About This Event
Color Arc Productions is thrilled to celebrate 10 years of dynamic storytelling through film, theatre, and music at our 3rd Annual Color Arc Storytelling Show. We brought you STORIES ABOUT COMFORT FOOD in 2023, and STORIES ABOUT BIRTH ORDER in 2024. This year we bring you STORIES ABOUT UNIQUE JOBS featuring four live storytellers and two short films.
PIZZA MY HEART SHORT FILM
We’ll open with a screening of Color Arc’s comedy short film PIZZA MY HEART, which is centered on a Pizza Telegram Singing Delivery Specialist or “PTSD Specialist” (Christine Hoang) who delivers music and comfort food to a heartbroken 12yo girl (Vanessa Hoang Hughes). Written by Christine Hoang and directed by Elizabeth V. Newman, PIZZA MY HEART features an original score by composer Tyler Mabry and two original songs by Tyler Mabry and Christine Hoang.
STORIES ABOUT UNIQUE JOBS
Hear personal, funny, and heartwarming tales from our unique lineup of storytellers including a professional dominatrix, a failed nun, a “Distinguished Leader,” and the high school mascot of the Round Rock Dragons.
STORYTELLERS:
- Michelle Alexander
- Tien Hoang
- Brunell Sherman Knox
- Christine Schiele
SWEET POTATO PIG SHORT FILM - WORK-IN-PROGRESS
We’ll close the evening with a quick work-in-progress clip from SWEET POTATO PIG. Directed by Christine Hoang, SWEET POTATO PIG is a hybrid animated/live action nonfiction short film that follows Vietnamese American grandma Tien Hoang’s immigrant journey through her food memories. Tien first shared her refugee story at Color Arc’s inaugural storytelling show STORIES ABOUT COMFORT FOOD in 2023.
AGENDA:
- 6:00pm: Arrive at AFS Cinema, lobby mingling & photos, cash bar
- 6:40pm: Theatre opens for general admission seating
- 7:00pm: Welcome, door prize giveaways
- 7:15pm: Screening of PIZZA MY HEART short film
- 7:30pm: Live storytelling from FOUR storytellers about their unique jobs
- 8:45pm: Screening of SWEET POTATO PIG Work-In-Progress short film clip
- 9:00pm: Event Concludes
ACCESSIBILITY: Seating & Viewing. The venue offers seating in the front row for patrons who use wheelchairs and other mobility devices, are visually impaired, or could otherwise benefit. Seating is general admission, so we recommend emailing colorarcproductions@gmail.com in advance so that we can ensure your needs are met. Accessible Toilets are available in the venue.
ABOUT COLOR ARC PRODUCTIONS: Founded in November 2015, Color Arc Productions’ mission is to shine light on diverse and inclusive stories through theatre, film, and music. colorarcproductions.com.
This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
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