Dorkumentary

Rock N Roll Sex Machine

The Miss Firecracker Contest

From producer/director/editor David Tarleton and televison/film actor Adria Dawn comes Dorkumentary, an all-improv comedy series. Come dork out with Adria and her hilarious guest stars, including Arian Moayed, Pat Kilbane, and a slew of amazing funny folks.  Dorkumentary.  Being a dork has never been this cool. There are eight hilarious episodes to date, ya dorks!

Rock N Roll Sex Machine was a solo theatre piece created and performed by Adria Dawn. It was workshopped with the LA Writers Center. Che’Rae Adams directed, and David Tarleton executive produced it. This show premiered at the Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood CA. Adria plays six different characters based on her unusual family and bizarre friends.
 
This Equity play was produced and directed by David Tarleton in the North Hollywood Arts District. Adria Dawn starred and also produced. Both of their roots are in theatre and they had been talking about doing a play together as their first collaboration. Beth Henley’s quirky The Miss Firecracker Contest seemed like a great place to start.
 

Beth Henley’s The Miss Firecracker Contest was produced and directed by David Tarleton in the North Hollywood Arts District. Adria Dawn starred and produced. They learned a lot from making this first collaboration together.

Kids Matter - Films for Social Change

Tarleton/Dawn Productions and The Performer’s School joined forces to create Revealing Media Group. We collaborate with middle and high school aged students to create, produce and shoot films dealing with social issues.
We’ve made eight films thus far. We’ve addressed topics including bullying, peer pressure, cyberbullying, social media, social exclusion, stress, overscheduling, depression, drug and alcohol pressures, gun violence in schools and gender identity.

The films are distributed through Alexander Street, McIntyre Media, Learn360 and ClickView, educational media platforms used by schools across the world.

Identity was an Emmy nominee and recently won a silver Telly Award for Diversity and Inclusion.

 

Cold War

David Tarleton and Adria Dawn served as casting directors on this independent comedy feature. It is currently streaming on Amazon. TDP was happy to collaborate with J Wilder Konschak, Stirling McLaughlin, and Alli Hartley. An award-winning festival favorite, including Best Feature at the Best of the Midwest Awards.

Hunter

David Tarleton produced and directed this feature length thriller that won Best Horror Feature at the Manhattan Film Festival and is currently in distribution. Adria Dawn served as casting director. You can also see her in a cameo appearance in the film as Sybil. Hunter is written by and stars Jason Kellerman, and he and Morgan Eiland serve as Executive Producers.

Shot in the freezing cold Chicago winter, Hunter tells the story of Hunter Vanelson, a homeless man with a mysterious past.

 

Dorkumentary Live!

Dork bombs, the dorkiness continued when we took the series and made it a play! Tarleton/Dawn Productions proudly presented “Dorkumentary Live!” at Stage 773 in Chicago,to sold-out crowds.

Starfield Tectonics Music Video

We made the music video for the song “Starfield Tectonics” by Andrew M. Edwards from the album “The Center of the Sky.”


Gray Area

“Gray Area” is based on the memoir “MY self: An Autobiography of Survival,” by Kelley Kitley.


This film challenges the viewer to reevaluate what alcoholism can look like. With mom wine culture at an all time high, “Gray Area” provides a timely look into how many contemporary women can struggle.


“Gray Area” won a Telly Award for Social Issues in 2022 as well as the Grand Jury Prize at the Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Karen

This award-winning film was made during the pandemic, in support of Black Lives Matter. Karen offers a look at what racism can look like in modern day suburbia. Here are articles about the film. It is distributed by Learn360, Alexander Street and ClickView. Karen won the Silver Telly Award for Social Impact in 2022.

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