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Toast the Ghost

An ode to Halloween in which storytellers share history, lore, and personal stories of the weird and supernatural.

  • Chuck Marra
    Director
  • Chuck Marra
    Writer
  • Megan Marra
    Writer
  • Cat Hammons
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Todd Gajdusek
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Margaux Mireault
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • KC White
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • William Attaway
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Erica James
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Kelsey Ketting
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Jessica Leigh
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Maddie Lucas
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Tom Michaels
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Anton Prather
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Alaina Raja
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Rebekah Shibao
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Veronica Wylie
    Key Cast
    "Storyteller"
  • Chuck Marra
    Producer
  • Megan Marra
    Producer
  • Cat Hammons
    Producer
  • Todd Gajdusek
    Producer
  • Todd Gajdusek
    Sound Design
  • Chuck Marra
    Editing
  • Matt Marra
    Director of Photography
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    39 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 29, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Chuck Marra

Foley Marra Studios
Megan Foley Marra and Chuck Marra have been working together since 1987, first in casting then as a Producing/Directing team both in theatre and in film. They have produced over 70 theatrical productions and currently have 23 short films in the post production or on the festival circuit. They have more short films, feature films and series in development. They are married and have two sons who work with them in production.

Megan Foley Marra has been in the industry her entire life, either as a performer, casting director, or director. Having cast over 3500 commercials and dozens of movies, TV shows, and Industrials in her 30+ year career, first as Megan Foley Casting and now Foley Marra Casting, she is best known for her casting of commercials and independent films. She has a great eye for recognizing and developing talent.

She and Chuck have also directed and produced over 70 plays and always work together in every aspect of each production at their Lake Arrowhead Repertory Theatre Company. Their focus is on theatrical casting at this point while also creating and developing their own material. They have recently co-directed and co-produced 23 short films which are currently hitting the Festival circuit.

Chuck Marra began acting in high school and ended studying with Lee Strasberg at the Tisch School of the Arts/Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York. He worked at Playwrights Horizons under Robert Moss while March of the Falsettos, Sister Mary Ignatious Explains it All for You, The Actor’s Nightmare were all in development.

He moved to LA in 1987 and worked as an actor in commercials, theatre and television before becoming an associate casting director with Megan Foley Casting. He loves casting and has a somewhat strange obsession with it. He loves meeting people, discovering their talents, helping them to reach beyond what they are comfortable doing in the audition. In 2001 he got his name on the dorm when they officially became Foley Marra Casting. In 2007, they created The Lake Arrowhead Repertory Theatre Company, where he is the Artistic Director. There, he and Megan co-produced and co- directed over 70 plays, productions, and films, several of which he wrote himself. They have recently been focusing on casting films and creating and developing projects for television and feature films. Recently They co-directed and produced 23 short films that are currently on the Festival Circuit.

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Director Statement

Toast the Ghost is our celebration of Halloween. It is meant as a social experience, to be enjoyed by groups of friends either virtually (through Zoom meetings during the pandemic), or in-person in healthier, happier times.

We break the fourth wall and tell some famous ghost stories, some personal ghost stories, as well as some little know facts about Halloween - which is so misunderstood by so many people these days.

Toast the Ghost is a film adaptation of our very successful stage play of the same name. With the Covid-19 quarantine around us, we shot this movie with a skeleton crew (pun intended), one actor at a time, in two locations in approximately twelve days.

So now, we invite you to pour a glass of something festive, be it a soft drink or spirit, sit back and enjoy our holiday offering, and when we hear a bell chime, we encourage you to raise your glass and toast the ghost.