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1. Midnight Swing

2. So m e ti m es I d a m n ne a r fee l li ke c r yi n g I w a n t it s o ba d .
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3. The top 114
out of 6,380
scripts …
To date, this
is the largest
screenwriting
competition
in history.
“M idnight Swing”
is “Glimmer, Glimmer”
in the Nicholl
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4. Midnight Swing
GENRE: D ra ma/ Co me dy /Mu si c
LOGLINE: Two yo ung trumpet p layers revel in jaz z , booz e and women --
until a dark secret emerg es that threatens the fate of their band a nd the
friend ship of a lifetime.
SYNO PSIS: Big band s are in full swi ng , smok ing tea is all the rag e, and
young m usic ians are h itting the road in ho pes of becomi ng the next Benny
Goodman. We lcome to the su mmer of '39, when Te ddy Ar nol d and his Blue
Boys D ance Band j ourne y from their s mall Oh io tow n to the splas h and
dash o f the Pal omar Ballroom. Mi ddle-ag ed Ted dy k now s he isn't g etting
any yo ung er, and Charl ie and Jack -- the hottest y ou ng trumpet player s in
the band - - are ju st what he nee ds to final ly h it the big -time. W hen a
smooth -talking p hotog rapher fr om D own Beat hits the road with them a
dang erous secret emerg es that threatens the fate of the band an d ig nites a
feud i n the dee pest o f frien ds hip s.
WRITER/PR ODU CER: D eb Have ner ( Stay C lean, T he Siber ian Exc han ge,
The Lo dge, Ha ppy En din g s, R ai nin g Cat s, Sc ared t o D eath, Gr oo ve S hac k,
http:/ /ww w. im db. c om /na me/ nm 1422 935 /)
ACT OR/ PR ODU CER: No lan Gerar d Fu nk ( Spectac ular! , Br oadwa y’ s Bye
Bye Bird ie, Al ien s i n A merica, Tr ip le D o g, The L W ord, Bereavement,
http:/ /ww w. im db. c om /na me/ nm 1289 173 /)
We of fer yo u Midn ight Swi ng – replete wit h rich c haracters, exciting dance
number s, bittersweet romance, and a dramatic su btext about co ming of
ag e during a time when A merica was abo ut to lo se its inn ocence.
We strive for a fi lm that move s, in spires and e ntertains. . . one that has all
the rig ht ing redients to become a cla ssic.
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5. ATTACHMENTS
Producer/Writer
Deb Havener
Deb is currentl y i n development/prep on a Russian thriller a nd a 1940s short musical . She is a 2009
Nicholl semi -finalist (www.os ca rs.org/awa rds/ni choll/fellows/finalists .html) and currentl y in the finals
for the Wri te Movies Int’l comp. Recentl y, Deb’s team pla ced in the Finals/Top 10 and won Best
Editing and Best Actor a wa rds for the 2009 48-Hour Shootout Film Competition wi th the fa ntasy short
Happy Endings. Deb runs Pretty Egg Productions with her husband Neal in Columbus , Ohio.
Producer/Actor
Nolan Gerard Funk
Wi th a Leo Award Nomination, a top 10 album, a #1 soundtrack on i tunes and an upcoming 4-episode
gues t-s ta rring role on SyFy’s hi t series Warehouse 13 Nolan is ha ving a banner yea r. Recentl y, he
ma de his Broadwa y debut in the much-anti cipated Bye Bye Birdie – a show tha t ga rnered an extended
run and one of the highest box offi ce ti cket sales in the his tory of the Roundabout Theater.
www.byebyebi rdieonbroadwa y.com
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6. DEB HAVENER
Writer/Producer
At the age of 13 Deb told her parents she had to stay after school for a detention, then cut
herself an audition at the Mansfield Playhouse where she was cast in her first musical …
Carnival. After a severe dressing down from her parents they allowed her to stay in the show.
For thirteen years she continued to perform in and choreograph various musicals for local and
collegiate theater productions. Among her favorites are Pirates of Penzance, Follies and Oliver!
(for which she won a BOTL Award for horse-whipping her entire cast into learning a blend of
Irish clogging and tapdancing on top of a dozen rolling barrels).
Her stage work took her to Los Angeles where she was cast in several less than stellar
productions, including the bumbling whack job of Noises Off with Nathaniel Productions and
the El C amino version of Guys and Dolls.
Thank goodness she knew how to write. And wait tables.
Deb’s current and upcoming projects include the feature The Siberian Exchange – a Russian
thriller with C annes/Silver Lion award-winner James Brown attached to direct, the musical short
Canaries and fantasy short Fantasy in C (which she is prepping for a May 2010 shoot). She is
producing the hip-hop documentary The Groove Shack for Martin Jones Productions (San
Francisco, in post).
Deb runs Pretty Egg Productions, an independent production company in Columbus, Ohio that
she co-founded with her husband Neal (imdb). Among their short films is Stay Clean, a musical
stoner comedy that premiered at the Ohio Independent Film Festival. Their first short, Kill,
Ratboy, Kill, premiered in the Midwest and went on to several screenings that resulted in
drunken campus riots, thus gaining the attention from Troma Films in NY.
Deb studied Dance and Theater at the Ohio State University/BFA Program before obtaining her
BA in English/C reative Writing. She has taught screenwriting through the National Collegiate Arts
Program at the Ohio State University and other collegiate venues.
Deb works as a reference librarian for a five-star (ALA) public library.
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7. NOLAN GERARD FUNK
Actor/Producer
Recently, Nolan made his Broadway debut in the much-anticipated Bye Bye Birdie in
which he starred opposite John Stamos and Gina Gershon. Though the play received
mixed reviews, the critics bestowed glowing praise upon Nolan for his fun, fresh portrayal
of C onrad Birdie. Nolan's current projects include the upcoming dark teen comedy Triple
Dog and the thriller Bereavement – in which he stars opposite Michael Biehn and
Alexandria Daddario (20th Century Fox’s Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief).
A former national gymnast and diver, Nolan began acting professionally at the age of
fourteen when he was cast in Steven Spielberg's Sci-Fi mini-series Taken.
His starring role in Sony BMG/Nickelodeon's 2009 movie musical, Spectacular! was the
perfect opportunity for him to showcase himself as a singer, actor and a dancer. With the
number one soundtrack and a top ten album on itunes, Nolan also had his first song on
the billboard charts with "Break My Heart".
Nolan's heartfelt work on the televised youth series Renegadepress.com earned him
critical praise and his first Leo Award nomination. His role as the Italian redneck, "Todd
Palladino," (in C W's Aliens in America) was also well received by his peers and the media.
Nolan has guest-starred in dozens of hit series including Smallville, Killer Instinct, The L
Word, The Dead Zone and on the ABC series Castle. He also starred opposite Kim Delaney
in the C BS pilot Practical Magic (produced by Sandra Bullock), and several Lifetime
features, including My Name is Sarah, in which he starred opposite Jennifer Beals. He can
next be seen in the upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Wilderness Family.
For such a young age, he has played a myriad of diverse roles: A football hero turned
necrophiliac in the feature, Deadgirl, which recently screened at Toronto Film Festival; a
rich high-school coke dealer in Class Savage; and a clinically depressed kid from the
wrong side of the tracks in the upcoming film Bereavement. His upcoming TV work
includes a 4-episode guest role on the SyFy C hannel’s hit series Warehouse 13.
Nolan is attached to play the role of “Jack DuPree” in Midnight Swing.
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8. •
• THE ADVISER
• SEPTEMBER 17, 2009, 7:56 P.M. ET
Hello, 'Birdie'
A rising young actor plays a teen idol in the coming Broadway musical revival
By ELLEN GAMERMAN
It's a case of life hoping to imitate art. "Bye Bye Birdie," a Broadway musical about a
teen idol, features an actor in the title role who's a rising young star himself.
Nolan Gerard Funk plays Conrad Birdie, a rocker modeled after Elvis Presley, in the
revival co-starring John Stamos and Gina Gershon. Since previews began this month,
hundreds of autograph-seekers have been waiting at the stage door for a glimpse of Mr.
Funk and the others.
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9. "It's wild out there," says Todd Haimes, artistic director of the Roundabout Theatre
Company, the show's producer. He says advance ticket sales for "Birdie" are the largest
in the Roundabout's history. Some young fans come bearing DVD copies of
"Spectacular!," a 2009 Nickelodeon TV movie starring Mr. Funk as a hunk of rock 'n' roll
beefcake who joins the high-school show choir.
Mr. Funk, a 23-year-old Canadian, has friends that add to the pop allure of "Birdie":
Actress Amanda Bynes tweeted that she hopes to come opening night.
The under-18 crowd comprised 12.4% of the Broadway audience in the 2007-08 season,
the largest percentage of children and teens in the past 30 years, according to the
Broadway League, an industry trade group. "Spring Awakening," a Tony-winning rock
musical that ended its Broadway run in January, drew almost exclusively teens, tweens
and their parents (its current national tour is doing the same), and the show spun off
budding teen star Lea Michele from the Fox TV show "Glee."
Since "Spectacular!" Mr. Funk says young girls have started approaching him at
shopping malls, but he's not complaining. "There are times where people ask for a lock
of your hair, but the truth is I have a lot of gratitude for my fans," says the Vancouver
native.
The actor says he's not interested in becoming the next Jonas Brother, and notes that
his film work includes edgy fare. "I murdered a transsexual in a movie directed by
Agnieszka Holland, who is a brilliant Oscar-nominated director who did 'Europa Europa,'
" he says, referring to his role in "A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story" on Lifetime. "I
don't think anybody can mistake me for bubble gum."
Write to Ellen Gamerman at ellen.gamerman@wsj.com
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10. Reviews
Reviews …
"Co n ra d ( the e xcel l ent Nol a n Ge ra rd Fu nk ) tu rns ou t to be a l ug wi th l o oks ." - - John La h r,
The New Yo rke r
"N ol a n Ge ra rd Fun k ha s the m o ves do wn ... hi s n um be rs a re the hi g hl i gh t o f the s ho w ." - -
R oma To rre , N Y1
"The h ype o ve r BB B ha s been s o a wes o me – o ve r N ol a n's pe rfo rma n ce i n pa rti cul a r – gi rl s
ha ve bee n l i ni n g up a t the s ta ge doo r be fo re a n d a f te r the s ho w's p re vi e w pe rfo rma n ces fo r
a u to g ra p hs , o r jus t to ca tch a gl i mps e o f hi m ." - - De vra New be rge r, JS YK
"Mr. F un k s ee ms mo re a t ea s e ons ta ge tha n a n ybod y el s e . He s i ngs on ke y a n d a p pea rs to
be en jo yi n g hi ms el f . I t’s ni ce to thi n k tha t s o mebo d y i s ." -- Be n B ra n tl e y, New Yo rk Ti m es
"As Bi rdi e , Nol a n Ge ra rd Fu nk i s cu te , a n d hi s Act I s o ngs … "Hones tl y Si n ce re' ' a nd "One
La s t Ki s s ' ' … a re hi ghl i g h ts o f the s ho w ." - - Bi l l Ca na cci , Cen tra l Je rs e y
"F unk (i s ) ca s ua l l y uns a ni ta ry a nd e ff o rtl es s l y hi l a ri ous a s d ra f te d fi f ti es ro ck-i d ol Bi rdi e ." - -
S co tt B row n , N Y Ma ga zi ne
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11. "Thi s p rod u cti on i s a t i ts bes t when the ki ds a re cen te r s ta ge , es pe ci a l l y i n "A Lo t of Li vi n '
to D o ," l ed b y the hi p -s wi vel i ng Fun k ." - - Joe Dzi e mi a nowi cz , N Y Da i l y Ne ws
"N ol a n Ge ra rd Fun k ha s s ome l o unge -l i za rd el e ctri ci ty a s Con ra d Bi rdi e , the ro cke r
ma ni pul a ted i n to a l a s t p ubl i ci ty s tu n t bef o re he g oes i n to the a rm y." - - Li nda Wi ne r,
N ews da y
“B u t the true ke y to thi s B i rdi e 's a ppea l i s
i ts you thf ul ens e mbl e . Nol a n Ge ra rd Fun k
i s a con vi n ci n gl y l ou ti s h Bi rdi e ." - - El ys a
Ga rdne r, US A Toda y
"F unk ... a nd hi s pel vi s a t l ea s t a re ha vi ng
a go od ti me , a nd hi s i n fe cti o us ro cka bi l l y
i n tro , "Hones tl y Si n ce re ," i s one o f the
f ew n umbe rs co oki n g on mo re tha n a l o w
fl a me ." - - Da vi d R oone y, Va ri e ty
4 AM r e h e a rs al fo r Go o d Mo r n i n g Am e r ic a
"N ol a n Ge ra rd Fun k , mea n whi l e, adds a bit of s pice to B irdie, wh o ’s us ua l l y a re mo te ,
va guel y d ra wn ro ck -a nd - rol l mena ce to de cen t s o ci e ty. Fun k ma kes hi m di s ti n ctl y
u na ppe ti zi ng – wea ri n g onl y Jo cke y s ho rts , he g uz zl es bee r tha t runs s l o bbi l y do wn
hi s bod y — hei gh teni n g the joke o f the mi ndl es s a do ra ti on o f hi s you ng fa ns ." --
R obe rt Fel dbe rg , No rth Je rs e y
"In the mi ddl e , of co u rs e, i s the rebel l i ous , s o mew ha t cyni ca l , ta l en ted Bi rdi e , pl a yed
to the hi l t b y Nol a n Ge ra rd Fun k w hos e "A Lo t o f Li vi n' to Do " i s the e veni n g 's bes t
n um be r." - - Da vi d A. Ros enbe rg , Wi l to n Vi l l a ge r
"On the pl us s i de i s a n en thus i a s ti c pe rf o rma n ce b y Ni ckel odeo n s ta r Nol a n Ge ra rd
F un k a s tee n yb oppe r s ens a ti on Con ra d Bi rdi e. The ene rg y l e vel a t the ne wl y
re fu rbi s hed Hen ry Mi l l e r’s Thea tre ri s es whene ve r ( he's ) a round ." -- R obe rt Ca s hi l l ,
Li ve Des i g n , Seen & Hea rd
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12. We want you to have as much fun as we’re having
CONTACT US:
He y Kids! Act now and you, too,
ca n ha ve your ve ry own
Nola n Ge ra rd Funk Ke wpie doll !!!
Nolan Gerard Funk Deb Havener
CAA debhavener@gmail.com
Attn: Tony Lipp c: 614.264.6679
424-288-2000
O K O K, a dd a nothe r 10 yea rs!
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