Théâtre du Monde

You might be asking "Who are they and where do they come from?" Well, here's a snapshot : We're all artists on the lookout for exciting new stories to share around the world! That probably means we're very much like you!

Fawn Wilderson-Legros, Founder / Director 

While travelling in France, Germany, Italy and Cameroun in the 1980's, Fawn experienced fantastic theatre wonderfully written and performed by amazing artists. Many of these presentations were done in small towns and distant locales and would never be experienced by the rest of the world. She started thinking of the artists who had amazing stories to tell that would never reach an audience beyond the boundaries of their villages and small cities. This was the real tragedy, the real drama!! With no viable means of turning these funny, outrageous, sometimes tragic, but always engaging stories into films that could travel the world, the stories would die "sur place". Years later, having worked extensively as an actress, director and attorney, in both the theatre and film industries, Fawn was still haunted by the prospect of all those wonderfully imaginative, creative stories whose time before an audience had been so short-lived. In response, she create Théâtre du Monde, who's missions is to encourage "marriages" between screenwriters from around the world and film makers and producers who have the resources help transform their stories into films that can travel ... from everywhere to everywhere else!
 

John O'Brien, videographer

John O'Brien is a musician/filmmaker and media artist living in Saint Paul , MN . He studied with the trumpeter/composer Bill Dixon at University of Wisconsin and in New York during the early 1970s and won a National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Jazz composition 1n 1976. John has written numerous theatrical scores and branched into media work in the late 1980s. His noir audio book Life at Night was presented as an animated web serial and nominated at Cannes in 2001. John has led multimedia projects and programs in the arts and education and has received support from The Mcknight, Jerome and St Paul Foundations. He specializes in 3D animations and cinematic color grading and is the March 08 featured member for ASCI (Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.) Examples of his work can be seen at http://www.handmadevideo.org.   

 

PARIS

Erin Perrine, Artist's Way Group Leader

Canadian-born Erin appeared on stage for the first time at the age of 13 and has been in more than a dozen shows since. She studied theatre and performance at Toronto's York University and Humber College. Since arriving in Paris 6 years ago, she has been very active in improvisational theatre and theatre for young audiences. She's an actress/director with Drama Ties, an educational-based theatre company teaching drama to French students and performing in the company's shows. She's also acting in student film projects at the international film school, EICAR. She hopes to continue expanding her experience here in Paris and is excited to be involved in the launch of Theatre du Monde's screenplay readings.

 Mike Dineen, Artist's Way Group Leader

 

 

 

 

Stella Strugnell, Artist's Way Group Leader

 

 

 

 

LOS ANGELES

Wayne Wilderson, Production / Artistic Associate, Los Angeles

Wayne is an American comedian, actor and filmmaker who has had guest spots on many successful television programs, including The Office, C.S.I., Gray’s Anatomy, Seinfeld, and Mr. Show. He has played in such films as Monkey Bone, with Bridget Fonda and in Independence Day, directed by Roland Emmerich. He is slated to appear in the pilot episode of The Thick of It as a political blogger.

Wayne is also well-known as a commercial actor, having appeared in commercials for Washington Mutual, Fruit of the Loom, MasterCard, Popeye's Chicken, Circuit City, Avis, Reebok, Yahoo! HotJobs, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Wendy's, Sealy, PlayStation Portable, amongst others. He co-produces the WayMos Film Festival.
See : www. WayneWilderson.com and www.waymos.com.

 

Mary Ramos - Oden, Production / Artistic Associate, Los Angeles

Through her company, Saturday Music, Mary has provided the music supervision for such blockbuster films as P.S. I Love You, Grindhouse, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Freedom Writers, The Station Agent, The Visitor, Surviving Christmas and Michael Jordan to the Max. We are glad to have her onboard, especially to assist with music supervision of Théâtre du Monde productions. Mary is co-producer of WayMos Film Festivals.
See : www.waymos.com.

 

ADMINISTRATION

 Pierre Battut, Public Relations Advisor

M. Battut has spent many years in the field of Public Relations and Sales, both in Paris and throughout France. He is especially pleased now to apply his enormous experience and expertise to Théâtre du Monde's endeavors to reach new audiences and to create new linkages among those in the film industry.

 
Florent Yann Wilderson-Legros,Technical Director

Florent is our resident tech and IT director, constantly working on improving our website, testing new equipment and creating databases which, in the future, will allow us to provide enhanced communication services between writers, filmmakers and producers. (Quite honestly, we sometimes don't understand what the heck he's talking about, but we always love the results! Thank you Florent!)

 

Welch Williams, Chairperson, Board of Directors