Join us for a screening of D(e)ad by Isabella Roland, an independent autobiographical self-funded feature-length dark comedy. Get your ticket here!
Synopsis
Tillie (Isabella Roland), a floundering young woman and her charismatic, alcoholic father (Craig Bierko), struggle to resolve their fractured relationship in the weirdest possible way: after he dies, his ghost appears in mirrors to haunt everyone in the family but Tillie. Tillie’s sister, Violet (Vic Michaelis), mother (Claudia Lonow), grandparents (Mark Lonow and Joanne Astrow), stepfather (Jonathan Schmock), and even Violet’s free-spirited baby daddy (Nick Marini), must do everything they can to make Tillie see her father… even employing a very reform rabbi (Eddie Peppitone) to exorcize him… or else they will be plagued by this ghost forever.
About the film
What do you get when you have three generations of comedians in on family, and someone dies? If you guessed an independent autobiographical self-funded feature-length dark comedy, you’d be absolutely right. D(e)AD is written by and starring Isabella Roland (Dropout.tv, Sex Lives Of College Girls); and directed by and starring Isabella’s mom, Claudia Lonow (creator/show-runner of How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, Accidentally on Purpose, Good Girls Don’t and Rude Awakening); and also the rest of their family.
Website: https://www.deadthefilm.com/
Trailer: https://youtu.be/SKmkHP9IUcs?si=SVx34qxrYVhmZoGt
Language/Genre: English / Dark Comedy
Cast:
Tillie - Isabella Roland
Daniel - Craig Bierko
Frankie - Claudia Lonow
Violet - Vic Michaelis
Carl - Jonathan Schmock
Eric - Nick Marini
Owen - Brennan Lee Mulligan
Renee - Joanne Astrow
Harris - Mark Lonow
Rabbi Barry - Eddie Pepitone
Doctor - Zac Oyama
Young Tillie - Winslow Schwartzman
Accessibility note: This venue is wheelchair-accessible and has access to two gender-neutral restrooms.
written by Isabella Roland / directed by Claudia Lonow / produced by Erin Dellorso and Julianne Dowler
Cinematography AJ Young / Edited by Jacquelyn Le
Executive producers: Isabella Roland, Claudia Lonow, Jonathan Schmock, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Mark Lonow, JoAnne Astrow