DUSK

written and directed by Stephen Belber

based on his play ‘DUSK RINGS A BELL’

At the end of the summer of 1999

two lonely teenagers, MOLLY and RAY, lurch their way to the lifeguard stand on a quiet Delaware beach, where they connect hearts, share a kiss, and and find themselves in love for just a moment…

26 years later they collide again, but time, loss, experience and life have changed them in ways they can’t even articulate…

DUSK is a love story; its context is redemption: Can two people who once had a profound connection, find each other through the fog of time.

Inspired by Belber’s work on The Laramie Project, in which he conducted multiple interviews with the perpetrators of Matthew Shepard’s death, DUSK inserts a contemporary, criminal justice “twist” to the conventional love story: how redeemable is someone who has partaken in a crime that is, grisly, brutal, and undeniably homophobic? How “lovable” is he then?

It’s a question we must ask ourselves about almost every crime out there, from sexual assault to insider trading, to murder, to insurrection:

How do we treat those who have betrayed trust, decency and fundamental morality, once they’ve paid their price?

Produced by Olivia Wingate/Wingate Media and Simon Egan/Bedlam Films.

Director Casting - Julie Schubert

Stephen Belber's plays have been produced on Broadway and in over 25 countries. Additionally, he was an Associate Writer and actor for "The Laramie Project", and co-writer/actor on "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later". Belber has also written and directed three feature films, "Management" (Jennifer Aniston/Woody Harrelson), "Match" (Patrick Stewart/Carla Gugino), and "What We Do Next" (Corey Stoll/Karen Pittman). He has written the movies "Tape" (Ethan Hawke/Uma Thurman, directed by Richard Linklater), "The Laramie Project" (associate writer), "Drifting Elegant", and "O.G.", (Jeffrey Wright, HBO Films). Television credits include "Law & Order SVU", "Rescue Me", "Tommy", "The First", and pilots for Netflix, HBO, F/X, USA, TNT, ABC, History Channel, Fox TV, Paramount and Sony. Has worked on numerous studio films (including "Dallas Buyers Club"), and developed movies with Will Smith, Todd Phillips, Bennett Miller, Jay Roach, George Tillman, Greg Mottola, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anthony Mackie, Sam Rockwell, David Gordon Green, and others.