ABOUT
Who is Floyd Stearn? is the question that Michael Raynor asked himself for over 20 years. When he received a FedEx note that his estranged father had died 5 years earlier, he decided to find an answer. Last seeing his father on his 7th birthday, Michael thought that he abandoned him without a second thought, never wanting to see him again.
After a freak meeting with his favorite cousin from when he was little, he discovered that his equally estranged grandmother was still alive and thus his mission began. The true story unfolds, causing a rebirth in Michael's relationship with the memories of his father through a nearly fantastical odyssey of a back-story he never knew.
HISTORY
Who Is Floyd Stearn? was originally developed with master storyteller-teacher, Mark Travis. First presented as a “member’s project” by Joseph Siravo at the renowned Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York, then cut short by 9/11 after only two performances, it moved to Los Angeles and worked-shopped at Theatre/Theatre as well as The Tamarind Theatre, where it ran for 24 weeks. It premiered for critics in the prestigious Assembly Rooms at The Edinburgh Theater Festival, and later opened The Edgmare Center For The Arts’ Kaleidoscope Festival in Santa Monica under Larry Moss’s direction.
The New York Times called Who Is Floyd Stearn? "the best family confessional play they've seen" and The New York Post named Michael to the 2005 GALAXY OF NEW STARS- 25 FRESH FACES TO WATCH after his successful Off-Broadway run for which he owes enormous thanks to his childhood friend, Rick Waxman for producing.
He later returned to Hollywood where Who Is Floyd Stearn? ran for several months at the Pilot Light Theater, produced by Rico Simonini.
Michael further molded Who Is Floyd Stearn? in to a screenplay under the guidance of Andrew Wagner, the writer/director of the Sundance Film Festival hits THE TALENT GIVEN US (Nominee Gotham Award - Best First Film) and STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING (National Board of Review -Top Ten Films of 2007, Nominee Spirit Award- Best Screenplay, Best Actor) starring Frank Langella, Lili Taylor, and Lauren Ambrose.
The film version is currently in the financing stage of development.
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