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Day of the Catch

Day of the Catch is a reimagined retelling of a quirky but true story from the Brooklyn Robins' 1915 spring training, where baseball, biplanes, world records, and citrus collide, brought to life as a captivating silent film with an original score by director-composer Jared Engel.

  • Jared Engel
    Director
  • Jared Engel
    Writer
  • Albin Pepe
    Writer
  • Albin Pepe
    Producer
  • Jared Engel
    Producer
  • Mitchell Cheng
    Key Cast
    "Casey Stengel"
  • Tamar Korn
    Key Cast
    "Ruth Law"
  • Chris Luquette
    Key Cast
    "Wilbert Robinson"
  • Jared Engel
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Silent film, baseball, comedy, true story
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 33 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 6, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    11,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Premiered at the Jalopy Theatre
    Brooklyn
    United States
    March 8, 2025
    World wide premiere
Director Biography - Jared Engel

Jared Engel is a Grammy-nominated musician. filmmaker and baseball historian who been a mainstay of the New York City music scene for the past 20 years. An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, he is often seen on subways, sidewalks and bike paths hauling a multitude of instruments that may include upright bass, bass guitar, tuba, 4-string plectrum banjo, and 5-string banjo.

In 2020, Jared, along with several others, formed the NYC Musicians Baseball League, an organization that presented musicians with an opportunity to play baseball (not softball) in a not-overly-competitive environment. Jared is still the “commissioner” of the league, which, in nearly five years of existence, has had nearly 300 local musicians join in on the games. This past winter, Jared wrote and directed a baseball themed film that stars many of his teammates.

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