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RE-OPENING is a comedy feature following the cast and crew of a struggling theater (All Voice IS Theater) in Pigeon Valley, Tennessee. They attempt to prepare the theater to reopen to the public after months of being closed down, encountering setbacks along the way.

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Chris Guerra
Co-Director/Creator/Actor

Chris was first introduced to theatre in high school. After graduating with his BFA from Pace University in New York City, he performed on and off-Broadway in shows including COMPANY (u/s Stephen Colbert, working alongside Christina Hendricks, Neil Patrick Harris, and John Cryer), AVENUE Q, SPAMALOT, and the Broadway National Tour of SISTER ACT. After moving back to LA, he pursued television and comedy, becoming a Main Company member of the historic improv and sketch comedy theatre: The Groundlings. He developed his idea for the “Roger Bastion” character while performing as Olaf in DCA’s “Frozen: Live at the Hyperion” for 4 years. He currently has almost 800,000 followers on TikTok, where he acts out Facebook Marketplace Nightmares. Other Film: Big Foot Famous, Hypocrite. Television: MODERN FAMILY, FOX Sports Shorts, Digital Sky, and national commercials: Wayfair, Verizon, Kayak, Coca-Cola and currently voicing “Paladin” in HEARTHSTONE animated shorts. IMDB: Chris Guerra , Instagram & TikTok: @chriswguerra

Matt Koppin
Co-Director/Creator/Director of Photography

Matthew John Koppin is an accomplished director and editor with a 16-year track record of producing compelling, award-winning projects. A career documentary filmmaker, Matthew has taken his field-production and guerrilla-filmmaking influences into film and commercial directing, culminating in numerous promotional short films, music videos, and ad spots for brands like Urban Decay, Lexus, New Balance, & Sony Pictures.

In 2016, Matthew co-wrote and produced retro/horror feature, MADE ME DO IT. The film was distributed by Indican Pictures. Matthew most recent projects was the teen-suicide prevention docu-series, IRREPLACEABLE, for ChiRho Films, and the upcoming documentary AMERICAN EXODUS for Blaze Media. Matthew has also shot and produced documentaries for NGOs and non-profits all over the world, including school projects in Haiti, orphanages in Kenya & Ghana, and medical clinics in Colombia and Peru.

RE-OPENING (2023) marks Matthew’s narrative co-directorial debut. Drawing from his documentary roots, the film was accomplished in partnership with producing partners Chris and Kelsey Guerra, leaning into the strengths of the mumblecore and improvisation to achieve the overall mockumentary tone of the project. The film has gone on to win numerous Best Feature, Best Comedy, and Best Director(s) awards during its festival run. The film is slated for release through Blaze Media.

Kelsey Cooke
Producer/Creator/Actor

Kelsey grew up acting professionally in Hollywood, signing with her first agent at the age of 7. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts from Vanguard University, and pursued a Broadway, TV and Film career in New York upon graduating, working on shows like PAN AM (ABC) and ROYAL PAINS (USA). Her work eventually brought her back to Hollywood where she trained in improv at The Groundlings, and work on projects like LIFE PARTNERS (Tribeca & Sundance Film Festival), BLACK NOVEMBER (Vivica Fox), BAD TEACHER (CBS) and THE VERONICA MARS MOVIE. In 2020 she Co-Founded “thisishardtoread” productions and is an award-winning producer, writer, and actor on the award-winning feature comedy, RE-OPENING. Up next, Kelsey directed the feature comedy “Back to Bridgewood” coming soon! She is now based in Nashville where she and her husband, Chris Guerra, founded the new Improv and Sketch Comedy School “Oddity Improv”. IMDB – Instagram

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