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D(e)ad

written by Izzy Roland

directed by Claudia Lonow 

Bring D(e)ad home!

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Orders will close March 10 and may not be available again!

D(e)ad now available for Rent or purchase

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 one 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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as screened in

  • ​Homer, AK

  • Bellingham, WA

  • Seattle, WA

  • Tacoma, WA

  • Spokane, WA

  • Ashland, OR

  • Corvallis, OR

  • Portland, OR

  • Salem, OR

  • Ukiah, CA

  • Oakland, CA

  • San Francisco, CA

  • Sacramento, CA

  • North Hollywood, CA

  • Glendale, CA

  • Los Angeles, CA

  • Santa Ana, CA

  • San Diego, CA

  • Las Vegas, NV

  • Moscow, ID

  • Boise, ID

  • Sahuarita, AZ

  • Missoula, MT

  • Greeley, CO

  • Pueblo, CO

  • Albuquerque, NM

  • Lawrence, KS

  • Oklahoma City, OK

  • Schertz, TX

  • Austin, TX

  • Dallas, TX

  • Houston, TX

  • St Michael, MN

  • Minneapolis, MN

  • Rochester, MN

  • Woodbury, MN

  • Spring Grove, MN​

  • Des Moines, IA

  • Kansas City, MO

  • Joplin, MO

  • St Louis, MO

  • Little Rock, AR

  • Fayetteville, AR

  • La Crosse, WI​​​

  • Normal, IL

  • Chicago, IL

  • Fort Wayne, IN

  • Indianapolis, IN

  • Cincinnati, OH

  • Columbus, OH

  • Akron, OH

  • Louisville, KY

  • Bowling Green, KY

  • Oak Ridge, TN

  • Knoxville, TN

  • Baltimore, MD

  • Washington, DC

  • Richmond, VA

  • Wilmington, NC

  • Atlanta, GA

  • Tampa, FL

  • St Pete Beach, FL​

  • Emmaus, PA

  • Lancaster, PA​​​

  • Pittsburgh, PA​

  • Philadelphia, PA

  • Asbury Park, NJ

  • Rochester, NY

  • Bronxville, NY

  • Rosendale, NY

  • Manlius, NY

  • Manhattan, NY

  • Brooklyn, NY

  • Amherst, MA

  • Somerville, MA

  • Randolph, VT

  • ​Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Victoria, BC, Canada

  • Edmonton, AB, Canada

  • Camrose, AB, Canada

  • London, ON, Canada

  • Waterloo, ON, Canada

  • Hamilton, ON, Canada

  • Oakville, ON, Canada

  • Sudbury, ON, Canada

  • Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Trenton, ON, Canada

  • Ottawa, ON, Canada

  • Montréal, QC, Canada

  • Halifax, NS, Canada

  • Manchester, UK

  • North Yorkshire, UK

  • London, UK

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Berlin, Germany

  • Budapest, Hungary

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