Cast: Chris Mulkey, Darby Stanchfield, Jon Lindstrom, Richard Riehle and Molly Quinn
Directed by Diane Namm
Produced by Eric Mofford
Screenplay by Diane Namm
Casting Director: Ivy Isenberg
Director of Photography: Terrence Hayes
Production Designer: Katherine Bulovic
Film Editor: Lindsay Mofford
Music by Buddy Judge
Photo credit Vic Olam
"The Sacrifice" is a short drama about what happens on the day a polygamous cult leader comes to take a reluctant 13-year-old girl as his wife.
HollyShorts Film Festival 2008
"Audience Choice" Award Winner
www.hollyshorts.com
THEATER
COMING IN DECEMBER 2008
"Mrs. Scrooge" in December 2008, Saturdays at 2pm and 4:30pm at the Edgemar Center for the Arts at 2437 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405.
For tickets go to www.westofbroadway.org or call
310-428-3343.
COMING IN OCTOBER 2008
Diane Namm's LA STREET SCENES 3: Everyone Has a Story. {Produced by Create Now! and West of Broadway)
Saturday, October 18, 2008 at the New Los Angeles Theater Center in downtown LA. Silent Auction and Gala Dinner. For tickets and information go to www.createnow.org.
COMING IN APRIL 2009
"Bunny Tales Episode IV: Bunny Wars" inspired by Beatrix Potter's "Tale of Peter Rabbit," Diane's interactive anti-war adaptation is a zany take on the original Peter Rabbit story.
PAST SHOWS
"Red Chief!" inspired by O.Henry's "Ransom of Red Chief" tells the tale of Red Chief, sugared up and ready to roll on Halloween night, who gives the adults in charge a run for their money along with a well-deserved fright.
FILM SCRIPTS
"Greed" a horror/thriller about a woman who discovers that her greed just might cost her her life.
2006 Austin Film Festival (Second Round Selection)
2007 Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards (Finalist);
2007 Filmmakers International Screenwriting Award (Platinum Prize);
13th Annual Writer's Network Screenplay & Fiction Contest (Quarter-finalist)
"Pranksters" a family comedy about two thirteen-year-olds who wage a practical-joke war on their dating parents to prevent a family merger.
2007 California Independent Film Festival selection for "Best Screenplay"
2007 American Screenwriters Association Competition (Quarter-finalist)
2007 KidsFirst! selection.
"Full Blue" is inspired by "Blue Blood," a Showtime documentary on teenage boxing at Oxford that premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival
15th Writemovies.com International Screenplay Contest (Finalist)
2007 American Screenwriters Association Competition (Semi-finalist)
TELEVISION
"Reality Strikes" a reality-show horror series.
2008 Scriptalooza Reality TV Competition (First Place)
"In the Dog House," a reality-show featuring Animal Control Officer/Expert Animal Trainer CLARK BROWN.
UPCOMING AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Diane's adaptation of Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera" and an adaptation of Margaret Sydney's "The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" for the Classic Starts series, published by Sterling Books, a division of Barnes & Noble Publishing.
Adaptations of Kipling's "Jungle Book" and Lofting's "Doctor Dolittle" for the Easy Reader Classics series, published by Sterling Books, a division of Barnes & Noble Publishing.
Laugh-a-Long Readers: Funny Bunny Jokes; Jungle Jokes; Slithery, Squirmy Jokes; Silly Jokes.
BACKGROUND
Diane is the author of over 50 children's books, including the best-selling first edition (over six million copies sold) of "A Charlie Brown Christmas;" as well as original stories for Scholastic/Children's Press. She is an "official" author for Reading Is Fundamental. Diane has written a number of original stories published by Little Golden Books; original Disney stories published by Bantam; the young adult series, "Kisses" (First Kiss, Senior Kiss, Goodbye-Kiss) published by Troll and the novel "Never Tell Ben" published by Bantam.
Formerly an Executive Editor at Simon & Schuster's Little Simon and NhiBooks, Diane is founder, playwright and artistic director of West of Broadway Theater Company, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. In addition she writes for film and books for children and teens. Diane's journey from NYC book editor to LA playwright, screenwriter and stage and film director is described in the "Live What You Love" series by Melinda and Bob Blanchard, the "Changing Course" volume.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
West of Broadway, a 501(c)(3)non-profit theater company/Artistic Director,President
University of Michigan English Department, Advisory Board
Edgemar Center for the Arts, Board of Directors
Authors Guild
American Screenwriters Association
AFI Alumni Association
Create Now! (a writers' mentoring organization for high-risk teens)
Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California
AWARDS
1999 AFI Television Movie Award for "Warrior Queen," based on the life of Queen Boadicea of Iceni.
2007 KidsFirst! 'seal of approval' for "Pranksters"
2007 Top Ten of "Abbreviated Screenplay" Competition for "The Sacrifice"
Directed by Diane Namm. Produced by Pasadena Playhouse and West of Broadway. Based on narratives written by Pasadena Unified teens in Diane's writer-in-residence workshop for the playhouse in May 2008.
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Big Dreams in Little Pasadena
By Terry Miller
Born out of a workshop that was an adjunct to John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, - Big Dreams in Pasadena gave four young writers a chance to see their work performed on stage.
Steinbeck’s story is about thwarted hopes and dreams and about friendships when those hopes are shattered.
The four young writers in this workshop ( Deleah Davis, Kelsea Mayfield, Sharay Traylor and Morgan Tucker, used these ideas for their narratives.
Instead of going for Steinbeck’s tragic ending, Big Dreams in Pasadena ends on a far more positive note. Directed by Diane Namm the play was presented in the intimate theatre upstairs from the Pasadena Playhouse, home to Furious Theatre Company.
Big Dreams is a modern day filmmaking challenge the young people have taken on via You Tube. The idea is to create a film, edit and post on line in twenty-four hours. It has to be done on a Macintosh laptop (which the actors did on a Dell with a picture of apple hurriedly pasted on the front of the laptop for good measure) - This caused a good laugh when the audience realized the joke.
They (the four teens) hope to come away from the experience with fame and fortune.
Instead, the teens find something far more valuable.
The play is about 50 minutes long and features professional actors Rafael Noble, Jessica Jones, Chioma Nwosu, Rick Vargas, Jaimyon Parker and Nichole Joubert.
Two of the authors participated in the real Apple 24 hour film competition.
Their three minute film can be seen at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WlmXRA_DYO
The production is a joint effort of the Pasadena Playhouse and West of Broadway Theatre Company.
"Pranksters" is a 2007 Kids First! Selection
