AUGUST 2023

Workshop Production

             THE WORKSHOP PRODUCTION SIZZLE REEL


Co-produced with the “Greater Reading Alliance of Community Theaters” (GRACT) 

 

THE CAST! 

JORDAN ECK  as JOSEPH SMOOT NIBLEY

 

MARY KATE FOLEY  as ROSE MARIE PEDALS

 

ALEX KRICK  as NARRATOR JOE

 

 

SIERRA NAOMI as MILLIE LISKUSKY

 

MICHAEL PARDO as MR. LISKUSKY

 

JULIA KERSHETSKY as IRIS SMOOT NIBLEY

 

JOEL GORI as LUIGI BELMONTE

 

DOMINIQUE DUARTE as RENITA

 

HANNAH BONNETT as MISS GENKONNER, EDNA, BOWLER

 

CLIFFORD JO’ANDREW PINES as ROY WHITE

 

H. LYSIA MOGFORD as HIGH HEELED WOMAN, JOAN, BOWLER

 

KYLE CONRAD as BUZZ NELSON, CORONER, FATHER MURPHY

 

MAURA MALARKEY – ENSEMBLE

 

MEGAN CARNEY – ENSEMBLE

 

STEVEN GEHRINGER – ENSEMBLE

 

DEAN FICHTHORN as POLICEMAN

 

TYLER RAVERT – ENSEMBLE

THE “Love Is Afoot!”  SOUNDTRACK 

Listen to our 100% original music on the playlist below…

What's it all

About

A FRESH TAKE ON A CLASSIC STYLE

Imagine if “Singin’ in the Rain” had been done by John Waters

Set in the 1940s, “Love Is Afoot!” is a throwback to the Golden Age of musicals of the 1940s and 50s. With the look, feel and big-band sound of that era, we tell the story of Joe Smoot-Nibley, a decent man struggling to find his “sole-mate.”  It’s the classic boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy finally gets girl love story turned upside-down!

 script and music awards

 

WINNER – BEST SCREENPLAY – September 2021

“Love Is Afoot!”

Reading FilmFEST

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WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – July 2021

“Special Someone”

Global Music Awards

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WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG in a Motion Picture – April 2021

“Special Someone”

Bare Bones International Music & Film Festival

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WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG in a Motion Picture – March 2021

“Special Someone”

Love Wins International Film Festival

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WINNER – BEST original SONG in a Motion Picture –  May 2020

“Special Someone”

IFS, Independent Filmmakers Showcase, LA Film Festival

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WINNER – SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR – August 2019

“Love Is Afoot!”

Las Vegas International Film/Screenplay Festival

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WINNER – BEST MUSICAL SCREENPLAY- August 2019

“Love Is Afoot!”

 Las Vegas International Film/Screenplay Festival

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WINNER – BEST MUSICAL SCREENPLAY – May 2019

“Love Is Afoot!”

Moondance International Film Festival

2019MIFFWinner

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FINALIST – BEST SCREENPLAY –  September 2019

“Love Is Afoot!”

Evolution International Film & Screenwriting Competition

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SHORT SYNOPSIS 

At its core, Love Is Afoot! is a love story about two childhood sweethearts and their struggle to be together.

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Set mostly in the 1940s, “Love Is Afoot!” is a musical romantic comedy about two love-struck sweethearts and their struggle to be together. The story chronicles the life and times of Joe Smoot-Nibley and his journey for acceptance and quest to find his “sole-mate.” 

Joe’s a hopeless romantic, in love with the girl of his dreams and more specifically, her feet! That girl is Rose Marie Pedals, and she loves, adores, and understands Joes’ desires because she’s got a “thing” for feet herself.

But because it’s labeled a forbidden love by society and because they’re from different socio-economic classes, they’re pulled apart again and again. It’s through sage love advice from a magical Italian shoe cobbler and through song and dance, that they learn about the importance of acceptance, love and staying true to oneself.


Listen to the

Music

14 original songs and 5 instrumentals

 

All the songs were written and composed by the incredibly talented Perry Sachs (Saturday Night Live, Happy Madison, The Jim Henson Company) and jazz legend, Kevin Guillaume (Gladys Knight & The Pips, Earth Wind & Fire). The demos have been arranged and recorded by our Executive Music Producer, Tim Davis (Glee, ABC’s Boy Band, Lady Gaga, Barbara Streisand).

“While our irreverent comedy may be the yoke that steers “Love Is Afoot!,” music is the engine that makes it fly!”

-P. Sachs


The Soundtrack

(In order of appearance in the musical)

Learn more about the the music !  Hover over the song and click the  “LINK” symbol not the magnifying glass 

Meet

The Producers

AN EXPERIENCED TEAM

(AND STILL GROWING…)

 


THE FEET BEHIND  “Love Is Afoot!”

 

Here's the latest

LOVE IS AFOOT! News & Updates

 

 

Here is how to

Contact Us

MICHAEL LaFata

mike@laceyface.com


PERRY Sachs

perry@perrysachs.com


LAURA BELL Bundy

LBBTV Productions


SANTO D. Marabella

Santo@marabellallc.com


 


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