Karsten Otto

GET TAMED! a hyper pop dance party Join us for a night of dancing at @blinkysbar on May 28th starting at 8PM. Small Boat Productions and the Taming of the Shrew Team is raising money for our show! There will be signature drinks, DJs, a hot dance floor, and the ability to meet and greet the creative and production team of the show. 8-9PM Doors 9-10:30PM Dramafriend 10:30-12AM cassiDJ Every dollar of our ticket revenue goes to Taming of the Shrew! Ticket Link in Bio. Get in on the early bird prices now!

SHAKESPEARE ENTIRELY: TAMING OF THE SHREW Small Boat Productions, in collaboration with kotto Productions, presents its first ever fully staged Shakespeare play directed by @kotto_ . Running from July 9th through August 2nd at La MaMa. Cast: @k8beastman as Kate @mclean18 as Bianca @juanarturovillarojito as Petruchio @romeo.torres.7 as Lucentio and more @luigiscoolerbro as Tranio and more @langstonhdarby as Baptista and more @superumapuma as Biondello and more @milenamaksay as Hortensio and more Jennifer Kim as Gremio and more @wsarratt as Grumio and more @shantonmastel as Christopher Sly and more @evanmariner as Page and more Assistant Director and Fight/Intimacy Director: @alexhad Stage Manager: @ellierberry Lighting by @mrtripl3a Costumes by @oliviavhern Set by @mtodd.design Sound by @benjijungerwirth Production Team: @thebennatan @kotto_ @amyjliu @dramafriend @carolina.e.bee @nalachanel1195 @caropottershriver Pics by @dev.baby Graphic Design by Alex Passikoff Ticket Link in Bio!

Clearly ✅ Suddenly ✅ Now? Entirely ✅ Coming Monday, May 4th.

🐦‍⬛ It’s #GivingTuesday! And tomorrow? Well, I fly to New York to shoot my first short film, Dead Bird. Let’s call it #WildestDreamsWednesday. This project may only be 8 months into pre-production, but the dream of writing a horror movie is nearly 30 years in the making (I saw both Jaws and The Craft at 5 years old and never looked back, iykyk.) So! If in between all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, you find yourself *itching* to support independent film and working artists, our tiny-but-mighty team of 12 would love to share our GoFundMe. No donation is too small, and no social share goes unnoticed. $10 feeds a crew member, $100 pays for equipment, and $500 gets you an executive producer credit. Feeling extra giving? Shoot me an email and we’d love to chat about the project. Again, happy #GivingTuesday and a special (but regular) Wednesday to all the creatives out there hustling to bring their projects to life. In a world of AI, grant slashing, and plummeting literacy rates and box office sales, our dreams must continue to shine bright. Your art matters. Go make it. Links in the bio 🔗

how it started/ how it really started/ how it went/ how it’s going

𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙋𝙞𝙘𝙠 / Metalero After being assaulted in his safe space (a melodic black metal show), Hector, a metalero, befriends his Lyft driver, Linds, turning a transactional relationship into a sacred one. Karsten Otto (writer/ producer/ casting): @kotto_ Daniella Caggiano (director): @dfcaggiano Xavier Galva (Hector): @xavthew0rld LA Head (Linds): @yeslikeyourhead Tommy Schutz (DP): @tschutz1106 Jack Horton Gilbert (Editor): @hortons_hearing_things Luke Santy (Score): @lukesanty Flora Kamimoto (Sound Op) Jackie Morgan (HMU) Megan Mann (First AD) Luke Fischer (Post Sound) Wenting Deng-Fisher (Colorist) Jackson Bernard (Font/ Poster design): @felon_degenerate #DailyShortPicks #Metalero #Metalhead #shortfilm #metal #lyft #driver #blackmetal #shortfilm