Writer/Director: Collin Colaizzi

Producers: Maria Quezada, Ryan Rosenthal

Line Producer: Nas Adid

1st Assistant Director: Camryn Mina

2nd Assistant Director: Sammy LeMieur

Director of Photography: Liam Podos

1st Asisstant Cameras: Muhil Vaseekaran, Hudson Carter

Gaffers: Jake Shoop, David Melean, Zane Peña

Grips: Andre Garcia, Kathy Holbrook, Cameron Paradiso, Shawn Wu, Bryan Lee, Pedro Juan Gama

Steadicam Operator: Edwin Herrera

DIT: Bryan Uvaldo

Script Supervisor: Chloe Mashburn

Production Designers: Nabeel Jan, Olivia Weseley, Alexis Korb

Costume Designer: Kai Sun

Key Makeup: Christina Kim, Kennedy Guest

Makeup Assistant: Alyssa DiBenedetto

Sound Mixers: Brian Lee, Austin Barron, Sammy LeMieur

Boom Operators: Hugh Perry, Sechan Yu

Behind-the-Scenes Photographer: Chinaza Ajuonuma

Intimacy Coordinator: Becca Freeman

Honorable Brew Master: Blake “Franz” Fraatz

Production Assistants: Celeste Yeany, Hudson Brown, Drishana Thurairajah, Rachael Woods, JP Prieto, Pavithra Velliyatt, Zane Ramsey, Kevin Sherman, Zhang Yuchi

Editor: Boomerang Jones

Colorist: Liam Podos

Starring: Clarice Reiner, Travis Doughty, Roman Amento, Will Warner, Blake “Franz” Fraatz, Emma Woodward, Sammy LeMieur, Maria Quezada, Lucas Casellas, Nathaniel Danziger, Tessa Norfleet, Richard Chen, Delaney Williams

“Showcase!” is a NYU thesis film by Collin Colaizzi following a young man attending his girlfriend’s theater showcase and the anxieties that arise surrounding their relationship. The film was shot over the course of two weeks, from October-November, 2023, in New York. The film drew inspiration from French New Wave, Ingmar Bergmann’s “Persona”, and Ricky D’Ambrose’s “The Cathedral”. The production employed over forty extras and was authorized by SAG-AFTRA for the casting of Delaney Williams (“The Wire”, “We Own This City”) during the Hollywood Labor Movement of 2023. Collin and I talked a lot about the different visual modes of the different settings, from the close intimacy of the apartment to the grand theatricality of the black-box theater. We shot on the Arri Alexa Mini and used Zeiss Super Speeds in the apartment setting to give a softer, nostalgic look. For the black box and the classroom settings, we used Arri Ultra Primes for a cleaner look, as well as an Angenieux 25-250mm for the large zooms and an Atlas Orion 32mm Anamorphic for the steadicam sequences. The film is nearing the end of post-production and will be entering a festival run in late 2024.