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The Green Room Series

Co-workers and weed come together in an LA Dispensary. Welcome to The Green Room, a comedy Joint.

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The Green Room Series

The Green Room Series

The Green Room Series

The Green Room Series

The Green Room Series

Co-workers and weed come together in an LA Dispensary. Welcome to The Green Room, a comedy Joint.

Co-workers and weed come together in an LA Dispensary. Welcome to The Green Room, a comedy Joint.

Co-workers and weed come together in an LA Dispensary. Welcome to The Green Room, a comedy Joint.

Co-workers and weed come together in an LA Dispensary. Welcome to The Green Room, a comedy Joint.

Elizabeth Henderson
Elizabeth Henderson
Elizabeth Henderson
Elizabeth Henderson
2 Campaigns |
Los Angeles, United States
$2,250 USD 48 backers
22% of $10,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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ABOUT OUR SHOW

THE GREEN ROOM is a scripted comedy series about the ins and outs of a medical marijuana dispensary in Hollywood, CA. Mostly focusing on the staff of the dispensary, their day to day shenanigans and inadvertently educating the audience through comedy ;) Our goal is to break the stigma of medical marijuana. 

Raffi and Anoush Bagdahesian (pictured on the far right top and bottom), are brother and sister from Armenia who inherited family money and opened The Green Room in Los Angeles, CA with little history in business or how to succeed in it. Patrick Jason (center picture) is the newbie. From the Midwest and with the Green Room facing constant bankruptcy and raids, Patrick’s green thumb and sane perspective may be the Green Room’s last hope.

The Green Room is a 2 year passion project for our production company, Dancing Silly Productions, and we're finally ready to shoot! Dancing Silly Productions has always tackled taboo subjects, from our first award-winning feature 'Suicide is Easy' about ...suicide, to a feature entirely shot in subjective camera. So, it only makes sense that our next project would be about Cannabis.

THE CAST

          Danielle Montezinos                 Sarah Newton                  Stew Harman-Mart

          Andre Bello-Jones                       Nico Fragoso                     Polet LaMiroite 

                                           Kevin Michael Shiley (center picture)
We've never worked with a more professional, passionate group of actors that generally like and enjoy spending time together. Absolute professionals with the biggest hearts.  Their respect for each other and their craft shines through in everything they do. We are blessed to be working with them.


WHY WE NEED YOU

Medical marijuana is extremely relevant right now / From procurement to production to purchasing and consumption, medical marijuana is a global issue. We have already seen the slow legalization of marijuana in the U.S. and the pop up of the medical marijuana dispensary industry. Having lived in Los Angeles for many years now, we have seen the inception of the dispensary here and how it’s changing the landscape. And we even wrote a show about it! We want everyone, especially those who know nothing of this world, to get an inside glimpse into it. We want to help de-stigmatize all things marijuana. Listen, when you think weed and Los Angeles, you probably think stoner kids on skateboards eating too much 7Eleven. And you’re right! But there is so much more to it than that. We have seen friends and family struggle with illness and use prescribed marijuana to help heal them (with results!). We have seen the upsides and all the good it can do and what better way to show all of that than through comedy?  We want to help bring positive awareness and by using comedy and good writing/actors we can educate through comedy.

We are indie filmmakers – we’re not in this game for the money. We’re in it because we LOVE it. We love every step and every moment. We love to create.  We love to tell stories.  We want to be the change in this world and this is our portal  - this is how we get our voices heard. We have something unique, something special with The Green Room. This is a story that in the entertainment industry we’ve heard rumblings about for years – from top names threatening to come out with a similar story to ours. This is why we need to make this show NOW and we can only do it with your help. This is our baby. Our baby that we have nurtured for over 2 years.  Our baby that keeps us up at night even though we all have full time jobs, families and other obligations. Every spare moment, every open day and almost every line of conversation is spent on making The Green Room amazing. From building a dispensary in our garage to save money on locations (in the middle of the night) to having people join our team because they believe so much in the project they will do anything to be involved – this idea can’t be shelved. It’s time. It’s time to shoot this show. It’s time to get it our there. Please help us, please join us in this journey.

Another VERY important reason we need your help - these 7 actors that we mentioned above - have been working for us for FREE for 2 years. Do we work everyday? NO. Do we work every month? NO. But we have shot numerous promo videos, trailers, have done photo shoots, brainstorming sessions and fundraisers together and they have received nothing - because - well, we don't have anything to give them but love and pomegranates (we have 3 trees in our front yard!) but more importantly the cast has truly believed in this project and have stuck with us and in this industry -that is truly a special and rare thing. 

Nobody should work for FREE and all we want more than anything in this world is to pay these actors for their time and generosity. We have scheduled the shoot for January 2016 and we don't want to see all of our hard work we've put into The Green Room be wasted because it doesn't have funding. Please help us make this show already!

PRODUCTION

We have 6 episodes to shoot - this will be approximately 6 days of shooting. Each day will cost roughly $1000 to pay all the actors and our crew and this is MINIMUM pay and it doesn't include the above the line crew (writers, director and producers).

Why should you donate? You ask.  How does it benefit you? What would you get out of this show being made? We have answers for you!

First - we all like to be entertained - right? Well, we have some hilarious entertainment for you about a Medical Marijuana Dispensary. How much do you know about dispensaries? Unless you live in a state that has them and you have your card - probably not a whole lot. Aren't you curious? 

Second - Medical Marijuana is a stigma in this country - although it helps millions of people cure and relief such ailments as:

Asthma, Alzheimers, Glaucoma, Tumors, Nausea Relief (e.g., Aids, Cancer Therapy, Sea Sickness) Epilepsy, Aspergers, Autism, Bell's Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Back Pain, Muscle Spasms, Arthritis, Herpes, Cystic Fibrosis, Rheumatism, Sleep and Eating Disorders, Anxiety, Stress and Migraine Headache Relief, Depression and it has hundreds of other primary medical uses.

Were you aware of this? Probably not. But I bet if it came up while you were watching a comedy show you would remember.  Right? That's what we're hoping for anyway ;)

Third reason - we have incentives! Like cool incentives. For any $ amount you contribute - big or small - you get something! For example if you donate as little as $25 you get a digital download of the Pilot Episode before anyone else! And the incentives get more enticing with the more money you contribute. Enticing incentives, enticing incentives - say that 3 times! So, please have a gander at all our fun perks because we would love your help. As indie filmmakers we believe strongly in crowd funding and we try to donate when we can to support and expand our independent community. 

And remember once you contribute you will forever be apart of The Green Room family. So, come join us! We're all very nice and we give great hugs. Much Love.

THE CREATORS

LIZZ HENDERSON (Executive Producer, Writer) 

RICH STURDEVANT (Writer, Director) 


The creators of The Green Room, Rich and Lizz (that's us up there!) are high school sweethearts originally from upstate NY. We came out to California at 20 yrs old with only a grand and big dreams. We quickly learned that $1,000 wouldn't even cover 10 days of rent in Los Angeles and we have been broke ever since, but that has never hurt our ambitions! In 2006 we attended film school together and shortly after dropped out to make our first feature, SUICIDE IS EASY. The film went the festival route and won several awards for Guerrilla filmmaking and acting. With our dreams still in tact, and a dash of validation on top, in 2008 we created Dancing Silly Productions and have produced 2 more features and dozens of short films.

 Dancing Silly Productions Website 

 Our newest passion/love child is THE GREEN ROOM. Have you ever had a project, a hobby, a job that consumes you? That's all you can think of/talk about/write about? Yeah, that's The Green Room for us. We're painting/sanding and building a dispensary in the middle of the night and during the day we're writing, producing, scheduling, owning our social media game and trying to make our dream become a reality. With YOUR help it can be possible!


ZAHIDA KAZAR (Associate Producer)

A native Angeleno, Zahida was raised on dark comedies, arthouse films and Tim Burton movies (you know, the good ones). She loves laughter, pizza, her dogs and being a part of a group of passionate filmmakers who make great content. She started her film career in college as a line producer for a PSA moved on to three acclaimed shorts and is currently producing her first features (plural - yes). MORE IMPORTANTLY, she is one part of the awesome The Green Room family and would really love you as much as she loves pizza if you help get the show funded because she wants nothing more than to pay the hard working cast and crew of the show and that is only possible with your assistance. 


MARILINDA BERNI (Associate Producer)

Hello. My name is Marilinda and I am the newest addition to the production team of The Green Room. My passion for art and films came from a very early age. From watching Spaghetti Westerns with my grandmother and also watching Charlie Chaplin, Cantinflas and Spanish soap operas with my mother and father, I always felt filmmaking was what I wanted to aspire for. In college, I majored in film and sociology. During my college years, I worked on a short film called Meet the Mothers and it went on to debut at the LA Shorts Film Festival. I also got the opportunity to work on commercial campaigns and become involved in the production side of multiple projects. After graduating with a double major, I worked four years as an Operations Manager for a media marketing company. Shortly after, I met Lizz and Rich through Zahida and I helped them during the film production of Envisage--their feature film. After graduating college again with a Masters in Sociology, I am now, once again, part of this passionate and awesome crew of filmmakers. Our goal is to create a web-series that will not only be comical, but also help educate the general public about medical marijuana. With your help and contribution, we will be able to complete our project and produce something never seen before. 


Other Ways You Can Help

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The Bud

$5 USD
For your $5 donation The Green Room will give you a shout out on all our social media platforms to say thank you for being AWESOME. You will also be added to our list to keep you updated throughout our process. Thank you for supporting indie filmmaking!
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March 2016
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The Gram

$10 USD
For $10 we will thank you on social media, put you on our exclusive backer list to be updated throughout the project and we will become your campaigners. Have an event/a project/a business you want to promote? We will share on all our social media sites.
Estimated Shipping
March 2016
2 out of 50 of claimed
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The half an eighth

$15 USD
For $15 you will get all the above perks PLUS A special directors commentary talking about the making of the series.
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March 2016
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The schwag Eighth

$25 USD
For $25 you will get all the above perks PLUS A digital download of the Pilot Episode before anyone else sees it! AND an exclusive behind the scenes BONUS package!
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March 2016
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The Eighth

$50 USD
For $50 you get all the perks from above. Wait. What? Even the digital download and the exclusive behind he scenes bonus package? um YEP! PLUS Your name in our credits. Imagine that - your name on the big screen! You will be thanked in the credits under the 'Special Thanks To' section after the cast/crew.
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March 2016
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The Quarter

$100 USD
For $100 you will get ALL the perks from above PLUS A signed pilot episode script with production notes inside! AND a personal phone call from a the cast/director or producer.
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April 2016
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The Ounce

$250 USD
For $250 you get ALL the perks from above PLUS A special gift basket made exclusively for you, by the Director/Producers PLUS An 11x17 Poster signed by the cast.
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March 2016
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The 2 Ounce Special

$500 USD
For $500 you get ALL THE ABOVE PERKS! Plus Lunch or Dinner with your choice - either the producers and the director or the cast. AND you get a special Edition Directors cut of the pilot episode.
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Half a Pound

$1,000 USD
For $1,000 you get ALL the above perks PLUS You get ASSOCIATE PRODUCER credit on IMDB for The Green Room. You also get VIP seating and 2 tickets to the Los Angeles Premiere/The cast & crew screening and any other red carpet event we attend.
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The Pound

$2,750 USD
For $2,750 you will get ALL the above perks but instead of being credited as Associate Producer on IMDB you will be credited as Co-Producer of The Green Room. You will get VIP/red carpet access and 2 tickets to the Los Angeles Premeiere/The Cast & Crew Screening AND you can visit the set while we're filming. PLUS you can name a strain of Cannabis for the show.
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The 2 Pounder

$5,000 USD
For $5,000 you get ALL THE ABOVE PERKS PLUS As well as being credited EXECUTIVE PRODUCER for The Green Room Series on IMDB, you will have VIP access and 2 tickets to the Los Angeles Premiere/Parties and red carpet events. You will have a private screening of the pilot episode AND you can visit the set whenever you want while we're filming AND you can name a character on the show.
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