Following his deeply personal HBO special, THE GOLDEN ONE, comedian Whitmer Thomas revisits another childhood memory: the time he - a 10-year-old skater boy - had to fake his way through Boy Scout camp for a summer. Fantastical shadow puppets and a synth-infused score by the Emmy Award-winning Manual Cinema bring the tale to life.
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WHITMER THOMAS is a comedian from Gulf Shores, Alabama, currently living in Los Angeles. He recently made his first stand-up comedy/music/documentary special for HBO: WHITMER THOMAS: THE GOLDEN ONE. Whit’s favorite band is Blink 182.
MANUAL CINEMA is a performance collective, design studio, and production company founded in 2010 by Drew Dir, Sarah Fornace, Ben Kauffman, Julia Miller, and Kyle Vegter. They combine handmade puppetry and innovative sound and music to create immersive stories for stage and screen. Don’t miss their puppet animations in the remake of CANDYMAN, directed by Nia DaCosta, which debuts next year.