El Caffinato: A Mug Full of Coffee, An Earful of Noise

What is it: A ten-minute rock opera, vaguely inspired by Westerns but set in a hip, contemporary coffee shop.

Status: In pre-production

Emily and Rory work on music for El Caffinato

The premise: When a peaceful group of coffee-drinking hipsters are disturbed by the arrival of a raucous and offensive intruder, they must convince a mysterious and heart-broken loner to help them drive him out and restore peace to their coffeeshop.

The plan: We're hoping to shoot this one by late July or early August. The script and music are written, the arrangements mostly done. The producers (Rory Bradley, Emily Frachtling, Liz Levitt-Bradley, and Rebecca Ripperton) will be meeting in the next week to talk about lining up the cast and securing a location.