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Short Films, Fiction and Drama

MEETING WITH CHEKHOV
with Libby Appel
A Documentary, Written/Directed by JP Allen
Narrated by Janis DeLucia Allen, with 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.


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


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IMAGINING
with Leontyne Mbele-Mbong
Written and Directed by JP Allen


A woman imagines a secret meeting in a hotel room.  IMAGINING is based on Allen's feature script TALKING IN BED.

FICTION, DRAMA, SCREENPLAYS

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