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(88 mins ) . . . (TV-MA, mature language)
Summer campers reunite for a getaway weekend, and a last chance to say goodbye. . .
This "hilarious, authentic & affecting" indie comedy was shot in real time over 3 1/2 days, with a fantastic cast of actors & improvisers. Released in 2013, now available on Amazon, Apple & more, we're thrilled to celebrate 10 summers of love, laughter & tears... Come see your friends!
“Avers & company hit a note of playful confidence, with a vibe of real-life controlled chaos… Genuinely disarming & clever - strong performances!” – Andrew Lapin, The Dissolve
"Funny, realistic - like I was reliving it!"
"Took me back to camp. . . "
“A charming, hilarious movie that will have audiences retelling their own stories as soon as the credits are done. Realistic, honest & hilarious!” - Kelley Cantrell, MovieGeek
"One of the most realistic depictions of reuniting friends I've seen - I LOVED The Weekend!"
"One of the best indies I've seen in years!"
"An indie film gem!!"
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starring:
Carson Elrod
Julie Sharbutt
Bhavesh Patel
Amber Gray
Heather Lind
David Ross
Stacey Yen
Joe Paulik
Gretchen Hall
Vayu O'Donnell
Stacey Linnartz
& Jeremy Rishe
exec producer: Michael Izquierdo | editor & co-producer: Benjamin Stauffer | sound op: Joseph Morales
post sound: Evan Spear | original music: Tim Blane | director of photography: Michael Izquierdo & Craig DiFolco
graphic design: Derrek Coss | associate producers: Krystel Lucas & Katie Meister | contributing music: Ben Carroll
CAST & CREATIVE
CARSON ELROD (RC Cola) . . . An award-winning comedic actor, writer, activist & co-founder of Arts Workers United and the #BeAnArtsHero campaign, Carson's performed memorable roles on TV (The Good Fight, 30 Rock, Carnivale, High Maintenance, EVIL), film (Kissing Jessica Stein, Wedding Crashers), and countless stage productions on and off-Broadway (Peter & the Starcatcher, Noises Off, Reckless, All in the Timing, Twelfth Night, Midsummer Night's Dream), and as a regular improviser with UCB's Gravid Water. With CiRCLE 7, Carson returns as co-writer & co-star of #LEMONADE, part of the Soggy Crackers collection.
JULIE SHARBUTT (Lulu) . . . A prolific writer, director & producer in female-forward genre & comedy films, Julie's shorts SCAM, Cupid, Alter and 3 Days have been shown around the world, winning numerous awards at film festivals. Her screenplays have received a variety of honors & shortlists, and her comedy writing has appeared in The New Yorker & McSweeney's. As an actor & improviser, Julie regularly performs with UCB in LA and NYC, and has appeared on The Colbert Report, Late Night with Seth Meyers, I'm Dying Up Here and The Good Wife... Member of Femmes Fatales, Alliance of Women Directors & Women in Film.
BHAVESH PATEL (Teddy) . . . A magnificent actor, Bhavesh has performed on & off Broadway, in War Horse, Midsummer Night's Dream at the Public, The Nap at MTC, Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink at Roundabout, and opposite Kevin Kline in the B'way revival of Present Laughter. On TV, he recurred in The Good Wife and FBI: Most Wanted, along with episodes of Bull, Law & Order: SVU, Instinct, New Amsterdam, Madame Secretary, Little America, Elementary and more; films include A Ramble Towards Rain, Late Bloomers and Frankie.
AMBER GRAY (Maggie) . . . A celebrated Broadway actor, Amber was nominated for Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Circle & Lucille Lortel Awards for her performances in Hadestown, and Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 - winning the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album for Hadestown, and winner of the 2022 Bayfield Award for her work as Banquo in MacBeth (opp Ruth Negga & Daniel Craig). Recently, Amber starred in Eureka Day on Broadway, and in Stephen Sondheim's Here We Are. Screen appearances include The Gilded Age, The Underground Railroad and Master, opp. Regina King.
HEATHER LIND (Victoire) . . . Known for lead roles on AMC's TURN: Washington's Spies & HBO's Boardwalk Empire, Heather's a brilliant actress, starring as Desdemona in Othello at the Public, The Nap at Manhattan Theater Club, and Merchant of Venice opposite Al Pacino. With a number of TV & film roles, Heather also appears in Sunnyside Films' indie drama films, The Last Day of August and Fireworkers, and she has narrated several prestigious audiobooks including works by Don DeLillo, Jennifer Egan & Mary Higgins Clark.
DAVID ROSS (Hallsey) . . . A sizzling comic writer, director, actor & improviser, David created Ben & David with Ben Huber, Every Guy You Meet on Tinder, V-Day, Beards and Connection Unavailable. His comedy has appeared in the LA Times, Funny or Die, Huffington Post, Jezebel, College Humor, Mashable, Digg, Glamour, Daily Beast's Top 5 Videos, Backstage, and on the Today Show... David's short film People Are Becoming Clouds was screened at the Toronto Film Festival and for The New Yorker. As a performer, David appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Good Wife, Mozart in the Jungle, and more.
STACEY YEN (Sophia) . . . With many appearances on TV (Ugly Betty, Rubicon, Law & Order SVU, CSI N.Y., Gossip Girl, Blue Bloods, Unforgettable, Nurse Jackie, Treme, The Blacklist, Madame Secretary, Elementary, High Maintenance, Guess Who Died) Stacey's also prolific stage actor, performing at the Goodman Theater, Ars Nova, ACT, Clubbed Thumb, Huntington Theater Co, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, and Miles for Mary with the Mad Ones. Stacey's currently a visiting professor of acting at University of Evansville.
JOE PAULIK (Dan) . . . A brilliant actor with appearances on Broadway in Network, and theaters including Williamstown, Westport, Huntington, Playwrights Horizons & The Guthrie, with recent favorites The Public's Timon of Athens, Signature Theater's Love and Money, and Pearl Theater's Stupid F*cking Bird. Joe has originated roles for world class writers including A.R. Gurney, Stephen Belber, Sarah Treem & Rob Askins. He received a Helen Hayes nomination for Bad Jews and an IRNE nomination for The Power of Duff. Member of sketch group Get to the Chopper, Joe's created two one man shows, Time Man and Me & the Moon.
GRETCHEN HALL (Alice) . . . Gretchen's radiant performances have been seen on & off Broadway & overseas with The Continuum Company, ACT, The Old Globe, Shakepeare Theatre Company, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Arena Stage, CenterStage, Westport Country Playhouse and the Hangar - to name a few. TV credits include The Path, Blacklist, Person of Interest, Elementary, Lipstick Jungle, Louie, Gossip Girl and FBI. Recent short film The Ice Cream Man, co-starring Noah Emmerich, has been receiving terrific acclaim.
VAYU O'DONNELL (Gandhi) . . . A dynamic actor & creative, Vayu's performed on Broadway (Man and Boy), at Lincoln Center (Golden Boy), off-Broadway (Ars Nova, Ohio Theater, Bleecker Street, New Dramatists & more) and around the country at Williamstown, Shakespeare DC, Yale Rep & more; Vayu created, co-wrote and starred in mini-series 80/20, and starred in the celebrated indie Survival Skills. Currently, Vayu is a producer on Bill Maher's popular Club Random podcast, and is co-founder of BluRemedi, a majority black-owned production company dedicated to illuminating the diversity within diversity.
STACEY LINNARTZ (Charlotte) . . . Stacey's a remarkable actor, director, writer, producer & teacher, with notable performances at theaters including The Public, Barrow Group, Signature, Ohio Theater, and La Mama; Wheelhouse's Life Sucks is a recent favorite. Screen roles include films Winter's Choice, Life to the Lees, Last 48 - TV's Gossip Girl, Ed, Rescue Me, Third Watch, and notable web series Couples, First World Problem and Dinner with Mom. Stacey's the proud co-founder & artistic director of Kids Creative Collective; she is the lead co-producer & development partner at Saint Sarah Productions, and she's a fierce women's rights advocate. With CiRCLE 7, Stacey will appear as Cindy Zyronek in the AiR | UNBOUND project.
... and JEREMY RISHE (as Uncle Max) . . . A dynamic actor, writer & creative producer, Jeremy's performed in TV's Ray James, Blue Bloods, Madame Secretary, Elementary, The Good Wife and Invasion, along with film roles in Lost Nation, The Marshmallow Mystery Tour and Nobody Wants to Shoot a Woman, and terrific stage performances in Off-Broadway's The Sabbath Girl and Jewtopia, Jeremy has created several works, including As Soon As You're Born (They Make You Feel Small), web series First World Problem, and Jewtah, a hilarious indie comedy filmed in Jeremy's beautiful home state of Utah. With partner Stacey Linnartz, he's a co-founder of Kids Creative Collective and Saint Sarah Productions. With CiRCLE 7, Jeremy stars in Soggy Crackers shorts No Excuses and Piano Lesson, and will rock out as Hugh Hylysnan in AiR | UNBOUND.
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BRIAN AVERS (director, co-writer, co-producer) . . . An accomplished stage & screen actor, Brian has starred in leading roles on and off-Broadway (Tony-Award winning The Father, Rock n Roll, King Lear, American Son, Travesties, The Explorer's Club, Poor Behavior, Completeness), appeared in a number of hit TV shows (NCIS & NCIS LA, Castle, The Closer, Medium, FBI, Blue Bloods, Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Unforgettable, Numb3rs, Person of Interest, Life on Mars), films (Julie & Julia, Gigantic) and he's a prolific voice artist. As writer-director & founder of CiRCLE 7 Productions, Brian's created & produced plays, films, sketch comedy, and new media. With The Weekend, Brian was thrilled to jump in a sandbox with this very special company of artists... memories to last a lifetime. "Watahotaho!"
MICHAEL IZQUIERDO (exec producer, director of photography) . . . A brilliant multi-hyphenate, Michael has acted in celebrated stage productions, award-winning films & beloved web series, while often working as a sought-after voice artist. His production company, Sunnyside Films, has built a remarkable collection of features, shorts, music videos, high-end commercials & more - with Michael wearing many hats, as a producer, director, editor, writer & lead actor. For updates, visit sunnysidefilms.com!
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