5 D M E D I A L A B
SAN FRANCISCO
WE BELIEVE
Theater is a form of magic
That stands between us and a hostile world
Theater has metaphysical powers
It is not merely the making of an aesthetic product
Theater offers us an alchemical vessel
To transform our terrors
And for manifesting our dreams
By giving them story, color, shape, and meaning
Theatre at its very best helps us
Come to know our way forward,
Together,
Better
– 5DMEDIALAB
5DMEDIALAB is an Interdisciplinary Development + Production Company
We create all-original, multi-leveled THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES FOR TODAY'S "REWIRED" AUDIENCES: the restlessly-scrolling, dopamine-seeking, easily-distracted – yet engagement-starved – ticket buyers.
Simple on the surface, yet built to reward deeper engagement
– with layered storytelling & staging that rewards BOTH casual spectators
AND those who lean deeper into it.
With all IP consolidated under one roof – authorship, direction, choreography, and design – we deliver a rare singular authorial vision, calibrated to exceed the expectations of theatergoers while unlocking new audiences theater has yet to reach – and their untapped revenue.
5DMEDIALAB's stage productions can offer lower upfront capitalization & significantly deferred royalties that lower weekly operating costs.
A REDUCED-RISK OPPORTUNITY – accelerating the path to recoupment & ROI.
Today, the traditional (outdated) model is actually the riskier financial choice.
OUR TEAM OF
INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTISTS + ASSOCIATES
Conceived + Directed by Leonard Dolivio Cetrangolo
Book, Lyrics + Music – 5DMEDIALAB
Devised Choreography, Set Design + Costume Design – 5DMEDIALAB
Creative Partner + Artistic Advisor – David Silverman
Associate Composer + Additional Music – Spencer Teeter
The Container Score – Martin Kennedy of All India Radio
Interim Arrangements – Gary Adler
Instrumentation of Interim Arrangements – John D Robertson
Arts Activist + Dramaturg – Felirene Bongolan
Script Consultant – Patricia Cotter
Race + Gender Advisor – Dr. Kathleen Tarr
Complex Trauma + Dissociative Identity Advisor – Dr. H L Schwartz
PROVEN TRACK RECORDS
BROADWAY CREDENTIALS
CROSS-DISCIPLINE EXPERTISE
CONCEIVED + DIRECTED BY
■ Leonard Dolivio Cetrangolo
CO-FOUNDER + CREATIVE DIRECTOR of 5DMEDIALAB
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5DMEDIALAB is named for its commitment to
THE SYNTHESIS of FIVE DIMENSIONS:
INSTINCT, VISION, VOICE, EMOTION + MEANING
AWARD WINNING WRITER-DIRECTOR
Large-ensemble short film – with NATIONAL AWARD presented at LINCOLN CENTER
and INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION at the KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, with WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION, and a multi-year broadcast on SHOWTIME.
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LIBRETTIST / LYRICIST / COMPOSER + SONGWRITER
NATIONAL SEMIFINALIST at The Eugene O’Neill Musical Theater Conference.
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FEATURE FILM SCRIPT DOCTOR + GHOSTWRITER
For Studio & Indie feature films. With a proven track record for creating archetypal narratives & visual storytelling, and synthesizing them into a singular storyworld.
For Oscar-winning & -nominated directors including John Schlesinger & Lasse Hallström on projects with MADONNA, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, GENA ROWLANDS, ROBERT DUVALL, JULIA ROBERTS, and more.
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PRODUCTION DESIGNER / VISUAL STORYTELLER / TASTEMAKER
Art Director + Set Designer creating “THE LOOK” of luxury brands’ global advertising including: GUCCI, LOUIS VUITTON, COACH, BERGDORF GOODMAN, CARTIER, and more.
Designed averments for high-end fashion advertising & editorial fashion spreads with world-class fashion photographers for pretty much every fashion and lifestyle publication, including VOGUE, VANITY FAIR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, GQ, DETAILS, ROLLING STONE, THE NEW YORK TIMES, and more.
Designer of concert stage sets / album cover environments / music videos for STING,
LOU REED, THE RAMONES, GEORGE MICHAEL, DAVID BOWIE, and more.
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IMMERSIVE STORY ARCHITECT
Creating immersive, non-linear, storytelling for award-winning transmedia game-design company LUDINC in Berlin.
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AWARD-WINNG NFORMATION-SYSTEM DESIGNER
FIRST PLACE WINNER of BearingPoint’s INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION AWARD for his original knowledge-banking platform concept.
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DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR
Developmental Editor / Writing Coach for authors and dramatists developing manuscripts: fiction, nonfiction, and academic literature.
NOTE: IMAGINARY GIRL was conceived while working as the Lead Editor of THE ALCHEMY OF WOLVES AND SHEEP: A Relational Approach to Internalized Perpetration in Complex Trauma Survivors* by Dr. Harvey L. Schwartz.
(* Winner of the prestigious 2017 INTERNATIONAL SANDOR FERENCZI PRIZE,
from ISST&D: The International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation ).
Dr. Schwartz continues to serve as IMAGINARY GIRL's psychological consultant.
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EDUCATION
New York University – Tisch School of the Arts
Studied Writing + Directing − Full Merit Scholarship − magna cum laude − top awards
Parson’s School of Design, New York
Studied Drawing, Painting, Design + Art History
HB Studio (Herbert Berghof Studio), New York
Studied Acting with Bill Hickey
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Member of the Dramatists Guild of America.
He lives with his husband in San Francisco.
ARTICULATE • A Singular Vision & Coherent Priorities
INSPIRE • Trust in Actors & All Collaborators
INNOVATE • New Paths to Visceral Engagement
EMBRACE • Serendipity & The Discomfort of Uncertainty
DELIVER • Reliably On Time & On Schedule
DIRECTING ETHOS + PRAXIS
ARTS ACTIVIST / DRAMATURG
■ Felirene (Fe) Bongolan
For the past 35 years, Fe has been the Principal Dramaturg for Rhodessa Jones’s award-winning & internationally recognized THE MEDEA PROJECT: Theater for Incarcerated Women.
An arts program using THEATER AS A VEHICLE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.
The Medea Project methodology reinterprets Ancient Myth for the present day, (Persephone in the case of Imaginary Girl) and places the woman at the center
of her own story.
RACE + GENDER ADVISOR / DRAMATURG
■ Dr. Kathleen Tarr
Kathleen is a Harvard Law School graduate and former human & civil rights attorney. She lectures at Stanford University on race and gender representation in The entertainment industry, including her series "Bias and The Business of Show."
She works closely with the team to identify improved methods for incorporating socio-political issues of class, race, inequality, advocacy, and activism – with consideration for the narrative’s use of moral ambiguity, and its use of “charged” historical verbatim language.
WIDELY PRODUCED PLAYWRIGHT / DRAMATURG
■ Patricia Cotter
Patricia (dramaturg, dramatist and librettist) is the recipient of t he EMMY AWARD,
The RICHARD RODGERS AWARD for musical theater, the Ovation Award & Garland Award,
as well as a WGA AWARD.
Her work has been produced in Theatre works 17th Annual New Works Festival; The Actors Theatre of Louisville; Humana Festival; Chicago’s Jackalope Theatre; The Vineyard Theatre, among many others.
She has been a FINALIST at the 2016 O’NEILL NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE,
and was a SEMI-FINALIST AT the 2018 O’NEILL NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE.
BROADWAY MUSIC DIRECTOR + ARRANGER
■ Gary Adler
Gary was the Music Director of AVENUE Q (Best Musical - TONY AWARD WINNER)
for all six years of its Broadway run.
He arranged the dance music for the Jimmy Buffett’s Broadway musical, ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE.
Gary received two 2005 Drama Desk nominations as the co-writer of the music and
lyrics for the Off-Broadway hit ALTAR BOYZ.
Other New York playing/conducting credits include THE FANTASTICKS, IT SHOULDA
BEEN YOU, NUNSENSE, URINETOWN, HAIRSPRAY & KINKY BOOTS.
ASSOC. COMPOSER + ADDITIONAL MUSIC BY
■ Spencer Teeter
Spencer released his first solo album as a teenager. Several songs from his follow-up albums have charted on Canadian radio and continue to receive airplay.
In addition to his own music career, Spencer has worked as a co-songwriter with other recording artists.
He has also performed professionally as an actor in Canadian and American indie films and a US television series, as well as in American & Canadian national TV commercials.
As a key contributor to IMAGINARY GIRL, Spencer merges indie rock with poignant storytelling in order to capture the attention of audiences who may not normally be drawn to traditional musical theater.
CREATIVE PARTNER / ARTISTIC ADVISOR
■ David Silverman
With a multidisciplinary background as a performer, educator, and painter, David has performed in professional theatre, television, radio and films. His debut stage performance was at the age of six in a community theater in Detroit.
As a professional actor, his feature film work has included one-on-one scenes performed with SIGOURNEY WEAVER and HOLLY HUNTER (Copycat, 1995); EDDIE MURPHY (Metro, 1997); and WILL SMITH (The Pursuit of Happyness [sic], 2006).
David , a fine arts painter, has had various solo and group exhibitions in Los Angeles and San Francisco, most notably inclusion in two juried group shows at The de Young Museum: A TRIBUTE TO GILBERT AND GEORGE (2008); and WARHOL AND BEYOND (2009).
As a youth arts educator, he worked for 12 years as a theatre an arts educator for at-risk and gifted children at private and public schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in Portland, Oregon.
David's work as a muralist is a featured contributing artist in the internationally acclaimed book SAN FRANCISCO STREET ART: MISSION MURALISMO that documents three decades of the artistic, social, and political forces that shaped the San Francisco street art movement (Abrams, 2009).
PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTANT
■ Dr. Harvey L Schwartz
Harvey is an internationally acknowledged clinical psychologist with a career dedicated to the treatment of survivors of Complex Trauma/PTSD, coerced Identity, and Dissociative Identity Disorders,
He is the author of two award-winning books on the psycho-dynamics of how trauma victims are manipulated into betraying their own moral limits.
He was a Senior Clinician and Trainer, Sub-Investigator, and Co-Therapist in MAPS-Sponsored Clinical Trials for MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for the treatment-resistant PTSD.
Harvey is a Co-Founder of Polaris Insight Center, one of the first psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy clinics established in the US).
He is the Director of Training for Polaris Insight Training Program, which trains the next generation of psychotherapists to treat trauma with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy.
DR HARVEY L SCHWARTZ
ON THE PLAY’S UNUSUAL SIGNIFICANCE & VALUE
CONTAINER SCORE COLLABORATOR
■ Martin Kennedy / All India Radio
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Multi-instrumentalist / Composer / Audio Producer
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MARTIN KENNEDY is the founding creative force behind ALL INDIA RADIO, the acclaimed Australian music project, with 30+ releases.
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His extensive catalog of immersive instrumental music blends: ambient, electronic, downtempo, and spacey post-rock/psychedelic textures. More than a blending of genres, the project creates immersive soundscapes that transcend the boundaries of each style.
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ALL INDIA RADIO (aka Kennedy) has received extensive film and television placements; high-profile artistic collaborations, and feature film soundtrack work.
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Martin Kennedy’s vision and artistry have shaped a unique enduring presence in contemporary electronic music.
SYNTHESIZING : INSTINCT VISION VOICE EMOTION + MEANING