Hello friends! Welcome to the funding campaign for Rat Beach Productions short film Oh shit! Did we just kill a guy? <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">This film is a dark comedy in the spirit of Weekends At Bernies about death, friendship and running away from your problems.<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> We want to highlight the talents of some up and coming comedy actors and make a film that asks questions about the morality of what to do after a stranger dies, and how attached we are to someone if they did immoral things during life.  <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Ben Welington Co-Writer/Director Ben Welington is a LA-based Writer/Director. He attended film school in Minnesota where he studied cinematography and editing. He worked for an internet story book app called StoryCub, where he edited dozens of children’s books into videos. After working at SNL and Project Runway in New York, he moved to LA and devotes most of his time to developing screenplays. Taylor Drew Co-Writer/Director/NANCYTaylor Drew is a New York based comedian and actress. She has over 10 years of comedy and film experience, having started her career in Baltimore, Maryland before moving to New York City in 2012. Her comedic style can be described as quirky, edgy and honest. She is known for her dark sense of humor and ability to connect with audiences from all walks of life. Jacob Kornwolf as DAN<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">Jacob was born and raised in Wisconsin and moved to New York City to attend AMDA for musical theater. After graduating, he lived in New York for 12 years before moving to Los Angeles and pursuing his career as a film actor and voice over artist. Jenna Perusich as PLUGJenna is a TV and film actress and host based in LA.  Most recently, she can be seen hosting Discovery Plus's "The Great GIveback with Melissa McCarthy and Jenna Perusich", Netflix's action comedy Superintelligence and an independent feature with fellow Groundlings alum "Cafe Americano" currently traveling the North American festival circuit. Kyle Turetzky as THE BODY<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:helvetica-w01-roman, helvetica-w02-roman, helvetica-lt-w10-roman, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">Kyle has been performing in religious and ritual theater performances for 20 years. In 2018 took the secular stage for the first time since high school at Austin’s 48 hour theater festival. In 2019 he returned to the stage for the world premier of Donald Baker’s Trade With Klan. After two years traveling and performing ritual theater with The Internaional School of Temple Arts and Theatro Korazon, Kyle has settled in Santa Monica, CA to pursue film projects that align with his creative curiosity. Our goals for the film are to enter it into festivals as well as use the material for the actors to include in their reels, so we are very serious and committed to making a very fun and engaging film that keeps people yet disturbing  It more about showing what people might do in this situation, not what they should do. We have a budget of 10k for production, for the 18 page script over four days. Thanks for your interest in our project and feel free to reach out with any questions.

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Hello friends! Welcome to the funding campaign for Rat Beach Productions short film Oh shit! Did we just kill a guy? This film is a dark comedy in the spirit of Weekends At Bernies about death, friendship and running away from your problems. We want to highlight the talents of some up and coming comedy actors and make a film that asks questions about the morality of what to do after a stranger dies, and how attached we are to someone if they did immoral things during life.  Ben Welington Co-Writer/Director Ben Welington is a LA-based Writer/Director. He attended film school in Minnesota where he studied cinematography and editing. He worked for an internet story book app called StoryCub, where he edited dozens of children’s books into videos. After working at SNL and Project Runway in New York, he moved to LA and devotes most of his time to developing screenplays. Taylor Drew Co-Writer/Director/NANCYTaylor Drew is a New York based comedian and actress. She has over 10 years of comedy and film experience, having started her career in Baltimore, Maryland before moving to New York City in 2012. Her comedic style can be described as quirky, edgy and honest. She is known for her dark sense of humor and ability to connect with audiences from all walks of life. Jacob Kornwolf as DANJacob was born and raised in Wisconsin and moved to New York City to attend AMDA for musical theater. After graduating, he lived in New York for 12 years before moving to Los Angeles and pursuing his career as a film actor and voice over artist. Jenna Perusich as PLUGJenna is a TV and film actress and host based in LA.  Most recently, she can be seen hosting Discovery Plus's "The Great GIveback with Melissa McCarthy and Jenna Perusich", Netflix's action comedy Superintelligence and an independent feature with fellow Groundlings alum "Cafe Americano" currently traveling the North American festival circuit. Kyle Turetzky as THE BODYKyle has been performing in religious and ritual theater performances for 20 years. In 2018 took the secular stage for the first time since high school at Austin’s 48 hour theater festival. In 2019 he returned to the stage for the world premier of Donald Baker’s Trade With Klan. After two years traveling and performing ritual theater with The Internaional School of Temple Arts and Theatro Korazon, Kyle has settled in Santa Monica, CA to pursue film projects that align with his creative curiosity. Our goals for the film are to enter it into festivals as well as use the material for the actors to include in their reels, so we are very serious and committed to making a very fun and engaging film that keeps people yet disturbing  It more about showing what people might do in this situation, not what they should do. We have a budget of 10k for production, for the 18 page script over four days. Thanks for your interest in our project and feel free to reach out with any questions.

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