Radio Interview & Article from CBC/Radio-Canada. Aired on August 9th, 2021
August 11, 2021CBC News
Posted: August 09, 2021
Now, Now, Now is performed entirely on Zoom and inspired by U.S. political climate
There’s a scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds where a group of schoolchildren sing a nursery rhyme, a song that adds an unsettling atmosphere to the film.
It scared Tom Cavanaugh so much as a kid that he used it to inspire his horror film Now, Now, Now — named for the last three words of the song’s verses.
But Now, Now, Now is also inspired by more modern horrors, said Cavanaugh, the film’s creator and director based in New Jersey.
“The political climate at the time and the fear that I had that things here in the U.S. may wake up and not be the way we’re used to it, that we were losing freedoms and that we may disappear in the middle of the night.”
That fear made for a powerful final product that won Best National Show at the 2021 Pittsburgh Fringe Festival. Now, Now, Now is now making its international premiere at the 15th annual Calgary Fringe Fest
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In 2020, stage artists all over the world, embraced full production online streaming. As Covid-19 triggered worldwide closures for practically everything but supermarkets and hospitals, live performers as well as the organizations that employed them, were faced with the anxiety of careers and ticket sales coming to a full stop.
Most theaters including here in Los Angeles were forced to withstand the battle of slugging out restrictions and the possibility of dissolving operations altogether. We all hoped, even as the shutdown dragged on, that this would be no more than a blip. But with the shuttering of some theatrical houses and other small organizations that co-existed alongside them, reality hit hard, and the result was a reluctant but interesting pivot.
Zoom, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok sudde
...NOW, NOW, NOW… at the 2021 Hollywood Fringe Festival
May 31, 2021WINNER – BEST NATIONAL SHOW – 2021 PITTSBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL
WINNER – BEST LIVESTREAM SHOW – 2021 BIG SKY FRINGE FESTIVAL
Award-winning Writer, Director, Producer Tom Cavanaugh brings his creation to the HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL along with a cast of nineteen actors in a bi-coastal, simulcast, multimedia event. Cavanaugh combines pre-recorded videos and music with live performances from actors from their Covid 19 safe homes! Using ZOOM as the medium, a safe haven for performers and audience members from the deadly virus has been created.
Cavanaugh’s Now, Now, Now made its virtual Fringe debut on May 8th at The 2021 Pittsburgh Fringe Festival where it won BEST NATIONAL SHOW. Now, Now, Now… then went on to win, BEST LIVESTREAM SHOW at the Big Sky Fringe Festival in Missoula, Montana and will make its International Premiere at the 2021 Calgary Fringe Festival this summer!
The Hollywood Fringe Festival is an annual, open-access, community-derived event celebrating freedom of e
...NOW NOW NOW Featured by ABC7's George Pennacchio ON THE RED CARPET INTERVIEW on ABC LOS ANGELES
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“Writer-director brings supernatural thriller ‘Now, Now, Now…’ to life with Zoom
Tom Cavanaugh brought his supernatural thriller to life with the help of 19 actors…and Zoom"
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