So What's Next!?

Thank you to everyone who came out 3/31 to see the flick at Paris In Plantsville!

We keep getting asked: "So what's next?"

Well... DVD! Look for "Josh and Todd" to be available with some fun bonus features this fall!

Josh & Todd Screening 3/31!

Hope to see you there!!!

ONE MORE SCREENING! March 31!

This is the last screening we have planned for the area before the DVD release!
Elmwood Productions has made it Ten Years!
To celebrate they and their brothers at Paris In Plantsville are turning the gallery into Elmwood Puppet Land for the month of March!
And to close out the Ten Year Birthday party they are doing a "Josh and Todd" screening!

On March 31st!
Doors open at 7:00PM and the flick starts at 8:00!
Hope to see you there!

All the details: HERE!

We'd like to thank the Paris In Plantsville crew for all their support and for loving this movie possibly more than we do!

Happy New Year!

Cheers!
Thanks to everyone who came out to one of the screenings this past year!
We've got a few more coming in 2012...
And look for DVD release info to come soon!
We appreciate all the support and hope you have a great 2012!


And now
"News We Missed Reporting in 2011"

We had some cast and crew events! -
In order...

Eric Stegmaier (Josh) became a Resident Artist at Paris in Plantsville in April,
joining Jon in the madness...

Mark Elsinger (The Brain) got married in May.

Russ Bird (Jimmy and cinematographer/editor) got married in October

Gabe Finkenstein (Hunter) got married too! In November!

Rachel Ryan (now Rachel Ly) also got married in November! She came in on our last day of shooting, during re-shoots and kicked ass!!! This is the first time we're mentioning her on this blog, but we bragged about her over on Elmwood's blog!

Jennifer Tanner (Stacy) and Johnnie's Butler the talented Christopher A. Lemanski got engaged in December!

Look at all that love!!!
HUGE CONGRATS to all of you!

New Trailer!

Well Done Eric!

Our own "Josh" - Eric Stegmaier recently kicked butt at The Farmington Valley Arts Centers most recent juried show!!!

CONGRATS ERIC!!!

To read more on his win check out Paris In Plantsville's Blog

Thank you ConnectiCon!

Thanks to everyone who came to the screening 7/9/11 at ConnectiCon Convention in Hartford CT, and thanks to all who goofed around with the puppets!

Pictures from our two days can be found HERE and HERE!

Connecticon 2011 Screening!

Elmwood Productions will be at ConnectiCon this year again!

Two years ago Steve the Vampire was a hit...

Last year Johnnie Sojive harassed you...

This year... "Josh and Todd: The Story of A Man and His Puppet" will be screening!

July 9th at 8:00 PM!

To get into the screening you do have to attend the convention, registration/ticket info is here.

Members of the cast and crew will be on hand for a Q&A session following the flick!

Little update and a workshop...

Jon here with a quick "Josh and Todd" update for ya!

We've been working away on touching up the film and getting the DVD bonus features ready!  

More to come soon...  Including screening announcements!

But in the meantime...

Wanna make a puppet with me?.....

Puppet Maker Jon Bristol of The Elmwood Puppets will be holding a three day workshop in July at Paris In Plantsville!

Learn how to make a Muppet/Henson style moving mouth puppet like Steve the Vampire!

All the materials and tools are included in the registration fee, and space is limited, so it's first come first serve.

At the end of the workshop you'll have a completed puppet, and you get to keep the pattern and tools and leftover material for future use!

The dates are July 11, 18, and 25 2011 (all Mondays) from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

The total cost is $150.00, a $50.00 deposit* holds your spot in the workshop and the rest is due the first day.

To sign up or for more information contact the instructor, Jon, at jon@elmwoodproductions.com or stop by Paris In Plantsville

* The deposit is non-refundable, but if you have to cancel we'll put it toward a future workshop if you sign up for one!

Paris In Plantsville

15 West Main Street

Plantsville CT 06479

A little update!

Jon here...

It may seem like we're asleep at the wheel over here with this flick, but we're not!

I swear!  Hahaha!

After two weekends of successful screenings Russ, Jim, and I have been going over the flick with the so called fine tooth comb and looking at goofs, slow spots, and missing jokes and fixing the film up!

We have more screenings coming up (we'll be announcing them soon!) and we're about to start prepping the DVD release!  We'll have goodies on it for ya like a commentary, bloopers, and a making of thing, and a few other surprises.

Thanks for sticking with us on the ride

Thanks!

Last weekend we screened the flick again at Paris In Plantsville, and a huge

THANK YOU

to everyone who came out and made it a success, and to Paris In Plantsville!

And thanks to everyone who has been on this journey so far!  Now that we've seen it with a few audiences we're heading back in to play with some of it, get is completed and get DVD features ready!

But there a still more screenings coming too!  Keep on the look out for them!

See the Flick! Tonite and Tomorrow!

One last reminder!

"Josh and Todd" is screening at Paris In Plantsville tonite and tomorrow nite!

Doors open at 7 PM, and the movie starts at 8!

Hope to see you there!  You might even get a puppet!

More info HERE

And Happy Earth Day!

Raffle at the Next Screening!

Want a one of a kind Elmwood Puppet?

Of course you do!!!

Here's how to get one!

On April 22 and April 23 we'll be screening the flick at

  Paris In Plantsville, 

all you have to do is show up and make a five dollar donation to the gallery and you get a raffle ticket!

After the film we'll pick the winner!

We're doing this both nites, so there's two puppets up for grabs!

The puppets are built by our own head puppet maker

 Jon Bristol!

Jon and Todd - Todd isn't part of the raffle, he would be mad at us if he was!

Here's where to see the flick:

Paris In Plantsville Gallery and Studio

15 West Main Street

Plantsville, CT 06479

For more on the screening click HERE

In case you forgot!

We'll be screening the film again at
Paris In Plantsville on 4/22 and 4/23
Click here for more info!

Encore! At Paris In Plantsville 4/22 and 4/23!