GINGER SMITH AND BILLY GEE
Theatrical reading with 7 actors from the script adapted from the graphic novel
© Frances Barth 2017
An archival video of the Theatrical Reading Performance based on Frances Barth’s graphic novel Ginger Smith and Billy Gee. It was performed at Silas VonMorisse gallery, Brooklyn, on January 21, 2018 at 5pm.
Directed by Ron Nakahara. Film shot and edited by Erick Arce and Frances Barth.
In two acts, with interspersed dreams of the main character Ginger, it turns its focus cinematically on the darkly comic relationship developing between Ginger, a painter, and Billy, an aspiring writer, after Ginger is dumped by Billy’s best friend.
Four other characters contriibute to the richness of the story. Hiker 1 and Hiker 2 are like figures in a Greek Chorus commenting on the action and entering and leaving the story line, and Male and Female add a Freudian coda to the proceedings.
PUBLIC PROJECT PAGE:
https://filmfreeway.com/GingerSmithandBillyGee