Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Becca Blackwell and Daya Curley Board Queer Musical Fantasia Short Film, 'Spit Me Out'

*LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 27, 2024 / *SPIT ME OUT - a new queer musical film written by Tova Katz, and directed by Lauren Ludwig, goes into production at the end of the month. Headlining the cast is Ilia Isorelýs Paulino (The Sex Lives of College Girls, One Piece) and the film's writer, Tova Katz. The cast also includes Becca Blackwell (Marriage Story, Bros, Sort Of), Daya Curley (Transparent: The Musical), Kasper (Amina), and Ezra Reaves (4400), amongst a congregation of gender-expansive, queer, and QTBIPOC talent.

Produced by The Barn, a movie musical company, SPIT ME OUT tells the story of Dina-a bubblegum-chewin' fast-talkin' queer grifter-who makes a pit stop on her way out of town to convince her beloved Bev to escape "the pious throttle of their small town church" (Dina's words). But Bev-the assistant pastor with quiet charm and dry wit-isn't so sure about leaving everything behind. Amidst escalating scrutiny from the zealous congregation, the couple wrestles with their uncertain future as they discover that even as we brokenly rip one another to shreds, each of us is aching to know love, forgiveness... and goddangit, a little bit of grace.

SPIT ME OUT is based on a character from Katz's acclaimed one-person show See You At the Funeral! which originally premiered at La MaMa, and later played Los Angeles Performance Practice's LAX Festival and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.

"Even as there are forces actively trying to erase and kill queer and trans people, Spit Me Out asks us to imagine a world into being that's more expansive than the one we find ourselves in -- a world that makes room for the full expression and aliveness of everyone in it," says writer/creator Tova Katz.

"The piece investigates what it takes to find the humanity in those we've been taught to hate, and in those who have hurt us most deeply, and the depth of healing that is possible when we do," says director Lauren Ludwig.

SPIT ME OUT is fiscally sponsored by The Film Collaborative and has been majority financed by LGBTQ+ donors.

You can follow along with the production and beyond on Instagram at @thebarn.

*Contact Information*

Juju Lelliott
jeradrianne.lelliott@usc.edu

*SOURCE:* The Barn

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