https://www.informationwarshow.com/home daily 1.0 2021-10-21 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168379d8e36296eb8bbbf7d/1634220845879/POSTER+IMAGE+%28Primary%29+copy.jpg Home - “Make ‘em afraid of what they’ll lose if they don’t buy in.” THE INFORMATION WAR was written as a 90 minute stage play by Louis Aquiler and Chris D’Amato for the 2018 NYC International Fringe Festival as a followup to their award winning 2016 hit Dementia Americana. The Information War was created as a way to satirize and poke a little fun at Alex Jones and the conspiracy movement, but also to tell a deeper story about the way modern media has turned information and truth itself into a commodity to be branded and sold to an increasingly divided public. The play struck a nerve at the 2018 Fringe Festival, sold out its entire run playing in the largest venue at the festival, and left audiences shocked, amused, and buzzing about D’Amato’s gutsy performance as Alex Jones. Given that Jones’ medium of choice to sell his brand is internet and video, an on-camera presentation seemed like the next logical step for the project. In 2020 Louis and Chris adapted the story of the play into a wild, audacious, and easily consumable 10 episode series. The series was shot in early 2021 and is currently in post-production. https://www.informationwarshow.com/new-page daily 0.75 2021-10-21 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168a4f2e6754f5db520e1bc/1634249223808/CDAmato.png Production Team Chris is a NY/NJ based character actor and award winning playwright. In 2016 his award winning play Dementia Americana (also a collaboration with Louis Aquiler) swept the NYC Fringe Festival by storm and received an off-broadway run at The Soho Playhouse, where Chris played the lead role of Harry K. Thaw. He can be seen in all manner of projects across stage and screen including the 2018 stage version of The Information War at Fringe NYC, a starring role in a 30 minute independent short film to be released later this year titled A Man Among Men, and appearances on several notable television shows like The Deuce, Happy, and season 12 of Blue Bloods on CBS. Chris is also one of the hosts and creators of The Sopranos Podcast available on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever else you get your podcasts. This is the fifth major collaboration Chris has done with Louis Aquiler, and he is looking forward to many more. In his free time Chris enjoys adventuring with his darling wife Lily, and being a devoted cat dad. www.chrisdamatoactor.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168b4a1ba35ba09c0fecc42/1634251981653/Colby.png Production Team Matthew is a Los Angeles based digital media and comedy editor with credits for GQ, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Glamour, Allure, and Billboard Magazine totalling over 60 million YouTube views. He is excited to bring humour and life to all the projects he works on and to be a part of a creative team. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168ac4a5310dd6702b539b4/1634249821832/Heller.png Production Team Lea is co-owner and head of the Art Department at SwiftBird Productions, a media production company based in Brooklyn, New York that specializes in creating commercials, music videos, and short films for the Greater New York area. At SwiftBird, she has most recently produced work for BMW and Fordham University. Lea is also an Associate Producer, Performer, and the Dramaturg in Residence for Letter of Marque Theater Co., engaging directly with playwrights to develop new works. Lea is also a proud member of The Coop Theater and Film Co. www.thecoopnyc.org www.swiftbirdproductions.com www.lomtheater.org https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168a39cbf6d710f08e54234/1634247855198/Aquiler.png Production Team LOUIS is a writer/actor/director currently living in Los Angeles. He was a co-founder of the Hyper Aware Theater Company in New York, which produced a number of stage plays in small, unique venues across lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, including Gutterdrunk: The Poe Revisions and Wild Blue. Also in NY, he collaborated with his longtime writing partner, Chris D’Amato, on several plays produced by Synapse Theatre Ensemble, including On the Rocks: The Unsolved Mysteries of Jack & Sal, Dementia Americana, and the original production of The Information War. The latter two were both selected as a part of the NY International Fringe Festival. He also wrote and performed in the feature length film, The Perfect Martini-O, which was nominated for Best Comedy in a very small film festival somewhere in Denmark. Since moving to LA he has written and directed several short plays for Some Assembly Required as a part of their Dare LA event, and one short film, Loopy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168a7cc1f7d3d1410abc5e1/1634248781016/Escobar.png Production Team Francisco is a multi-disciplinary artist and the owner of Fresko Imageworks, Inc. Francisco has worked for over two decades as a producer, developer, cinematographer, and scenic artist in the New York film and television industry. His work has been featured in such outlets as NBC-Universal, History Channel, A&E, New York Fashion Week, and TRIBECA Film Festival, and movie theaters world-wide. Francisco is also a painter and photographer, and is currently in pre-production with a documentary film series on the history of American Psychiatry. www.freskoimageworks.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168b0284b83af40284c8079/1634250855457/Shaw.png Production Team David is the co-owner of SwiftBird Productions, where he is also the Post Production Supervisor. At SwiftBird, he has produced commercials for BMW and Thank Dog Rescue, and recently completed SwiftBird's first animation project. David has most recently worked on Showtime's Ray Donovan Series Finale, where he worked in production for the stunt department, as well as a performer in the movie. David is also a member of the COOP film and theater company. www.thecoopnyc.org https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168aad7d8e0341277763c7c/1634249486411/Mancini.png Production Team Paul is thrilled to be working with Aquiler and D'Amato once again Paul did his undergraduate work at Hofstra University and received an MFA in playwriting from NYU. Recent theater credits include Savage in Limbo, Marisol and Dementia Americana (2016 Fringe Festival Encores Selection). Paul lives in Brooklyn, NY and can be seen smoking cigarettes outside Sunset Park. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168b1791e766d65eb3e8bd8/1634251160663/Manning.png Production Team Dustin graduated from Cuny John Jay with a degree in forensic mental health counseling. He will soon be a Domestic abuse victim advocate with Safe Horizons partnering with the NYPD. Dustin co-wrote/directed a handful of Independent films years back, with Franklin Mann & Scopophilia. In his free time, Dustin likes to watch movies, read books, and love men named Chris D’Amato. https://www.informationwarshow.com/media daily 0.75 2021-10-21 https://www.informationwarshow.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2021-10-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168c7bc8bb24f152cdb473c/1634256905102/Rothermel.png Cast SAM is a Queer, multi-hypenate actor, poet, and photographer from New York. She is currently leading the independent film, The Goodbye Tour and can be seen as a host on the EQX+ app. Credits include Bitter Cup opposite Grayson Berry (‘Kobra Kai’), Videola opposite Sean Young (‘Blade Runner’, ‘The Alienist’), Detachment from director Tony Kaye (‘American History X’). She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is repped by Penny Luedtke of The Luedtke Agency. samrothermel.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168cebea729f52c207bb583/1634258661537/Maricondi.png Cast Michael is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Trust Your Gut Productions, a theatrical company that creates new musicals to teach children about kindness, collaboration, and positive social skills. He has written many musicals including What Fairy Tale is This, Anyway?!, Sing Out, Louise! (with Rachel Bloom of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), When Push Comes to Shove, Time It Is: To Music, and Looking For the Little Mouse, and, most recently, collaborated with the youth of the Gloversville, NY to create Kampfire Tales, a new musical based on popular campfire horror stories. In September, he opened Blax: The Musical in Paris, France, for which he was vocal arranger and music director. www.michaelmaricondi.com www.trustyourgutproductions.org https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168cac13df91879aacccb88/1634257642073/Marlo.png Cast Ken is an obscure body in the SK system. A performing artist for most of his life, occupying stage (some large, some small), screen (some large, some small), & studio (some … you know) as either actor, singer, instrumentalist, magician, fire breather (yes, really), or whatever else stokes his fire. Currently, he’s at play with his next idea that he can’t wait to share with whoever will listen. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168ca09a1c7a93f00e42fcb/1634257496323/Pepio.png Cast Richie is a VO artist, comedian, improviser, writer, and a member of Actors' Equity. He's voiced national spots for fast food chains and pet food companies, narrated audio description for major streaming services, and performed in content produced by MRB Films and the U.S. Postal Service. His credits include appearances at Gotham Comedy Club, The UCB Theatre, the Peoples Improv Theater, the Helen Hayes Award-winning Synetic Theater, Synapse Theatre Ensemble, and Washington Improv Theater. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168cc39a729f52c207b8787/1634257986371/titus.png Cast Christian is an NYC based, full-time voice talent and audio producer, proud to continue work on The Information War. If you want to use his voice to prank call someone like Alex, download the Prank Caller app. You might have heard him in some Spotify podcast commercials, unless you pay to avoid his warm words of advice. Currently, he is finishing work on his first audiobook: Black Forest by Scott Boyd. Check out what’s new at ChristianTitus.com Enjoy the bone broth, and prepare yourselves. It’s gonna be a good, weird ride. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168d2d09e3f2e63817f9dbe/1634259675489/Burgess.png Cast Adam (BFA Hofstra University '08) - Adam is a classically trained actor whose favorite roles include Judge Danforth (The Crucible), Dromio (A Comedy of Errors), Escalus (Measure for Measure) Sid (Ah Wilderness!), Scout (Seven Against Thebes), Friar Lawrence (Romeo and Juliet), and Gertrude (On the Razzle). Adam has also had the distinct pleasure of being a frequent collaborator of Chris D'amato and Louis Aquiler, most notably as Dr. Clarence Bunsen (On the Rocks) and Bertha (Borkum Riff). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168d01e7875a23cb360e0db/1634259015156/Goodman.png Cast Andrea is, first and foremost, a businesswoman and investor. For fun she is a semi-professional singer and an actress in community theatre. Some of her favorite acting roles have been Miss Electra in Gypsy, Lily St. Regis in Annie, and Gymnasia in a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Andrea has enjoyed working on the Information War with a professional director. Her favorite voice part is as Alex Jones’s grandmother. Thank you to Chris D’Amato for casting her in her first film. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168d19d89dc212cf77ff349/1634259378693/Dippel.png Cast Chris is a founding member of The New York Neo-Futurists, whose signature show, The Infinite Wrench, is performed 50 weeks a year at The Kraine Theater in NYC. His original Neo-Futurist works for Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind and The Infinite Wrench have been produced in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Australia as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. New York credits include Cherry Lane, Lucille Lortel, Dixon Place, HERE, and The Chain; Regional credits include Indiana Repertory Theatre, Brown County Playhouse and Trinity Rep as part of the Providence Improv Festival. He holds an MFA in Acting from Indiana University, Bloomington, and serves as director of the performance program at Hofstra University. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/616828032bf0df1e2af73bac/t/6168cdd5825f666339120b44/1634258422160/LDamatol.png Cast Lily is a voice actor and corporate trainer in the NY/NJ area. She is thrilled to have been a part of this brave, poignant, and hilarious project. Lily cannot wait to continue to ride her husband Chris’ coattails to the top!