Maxim Commodity Ballet

A kaleidoscopic exploration of found objects that express deeper human emotion.

Cast

Colin Ridgway

as The Teacher / Bench Guy 1

Patton Jaynes

as Bench Guy 2

Casey Thibodeaux

as The Painter

Samuel Everett

as Himself

Matthew Naquin

as Himself

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