THE WALLIS & FILM INDEPENDENT PRESENT
LIVE READ: NAPOLEON DYNAMITE
Jun 12, 2024
7:30 PM
Grab some tots, make yourself a dang quesaDIL-LUH and get ready to laugh and dance your heart out for Film Independent’s 20th (GOSH!) Anniversary live-read of cringe comedy classic, Napoleon Dynamite! Actor, writer, and director Natalie Morales (Plan B, Language Lessons, Parks and Recreation, Dead to Me) will direct this quirky comedy written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess. Join Napoleon and his eccentric friends and family (Kip, Grandma, Rico, Tina the Llama, Deb, and Pedro) for their hilarious and awkward adventures in small-town Idaho—reinvented by a cast of outstanding actors. Iconic dance moves await you! LUCKY! Vote For Pedro!Audience members are encouraged to attend as any Napoleon Dynamite character or your own thrift-store inspired creation!
It’s the high school reunion you don’t want to miss: 20 years after we first met him, we’re reintroduced to Napoleon Dynamite, an outcast high school student in Idaho who spends his days drawing mythical beasts, duking it out with his fragile brother Kip, and avoiding his Uncle Rico, who is stuck in his “glory” days of high school football. When friends Deb and Pedro come into Napoleon’s life, the trio launch a campaign to get Pedro elected class president. Together, they must rely on their knowledge of cows, wigs and piñatas – and a surprise special talent – in order to defeat the stuck-up frontrunner, Summer Wheatly. Sporting sweet Moon Boots and elite tetherball skills, when Napoleon Dynamite finds himself thrust into the spotlight, he emerges as a new kind of hero.
Special thanks to Searchlight Pictures for making this event possible.
Tickets
Tickets will go on sale exclusively to Film Independent Members / Wallis Subscribers on Thursday, May 30th at noon PST.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, June 3rd at noon PST.
$35 for Wallis Subscribers and Film Independent Members
$45 for General Public
$35 for Wallis Subscribers and Film Independent Members
$45 for General Public
ABOUT NATALIE MORALRES
Actor, writer, award winning director and activist, Natalie Morales made her simultaneous directorial debut in 2021 with the Hulu Original film, Plan B and the SXSW Audience Award winning feature, Language Lessons, which she co-wrote and co-starred in.
On Television, Natalie can be seen as Doctor Monica Beltran in season 20 of Grey’s Anatomy. Natalie also appeared in the 3rd season of Apple+’s The Morning Show and she recently reprised her role as “Michelle” alongside Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini in the final season of the Netflix series, Dead to Me. She starred in NBC’s Abby’s as the titular character, and recurred on HBO’s The Newsroom and Girls, NBC’s Parks & Recreation and Mr. Mayor, as well as Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet, where she was reunited with her Going the Distance co-star, Drew Barrymore. She also voices “Yolanda Buenaventura” on Netflix’s popular animated series, BoJack Horseman and “Betty DeVille” on Paramount+’s Rugrats. You may also remember her from the Fox comedy The Grinder, Trophy Wife on ABC, as well as the USA series White Collar and the ABC Family series, The Middleman. She has directed episodes of NBC’s Mr. Mayor, HBO’s Duplass Brothers’ anthology Room 104, and the Go90’s hit series, Mr. Student Body President.
Natalie stars opposite Academy Award winners Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris in the feature film, My Dead Friend Zoe. The film premiered at this year’s SXSW and won the Narrative Spotlight Audience Award. Natalie can also be seen on Netflix starring alongside Jennifer Lawrence in the R-rated comedy No Hard Feelings and on Hulu opposite Jake Johnson in Self-Reliance and Anthony Mackie in If You Were The Last.
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