Ten Years of Junta Juleil Productions

Photo by Ashley Kate Adams.

On January 17th at the Wild Project, Sean Gill's production company, Junta Juleil, celebrated its tenth anniversary.  The program included the short play "Chainsaw Alley's a Helluva Place to Be at 3 O'Clock in the Morning, or at Any Other Time" (starring Jillaine Gill and Amanda Peck, directed by Joe Stipek); the dance piece "Killer Workout" from Stage Blood is Never Enough (starring Danielle Marie Fusco, Robyn Nielsen, Nicki Miller, Michael Porsche, Zahra Hashemian, Brian Rubiano, and Eric Schmalenberger, directed by Rachel Klein); a block of Sean Gill films (including excerpts from In Search of Wenders, Schizophrenic Love Cinema, The Tragedie of Admiral Cigarette, Mather Point, and Highly Confidential, and the complete versions of Escape from Staten Island, Thursday Night, Mustache Party, The Composition, Makin' a Martini, and The Everlasting Vintage); a celebrity roast of Junta Juleil by comic Kerryn Feehan; a reading of Sean Gill's "...And the Streets Ran Pink" by Joe Stipek; readings of "Barfly's Lament," "Selections from Ayn Rand's Film & Video Guide," and "The Quarry," by Sean Gill; a tribute to Go-Go Killers! (starring Elizabeth Stewart, directed by Rachel Klein); and a surprise Junta Juleil tribute by Rachel Klein, featuring all of the above cast in addition to Chris Cipriano, David F. Slone, Preston Burger, and Angela Harriel.

10 Years of Junta Juleil: "Take My Breath Away" from Sean Gill on Vimeo.

A Fondness for Children in The Journal of Experimental Fiction

Sean Gill's latest short story, entitled "A Fondness for Children" can be read in the new Anthology (#50) from The Journal of Experimental Fiction.  It is available for purchase in paperback and eBook/Kindle editions.

MAKIN' A MARTINI and SEAN GILL LIVE at the PIT on December 19th

As a part of Amie Amis and Zahra Hashemian's Le Petit Autobus, Sean Gill will be presenting his short film Makin' a Martini and doing a live, "twisted astrological reading" on December 19th at 7:00 p.m. at the People's Improv Theater (123 E. 24th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues).Tickets are only $5 and are available here.

COMING IN JANUARY 2014: TEN YEARS OF JUNTA JULEIL

Junta Juleil's 10 Year Anniversary from Sean Gill on Vimeo.

On January 17, 2014 at 8:00 p.m., Junta Juleil Productions will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with a smorgasbord of film, live performance, and rare, never-before-seen archival material. Featuring works described as "dystopian metatheatrical fantasia" (Time Out New York on Dreams of the Clockmaker), "like a 1980s Judith Krantz bestseller getting the Wes Craven treatment" (Flavorpill on Stage Blood is Never Enough), and "captivating, with a vision and creative flair very much their own" (The New York Theater Review on Sean Gill's films).  The event will be held at the Wild Project (195 E 3rd St between Avenues A & B). Tickets: $15 and available here.

THE EVERLASTING VINTAGE at the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival

Sean Gill's time-travel horror film, The Everlasting Vintage, will be screening this year as an official selection at the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival, in association with ValleyCon. 

It will screen on Saturday, October 18th– further details are available here, in the program guide.  The Everlasting Vintage stars Joe Stipek and Michael V. Porsche, features music and champagne bottle art by Jesse Carlson, and design by Rachel Klein and Daisy Tainton.

The Everlasting Vintage (TRAILER) from Sean Gill on Vimeo.