Short Films from Coffee and Language



with LEONTYNE MBELE-MBONG
Written and Directed by JP Allen

A woman imagines a secret meeting in a hotel room.

VIEW NOW ABOVE (7 minutes, full-screen option)


IMAGINING is based on Allen's feature script TALKING IN BED




with Libby Appel


A Documentary, Written/Directed by JP Allen
Narrated by Janis DeLucia Allen
Music by John Dole


Official Selection, Ashland Independent Film Festival


A sixteen year old girl reads THE CHERRY ORCHARD, a play by Anton Chekhov, and her world is changed forever.  This documentary examines acclaimed theatre director Libby Appel's lifelong love of Chekhov and her effort, over fifty years after reading the play, to bring this great writer's final masterpiece to life.  Includes interviews with members of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.


MEETING WITH CHEKHOV

VIEW trailer above (full-screen option)

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at

Amazon Video on Demand

DVD available at www.amazon.com and The Tudor Guild Gift Shop at OSF


For more information about Chekhov translations
by Libby Appel see www.chekhovplays.com


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