Kill the Editor

Produced at Desert Theater Ensemble

Produced at Exit Theatre

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Full-length, comedy/drama

2m, 1f

Ben, a young editor, has just landed his dream job to edit a documentary film at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. The catch is: he only has one week to cut a five-hour version down to size and the egomaniacal, obsessive filmmaker, Cameron, doesn’t want to touch a frame.

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Illustration of three characters walking down a staircase with a large sign above that says 'KILL the EDITOR' in stylized font.
Two men fighting physically in a room with purple and green walls.

Featuring (left to right): Josh Schell, Kathleen McHatton, Ben Elie. Exit Theatre. Photo by Julie Schuchard

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Keivan Safavi and Sean Timothy Brown at Desert Theater Ensemble