Why Should I Pull Out My Pocketbook?
Good question! Look, there are a ton of reasons to give to this film. You’d be supporting a hilarious new indie film featuring a diverse cast and a female-run team. You’d be helping up-and-coming filmmakers, comedians, and actors who will probably be famous someday. You’d be saying “Hey, not every movie needs to star Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence”.
But at the end of the day, you’ve just read too far into this page to not give. You read a post, you clicked a link, you watched a short video, you read all of this. You’re too far in. I mean what’s 5 or 10 bucks at this point?
**I understand it’s a pandemic and a lot of us have lost our jobs (especially those of us in the arts!). So if you can’t give, don’t be shy. Share this baby!
Where Does The Money Go?
To a lot of things! When you give money to “The Superlatives”, you’re helping pay for the cast and crew, equipment, locations, transportation, and food! Our cast and crew have a history of working within an indie budget, and we know how to make every dollar count, we need your help to bring this project to life! In addition, to crowdfunding, we will also be seeking out additional investors and grants to complete our budget.
Who's In This?
Lilian Tanner is a writer/actress/comedian with BFA in Drama from NYU. She has been featured on Comedy Central, TruTv, WhoHaHa, and Funny or Die. She's written for SketchCram at UCB and Boogiemanja at the PIT. She's the co-creator of “Pilots” (Austin Film Festival Second-Round Pick). Her original pilot script “Dead Girls Walking” was a Semi-Finalist at the Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards. Her feature film script “The Superlatives” was a Second-Round pick at Austin Film Festival and was Short-Listed at Barnstorm Festival.
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Katie Johantgen is an NYC-based actress, writer, and comedian. You may recognize her from TikTok, where she makes silly musical theatre videos with her fiancé James Penca. Most recently, her work was featured in Ratatousical: The TikTok Musical, a star-studded virtual concert benefitting The Actors Fund. She has appeared Off-Broadway as Phoebe in Friends! The Musical Parody and as Angela in The Office Musical Parody. Her work has been featured on CBS (Funniest #AtHome Videos), Buzzfeed, BroadwayWorld, and more, and has gone viral all across the interwebs. Her original short films have won awards at comedy festivals around the world, and she performs stand-up in NYC and at festivals across the country. Follow her on all major social media platforms @katiejoyofosho
Actor and comedian Channing Tookes is a lifelong New York Metropolitan Area-er, which means he was born in Manhattan but grew big and strong in Stamford, Connecticut. When live theatre returns, you can find him doing improv either with The Armory at The Tank or with his indie team Bodega Daddy, or performing in the sketch show Sketchy History. As for his pandemic-era comedic endeavors, they consist primarily of hosting the podcast Please Sponsor Us and falling off his bicycle all around Brooklyn.
Victoria Hoffman is a comedian, actress, and writer living in New York City. She currently performs stand up all over in NYC, as well as in the Boston Comedy Festival, Dallas Comedy Festival, Harlem Comedy Festival, 2017 Musikfest Comedyplatz, 2018 Gilda's LaughFest, 6th Borough Comedy Festival and She Makes Me Laugh Femme Fest. She produces The Grind (Lantern Comedy Club), You Should Try Stand Up! (Ferns), Tinderella (PIT), is a house cast member of The PIT's monthly sketch show, Sketchy History, and was recently featured in a Comedy Central digital short. It's also important to note that she recently won a pizza eating competition on MTV's 420 Series.
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Dylan Adler is a comedian, actor, and musician based in NYC. He’s performed comedy at the New York Comedy Festival and has been featured in the New York Times. He performs sketch on Maude Night at UCB on his team “Young Douglas” and also co-hosts the variety show Woke AF at UCB Subculture. He hosts the show “Baby Grand” at The Stand and also performs musical improv on People’s Improv Theatre house team “Punch Funk”. He’s also been featured in the NY Post and Elite Daily. He is also the co-composer of the musical "Goodmorning New York" that played at NYMF and also Off-Broadway at the Players Theatre in 2020. He studied music composition at NYU Steinhardt.
Nick Reichheld is an actor, writer, and musician based in New York City and Nashville, Tennessee. He has done the majority of his work with the Sketch Comedy group Kids These Days, having written and performed sketches in festivals across the country, as well as on the NBC comedy competition show "Bring The Funny."
Kyle Harris is a comedy writer and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. He was a regular at Good Good Comedy Theater in Philadelphia where he opened for SNL's Chris Redd, performed in a Comedy Central Showcase, and was a member of the sketch comedy group Darlings which was selected to perform at the New York Comedy Festival. In 2020, he was selected to be part of the NBC Late Night Writers Workshop. He also wrote as a contributor for NPR's Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me before joining The Onion contributing team.
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Talia Heller is an actress, writer and cast member of Sketchy History and ART. She's performed at the UCB stages, PIT, The Tank, Footlight Bar and Dixon Place. She's also in Law School!
Zahaira Curiel is a proud daughter of immigrants. A native New Yorker, born and raised in Washington Heights, with roots from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. She is a graduate of Hunter College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Music. In 2018, she co-created, co-wrote, performed and co-produced two sold out all women of color productions at The Pit: CrazySexyCruel and Mama Always Said. She has toured the country with Platanos and Collard Greens and Mexico Beyond Mariachi's: Sugar Skull. She has worked with multiple non profits in New York City, including: People’s Theatre Project, S.T.A.R. at the Director's Company, Dance Project Of Washington Heights and Statement Arts; where she co-created a free college prep program and a performing arts program for at-promise young people. She’s a lover of desserts and created a cupcake company: Sassy’s Sweets! She is a roller coaster enthusiast, and loves traveling around the world for thrills.
Austin Kirk is a New York-based actor, writer and comedian, and a member of Actor’s Equity Association. Since graduating from Savannah College of Art and Design, he has performed on stage, across the country both regionally and in New York City. He has worked with Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and has been a company member of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. He was also an apprentice in Actor’s Theater of Louisville’s Professional Training Company. He regularly performs stand up, improv, and sketch comedy. He's been in positions of producing, writing and performing in several short films: Surprise Party (2013), Lighting & Cragg SAVPD (2014), Girlsam (2019; HBONewFest), as well as the web series, Weekend Detectives (2015). He loves working with his friends!