Small Town Stories: Where Salvation Meets Temptation!
While members of the High Way Church attempt to shut down Madame WuWu’s Cantina on the grounds of “moral decency,” alcoholic exotic dancer Lorraine discovers her daughter Lexi stripp'n for tips to leave town. Lorraine wrangles a ragtag group of misfit barflies together to preserve the cantina and unexpectedly draws Lexi and the church folks into a zany talent show that changes the town, and Lorraine, forever.
No Surprise – We Love Movies!
Movies are one of the best ways we learn about others and ourselves. Great storytelling generates strong emotions, transforms the viewer, and creates real opportunities for change.
A Problem
As a country, we are badly divided. Our polarized politics are tearing this country apart. We no longer see each other, only our differences. We’ve lost our perspective.
A Solution
Small Town is a movie project using an allegorical story about a community divided by differing moral beliefs. Strippers on one side of the street and Church Folk on the other, battling it out for control of the highway that separates them. It is only when they see the common bonds that bind them that real change, real acceptance, and real peace are possible. Our country could use this movie to help us heal and start hearing each other.
The Gap
We already have a funny and poignant script. And we are steadily working to assemble the right cast and crew to get this inspirational comedy produced. What we don’t have are the funds we need to make it all happen.
How You Can Help
By giving to this project and sharing it with your social and business networks, we can put together the financial resources to make a wonderful and impactful movie that will help bring us together. There are a multitude of ways you can help support our project, including:
- Sending our Crowdfundr page to your friends and families!
- Posting about our movie on your social media, and following us @DebrasSmallTownMovie on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube!
- Contributing directly to our Crowdfundr and claiming a fun perk or product!
- Texting SMALLTOWN to: US (870) 800-GIVE (4483) or Canada (506) 700-GIVE (4483) to give to our campaign over text!
- Be a volunteer on set once filming starts! Contact Suzanne at suzanne@suzannepaschall.com for more information.
Any help is greatly appreciated, and with ya'll's support we'll be able to make a fantastic movie!
Our Promise
When you support our project, you join a community of individuals passionate about community and the power of art through storytelling to create change. As we make this movie together, we’ll keep you updated every step of the way to show you the impact of the work your money has enabled.
SO...JOIN US!!!!
This is one of those times when you can
truly make a difference within an issue that affects us all.
Make a contribution, purchase some cool perks, or even just
share the campaign on any/all of your social media.
We promise to make you proud. And all of us a bit less stressed out. Thank you!
Perks
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This will be the car that the hustlers Mate and Johnny John ride into
town on.
The more beat up, the better, but the car must be in
operating condition. A Pontiac GTO, like this one,
is a great
example. (See link below)
Purchase on our behalf, or if you
live in the L.A. area and have a car we can borrow, please send us a note!
The all-important piano for the variety show scenes in the Cantina. A lot happens around this piano, not the least of which is some music! You can purchase on our behalf, or, if you live in the L.A. area and have one we can borrow, as long as it's working and tunable, it can be pretty beat up - if a key top or two is missing, or the surface is scratched up, that's fine!
One night in the trailer, Lorraine puts on cold cream while looking at herself sadly in the mirror.
This jar is ideal!
- 5 ordered
The perfect mug for a cuppa joe, or maybe even a little gin pick-me-up (That's what Lorraine uses hers for :)) Also makes a great gift!
Your very own copy of the final draft of the Small Town script signed by screenwriter Debra DeLiso, in digital form. It can be signed to you, or someone of your choice. Makes a great gift for the movie-lovers in your life!
Your very own copy of the final draft of the Small Town script, signed to you or someone of your choice by writer Debra DeLiso.
- 2 claimed
- 18 remaining
Want to move to another level in your creative life? This perk gives you a 30-minute creative consultation with award-winning Hollywood veteran actor/director Debra De Liso, who has taught hundreds of students at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and USC's Theatre program. Choose a date between December 2023 and March 31, 2024 for your Zoom session.
Do you have a story to tell? Have you always wanted to try your hand at acting? In Debra DeLiso's Theatre of Compassion Academy, you can do just that! This perk enables a 40% discount on her asynchronous (on your own time) Solo Performance Course, which costs $249, but can be yours for $100. Also makes a great gift!
- 3 ordered
- 0 remaining
A tongue-in-cheek video blessing and prayer just for you from Wilma,
the pious church lady...sure to put a smile on your face and a halo
over your head!
Only 3 available--when they're gone, they're gone!
Great for Xmas, birthday or anniversary gift!!
Highlights
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Milestone Budget
First things first. We're committed to making a high-quality, DIY indie movie. This takes a lot of faith, which we have, but it also takes cold hard cash!
IMPORTANT NOTE: We have an agreement with SAG/AFTRA as an "Microbudget" project. This means we need to make the film for under $20,000. Below is what the budget will be made up of.
We will save a great deal of money by finding low-cost locations, doing DIY set decoration, and having props, costumes and set pieces contributed through our family, friends and you, our contributors!
For more information, contact debradeliso@gmail.com
Characters
Small Town is peopled with a diverse and
quirky cast of characters. Here's a look at a few of them.
(See them all at smalltown-movie.com)
On one side of the highway is Madame WuWu's Cantina... | On the other side is the High Way Church... |
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| Other Characters... | LEXI - Lorraine's feisty daughter, a wild woman with an extraordinary singing voice. MADAME WU - the strong willed Chinese cantina owner, sick with cancer, tango dancer. CELIA -a Latina motel maid and political activist. ALMA - the Filipina stripper/snake dancer and town apothecary. TXU - Basque town mechanic, motorcycle mama and animal rescuer. JOHNNY JON - a slick L.A. hustler, African American who secretly longs to be a renowned chef. MATE - Johnny Jon’s side kick, a dim-witted but tender-hearted Australian. DANNY - a good natured, disabled African American Viet Nam vet, talented illustrator. DICK - "Little person," horny bar fly and Shakespearean actor. NORMAN - the cross-dressing hotel receptionist. | PASTOR PETE - a hypocritical preacher, peeper, and closeted lounge singer. SHERIFF JACK - the only local authority, fair minded, with a soft spot for Lorraine. DAVEY – Wilma's repressed son secretly dresses as a chanteuse. JESSICA - Wilma's daughter studying to be a lawyer, represses her own happiness. |
LORRAINE
WILMA
- 1 granted
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This will be the car that the hustlers Mate and Johnny John ride into
town on.
The more beat up, the better, but the car must be in
operating condition. A Pontiac GTO, like this one,
is a great
example. (See link below)
Purchase on our behalf, or if you
live in the L.A. area and have a car we can borrow, please send us a note!
The all-important piano for the variety show scenes in the Cantina. A lot happens around this piano, not the least of which is some music! You can purchase on our behalf, or, if you live in the L.A. area and have one we can borrow, as long as it's working and tunable, it can be pretty beat up - if a key top or two is missing, or the surface is scratched up, that's fine!
One night in the trailer, Lorraine puts on cold cream while looking at herself sadly in the mirror.
This jar is ideal!
- 5 ordered
The perfect mug for a cuppa joe, or maybe even a little gin pick-me-up (That's what Lorraine uses hers for :)) Also makes a great gift!
Your very own copy of the final draft of the Small Town script signed by screenwriter Debra DeLiso, in digital form. It can be signed to you, or someone of your choice. Makes a great gift for the movie-lovers in your life!
Your very own copy of the final draft of the Small Town script, signed to you or someone of your choice by writer Debra DeLiso.
- 2 claimed
- 18 remaining
Want to move to another level in your creative life? This perk gives you a 30-minute creative consultation with award-winning Hollywood veteran actor/director Debra De Liso, who has taught hundreds of students at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and USC's Theatre program. Choose a date between December 2023 and March 31, 2024 for your Zoom session.
Do you have a story to tell? Have you always wanted to try your hand at acting? In Debra DeLiso's Theatre of Compassion Academy, you can do just that! This perk enables a 40% discount on her asynchronous (on your own time) Solo Performance Course, which costs $249, but can be yours for $100. Also makes a great gift!
- 3 ordered
- 0 remaining
A tongue-in-cheek video blessing and prayer just for you from Wilma,
the pious church lady...sure to put a smile on your face and a halo
over your head!
Only 3 available--when they're gone, they're gone!
Great for Xmas, birthday or anniversary gift!!
