Synopsis
Set in postwar 1949, Le Grand Jete is a tale of four artists who have found themselves knocked down within their respective professions. At the peak of her ballet career, Audrey Harrington is injured dancing the title role of Cinderella, and is forced to return home to start over. Luckily her longtime dearest friend, Gilbert Sullivan is there, back from the war recuperating from injuries both physical and emotional. Unbeknownst to Audrey, he is also taking care of his dying father, artist/inventor Henry Sullivan of the famed Sullivan Gramophone Company. When Gilbert stumbles into a once grand theater in a run down part of town and serendipitously encounters the now infamous interracial, blacklisted ex-Vaudeville stars, Millie Hallifax and her husband, Sage Lemaitre, an idea springs forth to reinvigorate all four of their passions. The four must wrestle not only their own insecurities, but battle with the growing industrial commerce of the 1950s to bring to life their version of Cinderella: The Musical.
Main Characters
Audrey Harrington's feet are firmly planted on the ground, usually in fifth position. Disciplined and steadfast, some might call her uptight, but those who have the privilege of getting close to her know she has a romantic heart, a loyalty that knows no bounds and on occasion, is pretty damn funny.
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Alice L Walker
Writer, Director
A Chicago native, Alice began her career as a ballet dancer, performing with Joffrey Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Ballet Austin and Ontario Ballet Theater of Canada, to name a few. She joined the Chicago theater scene studying at Piven Theater Workshop then in L.A. at Playhouse West with Robert Carnegie and with famed coaches Larry Moss, Art Wolff, Giles Foreman and Robyn Cohen. Her tv credits include ABC’s Secrets of A Small Town, Fresh Off The Boat, and The Office spinoff, The Trainer, and the upcoming series, Composers directed by Bernard Rose, as well as working in commercials for companies like Ford and Leinenkugal’s Beer. Her select film credits include Riddance opposite Jim Parrack (Best Actress award PWFF), Abruptio (coming 2021), opposite Jordan Peele and Robert Englund, A Numbers Game opposite Ken Howard and Steven Bauer and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with Doug Jones, directed by David Lee Fisher. Also a writer and producer, Alice’s original screenplay musical, Le Grand Jete was made an Official Selection of The Beverly Hills Film Festival, was a semi -finalist in the London International Screenplay Festival, and won Best Screenplay at Chicago Indie Film Festival. She’s produced music videos for Snoop Dogg, choreographed national commercials for Dairy Queen and choreographed and directed ballets like Cinderella: A Rock and Romance Ballet at El Portal Theater in LA. She directed over 25 musicals while teaching acting and dance at The Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. Her first love being theater, she has always found her home there performing in Beauty & The Beast, The Sound of Music, Shrek The Musical, A Chorus Line, Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge, and The Elephant Man at El Portal Theater for her award winning Los Angeles based theater company, Thursday Night Theater Club. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
Jon Altham
Executive Producer, Music Supervisor
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