Theater 19: Serendipitous
Theater 19:
Serendipitous
Story:
Bart, who is seventy, and Tyler, who is twenty-eight, happen to be on the same elevator when it becomes stuck between floors.
Bart is concerned that his daughters will think he has gotten lost again and might send him to a retirement community. Tyler does not seem too concerned about anything. In the few minutes they share in the elevator the two find a unique friendship that crosses age barriers.
Writer:
Lawson Caldwell
Lawson’s work has been produced in Germany as well as the United States. A Graduate of the University of North Carolina, Lawson holds a Masters Degree in Theatre and Speech from the University of South Carolina. His play, Waltzing, One, Two, Three, was a Heideman Award Nominee (Actors Theatre of Louisville) and was produced at the Out Works Festival (Louisiana State University), the Gary Garrison Playwriting Festival (Beaumont, TX), Notes from the Underground Festival (NYC) and, most recently, by The New American Theatre Company (Los Angeles). The play was also selected for a reading by Village Playwrights as part of New York City’s Pride Tribute. Lawson’s play Just That Sort of Day, which premiered in 2016 at Emerald Theatre Company (Memphis, TN), was also produced by Vermont Pride Theatre (Randolph, VT), Infinity Stage (Washington, DC) and The Group Repertory (Los Angeles). His play, Lavender Shore, received five award nominations in the Midtown International Theatre Festival (NYC) including Outstanding New Script. The Wisdom Channel, one of Lawson’s earlier plays, was translated and produced by THEATER UNTERM REGENBOGEN (Frankfurt, Germany). In July 2018 The Edmonds Driftwood Players (Edmonds, WA) premiered Lawson’s play, Tea with Kate and Lady Bird, and was awarded 2nd Place by the festival judges and Audience Favorite (Saturday Matinee). A month later, The Piece premiered in Donna Scott Productions Short Playfest (Charlotte, NC) and was awarded Audience Favorite. This year “Clifford’s”, one of Lawson’s most recent plays, was produced by the M.T. Pockets Theatre (Morngantown, WV) and The Group Repertory (Los Angeles). Lawson is also the author of a popular children's book, "Colors Belong to Everyone."
Lawson Caldwell
Director:
Gary Lamb
Gary B. Lamb has appeared as an actor in more than 50 plays and musicals as well as on TV and film. He recently completed a National Tour of EVITA as Juan Peron and the title role in MACBETH for Shakespeare @ The Castle in Ohio. He can be heard on the recently released podcast DREAMLAND as Bruce. He has also been behind the camera directing several films including; THE BOX (over 5 million hits on youtube); THE BUG A CREEPY COMEDY; ROOMMATE RULES and most recently FITZWATER & MUTTON, A BUDDY FILM. His Voice-Over work includes several animated series and dubbing on several Columbian Novellas. Gary has been a stage actor/director/producer for most of his life. Repair at www.GBLambMusic.com. Available on iTunes and Amazon.
Gary Lamb
CAST
Franco Machado
Franco was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and moved to the United States at the age of 3. Franco has lived in Chicago, Ann Arbor, and now resides in Los Angeles. Since the age of 16, Franco has worked both in front and behind the camera, which has allowed him to explore and embrace different perspectives within his writing. In 2019, he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Screenwriting and a minor in Sociology from Chapman University’s Dodge College. Franco has had the opportunity to work with many well-known artists including Anthony Ramos, Leonardo DiCaprio, Francis F. Coppola, Rita Wilson, Jessy Terrero, Lil Peep, Lil Twist, and CD9. He’s directed two short films, Our Lives Matter (2017) and Be a Man (2017), and a music video for TAKARA.Noelle Evangelista- as Francine
Noelle received her MFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts. She was cast in the following major motion pictures: Terminator Two, LA Confidential and Pacific Heights. Noelle has performed in numerous theaters in Los Angeles and one of her favorite and most memorable roles was Liz in The Philadelphia Story. She loves working on commercials and voice overs and had a great time doing a radio play pre-Covid with the Screen Actors Guild. Enjoy and stay safe and healthy everyone!
Franco Machado
Daamen Krall
Daamen has worked as a professional actor/voice-over artist in films and television for the past 38 years. Some of the recent film credits include THE POST, CARS III, AMERICAN PASTORAL, UNBROKEN 2, and, for television, SLEEPY HOLLOW and MADMEN. One of his favorite projects was starring in the title role of the award-winning remake of THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI. He also produced the award-winning short film HIDE. Under the banner of MIDNIGHT SCREAM PRODUCTIONS with partner Robert Shelby, he is currently in post-production for the web series THE LISTENER. Daamen is also the host and sometimes cast member of the return of radio’s theatre of thrills, SUSPENSE, which is ha gained fans around the world and was nominated twice for a Peabody Award.
Sound Production:
Recorded at ES Audio Services in Glendale, CA.
Recorded and Mixed by: Hall Cantrell
Sound Editor: Hall Cantrell
Sound Effects: Ryan Marsh
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