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Bellmore, New York, U.S. November 18, 2025. L-R, Actors BEC FORDYCE, TRAVIS GRANT, and KIM DIRECTOR are among those participating in the Q&A sfter the screening of the feature film 'Wait List: A Love-ish Story.' The event was held at Bellmore Movies on Long Island. (© 2025 Ann Parry, annparry.com)

‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ Screening at Bellmore Movies

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From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
December 5, 2024      Q&A videos near end 

‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ live screening & Q&A

There was lots of love at the recent live screening of the fun, thought-provoking rom-com “Wait List: A Love-ish Story” at Bellmore Movies.

• BEC FORDYCE – portrays Lisa Chase

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Bellmore, New York, U.S., November 18, 2025. Actress BEC FORDYCE, who co-stars as character Lisa Chase, is at the live screening of the feature film ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ at Bellmore Movies. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

The feature film’s co-stars are BEC FORDYCE, who plays 40-something writer Lisa Chase, and TRAVIS GRANT, who plays 20-something artist Carter Morgan, the childhood friend of Lisa’s adopted son.

Wait List: A Love-ish Story screening

Bellmore, New York, U.S., November 18, 2025. L-R, DEBRA MARKOWITZ, EJ ACOSTA, and JOHN MAREAN are at the live screening of ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ at Bellmore Movies. Markowitz is Writer, Director, and Co-Producer; Acosta plays character Denny Chase; and Marean is Cinematographer and Co-Producer. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

“Wait List: A Love-ish Story” is an Intention Films and Media, LLC, film by powerhouse DEBRA MARKOWITZ.

Markowitz and JOHN MAREAN co-own the company and are the film’s co-producers. Markowitz is also the screenwriter and director, and Marean is the cinematographer.

• TRAVIS GRANT – portrays Carter Morgan

Wait List: A Love-ish Story screening

Bellmore, New York, U.S., November 18, 2025. Actor TRAVIS GRANT, who co-stars as Carter Morgan, participates in the Q&A held after the ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ live screening at Bellmore Movies. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

Markowitz first wrote it as a one-act comedy about an unexpected hook-up between Lisa and Carter. But when Debra imagined what might happen if they weren’t just a one-night fling, it inspired her to write the script for “Wait List: A Love-ish Movie.”

• KIM DIRECTOR – portrays Ally

Wait List: A Love-ish Story screening

Bellmore, New York, U.S., November 18, 2025. Actress KIM DIRECTOR (The Deuce), who portrays Ally, is at the live screening of the feature film ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story.’ (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

• ABILGAIL HAWK – portrays Natalie

Wait List: A Love-ish Story screening

Bellmore, New York, U.S., November 18, 2025. Actress ABIGAIL HAWK (Blue Bloods), who portrays Natalie, is at the live screening of the feature film ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story.’ (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

SCREENING:  ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’

Wait List: A Love-ish Story screening

Bellmore, New York, U.S., Nov. 18, 2025. A scene from the screening of ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ shows, L-R, TRAVIS GRANT, who portrays Carter Morgan, and KATE BRADY, who portrays his girlfriend Diane. The scene was shot at Soul Brew cafe in Bellmore in 2024. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

Wait List: A Love-ish Story screening

Bellmore, New York, U.S., Nov. 18, 2025. A scene from the screening of ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ shows, L-R, BEC FORDYCE, who portrays Lisa Chase, sharing her conflicted feelings about Carter with KIM DIRECTOR, who portrays her friend Ally. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

Q&A: Moderator Donna Drake with Debra Markowitz & cast members

Wait List: A Love-ish Story screening

Bellmore, New York, U.S., November 18, 2025. At center, actress BEC FORDYCE, who co-stars as Lisa Chase in ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story, is smiling in the audience as fellow cast members, including, at left, TARA WESTWOOD, who portrays Lillian Morgan, begin to walk to the stage for Q&A. This followed the live screening of the feature film. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

• VIDEO 1: Q&A CHEERLEADING FOR EACH OTHER discussion with Moderator Donna Drake, writer Debra Markowitz, and actors Bec Fordyce, Travis Grant, and Abigail Hawk:

• VIDEO 2: Q&A CHARACTERS discussion with Moderator Donna Drake: screenwriter Debra Markowitz, and actors Bec Fordyce, Travis Grant: 

FEATURE PHOTO  (top of post): Bellmore, New York, U.S., November 18, 2025. L-R, actors BEC FORDYCE, TRAVIS GRANT, and KIM DIRECTOR are among those participating in the Q&A after the screening of the film ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story.’ The event was held at Bellmore Movies on Long Island. (© 2025 Ann Parry)

related post: Filming Wait List: A Love-ish Movie on Long Island, March 29, 2024

‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ Screening: my PHOTO GALLERY

‘Wait List’ Q&A: Video 1: Cheerleading • Video 2: Characters

Wait List: A Love-ish Story  •   IMDB

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The Donna Drake Show, CBS: liveituptvshow.com

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Wait List: A Love-ish Story screening

Bellmore, New York, U.S. November 18, 2025. Actress BEC FORDYCE, who co-stars as character Lisa Chase, is at the live screening of the feature film ‘Wait List: A Love-ish Story’ at Bellmore Movies. (© Ann Parry, annparry.com)

SYLVIO is Simply DiVine at Hofstra

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From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
October 31, 2017

Q:  Where does a 180-pound gorilla sit?

A:  If he’s the gentle gorilla who’s the title character of SYLVIO – the fantasy film based on “Simply Sylvio” Vine videos – he wants to sit on the floor behind a table he uses as a stage to act out scenes of “Quiet Times with Herbert Herpels” with his hand puppet Herbert.

Hempstead, New York, USA. October 30, 2017. Film event of screening of SYLVIO, a fantasy feature film, and Q and A with ALBERT BIRNEY, KENTUCKER AUDLEY, and mdoeraotr RUSSELL HARBAUGH, is hosted by Radio, Television, Film Department of Lawrence Herbert School of Communication of Hofstra University.

Hempstead, NY, USA. Oct. 30, 2017. SYLIO screening and Q&A with (R-L) ALBERT BIRNEY, KENTUCKER AUDLEY, & moderator RUSSELL HARBAUGH, is presented by Herbert School of Communication, Hofstra. (© 2017 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

When Vine, the hosting service for short-form videos, was online, “Simply Silvio” had over 500,000 followers. But when I heard Hofstra’s Herbert School of Communication was having a screening of SYLVIO, followed by a Q&A with ALBERT BIRNEY and KENTUCKER AUDLEY – the film’s co-directors & more – it was the first time I’d heard of the character.

Based on the movie poster, I could tell Sylvio was a gorilla who wore clothes and red sunglasses, and that’s about it, so I was curious.

Hempstead, New York, USA. October 30, 2017. At screening of SYLVIO, a fantasy feature film, Sylvia the gorilla has Harold the puppet act out scenes of

Hempstead, NY, USA. Oct. 30, 2017. At Hofstra screening of SYLVIO film, Sylvio the gorilla uses hand puppet Harold to act out scenes of “Quiet Times with Harold Herpels.”  (© 2017 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

SYLVIO

Sylvio, who doesn’t speak, works at a debt collection agency and must make an outside call to collect a debt from a man who hosts a talk show in his basement.

When Sylvio arrives, he’s mistaken for a juggler and sent onstage, where he ends up dropping things that break, loudly.

The talk show audience loves this, and Sylvio ends up chained to a wild on-air persona the opposite of who he wants to be, so he has tough decisions ahead of him….

Hempstead, New York, USA. October 30, 2017. Film event of screening of SYLVIO, a fantasy feature film, and Q and A with ALBERT BIRNEY, KENTUCKER AUDLEY, and moderator RUSSELL HARBAUGH, is hosted by Radio, Television, Film Department of Lawrence Herbert School of Communication of Hofstra University.

Hempstead, NY, USA. Oct. 30, 2017.  Sylvio reluctantly becomes the “What’s the Ape Gonna Break?” TV personality, in SYLVIO, screened at Hofstra. (© 2017 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Q&A

After the SYLVIA screening, Albert Birney, Kentucker Audley and Prof. RUSSELL HARBAUGH held a Q&A.

VIDEO: Panel discusses the central concept of the movie,  what’s most important to Sylvio the gorilla, and more in this excerpt:

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Birney is the creator of the “Simply Sylvio” Vine character, and he and Audley are the film’s directors, and, with Meghan Doherty, its screenwriters.

The gorilla who doesn’t talk and the talk show host make a solid team.

Wordlessly, Birney expressively plays Sylvio Bernardi, who at least gets to grunt a few times. I’m not surprised I didn’t figure out on my own who played Sylvio, but I didn’t even realize Audley co-starred as Al Reynolds, the financially strapped talk show host, until he talked about it.

Hempstead, NY, USA. Oct. 30, 2017. After SYLVIO film screening and a Q&A, KENTUCKER AUDLEY and ALBERT BIRNEY chat with Prof. WILLIAM JENNINGS, of Radio, Television, Film Department of Lawrence Herbert School of Communication of Hofstra University. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Hempstead, NY, USA. Oct. 30, 2017. After SYLVIO film screening and Q&A, (L-R) KENTUCKER AUDLEY & ALBERT BIRNEY chat with Prof. WILLIAM JENNINGS at Hofstra University. (© 2017 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

PEACE & QUIET

Sitting in the audience at Hofstra’s Breslin Hall that night, I was so moved by Sylvio and his quest to lead a simple, peaceful life that I have a feeling he’ll quietly be with me for a good while.

My SYLVIO at Hofstra event photos:  GALLERY

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