Screening Series
Shorts Spotlight:
The Actors Center on Film
An evening of films written by, directed by, or featuring performances by the Resident Company at The Actors Center
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
Macauley Honors College, 35 West 67th Street
2nd Floor Screening Room
Free Admission, Open to the Public
PROGRAM FEATURING
Keep it Open (Lucy Teitler)
Mr. Donahoe’s Mangoes (Todd I. Gordon)
Threshold (Gregory Brecher & Elizabeth Morton)
The Traumatist (Michelle Beck, Patrick Andrew Jones, & Rafael Jordan)
The screening will be followed by a discussion with the artists.
Wine and beverages will be served.
The Actors Center hosts an evening of short films written by, directed by, or featuring work from members of our Resident Company on Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 at 7:00pm at Macaulay Honors College. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP is required.
This month’s event will showcase films by Lucy Teitler, Todd I. Gordon, Elizabeth Morton & Gregory Brecher, and Michelle Beck, Patrick Andrew Jones, & Rafael Jordan with performances by Alison Cimmet, Elizabeth Shepherd, Bree Elrod, Elizabeth Morton, Talia Balsam, Linda Emond, Richard Eagan, Amelia Workman, Robert Picardo, Helya Salarvand, among many others.
Keep It Open
A queer couple is tested when a mystery man comes to town. (9 mins)
Writer & Director: Lucy Teitler
Cast: Bree Elrod, Helya Salarvand, Dominic Fumusa
Producers: Federica Belletti
Website
Mr. Donahoe’s Mangoes
Edith, a naïve and unworldly middle-aged woman, cares for her dying but domineering actress-mother until a showdown between them could set Edith’s life on another path. (14 mins)
Writer & Director: Todd I. Gordon
Cast: Alison Cimmet, Elizabeth Shepherd, Richard Eagan, Michelle Concha, Ellinor DiLorenzo
Producers: Elle Kunnos de Voss
Watch Trailer | Website
Threshold
When a lesbian couple gathers friends and family for an unconventional ceremony, they are met with mixed reactions (16 mins)
Writer: Elizabeth Morton
Director: Gregory Brecher
Cast: Talia Balsam, Linda Emond, Grace Rex, Charlie Barnett, Haley Wong, Elizabeth Morton, Marcia DeBonis, Johanna Day, Ray Anthony Thomas, Seth Barrish, Andrew Farmer, Fernando Gonzalez
Producers: Kate Brown, Seth Hauer
The Traumatist
Avery Vaughn, haunted by her traumatic past, seeks out a controversial therapist who guides patients to live out their most violent fantasies against those who have wronged them. But Avery is carrying a secret even the doctor may not be ready for. (15 mins)
Writers: Patrick Andrew Jones & Rafael Jordan
Director: Michelle Beck
Cast: Amelia Workman, Robert Picardo, Patrick Andrew Jones, Mariko Takai, Jaime Lincoln Smith, James Wallert, Bianca Laverne Jones, Anayah Avin
Producers: Aisha Jordan & Rafael Jordan (Village Park Productions), Michelle Beck (Beck to the Future), Patrick Andrew Jones (Studio 9A)
Watch Trailer | Website