About this project
NEW GOAL- $3,000
Thanks to all our backers for getting us past our initial goal of $2,000. We are incredibly grateful!
If you are visiting this page for the first time, please don't think we don't need anymore help. WE DO. The more money we raise for this project, the more we can do- from paying actors, to entering more film festivals, to marketing the finished film. If we could raise $3,000, that would be fantastic.
Again, thanks to our backers!
"I think I’ve found a way for us both to get seated at the grown-ups table." - Alvie
Strong Tea is a dark comedy about family, secrets, and murder. It takes place during one terrible Thanksgiving dinner. The story centers around Alvie, his wife Annie, and his sister-in-law Molly. The dinner is at Alvie's In-laws, a picture perfect, Martha Stewart meets Norman Rockwell type of place where all the plates match, every course is planned out perfectly, and the seating has been pre-ordained. But underneath the tasteful exterior there lie secrets, resentment, and all those nastier parts of being a human being.
There are two tables at this dinner, the "Grown-ups Table" and the "Kids Table". The Grown-ups table is in the dining room- spacious, beautifully set, perfect. The kids table is in the adjoining room- a card table, with mis-matched plates, very crowded. There are tons of kids at the Kids Table, and two very out of place adults: Alvie and Annie. Annie is furious at being seated there, while her younger sister Molly is sitting with the adults. Alvie, hoping to change things for the better, heads to the kitchen to make tea. Molly follows him, and secret after family secret comes out, leading to a hilarious, albeit dark, ending.
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http://strongtea-themovie.com/blog/home/
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Playwright/screenwriter/director. His first play, Last Call, won the Excellence in Playwriting award at the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival. In 2005, his play Burning the Old Man won the New York Innovative Theatre (NYIT) award for outstanding full length script. He was a finalist for the 2011 Heideman Award, part of the Humana Festival at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, for Hela and Troy. Other plays include Some Unfortunate Hour; Fenway: Last of the Bohemians; Muse of Fire; Strong Tea; and The Morons. As a playwright, he has worked with Divadlo na Zabradli of Prague, Oregon Shakespeare Festifval, hope theatre, inc., Boomerang Theatre Company, the Triangle Theatre of North Carolina, Impetuous Theatre Company, The Other Theatre Company of Denver, Art House Productions, and many more. In 2003, he was named Graduate of the Last Decade by San Jose State University. He was also a senior reviewer for nytheatre.com from 2003-2005. His work has been published by The New York Theatre Experience, Inc.; Applause Books; Playscripts, inc.; and Smith and Kraus. He's represented by Scott Edwards of Harden-Curtis NYC 212-977-8502. You can read his blog at http://www.rkmcallister.blogspot.com/
