Less Precious
Productions
Co-Founded by
Elizabeth Conway & Frankie MacLaughlin
LESS PRECIOUS PRODUCTIONS
IS A VIBRANT ADVENTURE
FOUNDED BY
ELIZABETH CONWAY AND
FRANKIE MACLAUGHLIN.
WE MAKE HITS.
WE’RE ALWAYS STRIVING TO BE
LESS PRECIOUS WITH OUR IDEAS.
AND WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU
ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
Culver City
Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
California
Women’s
Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
February 15th
11:00AM
Whitefire Theatre
13500 Ventura Blvd.
February 15th
11:00AM
Whitefire Theatre
13500 Ventura Blvd.
STARRING:
Allison Dunbar, Jake Robards,
Elizabeth Conway, Mia Rose Frampton,
Joey Ariemma & Maya Dutea
STARRING:
Allison Dunbar, Jake Robards,
Elizabeth Conway, Mia Rose Frampton,
Joey Ariemma & Maya Dutea
Directed by:
Frankie MacLaughlin
Directed by:
Frankie MacLaughlin
Sacramento
International
Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2024
WINNER!
Created by:
Elizabeth Conway
& Frankie MacLaughlin
Editor:
Maira Stukas
Composer:
Chris Edgar
Assistant Director:
Cooper Sheard
Director of Photography:
Jesse Rambis
Costume Design:
Mona May
Danny Feyer
Makeup:
Laura Rackza
Hair:
Rachael Angell
Sacramento
International
Film Festival
2024
OUTSTANDING COMEDY
Fiscal Sponsorship
provided by:
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WHY THE BAND
BROKE UP!
WHY THE BAND
BROKE UP!
The question everyone’s been asking for years.
For the first time in a decade, they’re finally ready to share their side of the story.
In this unfiltered, unhinged, and unauthorized musical,
you’ll be shocked to learn WHY THE BAND BROKE UP!
STARRING:
STARRING:
ELIZABETH CONWAY
JACQUELINE BONSIGNORE
DAVID SCHWARTZBAUM
DEL ALAN MURPHY
DORINA AMINA
ELIZABETH CONWAY
JACQUELINE BONSIGNORE
DAVID SCHWARTZBAUM
DEL ALAN MURPHY
DORINA AMINA
DIRECTED BY:
DIRECTED BY:
FRANKIE MACLAUGHLIN
FRANKIE MACLAUGHLIN
created by:
created by:
ELIZABETH CONWAY &
FRANKIE MACLAUGHLIN
ELIZABETH CONWAY &
FRANKIE MACLAUGHLIN
THE BROADWATER
MAINSTAGE
1076 Lillian Way
Los Angeles, CA 90038
THE BROADWATER
MAINSTAGE
1076 Lillian Way
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Finalist:
KINO People’s Choice Awards
Finalist:
KINO People’s Choice Awards
logline: Three wannabe vigilantes team
up to take down a notorious online
predator in a heist gone awry.
Directed by:
Frankie MacLaughlin
Written by:
Elizabeth Conway
& Frankie MacLaughlin
Produced by:
Elizabeth Conway
& Frankie MacLaughlin
Stunts by:
Battle Royale Stunts
Cinematography:
Molly Becker
Editors:
Andrew Spohn
& Kelsey Coleman
Starring:
Elizabeth Conway,
Dorina Amina,
Del Alan Murphy,
Matthew D'Attlio
& David Schwartzbaum
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WINNER
QUARTERFINALIST
LOS ANGELES
INTERNATIONAL
SCREENPLAY
AWARDS
2021
WINNER
WINNER
WINNER
WINNER
QUARTERFINALIST
FILMMATIC DRAMA
SCREENPLAY
AWARDS
2021
ENCORE AWARD
HOLLYWOOD
FRINGE FESTIVAL
2019
QUARTERFINALIST
FILMMATIC
INROADS
FELLOWSHIP
2021
HOT FILMS IN THE
MAKING AWARD
FROM THE HEART
PRODUCTIONS
2020
Elizabeth Conway
Actress, Writer, Producer
Elizabeth Conway is a bicoastal actor, comedian, and writer. She's acted in I LOVE YOU AMERICA, CRASHING, DEADBEAT, CRUISE, and her favorite, as Margot Robbie's Body Double in the SNL sketch THE LIBRARIAN. Films: CLEAN UP CREW, (Big Apple Film Festival, Marina del Rey Film Festival) 90 BPM, (Hot Films in the Making 2020 - From the Heart Productions,) and CANCELLED, an award-winning pilot (Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, the Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards, the Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship, and the Fringe Encore Award) that she created with the one and only Frankie MacLaughlin. Conway acted in, co-wrote, and co-produced all of the above. Elizabeth performs sketch comedy in LA with Public Breakup, and trains at the Groundlings. She performs characters and celebrity impressions on Instagram @misselizabethcontent and on YouTube. Educated at McGill University, Elizabeth has also trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory and the Upright Citizen's Brigade. She received the Best Actress Award at the Take Ten Festival in NYC, and was the recipient of the prestigious "Punniest Actress" award at McGill. Elizabeth is also a singer, song writer, celebrity impressionista, and a lover of puns. Conway is repped by TWA and elev8 in LA, and by Posche Models and Talent in New York. misselizabethconway.com
Frankie is a writer, producer and director based in Los Angeles, CA. She
graduated from NYU's experimental theatre wing in 2017, where she created
the stage musical, SUGAR (starring Elizabeth Conway, of course). She went on
to write, produce and direct CANCELLED, an encore award winning Hollywood
Fringe Production, that is now in development as a comedic TV series. Frankie
made her directorial film debut with CLEAN UP CREW, at the Big Apple Film
Festival & Marina Del Rey Film Festival. Most recently, she created and
directed short film, PRINCESS PARTY P.I., as well as the theatrical musical,
WHY THE BAND BROKE UP. Frankie is a fundraising and budgeting machine,
clocking in nearly $50,000.00 in independent film financing. Producing and
meeting other dreamers in her industry are her greatest passions. She's worked
at Pocket.Watch Studios writing & producing viral YouTube content, including
HACKERSPY LEAKS, CHALLENGE SQUAD and LOVE DIANA, the #3 YouTube
show in the world with over 130 million subscribers. Frankie boasts a variety of
film & music video experience, ranging from Madonna's FROZEN (REMIX) to
CREED III. Currently, Frankie is the coordinator at Agency of the Performing
Arts in the Physical Production department, where she enjoys managing and
uplifting the careers of highly-esteemed Producers, Costume Designers,
Production Designers and Cinematographers.
Frankie MacLaughlin
Writer, Producer, Director
Less Precious Productions
Elizabeth Conway and Frankie MacLaughlin are a writing, producing, and creative team who are obsessed with understanding society's flaws. They co-founded LESS PRECIOUS PRODUCTIONS back in 2018, after meeting at an audition in Los Angeles. The rest is history! Through their scripts, they seek to offer relief around our culture’s biggest question marks - approaching uncomfortable, arcane, and abstract themes with a vengeance, and embracing the unconventional. In the universes they create, anyone and everyone can be the main character.
Sharing theatrical and improvisational backgrounds, Frankie and Elizabeth write from a character first perspective. Their scripts come to life from free play in a rehearsal room, which is how they eventually craft fine-tuned, natural dialogue. They’re interested in telling stories that challenge stereotypes and redefine the cultural zeitgiest. Whether it’s female-identifying protagonists in the mob boss/assassin roles, tales of friendship between hot octogenarians, or romantic comedies in developing nations- they dive in headfirst, and always strive to do their research and get it right.