The first seven minutes of "The Invincible Ecksteins"



THE INVINCIBLE ECKSTEINS
An ACME Acting Lab Production

Premiere: July 30, 2006
Screenings: August 4 and 5, 2006

Written and directed by ROBERT CUCUZZA

Starring
KELSEY BACON as Ruthie
PATRICK DALY as Max
BRITT GENELIN as Esther
KELLY SHARP as Miriam
GRAHAM YORK as Mortimer
and MARGARET CHAMPAGNE as ATM Girl

Director of Photography • TILL NEUMANN
1st Assistant Director • ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT
Costume Designer • LEE HARPER
Theatrical Lighting • RICK MARTIN
Sound Mixer/Boom • KEN JACKSON
1st Assistant Camera • KATIE DAINSON
Gaffer/Grip • JUSTIN McCORMICK
Gaffer/Grip • FRED DAVIS
Prod. Assistant • REGINA BETANCOURT
Editor • ROBERT CUCUZZA

Additional Dialogue and Lyrics:
Kelsey Bacon, Margaret Champagne,
Patrick Daly, Britt Genelin,
Kelly Sharp and Graham York

THANKS:
Dan Sharnoff, Emily Alpren, Carmine Covelli, Heather Suran, Salvatore Interlandi, Adam McClelland, Stephanie Cooper, Loren Larsen, Jenny B and Vin Scelsa.

...AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Brian Barnhart and Randy Sharp of Axis Company.

Filmed at Axis Theatre, NYC

Running time: 56 minutes

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Graham Dickson, Kelsey Bacon, Kelly Sharp, Britt Genelin
  BACKGROUND
"The Invincible Ecksteins" was created as part of an ACME Acting Lab “Film Lab.” The actors and their screenwriter/director began meeting in February 2006 to create characters and develop a story. The film was shot over four days in May and premiered in July. Although the text was written by the screenwriter, many of the ideas, dialogue and story arcs came from each of the actors.