A happy ‘hello!’ to you all, and I hope you’re enjoying the Summer weather! This is the first edition of a quarterly newsletter I am beginning in order to provide an easy way to update everyone I know about the professional goings-on in my life. I hope you enjoy what you read, as most of you are a very large part of why I am finally able to do this. In advance, I’d like to thank you for being my friends Here it goes…..

2010 started off with a bang! Early in January, my good friend, Mark Schoenfeld, advised me to begin auditioning for some theatre projects. I followed his advice, and within the week, landed the leading role as “Rose,” in the musical Sleeping Beauty for Galli’s Fairytale Theatre in Manhattan. The show ran for 3 weeks, and it was a fantastic opportunity to get my feet wet in this crazy city’s theatre scene! Shortly thereafter, I became the host of the New York public access show called Extreme Art Television for The Society of Unique Artists. It’s been amazing to experience New York art at it’s finest and interview some of the most cutting-edge artists in the world! In early February, my friend Schoolly D, a legendary recording artist and producer, listened to a partial track I had recorded and invited me to his studio to write and record some songs. Within a few hours we laid down a few really exciting tracks, and we’re continuing to brainstorm some great ideas. I was also involved in the making of his newest music video for the track, “Just Can’t Help Myself.” It was a completely crazy, funny, zany day, and the video turned out really comedic and light-hearted. In early March, at the world-wide premiere of the documentary We Live in Public, about/starring the social media pioneer Josh Harris, Josh personally asked me to present the official We Live in Public uniform jacket to the host of the evening’s events, Adrien Grenier. That was quite an honor!

During the VIP Talent Connect Event on March 13th, I was able to reconnect with the completely fabulous and always stylish, Jess Zaino! That very day, she cast me in the spec commercial she was producing for Brooklyn Lager. What a great day! I was also featured in 4 scenes on an episode of Gossip Girl in which Sara Conte cast me. A few weeks later, my friendJohn Buffalo Mailer asked me to audition for a role in Tell Me the Truth, a short experimental film by the Emmy awardwinning director, Gena Konstantinakos. I nailed the audition and was cast in the film alongside greats such as John Buffalo Mailer (Wall Street 2), Meital Dohan (Weeds), and Steve Colman (Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry). WOWOWOW, what an AMAZING opportunity! Working with people of this level was a dream come true, and Gena’s directorial style was magical!

April was a whirlwind of adventure! Another Emmy award winning director, Benedict Hadley, had begun filming a reality show about VIP, entitled VIP/NYC, and I was cast in a leading role. I was instructed to carry a KodakZi8 camera with me at all times, filming myself throughout the course of my adventures. Some of these adventures included volunteering some time at the 3 Dot Dash International Youth Leadership Summit for global peace, hosted by the great producer, Nile Rogers. I also documented my double-life as a regular on-air model for the QVC Network, modeling cosmetics for (the fabulous) Laura Geller. A ridiculously talented guy, Benedict also wrote an OUTSTANDING script called Boost. He cast me as the principle role of “Keran,” the best friend of the lead character, “Simah.” After spending loads of time filming theElectronic Press Kit (EPK), we are expected to begin shooting sometime in the late summer. I couldn’t be more excited (and impatient) to get started! In late April, I had the experience of a lifetime at the Twitter #140Conf, where I was not only able hang out with Ivanka Trump backstage, but also had the AMAZING opportunity to interview the great and powerful TV personality, Donny Deutsch! I was so nervous my head was spinning, and I think it turned out pretty darn good!

After attending the awards ceremony at the Babelgum Film Festival in May, my good friend, director Ali Hossaini, consulted with me about a screenplay I have slowly begun to outline, and also the development of a book of poetry I’ve been writing in dribs and drabs for years. As summer continues, I hope to delve further into these personal projects. In mid-May, I volunteered 5 days of my life at the HOBY, the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership summit, held in Central PA. During these 5 days, I facilitated an amazing group of high school sophomores as they learned about the art and selflessness of community service, made pertinent political decisions as they sat in the PA House of Representatives, and made great personal strides as human beings. It was an amazing and rewarding week! To top off a crazy month, I also began modeling for (the totally awesome) Kate Somerville Skin Health Line on QVC.

2010 has been quite a year, thus far. I can’t wait to see what the summer will bring!

I have devised a list of goals to accomplish until I update you again. Here they are!

1) Create my own weekly show on YouTube

2) Start auditioning as often as humanly possible

3) Finish my reel (I’m still waiting on bits of promising footag

4) VISIT HOLLYWOOD (finally!)

5) Finish my website (looong overdue)

Thank you for reading up on my life as of late. I hope this update finds you happy, healthy, and enjoying the sunshine!

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VIP Talent Connect CEO Alycia Kaback was spotted recently in NYC with morning anchor Pat Kierman. It was all talk on politics and who is connected to who. Alycia Kaback getting ready to be “The New Connector”.

Pat Kiernan’s career in broadcast journalism began while he was attending the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Business in Edmonton, Canada. “I was offered a weekend job at 96K-Lite FM,” he explains. “It was a ‘lite rock’ station that didn’t want to devote much airtime to news, so my hourly updates were supposed to be 96 seconds long. I learned a lot about writing newscasts that get straight to the point.”
Pat has tried to deliver news in a similarly pointed manner throughout his career. Upon the completion of his Bachelor of Commerce degree, he accepted a full-time job as a general assignment reporter for CFRN television in Canada’s fourth-largest TV market.

While at the CTV network-affiliated station, he anchored a weekly business news magazine program and at various times worked as the station’s assistant news director, assignment editor, producer and news anchor.

Prior to joining Time Warner and NY1, he was the Senior Producer of the prime-time newscast “ITV News at Ten” on CITV, one of Canada’s satellite superstations, where his duties included an on-air role as host of “Your Money,” a popular segment he created.

Pat and his wife Dawn moved to New York in March of 1996. He joined the Time Warner family as the anchor and producer of the Fortune Business Report, and was named NY1’s morning anchor in 1997.

About VIP Talent Connect

VIP Talent Connect is not an agency, not a school, not a management company- VIP Talent Connect is a revolutionary, one of a kind, way for new talent to create personal and professional relationships with leading tastemakers and industry leaders in the entertainment field. We invite you to join us and have discussions with the VIP Talent Connect guests in this unprecedented gathering of powerful entertainers, artists, producers and style gurus.

There are many different avenues to enter the entertainment business. Models can attend “free” open calls at various agencies in any major city. However, many persons interested in a modeling career are not aware of exactly what is involved in attending “free” open calls. Many models are confused at an open call when certain less than reputable companies demand upfront fees for a variety of usually unneeded items, especially “professional” photographs.

http://www.viptalentconnect.com

What happens when two powerhouses collide in the world of getting connected. Deals are made and doors are opened. There are no limits in the VIP Reality Project!

Bill Walsh is the CEO/Founder of Business Coaching/Venture Capital firm Powerteam International. He delivers a message of hope and inspiration combined with real life stories and strategies that empower people to understand specifically what it takes to build successful companies. As an accomplished author, speaker, radio personality and movie celebrity, Bill has the background to connect instantly with the audience by sharing the mindset, methods and systems required to win really big in today’s economy!
Bill has an extensive background in foreign currency trading, real estate development and building business in more than 30 countries. Over the past 2 decades, his firm has specialized in helping companies launch, grow and create exponential valuation in the market. The Rainmaker Summit and WIN University programs offered through Powerteam are designed to assist entrepreneurs in creating the focus, plans and partnerships required to build multi-million dollar companies!

About VIP Talent Connect

VIP Talent Connect is not an agency, not a school, not a management company- VIP Talent Connect is a revolutionary, one of a kind, way for new talent to create personal and professional relationships with leading tastemakers and industry leaders in the entertainment field. We invite you to join us and have discussions with the VIP Talent Connect guests in this unprecedented gathering of powerful entertainers, artists, producers and style gurus.

There are many different avenues to enter the entertainment business. Models can attend “free” open calls at various agencies in any major city. However, many persons interested in a modeling career are not aware of exactly what is involved in attending “free” open calls. Many models are confused at an open call when certain less than reputable companies demand upfront fees for a variety of usually unneeded items, especially “professional” photographs.

http://www.viptalentconnect.com

So we never believed the rumor about the CEO of VIP Talent Connect being “connected” but recent sightings tell a different story. VIP Reality Project getting your dreams of success to the next level!

Steven Van Zandt (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, actor, and radio disc jockey, who frequently goes by the stage names Little Steven or Miami Steve. He is best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin, and as an actor in the television drama The Sopranos, in which he played Silvio Dante. Little Steven was also in in a band called little “Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul”.

About VIP Talent Connect

VIP Talent Connect is not an agency, not a school, not a management company- VIP Talent Connect is a revolutionary, one of a kind, way for new talent to create personal and professional relationships with leading tastemakers and industry leaders in the entertainment field. We invite you to join us and have discussions with the VIP Talent Connect guests in this unprecedented gathering of powerful entertainers, artists, producers and style gurus.

There are many different avenues to enter the entertainment business. Models can attend “free” open calls at various agencies in any major city. However, many persons interested in a modeling career are not aware of exactly what is involved in attending “free” open calls. Many models are confused at an open call when certain less than reputable companies demand upfront fees for a variety of usually unneeded items, especially “professional” photographs.

http://www.viptalentconnect.com

Meet the founder of Against the Grain and THE Pathological Optimist. Against the Grain is a way of doing business and living life that believes anything is possible, that there is no “right” way to attain success in business or to live the life you want, and that without creativity and just doing what everybody else is doing only guarantees conformity and mediocrity. Against the Grain helps it’s clients to ask tough, provocative questions, and then connects them with the Rock Star people, partners and causes needed to build the bridge, and cross the gap to attain their goals. It then also provides the solutions and services they need to execute and profit through that access, with best of breed specialties in business development, business strategy, Internet marketing and search engine optimization.

Referred to by many as “the lightning storm in human form”, Chad (or his company Against the Grain) is the co-owner of several companies in various industries, including health care (World Dental Club), author/speaker/publishing (BE); fashion (A.L. Gems Global); real estate investment (Cross Ocean International Finance Corp.). In addition to serving as a board member for V.I.P. Talent, Chad sits on the boards of Arts for Humanity Global; iDuplicate; SANG IV; Revolution Yes / Revolution 9; and a new independent film festival to be formally disclosed later in 2010.

His serial entrepreneurial exploits have made him an expert generalist with a mastery of the specifics and nuances comprising the areas of business development and strategic and operational planning. He has designed and project managed multiple client business development operations, that have included the design and implementation of organizational and departmental strategies, operational models, financial models, and marketing operations contributing to hundreds of millions in revenues for his clients in the energy sector, the real estate sector, the health and wellness sector, the technology sector, and at various levels of government.

Chad has worked with and motivated, inspired, and empowered business teams to achieve excellence, while providing them with the strategies and guidance to do so. Also a writer and business philosopher, Chad has co-developed and implemented several intellectual property business and marketing strategies, including the Non-Competitive Advantage, the D-N-A Matrix Marketing System, and the Metaphysics of Money.

Revolution YES / VIP Talent Connect / VIP Reality Project Foundation allow you to be the first to Be a Difference!

Be The Difference Contest
Speak your voice. We want to hear it.

Are you the next youth leader that the world needs to hear?
Are you in middle school, high school or university? We want to hear from you!

Do you have an awesome idea of how to create a better world?

Are you involved in a cool project that is making a difference already? We want to hear about it!

We’re looking for 9 extraordinary youth leaders and role models.

We’ll help you put your idea or project into action to get your voice heard.

Join our movement of youth activists and get involved TODAY:

1. Win a chance to walk down a Hollywood “green carpet” as we show our support for environmental causes.

2. Be the HERO for the day in your local city.

3. Win a FREE laptop, i-pad or i-phone.

Sign up and you could be one of the lucky 9 winners of the following cool prizes:

Prizes

Here’s what you’ll win:

1. Be the HERO for the day in your local city. A HERO means you will be honored by the mayor of your city and you will be awarded in front of your school.

2. Have articles written about you and you may be chosen to be interviewed by one or more of your local television and radio stations.

3. Interviewed for our behind the scenes documentary for Revolution 9, a documentary feature film that follows nine of today’s most influential celebrity role models as they role up their sleeves for their favorite causes.

4. Get to interview YOUR favorite celebrity who supports a cause just like you. You tell us who you’re favorite hero is and why and we’ll make the introduction.

5. FREE laptop, i-pad or i-phone.

6. A seat on the Youth Advisory Board with other extraordinary youth from around the world

7. On location with the Revolution 9 documentary feature film crew and be the star for the day

8. Have lunch with your favorite celebrity

9. Back stage passes to concerts

10. Get flown into Los Angeles for a large event announcing your HERO status with tons of celebrities and other extraordinary youth Highlighted on the Revolution YES site as a HERO in your city and more…

Sign-Up

Here’s what to do to sign-up. Follow the nine questions in our contact section. Or not. Do it YOUR way. Unique to YOU. We don’t want to tell you how to do it because we know you have the answers. You can upload a video on youtube or write a story about it and post it on our blog.

VIP Talent Connect and VIP Reality Project are pleased to announce our alliance and commitment to Revolution YES Foundation and the Search for 9 Extraordinary Youth to serve on the Youth Advisory Board Celebrating Youth Role Models & Activists.

About Revolution Yes Advisory Board:

It’s celebration time cruising along the famous RMS Queen Mary ship in Long Beach, CA with other like-minded friends who are effecting positive change in the world. Party on with us and be honored by celebrities who are also hero’s at our Revolution YES Youth Award Ceremony. Do you want a chance to win a seat on the Revolution YES Youth Advisory Board? Well, we’re looking for you and we know you are out there.

You would be part of something fun, exciting and a place to meet other youth your age who have something to say to the rest of the world. Something important. Something bold. Your voice. We’re currently looking for 9 incredible youth from around the world (ages 12-28) who are leaving their legacy. That would be middle school, highschool and university levels. We want to celebrate you as the new leadership, paying it forward for generations to come. Are you the next one?

What do you get by sitting on our Youth Advisory Board?

1. Special award at the Revolution YES Award Ceremony June 19 kick-off on the RMS Queen Mary Ship in Long Beach, CA hosted by the 2010 World Arts Olympus.

2. Photos with famous celebrities who will be honoring award winners at the Revolution YES Award ceremony on the Queen Mary ship in Long Beach, CA.

3. You get to be a part of an online TV series following youth heroes around the world.

4. Have articles written about you and you may be chosen to be interviewed by one or more of your local television and radio stations.

5. Back stage passes to concerts

6. Be on location with the Revolution 9 crew documentary feature film crew and be the star for the day

7. Be Interviewed for our behind the scenes documentary for Revolution 9, a documentary feature film that follows nine of today’s most influential celebrity role models as they role up their sleeves for their favorite causes.

To submit click on sign-up now and schedule a interview!

To visit Revolutionary YES Click Here!

What does it take to be Miss America 2010? VIP Reality Project knows the answer.
Caressa Cameron (born c. 1987) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Fredericksburg, Virginia, who won the title of Miss America 2010. Cameron graduated from Massaponax High School and currently attends Virginia Commonwealth University located in Richmond, Virginia. She won the Miss Virginia title on June 28, 2009 having previously competed for that title three times. In prior competitions she had placed first runner-up in 2008 and second runner-up in 2007 and 2006. In addition to competing at Miss Virginia, Cameron placed 2nd runner-up to Tori Hall at Miss Virginia Teen USA 2005 and 2nd runner-up to Amber Copley at Miss Virginia USA 2006. On January 27, 2010, she won a $2,000 scholarship in winning the Preliminary Talent competition in vocal pop.
On January 30, 2010, she won the Miss America 2010 pageant held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada. She won a $50,000 scholarship, beating out 52 other contestants, and became the third Miss Virginia to win the national title.
She is 5 foot 4 inches, and wears a size 7 shoe.Cameron is the eighth African American woman to win the prestigious title. The first African American woman to win the title was Vanessa L. Williams in 1984, who was then followed by Suzette Charles who is biracial with African American heritage. Cameron is the first African American among the three Miss Virginia winners to be crowned Miss America.

The VIP Talent Connect crowd had the wonderful opportunity to sit down and interview Ivanka Trump at the 140 conference in NYC. The upcoming interview will be available on the next episode of VIP NYC. It is definitely something you want to check out.

Ivanka Maria Trump is an American businesswoman, socialite, heiress, and fashion model. The daughter of Ivana and Donald Trump, she is Executive Vice President of Development & Acquisitions at The Trump Organization. Before joining the family business she worked for Forest City Enterprises,[2] and joined forces with Dynamic Diamond Corp., a diamond trading company sightholder, to design and introduce a line of jewelry at the brand’s first flagship retail store called ‘Ivanka Trump’ on Madison Ave.

Great job to everyone at the VIP Reality Project.

It was a pleasure for the VIP Reality Project team to sit down and everyone to meet and be inspired by Ann Curry at the NYC 140 Conference. We are really looking forward to what was an amazing interview between Ann and Josh Harris who happens to be on the Board of directors of VIP Talent Connect.

Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956) is an American television news journalist and news anchor on NBC’s morning television program Today since May 1997 and host of Dateline NBC since May 2005. Along with Lester Holt, she is the primary substitute for Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News.

Curry is known for her international reporting of major stories, filing stories from places such as Baghdad, Sri Lanka, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Albania, and Darfur. Curry hosted NBC’s primetime coverage and highlights of the Live Earth concerts on July 7, 2007 and also contributed with interviews for the special with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Al Gore. Curry reported from the USS Theodore Roosevelt during the invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001, and had an exclusive interview with General Tommy Franks. She reported from Baghdad in early 2003, and then from the USS Constellation as the war in Iraq began. Ann was also the first network news anchor to report from inside the Southeast Asian tsunami zone in late 2004.

Lisa Schneiderman began her publicity career in 1994 representing high profile authors, many of whom where NY Times best-seller status. She then founded Schneiderman Public Relations,an entertainment/cause-related boutique agency in 1998, managing social and humanitarian causes and large-scale celebrity events. Through the span of her career, evoking social change through positive messaging has always been a common theme.

In 2003, Schneiderman Public Relations merged with the legendary and late Hollywood publicist, Lee Solters of Solters & Digney (whose career spans 50 years building the careers of the most revered stars of our time, including Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, Liza Minnelli, Whoopi Goldberg).

As Executive Vice President, she expanded her “red carpet” and “VIP room” experience with celebrities such as Halle Barry, Oprah, Diana Ross, Faith Hill, Chaka Khan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Pierce Brosnan and many more. Lisa’s clients have included Vanity Fair Pre-Golden Globe Party; Nike and the Clear Channel. She has publicized music stars such as Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore, Billy Idol, Tone Loc, L. L. Cool Jay, Young MC and Tyrese, as well as American Idol stars such as Kelly Clarkson and Justine Guarini. She has also placed many on the national media circuit including two client spots on Oprah.

As an entertainment/cause-related publicist and brand expert for 16 years, Lisa has built the careers and re-branded some of the world’s most prominent cultural creatives. She helps to bring the meaning of their work into focus so that others may benefit from the work they offer.

On a personal note, Lisa is best known for her activism and the equality of human justice. As a children’s advocate for over two decades, Lisa served on the board of “Global Partners for Youth” as the Marketing Chair and a mentor/coach volunteer “Committed Partners for Youth”, an international mentoring program servicing at-risk youth. She has produced and directed the promotional video, At-Risk Youth of America and currently has several children’s projects in development including a global peace project and she is producing/directing a documentary highlighting celebrity positive role models that will inspire youth about the importance of making a difference. She, along with her two sisters have three children’s CD’s on the market with the OyBaby series and That Baby project. Lisa is a sought after publicity consultant/coach, speaker and filmmaker.

“BODIE is shooting a major motion picture – he shot yesterday and today – its called ‘Necklace’ – its shooting up at Columbia University.
BODIE is also in Maxim this month and next month” – Thanks VIP Ryan C. V.P Models International New Faces Division

“Bodie” real name Matt Bodenheimer came to our office on May 18, 2009. Bodie is from Virginia. He attended his first VIP Talent Connect event July 2009 where he met Ryan Colby. This is what Bodie wrote in his paragraph on why he wants to get in the industry one year ago:

“Though my own personal journey, I’ve learned that entertainment industry is anything but predictable. There is no given or specific path on how to make or break your career. Although I have learned many things from my experiences, I feel that I have only gotten my feet wet in terms of my goals and capabilities for the future. This year, I want to get my food in the door and take my acting career to the next level. I see myself no constricting my acting opportunities solely on the DC area. I hope to be working on more professional projects and be able to get my name out. I want to find more work, go on more auditions, work in DC, New York, and Philadelphia because I know the harder I work, it is only a matter of time before I can get my career rolling. In one year, I see myself surrounded by people who believe in my abilities and are will to help me find the opportunities and I in return am willing to put the effort to try my hardest to put myself out there and not miss out on opportunities. If there is one think I have learned, it is that opportunities don’t come to you, you have to go out and find them.” Congratulations “Matt” we always knew with the right connections you had what it takes to be a star! VIP Talent connect – Sign Up Today and be our next Success Story!

VIP Talent Connect Danielle Guldin and Victoria T. meet with Corbin Bleu in honor of his Broadway appearance in the hit show “In The Heights”. Corbin Bleu is best known for his roles in the High School Musical film series and the Disney Channel Original Movie Jump In!. Congratulations Danielle and Victoria on always making the connections with VIP Talent Connect. If you would like to meet Corbin Bleu at our next VIP Talent Connect event then sign-up today!

VIP | NYCExecutive Producer Robert Galinsky, Director/Producer Benedict Hadley, and Photographer Collis Torrington bring the Inner Workings of Talent Networking Agency “VIP TALENT CONNECT” to Web 3.0 With a New Reality-based Experience: “VIP/NYC”
PRESS RELEASE HERE

The first live “VIP/NYC” shoot kicks off this Saturday with a mega-event featuring a meet and greet and interactive keynote speeches, with an exciting group of entertainment industry tastemakers and personalities from Broadway to Feature Film to Hip-Hop to TV and more! This Saturday brings attendees and talent together for an unprecedented launch of “VIP/NYC.”
“VIP/NYC” encompasses the day-to-day events of “VIP TALENT CONNECT” with an amalgam of user-generated content, high-art-styled visuals and diverse locations throughout the tri-state area, all seamlessly strung together into one engaging five-minute segment. “VIP/NYC” captures the look and feel of the Empire State and the struggle of the quintessential aspiring NYC actor, singer, model and dancer.

Reality Project Follow Link to see video.

Come join us this Saturday for the “VIP/NYC” kickoff event featuring:

Music:
Kobie Brown – Senior Director, Music Licensing & Business Affairs, Sony
Darren Beckett – Drummer from “The Killers”
Emilie Suman – Top-selling recording artist from Paris
Bonz Malone – Actor, Hip-Hop Historian and Producer
Randy Jones – Founding member, The Village People

Broadway:
Stephen DeAngelis – VP, Gray Advertising
Mark Schoenfeld – Creator of the Broadway musical “Brooklyn”
Jodi Katz – Trans-Siberian Orchestra, “Hannah Montana” backup singer

Film/TV:
Richard Stratton – Producer/Writer of “SLAM,” creator of Showtime TV’s “Street Time,” editor-in-chief of “High Times Magazine”
Ali Houssanni – Director, featured in Whitney Biennial and has recently worked with Johnny Depp, Isabella Rossellini and Brad Pitt
Patrick Quagliano – Stella Adler Studios

Modeling:
Kalyn Hemphill – Winner, “Project Runway”
Nole Marin – Judge of America’s Next Top Model
Terri Bostaji – Manager, Wilhelmina Kids
Monica Diaz – FORD Modeling Agency
Fuji Ruiz – New Faces Director, Wilhelmina Models
Erica Moran – Model and Talent, BMG

LISTEN HERE

Co-Writer Sought for Screenplay in NYC!

I’ve been working in production in New York for over ten years and
have recently begun developing my own projects under my company
banner, Notable Features, alongside my role as Vox3 Films’ Head of
Production.

Last year I applied for the Sundance Creative Producing Grant and made
to the last round before getting nixed This year I will reapply with
this project. Specifically, I am hoping to bring on another
Writer/Co-Producer who can give a meaningful and credible voice to one
of the two main characters in the story, as well as be a creative and
logistical partner in fleshing out the role of Harlem, a central
location and in my view, also a key “character”.

Without such a partnership, the credibility and depth of this story
will certainly fall short.

Over the past year I have been working on a dramatic character piece
that will be shot on a shoestring budget in Manhattan. HARMONY
(working title) is the story Lena, a troubled young Russian emigrant
who goes adrift in New York City after the elderly woman she cares for
suddenly dies.

The film, inspired by the highly publicized case of a woman who
underwent a dissociative fugue in New York in 2009, should possess a
dreamlike quality, focusing on the details of New York as seen through
Lena’s eyes. She will bring the perspective of an outsider freed from
societal dictates. In her enchanted New York City, intimate and
unlikely relationships form out of this newfound liberation. She
eventually finds her way to Harlem and there befriends T.K., a single
father trying to make a living for his young son as an ambulette
driver. Lena eventually falls for T.K. after discovering his innate
talent as a spoken word poet. She helps T.K. prepare for a live
performance that is supposed to be broadcast. Soon after, she sees
the possibility of T.K. reuniting with his son’s mother and she
realizes that she has no place in his makeshift family.

I have a screenwriter on board (Ivan Weiss) and a Director (Tatia
Pilieva). I’ve known and worked with Tatia a number of times in the
past, and she, an immigrant from the Republic of Georgia, will bring a
personal voice to this project.

I would very much appreciate you forwarding this blog entry to anyone who
may be interested in meeting with me. I have a long treatment that I
can forward to anyone who is interested.

Thank you in advance for your help.

All best,

Jenny Schweitzer
jlschweitzer@earthlink.net