Wanderland | Juilliard Drama Short Film
Drama
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16m
Wanderland centers on a makeshift community of car-dwellers in a state park. With the simultaneous arrivals of an eviction notice and a newcomer with a mysterious past, tensions rise and secrets spill out, forcing each of them to confront where they've been and where they might go next.
Featuring Juilliard actors from Group 54
Directed by Derrick Sanders
Written by Aurin Squire (Playwrights ’15)
Producer
Rabia Sultana
Executive Producers
Evan Yionoulis
Derrick Sanders
Associate Producers
Lindsey Alexander
Katherine Hood
James Gregg
Cast
Leonard - Omete Anassi
Nona - Leela Bassuk
Alice - Kay Benson
Jessica - Elizaveta Neretin
Jake - Gabriel Gaston
Pete - Jawuan Tyler Hill
Friend 1 - Taip Oskar Ćeman
Friend 2 - Rory Greenwood
Friend 3 - Clarissa Vickerie
Director of Photography
Eurica Yu
Production Designer
Denise Pascal
Costume Designer
Audra Savanna Gooch
Editor
Kaitlyn Plum
Composer
Benjamin Pawlak
This film was produced in 2025 to showcase Juilliard Drama’s graduating fourth-year actors (Group 54).
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