Saturday, January 12, 2008

The Cast

Milk River Film presents

a film by tony gallucci
starring Peter Navarra and Graham Douglass

Diogenes/Dionysus

Cast

Melissa – Lillian Beaudoin

young Colt -- Chris Brown

young Will -- Derek Brown

Blake – Lauren Brown

Rory – Tyler Brown

Skier II -- Connor Burney

The Ski Boat Driver -- Roy Burney

Skier I – Windham Burney

Blake’s Mom -- Marie Cearley

young Katy – Faith Danielson

Brent – Taylor Danielson

Colt -- Graham Douglass

Austin – John Ferguson

Sarah -- Sloan Frierson

The River -- The Guadalupe

Jamie – Cadi Hawkins

Eddie – Joseph Hinkle

Dusty – Aaron Hutto

Tyler – Ryan King

Mildred -- Mildred the Peruvian Mountain Coatimundi

Hunter – Chris McCrae

Will -- Peter Navarra

John – John Northcutt

Jason – Connor O’Quinn

Micah – Jonah Priour

Mrs. Bennett -- Holly Riedel

The Songwriter -- Myles Smith

Cherry-red Car Driver – John Spencer

Officer Sam -- Chris Valentine

Officer Vance -- Leaman Valentine

Shelby – Summer White

Katy – Whitney Wilson

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Graham Douglass plays Colt, one of the central figures in D&D. He was a Kerrville Tivy High School senior when filming began and is now a theatre major at Syracuse University. He has already had an award-winning career on the stage, including starring roles in Cabaret, Anything Goes, Big River, and Peter Pan.
Graham’s bio page

Peter Navarra plays the other central character, Will. He was a sophomore at Our Lady of the Hills High School when we began, and has just recently been accepted to Rice University, where he plans to study aerospace engineering.
Peter’s bio page

Lillian Beaudoin plays the part of Melissa, Colt's girlfriend. When we started this project she was a junior at Ingram Tom Moore High School. She's now a freshman in the Tisch School for the Arts at New York University.

Lillian’s bio page

Whitney Wilson plays the part of Katy in D&D. She was a junior at Ingram Tom Moore High School at the time we began filming. She is now a freshman at the University of North Texas majoring in musical theatre.

Whitney’s bio page

Lauren Brown plays Blake. She was a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School when filming began, and is now a sophomore at Texas Tech University majoring in education.

Lauren’s bio page

Connor O'Quinn plays Jason in D&D. He started with us as a sophomore at Ingram Tom Moore High School. He is now a senior. He spends a lot of time on the surf at North Padre Island.

Connor’s bio page

Taylor Danielson plays the part of Brent, and has stood in for Hunter. When we started this project he was at Ingram Middle School. He's now a sophomore at Ingram Tom Moore High School and is a member of the ITM Thespian Troupe.

Taylor’s bio page

Chris McCrae plays the part of Hunter, and stood in for Will on a shoot. He's relatively new to the area, and first joined the cast of D&D in January 2007. He's a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School, and hopes to enter the University of Texas at Austin next fall.

Chris’s bio page

Cadi Hawkins plays Jamie. She was a sophomore at Ingram Tom Moore High School when we began filming, and is now a senior. She is leaning toward attending Emerson to major in theatre.

Cadi’s bio page

Tyler Brown plays Rory in the film. He was a freshman when filming began for D&D. Tyler is now a junior at Ingram Tom Moore High School where he anchors the basketball team.

Tyler’s bio page

Aaron Hutto plays Dusty in the film. He recently had the lead role in the Guadalupe Stage Quartet's debut performance of Lend Me A Tenor, and is well known for his performance as Monsieur Thenardier in ITM’s production of Les Miserables as well as his roles inMacbeth and The Crucible. He started his D&D career as a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School, and now works as a fencer and apprentice butcher.

Aaron’s bio page

John Ferguson plays Austin. John was a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School while filming his scenes for D&D. He is now a sophomore at Texas State University in San Marcos.

John’s bio page

Ryan King plays Tyler. Ryan was a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School during early filming, and is now a sophomore at Texas State University. He had a starring role in ITM’s Les Miserables. He is an aspiring singer/songwriter.

Ryan’s bio page

Jonah Priour plays Micah. He was a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School when we filmed the scene he appears in. He starred in several shows for ITM including Les Miserables, Macbeth, The Crucible and Persephone. Jonah is now a sophomore at Harvard University.

Jonah’s bio page

Sloan Frierson plays Sarah. She is now an eighth-grader at Ingram Middle School.

Sloan’s bio page

Joseph Hinkle plays the part of Eddie in the film. He was just a sophomore at Our Lady of the Hills High School when we began filming, and this spring he is preparing to graduate.

Joseph’s bio page

Leaman Valentine plays the role of Officer Vance in the film. He is a graduate of Kerrville Tivy High School, and recently played, to great accalaim, the role of Stanley in The Point Theatre’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Leaman’s a part of the tech crew for this film as well.

Leaman’s bio page

Chris Valentine plays the role of Officer Sam. He is a graduate of Kerrville Tivy High School like his brother Leaman. Chris choreographs fight scenes and acrobatics for theatres around Texas. He’s also a part of the tech crew for this film.

Chris’s bio page

Holly Riedel plays the part of Mrs. Bennett, a teacher. She is head of the Theatre Department and Thespian Sponsor at Ingram Tom Moore High School. She is also the Executive Producer of D&D. She has starred in a number of area productions including The Lion in Winter, The Crucible, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and directed production for ITM including One-Act Play competition pieces and shows for the ITM Thespians, most recently The Taming of the Shrew.

Holly’s bio page

Marie Cearley plays the part of Blake’s Mom. She is a theatre and English teacher at Ingram Tom Moore High School, and directs shows for the ITM Thespians, including recent dynamite productions of Vanities and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Marie recently starred as Julia in the Guadalupe Stage Quartet’s debut production of Lend Me A Tenor. She’s retired from a career teaching theatre in New Mexico High Schools, and is a fantastic cook.

Marie’s bio page

John Spencer drives his gorgeous cherry red 1939 Ford Cabriolet in the film. John travels the country with his collection of vintage cars appearing in numerous films. He is also an actor himself, playing a cameo role in The Point Theatre’s Cabaret. He will be appearing in several upcoming films.

John’s bio page

Summer White plays Shelby in the film. She was a junior at Ingram Tom Moore High School during the filming of her scene. Summer is now a freshman at Howard Payne University majoring in education

Summer’s bio page

John Northcutt play the role of John. He was a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School when we filmed his scene. He worked tech on several ITM shows.

John’s bio page

Roy Burney is the ski boat driver. Roy is the founding father of the Guadalupe Stage Quartet, is an accomplished director, award-winning stage actor and appeared in several films. He passed away of cancer in August 2006.

Roy’s bio page

Wyndham Burney is skier I in the film. He is the son of Roy Burney, and is currently a freshman football star at Kerrville Tivy High School. During filming he was in seventh-grade at Peterson Middle School.

Wyndham’s bio page

Connor Burney is skier II. He is the son of Roy Burney, and is currently an eighth-grade football star at Peterson Middle School. He was a sixth-grader at B.T. Wilson Upper Elementary School during filming.

Connor’s bio page

Mildred plays herself in the film. She is a Peruvian Mountain Coatimundi belonging to Rio Vista and was hand-raised by director Tony Gallucci. She was a year old during filming.

Mildred’s picture page

The Car is John Spencer’s 1939 Ford Cabriolet. This beautiful cherry-red coupe was named the “World’s Most Beautiful Car”.

picture page

The River is played by our backyard beauty – the Guadalupe River. At times serene, at others a monster – prone to massive flash floods it kills on a near annual basis -- n D&D it represents both of those characteristics, as well as the passage of time and the changing of the seasons. It is the quintessential Texas Hill Country River in the heart of Texas’ most scenic setting.

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Tony Gallucci, Producer, Director and Cinematographer teaches theatre, film and music to disenfranchised childrem. He's the owner of Milk River Film, which produces documentaries and theatre and music videos. D&D is MRF’s first feature film. Tony is a former head soccer coach and teacher at several Texas high schools and universities, including Tivy High School, Schreiner Uinversity and Texas A&M University.

email ~ milkriverblog ~ tony’s bio page
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Leaman Valentine, Lights and Sound, is a Tivy High School graduate and an accomplished actor, having recently starred as Stanley in The Point Theatre's production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Leaman also plays the role of a cop in D&D.

Leaman’s bio page

Chris Valentine, Lights and Sound, is a Tivy High School graduate and is best known in our neck of the woods as a fight choreographer and master with the sword. He works with rehabilitation of kids in serious trouble. He also plays the role of a policeman in D&D.

Chris’s bio page

Charles Bryant, Second Camera, began working with Milk River Film in the Fall of 2006 on the documentary The Extra Mile as a sophomore at Schreiner University. He has enrolled in the Theatre Department at St. Edward's University in Austin beginning in the Fall 2007.

Charles’s bio page

Holly Riedel, Executive Producer, is a theatre teacher at Ingram Tom Moore High School. She is an award-winning actress with multiple stage and film roles.

Holly’s bio page

. . . calendar . . .

4 February 2007
Filming scene 59
Ingram Dam Lake
Ingram, Texas

7 January 2007
Filming scenes 28 and 42a
Canyon Springs Ranch
Hunt, Texas

28 November 2004
Filming scene 33
Rio Vista
Ingram, Texas

21 November 2004
Filming scene 19
Guadalupe Park, UGRA Lake
Kerrville, Texas

17 October 2004
Filming scenes 10, 14, 27, 36, 39, 43, 44
Ingram Dam Lake and
Guadalupe River South Fork and
Kerrville residence
Kerrville, Ingram and Hunt, Texas

3 October 2004
Filming scenics 34
The Point Theatre and
Guadalupe River South Fork and
Ingram and Hunt, Texas

26 September 2004
Filming scenes 32, 33
Rio Vista
Ingram, Texas

12 September 2004
Filming scenes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 24, 40, 62, 64
The Point Theatre
Ingram Dam Lake
Ingram, Texas

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Saturday, January 12, 2008

The Cast

Milk River Film presents

a film by tony galluccistarring Peter Navarra and Graham Douglass

Diogenes/Dionysus

Cast

About Milk River Film

. . . the people . . .

the cast

Peter Navarra plays the other central character, Will. He was a sophomore at Our Lady of the Hills High School when we began, and has just recently been accepted to Rice University, where he plans to study aerospace engineering. Peter’s bio page

Lillian Beaudoin plays the part of Melissa, Colt's girlfriend. When we started this project she was a junior at Ingram Tom Moore High School. She's now a freshman in the Tisch School for the Arts at New York University. Lillian’s bio page

Whitney Wilson plays the part of Katy in D&D. She was a junior at Ingram Tom Moore High School at the time we began filming. She is now a freshman at the University of North Texas majoring in musical theatre. Whitney’s bio page

Lauren Brown plays Blake. She was a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School when filming began, and is now a sophomore at Texas Tech University majoring in education. Lauren’s bio page

Connor O'Quinn plays Jason in D&D. He started with us as a sophomore at Ingram Tom Moore High School. He is now a senior. He spends a lot of time on the surf at North Padre Island. Connor’s bio page

Taylor Danielson plays the part of Brent, and has stood in for Hunter. When we started this project he was at Ingram Middle School. He's now a sophomore at Ingram Tom Moore High School and is a member of the ITM Thespian Troupe. Taylor’s bio page

Chris McCrae plays the part of Hunter, and stood in for Will on a shoot. He's relatively new to the area, and first joined the cast of D&D in January 2007. He's a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School, and hopes to enter the University of Texas at Austin next fall. Chris’s bio page

Cadi Hawkins plays Jamie. She was a sophomore at Ingram Tom Moore High School when we began filming, and is now a senior. She is leaning toward attending Emerson to major in theatre. Cadi’s bio page

Tyler Brown plays Rory in the film. He was a freshman when filming began for D&D. Tyler is now a junior at Ingram Tom Moore High School where he anchors the basketball team. Tyler’s bio page

John Ferguson plays Austin. John was a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School while filming his scenes for D&D. He is now a sophomore at Texas State University in San Marcos. John’s bio page

Ryan King plays Tyler. Ryan was a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School during early filming, and is now a sophomore at Texas State University. He had a starring role in ITM’s Les Miserables. He is an aspiring singer/songwriter. Ryan’s bio page

Jonah Priour plays Micah. He was a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School when we filmed the scene he appears in. He starred in several shows for ITM including Les Miserables, Macbeth, The Crucible and Persephone. Jonah is now a sophomore at Harvard University. Jonah’s bio page

Sloan Frierson plays Sarah. She is now an eighth-grader at Ingram Middle School. Sloan’s bio page

Joseph Hinkle plays the part of Eddie in the film. He was just a sophomore at Our Lady of the Hills High School when we began filming, and this spring he is preparing to graduate. Joseph’s bio page

Chris Valentine plays the role of Officer Sam. He is a graduate of Kerrville Tivy High School like his brother Leaman. Chris choreographs fight scenes and acrobatics for theatres around Texas. He’s also a part of the tech crew for this film. Chris’s bio page

Summer White plays Shelby in the film. She was a junior at Ingram Tom Moore High School during the filming of her scene. Summer is now a freshman at Howard Payne University majoring in education Summer’s bio page

John Northcutt play the role of John. He was a senior at Ingram Tom Moore High School when we filmed his scene. He worked tech on several ITM shows. John’s bio page

Roy Burney is the ski boat driver. Roy is the founding father of the Guadalupe Stage Quartet, is an accomplished director, award-winning stage actor and appeared in several films. He passed away of cancer in August 2006. Roy’s bio page

Wyndham Burney is skier I in the film. He is the son of Roy Burney, and is currently a freshman football star at Kerrville Tivy High School. During filming he was in seventh-grade at Peterson Middle School. Wyndham’s bio page

Connor Burney is skier II. He is the son of Roy Burney, and is currently an eighth-grade football star at Peterson Middle School. He was a sixth-grader at B.T. Wilson Upper Elementary School during filming. Connor’s bio page

Mildred plays herself in the film. She is a Peruvian Mountain Coatimundi belonging to Rio Vista and was hand-raised by director Tony Gallucci. She was a year old during filming. Mildred’s picture page

The Car is John Spencer’s 1939 Ford Cabriolet. This beautiful cherry-red coupe was named the “World’s Most Beautiful Car”. picture page

the director

the crew

Leaman Valentine, Lights and Sound, is a Tivy High School graduate and an accomplished actor, having recently starred as Stanley in The Point Theatre's production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Leaman also plays the role of a cop in D&D. Leaman’s bio page

Chris Valentine, Lights and Sound, is a Tivy High School graduate and is best known in our neck of the woods as a fight choreographer and master with the sword. He works with rehabilitation of kids in serious trouble. He also plays the role of a policeman in D&D. Chris’s bio page

Charles Bryant, Second Camera, began working with Milk River Film in the Fall of 2006 on the documentary The Extra Mile as a sophomore at Schreiner University. He has enrolled in the Theatre Department at St. Edward's University in Austin beginning in the Fall 2007. Charles’s bio page

the support

Holly Riedel, Executive Producer, is a theatre teacher at Ingram Tom Moore High School. She is an award-winning actress with multiple stage and film roles. Holly’s bio page