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"Deep Southwest" TV Series Premiere Set for March 8 at Chatham Capitol Theatre
Get ready to kick up your boots and dance! The highly anticipated premiere of Deep Southwest, a five-part musical comedy, will take place on March 8th at the Chatham Capitol Theatre.
Created by Megan and Patrick Whalen of Whalen Entertainment with production provided by Ben Srokosz of OOAK, Deep Southwest follows a husband-and-wife country band on their quest to play at the coveted Hawaiian Pizza Festival in their small-town community of Chatham-Kent. But with a major hurdle standing in their way—gaining 10,000 social media followers—will they find Pizza Fest glory, or end up with the cold, discarded crust of failure?
This one-of-a-kind production was filmed entirely in Chatham-Kent with a local cast and crew. The premiere event offers attendees an exclusive first look at the series, along with the opportunity to meet the creators and cast before the series is placed on the Bell Fibe TV1 streaming service later in March.
tickets are available for purchase at CKtickets.com.
Deep SOUTHWEST
SMALL TOWN BAND - BIG CITY DREAMS
An episodic musical comedy show.
“Flight of the Conchords” meets “Letterkenny”.
DEEP SOUTHWEST’s journey to the musical top is punctuated by original songs ranging from classic country, stadium rock and folk to rap and hick hop.
Yep, Hick Hop.
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WHAT AM I WATCHING?
AND WHY?
Deep Southwest is an episodic musical comedy show with heart.
It’s part sketch – part musical – part real life. All parts of a Yeehaww fun time! DEEP SOUTHWEST tries to win a spot in the coveted line up to play at the “Hawaiian Pizza Festival” in Chatham – Kent, ON.
They enlist the community for help and we meet a colourful cast of locals who help / hinder the bands progress to musical “Hawaiian Pizza Fest” glory. 20 original songs support the scripted story line and add a fun “shake your booty” feel.
Live event segments of gigs DEEP SOUTHWEST plays will highlight the amazing community in the surrounding Chatham-Kent area and will show the struggles of a band trying to make it in the Canadian music biz.
THE DREAM TEAM
Executive Producers
TV1 is a group of community channels operated by Bell Canada’s Fibe TV and FibreOP TV services. The service is primarily delivered via video on demand. As a part of Bell Media’s directive they fund hyper local productions to be distributed across Canada. Their streaming service Bell Fibe TV1 network reaches from Manitoba to the Maritimes with over 2 Million Subscribers. The team at Bell Fibe TV1 are the executive producers of this project and oversee all aspects of production in order to ensure quality standards and delivery.
Megan and Patrick Whalen have been creating comedy for 20 years collectively. With writing credits on productions that have grossed over 2.5 Million US they have set their sights on their own show ready to present the world with the next independent blockbuster. Megan has performed across Canada and the US, most notably as Liesl in the award winning Andrew Lloyd Weber revival of The Sound of Music (Toronto Mirvish). In 2022 she received the Talk Is Free Theatre educational grant for digital theater and was a 2023 finalist for the Cayle Chernin award for Theatre Development. Patrick has collaborated with Second City and Just for Laughs on Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody which toured across Canada, US (including Las Vegas, L.A., NYC) and Europe. Their band DEEP SOUTHWEST has been featured on CBC radio and the song “Fresh Meat” is the title track on a feature film being released in theaters next year.
Writer / Songwriter / Producers / Stars
Camera Department / Editing / Directing
Ben Srokosz is Founder of OOAK Productions, a video and audio production team based in Chatham, Ontario. For over 20 years, Ben has been producing video content for local, regional, national and international brands such as Montana’s, United Way, Ducks Unlimited, Sons of Kent, The Ronald McDonald House and more. He has supervised sound on 3 distributed feature films, mixed sound for over 10 films, shorts and web series. Has engineered and mixed over 20 studio albums.
Director
Daniel Turres is a Chilean Canadian producer now living in Chatham Ontario. He is a director, and writer, known for his independent productions such as "Little White Lie" (2017), and his recent trend of indie horror films with his directorial debut "Here For Blood" (2022). Daniel is a creatively driven and self-accomplished artist with an insatiable hunger for the next creative challenge. His feature film "Fresh Meat" was filmed in the Chatham jail and is soon to be released on the big screen! He is excited to be directing "Due Southwest" and working with the team at Whalen Entertainment.