Project Synopsis: When a stranger shows up at Warren’s door to escape the heat, it soon becomes clear he is definitely not waiting for a tow.
Project Purpose: This film plays on common negative beliefs as they relate to gay men — that they’re indiscriminate sexual predators and that their gayness might be contagious — only to subvert them by depicting a queer man being a fiercely protective parent.
CHISA HUTCHINSON (producer, writer and director):: Chisa Hutchinson (B.A. Vassar College; M.F.A NYU - TSoA) has presented her plays, which include She Like Girls, Somebody’s Daughter, Surely Goodness & Mercy, Whitelisted and Dead & Breathing at such venues as Alley Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, Contemporary American Theater Fest, the National Black Theatre, Second Stage, and Arch 468 in London. Her radio drama, Proof of Love, can be found on Audible (with a boss rating). She’s been a New Dramatist, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a Lark Fellow, a Humanitas Fellow, a NeoFuturist, and a staff writer for the Blue Man Group. Chisa has also won a GLAAD Award, a Lilly Award, two New York Innovative Theatre Awards, a Helen Merrill Award, and the Lanford Wilson Award for her work in theater. Lately, she’s been venturing into film and television. She’s been staffed on two television series—Three Women (Starz) and Tell Me Lies (Hulu)— and is just getting back to work on her pan-African heist film with SuperSpecial as well as her biopic for Gosnell Duncan, the paraplegic, Grenadian immigrant who invented the modern silicone dildo. Her first original feature, THE SUBJECT, in which a white documentarian deals with the moral fallout from exploiting the death of a black teen, is available on various VOD platforms after a successful film festival circuit during which it won over 30 prizes. http://www.chisahutchinson.com/
BRIAN MCMANAMON (producer, actor playing DAVID):: As an actor, Brian is best known for his portrayal of the shape-shifting DC Comics villain Clayface on the FOX television show Gotham. On stage, Brian has appeared in dozens of world-premiere productions in New York and at regional theaters around the country and abroad. Film credits: The Subject (opposite Jason Biggs), The Path, Seeking: Jack Tripper, I am a Big Ball of Sadness... TV: Gotham, FBI: Most Wanted, American Horror Story, Succession, and Gossip Girl. Brian holds a BFA in acting from Boston University and an MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama. http://www.brianmcmanamon.com
