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EVELYN REESE: NEAR THE RED CARPET
A GLAM-GLAM Production
Status: Complete
Year: 2009

North American Premiere:
InsideOut Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival.
Saturday May 16 @ 4:45pm, Isabel Bader Theatre (Fame Whore Programme), 2009.

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About: Evelyn Reeses is the rye-and-ginger infused divorcée of a certain age – Executive Secretary/star-in-the-making. After conquering every emcee gig from retirement parties to curling banquets, our heroine decides to take her act to the small screen. The only problem is, Evelyn doesn’t know “a damn thing” about TV land. So she picks up the phone and discovers that ET Canada needs an audition tape from this aspiring Entertainment Reporter. “How hard can it be?” thinks Evelyn, grabbing a borrowed video camera and newly retired office pal/film student, Dorothy McKay. Off they go to the Film Festival, where Evelyn tries to find celebrities to interview. They’re nowhere to be seen and every gala and press conference is off limits, but that doesn’t stop our lip-stick smeared Miss Reese from taking her campy theatrics to the streets. What results is head-turning guerilla comedy between Evelyn and unsuspecting strangers attending or working TIFF movies.

Download Press Materials from the film for use in festival, print and online campaigns.

Mentions: Gay News Bits, Wacky Wednesday Post

About: Evelyn Reese

Evelyn Reese has appeared at Second City, Monkey Toast, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, NOW Magazine events and Girls School (Diesel Playhouse). She has worked with the B-Girlz on stage and film, collaborating on three short films with their production company, Glam-Glam Productions. "Evelyn Reese's Wedding Tribute" won Best Film at the 2007 Q2FFF festival. In May 2009, "Evelyn Reese: Near the Red Carpet" premiered at the Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival.

In 2006, Evelyn starred in Fringe Festivals across Canada and earned a coveted spot in the UNO Festival of Solo Performance in Victoria, B.C. She workshopped her next show – "Dad Who? Evelyn Reese's Focus on the Family" – at the Ottawa and Toronto Fringes in the summer of 2007.  In April 2008, she previewed "Evelyn Reese's Family Room" at Buddies in Bad Times and then took it to the Winnipeg Fringe. Evelyn Reese is written and performed by Toronto comedian Susan Fische.



Official Website: EvelynReese.com
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