Quarter-Finalists

Congrats to Heidi Hornbacher and Lis Fies for placing in Fade In's feature screenplay contest!

Another Successful Reading!

Another wonderful audience, and tons of fun with our trivia game and themed giveaway. But of course, the night belonged to the vibrant, uber-talented actors of

DIVAS INC. by Elisabeth Fies

In order of appearance:

Heidi Hornbacher NARRATOR, C.JAY

Troy Conrad KENNY

Chauntal Lewis SARAH

Carlos Carrasco MR. MILES, DIRECTOR

Rashaan Harper SARAH’S LITTLEST SISTER, TEEN, EMCEE,
REPORTER, KATE, KNITTING TRANSVESTITE, BOOTH ATTENDENT

Rebecca Michaels MOTHER MILES BISHOP, PROTEST LEADER, NURSE,PRE-OP TRANNIE, FLAMBOYANT PRIEST

Trevor Murphy POPS / DIVA

Joe Peracchio MA / MISS JULIE

Jonah Blechman MANLY KNITTER / YVONNE

Tarek Zohdy JOE, DELIVERYMAN, JESSE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, FRATBOY

Tara Radcliffe RAQUEL

Annette Reid BARBARA, BARTENDER, TRANSGENDERED CLERK, GLIB HOST, CROSSDRESSER, RADIO ANNOUNCER



As always, the feedback from the audience and cast was incredibly helpful. And the crowd had this to say about the script:

"I loved the script reading! Very witty and cute!"
-Gregg Silver, Broker Associate

"You are truly talented...It's just a matter of time and unfortunately $, but things are going to really start coming together for these projects. I just know it and I'm so excited!"
-Chauntal Lewis, Actor

"Thanks again for the invite. It was fun!
-Cindy Baer, Director-Producer of Purgatory House

"It was a blast and your friends you assembled were all very cool and interesting and contributed with a lot of heart and talent to the reading. Just honored to have been up there with them. and I feel like your script is really funny and touching…and perhaps even more important – I've never seen it before. In other words it's original and exciting."
-Joe Peracchio, Artistic Director of Tricklock Theatre Company

"I have to tell you, I can't stop reading! This is hilarious! I am laughing out loud at starbucks!"
-Tarek Zohdy, Actor

Accomplishments

Feedback LA members have been aggressively pursuing their writing careers; the following is a current status list for projects that we've workshopped at our meetings and/or Reading Series.

ADELITAS by Sarah Vaill
2007 Finalist, Latino Screenwriting Competition
2006 1st Runner-Up, AAA Screenplay Contest (Creative Screenwriting)
2006 Finalist, La Femme Film Festival Screenplay Competition
2006 Semi-finalist, Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting
2006 Semi-finalist, Slamdance Screenplay Competition
2006 Quarterfinalist, Screenwriting Expo Competition
2006 Quarterfinalist, Writers on the Storm Screenplay Contest

PISTOLERAS by Lis Fies
2006 In pre-Production.
Also, graphic novel adaptation in development.

DEAD RONNIE by Courtney Lamb
2006 Short Film making the festival rounds. See the website for upcoming screenings. Feature script in development.

FIXING EMMA by Heidi Hornbacher
2006 Top 25%, AAA Screenplay Contest

THE NEWS GIRL by Anna Siri
2005 UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting - Winner
2006 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest - 2nd Round

BEHIND THE GLASS by Sharri Hefner and Carrir Hadaller
2006 Top 10%, Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting

COSMIC CORN by Sharri Hefner
2006 American Zoetrope - Quarterfinalist

DOT'S TANGO by Sharri Hefner & Anna Siri
2006 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest – 2nd Round

Pistoleras Actors

A big thanks to our amazing
Reading Cast:

NARRATOR Courtney Graff Lamb

THE PISTOLERAS:
ALLISON Carly Craig
JAMIE Tria Xiong
CASEY Lily Chai
HEATHER Farrah Greye

LOS ANGELES / ROAD TRIP:
TEENAGE GIRL Leslie Lello
DRIVER Tom Derek
FEMALE VOICE Christina Wickers
SUSIE SPRINKLE Annette Reid
SEXY BEAST Mark Arnold
FEDERALES Stuart Bennett
DIRTY OLD MAN Andrew Jackson

THE CHRISTIAN DUDES:
LUKE Keisuke Hoashi
MATTHEW Mark Arnold
THE WAY GUY Fred Cross

MEXICO:
MAN IN BLACK Jeremy Jed Hammel
BLONDE MAN Keisuke Hoashi
PEDRO Robert Negron

Photos from third reading: PISTOLERAS

Our third reading was March 22nd, 2006 at the Sacred Fools Theatre in Hollywood. The reading was following by a lively and thoughtful Q&A session, which allowed writer Lis Fies to hear immediate audience feedback to help in future drafts of the script.

Thanks to those who came to see it and participated in the Q&A, and to the actors!

The script was PISTOLERAS, by Lis Fies & Sharri Hefner.

Writer Lis Fies welcomes the audience and introduces the script with a trivia contest.

The readers prepare.

Welcome to our lair: the corridor into the theatre.

Feedback member Courtney Lamb (far right) moderates the post-reading Q&A with the audience and actors as writer Lis Fies listens.

Audience members respond during the Q&A.

Feedback LA members, actors and audience members mingle after the reading.

Reading Series March 22: PISTOLERAS by Lis Fies

FEEDBACK LA Writer's Group cordially invites you to a reading of

PISTOLERAS
by Elisabeth Fies

GENRE: Teen Chick Spaghetti Western, Ultra-violent
Tarantino and Rodriguez meet Blue Crush and Gloria Steinem.

When FOUR TEENAGE GIRLS cut school to surf in Baja, their dangerously naive sexuality lands them in danger. After hooking up with a van of Christian boys, one of them disappears. The raucous journey to find her takes the girls deep into the underbelly of the Skin Industry, where they must brutally battle Federales and the Mob to save their childhood friend and free all the enslaved girls.

ELISABETH FIES is…”Kid Sis”, as seen on CNN in the Eisner-winning book “Mom’s Cancer”. For dozens of industry blurbs about her writing, visit the popular blog Kid Sis in Hollywood.com

Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m.

The Sacred Fools Theater
www.sacredfools.org
660 N. Heliotrope (just south of Melrose)
Hollywood 90004

Parking free in open lot next to building

Scripts available on request to industry guests.

Also by Elisabeth Fies:

DEAD MOM'S CLUB - A dark RomCom about a clique of twenty-somethings thrust into caregiving positions. With 1 in 2 Americans diagnosed with cancer, and 1 in 3 twenty-somethings forced to move back home with their parents for financial reasons, DEAD MOM'S CLUB is a zeitgeist script that is Generation Y's BIG CHILL.

THE COMMUNE - When a punk teen is forced to spend the summer on her estranged father's commune, she learns that not only is he a dark shaman, but she's been bred to be the Midsummer sacrifice. If you miss the intelligence, craftsmanship and psychological truth of horrifying thrillers like "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Shining", you'll love pooping your pants at THE COMMUNE.