
Acting
Craig Cackowski
Acting credits
6.9Aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox struggles to find human connection in an exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fiercely protected dream of superstardom, not even the doctors who warn him of the permanent damage he causes to himself with his quest.
Magazine Dreams
2025
7.0Three restless teenagers run away to the woods for the summer, determined to escape their parents and live by their own rules. In a hidden clearing, they build a makeshift house and attempt to create an independent life, testing their friendship, freedom, and the challenges of living off the land.
The Kings of Summer
2013
5.5A group of friends head to the land of oaky Chardonnays and big, bold Cabernet Sauvignons for one member of the squad’s 50th birthday party.
Wine Country
2019
5.1A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a deranged cult.
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
2020
6.7Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through sewers, mental wards, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself, Close emerges as a personification of the creative impulse itself. He's a muse with BO and dirty needles, offering transcendence despite (or because of) the trail of wreckage behind him.
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
2020
NRWith a packed house, deep-cut fandom energy, and wildly committed performances, the evening turned a familiar script into something fast, chaotic, and genuinely hilarious-a fully unhinged celebration of Star Wars on stage.
The Moof Milkers
2026
5.0A burn-out elementary school principal and a bi-polar third grade teacher see their troubled worlds come together in a developing relationship that feels almost - well, perfect.
Moonpie
2006
A couple faces unexpected parenting challenges when the father becomes a stay-at-home dad decides to home school their kids.
Nerd Herd
2015
NRIn a world where time travel has been commercialized, a woman connects with a man from the future who will do anything but give her the answers she’s in search of.
Take Five
2026
Leo's Love(s) is a romantic comedy in the style of Woody Allen that follows Leo, a struggling writer doomed to write advertising jingles, as he meets and falls head over heels in love with Max, the girl of his dreams. Max is everything that Leo could want: she's beautiful; she's smart; she has a particular fondness for late 19th century French poetry; and as an actress who's biggest role is portraying a dancing, chocolate sprinkled dough nut in a local commercial, she is very much a kindred spirit. The only problem? Leo is engaged to Rachel, a bi-polar spitfire with a penchant for violence through kitchen utensils.
Leo's Love(s)
2012
4.3A concert film designed to bring the live Thrilling Adventure Hour experience to those unable to attend a recording of the show was filmed, as a result of the $165,000 that was raised through the show's Kickstarter campaign.
The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live
2015
6.4It’s game over for three young dreamers when their indie board game fails to secure crowd funding. But after a famous game creator drops dead in a freak accident right in front of them, they realize they have one extra life to make their dreams come true… at the expense of their humanity.
Murder Bury Win
2020
Matt Gourley is The Unusualist, a collector of first-hand stories from real people who have encountered the uncanny, presenting the astounding tales they've lived to tell.
The Unusualist
2023
NRGOOD GRIEF is a darkly comedic whirlwind, set in Salt Lake City at a Mormon Mortuary. We follow Avery, the estranged daughter of the deceased, who is slowly suffocated by her dysfunctional family at the viewing of her father’s body. Her patience wears thin as her family members continue to make the day about themselves. Eroded with guilt over her father’s last attempt at connection before his suicide, Avery reaches a breaking point which blows the lid off the family’s repressed grief. GOOD GRIEF is a fast paced, overwhelming, emotional portrait of collective grief and the bizarre ways in which we cope.
Good Grief
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