THE LONESOME ANIMAL is a short film written and directed by Emerson student, Erin Klingsberg. "The Lonesome Animal" centers around Tom, a high school outcast in a rural town, who suffers from a secret reading disability. Whilst being pressured by the school's unenthusiastic administration to drop out, his assigned peer tutor, Molly, finds out about his disability and takes it upon herself to tutor him so that his love for playwriting and need for the self expression he's missed out on for so long can be realized.

SHOOT DATES: June 28th- July 4th.
Auditions: May 21st in Philly
No pay, but travel, food and housing are included.

SEEKING:

PRINCIPAL RICHARD STEVENS (55) THE NEGLIGENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. HE'S TIRED, WORN DOWN AND UNINTERESTED IN TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO MORE DIFFICULT STUDENTS. HE IS, IN A WORD, A CYNIC.

MR. GLOVER (55) TOM'S HARD WORKING, BLUE COLLAR FATHER. STOIC. UNEDUCATED. WEARY AND ROUGH. BELIEVES HE'S FAILED AS A FATHER.

MR. SANS (45) ANOTHER WEARY TEACHER. HAS BECOME LAZY AND APATHETIC OVER THE YEARS.

TOM (18) - HIGH SCHOOL TEEN OUTCAST WITH A HIDDEN READING DISABILITY. VERY CLEVER, BUT QUIET AND ISOLATED. SOMETIMES SURLY BUT ALWAYS INTRIGUING. HAS A PASSION FOR WRITING DESPITE HIS DISABILITY. FEELS THE ENTIRE WORLD IS AGAINST HIM.

MOLLY (17) - ALL AROUND HIGH SCHOOL GOOD GIRL. POPULAR, KIND, SMART, PRIVILEGED. THE PRINCIPAL'S DAUGHTER. IDEALIST BUT UNSURE OF WHAT SHE WANTS IN LIFE.

TEACHER #1 (40) RELATIVELY NEW TO THE SCHOOL. UNSURE HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATION WHEN TOM BARGES IN TO HIS OR HER CLASSROOM.

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