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ABOUT
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Same Same
LOGLINE
Meeting through a social networking app, three women from very different backgrounds navigate life, love and the complexities of the
modern queer experience.
SYNOPSIS
Same Same is the story of Emily, Aviva & Sam, three queer girls figuring out how to live their lives under the changing timetable for adulthood. Aviva just came out in her mid-twenties, but doesn't know a single lesbian. Sam’s big mouth is always working against her, and Emily has already slept with half of Brooklyn,
rendering her pool of choice miniscule. Once they connect through an app called SameSame, these girls will laugh, lie and do whatever it takes to help
each other navigate life in this upbeat, semi-improvised dramedy about feelings, friendship and sex.
RUNTIMES
Episode 101 : Pilot : 8.39
Episode 102 : Back At The Bar : 7.17
Episode 103 : Got A Match! Aviva & Toshi : 3.55
Episode 104 : A Little 101 : 6.21
Episode 105 : Got A Match! Yasmina & Uncle Meg : 4.43
Episode 106 : Fluid : 6.21
Episode 107 : Got A Match! Sam & Maya : 3.45
Episode 108 : Brunch : 5.26
Episode 109 : Got A Match! Caitlin & Indie : 3.00
Episode 110 : Fifty Shades of Literature : 6.22
Episode 111 : Got A Match! Eloise & Luna : 4.21
Episode 112 : Loose Ends : 6.05
Total Run Time: 1:06:15
AWARDS/FESTIVALS
LGBT Category Winner
TEAM
Stephanie Begg / Writer, Director, Producer Stephanie is an Australian born director, writer, producer and actor. Her first short film Fighting for Mable, which explored eating disorders and body image issues for young women, toured Australia with the 2005 Reel Life Film Festival. She recently adapted & directed the short film An Empty House with Many Doors, from the story by Hugo and Nebula award winning author Michael Swanwick. In 2014 she wrote the short film Opal, directed by her partner Josh Mawer, and produced the shorts Gone (2010) and Reprieve (2013). In 2008 she wrote and directed The Shack, about a woman dealing with the ghosts of her childhood and abusive father, damaged by his experience in World War II. She lent her hand to writing and directing comedy sketches on the series Sketchmen (channel TVS) and directed a run of Arabian Nights New Theatre) in Sydney, Australia.
Lauren Augarten / Creator Lauren Augarten is a writer, director and producer. Her recent writing credits include RSVP, a short film that screened at the Atlantic Film Festival in Canada, and won Best Comedy Short at the Queens World Film. Lauren recently produced The Disgustings, a short film that was an official selection of Outfest, Newfest and Frameline. Lauren created the web series Same Same based on her experiences as a newly out lesbian in Brooklyn, NY, the pilot of which won the LGBT Category award at the LA New Media Film Festival, and was official selection at Newfest. It has been featured in the Huffington Post, Washington Post and GLAAD. She wrote her first play Define You at fifteen. It was published by Australia’s largest performing arts publisher, Currency Press.
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April Maxey / Writer April Maxey is a San Antonio, Texas native who graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY with a BFA in Film/Video. Her writing & directing credits include three short films; Girl Scouting, Polaroid Girl, and This Is You And Me, which have collectively screened at 45 festivals and won 6 awards. The screenplay for This Is You And Me, which she co-wrote with Summer Czajak, was 1 of 9 projects in the Berlinale Talents Short Film Station in 2015. Her latest music video for Miss Eaves, Thunder Thighs, recently went viral with over 1 million views on youtube.
Josh Mawer / Director, Producer Josh Mawer is a director and editor with over a decade in film and commercial production experience in Australia and the USA. Josh co-wrote and directed the short films Legacy and Opal during prostgraduate studies at the prestigious AFTRS, Australia. Legacy won Best Director at North Wales International, an ACS Bronze and was nominated for the National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards. His short Gone was funded through Metroscreen's First Breaks grant and his film Blood Type won Best Director in the Sydney 48hr Film Festival. Josh holds a Graduate Diploma in Narrative Directing from the Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS).
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CAST
Kelly Sebastian / Emily Actress Kelly Sebastian has graced the cover of Go Magazine and was featured in their 100 Women We Love. She recently played the role of Liza opposite Naomi Watts on Netflix’s Gypsy. You can also catch her as the brand voice for ALT NATION on Sirius/XM. Her directorial debut A Girl And A Goldfish was part of the collection ‘Best Lesbian & Alternative Short Films’ that screened at LGBT Centers nationally.
Lauren Augarten / Aviva Lauren Augarten, a graduate of David Mamet’s Atlantic Theater School, has appeared on stage & screen in New York and Los Angeles as well as her native home, Australia. You can catch her in Mara Leseman’s Surviving Family, currently on iTunes, as well as Ryan Moulton’s Maybe Someday opposite UnREAL’s Kim Matula, and Daniel Maldonado's H.O.M.E, produced by Darren Dean (Tangerine, The Florida Project).
Alisha B. Woods / Sam Alisha is a standup comedian who has graced the great New York stages, including stints at Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club and Broadway Comedy Club.
Stephanie Begg / Caitlin Stephanie is an actor with both classical theatre training in Australia and the USA (Atlantic Theatre Company), and improvisational comedy with UCB in New York. She has appeared on the Australian TV series Let's Talk About (Foxtel), Wild Boys (Seven Network), Framed By War (ABC) and in the feature film Chained. She performed onstage in Mother Clap's Molly House for the 2015 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival, and was critically acclaimed for her portrayal of Mary Warren in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Cecily in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Ernest.
Holly Curran / Eloise Holly Curran is a proud graduate of NYU Tisch's drama program, studying at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute, the Classical Studio, and Stonestreet Studios. She made her broadway debut understudying in the Tony award winning play A View from the Bridge, and can be seen this December in the new series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon). Previous credits include Bull (CBS), Chicago Justice (NBC) and Z: the Beginning of Everything (Amazon).
CASTCarmen Lobue / Yasmina Carmen Lobue has graced the stages of New York in Harry & The Thief (Habitat Theatre) and Lords Resistance (Obie award winning, The Fire This Time Festival). Carmen recently starred in the short film What Came After directed by Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins, written by Christopher Oscar Pena (Insecure). Other credits include Pink & Baby Blue (Slamdance) and Splinters (Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival)
Daniel Thompson / Mikey Daniel is from Petaluma, CA. A graduate of David Mamet’s Atlantic Theatre School, he has honed his skills in New York City over the last six years. His first bartending job was at The Immigrant Wine before moving on to Craft Cocktails in Chinatown and is now the head bartender at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn. What - you thought all those bartending skills were from research?
Jamie Clayton / Niamh Jamie Clayton can currently be seen starring as ‘Nomi Marks’ in the Wachowski’s series Sense 8 (Netflix). Jamie’s breakthrough role was playing Kyla on the hit HBO series Hung. Her work also secured her a place as one of OUT Magazine’s 100 honorees for 2011. She then went on to star in the Emmy Award winning web series, Dirty Work, as well as The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn), BoJack Horseman (Netflix) and recently The Snowman (Tomas Alfredson). As a model, Jamie has been shot by some of the world’s leading photographers and has been featured in national campaigns for Jeremy Scott and Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics.
Paulina Singer / Aimee Paulina Singer is a New York based actress and artist, who got her start on HBO’s How to Make it in America, playing the recurring role of Nilda, a young lesbian struggling to come out to a mother who won’t accept her. She went on to star in We TV’s South of Hell, and can be seen on The Affair (Showtime), Dead of Summer (Freeform), Orange is the New Black (Netflix) and Gotham (Fox).
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Margaret Reed - Annie Margaret Reed grew up in Salinas, California before entering the University of California at Santa Cruz where she earned her B.A. in Theatre Arts. Margaret then was awarded her M.F.A. from Cornell University. She then toured the U.S. in John Houseman's The Acting Company, playing many different classical heroines. Some of her most notable TV roles were Shannon O'Hara McKechnie on As the World Turns (8 years), Mary Contardi on Seinfeld, Maggie Biederhof on HBO's Mildred Pierce, many roles on the various Law & Order shows, and Dr. Serova on Star Trek, TNG.
Josh Lewis - Sol Josh Lewis is an actor, writer, and director. His work in TV includes: extensive writing and performing with Comedy Central and MTV, appearances on many New York based TV shows including Law & Order and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Josh was an original cast member and Co-writer of Crepuscule, which evolved into the Tony Award winning 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He has acted, directed and written for countless New York theater companies, including: the Atlantic Theater Company, Manhattan Theater Club, Naked Angels, and The 52nd Street Project.
Lorraine Farris - Dr. Marcy Veteran actress Lorraine Farris made her screen debut as, Pinky in the cult classic Natural Born Killers directed by Oliver Stone. She then went on to work with Mary Harron in I Shot Andy Warhol playing Susan Pile. Her extensive TV credits include Sex And The City, Law & Order: SVU, Person of Interest and The Slap.
Michael Warner - Uncle Dave Michael Warner is most notable for his role as Oliver Spence in House of Cards (Netflix). Michael has numerous theatre credits including Engaging ShawI (Old Globe), Wings (Second Stage), the world premier of Lucy Thurber’s Monstrosity (13P), Missed Connections (ARS NOVA) as well as shows at the prestigious Roundabout, The Atlantic, Soho Rep among others. He has had multiple appearances on Law & Order, As The World Turns, Boardwalk Empire, All my Children, Breaking Upwards.
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For all USA queries please contact: Lauren Augarten | +1 917.545.9309
For all AUS queries please contact: Stephanie Begg | +61 0405.444.341