My first short film had a good amount of beginner’s luck. It was adapted from a Second City sketch titled “Forum (a.k.a. Careers)” from “Take Me Out to the Balkans” by Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Steve Carell, David Razowsky, Ruth Rudnick, Fran Adams, and Amy Sedaris. It was my first big assignment at Second City Film School.

My wonderful actors, Lisa Barnes, Jeanne Lauren Smith, Heather Carlson, and Jimmy Pope, did their performances remotely. In fact, most of this was recorded over Zoom. I think it is a good time capsule of where we were as we broke out of our isolation as the Covid-19 pandemic receded.