Tony Glazer’s Feature Film Wins

Spirit of Independents Award at 27th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

The 27th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) recently announced the winners of the film awards. The Film Fest presented over 200 American Independent and World Cinema features, documentaries and short films during the 24-day event and Hollywood, Florida native Tony Glazer’s film, Junction won a Spirit of Independents Award . 

Junction is a high octane thriller that follows four strung-out meth-addicts who discover a dark secret about the homeowners…  during a burglary… which changes the course of their lives forever. The film, which marked Tony’s debut as a feature film director, stars Tom Pelphrey, Neal Bledsoe, Harris Doran, Summer Crockett Moore, Sharon Maguire, Anthony Rapp, Matt deMatt Renies, Anthony Ruivivar, David Zayas, and Michael O'Keefe.

Screening of Tony’s film attracted a full-house to Cinema Paradiso.!  Following the film, Tony answered a slew of provocative questions from audience members, after which his parents, Drs. Ira and Marietta Glazer hosted a Cast Party.  Many of the cast had flown in from around the country.

“We were so overwhelmed by the turnout… so many of our friends were on hand to show their support and afterwards, the e-mails we received were amazing… So many thoughtful accolades,” Marietta enthused.  Prior to the Film Fest, Gregory von Hausch e-mailed the Glazers to tell them how terrific Tony’s film was.

“Marietta & Ira… we are excited to have Tony back for FLIFF,” Greg noted.  “I think Tony is a true talent...very impressed with his direction, casting, producing...I really think he is spot on with his writing,” von Hausch added.  Last year, Tony’s short film, A Younger Man was chosen to be included in the 26th Annual Film Fest. 

We are thrilled to announce that our feature film JUNCTION won multiple awards at the 2012 Long Island International Film Expo!

BEST FIRST FEATURE: Choice Films, Pate Productions, Movie Ranch Entertainment
BEST SCREENPLAY: Tony Glazer
BEST ACTOR: Neal Bledsoe
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Harris Doran
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Summer Crockett Moore
BEST ART DIRECTION: Alan Lampert

We would also like to congratulate fellow co-star Sharon Maguire for her BEST ACTRESS award win in the short film, "Off Season".

JUNCTION screened at LIIFE on Saturday night, July 14th at 9:30pm.

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Coming to a theatre near you SOON! HSI Films will handle Worldwide Sales duties for the Choice Films Inc., Pate Productions Ltd and Movie Ranch Entertainment co-production, JUNCTION. Hollywood Studios International’s CEO Steven Saxton is an Executive Producer on the project. Read Full Story Here.

American Stare is the newest play from award-winning playwright Tony Glazer.

Set in a trailer park in South Florida, this world premiere dark comedy, mines the visceral anger of the disenfranchised white lower class. Following the spiraling lives of a widowed woman and her pit-bull, a disabled child-predator, and a couple with their teenage daughter, we are challenged to see the world through their eyes -- a world led by a broken moral compass and tainted with the pervasiveness of special interests. Directed by Evan Bergman (Jericho, Poetic License) June 14 - July 22, 2012. For more information visit: www.njrep.org

The second of three "This Round's On Us” is hosted by Kevin Melendez. Among the eleven (11) plays, Nylon Fusion Collective is showcasing two (2) new plays by Academy Award, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)

New York, NY, March 15, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Nylon Fusion Collective presents a premiere of eleven plays including Tennessee and Hot Bubbles by John Patrick Shanley for the Fools in April Fundraiser “This Round’s On Us” April 1st and 2nd 2012.

The second of three "This Round's On Us” is hosted by Kevin Melendez a member of Nylon Fusion Collective. Presenting two (2) new plays by Academy Award, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright John Patrick Shanley (Doubt) And premiering new works of playwrights John Byrne, Jack Karp, Adair Moran, Mike Poblete, Cassie Seinuk, Alisha Silver, Sharon Talbot, Joseph Samuel Wright.

Trickery, lies, and deceit are what tie the short plays in Nylon Fusion Collective's April Fools play festival together. But if you think you know how any of them are going to end, the joke's on you.

Direction by award winning Tony Glazer and Gregory Cicchino, Matt Crowley, Gretchen Ferris, Christopher Jenkins, Lori Kee, Aaron Netsky, Christopher Randolph and Robert Verlaque.

Cast will include members of Nylon Fusion Collective and guest artists: Caroline Bloom, Belle Chaplis*, J Eric Cook*, Rachel Cora*, Peter Coleman*, Ivette Dumeng, Alex Ferrill*, Judy Del Giudice*, Ben Gougeon, David Henry Gerson, Trey Gibbons•, Deborah Green*, Stephanie Heitman, Dustin Kerns*, Malcolm Madera*, Nylda Mark, Sabina Maschi, Aaron Netsky, Sarah-Doe Osborne*, Kelly Rae O’Donell, Christopher Randolph* Melisa Breiner-Sanders*, Jacob Troy, Kaia Foss, Michael Karp*, Nick Walkonis and more.

“This Round’s On Us” is a ten (10) minute play festival produced by Nylon Fusion Collective. A company founded in 2007. Nylon Fusion Collective is a resident company of Writers, Actors and Directors committed to developing and producing original plays that explore and awaken the capacity for personal, social and cultural awareness.

Location: The Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond Street New York, NY 10012

The closest subway is the Broadway and Lafayette Station: 6, F, M, B & D train

Tickets at the door: $20.00:
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*Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity.

Times: April 1st at 7pm, April 1st at 9pm, April 2nd at 7pm, April 2nd at 9pm.
 

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Stay tuned for the Official Announcement and Press Release -- coming soon!

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Congrats to the entire team behind A Younger Man!!  See more online at: www.ayoungerman.com

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In Reading Under the Influence, the wine hits the fan as the women of the Westchester Book Club gather to discuss their current required reading, The Homeless Dogs of Egypt. During their chardonnay-fueled discussion, they find out that the rights to their book club have been sold to a reality TV Production Company. It's the "The Real Housewives" meets "Oprah." Don't judge a book club by its cover... you never know how the pages will turn!

The cast will include: Barbara Walsh (Broadway: Company -Drama Desk Nom., Hairspray, Big, Blood Brothers, Falsettos-Tony Award& Drama Desk Nom.), Joanna Bayless (Stain, Sweet Bird of Youth. Film: Junction), Summer Crockett Moore (Last Summer at Bluefish Cove- IT Award, Stain. Film: Junction. 2008 International Voicey Award Nomination), Ashley Austin Morris (Die Mommy Die, In The Daylight, "The Electric Company"), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Really Big Once) , Jeremy Webb (Tabletop- Drama Desk Award, LTC's The Glorious Ones).

Reading Under the Influence: The "Real" Westchester Women's Book Club
Written By Tony Glazer, Directed by Wendy C. Goldberg
First performance Wednesday, April 6; Opening, Saturday, April 16; running through May 15, 2011
DR2 is located at 103 East 15 Street
Tickets are $35 and can be purchased by visiting Telecharge.com or calling (212) 239- 6200.
Performances schedule is Tuesday - Friday at 8PM; Saturday at 2PM & 8PM; Sunday at 3PM
Approximate Running Time: 90 Minutes

Tony Glazer (Playwright) recently made his feature film directorial debut on the film Junction (which he also wrote and which stars David Zayas, Neal Bledsoe, Summer Crockett Moore, Anthony Rapp, Michael O'Keefe, and Tom Pelphrey) Junction is currently in post-production. He is also the writer of a short film that he co-produced with Pâté Productions, Ltd and Movie Ranch Entertainment entitled A Younger Man which is currently on the festival circuit. His stage plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Canada and include Stain, and Safe (both published by Samuel French). One of his short plays, Doll Play, premiered in the 34th Annual Samuel French Short Play Festival under his direction. Glazer's play, In the Daylight, premiered Off-Broadway in fall of 2009 and two monologues from this play were selected for publication in the 2010 Best Women's Monologues Compilation by Smith and Kraus. His newest plays, The Substance of Bliss, (winner of the L. Arnold Weissberger Award at Williamstown Theatre Festival) and American Stare are both in development for productions. He is a founding member of Choice Films/Choice Theatricals, as well as a board and company member in The Private Theatre. Tony received his BFA in Acting from Boston University and has studied acting with Maggie Flanigan. Find Tony online at www.tonyglazer.com.

Wendy C. Goldberg (Director) is in her seventh season as Artistic Director of the National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Under Goldberg's tenure, The O'Neill was awarded the 2010 Regional Tony Award, the first play development and education organization to receive this honor. She is the first woman to lead the conference in its forty six year history. Goldberg is also an award winning director whose own credits include Rebecca Gilman's Dollhouse (Guthrie), Rebecca Gilman's The Crowd You're in With (Goodman), four productions for Arena Stage (where she served as Artistic Associate from 2000-2005), two productions for Actors Theater of Louisville, two productions for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, four productions for The Denver Center, a world premiere for the Alliance Theatre, a world premiere for Florida Stage, Signature Theatre, Round House Theater, and Paper Mill Playhouse among others. Goldberg is also represented on Broadway with Rock of Ages where she served as Creative Advisor. Goldberg will direct the world premiere of Lisa Loomer's Two Things You Don't Talk About At Dinner for the Denver Center in the upcoming season. Wendy serves on the Executive Board of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Read more: http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/Barbara_Walsh_to_star_in_Tony_Glazers_READING_UNDER_THE_INFLUENCE_20110311#ixzz1GU5XiCet

The normally quiet, residential streets of Fort Lee were all abuzz Friday night with police lights, camera crews and a crowd of actors dressed in police uniforms gripping hand warmers. Dec. 10 was an important outdoor shooting night for the film Junction, written and directed by Tony Glazer. Junction has been filming in Fort Lee since Nov. 17.

The film is a thriller, which follows four strung-out meth addicts who break into a house and discover dark, twisted secrets about the homeowner, which takes them on a gripping journey with a climactic ending. The film is being collaboratively produced by Choice Films, Movie Ranch Entertainment and Pâté Productions, Ltd.  Glazer previously directed a series of digital shorts as well as numerous theater productions in New York and Los Angeles. He authored the plays Stain and In the Daylight, both of which ran in New York.

On Friday, the SWAT scene finale was being shot outdoors with help from the Fort Lee Police Department, who graciously allowed Junction the use of several police vehicles, including a truck, an unmarked car and a motorcycle. Several officers were on site Friday to secure the location and keep an eye on their equipment. The set was a flurry of activity, and members of the Fort Lee Film Commission showed up to observe.

"The support of the community has been fabulous," Glazer's wife Summer Crockett Moore said.

Moore added that the town and the neighbors have been very cooperative and helpful even when the crew is still working at 5 a.m.

While Fort Lee might seem like an unexpected place for the film shoot, it is near and dear to Glazer's heart. Glazer and Crockett, who is also producing and acting in the film, live in New Jersey and have always considered it to be home. Fort Lee also has deep roots in the film industry dating back to the pre-Holywood, early 1900s.

 "People tend to have one idea of what New Jersey is like, but really, it's so diverse, with so many types of settings. I wanted it to feel like it could be set anywhere, in any town so it made sense for the film to be here," Glazer commented on set.

Even with all the hustle and bustle Friday night and light snow flurries, everything on set was operating smoothly. People seemed genuinely excited to be involved, whether they were playing one of the lead roles or just playing an EMT in a single scene. The entire crew operated as a family, and many people have been juggling multiple roles toward the film's completion.

Glazer noted that plenty of passersby have been interested in the action they've seen taking place on their little side street, Jassamine Way. Locals have been taking notice and want to know when they can see the film, he said.  

If all goes well, Junction is likely to be released sometime in April 2012 after completing the circuit at film festivals this coming fall. The film stars David Zayas, Michael O'Keefe, Neal Bledsoe, Tom Pelphrey and Anthony Rapp.

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DAVID ZAYAS, MICHAEL O’KEEFE, TOM PELPHREY, ANTHONY RAPP
TO STAR IN
CHOICE FILMS’ FEATURE FILM
JUNCTION
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY AWARD WINNING WRITER,
TONY GLAZER

BEGINS SHOOTING NOVEMBER 17

New York, NY: Choice Films is proud to announce the cast of their upcoming feature film Junction written and directed by awarding winning writer Tony Glazer. Junction will begin shooting on November 17 for one month in Fort Lee, NJ with an anticipated release in about 12 months.

Junction follows four strung-out meth-addicts who discover a dark secret about a homeowner during a burglary, pitting them not only against the police but against each other. And as they spiral out of control toward the explosive climax the lines blur between right and wrong until the final unexpected twist is revealed.

“I’ve wanted to make a film about this subject matter for quite a while now,” says writer/director Tony Glazer. “And while it is dark stuff, at its heart, this film is a genre-thriller with the kinds of twists, turns and surprises that will keep you guessing until the very end. You will be sweating it out with these characters until the very last scene is revealed. It's the kind of rollercoaster ride that requires a very special group of actors and I'm thrilled with the great cast we have assembled. We are going to have a great time making this film.”

Junction will mark Glazer’s debut as a feature-film director. Glazer previously directed a series of digital shorts as part of dual multi-media showcases, as well as a variety of theater productions in New York City and Los Angeles. Glazer recently directed Better Living, a stage-play produced by T. Schreiber Studio in NYC, which was nominated for 3 NYIT (New York Innovative Theater) Awards for Excellence. He is the author of the stage-plays Stain, In the Daylight (both of which had successful runs in New York); co-author of the stage-play Safe (along with Anthony Ruivivar) and author of two of the Top 25 short stories published in the Writer's Digest's 2006 Best Short Story Competition (selected out of more than 7,900 submissions). Glazer was recently awarded the prestigious L. Arnold Weissberger Award for playwriting for his play The Substance of Bliss. He also is in post-production on a short film he co-produced with Pâté Productions, Ltd and Movie Ranch Entertainment entitled A Younger Man and he will premiere three plays in New York in 2011, The Homeless Dogs of Egypt, American Stare and The Substance of Bliss.

The Junction cast includes: DAVID ZAYAS as Lt. Tarelli (SAG Award Winner, Michael Clayton, Skyline, The Expendables, “Dexter,” “13,” “Law & Order Criminal Intent,” “CSI: Miami,” “Oz”), MICHAEL O'KEEFE as Walters (Academy Award Nominee Golden Globe Nominee The Great Santini, Michael Clayton, Frozen River, “Numb3rs,” “Criminal Minds,” “Saving Grace,” “The Closer,” “CSI”), ANTHONY RAPP as Connor (Broadway’s Rent, A Beautiful Mind, Winter Passing, School Ties, Six Degrees of Separation, Twister, Adventures in Babysitting, The X Files), ANTHONY RUIVIVAR as Tai (The Adjustment Bureau, Tropic Thunder, “Third Watch,” “The Whole Truth,” “The Traveler,” “White Fang,” “Lie to Me,” “Criminal Minds”), HARRIS DORAN as Spot (“The Black Donnellys,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” Hair on Broadway), TOM PELPHREY as David (2 Time Emmy Award Winner for “Guiding Light,” “The Good Wife,” “CSI Miami,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “Burg”), NEAL BLEDSOE (“Gossip Girl” Sex & The City 2, “Lipstick Jungle,” “As the World Turns,” “CSI NY,” “The Ridge”) SUMMER CROCKETT MOORE as Kari (New York Innovative Theatre Award Winner Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, “Kings,” “ Law & Order Criminal Intent,” “Celebrity, “Delocated”), SHARON MAGUIRE as Jennifer (“Law & Order SVU,” “Saturday Night Live,” Bay State Blues, Off Course, In the Daylight), MAKENZIE ALADJEM as Mia (“Nurse Jackie”), PAT PATTERSON as Patrice (A Younger Man, The Night of the Iguana, The Job, Paramour), BRYAN DEEHRING as Bateman (Ladder 49, The Game, The Date), JOANNA BAYLESS as Mrs. Pendelson (Toys in the Attic, Summer and Smoke, The Golden Pomegranate, American House), LAURENCE BLUM as Patrol Officer Laurant (“Mercy,” “Blue Bloods,” “Kings,” “Law & Order,” “Saturday Night Live,” “All My Children”), MATTHEW REINES as Ross (Searching for Bobby Fischer, Lowball), YVONNE JUNG as Reporter Sandra Wood (“Third Watch,” “Criminal Minds,” “ER,” “The Sopranos”).

Junction is being produced by Choice Films, Movie Ranch Entertainment and Pâté Productions, Ltd. Producers: Summer Crockett Moore, (Choice Films), Roy McDonald (Movie Ranch Entertainment), Pat Patterson (Pâté Productions, Ltd) with Associate Producers Pat McCorkle (McCorkle Casting Ltd.), Matthew “Matt DeMatt” Reines and Denise Tomasetti. Director of Photography / Cinematographer is Adrian Correia

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Choose to Produce - How to launch your own production biz with tips from Choice Films
Posted on: 8/23/2010 12:58:00 PM under Advice on www.nycastings.com
Written by: Kelly Calabrese

Award Winning Writer * Producer * Partner…

If these accolades appeal to you as an artist, then get ready to mentally devour every word of advice from the award winning partners of Choice Films and Choice Theatricals…

Summer Crockett Moore and Tony Glazer launched Choice Films back in 1998 (Tony came on board in 2000). They started with a small show in Manhattan and since grew their business to a ½ million dollar level!

To achieve this magnitude of success, it takes a fierce hunger, a strong viewpoint and the will to work your butt off.

No matter what, “don't give up, if this is what you want to do,” says Summer Crockett Moore and Tony Glazer, founders of Choice Films and Choice Theatricals – about the prospect of launching your own theatrical or film Production Company.

The driving force behind their company is to create new and exciting theatrical experiences, transcending generation gaps and speaking to our contemporary way of life.

“We don't want to be a company that doesn't have something to say – it is about doing theatre that will change someone's lives and make them look closer at themselves. We want to do things that make people think. We want to awaken audiences,” the founders say.

To awaken audiences, you have to start your own projects, with your own original thoughts. So, NYCastings tapped into the mental resources of Summer Crockett Moore and Tony Glazer to learn more about their business strategy and choices…

Executive Summary

“When we formed the company, we wanted to work on things that were fresh and had a contemporary take on things that addressed today without forgetting the past,” Summer says. “We worked on things that make you look at where we are and have been versus where we are going.” We believe that, “a little more introspection, without being stagnant, can help us make better choices in our lives.”

“Choice means a lot to me because I've been so lucky to make many along the way. Constantly taking stock in who I am as a person and producer and artist helps me get better and learn. If I am not learning I am not growing.”

To start a company, Tony mentions that it “breaks down into a couple of sections. One part of it is that we were driven to be involved in every phase of production. We each came from different backgrounds and didn't want to settle on just one thing (writing, directing, etc). Initiative, I have to say is key. We were willing to put in all the hours, learning the things we didn't know and at the end of each project see what worked, what didn't work, how to make ourselves better and increase our profile.”

“It was a constant assessment that we built from,” Tony shares.

“The 2nd part of our starting a company is that our work is rooted in our own particular backgrounds. As a writer and director, I knew what stories I did not get to see enough of and focused on that direction.”

“The better we got, the more we crafted out our point of view as to what we wanted to make and we are always looking back. It is an evolving thing.”

Summer agrees, that learning “keeps the product line diverse. We do not want to be the type of company that does one type of thing. We have different perspectives, which make us a good team.”

And in looking back, they notice that “the little things at the beginning made the difference. All the building blocks that take so long to plan, ended up supporting us for years to come,” Summer shares. “We can track tiny choices that introduced us to people, gave us an opportunity, and introduced us to our investors.”

Business Description and Vision

“We like dealing with subject matter that is timely without losing site that we are doing entertainment. We are striving for people to have a good time while processing information. In a strange way, we are trying to sneak a carrot into the meatball,” Tony says.

Summer also believes in endings without a clean bow to wrap up the story.

“There is never an answer that tells you how to feel at the end of our projects. You need to make your own decision and I find that exciting and inspiring,” Summer says. “We are working on four or five different projects right now and they are not message pieces, but they all have a grain of ‘make your own decision.' I hope this will make the audiences keep coming back.”

Definition of the Market

“Honestly, that is an ongoing question. What do audiences want to see?” Tony says. “It is a changing formula and at a certain point you will find yourself trying to temper certain ideas while working at the marriage between commerce and art.”

“We don't forget that we are trying to create things people will want to see,” Tony says. “In terms of knowing what people want to see, you don't know. You could make yourself crazy trying to answer that question. But you look in theatre to see what is going well, you see what people are seeing and not seeing and try and read the terrain as best as you can as to what the public may want.”

“For example, how do straight plays fare with a celebrity versus not a celebrity? How do straight plays fare versus musicals? It goes back to the principle that we were driven to know and learn as much as possible.”

As a team, Tony and Summer conduct continuous research.

Summer shares that they, “create a business plan by pulling comparable projects that succeeded and then focus on story and character and do the best they can with it.”

“We do a lot of testing,” Summer says. “We test the audience and see how you can make it better. We try to start out with having readings in front of audiences. Then you have a first screening and realize where to make changes.”

“You have to do all this research so you can hedge your bets,” Tony adds. “But at the end of the day there is always the surprise, the show that came out of nowhere and defied all the odds. You never really know what will catch fire, which is why you have to make the kind of films you want to make and temper it. You have to have a point of view because that is what makes you a unique business.”

“And, you never know which project is going to hit so you have to have a lot going on at the same time.”

Organization and Management

“If you are a playwright or an actor and you have other actors who are like minded, it starts very simply.” Tony says. “Someone writes a script, you talk about the script and when it is in a good place you spend a little money to get it into a local theatre and it builds from there. There are financially reasonable ways to get started, even in New York. It starts with an idea, a point of view and real commitment to learning everything about it,” Tony says.

Once the business grows, “it is a lot of travel back and forth to LA, dinners, meetings, seeing theatre,” Summer adds. “Our social lives have become our business lives. We are always working.”

Marketing and Sales Strategy

“A couple of things helped us immensely,” Summer says. “We started out very small funding our own things. The first play we did on our own in 98' and we counted on family and friends to fill the seats. After that we got broader and within a few years we got enough interest that we could get investors and it became mandatory for us to start a marketing plan and build a database of people to attract bigger press.”

“We have a great press person at Springer and Associates. We had all these team members come in and help us learn and grow as we partnered with them. The more people you know, the harder you work, the more opportunities you have,” Summer shares.

“Within a few years we were in bigger theatres, with longer runs and now we are off Broadway and regional with ¼ a million, ½ million investments.”

“We wanted to continue to grow up that ladder and not go back,” Summer says.

Financial Management

When just starting out, “there are a lot of places where actors audition that will have great rates for them to rent out rooms,” Tony shares. But “if you want agents to come see the show it has to be in the Theatre District or Chelsea area, it has to be easy for them.”

“If it is a general audience member, then it has to be easily accessible by train and have cool restaurants near by. If it is a musical, does the place have the proper sounds? If there are dancers, does it have the right floor? It all comes down to who do you want to come and how do you make it easy to get there?” Tony says.

“On a larger level, last year we were doing a big show and I really wanted to squeeze our marketing dollars to the penny and I needed more banners,” Tony says. “So I went and found an amazing printer who was willing to cut their rates on our postcards if we agreed to give them a link to our site and mention them on everything we were doing.”

Summer shares this inventive viewpoint.

“If I am speaking as a producer, it is needs versus wants,” Summer says. “What are my needs and then what are my wants? It comes down to what they project must have and what it can do without.”

Overall…

“It's a really tough thing to break into” this industry, Tony says. “It is a grind. You have to have the fortitude to put up with a lot of rejections, which is why I say don't give up. There are plenty of times you feel like you are hitting your head against the wall but if you really want to do it… keep doing it and it will pay off.”

“The issue is not that you are not good enough. The issue is that there are so many people out there and by hanging on you increase your odds of getting seen and people saying, ‘who is that guy?'”

“And don't keep knocking on the same door. There is more than one way into a room.”

After all, “the things that people could call failures are really important crossroads,” Summer says. “Because you can either learn from it and get better or let it take away your desire. For someone starting out, there are a lot of bumps and bruises and you have to get up and keep going.”

“Anybody can learn from their mistakes and adjust accordingly,” Tony adds as a final word of advice for future production company owners. “It is in your control.”

“Whatever stage you are at, you never stop learning. You can never say you have arrived. That is the exciting part. The education never ends. There are things I will learn tomorrow that I didn't know and that will help to take me to the next place.”

To learn more about Choice Films visit http://www.choicefilms.com/

Tony Glazer is an award-winning writer, director and producer, and a Managing Partner and founding member of Choice Films and Choice Theatricals. Tony's plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Canada. His feature film, Junction, is currently in the final stages of development with Glazer slated to direct. Production recently wrapped on Glazer's short film AYounger Man, produced by Pâté Productions, Ltd and Choice Films Inc. His play, The Substance of Bliss, is the winner of the 2009 L. Arnold Weissberger Award at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, 2010. Find Tony online at: http://www.tonyglazer.com/.

Summer Crockett Moore is an award-winning actress/producer and a Managing Partner and founding member of Choice Films & Choice Theatricals (and the founder of their pre-cursor, Choice Productions), which has produced various multi-media theatre and film projects, including the recent world premieres of both Stain and In The Daylight Off-Broadway, as well as the upcoming premieres of two new plays, American Stare and The Homeless Dogs of Egypt. She recently wrapped production on the short film A Younger Man and is in the final stages of development for the feature film Junction. For a full list of her credits and to hear & see demos visit: http://summercrockettmoore.com/

AMERICAN STARE
Set in a trailer park in South Florida, this new dark comedy mines the visceral anger of the disenfranchised white lower class. Following the spiraling lives of three sets of people; a widowed woman and her pit-bull, a disabled and accused child-predator, and a couple and their teenage daughter, we are challenged to see the world through their eyes -- a world led by a broken moral compass and tainted with the pervasiveness of special interests. In the end, we learn the true meaning of community.

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Stay tuned for more information coming soon on this exciting new film!

WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2009 WEISSBERGER PLAYWRITING AWARD WINNER

Williamstown Theatre Festival announced the 2009 L. Arnold Weissberger Award for Playwriting has been awarded to Tony Glazer for his play The Substance of Bliss. Mr. Glazer will receive a $10,000 prize, publication of his script by Samuel French, Inc., and a reading of his play by the Festival on July 9, 2010 at the Paresky Center.

New Play CRAZY HEAD SPACE To Receive Industry Reading 8/20; Barre To Direct, Cooper, Rooney & More Star

Tuesday, August 11, 2009; Posted: 03:08 PM - by Charlie Piane

Choice Theatricals, in association with T. Schreiber Studio will present an industry reading of Elizabeth S. Davis's new play, Crazy Head Space, directed by Gabriel Barre. Presentations will be on Thursday, August 20th at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and Friday, August 21st at 1:00 PM at The Gloria Maddox Theater (151 W. 26th St., 7th Floor).

Crazy Head Space is a manic musical celebrating a dizzying kaleidoscope of mental and emotional disorders. Set inside the world of The Cranium Café, Crazy Head Space serves up a wild series of psychological disorders that run the gamut from Depression to Zoophilia. Come spend an average day inside the head of people with mental disorders and learn a little more about yourself in the process. Taste the excitement of all those disorders you've read about but supposedly have managed to avoid thus far. Crazy Head Space is guaranteed to leave you laughing at your own nervous breakdown! Share the highs and lows and rediscover the "crazy" within you!

Crazy Head Space offers a riveting, wild score by contemporary composers Elizabeth S. Davis and Michelangelo Sosnowitz, and a gloriously insane lyric book by Elizabeth S. Davis. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes magical and unnerving, Crazy Head Space will leave you wishing for a disorder of your own!

Cast includes Jennifer Agnelli; Eddie Cooper; Lilli Cooper; Tina Jensen; Ronald Roy Johnson Jr. ; Racy Joseph; Chaz Langley; Nathaly Lopez; Lyndsey Makovsky; Rosie McGuire; Tricia Paoluccio; BranDon Porter; Brian Charles Rooney; Anica C. Scott-Garrell; Sarah Singer; Keon C. Thoulouis; Bruce Warren.

CHOICE THEATRICALS (Producer): Choice Theatricals and their partners form the theater production arm of Choice Films Inc., an independent Production Company that specializes in multi-media theatrical productions as well as independent feature films for worldwide distribution. Established in 2001, Choice has produced several projects, ranging from contemporary original plays and revivals to multi-media sketch comedy shows and short films targeted for festival competitions, as well as New Works Reading Series and Gala Award Events. Recent theater production credits include: Stain, (World Premiere, Kirk Theater, Theatre Row, NYC) Safe (West Coast Premiere, Co-Production with Shoot Me Productions, El Portal Theater, Los Angles), Tune In: Multi-media Sketch Show (Caroline's on Broadyway, NYC), Between the Lines (Krider Performing Arts Center, TN), Between the Lines (Saint Clements Theater, NYC), Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Mint Theater Space, New York City), Looking for Limerance (Trilogy Theater, NYC), Love Angst and the Way In (78th Street Theater Lab, NYC), Doll Play (34th Annual Samuel French Short-Play Festival). Choice is the lead producer for the upcoming new rock musical, Crazy Head Space. Choice Films has partnered with Movie Ranch Entertainment and Air Sea Land Productions to develop a slate of theatrical films, including the upcoming feature film Junction, which is slated to begin principal photography winter 2009. Choice Theatricals is committed to bringing new plays to the stage and giving emerging playwrights the opportunity to realize their work with full productions that will continue to foster their artistic development. www.choicefilms.com.

T. SCHREIBER STUDIO (Associate Producer): TSS has been a creative community for actors since 1969. TSS is acknowledged as one of the foremost professional theatre studios in New York City. For four decades, TSS has been the training ground for more than 300 actors each year, many of whom have gone on to successful careers in theatre, film, and television. TSS received five awards from the Back Stage Readers Poll in 2009, including Favorite Off-Off Broadway Theatre. The Studio's high quality productions continue to reinforce a reputation for excellence among audiences and the theatrical community. Martin Denton of NYTheatre.com raves that TSS "has become one of indie theater's treasures, featuring first-class productions of classic and new plays with incomparable (and award-winning) production values." For more information, visit www.tschreiber.org.

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For immediate release:

Choice Theatricals

In association with Vital Theatre Company

present the World Premiere of

IN THE DAYLIGHT

Written by Tony Glazer, directed by John Gould Rubin

Beginning, September 8; opening, September 20, 2009

At the McGinn Cazale Theatre

New York: Choice Theatricals and in association with Vital Theatre Company will present the World Premiere of Tony Glazer’s new play, In the Daylight, directed by John Gould Rubin.  Performances will begin on Tuesday, September 8^th; opening on Sunday, September 20^th and will run through October 11th, 2009 at the McGinn Cazale Theatre (2162 Broadway, 4th floor at 76^th Street). Tickets are $35 ($30 during previews) for tickets visit www.vitaltheatre.org or call 212.579.0528

In the Daylight is a darkly comic tale about a well-known writer and his homecoming to a family he has been avoiding for many years.   As the play unfolds we discover the true reasons for his extended absence and the dark secrets his family has been keeping.

Cast includes Sharon Maguire (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Tartuffe (at The Pearl), Ashley Austin Morris (“The Electric Company,” “Ugly Betty,” Paper Dolls) Jay Patterson (“Murder, She Wrote,” “Touched by an Angel; All the King’s Men) Concetta Tomei (Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead; View From the Top, “Weeds,” “7^th Heaven,” “King of Queens”), and Joe Urla (“Miami Vice,” “Law & Order,” “Home Improvement,” “Seinfeld,” “The Wire”)

Tony Glazer’s last play STAIN was recently published by Samuel French after a well-received production in New York. Variety called STAIN "Hilariously revolting…snappily written. Multi-layered characters that get your attention. Glazer's plays will continue to be worth watching.” "Trenchant humor and contemporary sensibility. The writing reaches the right level of honesty heightened by theatricality. Compared to August: Osage County, Tony Glazer's new play Stain is [its] younger, hungrier cousin." Backstage, “Stain, which revels in shocking surprise, plays like a hip, drawn-out version of the film Chinatown." Edge

Press nights are: Thursday, September 17 at 8PM; Friday, September 18 at 8PM; Saturday, September 19 at 4PM/8PM; Sunday, September 20 at 7PM (opening night).

To speak with Mr. Glazer & Mr. Rubin or to arrange press seats, please contact

Springer Associates PR at 212 354 4660.

TONY GLAZER (playwright) Glazer's plays have been produced professionally in New York, Los Angeles Chicago and Canada. Stageplays include STAIN and SAFE (both published by Samuel French) as well as the plays, In the Daylight and The Substance of Bliss (both currently in development for production).  His short play, Doll Play, premiered in Samuel French’s 34^th Annual Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival this summer.  One of Glazer’s monologues was published in Smith Kraus’ Best Men’s monologues of 2003. His short stories Single White Mammal and Buster have won dual prizes in Writer's Digest's 2006 Best Short Story Competition (selected in the Top 25 as winners out of more than 9,800 submissions) and were published in Writer's Digest's 2006 Competition Collection. Glazer serves on the Advisory Council of the T. Schreiber Studio, and directed George F. Walker's play Better Living on their stage in 2006. This production received three 2007 NYIT (New York Innovative Theater) Award Nominations for excellence. Choice Films Inc. has optioned his feature film, Junction, which is currently in development and which Glazer is slated to direct (winter 2009). Tony received his BFA in Acting from Boston University and studied acting with Maggie Flanigan. Glazer is represented by Jack Tantleff at Paradigm Agency (Theatre) and Shawn Simon and Doreen Wilcox-Little at Anonymous Content. (Film/TV)  He is a member of SAG (actor and producer) and also the Dramatist Guild. Find Tony online @ www.tonyglazer.com.

JOHN GOULD RUBIN (director) was Co-Artistic and Executive Director of LAByrinth Theater Company for which he directed the premieres of Philip Roth in Khartoum; Penalties & Interest (both as part of Public/LAB at The Public Theater); STopless; The Trail of Her Inner Thigh; John Patrick Shanley's A Winter Party; (and co-created and directed:) Dreaming in Tongues; and Mémoire. He co-created and directed The Erotica Project for the NYSF; directed Trial By Water for Ma-Yi, A Taste of Honey at Playwrights Horizons; Blood in the Sink at Urban Stages; both A Matter Of Choice and NAMI for Partial Comfort; EST’s and Naked Angel’s Marathons; The Fartiste for the NY Fringe Festival (Best Musical.) He wrote (and played Ivan Boesky in)The Predators' Ball (collaborating with Karole Armitage and David Salle) for the Teatro Comunale in Florence, Italy, and at BAM's Next Wave Festival. He recently directed his first film, Almost Home for Trigger Street Independent, which appeared at The Berkshire Film Festival.   As a Producer, For LAByrinth he produced Our Lady of 121st Street (and it’s commercial production off-Broadway), and Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train at Center Stage/NY; Off-Broadway (two Drama Desk noms.); at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival (Fringe First Award); at The Donmar Warehouse; and at The Arts Theatre on the West End in London (Olivier Award nom.) Mr. Rubin has produced a tour of Macbeth with Stephen Dillane playing all the roles to the Almeida Theater in London and throughout Australia which he will bring to NY in the Spring, and will direct "Iken's Perversion" Off-Broadway in March.  As an actor, Mr. Rubin just appeared at The Public in the SPF festival - The Sacrifices and has appeared at Second Stage in John Patrick Shanley's play, Cellini, on B’way opposite Glenn Close and Gene Hackman in Death and The Maiden, under Mike Nichol's direction; in the title role of Moliere's Don Juan, at The Mark Taper Forum in L.A. under the direction of Travis Preston, for which he received the DramaLogue Award in Acting; as Jacques in John Tillinger's production of As You Like it; in Martin Crimp’s adaptation of The Misanthrope, with Uma Thurman and Roger Rees; as well as in the lead role of Mr. Crimp’s Play With Repeats, with Francis McDormand.  Mr. Rubin's Film appearances include the Spanish film by Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Frágil, The Out-of-Towners, Three Men and a Baby and Dead Again.  Television appearances include “New York News,” “Good Advice,” “Law & Order” (all versions, many times) and “The Story Behind the Story.”

CHOICE THEATRICALS (producer) and their partners form the theater production arm of Choice Films Inc., an independent production company that specializes in multi-media theatrical productions as well as independent feature films for worldwide distribution.  Established in 2001, Choice has produced several projects, ranging from contemporary original plays and revivals to multi-media sketch comedy shows and short films targeted for festival competitions, as well as New Works Reading Series and Gala Award Events. Recent theater production credits include: Stain, (World Premiere, Kirk Theater, Theatre Row, NYC) Safe (West Coast Premiere, Co-Production with Shoot Me Productions, El Portal Theater, Los Angles), Tune In: Multi-media Sketch Show (Caroline’s on Broadyway, NYC), Between the Lines (Krider Performing Arts Center, TN), Between the Lines (Saint Clements Theater, NYC), Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Mint Theater Space, New York City), Looking for Limerance (Trilogy Theater, NYC), Love Angst and the Way In (78th Street Theater Lab, NYC), Doll Play (34^th Annual Samuel French Short-Play Festival).  Choice is the lead producer for the upcoming new rock musical, Crazy Head Space. Choice Films has partnered with Movie Ranch Entertainment and Air Sea Land Productions to develop a slate of theatrical films, including the upcoming feature film Junction, which is slated to begin principal photography winter 2009.  Choice Theatricals is committed to bringing new plays to the stage and giving emerging playwrights the opportunity to realize their work with full productions that will continue to foster their artistic development. www.choicefilms.com.

VITAL THEATRE COMPANY (producer) was founded in March of 1999 with the goal of creating a safe home to nurture emerging theatre artists — and that vision has blossomed. Now in its ninth season, VITAL THEATRE COMPANY moved into its spacious new Upper West Side home at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre in November of 2004. Previously, Vital performed at our two intimate spaces on Theatre Row in midtown Manhattan. As of May 2008, Vital has mounted 34 main stage productions, 12 installments of Vital Signs New Works Festival, plus cabaret and sketch comedy. To date, 23 plays that premiered in Vital Signs have gone on to publication. Vital was commissioned by The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation to create and produce AMERICA IS MY HOME: THE IMMIGRANT JOURNEY TO AMERICA which ran on Ellis Island for seven months. VITAL CHILDREN'S THEATRE has presented 38 productions, many of them new musicals. More than 68,000 NYC students have been touched by Vital Voices, our arts in education program. VITAL THEATRE COMPANY was honored to receive two American Theatre Wing Awards for Continued Commitment to Excellence in Theatre and was also named as one of nytheatre.com's "2004 People of the Year" (yes, we're a company, but they stretched their definition...). Vital is a six-time winner of the Off-Off Broadway Review's Award for Excellence for four of our main stage productions, as well as Vital's 2001 - 2002 Children's Theatre Season and the children's piece THE BALLAD OF IRVING THE FROG… ('04). The New York Theatre Experience also named Vital Theatre Company the 2002 Theatre Company of the Year. Our audiences are growing. In our brief history, more than 102,000 people have attended a Vital production, in addition to the 28,000 who saw the AMERICA IS MY HOME on Ellis Island. Well over 3000 artists have participated in one of our shows, creating a vibrant and ever-increasing community at Vital. In September 2007 VITAL THEATRE COMPANY became a lead partner in Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Vital teaching artists are integrating theatre arts into the humanities curriculum in an effort to jumpstart academic progress.

OPENING NIGHT PARTY @ ANGUS MCINDOE, NYC

Scott C. Embler, Summer Crockett Moore, Tony Glazer

Jim O'Connor, Summer Crocket Moore, Karina Arroyave

Cast and Crew of STAIN

Jim O'Connor & Tobias Segal

Summer Crockett Moore & Joanna Bayless