Show People
A documentary reality series created and produced by Ellen Cunis & Toby Tarnow
We have completed our six minute demo for our docu/reality TV series, Show People.
Show People follows theatre buddies and collaborators, Ellen Cunis & Toby Tarnow, as they travel across America in search of community theatre companies and the dedicated and diverse characters, of all ages, who are involved on either side of the footlights. Each episode will showcase the personal joys, challenges and heartaches of company volunteers, along with their various day jobs, who are immersed in the process of enlightening and entertaining their audiences while bring culture and economic value to their communities. This is a show for all ages featuring real people, meant to uplift and inspire.
The Moxie of Ida Rose Young
The second original stage play from Toby Tarnow & Ellen Cunis, the writers of The Big White House on Main Street.
At its heart, The Moxie of Ida Rose Young is a timeless love story. A work of historical fiction inspired by the life of Nellie Tayloe Ross, The Moxie of Ida Rose Young reimagines the life of the first woman governor in the United States of America.
In 1925, after the death of her beloved husband, the standing governor, Ida Rose Young, at the urging of her husband’s close advisors, agrees to run to fill the Governor’s seat for the remainder of his term. While still grieving her crushing loss, Ida must overcome significant obstacles to advocate for all women during the time of prohibition, the suffrage movement and civil unrest.
Motivated by her husband’s enduring memory and their shared commitment to the people they serve, Ida Rose Young is a catalyst for change in her community, her family and the nation she loves.
Latest News from Toby and Ellen
We have begun our third full length stage play, Georgia’s Uptown.
A vibrant mystery with a strong, independent woman at its center, this story is a dazzling Vaudeville era jaunt set in the vibrant world of gangsters, runaways, lovers and liars, chorus girls and speakeasies, Georgia fights to keep her family together and to reinvent the past that haunts her. Georgia’s Uptown is a work of historical fiction, inspired by the life of Texas Guinan, the Queen of the Nightclubs.