About the Film
A heartwarming dramatic short film about not giving up on the things you love.
After losing his job and his girlfriend, Calen returns home ready to give up on his passion for acting; when his father shares with him some helpful advice. Life is too short to give up on the things that make us happy.
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Community Theater is currently in the film festival circuit and has not been publicly released.
The Director's Statement
Everyone has dreams when we are younger. Most of those dreams don't go anywhere, even if we try to achieve them. It's never too late to try. If you love what you do, never give it up. Maybe one day, you can achieve those dreams.
Community Theater is designed to be a pilot for a web series about putting on a Community Theater show and to keep doing what we love even when our dreams don't come true. It's about accepting who we are, and doing what we love.
The Filmmakers
The Director
Rick Reischman has been acting since High School. Starting out on stage, he recently has branched out into film. Writing and producing his own short films as well as acting. This is only the 3rd time in the director's chair.
The Cinematographer / Editor
Thomas Tulak (Hook, Cheers) is known as Too Small, the youngest lost boy in Steven Spielberg's Hook.
Thomas studied film & video production at the Art Institute of California, and began filmmaking in 2009. Several of Thomas' short films have been nominated for, and won awards in various film festivals.
Thomas is an editor, compositor, and cinematographer on the in-house video production team at Knott's Berry Farm.
His directorial credits include 1 feature, over 20 short films, and three web series, one of which has over 300 episodes.