Mom's Acting Boss Again
New York City, New York | Film Feature
Comedy, Musical
A big ol' musical in which Ant and Laurel, siblings and hipster failchildren, wake up to learn their mom has unretired from leading a shadowy, if whimsical, crime syndicate. As they retake their posts and run their rackets, they'll meet wacky lackeys, fall in love, and sing and dance a whole lot.
Mom's Acting Boss Again
New York City, New York | Film Feature
Comedy, Musical
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A big ol' musical in which Ant and Laurel, siblings and hipster failchildren, wake up to learn their mom has unretired from leading a shadowy, if whimsical, crime syndicate. As they retake their posts and run their rackets, they'll meet wacky lackeys, fall in love, and sing and dance a whole lot.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Pictured: directors Nate and Ed (left and center), stars Julien and BT (right), and other Edna repertory players in our recent stage production, The Merchant of Penis
The Title
Mom's Acting Boss Again, as in
Mom
Is
Acting Boss
A definitionally temporary position of management in an organized crime body - often, though not exclusively, one who is executing the functions of "boss" while a de jure boss is incapacitated
Again
"Acting boss" is a job, and mom is acting boss again.
Mom’s Acting Boss Again is a musical comedy that follows Ant and Laurel, two disaffected hipster siblings, as they make the rounds of their family’s mysterious (and chill) crime syndicate to share the news: their mom is acting boss again. On the way, they’ll fall in love, experience intrigue, and sing and dance a lot. In New York!
Julien Alam as Ant: Hopeless romantic, disaffected loser, as rude as you can get while still falling under the category of “people pleaser.” Wants better but lazy. Almost moral. Ant contains multitudes.
BT Hayes as Laurel: Fun and competent if and only if she feels like it. We just hope she’s gonna get her act together one of these days. We’re all rooting for her. But she’s so mean!
As the bad guys bank on everyone hiding from the horrors by becoming evermore doomscroll zombies:
it's on us all to enact the now-countercultural practice of fostering true in-person community.
The best way to do this is of course actual participation in left politics
But for better or worse we are also a musical comedy act. So let's do community via a big ol' party of an old-school movie musical to watch together
We hope to begin principal photography in March 2027!
If you give at the "we will bake you a focaccia" level and live outside of the tri-state, rest assured we will figure it out
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
DP salary
Costs $4,000
We want this thing to look good! It's the number one personnel addition we need for the Voltron-esque completion of the Edna puzzle
Crafty
Costs $2,500
Big dance numbers = lots of kind friends giving their sweaty Saturdays = sammiches
Cast and Crew stipends
Costs $3,500
Julien, BT, day-player payroll, and occasional services of a sound technician and runners for biggest sequences
Gear
Costs $2,000
Lenses etc as needed beyond our DP's stash, and mics for minimal on-set sound
Costumes, props, misc., fringe
Costs $1,500
We're crafty theater kids but sometimes we'll need to buy a big bag of flour to represent a big bag of flour or such
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About This Team
Writer-Directors: Edna AKA Ed Horan and Nate Perlmeter
Ed and Nate are both from New Jersey and so have been writing original stage musicals together for five years and are very excited to be making their first attempt at da movies! Recent productions include Collateral: the Collaterusical, In Hawk Tuaeroplane Over the Sea, The Merchant of Penis, and the recurring series Secret Musical and Movie Gambling.
Producers: Jeff:)
jeff:) is a collective of fraudsters, scammers, debtors, gamblers, insurrectionists, abolitionists, stoners, drunks, luddites, t-boys, twinks, twunks, and victims of wage slavery who collectively cursed ourselves by entering into an eternal blood pact with the moving image.
Producer/Choreographer: Kate Semmens
Kate Semmens is a director, choreographer, producer, and born and raised New Yorker. Kate is so excited to be joining Ed and Nate on this project! Select credits include assistant director on The Hello Girls at The Kennedy Center, assistant to James Lapine on Nancy Drew and The Mystery at Spotlight Manor, co-producing and playing Olivia in 13th Morning (by BT Hayes) at Edinburgh Fringe, and most recently directing and choreographing at NYU Steinhardt. Kate was also the artistic associate at Prospect Musicals, where she worked on the producing team of several off-Broadway premieres and new works. Proud LaGuardia HS and Princeton grad! @katehsemmens
Starring as Laurel: BT Hayes
BT Hayes is an actor, writer, and director based in Brooklyn. They appeared in Netflix's Roommates and 2026 Soho Lighthouse Series winner, On Tuesdays We Fight. Associate director of the NYT Critic's Pick benevolent for Good Apples Collective. 2026-2027 Repertorio Español Van Lier Directing Fellow. Playwright of 500 Rats: A Love Story (Moxie Arts NYC) and 13th Morning (Edinburgh Fringe).
Starring as Ant: Julien Alam
Julien Alam is an actor, writer, and producer based in Brooklyn. He recently received his MFA from NYU Grad Acting. Credits include 13th Morning (written and directed by his frequent sister BT Hayes!) at Edinburgh Fringe, Execution of Justice at Chautauqa Theater Company, and Bury Your Gays at Classic Stage Company/SheNYC.
Director of Photography: Liadain O'Toole
Liadain O'Toole is a New York-based filmmaker and photographer drawn to the grain of analog film and the energy of live music. BFA in Filmmaking, Mason Gross School of the Arts — Excellence in Filmmaking Award, 2026.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Pictured: directors Nate and Ed (left and center), stars Julien and BT (right), and other Edna repertory players in our recent stage production, The Merchant of Penis
The Title
Mom's Acting Boss Again, as in
Mom
Is
Acting Boss
A definitionally temporary position of management in an organized crime body - often, though not exclusively, one who is executing the functions of "boss" while a de jure boss is incapacitated
Again
"Acting boss" is a job, and mom is acting boss again.
Mom’s Acting Boss Again is a musical comedy that follows Ant and Laurel, two disaffected hipster siblings, as they make the rounds of their family’s mysterious (and chill) crime syndicate to share the news: their mom is acting boss again. On the way, they’ll fall in love, experience intrigue, and sing and dance a lot. In New York!
Julien Alam as Ant: Hopeless romantic, disaffected loser, as rude as you can get while still falling under the category of “people pleaser.” Wants better but lazy. Almost moral. Ant contains multitudes.
BT Hayes as Laurel: Fun and competent if and only if she feels like it. We just hope she’s gonna get her act together one of these days. We’re all rooting for her. But she’s so mean!
As the bad guys bank on everyone hiding from the horrors by becoming evermore doomscroll zombies:
it's on us all to enact the now-countercultural practice of fostering true in-person community.
The best way to do this is of course actual participation in left politics
But for better or worse we are also a musical comedy act. So let's do community via a big ol' party of an old-school movie musical to watch together
We hope to begin principal photography in March 2027!
If you give at the "we will bake you a focaccia" level and live outside of the tri-state, rest assured we will figure it out
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
DP salary
Costs $4,000
We want this thing to look good! It's the number one personnel addition we need for the Voltron-esque completion of the Edna puzzle
Crafty
Costs $2,500
Big dance numbers = lots of kind friends giving their sweaty Saturdays = sammiches
Cast and Crew stipends
Costs $3,500
Julien, BT, day-player payroll, and occasional services of a sound technician and runners for biggest sequences
Gear
Costs $2,000
Lenses etc as needed beyond our DP's stash, and mics for minimal on-set sound
Costumes, props, misc., fringe
Costs $1,500
We're crafty theater kids but sometimes we'll need to buy a big bag of flour to represent a big bag of flour or such
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Writer-Directors: Edna AKA Ed Horan and Nate Perlmeter
Ed and Nate are both from New Jersey and so have been writing original stage musicals together for five years and are very excited to be making their first attempt at da movies! Recent productions include Collateral: the Collaterusical, In Hawk Tuaeroplane Over the Sea, The Merchant of Penis, and the recurring series Secret Musical and Movie Gambling.
Producers: Jeff:)
jeff:) is a collective of fraudsters, scammers, debtors, gamblers, insurrectionists, abolitionists, stoners, drunks, luddites, t-boys, twinks, twunks, and victims of wage slavery who collectively cursed ourselves by entering into an eternal blood pact with the moving image.
Producer/Choreographer: Kate Semmens
Kate Semmens is a director, choreographer, producer, and born and raised New Yorker. Kate is so excited to be joining Ed and Nate on this project! Select credits include assistant director on The Hello Girls at The Kennedy Center, assistant to James Lapine on Nancy Drew and The Mystery at Spotlight Manor, co-producing and playing Olivia in 13th Morning (by BT Hayes) at Edinburgh Fringe, and most recently directing and choreographing at NYU Steinhardt. Kate was also the artistic associate at Prospect Musicals, where she worked on the producing team of several off-Broadway premieres and new works. Proud LaGuardia HS and Princeton grad! @katehsemmens
Starring as Laurel: BT Hayes
BT Hayes is an actor, writer, and director based in Brooklyn. They appeared in Netflix's Roommates and 2026 Soho Lighthouse Series winner, On Tuesdays We Fight. Associate director of the NYT Critic's Pick benevolent for Good Apples Collective. 2026-2027 Repertorio Español Van Lier Directing Fellow. Playwright of 500 Rats: A Love Story (Moxie Arts NYC) and 13th Morning (Edinburgh Fringe).
Starring as Ant: Julien Alam
Julien Alam is an actor, writer, and producer based in Brooklyn. He recently received his MFA from NYU Grad Acting. Credits include 13th Morning (written and directed by his frequent sister BT Hayes!) at Edinburgh Fringe, Execution of Justice at Chautauqa Theater Company, and Bury Your Gays at Classic Stage Company/SheNYC.
Director of Photography: Liadain O'Toole
Liadain O'Toole is a New York-based filmmaker and photographer drawn to the grain of analog film and the energy of live music. BFA in Filmmaking, Mason Gross School of the Arts — Excellence in Filmmaking Award, 2026.