Strike 101: We Break Down What's at Stake For the WGA

The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (June 8, 2023 6PM EDT)

So you've heard about the WGA writer's strike but you aren't totally clear on the issues. Or, maybe you are clear but want to hear from union members about their takes. Or maybe you want to experience solidarity in action.

We got you.

Join us online for STRIKE 101, a virtual panel discussion with AoBFF co-founder Anthony DeVito (SAG-AFTRA) and the talented couple behind TV and film production company Space Beach, Sean Crespo (WGA, SAG-AFTRA) and Carol Ray Hartsell (DGA).

CAROL RAY HARTSELL is a writer, director, producer and editor based in New York City.

Carol recently made her feature film directing debut with the indie romcom “Love…Reconsidered” starring Sophie Von Haselberg, Colton Haynes and Javier Mu?oz. It?had its premiere at Cannes in the Marché du Film and?will be released in 2024 by Good Deed Entertainment. She is currently developing a science-comedy show with BBC Studios and her pilot “Pro-Tem” was a semifinalist in the Golden Script Competition and a Second Rounder in the LaunchPad Pilot Competition.

Previously, Carol was the Senior Field Producer on Jimmy Fallon’s “The Kids Tonight Show,” the Supervising Producer for Amazon’s “Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys,” the head writer on NBC pilot “The Whenever Show” starring Franchesca Ramsey and the creative lead behind “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’s” award-winning digital team. She got her start in late night as the Digital Producer at “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” where she innovated their live-streaming content and wrote sketches for Adam McKay and Guillermo del Toro among others.?

Carol is a member of the Directors Guild of America and she is repped by Chris Burns at AGI Media and Management, 646-780-5049.

SEAN CRESPO is a New York-based writer, comedian and classically-trained actor who studied at Emerson College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He was a staff writer and featured performer on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” for five years, for which he won two WGA Awards (and lost two Emmys). Sean also has several years of experience working as a copywriter, content manager (including SEO blogs) and a campaign creator at both a major ad agency and a boutique firm.

As an actor, Sean has guest or co-starred on “Blue Bloods,” “Gotham,” “Happyish,” and “Red Oaks,” and had supporting roles in the films “Me & Lizzie,” a murder-comedy starring Lucy DeVito, Cathy Curtin and Rob Yang, and indie romcom, “Love…Reconsidered” starring Sophie Von Haselberg, Colton Haynes and Javier Mu?oz. He also co-wrote and starred in the pilot "Alternate Side Parking" alongside Janelle James ("Abbott Elementary"). And he has been seen and/or heard in commercials for Domino’s, Ally Bank, Jet Blue, Samsung, Navy Federal Credit Union, E-Trade and Dell. He was also the voice of Green Mountain Coffee for four years.

?As a comedian and improviser, Sean studied with the Groundlings, UCB and Empty Stage and hosted popular long-running NYC comedy showcases “The Drink at Work Show” and “Lasers In The Jungle.”

Sean is a member of the Writers Guild of America and he's repped commercially by A3 Artists (formerly Abrams Artists), (646) 486-6400, and for Legit by Boals, Winnett & Associates, (212) 500-1424.

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