Starting in late 2003, MAW actors, John Clevenger, Mike Morrow, Robin Wood, and Terry McGovern, along with guest actor, Sarah Kliban began filming WILL WORK.

“ I’ve always loved silent films. And I’ve always loved the corny premise of switched identities. It started with ‘The Prince and the Pauper,’ and there’s been about a hundred adult versions of switched identity premises since then. It’s like 'When Doppelganger’s Collide!’ says writer-director, Terry McGovern.

The name of the film company pretty much explains how it was shot. Total guerilla style. No permits. No permission. (Except for the law office and the beauty shop). And no problems of any kind. Truly amazing!

Robin Wood (Cornelius Farquard and Tom Truelove) has been a member of The Marin Actors’ Workshop for a number of years and is very fond of his bushy beard. But he was willing to sacrifice it—most of it, anyway—for the movie.

Sarah Kliban is not only a brilliant comedic actor, but also a casting director in San Francisco. In fact, she was concerned about not auditioning. "Everybody auditions. Everybody!” Not in this case. We knew she’d be perfect.

John Clevenger and Mike Morrow, likewise MAW members, really got into the spirit of shooting whenever and wherever time and opportunity presented themselves.

Cameraman Anthony McGovern also made himself available for these sneaky setups and shots. “I loved it,” he said. “We’d see a place we wanted to shoot, we just put the camera down. That was the setup. Then we’d shoot. Almost always just one take. That was the shot. Then we got the hell out of there!

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WILL WORK won the 2004 Alameda Film Festival for Best Comedy. Four years later, there are plans for MAW to venture into the wonderful world of webisodes. We’re going to launch a weekly streaming video story on the web. Actors will shoot, light, write and act in these stories.

If you’d like to join us, I highly recommend that you live nearby, unless using the family jet helicopter is no problem. We’re in San Rafael, California, just north of San Francisco. Our main class, the scene class, meets on either Tuesday or Thursday evenings at the West End Playhouse, 1554 Fourth Street.

If you’d like to audit those classes, just call us at
415-453-8858 or drop an email to mawinfo@gmail.com