Evenstar is a New York City-based independent film and theater production company committed to developing and producing feature films and new plays.
Elizabeth Cuthrell, Producer/Writer
Elizabeth Cuthrell wrote and produced the award-winning film Jesus' Son, starring Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Dennis Hopper, Jack Black, Holly Hunter. Named one of the top ten films of the year by The New York Times, LA Times and CNN, Jesus' Son won many awards including The Little Golden Lion Award and The Ecumenical Award at The Venice Film Festival. The film premiered at Telluride Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, New Directors/New Films. Cuthrell produced The Same Storm, written and directed by Peter Hedges, starring Elaine May, Mary-Louise Parker, Noma Dumezweni, Sandra Oh, Judith Light, Joel de la Fuente, Jin Ha, Moses Ingram. The film premiered at Telluride Film Festival, and won the Artios Award for casting. Cuthrell produced Kelly Reichardt's film Meek's Cutoff, starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, which was in competition at the Venice Film Festival (winner, Signis Ecumenical Award), Toronto, Sundance, New York Film Festival. Cuthrell produced The Sisterhood of Night starring Kal Penn, Laura Fraser, Kara Hayward, Georgie Henley, Willa Cuthrell, Olivia DeJonge, which premiered at The Woodstock Film Festival (winner of the Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award). Cuthrell executive produced Vara: A Blessing (directed by Khyentse Norbu), which opened the Busan International Film Festival, and played festivals worldwide including the London BFI Film Festival, and the Tribeca Film Festival (winner, Best Online Feature). Cuthrell's theater credits include: Farinelli and The King on Broadway (starring Mark Rylance[11] and nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Play, Best Actor, Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design and Best Lighting); the premieres of Denis Johnson's plays: Shoppers Carried by Escalators into the Flames starring Will Patton and Michael Shannon (Vineyard Theatre), Des Moines starring Michael Shannon, Hari Nef, Heather Simms, Arliss Howard, Johanna Day (Theatre For a New Audience), and Psychos Never Dream (Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown). Other plays include the world premiere of Slut: The Play starring Samia Finnerty (Fringe NYC, Hammer Museum, Warner Theatre), Roger Rees's one-man show What You Will (ACT in San Francisco), Jonathan Cott's Walt and Emily: Between the Rooms starring Neal Huff, Birgit Huppuch (Cherry Lane Theater). Cuthrell also wrote and produced, along with Mary-Louise Parker, a series of public service announcements called Stop the Hate for the Ad Council, which urged tolerance for Arab Americans and people of color after the attacks of 9/11. For her work on Stop the Hate, she was awarded the Courage Award, given by the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission. Films in development include The Lantern Inn, Devotion, adaptations of novels Angels and Resuscitation of a Hanged Man. Cuthrell attended the University of Hawaii, the University of Pennsylvania, and received her MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Cuthrell is a member of the Producers Guild of America.
David Urrutia, Producer/Writer
David Urrutia is co-founder of Evenstar Films. He executive produced Vara A Blessing (directed by Khyentse Norbu), and The Sisterhood of Night. David produced Kelly Reichardt’s award-winning film Meek’s Cutoff, starring Michelle Williams, and wrote and produced Jesus’ Son, starring Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Dennis Hopper, Jack Black, and Holly Hunter. Theatre credits include the 2013 world premiere of Slut, the New York premiere of Denis Johnsons’ Shoppers Carried by Escalators into the Flames (starring Will Patton and Michael Shannon), Roger Rees' one-man show What You Will at ACT in San Francisco, and Jonathan Cott's Walt and Emily: Between the Rooms at the Cherry Lane Theater. Prior to working with Evenstar, David was Producing Director of Novel Stages Theater Company, where he produced 26 plays, more than half of which were world premieres. Films in development include adaptations of the novels Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, and Angels.
Jeremy Bloom, Artistic Executive
Jeremy Bloom is a New York-based theater director and writer. He directed Of Government by Agnes Borinsky at Clubbed Thumb. As artistic director of Rady&Bloom, original collaborations with Brian Rady include The Upper Room and The Orange Person, as well as Ding Dong It's The Ocean by Agnes Borinsky. Bloom’s work as adapter/director includes Peter/Wendy and Wilde Tales published by Playscripts, as well as The Gun Show, La Boheme (Spoken), and Leaves of Grass (Nude). Fellowships and residencies include the cell, HARP, The Drama League, EST, Soho Rep Lab, TS Eliot/The Old Vic, LMCC, and The Archive Residency. radyandbloom.com