Life Ride
10 min
Crown Theater
Theater 1
Sunday November 11 4:30pm
Cast - Bill Quade, Daeg Faerch, Emmanuel Xuerub, Kayo Yamazaki, Meredith Ellman
Seated
along a roadside are a circus
ringmaster and his amusement ride, a battered 1955 Oldsmobile. The car
hasn’t
moved in years. Poised in the front seat, are a couple frozen in a
moment of
joy.
The scene is quiet and still until ten-year-old Billy approaches and
the
ringmaster begins boastfully pitching rides to an unseen audience.
Billy
eagerly accepts the Ringmaster’s offer of “The ride
of your life”. As he
buckles up in the rear seat of the Oldsmobile, Billy is suddenly cast
into the
experience of a family road trip.
The encounter moves along all too perfectly, until the couple begins to
quarrel
over the trip’s destination. They pressure Billy to take
sides as the argument
escalates, sending the ride far off track.
Director,
Writer - Lance Slaton
Producer - Justin
Lyon