The Stage 32 Videos: Adoption

VARIED LIVES synopsis Mr. Donald John Falstaff, a brewer from Milwaukee, striving for more than just a quiet weekend in the country, throws Mr. Fenton Philip Ford's estate, Ford Farms, and its all male cast of characters into chaos. Set in a time when gay marriage wasn’t even a topic for discussion and adoption the only legal recourse, VARIED LIVES examines the relationships of 6 men who opt for the only solutions available to them. "Modelled" upon Shakespeare’s MERRY WIVES of WINDSOR, VARIED LIVES is set in the 1930s American Midwest and suggested by the life & times of American philanthropist Robert Allerton and Allerton Park.

Film created for Adoption Week. Creation: Eduardo Maciel and Blueth Talarico. Screenplay: Blueth Talarico and Eduardo Maciel

I wrote an original music track for this short video on the Children's Home of Illinois. 2016

In 1985, in Seoul, South Korea, there were over 500,000 abortions and just over 650,000 actual births. This meant every time a child was conceived, it only had a 57% chance of actually being born. This is a story of a boy who survived the 43% abortion rate. On November 13, 1984, Ryan's birth mother gave birth in a clinic outside of Seoul. She abandoned him onsite, leaving no trace or record of whom she was. Filmed and directed by Shoubert David Filmed with Sony alpha cameras, a6300, a7ii Edited in FCPX Color graded with Color Finale Music by ArtList