POLITE APOCALYPSE

Equally Represented Arts

presents an ERA film by Lucy Cashion

Starring

Will Bonfiglio, Maggie Conroy, Reggie Pierre, Rachel Tibbetts

Featuring

Cara Barresi, Paige Brubeck, Francesca Ferrari, Jakob Hultén, Ryan Lawson-Maeske, Alicen Moser, Kristen Strom, Evan Sult, Joe Taylor, Pete Winfrey

Original Songs

written and performed by Sleepy Kitty

Design

Costume Design by Meredith LaBounty

Production Design by Sleepy Kitty

Executive Producer: ERA

Associate Producers: Paige Brubeck & Evan Sult for Sleepy Kitty

Associate Producers: Miranda Jagels Félix & Spencer Lawton for ERA

Produced by Will Bonfiglio & Lucy Cashion for ERA

Editor

Brian McClelland for Blip Blap Video

Directors

Director of Photography: Brian McClelland

Directed by Lucy Cashion

Written

by Lucy Cashion

Screening

A first-cut screening of the film produced with support from the Regional Arts Commission.

POLITE APOCALYPSE is an experimental film that stitches together three long form music videos into a surreal narrative about a New Year's Eve party during the end of the world. The movie features three Sleepy Kitty songs: 'New Job Debbie' 'Blessing/Curse,' and 'Bigger Picture,' and the entire film grows out of these tracks.

Throughout months of workshopping, the creative ensemble, which included the entire cast, found inspiration for the world of the film in pre-Bolshevik literature. POLITE APOCALYPSE is a dreamlike, cinematic collage of Dostoevsky's THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV and Chekhov's PLATONOV.

min 8_22 Misha & Marina's Confession in The Dark Room thru the Blessing Curse Dance Scene.

Credits

First Assistant Director... KRISTEN STROM
Second Assistant Director................ MIRANDA JAGELS FELIX

Full Cast/Character List
Marina Trizolovna.......... CARA BARRESI
Andrei Prozorov.......... WILL BONFIGLIO
Alex, the lounge singer... PAIGE BRUBECK
Tati, the servant............... LUCY CASHION
Sophia Karamozovna.... MAGGIE CONROY
Katya Baryshnikovna... FRANCESCA FERRARI
Jakov Triletsky.................. JAKOB HULTEN
Sergei Popov....... RYAN LAWSON-MAESKE
Sasha Pavlovna.................. ALICEN MOSER
Misha Karamazov.............. REGGIE PIERRE
Diana Popovna.............. KRISTEN STROM
Osip, the elevator boy............. EVAN SULT
Soren Trizalov.......... JOE TAYLOR
Masha Volkovna.......... RACHEL TIBBETTS
Peter, the Monk............... PETE WINFREY

Choreographer... RYAN LAWSON-MAESKE

Art Director & Set Decorators... PAIGE BRUBECK & EVAN SULT for SLEEPY KITTY

Script Supervisor.. MIRANDA JAGELS FELIX

Production Sound Mixer... TAZU MARSHALL

Additional Production Sound Mixing... SUZIE GILB

Boom Operator................ TAZU MARSHALL

Gaffer....................................... ERIK KUHN

Set Dressers & Designers... PAIGE BRUBECK & EVAN SULT

Key Costumer...... MEREDITH LABOUNTY

Assistants to Director/Producers... MORGAN SCHINDLER, JACK RIMAR

Production Assistants... MIRANDA JAGELS FELIX, MONA SABAU

Re-recording Engineer.......... SAM GOLDEN

Musicians.... CODY HENRY, JOE TAYLOR

Original Songs by............... SLEEPY KITTY

Songs.......... 'NEW JOB DEBBIE,' 'BLESSING/CURSE,' and 'BIGGER PICTURE'

'Blessing/Curse' Recorded and Mixed by.......... PETER LARKIN at LIGHT HOUSE

'New Job Debbie' and 'Bigger Picture' Recorded and Mixed by... CARTER MCKEE at SUBURBAN PRO STUDIOS

BLESSING/CURSE Album Music Publishers.......... ROUGH DRAUGHTSMAN AND BROOKLYN CHROME

With support from the Regional Arts Commission