BRASS Episode 3: The Reception

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The Family are received by the Queen and Royal Consort and learn of the resurgence in London of the criminal underworld. Meanwhile Gwendolyn and Cyril meet the intriguing Lord Whitestone, and Crawford gets some news.

BRASS Episode One: Arrivals

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In the first of this original alternative history series, the Brass Family, a quartet of Victorian science geniuses, return to London after years abroad, little suspecting that a sinister conspiracy plots against them.

HELLO 2016!

Greetings! We at Battleground hope you’re having a promising new year. As you’ll see from our website, we’re full steam ahead on all things BRASS. The new live stage show “Fatal Footlights” opens this April at Theater Schmeater, Season One of the radio series is about to go national via Jim French’s Imagination Theater, and thanks to your support of … Read More

BRASS: Lair of the Red Widow is now on IndieGoGo

We are live on IndieGoGo! Help us raise $10k to film our short action film, Lair of the Red Widow, to fill out our triple platform production of Brass: First Family of the Realm. We are so excited for your support in bringing this story to you.

Enter Carol!

As we count down to the launch of our Indigogo Campaign for the film “BRASS: Lair of the Red Widow,” we’re delighted that our efforts are being led by the newest addition to the Battleground Production Team, Carol Monahan. Carol is an experienced business executive and, sometimes, an actor. She is the Vice-President of Cheapass Games,  the Business Manager at … Read More

How White is Your Steampunk, or, What Color is Your Gurkha?

A couple of years back, I was talking to my friend Ron about the remarkable openness and diversity I’d just seen at a Steampunk convention, how they were so inclusive of age and alternate genders, so welcoming to people with disabilities, so celebratory of different body types. He smiled at my description then said, “It is remarkable. Sometimes you’ll even … Read More

Feminist Filming: no BS need apply

On Tuesday John & I attended Seattle Webseries MeetUp, a monthly shindig discussing all things webseries related. This was our first appearance. When I RSVP’d, the moderator invited me to be a panelist on a small round table on this month’s discussion,“Women in Webseries”. I don’t consider myself a woman in webseries. We at Battleground Productions haven’t produced a webseries … Read More

Yum- Litigious!

“So you wanna be a rock and roll star…” Or, more directly relevant, a producer of movies. I mean who doesn’t want to be an artist/storyteller these days? With the drop in costs associated with making movies, everyone and their brother is bringing their visions to life on computer screens around the nation. And that’s a good thing. But, as … Read More