“People can't swallow that a woman could travel 97 miles of unforgiving wilderness, let alone with a babe in tow and another on the way. But she was dead set on those children surviving.” Colorado Territory, 1869.
Filmed in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, What She Carried is a period drama that explores the enduring love, tenacity, and strength of motherhood.
Our Story
In March of 2020, the live theatre industry crumbled as Covid spread its tentacles into each city and household. Creede Repertory Theatre (CRT) is a nationally recognized professional theatre serving over 20,000 patrons each summer season. After CRT was forced to cancel its 55th season because of the pandemic, the leadership pivoted from live performance to film. What She Carried became an allegory for the death of that summer season and the people we lost to the pandemic, as well as the new life that inevitably brings hope.
News
What She Carried finished post-production in 2023. The film was shot in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, and follows the real pregnancy of actor, Caitlin Wise, and the birth of her son. The team has begun submitting to Film Festivals across the country. Sign up for our mailing list to receive updates on how and when to see the film.
Synopsis
Colorado Territory, 1869. After a cholera outbreak hits a remote mining camp, a woman is forced to travel 97 miles of unforgiving wilderness with her one-year-old child. She must reach the nearest town, Pine Siskin, within a month, as she is eight months pregnant. Along the journey, she encounters a prospector and his donkey, together they traverse the Wild West and face the ferocity of Mother Nature.
John DiAntonio
writer / director / producer
John DiAntonio is the Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival. He was the former Producing Artistic Director of Creede Repertory Theatre (CRT) in Colorado from 2019 to 2023. Before coming to CRT, he worked for twelve years as an actor, director, and playwright based in New York, Los Angeles, and Denver. He grew up in Pittsburgh, earning his BA from Case Western Reserve University and his MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory.
In addition to theatrical work, John has been a videographer and editor for over a decade, shooting weekly promotional videos for Dash appliances as well as marketing content for theaters and communities in Colorado. He recently collaborated with Oscar-nominated documentarian Kahane Cooperman on her newest project based on the transformative power of art in a small town. John shot his debut feature film What She Carried, throughout the San Juan Mountains during the height of the pandemic.
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