Starring Emmy Winner and Tony Nominated actor Penny Fuller, this short film is about
Lenore McDowell, a veteran of WWI. She is being interviewed by her
granddaughter, Laura, about her experiences during the war as an Army
Nurse. Lenore reveals a dramatic and deeply personal part of her life
during her time “over there” that she has never shared before.
13:24 / 2023
Sunday - June 30th, Documentary Shorts Block 13 RI 4:30PM
CAST & CREW
Penny Fuller - As LENORE MCDOWELL
Penny Fuller’s latest Broadway appearances were in the 2017 revival of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE and ANASTASIA. Her Broadway career began starring in BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, then three Shakespeare-in-the-Park productions, and the musicals CABARET and REX (Drama Desk nomination), and APPLAUSE (Tony nomination), and AMERICAN DAUGHTER, Horton Foote’s DIVIDING THE ESTATE and Neil Simon’s DINNER PARTY, Tony nomination. She spent time in California where her television work garnered her six Emmy nominations, winning the Emmy for THE ELEPHANT MAN. She appeared in two films: ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, and THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES. She also helped found two theater companies focusing mainly on the classics. In 2001 she met composer, lyricist, playwright, Barry Kleinbort, and with him embarked on another creative phase: cabaret artist in New York clubs and theaters. They taught musical performance together at the O’Neill Foundation. Their most recent collaboration is a solo musical which he created for her: THIRTEEN THINGS ABOUT ED CARPOLOTTI from the play by Jeffrey Hatcher. Her latest film has just been released: STRAWBERRY MANSION
Nicole Roberts - AS LAURA
Nicole
Roberts - SAG-AFTRA Northwestern University, Theatre Nicole has been a
commercial voiceover artist for the past 25 years. She has been heard
on various national and regional television and radio ads, including
commercials for Aquafresh, GameBoy, Huggies, Nivea, Dell, Toys R Us,
Dunkin' Donuts, Red Lobster, Aetna, and Quaker Oats, to name a few. In
addition to several audio books, and narrations for corporate industrial
videos, Nicole provided the voice for spoof commercials on the final
season of “Late Show With David Letterman".
Bob Celli - DIRECTOR / WRITER / PRODUCER
Bob
Celli is an award winning actor/writer/director and a proud member of
SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Bob recently co-stared on CITY ON A HILL, FBI:MOST WANTED, THE BLACKLIST and was a
guest star on GOTHAM. He appeared on The ONION NEWS NETWORK, As The
World Turns, and Going Home. He was in the original cast of Circle, a
play based on Arthur Schnitzler's, Le Ronde.Circle
was the recipient of the OOBR Award for best Ensemble Cast. Bob also
appeared in the play Down Range. A play dealing with how military
spouses face ond oevrcome repeated deployments. Bob is currently
developing the script into a feature film. Directing credits include
Going Home, Figs For Italo, and Brooklyn In July, and The Keeper.
Laura Delano - PRODUCER / WRITER
Laura Delano has produced three films with DelanoCelli Productions, Figs for Italo Brooklyn in July and The Keeper and co produced one with DC/Jouve Productions, Going Home. She has also produced several plays, both original works and revivals, for Off-Off Broadway and co produced with JMTC and Horse Trade Theater the acclaimed Off-Broadway hit, Circle, by Suzanne Bachner. Before working as an actor and then jumping behind the scenes as a producer she was a professional modern dancer. She performed nationally and internationally with the Kenneth Rinker Dance Company, The Bertram Ross Dance Company, Rudy Perez Dance Theater, and The Valerie Bettis Dance Company as well as other NYC based dance companies. She appeared in several films including Fame The Warriors Stardust Memories and The Chosen. She has closely collaborated on and edited many scripts but My Over There is her first co-writing credit.
KEN KOTOWSKI - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Born and raised in New Jersey, I served four years in the USAF prior to enrolling in college at William Paterson University where I received my BA in Communications with a concentration in Media Production. I discovered my calling as a Cinematographer while in college and worked as a Director of Photography on my first feature length project the summer after graduation. I received my MFA in Media Production / Cinematography from CUNY City College of New York. Since then I have been working steadily as a freelance Cinematographer.With hundreds of commercials, dozens of short films, music videos, and documentaries, as well as several feature length projects under my belt, I have gained a diverse portfolio and a reputation for being able to shoot anything that comes my way.I currently have two short films doing the festival roundS. I’m employed full time as a Lighting Director at MSNBC.
SARAH ANN RODGERS - CO-PRODUCER
Sarah-Ann Rodgers is a NYC-based stage, film & TV actor who has appeared in 16 seasons of
SNL and numerous feature and independent films. As producer, she has provided The Players,
NYC’s renowned private social club for people of the theater and patrons of the arts, with variety
shows, staged readings and an art exhibition. AEA • SAG-AFTRA.
ROBERT O ' HAIRE - SOUND
Robert O'Haire started out as a child and began to record sounds soon thereafter.
Patrick Hogan - SOUND Editor
Patrick is an Emmy Nominated Sound Supervisor. Along with working as a writer/director, Patrick is a highly
accomplished supervising sound editor with more than 100 television
shows and movies to his credit. He's earned 9 Emmy nominations and 3
Golden Reel Awards for his work on such shows as HBO's "Six Feet Under"
Fox's "Family Guy" and the Netflix hits "Cobra Kai" and "Umbrella
Academy."
DAVE ANSON - COMPOSER
An award winning composer hailing from
The Lake District, England. Dave has been working in the Film & TV
industry as a composer for the last decade, excelling in all branches of
music for the moving image. Working on feature
films, and short films alike, providing award winning scores, while
developing a vast palette of genres and styles to call upon.
Dave is recognized for his work in
dramatic action scores (Now Hiring, ELITE), and broadcast music for
sports (NFL, NBA, PGA), taking home awards and thriving in all styles
and genres. An Alumni of Music Production at Leeds
Conservatoire, and owner of Glass Sound Studios, Dave understands what
it takes to create an industry level score and mix.
Over the last decade, Dave has worked
with industry topping clients such as BBC, Channel4, CBS, NBC, Fox, NFL
Network, Sky, ESPN and many more, including audio re-brands for major
networks and companies.