THESE THEMS

A newly out lesbian making up for lost time.
A nonbinary educator learning to train the straights.
A transman navigating life in the corporate world.
A gay guy looking for love and messing it up.

4 queer friends. Set in NYC.

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THESE THEMS named one of GLAAD's "Top Trans Stories to Watch 2019"
Director Jett Garrison and actors Shaan Dasani & Vico Ortiz named in GLAAD's "Top Trans Creatives to Watch 2019"

"THESE THEMS is the rare ensemble series that effectively combines comedy with education, teaching its audience about gender nonconformity and various queer identities while delighting and captivating through sharp humor. Through seven incredible episodes, THESE THEMS features authentic casting and local settings, and puts the LGBTQ+ community in the driver’s seat, showing what can happen when we’re allowed to tell our own stories on television."
~NewFest, NYC's LGBTQ+ film festival

"Playful, sexy, informative, and crucial, THESE THEMS
shines a light on a panoply of underrepresented queer identities
that changes the game for nonbinary visibility."
~Tracy E. Gilchrist,
Feminism Editor for The Advocate

"Gretchen Wylder is a queer, latter-day Lucille Ball"
~Curve Magazine

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THESE THEMS is a narrative digital series following the lives of four queer friends in NYC. The show was filmed in Manhattan and Brooklyn in December 2018. (Proof of concept short form series 82 mins TRT)

After realizing she may be a lesbian, GRETCHEN quickly befriends non binary dog walker VERO, who decides to stop training dogs and start training the straights. Vero takes Gretchen under their wing and introduces Gretchen to the queer world as she navigates what it's like to be newly out at the age of 30. Vero's childhood friend, ASHER, isn't out as trans at work and is faced with the decision to out himself when an opportunity for a LGBTQ account pops up. Gretchen's gay best friend and roommate, KEVIN, is looking for love and may have found it in Asher. We follow our four main characters through their lives in New York City as they navigate their world with an intersectional cast of queer and straight characters.

The series explores themes of queerness, gender identity, coming out, sexual empowerment, acceptance, and self expression. The audience will explore New York's vibrant LGBTQ+ community through Gretchen's eyes in a safe and joyful environment. The story is told through a comedic lens, with accurate representation: All queer characters are played by LGBTQ+ actors. Behind the camera, our entire filmmaking team was queer-identified, womxn, and/or POC.

the creative team

Gretchen Wylder
Creator / Writer / Actor

Jett Garrison
Director

Sophia Clark
Producer

Serena Kuo
Director of Photography

The cast

Gretchen Wylder as Gretchen

Vico Ortiz as Vero

Shaan Dasani as Asher

Nick Park as Kevin

TL Thompson as TI

Goldie Peacock

Kate Rigg as Dr. Lee

Ryan Farrell as Ryan

Darlinda Just Darlinda

Murray Hill

Katlyn Carlson

Jes Tom

Bunny Michael

Gabrielle Alexa

Kita Updike

Jordan Ho

Maybe Burke

Kerry Rush

Lane Kwederis

Max Brand

Jo Collura

Susan O'Dea

Lindsay Elizabeth-Hand

Dana Costello

no scarjo's here!

Authentic
Casting

The mission of
These Thems is to bring laughter, education, and accurate representation to the forefront.
Queer actors in queer roles, trans actors in trans roles, non binary actors in... well, you get it.

dream team

LGBTQ+ Film Makers

Our professional team of NYC and LA based film makers are all working our butts off to create this show. We want to see LGBTQ+ stories represented accurately. So we're the ones that are making it happen.

thank the queer goddess

Lit Production Value

SO many of our incredible locations have been donated, along with prop and costume donations from queer companies. This show is gonna look GOOD and it's due to support from our community.

lez do this.

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