A screening followed by a Q&A with writer/director Katie Cokinos, producer Jack McWilliams, key cast members Christina Rouner, Mike Heslin,  and James McCaffrey

Moderated by Jayce Bartok, actor/filmmaker. 

SYNOPSIS
After college, Dora finds herself back at home, prepping for the LSAT while her friends travel the globe. When her Great Aunt Vera injures herself, Dora volunteers to help and travels to Vera's snowy estate. The last thing the venerable Vera wants is a caretaker, and the last thing Dora wants is to be bored and isolated. Still, Dora fetches sweaters, studies for the LSAT, and trashes her own attempts at poetry. She spends more and more time with a colorful group of locals, until she uncovers Vera's hidden past, leading the two women a much stronger bond. Much to their surprise, Vera helps Dora through her poetic "muddle," and Dora discovers her own unique voice while Vera rediscovers hers.

PANILISTS BIOS

Katie Cokinos - Writer/Director
Katie Cokinos has a long history of supportingindependent film, starting in Texas where she was an administrator for SWAMPand Managing Director of the Austin Film Society. She’s made five short films,and her film Portrait of a Girl as a Young Cat premiered at SXSW. Katiecurrently resides in Saugerties, New York with her husband and two children.

Christina Rouner - Actor 
Broadway: Coram Boy. Off Broadway: Eternal, House for Sale, The Duchess of Malfi, Tom Ryan Thinks He’sJames Mason…,Halfway Home, Three Tall Women (and National Tour) The LaramieProject, and The Laramie Project: Epilogue (National Tour) Regional: Tartuffe, A Christmas Carol, McCarter Theater;The Black Dahlia, Tartuffe, Romeo and Juliet, Yale Repertory; Our Town, Pera Palas, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Long Wharf Theater; Vita and Virginia, The Globe Theaters; Spinning Into Butter, Alliance Theater Company; Hamlet, Hedda Gabler, Guthrie Theater; Continental Divide, La Jolla Playhouse; Death Takes a Holiday, Ad Wars, Inherit the Wind, Marat/Sade, Williamstown Theater Festival; Cymbeline, Playmakers Repertory; Permanent Collection, Baltimore Center Stage; Three Tall Women, Kennedy Center;Three Tall Women, Mark Taper Forum; Amy’s View, Communicating Doors, San Jose Repertory; As You Like It, Shakespeare on the Sound; The Importance of Being Earnest, Portland Stage Company; The Circle, Dancing at Lughnasa, Westport Country Playhouse and many others. Film and TV creditsinclude: Ned Rifle, I Dream Too Much, MacGruber, Taking Chance, Fur, The Skeptic, Crazy Like a Fox, Winter Solstice, Herman U.S.A. The Good Wife, Elementary, Sex and the City, New York Undercover, All My Children, One Life to Live, and in a recurring role on Law and Order. Training and Education: Yale University,The Juilliard School.

Mike Heslin -Actor
Mike is a California native who has appeared in film, TV, stage, commercials, and print. Favorite credits include War Horse (The National), We All Scream (Pigrat Productions),and The Donkey Show (A.R.T). Mike-Heslin.com