Series Preview: Red Frontier
World Premiere

Series Preview: Red Frontier

Tribeca Podcasts
| United States | 60 MINUTES
Science Fiction

In Red Frontier, a forthcoming Spotify Original fiction podcast from Gimlet, Commander Taylor Fullerton is haunted by the mysterious tragedy that killed her crew as she alone endures their one-way mission to colonize Mars against all odds.

Tribeca will present an exclusive preview of this highly anticipated fiction podcast, and a conversation with the creative team, including Head of Fiction at Gimlet Mimi O’Donnell, writer/director/executive producer Sarah Nolen, and cast member Kara Young.


Cast & Credits
Project Creator
Sarah Nolen
Producer
Mimi O'Donnell, Katie Pastore
Sound Designer
Armando Serrano, Daniel Brunelle

Panelists
Kara Young

Kara Young

Kara Young was most recently seen starring on Broadway as ‘Lutiebelle Gussie’ in PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Her third Tony nomination makes her the first Black performer to be nominated three years in a row, and only the sixth performer ever to do so. Additionally, her performance as ‘Lutiebelle’ has earned her an Outer Critics Circle Award a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League nomination. She made her Broadway debut in Lynn Nottage’s CLYDE’S, for which she also received a Tony nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play. She was also nominated for a 2023 Tony Award for her work in COST OF LIVING and won an Obie Award for her performance in the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s production of TWELFTH NIGHT. Kara can be seen in Boots Riley’s I’M A VIRGO for Prime Video, which earned her an Indie Spirit Nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance. She also appeared in HBO Max’s THE STAIRCASE as well as Netflix’s THE PUNISHER. She also starred in the winning Sundance Short, HAIR WOLF. Kara starred in the MCC Theater’s ALL THE NATALIE PORTMANS, for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award Nomination. Her other stage credits include HALFWAY BITCHES GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN, NEW ENGLANDERS, REVOLVING CYCLES TRULY AND STEADILY ROLL’D and PRETTY HUNGER. 

Mimi O'Donnell

Mimi O'Donnell

Mimi O’Donnell is currently Head of Fiction at the award winning narrative podcast company, Gimlet where she has produced shows such as Sandra, The Horror of Dolores Roach, Motherhacker and The Two Princes. She served as the Artistic Director of Labyrinth Theater Company for 7 seasons, where she directed the World Premieres of Nice Girl and Thinner Than Water by Melissa Ross and the New York premier of The Way West by Mona Mansour. As a producer with the Company, she was nominated for a Tony Award for the Broadway production of The Motherf**ker with the Hat.

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