Script Tease
Bennington, Vermont | Series
Comedy, Satire
Script Tease is an absurdist, satirical sketch-comedy show that wants high-value production to meet low-brow comedy in a way that emphasizes enjoyment of the audience and the artists working on the project first, a sad, growing rarity in today's streaming, generative-AI, studio-first age.
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Script Tease is an absurdist, satirical sketch-comedy show that wants high-value production to meet low-brow comedy in a way that emphasizes enjoyment of the audience and the artists working on the project first, a sad, growing rarity in today's streaming, generative-AI, studio-first age.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Script Tease is a sketch-comedy web-series, each episode maxing at fifteen minutes, the season aiming to debut with 7 episodes. The web-series will be posted publicly on Youtube and Tiktok, with shorts made from the individual sketches posted on Youtube Shorts, Tiktok, Instagram, and Facebook. The long-form episodes will be within a framework that hopes to transport you back to your mom's couch as you sifted channels. The production format, and project itself, is constructed to allow for an extremely collaborative and emmerging-artist-friendly environment. Besides the obvious goal of creating an entertaining, humorous, and well-made series, another staple goal is to create a learning environment for all involved and an atmosphere for new creatives and comedians to platform their work.
Showrunner's Statement from Elliana Polyak
Sitting in-front of a big box TV at my grandma's, I longed to work on the shows on that concave screen that made me feel, metaphorically and quite literally, staticky. That static sits like a restless leg and, in a day where software companies, retailers, apps, AI, and so much more are driving us further and further away from art made for enjoyment with enjoyment, that restless leg has kicked up Script Tease out of some unearthed dirt.
Script Tease comes initially from a deep interest in the history of comedy and its evolution. At its root, it is a love letter to comedy, and performance as a whole. A display of the love of life and all of its positive and negative qualities, and portraying life through stories aimed at emotionally engaging with others, specifically for the purpose of relief. It has since developed to be a part of a further mission to bring good quality art to the public in a time where art and artists value has plummeted thanks to the development of programs, softwares, policies, institutions, and individuals that directly target, or destructively exclude, working artists. We, as a cast and crew, hope to make content that displays the value of current artists through the value of entertaining, hopefully, the masses. At the least, we simply want to make somebody laugh in a moment where it is needed. All in all, comedy has always had purpose even when it is a man jerking off in stop motion or the founding fathers fighting over the size of a signature. The purpose ultimately is the people in a strange way. We want to make content that is not only reflective of us, our lives, and our humor but also of our peers, family, friends, strangers, enemies, everyone. Everyone deserves a laugh.
Supervising Writer's Statement from David Christ
Growing up in the early 2000s meant spending my mornings in front of the TV watching borderline inappropriate and absurdist children's cartoons, or exploring forbidden corners of the internet, particularly the unrestricted wild west of YouTube. While spending my formative years watching the likes of early Smosh and SpongeBob probably did a number on my frontal lobe, I look back on this nostalgic age of media with an general fondness for the chaotic evolution from the analog to digital era.
Much of my excitement for Script Tease stems from my want to see more content embracing my generation's nostalgic media format, and to push to see more independent filmmakers hone their craft. This project gives us the opportunity to work with more creator's to experiment with short-form, high-production sketches, offering extremely valuable experience and tools to our peers to break into an industry with notoriously high barriers. My goal with this project is to produce the highest quality content we can with our razor thin budget, but more importantly, to make something that truly brings excitement to both our crew and our viewers. I can't wait to see where Script Tease takes us, and I hope our stupidly absurd sketches can bring a smile to the internet.
Our Season Slate
We are stoked to film our selection of sketches. Our writers have worked long and hard to create and write up these fantastic ideas, such as: Naked Burrito Ad, Guys "Shipwrecked" On Epstein's Island, Liberal Arts Starter Kit, or Anything Can Happen In The Pube Salon (Like Hair Tinsel.) Below is our full season-slate before final edits (no teasers here!)
Photohole, Cofxe, Cheddarz, Man Jerks Off In Slow Motion, Naked Burrito Ad, Guys "Shipwrecked On Epstein's Island, Redneck Brothers Have Been Hunting Pee-Wee Herman For YEARS, Penis Inspector, Declaration of Independence, Woke Kremlin, The Grabber, Girls Who Love The Name Of The Rose (1986,) Oddly Specific Basement Show, Skrimp Lintle Day, Clifford Gets Shot, Liberal Arts College Starter Kit, Tony On My Shoulder, The Disciples If They Were An Improv Troupe, Road Rager, Strip Poker Surprises, Dry-Vergent, Marge, Guy Who Can't Have An Original Idea, Damn I Wish I Had A Milkshake, OCD Threesome, GodxLucifer, Childhood Stuffed Animal's College Adventures, Magic Mike and The Banana Splitters, 5 Gay Men Try To Redeem A Serial Killer, Birder's Anonymous, Ikea Therapist, Server Split-Personality, Third Property Brother, Why This Play Now, Guy Fights Shark For Backflip Footage, Anything Can Happen In The Pube Salon (Like Hair Tinsel,) Really Famous Actor But He's Like Tommy Wiseau, Frat Boy Intervention, Restorative Processes, My Wife Hates My New Pet Horse, Hunter The Explorer, Guy Who Thinks Every Movie Is Real, Friends Kissing In A Play, Orphan 22 Simulator, and PC Collar.
Budget Breakdown
By donating to our campaign, you help allow our set to run smoothly, feed our crew, dress our cast, and help us make some people laugh! More specifically, we are looking to raise $2,700 which will allow us to promise that the above goals are fulfilled, allowing for an ideal and smooth production. Below is a more complete look at what we are hoping to raise for and what those numbers look like.
We luckily have access, in-house and through connected resources, to a large equipment library, allowing us to all-ready be fulfilled with all of our tech/camera/support needs. However, we are still needing to build out our set, SFX, expendables, and other costs to finalize the production and distribution of Script Tease.
If we happen to raise above $2,700, we aim to reach the following stretch goals:
$2,800 will allow us to expand our SFX capabilities, increasing our budget towards wigs, makeup, prosthetics, and costumes to make our truly absurd ideas make it to the screen.
If we raise $2,900, we will use this towards post production, specifically for additional back-up storage, a file-sharing software subscription, and an additional editing suite seat for our editing team. This ensures we can keep filming our sketches in high resolutions, and for overall higher quality edits.
If $3,200 gets raised, we aim to amp up the scale of our showing and open it to a larger audience collected of more of cast/crew's friends and family, special donors and audience members, and emerging film industry members, making it an extra special experience for all involved where we all collectively binge the full release of Script Tease (~105 minute run time.)
Why You?
Projects like these are only possible thanks to a special kind of people, much like you!
All types and all sizes of support are not only important, but very valued by us, whether it is just a follow and a like on a social media platform, sharing this campaign, or even going as large as to donate. We need you! Every bit makes a difference. Even if pledging isn't for you, we hope you follow us along as we make this thing on either our company Youtube Channel (Junk Drawer Pictures,) or the show on Tiktok @scriptteaseplease and Instagram @scripttease_please. Follow us to keep up-to-date with our show, get BTS content, and special looks at episodes. Please comment, like, follow, repost, share, DM us, and engage however you like!
We are excited to build this with special viewers like you.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Food for Cast + Crew
Costs $350
Help us feed our cast and crew! In order to make the best comedy we can, we need to be full! You're not you when you're hungry...
Fuel and Travel
Costs $415
A lot of sketches will be shot on location! As some old white guy once said: "Location, location, location [is important to be funny]!"
Set Construction
Costs $1,000
We don't want all of our sketches to take place in the same bland room, so we need to make some sets! A studio set will help sketches pop.
Costumes and Makeup
Costs $250
Sometimes a good sketch requires someone be in a shark costume or in a full powdered wig. Help us make Ben Franklin real! (Again.)
Marketing
Costs $75
We need a kick-ass poster and promotional material, and we want to be sure to pay the artists fairly!
Gifts for Crew
Costs $150
Fun fact: no one on the crew is getting paid! We do it for the love of comedy. With your help, we can help show our crew some love.
Expendables
Costs $250
Batteries, Extension Cords, Nails, Oh My! Help us navigate the terrifying world of unknown, will-be-consumed needs.
Puppet Budget
Costs $100
While we may not have Jim Henson's studio, we do have David Christ and some puppet-lovers who yearn to make and play as some puppets.
Contingency
Costs $150
For all emergencies and any additional costs.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
The Script Tease crew/cast is compiled largely of Bennington College students with an interest in film, performance, or comedy. Among our crew are individuals like David Christ and Elliana Polyak who were recently nominated alongside other crew members, like Zarah Carter-Bolick and Freya Newman, for Best Use of Cinematic Element in Cincinnati's Fright Film Competition. Script Tease's art director, Maeve Hamilton, recently completed production on her short-film "Parasomnia," with DP, Quinn O'Neill, one of Script Tease's Camera Operators. Other crew accomplishments include a plethora of theatrical performances, short films, published stories, art accolades, and much more. All crew/cast/writers have a varying background in experience with film and theatrical elements, creating a beautifully colorful cohort of explosive ideas. We are very excited to take on this venture and create a hell of a funny show.
DoP David Christ
CLT Quinn O'Neill
Producer Elliana Polyak
Producer David Christ
Assistant Producer/Accounting Cole Bonfiglio
Production Manager Katie Hansen
Set Designer Ada Hallstrom
Art Director Maeve Hamilton
Graphics Lead Quinn O'Neill
Sound Mixer/Equipment Coordinator Zarah Carter-Bolick
Grip Tennyson Perkins
Cam/Sound Support Ava Mick, Amelia Webb, Freya Newman
Showrunner Elliana Polyak
Supervising Writer David Christ
Story Editor/Senior Writer Maeve Hamilton
Story Editor/Senior Writer Quinn O’Neill
Writer Katie Hansen
Writer Dev Wernick
Writer Ava Landreth
Writer Simón Morillo
Writer Timmy Torinus
Writer Clio Calvin
Writer Claire Ketelhohn
Actor Tennyson Perkins
Actor Ava Landreth
Actor Timmy Torinus
Actor Sophia Wolbach
Actor Valentine Wulf
Actor Maeve Hamilton
Actor Lee Ripp
Actor Dev Wernick
Actor Amelia Webb
Actor Quinn O’Neill
Actor Ava Mick
Actor Christopher Burnside
Actor Sibongo Ndzinisa
Actor Claire Ketelhohn
Most of our cast/crew is collected of student filmmakers, writers, and actors who have all been focusing their higher education on similar pursuits, to refine their art practice in storytelling through these multiple mediums. We hope as a collective to combine these learned skills to make something you cannot stop laughing with, or at. We will take either.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Script Tease is a sketch-comedy web-series, each episode maxing at fifteen minutes, the season aiming to debut with 7 episodes. The web-series will be posted publicly on Youtube and Tiktok, with shorts made from the individual sketches posted on Youtube Shorts, Tiktok, Instagram, and Facebook. The long-form episodes will be within a framework that hopes to transport you back to your mom's couch as you sifted channels. The production format, and project itself, is constructed to allow for an extremely collaborative and emmerging-artist-friendly environment. Besides the obvious goal of creating an entertaining, humorous, and well-made series, another staple goal is to create a learning environment for all involved and an atmosphere for new creatives and comedians to platform their work.
Showrunner's Statement from Elliana Polyak
Sitting in-front of a big box TV at my grandma's, I longed to work on the shows on that concave screen that made me feel, metaphorically and quite literally, staticky. That static sits like a restless leg and, in a day where software companies, retailers, apps, AI, and so much more are driving us further and further away from art made for enjoyment with enjoyment, that restless leg has kicked up Script Tease out of some unearthed dirt.
Script Tease comes initially from a deep interest in the history of comedy and its evolution. At its root, it is a love letter to comedy, and performance as a whole. A display of the love of life and all of its positive and negative qualities, and portraying life through stories aimed at emotionally engaging with others, specifically for the purpose of relief. It has since developed to be a part of a further mission to bring good quality art to the public in a time where art and artists value has plummeted thanks to the development of programs, softwares, policies, institutions, and individuals that directly target, or destructively exclude, working artists. We, as a cast and crew, hope to make content that displays the value of current artists through the value of entertaining, hopefully, the masses. At the least, we simply want to make somebody laugh in a moment where it is needed. All in all, comedy has always had purpose even when it is a man jerking off in stop motion or the founding fathers fighting over the size of a signature. The purpose ultimately is the people in a strange way. We want to make content that is not only reflective of us, our lives, and our humor but also of our peers, family, friends, strangers, enemies, everyone. Everyone deserves a laugh.
Supervising Writer's Statement from David Christ
Growing up in the early 2000s meant spending my mornings in front of the TV watching borderline inappropriate and absurdist children's cartoons, or exploring forbidden corners of the internet, particularly the unrestricted wild west of YouTube. While spending my formative years watching the likes of early Smosh and SpongeBob probably did a number on my frontal lobe, I look back on this nostalgic age of media with an general fondness for the chaotic evolution from the analog to digital era.
Much of my excitement for Script Tease stems from my want to see more content embracing my generation's nostalgic media format, and to push to see more independent filmmakers hone their craft. This project gives us the opportunity to work with more creator's to experiment with short-form, high-production sketches, offering extremely valuable experience and tools to our peers to break into an industry with notoriously high barriers. My goal with this project is to produce the highest quality content we can with our razor thin budget, but more importantly, to make something that truly brings excitement to both our crew and our viewers. I can't wait to see where Script Tease takes us, and I hope our stupidly absurd sketches can bring a smile to the internet.
Our Season Slate
We are stoked to film our selection of sketches. Our writers have worked long and hard to create and write up these fantastic ideas, such as: Naked Burrito Ad, Guys "Shipwrecked" On Epstein's Island, Liberal Arts Starter Kit, or Anything Can Happen In The Pube Salon (Like Hair Tinsel.) Below is our full season-slate before final edits (no teasers here!)
Photohole, Cofxe, Cheddarz, Man Jerks Off In Slow Motion, Naked Burrito Ad, Guys "Shipwrecked On Epstein's Island, Redneck Brothers Have Been Hunting Pee-Wee Herman For YEARS, Penis Inspector, Declaration of Independence, Woke Kremlin, The Grabber, Girls Who Love The Name Of The Rose (1986,) Oddly Specific Basement Show, Skrimp Lintle Day, Clifford Gets Shot, Liberal Arts College Starter Kit, Tony On My Shoulder, The Disciples If They Were An Improv Troupe, Road Rager, Strip Poker Surprises, Dry-Vergent, Marge, Guy Who Can't Have An Original Idea, Damn I Wish I Had A Milkshake, OCD Threesome, GodxLucifer, Childhood Stuffed Animal's College Adventures, Magic Mike and The Banana Splitters, 5 Gay Men Try To Redeem A Serial Killer, Birder's Anonymous, Ikea Therapist, Server Split-Personality, Third Property Brother, Why This Play Now, Guy Fights Shark For Backflip Footage, Anything Can Happen In The Pube Salon (Like Hair Tinsel,) Really Famous Actor But He's Like Tommy Wiseau, Frat Boy Intervention, Restorative Processes, My Wife Hates My New Pet Horse, Hunter The Explorer, Guy Who Thinks Every Movie Is Real, Friends Kissing In A Play, Orphan 22 Simulator, and PC Collar.
Budget Breakdown
By donating to our campaign, you help allow our set to run smoothly, feed our crew, dress our cast, and help us make some people laugh! More specifically, we are looking to raise $2,700 which will allow us to promise that the above goals are fulfilled, allowing for an ideal and smooth production. Below is a more complete look at what we are hoping to raise for and what those numbers look like.
We luckily have access, in-house and through connected resources, to a large equipment library, allowing us to all-ready be fulfilled with all of our tech/camera/support needs. However, we are still needing to build out our set, SFX, expendables, and other costs to finalize the production and distribution of Script Tease.
If we happen to raise above $2,700, we aim to reach the following stretch goals:
$2,800 will allow us to expand our SFX capabilities, increasing our budget towards wigs, makeup, prosthetics, and costumes to make our truly absurd ideas make it to the screen.
If we raise $2,900, we will use this towards post production, specifically for additional back-up storage, a file-sharing software subscription, and an additional editing suite seat for our editing team. This ensures we can keep filming our sketches in high resolutions, and for overall higher quality edits.
If $3,200 gets raised, we aim to amp up the scale of our showing and open it to a larger audience collected of more of cast/crew's friends and family, special donors and audience members, and emerging film industry members, making it an extra special experience for all involved where we all collectively binge the full release of Script Tease (~105 minute run time.)
Why You?
Projects like these are only possible thanks to a special kind of people, much like you!
All types and all sizes of support are not only important, but very valued by us, whether it is just a follow and a like on a social media platform, sharing this campaign, or even going as large as to donate. We need you! Every bit makes a difference. Even if pledging isn't for you, we hope you follow us along as we make this thing on either our company Youtube Channel (Junk Drawer Pictures,) or the show on Tiktok @scriptteaseplease and Instagram @scripttease_please. Follow us to keep up-to-date with our show, get BTS content, and special looks at episodes. Please comment, like, follow, repost, share, DM us, and engage however you like!
We are excited to build this with special viewers like you.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Food for Cast + Crew
Costs $350
Help us feed our cast and crew! In order to make the best comedy we can, we need to be full! You're not you when you're hungry...
Fuel and Travel
Costs $415
A lot of sketches will be shot on location! As some old white guy once said: "Location, location, location [is important to be funny]!"
Set Construction
Costs $1,000
We don't want all of our sketches to take place in the same bland room, so we need to make some sets! A studio set will help sketches pop.
Costumes and Makeup
Costs $250
Sometimes a good sketch requires someone be in a shark costume or in a full powdered wig. Help us make Ben Franklin real! (Again.)
Marketing
Costs $75
We need a kick-ass poster and promotional material, and we want to be sure to pay the artists fairly!
Gifts for Crew
Costs $150
Fun fact: no one on the crew is getting paid! We do it for the love of comedy. With your help, we can help show our crew some love.
Expendables
Costs $250
Batteries, Extension Cords, Nails, Oh My! Help us navigate the terrifying world of unknown, will-be-consumed needs.
Puppet Budget
Costs $100
While we may not have Jim Henson's studio, we do have David Christ and some puppet-lovers who yearn to make and play as some puppets.
Contingency
Costs $150
For all emergencies and any additional costs.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
The Script Tease crew/cast is compiled largely of Bennington College students with an interest in film, performance, or comedy. Among our crew are individuals like David Christ and Elliana Polyak who were recently nominated alongside other crew members, like Zarah Carter-Bolick and Freya Newman, for Best Use of Cinematic Element in Cincinnati's Fright Film Competition. Script Tease's art director, Maeve Hamilton, recently completed production on her short-film "Parasomnia," with DP, Quinn O'Neill, one of Script Tease's Camera Operators. Other crew accomplishments include a plethora of theatrical performances, short films, published stories, art accolades, and much more. All crew/cast/writers have a varying background in experience with film and theatrical elements, creating a beautifully colorful cohort of explosive ideas. We are very excited to take on this venture and create a hell of a funny show.
DoP David Christ
CLT Quinn O'Neill
Producer Elliana Polyak
Producer David Christ
Assistant Producer/Accounting Cole Bonfiglio
Production Manager Katie Hansen
Set Designer Ada Hallstrom
Art Director Maeve Hamilton
Graphics Lead Quinn O'Neill
Sound Mixer/Equipment Coordinator Zarah Carter-Bolick
Grip Tennyson Perkins
Cam/Sound Support Ava Mick, Amelia Webb, Freya Newman
Showrunner Elliana Polyak
Supervising Writer David Christ
Story Editor/Senior Writer Maeve Hamilton
Story Editor/Senior Writer Quinn O’Neill
Writer Katie Hansen
Writer Dev Wernick
Writer Ava Landreth
Writer Simón Morillo
Writer Timmy Torinus
Writer Clio Calvin
Writer Claire Ketelhohn
Actor Tennyson Perkins
Actor Ava Landreth
Actor Timmy Torinus
Actor Sophia Wolbach
Actor Valentine Wulf
Actor Maeve Hamilton
Actor Lee Ripp
Actor Dev Wernick
Actor Amelia Webb
Actor Quinn O’Neill
Actor Ava Mick
Actor Christopher Burnside
Actor Sibongo Ndzinisa
Actor Claire Ketelhohn
Most of our cast/crew is collected of student filmmakers, writers, and actors who have all been focusing their higher education on similar pursuits, to refine their art practice in storytelling through these multiple mediums. We hope as a collective to combine these learned skills to make something you cannot stop laughing with, or at. We will take either.