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When the leader of an artist residency kills the possum that’s been eating their cauliflower, the residents come to a shocking consensus.

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the residents

a puppet; lover of cauliflower

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the possum

puppeteered by MERY Y.Y. CHEUNG

Mery Y.Y. Cheung

(she/they) Mery Y.Y. Cheung is a designer, puppeteer, producer, and Arts activist from New York City. Credits include Object Movement Puppetry Festival (Center at West Park), Layer the Walls (14th Street Y), Simon and His Shoes (The Tank), co-producer to the Puppet Spread puppet slam series with Ladies of Mischief (The Tank), TV series Awkwafina is Nora from Queens episode “Grandma and Chill” (Comedy Central), Murmurations (LMCC), Museum Mile with IBEX Puppetry (Metropolitan Museum), among others.

loveable nebbish

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pinecone

played by MISHA BROOKS

(he/him) Misha Brooks is an actor living in New York City. He’s a co-founder and member of the performance art group Subtle Pride. His work can be seen on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and most recently in the Paramount Plus comedy, “Players”. He has a BFA in Drama from New York University.

thinks being a vegan absolves her of her sins

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annabella

played by HANNAH SHEALY

Hannah Shealy is an actor and singer based in NYC and London. REGIONAL: The Rose Tattoo, Unknown Soldier, The First Immigrant/Queens (Williamstown Theatre Festival). COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: Orlando, Cowboy Mouth, Clybourne Park, Macbeth, Top Girls, The Seagull. MFA Acting: Columbia University. Hannah was recently awarded Best Actress at the Dark Comedy Film Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival for her work in Max and Taco.
hannahshealy.com

self-proclaimed #girlboss

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tilly

played by MICHELLE DAVIS

(she/her) Michelle Davis is an actor, writer, and comedian based in New York City. Michelle is currently writing on the sketch/variety series ZIWE (A24/Showtime) seasons 1 & 2, and she starred in multiple sketches that she wrote. Michelle wrote for season 3 of the HBO series, A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW, which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series - 2022. She is Black, graduated from NYU with a double major in Acting and Politics, and her favorite cycling instructor calls her “fun!” (He also sometimes calls her “Mikaela” and she is too polite to correct him).

smartest (& nicest!) person in the room

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hadley

played by GILBERT DIEGO SANCHEZ

(he/they) Gilbert Diego Sanchez is an actor and cabaret singer based in Brooklyn, New York. He has produced many of his own shows, including The 4/20 Show, Cats: The Other Cats Musical, and Me & My Good Judys at Good Judy. Off-Broadway: Showgirls the Musical. Regional: Ritchie Valens in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story at Bucks County Playhouse. TV: Law and Order: Organized Crime, New Amsterdam, Bull and The Path.
@gilbertwithaz

conspiracy theorist

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blaze

played by SOPHIE SAGAN-GUTHERZ

(they/them) Sophie Sagan-Gutherz is a multi-disciplinary artist who schleps around NYC. Recent: Faultline Theatre (writer/actor); t4t, c4c (Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, writer/actor/EP). Select theatre collaborations: Lincoln Center, Ars Nova, TFANA, The Public, and Williamstown. TV/Film: Cats and Walls (opposite Dylan Baker), SNL ("Pride Month Song''), Idol Chaser (VLVMedia).
@sophiesagangutherz // sophiesagangutherz.com

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the team

DAISY ROSATO

Director/Co-Writer/Co-Producer

(she/her) Daisy Rosato is a queer, neurodivergent filmmaker who hails from New Orleans. After receiving her BA in Theatre/German from Bard College, she moved to Brooklyn where she developed a cinematic fluency based on deep technical understanding, through work as a scenic carpenter and a camera assistant. Her short film POSSUM won an audience award at Final Girls Berlin, had its US premiere at Salem Horror, and its NYC Premiere at the inaugural Climate Film Festival. She is currently in post-production for the micro-budget improvised feature, Sinner Supper Club, which she shot on an iPhone. As a writer, she’s attended the Austin Film Festival, Stowe Story Labs, and Studiofest VR. She is a Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema MFA candidate at Brooklyn College and a current BAFTA Scholar.
daisyrosato.com // @daizerzzzz

SOPHIE SAGAN-GUTHERZ

Writer/Co-Producer

(they/them) Sophie Sagan-Gutherz reveres the overlap of clown and drag and seeks out the fine line between laughter and devastation. Recent: Breaking the Binary (Playwrights Horizons/Broadway Play Licensing); current Jam member (New Georges). Their first screenplay POSSUM (actor/writer/producer) is a Hollyshorts Screenplay Quarterfinalist and a Final Girls Berlin Audience Award Winner. They’re currently in post for the ultra-low budget improvised feature film Sinner Supper Club (producer/actor). Next up: BUBBE&T, a proof of concept set to shoot in Cape Cod in 2025 (writer/producer). They’re a Production Accessibility Trainee with the “queercrip” production company indieVISIBLE, a current NYU Tisch Drama Gender Expansive Mentor and are the Secretary of their Block Association.
@sophiesagangutherz // sophiesagangutherz.com

LEA DELARIA

Executive Producer

Lea was the first openly gay comic on television in America, and is an accomplished Jazz performer who has performed in concert venues all over the world. She is best known as ‘Big Boo’ from Orange is the New Black (3 SAG Awards). Lea can currently be seen in the indie feature film Potato Dreams of America, and in the Indigo Girls jukebox feature film, Glitter & Doom. She will be starring in the upcoming Off-Broadway Revival of Tennessee Williams' play, The Night of the Iguana, directed by Emily Mann. TV credits include East New York, The Blacklist, Physical, Reprisal, Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Shameless, and Broad City. Film credits include Cars 3, Support The Girls, and First Wives Club. Broadway credits, POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (Bernadette), The Rocky Horror Show (Eddie/Dr. Scott) and On The Town (Hildy), Obie and Theatre World Awards.
@realleadelaria // www.leadelaria.com

JACKIE MONOSON

Producer

(she/her) Jackie Monoson is an independent documentary and fiction filmmaker and producer based in Brooklyn, NY. Jackie’s recent projects include producing the surreal tragicomedy pilot PALOOKAVILLE, which received the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival. She also produced the short horror-comedy film YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND which premiered at the 2023 Berlin Final Girls Film Festival. Among other things, she is inspired by Jewish folklore, her grandmother, Gilda, unreliable narrators, and the horrors of puberty. When Jackie is not at work, she is busy making music videos about her cat, Lentil, and rewatching the Sopranos. Jackie received her BFA in Studio Art from New York University.
quaileggsfilms.com

ZACH SKY

Director of Photography

(he/him) Zach Sky got his start filming friends ride BMX in his hometown of Boston, MA. In 2006 he moved to NYC to attend college and in 2010, after graduating with a BA in psychology, he began working as a full-time camera operator at a documentary production company. He has shot for multiple feature-length docs and episodic series acquired by Netflix, Amazon, and PBS. Most recently he worked as the 2nd unit DP for Mob Land (2023) and continues to shoot music videos and commercials for high-profile clients such as Rosalia, Chanel, Gucci, Marc Jacobs, Ferrari, A24, Nike, and many others.
zachsky.com

MARISSA TODD

Production Designer

(she/her) Marissa Todd is a multidisciplinary designer based in New York City. With roots grounded in design for stage and live performance, Marissa mixes the mediums of stage and film to provide a visual dialogue in support of the writer's and director's vision. Each process includes deep exploration into materials that create an environment, this in turn allows for a rumination of truth and authenticity stunningly unique to each collaboration.

LAURA CONTE

Editor

(she/her) Laura Conte is an editor based in NYC. Born and raised in south FL, she now calls Brooklyn, NY home. After graduating with a BFA in film production from Florida State University in 2015, she pursued a career in post-production, moving through the ranks as an assistant editor, animator, graphic designer, and lead editor. She has edited two Emmy-nominated series and one Emmy-winning series. Laura's interests include puns and soup, and her life is controlled entirely by her dog, Penelope.

POLY ESTER

Costume Designer/HMU

(he/they) 100% synthetic and completely man-made, Poly ester is a drag performer and the illegitimate traggot son of David Cronenberg. They aim to explore the queer horror tradition of monstrosity as liberation, the grotesque as beauty, and transformation as sex. He’s thrilled to join the team at the helm of makeup, hair, and costumes for POSSUM.

LEAH SHAPIRO

Casting Director

(she/her) Leah Shapiro is a NY-based freelance Associate Casting Director for Film and TV. She’s been lucky enough to train under and work for Shayna Markowitz Casting, Ellen Lewis Casting, Laura Rosenthal Casting, Estrin/Bergstein Casting, and Betsy Fippinger Casting. She most recently finished working under Ellen Lewis on Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut feature film ELEANOR THE GREAT and subsequently David Michôd’s UNT. CHRISTY MARTIN Project. Other recent FILM/TV Associate/Assistant credits include: MAESTRO (NETFLIX/AMBLIN), THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE (HULU), INVENTING ANNA (NETFLIX), DASH & LILY (NETFLIX), A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN (SONY), GOODNIGHT MOMMY (AMAZON), LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND (PLAN B/MGM).

ARIEL LOH

Composer

(they/she) Ariel Loh is a trans/queer Asian American music producer, mixer and composer based in Los Angeles. Their work has made appearances on Billboard, Rolling Stone, BBC, NPR, Vice, MTV, as well as major streaming services. As a producer, Ariel's productions have amassed over 350 million streams on Spotify and landed them a RIAA gold certification. As a composer, they have scored the gamut from horror films to children's television. Ariel is also an avid organizer in the queer music community in LA in NY and also makes ambient music under the moniker Window Seat.
lohmusic.com

MARY PERRINO

Colorist

(she/her) Mary Perrino is a Color Finishing Artist located in Brooklyn, NY. She founded La Voglia Studio in 2017, and has been working as a Colorist for nearly 10 years. Providing creative look design to elevate but not overpower a film is her goal on every piece. She believes a great color grade has an immense creativity, but also a sense of reservation. Leonardo Da Vinci's quote, "Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication" is something she lives by. In her free time she dabbles in photography and loves to cook.

WREN STARK HAVEN

Sound Designer

(they/she) Wren Stark Haven is a filmmaker living and working in Queens, New York. Her films center on working class women facing life’s big questions through a vibrant array of genres. As a veteran film sound technician and IATSE member, her credits include Oscar Best Picture winner CODA, Spirited, Free Guy, and Saturday Night Live. When she’s not working on films, she’s either racing bikes or cooking something lovely for her family.

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