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TODAY IS BETTER THAN YESTERDAY, SO TOMORROW WILL BE… BETTER.

AN ACTOR IN HIS 70'S, BATTLING PHYSICAL AILMENTS AND STAGE FRIGHT, GETS A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME — A LEAD ROLE ON BROADWAY. ONLY THING IS HE HAS TO MEMORIZE ALL HIS LINES BY TOMORROW MORNING. HIS WIFE BUNNY, A DRAMA THERAPIST AND ULTIMATE SCENE PARTNER, AND A FEW BRUTALLY HONEST OLD THEATRE FRIENDS ARE DETERMINED TO WHIP HIM BACK INTO SHAPE AND GET HIM BACK INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.

OFF BOOK — A NYEEMINC. FILM · THE GREENWOOD THEATRE

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

EARL RONALD GREENWOOD

FATHER · ACTOR · INSPIRATION

MY DAD HAS NEVER GOTTEN HIS DREAM ROLE. MY DAD WOULD SUBMIT AUDITION AFTER AUDITION JUST TO GET NO RESPONSE. AS A KID THESE STORIES ALWAYS BAFFLED ME — LIKE "DO Y'ALL KNOW HOW GREAT THIS GUY IS? HE CAN DO ANNOYING DAD, ANNOYING GRANDPA, ANNOYING NEIGHBOR... VOICEOVER..." YADA YADA YADA. I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THEM. WITH THIS FILM, HE'LL HAVE HIS LINES. IN FACT, HE'S IN THE WHOLE DAMN THING. TAKE THAT.

MELLE GREENWOOD

MOTHER · ACTOR · HEART OF THE FILM

MY MA IS CHARMING, WARM, AND LOVE PERSONIFIED. SHE WAS THE MOST ENCOURAGING SPIRIT TO DAD AND ALL OF US IN OUR CREATIVE AND PRACTICAL FEATS. THIS FILM HIGHLIGHTS THE LOVE MY MOM SHARED FOR MY DAD IN HIS PURSUIT OF HIS DREAMS. SHE STARS IN THE FILM AS WELL AS MY DAD. THE STORY OF MY FAMILY IS WHY I MADE THIS FILM.

— NYEEM

CAST

PITTEARL RONALD GREENWOOD

BUNNY RABBITMELLE GREENWOOD

MELGLORIA JUNG

RUTHWENDY LAZARUS

PEGGYJUDITH SHAKESPEARE

JUNIORNYEEM GREENWOOD

SUZEROBERTA PIKSER

KARLWILLIAM ENGLISH

NURSE GABBYGABRIELLE BAYME

BINGOIAN GOULD

BINGO WINNERPRINCESS BENNETT

BACKGROUNDPATRICIA GREGORY

CREW

DIRECTOR / WRITER / EDITOR / VOCALSNYEEM GREENWOOD

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYJAKARI LISTER

1ST AC / STEADICAMSOLOMON SYLVESTER

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTORARTIMA SAKULKOO

2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTORMARI BLAKE

2ND 2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTORSHANIA BROWN

ART DIRECTORSAM ALVAREZ

PRODUCTION DESIGNPAMELA OZCARIZ

PRODUCER / ARTJ. STEVEN MADURA

COMPOSERJOSH ALLEN

SOUND MIXINGTIM OBZUD

SOUND EDITINGSAMANTHA DOYLE

SOUND RECORDISTDANIEL NOSAL

SCRIPT SUPERVISORJENNA LUCARELLO

GRIP / PA / ASSISTANT EDITORHILTON GOODE

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CO-PRODUCERSARTIMA SAKULKOO & MONICA VARGAS

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