River Magnus

My new video essay on Worldbuilding is out!

I really tried to up the production value on this one-- it's complete with new characters like Thom the Worldbuilder (me in a construction hat...), Thomato Thom (a hand-animated 2D tomato) and a really cool visit to the MSU Map Library.

If you're a video essay fanatic like me or simply just want to see what video essays are all about, go check it out.

P.S. Feel free to give a sub and help me get to 100 ;)

Hello Summer! ☀️

So proud to announce that we’ve finally released our second musical film, Aubin & Lucius, online on YT for anyone to see.

This was such a magical movie to film, shot entirely on location (and outside) in Mid-Michigan in East Lansing, Grand Ledge, and Holt.

In this film I got to star along my best friend since high school Jake Salisbury who was the lad actor in the very first musicals I was a part of (Mary Poppins and Oklahoma!).

In this short musical film, two forest spirits (and best friends) have a falling out and must navigate their own growing pains and anxieties with love and life before trying to reconnect.

I hope you enjoy this film at least half as much as we enjoyed making it. It was a blast!

Thank you to our crew:

Produced by Tessa MacDonald
With associate producers Christopher Avery, Jacob Salisbury, Collin Higgins and Curtis P. Clark

Heidi Kowynia as Thea
Jonus Cottrell as Elias
Elise Reaves as River Magnus

Cinematography by George Pham
Choreography by Amanda Tollstam
With Assistant Choreographer Jeannie Joy Sincic

Music & Lyrics written by Yours Truly with additional music by Matt Burdick

Full list of credits in the end title sequence.

Search for the film on YT to check it out (FB algorithm does not like video links :(