What if you rediscovered the script you wrote when you were 12? And what if you performed it with real actors, without changing a word?
In Michelle Iannantuono’s First Drafts: The Outcasts, actors including Iannantuono, Maddox-Julien Slide, Evan Michael Pearce, Gregory Howard Jr., LG Wylie, JJ Schaeffer, Anna Lin and Michael James Daly do exactly that, bringing these hilariously bad childhood tales to life, while the teacher — Michael Smallwood — reacts to it all.
Iannantuono wrote, “In the most unique film you’ll see all year, First Drafts: The Outcasts, witness the earnest-yet-cringe rebirth of my very first screenplay. From the unhinged team behind Livescreamers, this comedy experiment was simple: dig up the script I wrote when I was 12, hire the best actors I knew to read it cold — no rehearsals, no dialogue changes, just raw reactions — and add in one Michael Smallwood for commentary along the way. This trailer is just a taste of every baffling line, sudden plot twist, and ounce of pre-teen masterwork within First Drafts: The Outcasts. This one is for everyone who has ever looked back at their early work and wondered, “What the heck was I thinking?” Or, if you like The Room as much as I do…maybe this one is also for you. The best news? You can watch it right now! Visit http://octopunx.tv and see the madness for yourself.”
This may be funnier for you if you were a theater kid, but as it is, it’s pretty amusing. It’s definitely a unique idea and I’d like to see even more of these.