Jumper (Short)
“Jumper” is a dramatic reading of a play by Susannah Nolan, but- as performed by the actors, and directed by Jeremiah Kipp during quarantine over Zoom- it feels like a documentary. We see the major players (Amy, Amy’s father, Amy’s husband, Amy’s sister, a metro worker, and a handful of commuters) as they recount the events leading up to a tragedy on the subway tracks. We learn of the birth of a new baby, the emotions that brings up, and the circumstances of each of the commuters that led them to be there that day. The setting makes it feel like a very different experience than it would on stage, or done as a conventional film, so we are left with the actor’s dramatic chops to have us engaged by the narrative. They succeed admirably in doing so, and the emotions come through.
