James Lecesne ‘s one-man play, WORD OF MOUTH was directed by Eve Ensler and presented Off Broadway by Mike Nichols & Elaine May; it won the NY Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Solo Performance. he wrote the screenplay for the film TREVOR, which won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Live Action short. James spent a year documenting and then dramatizing the stories of children of war in THE ROAD HOME, which was presented at The Asia Society in NYC, and at the International Peace Initiative at The Hague. He also adapted Armistead Maupin’s FURTHER TALES OF THE CITY as a mini-series for Showtime TV and wrote one of the final epsiodes of WILL & GRACE. His acting credits include, the original Off Broadway production of CLOUD 9; EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES, written & directed by Eve Ensler; the 30th Anniversary production of BOYS IN THE BAND, and I AM MY OWN WIFE at Hartford Stage. He has also been seen on SEX & THE CITY, and in the films HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS and BROADWAY DAMAGE. James most recently founded After The Storm, a non-profit organization working with young adults and the arts in post-Katrina New Orleans. (www.afterthestormfoundation.org); and his young adult novel, ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS, was recently published by Geringer Books an imprint of Harper Collins.
organization providing crisis intervention and
suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.
About Trevor
Founders
PEGGY RAJSKI directed and co-produced the 1994 Oscar winning short TREVOR.
When the HBO debut airing of the film was approaching in 1998, a friend of hers mentioned the wonderful opportunity it presented to provide a safe number young people could call who were feeling similar to Trevor. When she discovered no such number existed, she and her fellow TREVOR creators quickly took action. They founded the Trevor Project and within three months had the Trevor Lifeline ready to go live.
Besides TREVOR, Peggy is a veteran of the American independent film scene with many years experience bringing provocative, groundbreaking films successfully to the screen.
Her producing credits include TOWELHEAD, HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, LITTLE MAN TATE, THE GRIFTERS, MATEWAN, EIGHT MEN OUT and THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET. Her collaborations with filmmakers like Jodie Foster, Stephen Frears and Alan Ball have garnered over 40 major award nominations including wins at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Academy Awards.
In addition to feature films, Peggy produced a series of short documentaries highlighting extraordinary social innovators. She is a member of the Directors Guild of America, Film Independent, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science.
Currently, she is an Associate Professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where she heads up the Graduate Film School’s producing program.
Randy Stone (1958 - 2007) was an Oscar and Emmy Award winning Producer. He began his career in casting at age 17, casting over 50 television movies, eventually winning the Emmy for his work on the CBS movie The Incident. Stone was a Senior VP for 20th Century Fox Television and supervised the original casting and development for dozens of programs including Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, The Practice and The X-Files. The Randy Stone East and West Call Centers are named in honor and recognition of Stone’s incredible dedication to suicide prevention among LGBTQ youth. The family and friends of Randy Stone support the Trevor Lifeline with sustaining financial support, continuing Randy’s legacy with The Trevor Project.
