D(e)ad
written by Izzy Roland
directed by Claudia Lonow
Ticketing Links
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9/10/25 North Hollywood, CA Laemmle NoHo 7
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9/14/25 Amherst, MA UMass Student Union
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9/15/25 Brooklyn, NY Bell House
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9/18/25 Santa Ana, CA Frida Cinema
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9/21/25 Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre
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9/23/25 Spokane, WA Garland Theater
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9/24/25 Missoula, MT The Roxy
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9/27/25 Fayetteville, AR Columbus House Brewing
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9/28/25 Cincinnati, OH Woodward Theater
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10/2/25 Indianapolis, IN Kan Kan Cinema
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10/6/25 Atlanta, GA Emory University
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10/7/25 Austin, TX Austin Film Society
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10/8/25 Austin, TX Austin Film Society
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10/11/25 Rosendale, NY Rosendale Theatre
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10/14/25 London, UK Genesis Cinema
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10/19/25 Montreal, Canada Turbo Haüs
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10/27/25 Ukiah, CA Ukiah Players Theatre
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10/30/25 Ashland, OR Varsity Theatre
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11/1/25 Las Vegas, NV Beverly Theater
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And more to come!
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Synopsis
Tillie (Isabella Roland), a floundering young woman and her charismatic, alcoholic father (Craig Bierko), struggle to resolve their fractured relationship in the weirdest possible way: after he dies, his ghost appears in mirrors to haunt everyone in the family but Tillie. Tillie’s sister, Violet (Vic Michaelis), mother (Claudia Lonow), grandparents (Mark Lonow and Joanne Astrow), stepfather (Jonathan Schmock), and even Violet’s free-spirited baby daddy (Nick Marini), must do everything they can to make Tillie see her father… even employing a very reform rabbi (Eddie Peppitone) to exorcize him… or else they will be plagued by this ghost forever. ​
About the film
What do you get when you have three generations of comedians in on family, and someone dies? If you guessed an independent autobiographical self-funded feature-length dark comedy, you’d be absolutely right. D(e)AD is written by and starring Isabella Roland (Dropout.tv, Sex Lives Of College Girls); and directed by and starring Isabella’s mom, Claudia Lonow (creator/showunner of How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, Accidentally on Purpose, Good Girls Don’t and Rude Awakening); and also the rest of their family.
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