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EXCLUSIVE: Margaret Cho, Chris Parnell and John Pirruccello person joined nan formed of Derek Mari’s characteristic directorial debut Chrohnie, an ensemble drama inspired by his acquisition pinch Crohn’s disease.
Written, directed and produced by Mari, based connected his 2019 short of nan aforesaid name, Chrohnie follows a young comedian arsenic nan biggest capacity of his profession approaches, and he finds his life unraveling nether nan weight of nan regular indignities of chronic illness, a surgery healthcare strategy and his parents’ untimely divorce.
Expected to make its show premiere adjacent year, nan movie “explores nan often-overlooked realities of invisible unwellness and nan pursuit of imaginative ambition pinch humor, honesty, and heart.”
In summation to Cho (Fire Island, Will Trent), Parnell (Saturday Night Live, Rick and Morty) and Pirruccello (Barry, Twin Peaks: The Return), nan ensemble formed besides includes Pam Murphy (Krapopolis), Chet Bashari Anekwe (Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living) and Max Jenkins (Dead To Me, High Maintenance), Keith Ahlstrom and Alison Kamishiro Parsons (The Sex Lives of College Girls).
With a imaginative squad that includes cinematographer Matt Burke and accumulation designer Erika Fisher, producers are Jamie Sanger and Andrew Nibbi of 178 Blank Productions and Mari’s Blink & Miss Productions.
In summation to his 2019 short movie Crohnie, which was an Audience Award victor astatine nan National Film Festival for Talented Youth, Mari has written and directed respective shorts, including Beauty (2017), I Think My Sleep Paralysis Demon Is A Casting Director (2019), The Drunken One (2021) and Skunk (2024). He besides directed 2022’s Fancy Hat, Missing Son, which was a Vimeo Staff Pick and Webby Award honoree.
