LAUNDROWOMB
A destructive ensemble unraveling into an incompetent detective’s madness as he undermines any sense of evidence in pursuit of an elusive motive in the wake of a murder that may or may not have happened.
A Crime Comedy
By Niles Maxwell
Director | Producer | Writer
Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, by age 15 Niles Maxwell was shooting comedic videos with friends. After acting for four years on stage in improv comedy in Tucson and Chicago, he started working in the film industry as a writer/director. With a BA in English and an MFA in creative writing, he has been writing screenplays professionally since 2008, has taught screenwriting at the University of Tübingen and has produced, directed and written commercials, corporate videos, documentaries and fiction motion pictures.
Cast
Izaskun Palafox
GRACE ANDERSON is an Alaskan Native (Sugpiaq of Kodiak)/Spanish actress and hostess of Telemundo’s ¡Hola Alaska!, in which she reveals unique experiences of Spanish speakers living in Alaska.
Tereza Trampler
JANA PLODKOVA is a Czech actress with extensive stage, TV and film experience who studied at the Janáček Academy of Musical Arts and has been nominated four times for Best Actress at the Czech Lions.
Ueli Hugentobler
YVES WÜTHRICH is a Swiss actor who received the Migro Kulturprozent Scholarship to study acting at the Hochschule Musik und Theater in Zurich. Since graduation, he has worked extensively in Swiss and German television and theater.
Asa Korhonen
INES LEX is a professional German opera singer and actress. She studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Ines works regularly as an opera and theater performer in Leipzig, Nürnberg and Halle.
KITTY, DAISY & LEWIS
KITTY, DAISY & LEWIS is a British Anglo-Indian country blues and rockabilly band fronted by three siblings of the Durham family. They have opened for Coldplay, Razorlight, Stereophonics and Richard Hawley among others.
Maurice Grey
RIC WALKER is a African-American actor with a BFA in acting from Wright State University and an MFA in Performance Pedagogy from the University of Pittsburgh. A former member of the Improvised Shakespeare Company, he has performed improv and stand-up comedy for years and currently teaches improv and acting at Colombia College and The Second City in Chicago.
Murat Sturm
ADRIAN CAN is a Turkish-German actor with three decades of theater, TV and film experience, having worked in Germany, Austria and Turkey.
Detective Mucker
ENDRE HOLECZY is a Swiss/Hungarian/American actor completing his PhD in dramaturgy and theater theory at Brown University and has over a decade of stage work under his belt.
Punk Everywoman
AMELIA CORRADA is a Puerto Rican-American actress with a BA in Professional Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and has been acting since she was a young child.