COMING SOON: Above Ground Floor After his wife is banned from visiting his #LongTermCare home due to #pandemic restrictions, Arthur Daniels must hatch a plan to escape. Written by Ellen Denny Directed by Cherissa Richards Illustration by Ngabo Nabea

One week til we premiere our short film ABOVE GROUND FLOOR! Stay tuned as we intro our incredible team, and share some #BTS and sneak peeks... Written by Ellen Denny Directed by Cherissa Richards Illustrations by Ngabo Nabea

#MeetTheTeam of 'Above Ground Floor'... CHERISSA RICHARDS - Director Starting off with our fearless leader. We were so lucky to have Cherissa Richards join us amidst a busy year directing across the country. Near #YVR? catch her production of 'Harlem Duet' now bardonthebeach

#MeetTheTeam of 'Above Ground Floor' ELLEN DENNY - Writer Sudden Spark co-founder Ellen Denny was inspired to write this piece based on the isolation experienced by her father in #LongTermCare during the pandemic. The piece was originally commissioned by Live Bait Theatre.

#MeetTheTeam for 'Above Ground Floor' NGABO NABEA - Illustrator Prepare to be dazzled by Ngabo's illustrations, which appear throughout this short film. No stranger to Sudden Spark Collective, Ngabo previously created the illustrated prologue for 'february: a love story'.

**Sneak Peek** of ABOVE GROUND FLOOR Check out this exclusive #preview of Ngabo Nabea's stunning illustrations, which appear throughout our new short film, premiering online Tuesday July 18th.

#MeetTheTeam for 'Above Ground Floor' NICHOLAS RICE - Arthur One of our two stellar cast members, Nick is a veteran of stage and screen. He has toured his solo show, 'A Side of Rice' to fringe festivals across Canada. Catch it this August at Victoria Fringe Intrepid Theatre!

#MeetTheTeam for ‘Above Ground Floor’ JENNI BURKE - Jonelle Completing our cast is the luminous Jennifer Thornton, known for her extensive work in plays, musicals, and film & tv. Catch Jenni this August in Nick Green & Andrea M Scott (she/her) WGAW‘s ‘Every Day She Rose’ at Here for Now.

#MeetTheTeam for ‘Above Ground Floor’ EMILIO VIEIRA - Director of Post Production Sudden Spark co-founder Emilio helmed our post-production process as we brought the many different elements of this film together. All whilst performing in the Stratford Festival 2022 season!

#MeetTheTeam for ‘Above Ground Floor’ DEANNA H CHOI - Original Music It was sweet music to our ears when @splitbrainsound said yes to composing the film, using jazz and classical influences. Ever in demand, Deanna’s currently sound designer for ‘The Music Man’ Thousand Islands Playhouse.

#MeetTheTeam for ‘Above Ground Floor’ WILLIAM FALLON - Sound Design The auditorily gifted William Fallon did our sound design and mix/master. Always on the go, William is currently mixing the tour of 2b theatre company's Old Stock: a Refugee Love Story, on next Theatre Aquarius.

Sudden Spark Collective would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts for the Arts for supporting 'Above Ground Floor'. Arts funding is all the more critical since the pandemic, and we are proud to have hired so many wonderful artists through the Canada Council’s generous support.

#MeetTheTeam for ‘Above Ground Floor’ JULIAN PAPAS - Editor It’s lucky our co-founder Emilio met Julian Papas while studying at York University, so we could call upon his expertise to edit this film. A master of many genres, Julian’s also currently developing a horror film.

#MeetTheTeam for ‘Above Ground Floor’ RYAN MCINTYRE - Cinematography After Ryan achieved such stunning cinematography for our first film ‘february: a love story’, we had to get him back behind the camera. Luckily he fit us into his busy shooting schedule!

#MeetTheTeam for ‘Above Ground Floor’ RIA KAPUR - Production Intern Recent Theatre Sheridan grad (and future superstar) Ria joined our team to help with community and audience outreach. You'll definitely be hearing more from this aspiring playwright and screenwriter!

ABOVE GROUND FLOOR premieres tomorrow! We are so proud of this film, and to be telling this beautiful story. What happened in Canada’s long term care system during COVID-19 must not be forgotten. We hope you will help us keep this story alive by sharing this film far and wide.

Thanks for the feature BroadwayWorld! "Above Ground Floor examines the cost of 'safety'. When we treat germs as the only threat, what other ills are allowed to grow and thrive?" broadwayworld.com/toronto/articl… #ShortFilm #LongTermCare #Canada #SeniorCitizens

Meet the inspiration behind ABOVE GROUND FLOOR!

Great news! You can now catch our latest project ‘Above Ground Floor’ on STRATFEST@HOME. Excited to share this heartwarming story with Stratford audiences.