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Update #45: working on our web series! - episode one in the can

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Update #44: Ladies and gentlemen....The Shut-Ins..

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Update #43: well folks....

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Update #42: Thanks Damon Robinson!

Posted on January 17, 2010

Thanks Damon for your contribution.


Update #41: Susannah Tantemsapya - thank you for backing The Shut-Ins!

Posted on January 17, 2010

http://www.kickstarter.com/profile/creativemigration

Check out Susannah's project, which will be up any day now. She's been working on a great documentary style web series.

Thanks Sus!

Update #40: Thanks Aza!

Posted on January 16, 2010

Thank you Azazel Jacobs for contributing!


Update #39: Rocky Raccoon bringing a little life to our flailing funding efforts!

Posted on January 16, 2010

Thanks Rocky for your generous contribution!


Update #38: Jen Dike! You're so sweet.

Posted on January 13, 2010

Jen, thank you for contributing! Jen is like a farm animal whisperer/healer! If you have a large land animal in labor, she's your woman.

xox Tricia


Update #37: A generous donation from an anonymous Prizzi's Honor!

Posted on January 11, 2010

Thank you whoever you are! very cool indeed.


Update #36: Way to be Adam Perly!

Posted on January 11, 2010

Thank you Adam Perly for contributing to The Shut-ins!!!
This is pretty exciting, like gambling on the horse with bandages on his ankle.

We're on the final countdown now. But we do have 8 days and anything can happen!

Update #35: Awesome. My buddy BRAD COHEN is our newest backer!

Posted on January 10, 2010

Thank you so much! Your support is very touching.

Check out Brad's music:

http://www.myspace.com/bradcohen

Update #34: Holly Watson donated

Posted on January 10, 2010

Thanks for your support.

Update #33: Thank you Scott Crary!

Posted on January 10, 2010

Thanks for showing your support. It is much needed and appreciated!

Scott made a great documentary called, Kill Your Idols. Check out his work here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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Update #32: Marcos Wasem -- Nice!

Posted on December 30, 2009

Another contribution to The Shut-ins production by Marcos Wasem! Thank you!!!!!!

Update #31: Thanks Marcelle Pedersen!!!

Posted on December 26, 2009

Thank you Marcelle for the $25 contribution! You're great!
We need about.... 250 more people like you. Really. Know anyone?

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Tricia Vessey and Jen George are screenwriters based in Brooklyn, NY. They met while attending a writing workshop in 2006 and quickly became an unstoppable writing duo. They enjoy drinking kombucha and buying office supplies.

TRICIA VESSEY attended The City College, CUNY, an English and Photography double major and is now attending the Honors Creative writing program at The New School in New York City. She has been in the film industry for 15 years, acting in several films, as well as writing, producing, and directing. She has worked with directors such as Jim Jarmusch, Claire Denis and Azazel Jacobs and with some great actors like Vincent Gallo, Forest Whitaker, and Diane Keaton.

JEN GEORGE graduated last Spring Magna Cum Laude from the Creative Writing Program at The City College of New York in New York City where she received the Goodman Fund Short Story Award, and the Stark Award in Fiction in Honor of Henry H. Roth. She has been published in the Promethean Literary Magazine.

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