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A multi-media, trans-genre interpretation of Scott Turner Schofield’s boundary-pushing, world-toured, award-winning performance piece embodying the adventure of becoming a man. Writer/Performer: Scott Turner Schofield | Executive Producer: Andrea James Budget: $275K | Genre: Experimental | Expected Rating: R Length: 90 minutes | Aspect Ratio/Sound: 16:9 Dolby Digital Project Status: Pre-Production Production Schedule: Mid-2018 | Post-Production Schedule: Mid-2019 127 Steps, LLC [email protected] (323) 472-5697 “[Schofield] reaches out to the Average Joe with a mix of humor, honesty, and vulnerability.” - “Schofield proves that desire is a matter of flesh and eyes. Not simply words.” - “One of the year’s most essential theater experiences… A transgender, feminist performance artist with a national buzz going…funny, revealing, whip-smart and poetic.” - Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps has toured the world for nearly a decade to rave reviews, making a deep impact in every community in which it plays. It is an award- winning glimpse into the real life of one transgender man whose artistry as a writer and performer has achieved the highest critical acclaim. This show, and the life on which it is based, has been tested and proven to provoke deep audience responses. This is a voice that culture is asking for. This is an artist bringing ready-made art that culture is ready to receive. None of us has ever been more ready, or more in need, of a transgender story the caliber of Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps. THE PROJECT ############## Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps works as a stage play, but it also lends itself to a more ############## expansive artistic interpretation than the expected concert film that elevates successful ############## one man shows. This genre-bending anthology feature will ############## include Scott’s performance in front of an audience, as well as interpretive vignettes of ############## the most memorable of Scott’s 127 EASY steps. Mockumentary and documentary footage, and ####################### experimental film techniques will make each step have its own look and feel within a cohesive frame, like a curated gallery of collected works that may be viewed as separate short films, in any order, or as a cohesive whole. Some steps will be filmed expansively and luxuriously. Some will be abstract. Some will be uncomfortably intimate. Some will be spare. Some will be raucous or joyous. Some will reflect deep sorrow and pain. Every scene and every frame will transport audiences each step of the way, through the dizzying range of emotions and experiences that can only come from Scott’s unique yet universal journey to his truth. THE FILM Becoming A Man in 127 EASY Steps is a collection of 127 stories comprising one epic becoming — pre-, during, and post-gender transition. Stories of love. Honest dialogue about poor choices and their consequences. Gut-splittingly funny stories of a feminist who lives in a white man’s body. Revelations earned by walking through fire. Wry, personal and relatable social insight gained from nearly 20 years of living a publicly transgender life. In a culture fascinated with gender difference that is focused exclusively on trans women — in a media landscape that has so far only produced tropes about transition and turmoil — these stories offer audiences the rare opportunity to see the unseen, to hear the unheard, and to know the unknown. This early conceptualization of the interactive platform is intended to present the general concept. When complete In the live show, which has toured the world This early conceptualization of the interactive platform is intended to present the general concept. When complete and fully and fullyfunctional, functional, visitors visitors will be will able be to ableexplore to theexplore material the by material color, genre, by color,theme, genre, number, theme, and many number, other options. and many other options. now for over a decade, audiences called out In this version, click the colored feet to choose your own adventure. numbers from 1 to 127 to make a unique In this version, click the colored feet to choose your own adventure. performance every time. The work maintains its “Choose Your Own Adventure” format as it #####21 steps from stage to screen, through an innovative storytelling odyssey as uncommon 26 ###### as its subject. ##### It is a trans-media journey, each story using its 111 #####40 most authentic voice. The first step starts online, at a homepage. Any random footstep may link you to a podcast, then another might KE: step to the e-book, on through the soundtrack, to land in a web series. The crown jewel of the project — the feature film showcasing the audience-tested best of the 127 stories — will call wider attention to the web platform as it tours film festivals and more. THE ARTISTS SCOTT TURNER SCHOFIELD ANDREA JAMES Named a “Trans Influencer of Hollywood” by OUT Magazine,Scott Turner Schofield Andrea is a writer, director, producer, and transgender activist. While became the first openly transgender actor in daytime television in the United States writing ads for ten years at top Chicago agencies, she authored with the recurring role of “Nick" on CBS’s the Bold and the Beautiful. He is a part of tsroadmap.com, a how-to guide for transgender people. Hollywood's Transgender Tipping Point, and one of very few female to male actors in mainstream media. In 2003, she co-founded Deep Stealth Productions, creating numerous instructional videos. She produced and appeared in first Before his big television break, Scott toured internationally with his original solo all-transgender performance of "The Vagina Monologues," featured theatre performances "Underground Transit," "Debutante Balls" and "Becoming a in the documentary Beautiful Daughters. Andrea consulted with Man in 127 EASY Steps.” Felicity Huffman and is in the opening shot of the film Transamerica. Andrea produced and appeared in Transamerican Love Story, and she Schofield has been honored with many distinctions and awards for his acting, among has served on the Boards of Directors for TransYouth Family Allies and them a "Fruitie" audience choice award for Best Off-Broadway Performance, a Outfest. Princess Grace Foundation Acting Fellowship, and a Creation Fund grant from the National Performance Network. She wrote and directed Family Restaurant, a children’s film for preschoolers with gay and lesbian parents. Andrea directed the Recent projects include the recurring role of Liev in Pride: The Series on Amazon, and Showtime special Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy, a concert film about gay starring in the acclaimed short film Transmute (written & directed by Star Victoria). He adoption that premiered on Showtime. She’s also helped produce the has a starring role in The Conductor, a major motion picture written and directed by FUSE docu-series Transcendent, following the personal and Maria Peters, due out late 2018. professional relationships of a group of trans women of color, and Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric for National Schofield uses his platform to build bridges of understanding about transgender Geographic. people in the mainstream, and served as an educator, consultant and spokesperson long before arriving in any spotlight. Considered one of his generation’s trailblazers in the movement for transgender liberation, Schofield uses a powerful mix of storytelling and advocacy to create and change policies at educational institutions and corporations. His TED Talk, "Ending Gender" is an acclaimed and globally-utilized tool for understanding gender diversity. SUPPORT The endurance of Becoming A Man in 127 EASY Steps — market-tested, one audience at a time, hundreds of times — reveals both its artistic merit and the power of its message. The stories this show has been telling since 2007 are built to satisfy the appetites of mainstream audiences on a much bigger platform. Though this piece has toured the world, our web-based, multi-media interpretation of Scott’s singular performance piece will take this far beyond one audience at a time. It will reveal for audiences everywhere the transmasculine experience hidden in plain sight: the hilarity, the humanity, and the previously unexplored portrait of the artist as a new man — one who made a remarkable emotional and physical journey in order to become a man. This work can change the hearts of audiences around the world simultaneously: in movie theaters, in classrooms, on planes, in living rooms, and even on a scared and lonely teen’s laptop or phone. Join us in bringing the unique and urgent message of Scott’s unforgettable performance piece to a larger audience, in this time when it is needed most. Your support isn’t simply an investment in a media project. It’s a statement about the kind of world you want us to live in: a world colored by humor, dignity, and hope. With gratitude, Scott Turner Schofield - Writer/Performer Andrea James - Producer WAYS TO GIVE Be a part of the community that blazes the trail for this multi-media, trans-everything, epic storytelling odyssey! For as little as $1 per step, you’ll take every step along the way with behind-the-scenes, patron-only interactions and rewards. The film has earned support from the prestigious Independent Filmmaker Project! Donations of any size are tax-deductible 21 and support the making of the film and web series through to their release. 26 ############# ############# ############# ############# ############# 111 ############# ############# #############40 ############# ############# REWARDS Both IFP donors and Patreon* patrons will receive the following benefits: For gifts of $127 or more: Lifetime access to all of the finished steps once they’re collected. For gifts of $254 or more: All of the above, plus a list of all my favorite media that influenced the steps For gifts of $635 or more: All of the above, plus a limited-edition thumb-drive containing all the stories *Patreon is a way of supporting this project by contributing per piece of content.

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