Theater production of "The Grinch Who Stole the Little Women's Christmas Carol".
In early 2010, Kramme makes his television acting debut co-starring in the pilot episode of "The C Word", directed by Bill Condon and starring Laura Linney and Gabourey Sidibe ("Precious")
When not acting, Kramme provides his stunt skills parachuting, hot air ballooning, free falls, bungee pulls, and rappelling to numerous projects including Cartoon Network shows.
Tori - Sabrina Fuster
At age two, Sabrina began her training as a ballerina, adding dance, acting, singing, and piano lessons to her education. She is an accomplished songwriter and has performed in countless equity musical productions around Los Angeles since the age of eight. At the age of 11 she hosted her own cable TV talk show.
She has performed at various clubs and restaurants, including the Room 5, and most recently Whisky a Go - Go in Hollywood. Her film experience includes several indie productions including "Beautiful Dreamer," and "Little Dreams." She is now thrilled to be part of the cast of "Elena Undone", in the role of Tori. Her new song "Suddenly" will be used in the film and included on the "Elena Undone" soundtrack.
Tyler - Sam Harris
Sam Harris' diversified career has run the gamut from singer and songwriter to actor on Broadway, film and television to writer, director and producer.
On television, Sam first came to national attention as the premiere winner on Star Search. He was a series regular on the CBS comedy, The Class, recurred on Rules of Engagement, and has appeared on numerous specials and every talk show, his favorite being Oprah Winfrey's Music to Heal Our Hearts after 9/11.
On Broadway Sam starred in The Life (Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk nominations, New York Drama League Award), and The Producers and Grease (Drama Desk nomination). Off-Broadway/Regional productions include The National Tour of Joseph, Hair, Pippin, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cabaret, The Jazz Singer and The First Wives Club.
Harris is a multi-million selling recording artist whose discography includes Sam Harris, Sam-I-Am, Standard Time (with Peter Matz conducting/arranging), Different Stages (with Matz), Revival, On This Night, Always, as well as multiple cast albums and guest artist recordings.
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Nicole Conn - Writer/Director
Nicole Conn has been a die-hard romantic and black and white film fan from the age of ten.
Conn has written five novels, a teleplay, eight screenplays, and has produced two soundtracks. Her last venture before Elena Undone, was little man, a documentary she wrote, directed and produced about her own premature son born 100 days early and only weighing one pound. The feature documentary went on to win 12 Best Documentary Awards, along with the prestigious Cedar Sinai's Courageous Beginnings Award and Family Pride's Family Tree Award. The film made three TOP TEN FILMS OF 2005. Showtime picked up little man and ran an Emmy campaign on this hard-hitting story about Nicholas' premature birth and subsequent 5-month hospital stay in a Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit.
Conn's passion for film carried her through her first feature where she single-handedly raised the money, wrote, directed and produced Claire of the Moon, the maverick film about a woman's journey to her sexual identity. The film garnered rave reviews and paved the way for lesbian themed cinema in 1991. Conn also created an historic FIRST for lesbian cinema: ancillary in the form of a novelization (in its 15th reprint and 10 Year Anniversary Republish), a making-of documentary, MOMENTS (best-selling lesbian documentary ever made), soundtracks, posters, t-shirts, etc. She followed these projects with the award winning short film, Cynara...Poetry in Motion.
A two book deal with Simon Schuster produced the novels, Passion's Shadow (1995) & Angel Wings (1997), a new age love story. The script adaptation for Angel Wings won the 2001 Telluride Film Festival's Best Screenplay Award. In another pioneering effort, The Wedding Dress was chosen by AOL Time Warner for its new internet endeavor ipublish, which debuted in June 2001. She Walks in Beauty was published in September, 2001 and is currently in development as a feature film along with several other original screenplays Conn has penned.
Conn achieved industry recognition with her film Claire of the Moon and was a finalist in the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. She believes in giving back to the community and sponsored the Claire of the Moon Scholarship in 1998, awarding second time novelists through the ASTRAEA Foundation.
Ms Conn is currently collaborating with Preemie Magazine Founder Deborah Discenza in creating the Preemie Parent's Survival Guide to the NICU: How to Maintain Your Sanity & Create a New Normal. She lives with her partner, producer Marina Rice Bader, and their adorable (if precocious) six children in Los Angeles.
Marina Rice Bader - Executive Producer
Marina Rice Bader created and co-founded Soul Kiss Films with her life partner, writer/director Nicole Conn. They currently have one project in pre-production, four in development and are dedicated to making films that are rich, textured, and always feature strong female leads.
Marina has been a Los Angeles based photographer working with celebrities, actors and children for the past two decades. Among some of her favorite clients are Hector Elizondo, Carol Channing, Val Kilmer, Wentworth Miller, Judith Light and Sir Ben Kingsley. Her transition to films, the ultimate in visual storytelling, was only a matter of time.
Jane Clark - Producer
"Elena Undone" is Jane's first feature film as a producer. She is currently raising funds for her feature directorial debut, "Meth Head," expected to be shot Summer 2010. Prior to that, "Beyond Words," her seventh short was as writer/director/editor and produced by Pete Maggi ("Merchant of Venice", "Head in the Clouds"). The film recently won the Illuminati Award and is on the festival circuit.
All Jane's prior shorts have seen her multi-tasking as producer/ director/ writer/ editor, including "The Touch," which starred Traci Dinwiddie and Necar Zadegan. The film played 30 festivals and counting, and aired on HERE TV in fall '08; and "Carrie's Choice," which was made with the support of Planned Parenthood - LA. Both films were fiscally sponsored by Women Make Movies and supported by the Panasonic Digital Filmmaker's grant. "Carrie's Choice" played an abbreviated 3 month festival run, won 1 award, was nominated for best short, was a finalist in the USA Film Festival before going into distributed with Intermedia, Inc.
Prior to that was "A Host of Daffodils," which played in 16 festivals, earned 2 awards, was nominated 4 times for best short film and is now distributed by Big Film Shorts.
Jane began her career as an actress, including a recurring on "Chicago Hope." She has spoken on panels covering film production, fundraising, marketing and distribution, cinema and social change, and lgbt filmmaking. She is also a board member and programmer for the Woods Hole Film Festival in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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JD DiSalvatore - Line Producer
Prior to "Elena Undone," JD acted as producer on "A Marine Story," a film that is the latest effort by the team behind "The Gymnast." In 2007, JD produced the feature film "Shelter" which won 11 awards including a Glaad Award for Best Theatrical Feature, Limited Release in addition to winning 15 awards on the festival circuit. She also produced the thespian biography show STAR WATCH, and HBO's Reunion. Her recent credits include producing EATING OUT 2, line producing BLONDE AND BLONDER with Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards, and NUMB starring Matthew Perry.
Before that, she was the Visual Effects Producer on Sony's THE PLAGUE, and the Production Manager for Drew Carey's All Stars on Showtime. Disalvatore was also a Visual Effects Producer for miniature production on films including DANTE'S PEAK, ARMAGEDDON and The X FILES Movie. Disalvatore is also the former Festival Manager for Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and a frequent commentator and journalist on lgbt film and televison for outlets including Curve, Clout, GoNyc, GayWired.com, PlanetOut.com, Sirius Radio's Out Q and has moderated panels on LGBT film and the business for Outfest, POWER UP and the Writer's Guild of America.
Ren Rohling - Makeup Artist
Ren began her career in makeup 15 years ago where she attended UCLA's Makeup for Film and Television course. She continues her education working with established Makup Artists in the industry including her mentor Mark Buson who was the Local 706 President for 6 years.
Her work includes the films "Elena Undone" working as Makeup Department Head and "Angel Camouflaged." She has traveled throughout Europe, Asia and the United States extensively as Key Makeup Artist for multiple commercials. Her credits include Miller Lite, Bud Lite, Motorola, Dupont, Cheerios, Gillette and Credit Suisse.
Ren resides on a ranch Acton, CA with her husband and daughter, 6 horses, 4 dogs and chickens. She is an accomplished Singer/Songwriter with a nomination for New Country Artist of the Year several years ago. She has also won the "Southern Heritage Music Award" for best version of "Dixie" performed for the Documentary "The Hunley Experience."
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Alessandro Marvelli - Production Designer
Alessandro's first passion was drawing, which grew into a love for architecture and Production Design for motion pictures. From 1996-2002 he studied Art and Art History at the Liceo Artistico Giuseppe Misticoni. Following that he went on to study Cinema, Television and the Performing Arts in Rome, at La Sapienza University where he was offered the opportunity to attend the Private Digital Designer Program at The Digital Desk Factory, within La Sapienza University.
He completed his study with a thesis, "The Interactive Media VideoGame: the Future of the Motion Picture Industry", a final study about the relationship between the field of human computer interaction with movies, digital media and design.
Over the last 10 years, working in USA and Europe, he has designed projects as varied asfeature films, short films, multimedia projects, art shows, theatre shows,web magazines and art associations.
Mark Chait - Composer
Born in South Africa and raised in both South Africa and Australia, Mark Chait is a multi-award winning (Emmy, 3 Telly's) Film and TV composer and also a very successful songwriter (Billboard Charts hit -- The Power of One -- produced by David Foster and sung by Donna Summer (title song of Pokemon 2000, the movie.)
Mark is also a classically trained musician in piano and violin (A.M.E.B.) scholarship and has performed from Sydney to Paris, South Africa to New York. Mark has also performed for the White House Dinner in New York (Democratic Dinner with Hillary Clinton) and has inspired people throughout the world with his music and performances.
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Tal Lazar - Director of Photography
Tal Lazar, an Israeli native, relocated to Los Angeles, California in 2007 to continue his successful career as a Director of Photography. During his studies for an MFA at the prestigious American Film Institute Conservatory, Tal received the FotoKem grant and Panavision's New Filmmakers grant for his thesis film "Shadow Man". Tal holds a BFA in practical film studies from Tel Aviv University. He subsequently gained years of professional experience as a union assistant cameraman in Israel, working on films such as "Beaufort" (directed by Joseph Cedar), a 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film nominee, and "Or" (directed by Keren Yedaya), winner of the the Cannes Film Festival's Golden Camera D'Or Award in 2005.
Additionally, Tal has gained recognition for his work on numerous music videos in Israel, such as Noam Peled's "Letter Skips" (2004) receiving the Golden Feather Award by ACUM, Israel's music and literary rights association, and Noam Josephides's "Sigapo", nominated for Best Music Video of 2006 at the official Israeli music channel competition.
While pursuing his education, Tal received the Sharet foundation prize for cinematography and participated in the 2005 Budapest Cinematography Masterclass, instructed by Mr. Vilmos Zsimond, ASC and Mr. John Schwartzman, ASC. He participated and produced the 2004 Tel Aviv Cinematography Masterclass, instructed by Mr. Adam Greenberg, ASC and Mr. Ricardo Aronovish, AFC.
Tal completed three years of military service in the Israeli Defense Forces as a staff sergeant. On Israel's Independence Day of 2000, he finished his services with a sign of excellence bestowed upon him by Israeli president Eizer Weizman.
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Oneita Parker - Costumer
Oneita Parker loved sewing as a child, and was bitten by the design bug early on. 3rd grade Halloween marked the beginning of a long costume design career. Staying close to her roots in the San Francisco Bay area, she designed costumes and fashion through college. Quickly, she made a name for herself, and new clients started requesting her designs. Now, based in Los Angeles, she delights in traveling to wherever her work calls her. Ms. Parker designs and styles for print work, movies, commercials and music videos.
Ms. Parker studied Design at The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and FiDM in San Francisco. Her clients include the Music Video Production Association, Microsoft, HBO, Lion's Gate, director Mark Webb and bands like Deftones, Taking Back Sunday and Thrice. Each mark the long list of high end, creative clientele who request her unique talents and professional skills.
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JENNIFER CORDAY - MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Music supervisor Jennifer Corday is thrilled to be joining the crew of Elena Undone. She has discovered some amazing music for the project, and composed an original song, the hot and steamy "Coming Undone" to play under a history making piece of the film. Corday has a large and loyal following in Los Angeles and Orange County and is nationally known by all fans of women who rock. She has toured and performed at numerous notable venues, festivals and events, including Dinah Shore in Palm Springs, Womenfest in Key West, and L.A. Womenfest at the John Ford Amphitheatre (currently airing on LOGO). Corday is owner of Envy Records and founder of Venus Envy and Girl Rock, organizations designed to promote women in music.
Corday also produces "Girl Rock", a monthly vlog on SheWired.com featuring live music, candid interviews and reality-style behind-the-scenes footage. She also writes for Curve Magazine.
Other experience includes producing and scoring music to Andrea Meyerson's "Laughing Matters More", released by All Out Films, all Andrea's latest stand-up films, AfterEllen.com's "One Night Stand-Up"
and Downelink.com's "One Night Stand-Up". She has worked as Music Supervisor for the web series "We Have To Stop Now" starring Cathey DeBuono, Jill Bennett, Meredith Baxter and Suzanne Westenhoefer,
and assembled all the music for "And Then Came Lola" now out on Wolfe Video DVD.
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Nicole and I had our only weekend getaway (48 whole hours away from our six children) since we had gotten together almost two years earlier -- and while driving back from Ojai I casually asked her, "Why aren't there more lesbian movies out there?" Her answer was long and complicated and I won't go into detail, but in any case I posed the challenge, "Well, why dont we give it a go?" Nicole loves to make films, and honestly I've always wanted to make them as well, and we're not getting any younger.
Nicole sarcastically noted, "Yeah, I'll think about that, but just so you know the only story I'd like to tell at this point is our story and who wants to hear about two mid-life moms in a millenial Brady Bunch redux?" Well, if we actually put our life on screen, no one would buy it. We are the poster family for diversity smack dab in the heart of La Canada - same sex, disabled, ethnic, adoptive, step, democratic - we were surrounded by Yes on 8 and McCain signs, if you can believe it.
Anyway, within six days Nicole had banged out a rough draft of a story loosely based on us. See, we believe in the reality of soul mates. The fact that I was in my fifth decade, had been married for 11 years, was inordinately straight, with four kids of my own and had never even remotely entertained the idea of kissing a girl - and then fell head over heels in love with Nicole made me realize, this person, who happens to be a woman, is my soul mate.
We've hit many bumps in the road on the way through pre-production and shooting, each time thinking, OMG, what are we going to do now? Each time we have discovered that the challenge proved to make Elena Undone all the better. Those happy mistakes soon became our reality, and as Jane always sighs after a moment of despair, "Don't worry guys, all is as it should be." We soon became believers of the term that popped into Nicole's head one day as she was writing Tyler's character - Soulemetry - where the universe is full of happy mistakes and all is as it should be.
We hope you enjoy and celebrate with Nicole and I the true nature of love as we see it. It has been one of our greatest gifts and we look forward to sharing it with you.
Yours,
Marina
FRAMELINE 34
JUNE 25
6:45 Screening at the historic CASTRO THEATRE
9:00 After-party at ORSON RESTAURANT, BAR & LOUNGE
PHILADELPHIA QFEST
JULY 8 (Opening night for women)
7:00 Screening in RITZ EAST 2
After-party TBA
JULY 10
12:30 Screening in RITZ EAST 1
OUTFEST
JULY 16
7:00 Screening at DGA 1
OUT AT THE MOVIES WINSTON-SALEM
JULY 31
8:00 Screening at The Ace Theatre Complex
WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL
AUGUST 2
Screening time TBA
NORTH CAROLINA GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
AUGUST 12 - 15
MEMPHIS, MGLCC, OUTFLIX
SEPTEMBER 13
6:30 Screening
FRESNO REEL PRIDE
SEPTEMBER 17
7:30 Screening at The Tower Theatre
PIKES PEAK LAVENDAR FILM FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 25
4:30 Screening at Cornerstone Arts Center
OSLO GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 1
OUT ON FILM ATLANTA
OCTOBER 4
7:00 Screening
PORTLAND GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 2 - 7
TAMPA INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 16
3:30 Screening at The Tampa Theatre
SOUTHWEST GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 8 - 14
IMAGEOUT: ROCHESTER GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 9
SAVANNAH GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 15 - 17
PROVINCETOWN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 15 - 24
PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 15 - 26
SEATTLE LESBIAN AND GAY FILM FESTIVAL
HAMBURG GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 19 - 24
PARIS FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMEBER 1 - 2
REHOBOTH BEACH FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 11 - 14
INDIANAPOLIS LGBT FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 13
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"Self-taught musician, poet and producer Rachael Sage radiates what MOJO Magazine calls warm, intelligentNY indie charm. An innovative, improvisational keyboardist, she performs over 150 dates a year with her band The Sequins throughout North America, Europe and Asia. In 2009, Sage made her debut at the worlds largest arts festival, Edinburgh Fringe, where she performed a week-long run of her show Sequins & Shpiel to rave reviews. A subsequent sold-out revival of the show at New Yorks Joes Pub was recommended as a Top Pick by both the New York Daily News and Time Out.
Sage, who has shared stages with Sarah McLachlan, Judy Collins, Marc Cohn, The Animals and Ani DiFranco, was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists Of The Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine. A Grand Prize-Winner in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Rock) as well as 2-time winner of both the OUTMusic and Independent Music Awards, Sage has earned a loyal following for her infectious melodies, poetic lyrics, and often-outrageous, colorful stage banter.
Her new self-produced album, DELANCEY STREET, contains a dozen tracks of what CMJ calls a resonant mixture of pop, folk and jazz; inspired by the urgency of the Green Movement as well as her Jewish immigrant heritage, it is Sages most revealing work to date."
CORDAY landed 5 tracks on the Elena Undone Soundtrack, including the new original songs Coming Undone and The Longest Kiss, both written specifically for the film. Cordays raspy voice will lure you in with passion and intensity: whether its the seductive whisper of Skin or the rock n roll scream of Coming Undone, Corday will wow you with brilliant sounds and poignant lyrics that speak from the heart. She is working on her next studio record to be released this summer while performing live on the local circuit and throughout the U.S. She writes for Curve Magazine, produces and hosts Girl Rock, and is nationally known by all fans of women who rock!
Miss Sabrina Marie Fuster is an American Pop/Rock singer and song writer, actress, and a down to earth young lady. With personality, stage presence, and raw talent, this 18-year-old young lady is bound for stardom! Sabrina played the part of the insightful and adorable gf to Elenas son in ELENA UNDONE and penned the original song, Suddenly, as heard in the movie.
Sabrina has recently recorded a collection of pop/rock songs she co-wrote with some of Nashvilles most talented writers. This new project was produced by Kent Wells who has produced many of the latest (Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Lee Greenwood, Keith urban, Lee Ann Womack, Michael Peterson, and Neil McCoy) Look for her new reord in the summer of 2010 or catch her live in Los Angeles, where she performs at many of Beverly Hills finest restaurants, concerts, clubs and private parties.
A hip-hop/pop/soul duo bred in the Midwest, God-Des & She now play to packed venues all over the world, from New York City to Stockholm, Sweden. Ever since they appeared on Showtimes The L Word three years ago, the pair havent had a moments rest, selling over 30,000 albums, holding down the #1 song spot on MTV LOGO with their song Love You Better, and signing autograph after autograph for eager fans. With their new unreleased album, God-Des & She are about to blow up big. Produced by Brian Hardgroove (Public Enemy, Wu Tang, Burning Spear, Aerosmith), their new album confirms their status as an underground act about to hit the mainstream.
When she was thirteen, Ashley Matte locked herself in her bedroom and taught herself to play the guitar. While her smooth bluesy sounds are deeply influenced by her favorites, Sarah McLachlan, Bonnie Raitt, and John Mayer, Ashley has developed her own uniqueness for performing and a talent for songwriting.
Ashleys music is poetic and inspired by her Southern roots that give a little soulful influence, making it a sound that allows fans to connect. Nashville tradition, coffeehouse intimacy, and emotionally mature pop sounds are all trademarks of Ashley Matte. Anyone who loves melodic guitar riffs and a passionate voice will be instantly pleased.
When she moved to San Diego nearly 6 years ago, Ashley began playing immediately at local venues in Pacific Beach and popular places downtown. She quickly gathered a strong following for her music and as a result, Coach House Records made her an offer she could not refuse--her very own record deal. Since finishing her album "Colors" which has been sold in stores nation-wide, Ashley has shared the stage with national acts such as The Fray, Gavin Degraw, Chris Isaak, Dishwalla, Dave Matthews Band and Linda Perry. She has also shared her music with many charities to help fund community programs needed throughout southern California. Ashley just recently released her second studio record, No Number No Address.
NEW ALBUM ENOUGH ABOUT ME (3/2/2010) + NEW WEBSITE + ON THE ROAD AGAIN!!
Its my new album of eight songs written by other artists that I have borrowed and re-created to make my own plus two new re-visited/re-recorded/fully produced versions of Bad Habit and Hypocrite off my last record, Goodbye Youth! Youll be able to buy the record on Itunes on MARCH 2.
Ever since I was a little girl, growing up in a suburban neighborhood in Houston, TX, I've always had a vivid imagination. Movie scenes played out in my head, and I was always in the leading role. I remember sneaking into my parents' closets and putting on mismatched items of clothes and creating characters. The family dog, Spot, became my sidekick, and it seemed he needed a real, respectable name. So I called him Spot Raymond Foster.
I never lost that imagination. When I began playing guitar at age 8, music became the soundtrack for the movies in my head. I absorbed all the music I could, mostly from the radio and from the records my brothers played. I loved pop, rock, and singer/songwriter music. I was instantly attracted to catchy melodies, and by the time I wrote my first song at 16, I was a fan of thought-provoking lyrics. James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Brown, and Bob Dylan were just some of the artists that inspired me.
I began winning talent contests at the Catholic all-girls high school I attended, and I decided I was going to be a rock star. (That imagination was still hard at work!). I loved the attention I was getting, but even more than that, I felt like I had something important to say. You see, I was having an experience that I was quite certain nobody else in the whole world was having: I was falling in love with another girl. It was the eighties, and since nobody I knew spoke openly about such things, I felt isolated with my feelings.
Broken hearts, constant turmoil, people's judgmental stares, my parents' rejection. These are just some of the things that colored my world at this point and gave me material to write about. The theme of feeling like an outsider permeates my music, largely because of that struggle in those early years. I always related intensely to the people everyone else made fun of . "The Underdogs" project that I released in 2006 is about that, and that theme will always live on in my music, because it's such a part of who I am.
I went to Los Angeles for college (and mainly to become a rock star). But alas, my dreams were to be crushed. The much-coveted Major Record Label Deal was always elusive. I played coffee-houses and even well-known rock clubs like the Whiskey-A-Go-Go and the Troubadour, but nothing panned out and I ended up working as a receptionist at a luggage company called Ricardo of Beverly Hills. (You probably have one of their duffel bags). I quickly decided that when it came to becoming a rock star, LA was a big city and I was a little fish. That imagination of mine was longing for more. So I had a yard sale and moved to Nashville, where I had the sneaking suspicion I could possibly grow into a big fish in that relatively little pond. I felt that I had some great music inside of me and that my calling was to share that with as many people as possible.
