Phenom Features and Fresh Bread Productions Present "An evening with Terry O'Quinn-Benefit For Using

July 18, 2010 - PRLog -- Phenom Features & Fresh Bread Productions
And LOST Star Terry O’Quinn present Benefit for new film Using
(CHICAGO, July 2010)  A big night in Chicago is upon us!  The excitement keeps growing as the date draws near!  Producing partners Tom Quinn (Phenom Features) and Kymberly Harris (Fresh Bread Productions) are hosting an evening with Terry O’Quinn (John Lock) of LOST on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at the Park West (322 West Armitage) from 8:00 pm -11:00 p.m.  The film USING will also star Tom Quinn and Kymberly Harris.  A portion of the proceeds from the film will go to Salvation Army Safe Harbor Shelters.
In addition to producing partners Harris and Quinn, the special host committee includes REEL Chicago’s Ruth Ratny, Joyce Saxon (Media Advertising Club), Hillel Frankel of EIP Group/Movietrax, Dean Williams Hollywood Still Photographer/founder of Central IL Film Commission, impresario Joey Majamdar, publicist Rochelle Arjmand, Gina Driskell Subrosa Music, Michael Mach, Dozzy Ibekwe Bonsoiree, Tracey Melton of Mountain-Aire/Sweet Pea Productions and Downtown Bloomington Association, among others.
This event appeals to all – not only LOST fans, but appeals to film buffs, music buffs, auction bidders, philanthropic folks, anyone who enjoys special nights out in Chicago! This special evening features a VIP red carpet entrance, hors d'oeuvres from Phil Stefani Catering, cocktails, live entertainment, a silent auction, and a preview of the independent motion picture USING that is being filmed in Central Illinois and Chicago.  Tickets to this evening are $250 VIP, $125 general admission, and $50 student/industry rate with I.D.  To purchase tickets for this event please visit: http://benefitforusing.eventbrite.com.
Music will be provided by twice featured on television, Chicago’s own Aubyn Beth.  Guests will have an opportunity to bid on our silent auction items featuring LOST items, tickets to The Emmy Awards, tickets to The Grammy Awards, tickets to Dancing with the Stars, tickets to David Letterman, exotic vacation packages to tropical islands and more!
If that isn’t enough excitement, one lucky winner and four guests can win the chance to spend an evening with Terry O’Quinn!  This e-bay auction begins July 12th.  This auction includes dinner for five at Gene and Georgetti at 6:00pm plus five tickets to the benefit at the Park West.  They will also meet the film’s Director/Screenwriter/Actor Thomas Quinn, Producer/Actress Kymberly Harris, the cast and crew. The online auction ends July 21, 2010.   For online auction:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270600...
About Using
USING is a feature-length drama about loving deception and a father's desperate fight to save his only daughter from self-destruction.  USING is a cautionary tale of addiction, betrayal and unlikely redemption, which asks the impossible question, "How far would you go to save a dying child?"
The original screenplay is written by Illinois Wesleyan University professor Thomas Anthony Quinn.  Kymberly Harris Fresh Bread Productions is producing the film.  Harris is also acting in Using.  Harris is the Artistic Director of Fresh Bread Productions, a 501(c)(3) non-profit company.  Please visit:  http://phenomfeatures.org/projects, http://www.bway.net/~fresh, and www.kymberlyharris.com for information on Phenom Features, Fresh Bread Productions and Kymberly Harris.  


About Phenom Features
Phenom Features is a non-for profit company in central IL and is creating a full-length, independent motion picture featuring talented students and aspiring screen artists in Bloomington and Central Illinois, working side-by-side with movie-making professionals.  The mission of Phenom Features is to bring the creative adventure of independent digital filmmaking to our area, and to serve our community by creating socially relevant movies.  At the heart of Phenom Features' mission is the bold vision of an apprenticeship studio – a place where gifted creative artists, young and old, can learn, discover and grow.  http://phenomfeatures.org/projects.  Their four business goals of Phenom Features are:  to teach by providing unique and challenging apprenticeship experience; to show by sharing filmmaking with local, regional, national and international audiences; to grow by enhancing regional artistic resources and opportunities, while contributing to the economic development of our community; and to help by broadening public awareness of service organizations in our area that provide drug and alcohol education and substance abuse counseling, and raise funds for these organizations through a series of charity screenings of the finished movie at theatres throughout central Illinois.  

About Tom Quinn
Tom Quinn is writer/director of Using, and also playing Edward McNeil.  Illinois Wesleyan University Professor Thomas Anthony Quinn teaches Playwriting, Acting and Directing.   Mr. Quinn's original screenplay, The Land of Youth, co-written with his brother, Terry O'Quinn (Lost) is currently in circulation.  A member of Actor's Equity Association and MFA graduate of Illinois State University’s School of Theatre, Mr. Quinn has appeared on a host of stages around the country.  His theatre credits include Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., Center Stage in Baltimore, The Goodman, Briar Street, Steppenwolf, Commons, and Drury Lane in Chicago, New Stage in Jackson Mississippi and The American Inside Theatre in Milwaukee.  He has created over sixty roles for the professional stage and dozens more for academic theatre. On television, Mr. Quinn co-starred in the mini-series, Burden of Proof, written by Scott Turrow for ABC.

About Kymberly Harris & Fresh Bread Productions
Kymberly Harris’ Fresh Bread Productions is producing Phenom Features independent film, Using. Harris is also acting in Using and plays Lynn.  Harris is the Artistic Director of the Fresh Bread Productions, a 501(c)(3) non-profit company.   An Actors Studio Drama School grad herself, Harris’ Fresh Bread Productions started with an ensemble of MFA graduates of the Actors Studio, NYC.  The company staged Savage In Limbo at the Producers’ Club, sponsored by Bravo Television and Cablevision, as well as Rant performed at the Public Theatre and The Cherry Lane Theatre, which benefited Safe Horizon Battered Women Shelters. Kymberly’s original play, Bumping Umbrellas was performed at Don't Tell Mama and the 42nd Street Theatre. They staged and produced various productions in NYC including Savage in Limbo, Rant and Bumping Umbrellas.   http://www.bway.net/~fresh
With a double MFA in Playwriting and Acting, and after having had several plays produced in NYC, Harris is now working out of Chicago.  A professional playwright/award winning actress, she has also founded TheatresCool, a professional acting school in Bloomington, IL.  Her teaching is focused on method acting - Bloomington the only place in Central, IL that offers this.   Read more about her companies and work at www.KymberlyHarris.com and www.TheatresCool.com.
She just produced and directed a workshop production of her play Faith at TheatresCool, which sold out every night and was very successful and is an amazing play. Before that, it received a reading at the Broadway Theatre Institute, with two-time Emmy award winning Cady McClain in the lead.   A documentary film crew came out to film the process of building the workshop.  Kymberly is also on IMDB