Brenda and Billy, Darkly Comical and Somewhat Bloody Short Screens at TRIBECA

Press Release

New York, NYC (May, 19 2023). This dark comedy short was written and directed by the award-winning filmmaker Dave Solomon. Brenda and Billy (And The Pothos Plant) was selected from over 8000 submissions by the OSCAR-qualified Tribeca Film Festival.

Logline: After an incident involving a pothos plant, a frying pan and a flower pot leaves their mother for dead, two estranged siblings (a botanist and a magician) come together to figure out what to do with the body.

Dave Solomon is an award-winning NYC-based writer and director working in both theatre and film. As well as his award-winning LGBTQ+ horror short, Photo Op and Cavan. Solomon assisted Oscar-winner Bill Condon on Disney’s Beauty and The Beast and Mr. Holmes, starring Ian McKellen and Laura Linney. He has also worked on twelve Broadway Productions including Curtians, 9 TO 5 and more. He also directed the first national tour of the Broadway musical Tootsie. Solomon is currently developing his feature film, Chesterfield Falls, a Halloween-themed ghost story that utilizes authentic Halloween customs and rituals.

The talented producer team includes the Tony-nominated producer Karen Johnston and Writer, Director and Producer of OSCAR-qualified F^¢K ‘€M R!GHT B@¢K, Harris Doran. He also produced Kokomo City which won at both Berlin and Sundance. The cinematography is by David N. Stiles with Production Design by Nathaniel Garner.

Brenda and Billy (And The Pothos Plant) can be seen at Tribeca Film Festival on Friday, June 9, Monday, Wednesday, June 14 and Saturday, June 17.

This comedy horror stars the Tony Award winning Santino Fontana (Tootsie on Broadway, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Shades of Blue, Nurse Jackie), two time Tony Award Nominee Sarah Stiles, (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Billions, Get Shorty), Tony Award winning Julie Halston (Gossip Girl, The Good Fight), Catherine Curtin (Stranger Things, Orange is The New Black) and Beethovan Oden (FBI: Most Wanted, The Last O.G). You are also welcome to review the film.

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