THE FELL
Barnstable, Massachusetts | Film Short
Horror, LGBTQ
After capturing a strange wolf-like creature in a vast wood, a hungry young girl must resist its charms, and find food and medicine for her wounded father before it’s too late. The Fell is led by a team of queer, femme, and trans artists, and will shoot sustainably on Cape Cod this spring.
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After capturing a strange wolf-like creature in a vast wood, a hungry young girl must resist its charms, and find food and medicine for her wounded father before it’s too late. The Fell is led by a team of queer, femme, and trans artists, and will shoot sustainably on Cape Cod this spring.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
In the coastal forrest, in a faded past, bright-eyed Snail and her Father encounter a powerful threat. The Fell: a wolf disguised in handsome mortal flesh. Wounded by the beast, Father knows the only way to tame their captive is to sever it from its false skin. But Snail is drawn to the beast’s song, its strange, roguish charm, and its promise to sate her hunger. Will Snail stay loyal to her Father, or will her blossoming connection with the Fell bear forbidden fruit?
We are a team of queer, trans, femme, and LGBTQIA+ filmmakers, drawn together by a shared desire to create scrappy, biting, complicated art in these uncertain times. The Fell stars Han Van Sciver in the titular role (The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Elsbeth, Regulars, This is Not a Place of Honor), and is written by Matt Minnicino (I Prefer Monsters, Tape, Mine). Randall Snare is directing (The Biting Tree, Have a Heart), who previously collaborated with Van Sciver on the short film Has Anyone Else Lost Their Body? Our lead producer is Yirssi (Queer Eye, The MET Gala, Project Runway), who met Van Sciver on the feature film Regulars.
We know film is a visual medium, so - here are some of the faces of our team:
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You can learn more about our full cast and crew here, or click "Team" above. (We promise we won't bite.)
The Fell is The Witch meets I Saw The TV Glow: queer, coming of age body horror with a twist. It's a period folktale told through the lens of queer adolescence, examining transformation and the seductive power of what is deemed monstrous. Our setting is a vast, untamed wood, slowly taking over a young girl as her father loses control. It's a fable drenched in pre-industrial terror, but with explosive contemporary relevance. Methodically-paced and seeping with eerie, period detail, and visceral language and imagery, The Fell offers us all a horrific catharsis.
WANT A TASTE?
We spent the fall making script edits, and assembling our fantastic creative team. We hosted a pre-production launch in December, gathering in cozy Red Hook, Brooklyn.
In mid-January, our team traveled to Cape Cod, where Van Sciver and assistant director Sarah Lyons (The Woods) grew up together, making films as teenagers. We scouted shooting locations, and settled on some thrilling spots.
As we move deeper into pre-production, creating our storyboard, conducting screen tests, and building out our full production team, we need your help to secure the funding to make this project happen!
Making films isn't cheap. See a detailed breakdown of our costs under "Wishlist." Our priority is to pay people ethically and create sustainably, while making the absolute highest quality project possible. We know all too well what a difficult time it is for independent artists, for queer and trans folks, and for radical creatives. We're making something bold, brash, and beautiful anyway. But we can't do it without you.
Thanks for asking!
PLEDGE to our campaign: every contribution helps us get closer to bringing The Fell to life.
SHARE & FOLLOW our Seed&Spark page: by hitting the heart button at the top right of the page, you help us access things like film festival waivers, production gear, and more! Share this campaign with everyone you know and love. It really takes a village.
FOLLOW US on Instagram and TikTok: @thefellshortfilm to stay connected and join our growing community–and follow this page for updates.
Check out our donation incentives at the top of the page to the right, save and share our fabulous poster, and we'll see you in the theatre!
Love,
TEAM FELL
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Camera Package
Costs $3,000
You can't make a movie without cameras! This will cover our equipment rentals, and paying our director of photography and camera operators.
Art Department
Costs $2,000
Art Department costs cover set dressing, props, rentals - the things that make our film visually stunning. The devil's in the details.
Craft Services
Costs $2,000
Wolves gotta eat. Craft services covers meals for the cast and crew during our shooting.
Lighting
Costs $4,000
Lighting is key to a sharp and slick looking film. This covers our equipment rental and ensures we can pay our workers (gaffer, grip, etc).
Production Staff
Costs $5,500
Movies are made of people! This allows us to pay our director and production assistants for prep and shooting days.
Cast
Costs $3,000
We aim to pay our actors above the SAG minimum for our brief but spectacular shoot. The Fell has a cast of three principle actors.
Travel & Housing
Costs $5,000
This will cover housing and transportation for cast and crew, and van rentals and parking.
Wardrobe
Costs $1,700
The Fell features period costumes and a roguish (but charming) creature. This will allow us to dress the cast and pay our designer.
Hair & Makeup
Costs $1,600
Creature makeup is a central component of this piece. This will cover hair and makeup for the cast, and allow us to pay our designer.
Sound
Costs $1,200
This will cover sound recording on set and in post-production - both for equipment and crew.
Insurance, Misc.
Costs $1,000
Production insurance is a must. Plus, we want a little extra to cover unforeseen expenses, deliverables, and emergencies.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
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About This Team
Randall Snare (director) is a New Orleans-bred genre filmmaker. 3 of her 4 parents are priests, so she of course makes horror movies. Her films explore the terrors and contortions of being a woman in the world. Her recent short, The Biting Tree, won Best Horror Film at the New York Short Film Festival 2023, and was Film Shortage's featured Halloween pick. Has Anyone Else Lost Their Body?, a dance-horror short, is now on the festival circuit. Her writing has won many awards including Shore Scripts Feature Quarterfinalist 2022. She founded Snare Productions in 2024. She’s based in Brooklyn. https://randallsnare.com/
Yirssi (lead producer) is a NYC based writer, filmmaker, and researcher. Born in Dominican Republic, and raised in Spain, as a nomadic child storytelling became her favorite home. A rising filmmaker, some of her production credits include Queer Eye, The MET Gala, Project Runway, and Vogue. She is currently pre-producing her 1st documentary, Waves. Prior to filmmaking she made contributions to publications such as Colorlines and The Huffington Post, and to non-profit work at organizations such as Planned Parenthood, and the ACLU. In her free time you can find her reading, surfing, practicing martial arts, or traveling.
Matt Minnicino (screenwriter) is a queer Jewish storyteller based in NYC. His stage-work has been the recipient of awards, residencies, and commissions in the US, England, and Ireland – including the Arts & Letters Prize, a Helen Hayes Award nomination, Jeffrey Melnick New Playwright Award nomination, and the David E. Einhorn Memorial Prize. He co-founded the COVID-related artist initiative Theatre Without Theater; and his articles have been published by HowlRound, The Dramatist, Gathering of the Tribes, and others. He has written 10+ short films (and directed several): selected festivals include Brooklyn Horror, Atlanta Horror, Film Shortage, Hallucinea, Raindance, Seoul Extreme Film Festival, Loveland Shorts, Tampa Bay Underground, Nightpiece, Lonely Seal, Scream Queen, Phobia Film Fest, and many others. www.mattminnicino.com
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Han Van Sciver (actor, The Fell, co-producer) is a multidisciplinary performer, writer, and musician. Film credits include Regulars, Has Anyone Else Lost Their Body?, and This Is Not a Place of Honor. TV credits include The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, and Elsbeth. Theatre credits include At The Wedding (Lincoln Center), Orlando (Williamstown), An Oxford Man (Manhattan Theater Club), Kit Marlowe (TFANA/Red Bull), and Hamlet (Alabama Shakespeare). Original works include DRAGON (NYTW), Gay Narcissus (Orchard Project/Die-Cast), Happy Birthday Han (JACK), and episodic SAD HAN (@sad_han, American Theatre). Percussion: Northern Stage (Ani DiFranco), Lake Lucille Chekhov Project, Ars Nova, Joe’s Pub, Baltimore Center Stage, and more. MFA: Brown/Trinity Rep. www.hanvansciver.com / @rhymes.with.man
Sarah Lyons (assistant director) is a celebrated writer, witch, and filmmaker whose works and writing have appeared in The New York Times, Teen Vogue, Vice, Buzzfeed, NewsWeek, Bust, Dazed, Signs Journal, The Last Podcast on the Left, and The Witch Wave Podcast. Her first book, Revolutionary Witchcraft was published in 2019 from Running Press (Hachette Book Group) and her second book, How to Study Magic was published in 2022 also from Running Press. She is also the author of The Coloring Tarot Guidebook (2023). Sarah has appeared as a regular guest on the CW show Mysteries Decoded, and is a trusted expert on witchcraft and the occult, having appeared in, and consulted with, numerous documentary films on the subject. Her first feature film, The Woods, premiered at New York City Horror Film Festival, where one of the film's leads won the Best Actor award.
Maddalena De Beni (director of photography) is a NYC-based cinematographer. She works in both film and stop motion animation. Maddalena recently shot her first feature, The Woods, with noted occultist Sarah Lyons. It premiered opening night at the 2024 NYC Horror Fest and was picked up for distribution by Terror Films. You can watch it on Tubi. She shot the short film Bad Survivor, which was an official selection of Slamdance 2025 and recently had a series of screenings at the NYC Quad Cinema. During its 2026 Oscar campaign, 7th Heaven’s Barry Watson recently signed on as EP with the intention to develop it into a television series. Maddalena frequently collaborates with stop motion animator Erma Fiend (Sarah Squirm’s Live in the Flesh on HBO and King of Drag on Revry). Their work with Revry and Vice has won them two Collision Awards. Maddalena also works with stop motion animators Beck Underwood and Catya Plate, most notably on their feature projects The Lure of Ponies and Alma. Her work has screened and won awards at Woodstock Film Festival, FilmQuest, Dances with Films, SoHo International Film Festival, NYWIFT Online Shorts, Indie Memphis, Nitehawk Shorts Festival, Filmfest DC, and NoBudge.com. She’s also been published by Kill Rock Stars, Waif Magazine and Vice. Maddalena studied under Tom Richmond(ASC) Sarah Cawley, and Valentina Caniglia (AIC) at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema in Brooklyn.
Mak Eldridge (actor, Snail) grew up in Merrimack County, NH, attended school at Kearsarge Regional High School, and attended college at NYCDA and The New School. Previous acting roles include Bill Sykes in Oliver! and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (both at The Palace Theatre), and Marian Paroo in The Music Man and Snoopy in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Kearsage Regional). They've won acting awards from both Palace Theatre and from their high school, where they also received the Christopher Scarpino Drama Scholarship upon graduation. Mak is also a singer and songwriter. You can hear their work on their YouTube channel, EvidentlyMak, as well as their album, Splinters and Papercuts, released on all music streaming platforms when they were 15.
Griffin Stanton-Ameisen (actor, Father) is a Philly area-born, NYC-based actor, writer, filmmaker and producer. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Select credits: THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE (Azuka Theatre), HAMLET (Delaware Shakespeare), SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER (Die-Cast), JULIUS CAESAR (Greenbrier Valley Theatre Company), PENELOPE (Inis Nua Theatre), THE NETHER (InterAct Theatre), MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY (Playhouse on Park), CYMBELINE & LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (Revolution Shakespeare). TV: SEVERANCE. Film: LOST NATION, THE WORLD TAKES, HAZEL, ULTRA JUICE. Founding Artistic Director of Revolution Shakespeare. Professor at St. Francis College in Downtown Brooklyn. Having worked on several commercials for TV and the web, he’s known for playing internet sensation Yawn Yawnson. His one man game night theatrical experience FREE SPACE has performed in various locations in the tri-state area, most recently at The Bushwick Starr. Next, he’s on the producing team of Hapa Media’s feature film KATE, filming 2026 in NYC. Hapa-media.com. More info at www.griffinsa.com. @thegriffinsa
Paris Adkins (financial producer) is a fundraiser, actor, and comedian originally from Miami, Florida. They produce and host The Assignment, a monthly show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. They were recently seen in queer horror play Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm at Theatre for the New City. They also perform on a UCB house improv team, Day Trip. They have been featured in video content for Buzzfeed, Improv Everywhere, and the ACLU.
Tai Lee (art department) is an artist, filmmaker, choreographer and musician living and working in New York City. Her work extends across mediums and disciplines but is unified by a commitment to a DIY ethos and political radicalism. Selected credits as a props designer include feature films Divine Blood, Hurricane Seasons, Regulars, and an ad campaign for Sam's Club. They have also worked as a unit production manager and art department coordinator on the feature The Kingdom of Rexmonte, and on the music video Shiny New Model for the band BODEGA, where they were formerly a drummer.
Genna Edwards is a sound mixer and designer based in NYC. Her catalogue includes work for A24, NEON, Netflix, HBO, the NFL, and Hulu, among others. You may have heard her at Sundance, Cannes, SXSW, Tribeca, TIFF, DOC NYC, or on your home television screen. Notable national commercial mixes include Google, Tiffany & Co., Ad Council, Microsoft, Heinz, J Crew, Major League Baseball, Coinbase, La Roche-Posay, and Airbnb. Previous collaborations with Randall and Han include Has Anyone Else Lost Their Body? and The Biting Tree.
Mia Bauman (makeup designer) is an Emmy award-winning professional makeup artist who loves the art of painting faces. TV credits include The Penguin (Emmy for makeup design), Elsbeth, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and The Night Agent. Feature film credits include West Side Story, I Saw The TV Glow, The Union, The Report, Regulars, and This is Not A Place of Honor, for which she also built prosthetics and ran practical effects. Mia was also a makeup artist with the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant, sponsored by Kryolan. She lives in Brooklyn, and has a fondness for punk rock and old school horror films.
Rebecca S'manga Frank (dialect and vocal coach) is a writer, actor, and culture-worker based in Brooklyn. Her Black, Jewish, and Swazi-American roots help to inform her art-making and commitment to collective liberation via poetry, plays, essays, performance, teaching, and as a Story Doula. Recent theatrical credits include Frankentstein (Shakespeare Theatre DC), The Matriarchs (Theater Lab NY), and At The Wedding (Lincoln Center). In August, Rebecca was an Artist-in-Residence with New York Theatre Workshop at Dartmouth College.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
In the coastal forrest, in a faded past, bright-eyed Snail and her Father encounter a powerful threat. The Fell: a wolf disguised in handsome mortal flesh. Wounded by the beast, Father knows the only way to tame their captive is to sever it from its false skin. But Snail is drawn to the beast’s song, its strange, roguish charm, and its promise to sate her hunger. Will Snail stay loyal to her Father, or will her blossoming connection with the Fell bear forbidden fruit?
We are a team of queer, trans, femme, and LGBTQIA+ filmmakers, drawn together by a shared desire to create scrappy, biting, complicated art in these uncertain times. The Fell stars Han Van Sciver in the titular role (The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Elsbeth, Regulars, This is Not a Place of Honor), and is written by Matt Minnicino (I Prefer Monsters, Tape, Mine). Randall Snare is directing (The Biting Tree, Have a Heart), who previously collaborated with Van Sciver on the short film Has Anyone Else Lost Their Body? Our lead producer is Yirssi (Queer Eye, The MET Gala, Project Runway), who met Van Sciver on the feature film Regulars.
We know film is a visual medium, so - here are some of the faces of our team:
You can learn more about our full cast and crew here, or click "Team" above. (We promise we won't bite.)
The Fell is The Witch meets I Saw The TV Glow: queer, coming of age body horror with a twist. It's a period folktale told through the lens of queer adolescence, examining transformation and the seductive power of what is deemed monstrous. Our setting is a vast, untamed wood, slowly taking over a young girl as her father loses control. It's a fable drenched in pre-industrial terror, but with explosive contemporary relevance. Methodically-paced and seeping with eerie, period detail, and visceral language and imagery, The Fell offers us all a horrific catharsis.
WANT A TASTE?
We spent the fall making script edits, and assembling our fantastic creative team. We hosted a pre-production launch in December, gathering in cozy Red Hook, Brooklyn.
In mid-January, our team traveled to Cape Cod, where Van Sciver and assistant director Sarah Lyons (The Woods) grew up together, making films as teenagers. We scouted shooting locations, and settled on some thrilling spots.
As we move deeper into pre-production, creating our storyboard, conducting screen tests, and building out our full production team, we need your help to secure the funding to make this project happen!
Making films isn't cheap. See a detailed breakdown of our costs under "Wishlist." Our priority is to pay people ethically and create sustainably, while making the absolute highest quality project possible. We know all too well what a difficult time it is for independent artists, for queer and trans folks, and for radical creatives. We're making something bold, brash, and beautiful anyway. But we can't do it without you.
Thanks for asking!
PLEDGE to our campaign: every contribution helps us get closer to bringing The Fell to life.
SHARE & FOLLOW our Seed&Spark page: by hitting the heart button at the top right of the page, you help us access things like film festival waivers, production gear, and more! Share this campaign with everyone you know and love. It really takes a village.
FOLLOW US on Instagram and TikTok: @thefellshortfilm to stay connected and join our growing community–and follow this page for updates.
Check out our donation incentives at the top of the page to the right, save and share our fabulous poster, and we'll see you in the theatre!
Love,
TEAM FELL
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Camera Package
Costs $3,000
You can't make a movie without cameras! This will cover our equipment rentals, and paying our director of photography and camera operators.
Art Department
Costs $2,000
Art Department costs cover set dressing, props, rentals - the things that make our film visually stunning. The devil's in the details.
Craft Services
Costs $2,000
Wolves gotta eat. Craft services covers meals for the cast and crew during our shooting.
Lighting
Costs $4,000
Lighting is key to a sharp and slick looking film. This covers our equipment rental and ensures we can pay our workers (gaffer, grip, etc).
Production Staff
Costs $5,500
Movies are made of people! This allows us to pay our director and production assistants for prep and shooting days.
Cast
Costs $3,000
We aim to pay our actors above the SAG minimum for our brief but spectacular shoot. The Fell has a cast of three principle actors.
Travel & Housing
Costs $5,000
This will cover housing and transportation for cast and crew, and van rentals and parking.
Wardrobe
Costs $1,700
The Fell features period costumes and a roguish (but charming) creature. This will allow us to dress the cast and pay our designer.
Hair & Makeup
Costs $1,600
Creature makeup is a central component of this piece. This will cover hair and makeup for the cast, and allow us to pay our designer.
Sound
Costs $1,200
This will cover sound recording on set and in post-production - both for equipment and crew.
Insurance, Misc.
Costs $1,000
Production insurance is a must. Plus, we want a little extra to cover unforeseen expenses, deliverables, and emergencies.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Randall Snare (director) is a New Orleans-bred genre filmmaker. 3 of her 4 parents are priests, so she of course makes horror movies. Her films explore the terrors and contortions of being a woman in the world. Her recent short, The Biting Tree, won Best Horror Film at the New York Short Film Festival 2023, and was Film Shortage's featured Halloween pick. Has Anyone Else Lost Their Body?, a dance-horror short, is now on the festival circuit. Her writing has won many awards including Shore Scripts Feature Quarterfinalist 2022. She founded Snare Productions in 2024. She’s based in Brooklyn. https://randallsnare.com/
Yirssi (lead producer) is a NYC based writer, filmmaker, and researcher. Born in Dominican Republic, and raised in Spain, as a nomadic child storytelling became her favorite home. A rising filmmaker, some of her production credits include Queer Eye, The MET Gala, Project Runway, and Vogue. She is currently pre-producing her 1st documentary, Waves. Prior to filmmaking she made contributions to publications such as Colorlines and The Huffington Post, and to non-profit work at organizations such as Planned Parenthood, and the ACLU. In her free time you can find her reading, surfing, practicing martial arts, or traveling.
Matt Minnicino (screenwriter) is a queer Jewish storyteller based in NYC. His stage-work has been the recipient of awards, residencies, and commissions in the US, England, and Ireland – including the Arts & Letters Prize, a Helen Hayes Award nomination, Jeffrey Melnick New Playwright Award nomination, and the David E. Einhorn Memorial Prize. He co-founded the COVID-related artist initiative Theatre Without Theater; and his articles have been published by HowlRound, The Dramatist, Gathering of the Tribes, and others. He has written 10+ short films (and directed several): selected festivals include Brooklyn Horror, Atlanta Horror, Film Shortage, Hallucinea, Raindance, Seoul Extreme Film Festival, Loveland Shorts, Tampa Bay Underground, Nightpiece, Lonely Seal, Scream Queen, Phobia Film Fest, and many others. www.mattminnicino.com
Han Van Sciver (actor, The Fell, co-producer) is a multidisciplinary performer, writer, and musician. Film credits include Regulars, Has Anyone Else Lost Their Body?, and This Is Not a Place of Honor. TV credits include The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, and Elsbeth. Theatre credits include At The Wedding (Lincoln Center), Orlando (Williamstown), An Oxford Man (Manhattan Theater Club), Kit Marlowe (TFANA/Red Bull), and Hamlet (Alabama Shakespeare). Original works include DRAGON (NYTW), Gay Narcissus (Orchard Project/Die-Cast), Happy Birthday Han (JACK), and episodic SAD HAN (@sad_han, American Theatre). Percussion: Northern Stage (Ani DiFranco), Lake Lucille Chekhov Project, Ars Nova, Joe’s Pub, Baltimore Center Stage, and more. MFA: Brown/Trinity Rep. www.hanvansciver.com / @rhymes.with.man
Sarah Lyons (assistant director) is a celebrated writer, witch, and filmmaker whose works and writing have appeared in The New York Times, Teen Vogue, Vice, Buzzfeed, NewsWeek, Bust, Dazed, Signs Journal, The Last Podcast on the Left, and The Witch Wave Podcast. Her first book, Revolutionary Witchcraft was published in 2019 from Running Press (Hachette Book Group) and her second book, How to Study Magic was published in 2022 also from Running Press. She is also the author of The Coloring Tarot Guidebook (2023). Sarah has appeared as a regular guest on the CW show Mysteries Decoded, and is a trusted expert on witchcraft and the occult, having appeared in, and consulted with, numerous documentary films on the subject. Her first feature film, The Woods, premiered at New York City Horror Film Festival, where one of the film's leads won the Best Actor award.
Maddalena De Beni (director of photography) is a NYC-based cinematographer. She works in both film and stop motion animation. Maddalena recently shot her first feature, The Woods, with noted occultist Sarah Lyons. It premiered opening night at the 2024 NYC Horror Fest and was picked up for distribution by Terror Films. You can watch it on Tubi. She shot the short film Bad Survivor, which was an official selection of Slamdance 2025 and recently had a series of screenings at the NYC Quad Cinema. During its 2026 Oscar campaign, 7th Heaven’s Barry Watson recently signed on as EP with the intention to develop it into a television series. Maddalena frequently collaborates with stop motion animator Erma Fiend (Sarah Squirm’s Live in the Flesh on HBO and King of Drag on Revry). Their work with Revry and Vice has won them two Collision Awards. Maddalena also works with stop motion animators Beck Underwood and Catya Plate, most notably on their feature projects The Lure of Ponies and Alma. Her work has screened and won awards at Woodstock Film Festival, FilmQuest, Dances with Films, SoHo International Film Festival, NYWIFT Online Shorts, Indie Memphis, Nitehawk Shorts Festival, Filmfest DC, and NoBudge.com. She’s also been published by Kill Rock Stars, Waif Magazine and Vice. Maddalena studied under Tom Richmond(ASC) Sarah Cawley, and Valentina Caniglia (AIC) at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema in Brooklyn.
Mak Eldridge (actor, Snail) grew up in Merrimack County, NH, attended school at Kearsarge Regional High School, and attended college at NYCDA and The New School. Previous acting roles include Bill Sykes in Oliver! and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (both at The Palace Theatre), and Marian Paroo in The Music Man and Snoopy in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Kearsage Regional). They've won acting awards from both Palace Theatre and from their high school, where they also received the Christopher Scarpino Drama Scholarship upon graduation. Mak is also a singer and songwriter. You can hear their work on their YouTube channel, EvidentlyMak, as well as their album, Splinters and Papercuts, released on all music streaming platforms when they were 15.
Griffin Stanton-Ameisen (actor, Father) is a Philly area-born, NYC-based actor, writer, filmmaker and producer. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Select credits: THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE (Azuka Theatre), HAMLET (Delaware Shakespeare), SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER (Die-Cast), JULIUS CAESAR (Greenbrier Valley Theatre Company), PENELOPE (Inis Nua Theatre), THE NETHER (InterAct Theatre), MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY (Playhouse on Park), CYMBELINE & LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (Revolution Shakespeare). TV: SEVERANCE. Film: LOST NATION, THE WORLD TAKES, HAZEL, ULTRA JUICE. Founding Artistic Director of Revolution Shakespeare. Professor at St. Francis College in Downtown Brooklyn. Having worked on several commercials for TV and the web, he’s known for playing internet sensation Yawn Yawnson. His one man game night theatrical experience FREE SPACE has performed in various locations in the tri-state area, most recently at The Bushwick Starr. Next, he’s on the producing team of Hapa Media’s feature film KATE, filming 2026 in NYC. Hapa-media.com. More info at www.griffinsa.com. @thegriffinsa
Paris Adkins (financial producer) is a fundraiser, actor, and comedian originally from Miami, Florida. They produce and host The Assignment, a monthly show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. They were recently seen in queer horror play Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm at Theatre for the New City. They also perform on a UCB house improv team, Day Trip. They have been featured in video content for Buzzfeed, Improv Everywhere, and the ACLU.
Tai Lee (art department) is an artist, filmmaker, choreographer and musician living and working in New York City. Her work extends across mediums and disciplines but is unified by a commitment to a DIY ethos and political radicalism. Selected credits as a props designer include feature films Divine Blood, Hurricane Seasons, Regulars, and an ad campaign for Sam's Club. They have also worked as a unit production manager and art department coordinator on the feature The Kingdom of Rexmonte, and on the music video Shiny New Model for the band BODEGA, where they were formerly a drummer.
Genna Edwards is a sound mixer and designer based in NYC. Her catalogue includes work for A24, NEON, Netflix, HBO, the NFL, and Hulu, among others. You may have heard her at Sundance, Cannes, SXSW, Tribeca, TIFF, DOC NYC, or on your home television screen. Notable national commercial mixes include Google, Tiffany & Co., Ad Council, Microsoft, Heinz, J Crew, Major League Baseball, Coinbase, La Roche-Posay, and Airbnb. Previous collaborations with Randall and Han include Has Anyone Else Lost Their Body? and The Biting Tree.
Mia Bauman (makeup designer) is an Emmy award-winning professional makeup artist who loves the art of painting faces. TV credits include The Penguin (Emmy for makeup design), Elsbeth, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and The Night Agent. Feature film credits include West Side Story, I Saw The TV Glow, The Union, The Report, Regulars, and This is Not A Place of Honor, for which she also built prosthetics and ran practical effects. Mia was also a makeup artist with the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant, sponsored by Kryolan. She lives in Brooklyn, and has a fondness for punk rock and old school horror films.
Rebecca S'manga Frank (dialect and vocal coach) is a writer, actor, and culture-worker based in Brooklyn. Her Black, Jewish, and Swazi-American roots help to inform her art-making and commitment to collective liberation via poetry, plays, essays, performance, teaching, and as a Story Doula. Recent theatrical credits include Frankentstein (Shakespeare Theatre DC), The Matriarchs (Theater Lab NY), and At The Wedding (Lincoln Center). In August, Rebecca was an Artist-in-Residence with New York Theatre Workshop at Dartmouth College.