Pop Tuttle's One Horse Play

In the dusty, bucolic confines of Plum Center, a village seemingly suspended in a temporal amber, Pop Tuttle emerges as a rustic Diaghilev of the vernacular stage. As the proprietor and visionary behind the Tuttle Opery House, Tuttle attempts to bridge the yawning chasm between high-brow Shakespearean tragedy and the earthy sensibilities of his rural constituency. The narrative unfolds as a meticulous documentation of theatrical ambition, where the Bard’s 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Richard III' are repurposed through the lens of a 'one horse' production. Pop, portrayed with a weathered gravitas by Dan Mason, navigates the logistical nightmares of a small-town impresario, while Wilna Wilde provides the necessary dramatic counterbalance. The film serves as a poignant, often satirical exploration of the democratization of art, capturing the friction between the lofty ideals of the proscenium and the unvarnished reality of provincial life, ultimately questioning whether the soul of a play resides in its technical perfection or the earnestness of its execution within the heart of a community.