Tuesday, June 17, 7 - 8:30pm
Opening Acts follows Emma Schoeffler, Levi Hott, and Annie Fulk as The Past, The Present, and The Future respectively in a night of theater, film, and dance. The piece follows the journey of auditioned identities and rejected memory as a constant, and the ways that art connects people not just to others but deeper parts of themselves.
Emma Schoeffler is a Brooklyn-based director, filmmaker, and artist currently studying film and theatre at Pratt Institute. Most recently, she directed Pratt Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and has previously directed Ray Bradbury’s Kaleidoscope, and assistant directed The Laramie Project. She works professionally as a youth acting coach, a production assistant, and as a gaffer. Her films have been screened at Museum of the Moving Image and Purgatory and can be found online at SchoefflerFilms. Thank you to Hanne and the entire FiveMyles team for making this performance possible.
Levi Hott is a Brooklyn Based filmmaker/director studying film at Pratt Institute. Their films can be found online on both the “A Levi Hott Film” youtube channel and “Fulk & Hott” YouTube channel with frequent collaborator Annie Fulk. Their work has been featured in multiple festivals where they have been awarded Best Student Film (Maryland International Film Festival 2022). Levi Hott co directed the debut production of The Pratt institute theater company Bad Auditions by Bad Actors with Emma Schoeffler where they continued as a committee member over the following year. They are incredibly excited to be debuting the first production of their original theater work Opening Acts tonight. “It’s an incredible privilege to be able to make art with your best friends and I am grateful everyday for the opportunity to do so.” Levi Hott is currently in production of the feature film Candelites in which they are directing and co-writing with Annie Fulk.
Annie Fulk is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, actor, and dancer/choreographer. She studies film and video at Pratt Institute and releases her films under A8F Videos. She recently starred as Olivia in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Other credits include Magenta in Pratt Theater Company’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Mallory Moore in the upcoming feature film Candelites. Her choreography credits include The Little Mermaid, and short films Ask Yourself and Silver Apples of the Moon. She is so excited to be presenting her first piece of theater work and so thankful for everyone who was a part of making it happen. Enjoy the show!
Collaborators include Julia Han, Hannah Freedman, Jimmy Ji, Michael Flynn, Caroline Lathrop, Helia Chaichi, and Niamh Murtagh.
