$25 call 518-832-3484 or online at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5159715

STRAND THEATRE SCREEN EXCITEMENT, CELEBS IN HUDSON FALLS, JULY 20TH The normally, tranquil community: Hudson Falls, New York, USA is about to receive major recognition through a new television series created and produced by credentialed independent TV/movie producer Elias Plagianos of Clarkstown, New York. A sneak preview will be screened of the first episode on this new comedy/drama/mystery series at Hudson Falls landmark Strand Theatre (210 Main Street) on Tuesday, July 20th, 6:30 PM. Hudson Falls stars a number of celebrity actors and actresses, who are planning to celebrate the development of this series at the Strand Theatre special event, which will begin with a wine & cheese reception. (For reservations, contact 518-832-3484, www.mystrandtheatre.org) Tickets are $25 per person---a contribution to the non-profit Strand Theatre (which has its origins dating back to 1923) They include:

---JESSICA HECHT (2019 Emmy nominee as cast regular for, Special, Netflix Series; recurring role in, Breaking Dad; cast regular in, Friends; cast regular in, The Sinner, USA Network; star in movies, Broadway.)

---RICHARD KIND (Star of many movies/Broadway, many television series including: The Goldbergs, Mad About You, American Dad, Big Mouth, and more.)

---WILLIAM SADLER (Star of many movies and television including: Power, Our Cartoon President, Hawaii Five-O and more.)

---TARA WESTWOOD (Star of movies and television guest roles including: The Grudge, Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story, Law & Order, FBI, and more.)

---ROBERT JOHN BURKE (Star of many movies and television series including: Robo Cop 3, Law & Order, Rescue Me, Person of Interest, Army Wives, and more.)

According to Tara Westwood, one of the stars and a co-producer:

"Hudson Falls", was the first pilot production shot during Covid. The cast and crew members faced a variety of challenges and issues as they cooperated with the Screen Actors Guild developing breakthrough standards to keep everyone safe. At the Strand Theatre panel I am the actors and Elias Plagianos will be forthcoming about what these concerns were---which had a traumatic impact on tens of thousands of people who earn their livelihoods in this sector for the past eighteen months (everyone from stagehands, to musicians, to makeup artists, to lighting ticing their craft during this distressed period. Im looking forward to sharing stories about how instead of being overwhelmed by the obstacles of working safely on set during Covid with no crew, being socially distanced, and communicating through face masks we treated it as an opportunity to use the confines as an evolving experiment. We used an innovative camera produced by Canon which was easy to use with no additional crew members, and had a very intimate set where actors had the freedom to give very organic performances. Meanwhile, "Hudson Falls" has all of today's hot buttons: LGBTQ, divorce, genetics, tech spying, and more. "Hudson Falls" has been chosen as an award finalist at the upcoming, SeriesFest, which is being held in Denver from June 24-July 11, where everyone can watch virtual.

https://www.seriesfest.com/pilots/hudson-falls "Hudson Falls" is a winner of the New York International Screenplay Awards (see below). Hudson Falls has been named an Official Selection of the prestigious LA Shorts International Film Festival and is featured prominently on their website. https://www.lashortsfest.com/ (The LA Shorts International Film Festival ranks among the most respected and largest international short film festivals in the world.)

"Hudson Falls" will be seen on Amazon Prime. WWW.HUDSONFALLS.TV Hudson Falls Trailer:https://zerochannel.video/hudsonteaser

Elias Plagianos www.eliasplagianos.com www.imdb.me/elias

Leading into the Hudson Falls screening will be another Elias Plagianos television pilot in development, the first episode of, Distemper, starring Abigail Hawk, a long-time cast regular from the CBS Television Network hit, Blue Bloods. (Ms. Hawk hopes to attend if she is able, given the demands of her shooting production schedule with, Blue Bloods.) Distemper, is a production funded by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Elias Plagianos explains that: The show, which takes place in 1918, could not possibly be more relevant to the health and social crises we are dealing with today. The story tackles all the difficult ethical and moral questions scientists are confronted with when attempting to prevent a pandemic. In the case of sleeping sickness which was occurring in the Belgian Congo, Louise Pearce was tasked with traveling across the globe to find a cure. Our story finds her at the beginning of that journey. Louise, a lesbian scientist, must convince Noah Jansen, an African living in Belgium to allow her to help on his crusade to find a cure. On the surface they are two underdogs trying to change the way society treats them, but there are hidden dark agendas also at play that we hope to explore in a series or perhaps even a feature film version.