What: The 2004 Blue Roses Theatre Company Festival of Short Films

Where/When: Proctor's Theatre on July 28; SHS Auditorium on July 29

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Cost: Free and Open to the Public

Description: The Blue Roses Theatre Company, Schenectady City School District's School of Fine Arts, presents the 2004 Blue Roses Festival of Short Films. A special screening event with an emcee from Time Warner Cable's Capital News 9 will be held at Proctor's Theatre on July 28th at 7 p.m. Time Warner Cable is proud to underwrite the Blue Roses Film Festival.

Another screening will be held at the SHS Auditorium on July 29 at 7 p.m.

Students from Schenectady and partner District Scotia Glenville will showcase their talents in screenwriting, storyboarding, shooting, acting and editing. Faculty members Eric Connolly, Tom Sarnacki and Bill Ziskin are the Festival’s producers. In August these films will each be streamed in quicktime.

The Short Films include:

Deconstruction
Producer – Tom Sarnacki
Director – Monique Hannah

You have One Day
Producer – Eric Connolly
Director – Akil Middleton

Stomp the Swamp! Kill the Hill!
Producer/Director – Eric Connolly

Hijab
Producer/Director – Tom Sarnacki

WRGB – Yesterday and Today
Producer/Director – Bill Ziskin

Three Days in the Peculiar Life
of Harvey Shell
Producer – Bill Ziskin
Director – Joey Hunziker

 

On October 21, 1998, The Blue Roses Theatre Company made its official debut with a performance of Williams' lyrical masterpiece The Glass Menagerie. As part of the Schenectady City School District's School of Fine Arts, the BRTC continuously strives to present something unique and beautiful to its audiences in Schenectady's schools and the surrounding region as well. At the core of its mission lies the belief that students learn best while working side by side with artists of varied backgrounds and levels of experience. For this reason, Blue Roses incorporates the collaborative efforts of student and adult artists, from both within the school district and the regional artistic community at large, in every effort it takes on.