New York, NY, —Producers Pathway Pictures and SheNYC Arts have wrapped production on the feature film adaptation of the Off-Broadway play SHEEPWELL, shot on location in Alabama and Los Angeles.
Directed by Kim Caicedo in her feature film debut, the dark comedy stars Michole Briana White (50 Cent’s STARZ series BMF: Black Mafia Family), Alix Lapri (Power Book II: Ghost), and Connor Paolo (Gossip Girl, Revenge) Also in the cast are producer Lauren Elizabeth Harris (How To Hack Birth Control) and Denise Grayson (THE SOCIAL NETWORK). Caicedo was recently announced as recipient of the DGA Jury Prize in the Latino category (West Region) at the 30th Annual DGA Student Film Awards.
A number of the team have strong theatrical bona fides. Michole Briana White originated the role of Rena in original Off-Broadway production of August Wilson’s Jitney and in Radio Golf, both at the Goodman Theatre’s production of “Radio Golf.” Connor Paolo performed in The Full Monty on Broadway, and off-Broadway in the New York Public Theater production of Shakespeare’s Richard III. Lauren Elizabeth Harris theatrical credits include: as Caroline Bingley in Pride and Prejudice at the Culver City Public Theater; Mrs. Juno in Overruled at the West Valley Playhouse; and Judy in Night of the Living Dead at The Archway Theater.
SHEEPWELL is based on the eponymous Off-Broadway play that played a festival at the Connelly Theatre in the East Village and won the SheNYC Arts Festival’s awards for Best Script and Best Production. Written by Margaret Rose Caterisano, it was adapted into a screenplay by Caicedo and Danielle DeMatteo.
Inspired by the 17th-century Lope de Vega play Fuenteovejuna, SHEEPWELL is a shocking and vindictive feminist thriller that reveals what happens when an overconfident traveler messes with the wrong women.
“Upon reading the script for the first time, I was immediately consumed by these women and the eerie, twisted Southern landscape that they’re trying to survive in,” says Caicedo. “This film is more than just a mystery and a thriller. It’s a real-life depiction of what women in our society have to fear and fight for every day.”
“SHEEPWELL is an incredibly special story that’s kept all of us up at night at SheNYC, ever since we first read the original play script,” says DeMatteo, who is also the Founder and Artistic Director of SheNYC Arts. “We had the privilege of bringing it to life on an off-Broadway stage back in 2023, and it’s going to be even more thrilling and shocking on screen.”
SHEEPWELL is being produced by SheNYC Arts, the nationwide 501c3 not-for-profit organization whose mission is to fight for gender equity in the entertainment industry, and Lauren Elizabeth Harris of Pathway Pictures. Harris founded Pathway Pictures, which is in development on five feature films and two series.
“Being a longtime member of the SheNYC team has been incredibly fulfilling and inspired my company’s mission to produce gender marginalized works. Leading SheNYC’s newest expansion into film has been the honor of a lifetime,” says Harris.
SheNYC Arts has produced an astonishing 114 shows off-Broadway and in their Festivals across the country. SHEEPWELL marks their debut feature film endeavor. Sheepwell concluded filming this May in Alabama and Los Angeles.
White and Grayson are repped by Silver Management, SMS Talent Agency; Lapri is repped by Alan Siegel, CESD Talent Agency; Paolo and Harris are repped by Untitled Entertainment.
ABOUT SHE NYC ARTS
SheNYC Arts is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization devoted to fighting for gender equity in the arts & entertainment industry. Founded in 2015, SheNYC Arts has since become the premier incubator for the best up-and-coming talent in the entertainment industry nationwide. SheNYC produces Summer Theater Festivals in New York City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Dallas-Fort Worth annually, as well as CreateHER, a semester-long program for high school students interested in careers as playwrights and producers. New Pages, SheNYC’s licensing and publishing wing, makes the scripts that have been through our programs available for licensing across the country. In 2025, SheNYC will produce Sheepwell, its first feature film. Through additional educational and community engagement programs, including The Broadway Women’s Alliance, SheNYC aims to make the theater industry a better place for all people. Learn more at www.SheNYCArts.org.
ABOUT PATHWAY PICTURES
Lauren Elizabeth Harris is an award-winning actor, producer, and founder of Pathway Pictures. Pathway’s projects include Pink Moon (directed by SXSW alum Carol Brandt and starring Blu Del Barrio of Star Trek), Bat Sheva Guez’s Babies of Luna Park (The Gotham’s “Series Creators to Watch”), and Cece Wheeler’s Winners and Losers, which received the Indian Paintbrush Grant. Harris co-created and starred in the feminist web series It’s A Girl Thing, an official selection at over 14 international film festivals. Her film Defining Dodo earned the LGBTQ Voices Award at the HBO-sponsored Latino Film Festival. Recently, she wrote, produced, and starred in the coming-of-age film FRIENDS WANTED, alongside Jodi Benson (THE LITTLE MERMAID).
Harris also works in development at Steve Buscemi’s Olive Productions and has prior experience with Voltage Pictures, Pretty Matches, and Double Nickel. She is a board member of SheNYC Arts, an active member of Women in Film, an associate member of WIP, and a former New York Events Leader for Film Fatales. She holds a BA in Acting and Spanish from USC and just earned her MFA in Creative Producing from Columbia University.
