Frank is easy to find on Tuesday. He's at JFK at 7am sharp, not in the terminal, they don't let him in; he's out in the parking lot, rain or shine, with a stopwatch and a clip-board, rating the big jets. He's timing the big birds, timing take-offs and landings, counting planes, studying, deleting what he knows happened with facts: 737 is the workhorse of the fleet, safest bird flying.
From the writer, Karl Greenberg:
Flight Safety was adapted from "Rivet Law," a speech that became part of a monologue play staged recently at 78th Street Playhouse in New York. The show brought to life a series of marginal New Yorkers shackled to bizarre and self-aggrandizing, or deprecating obsessions. "Rivet Law" is an attempt to understand a woman I saw once at LaGuardia airport, some years back. She was maybe 35, with a stopwatch, a clipboard, and binoculars, and also a child, maybe six, whom she ignored. She concentrated instead on studying aircraft movements, timing arriving and departing aircraft, and noting each result on lined paper clipped to her board. She fascinated me. I found myself inventing explanations, convinced she had been there before, doing precisely the same thing, maybe every week. Flight Safety A Fluid Motion Theater & Film Production Starring Tim Kang
Also featuring Alexis Chang, Susan Kapp,
Lawrence Wong & Matthew Woods Screenplay by Karl Greenberg
Adapted from his stage play "Rivet Law" Featuring music by George and Ira Gershwin
"Bidin' My Time"
Written by George and Ira Gershwin, 1930
Performed by Johnny Hartman,
1966 RCA Director -- Christine Simpson
Producer -- Michelle Chen
Cinematographer -- Kaushik Shridharani
Sound Design -- Shari Lynn Deutsch
Editor -- Ping Tan 1st Assistant Director -- Karen Hergesheimer
Script/Continuity -- Barbara Toy
Props Mistress -- Nancy Kim
Gaffer/Key Grip -- John Eung Soo Kim
Grip -- Robert Lazo
Sets/Truck Driver -- colin miles
Production Assistant -- Ann Yoo
Cast
(Frank)
“The Forgotten” w/Julianne Moore (NSA Agent Alec Wong), “Two Weeks Notice” w/Sandra Bullock (Paul), “Robot Stories” (Young John); Television: “Third Watch” (Detective Kent Yoshihara, recurring), “The Sopranos”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “All My Children”, “As the World Turns”
(Larry)
has been a professional actor and model in New York for over nine years. In addition to his dedication to finding and performing in quality projects for Asian Actors, he is looking forward to leading the change in the undiversified casting landscape. In the interim, you can read about his exploits on his website: www.aarising.com/larry
Production
(Producer)
Michelle Chen is a New York City-based theater, film, and television producer. She is Producing Director of Fluid Motion Theater & Film and Associate Producer at Thirteen/WNET. She received an Emmy for her work on the PBS Kids show CYBERCHASE.
(Sound design)
(Sound Design): As a sound engineer and producer, her credits include The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the BET Radio Network, Reba: Recorded Live at the London Arena, David Letterman¹s Top Ten, Last Night on Larry King Live, Suze Orman, and Stars of Country for production companies as diverse as Westwood One/CBS Radio, and Cronkite Productions. Her music production credits include being executive producer of the music group "Establishmint". A graduate from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and head of Princess Productions, further details can be found at www.princessproductions.com.
(Editor)
(Cinematographer)
(Director)
Christine Simpson is a Korean-American writer/director based in Manhattan. As a director, Ms. Simpson has directed with Ma-Yi Theatre Company, New Georges, Reverie Productions, Peculiar Works Project, Blue Heron Theatre, Bumblebee & Blackbird Productions, Present Tense Productions, Fluid Motion Theater & Film, Happy Lady Productions, at The Public Theater, and the NYC International Fringe Festival. Plays penned by Ms. Simpson have been produced at the Blue Heron Theatre, Baruch Performing Arts Center, the New York City International Fringe Festival (2003 and 2006), and Theatre Row. She has also written and directed two short films that have screened globally. In 2005, Ms. Simpson was selected as one of five filmmakers to compete in the Asian American International Film Festival Michelob Light Music Video Contest. In 2006, she was named one of nytheatre.com's People of the Year.
Writers
(Screenwriter)
Karl Greenberg is an actor and playwright, who writes about cars for a living. His monologue play "For Real" was developed in collaboration with and performed by Chris Clavelli and Vincent Sagona at 78th Street Theatre Lab last fall, and several of his short sketches will be performed at the Pink Pony on Ludlow Street in April, under the direction of David Bryant. He also writes and performs darkly humorous songs and comedy. He wishes to thank Christine and Michelle for taking this on, and dedicates this piece to Maya and Lydia, and to the memory of Jess Elias Clavelli.
27th Annual Asian American International Film Festival (Official Selection, July 2004, NYC)MORE INFORMATION6th Annual Chicks with Flicks Film Festival (Official Selection, August 2004, NYC) - Winner, Nancy R. Cirillo Award for Best Actor; Nominee, Best FilmMORE INFORMATIONThe Cape May New Jersey State Film Festival (November 2004, Cape May, NJ)MORE INFORMATIONLittle Theatre Emerging Filmmakers Series (January 2005, Rochester, NY)MORE INFORMATION10th Annual Chicago Asian American Showcase (Official Selection, April 2005, Chicago, IL)MORE INFORMATION2005 Lower East Side Film Festival (Official Selection, May 2005, NYC)2005 Independents’ Film Festival (Official Selection, September 2005, Tampa & Hillsborough County, FL)MORE INFORMATION2006 Slant Film Festival (Official Selection, June 2006, Houston, TX)MORE INFORMATIONAsian Film Festival of Dallas (Official Selection, August 2006, Dallas, TX)MORE INFORMATIONBroadcast:
* Chick With Flicks (Channel 34, NYC cable access)
* The Education Channel (Channel 18, Tampa & Hillsborough County, FL)
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