Tainted Dreams
| Tainted Dreams | |
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| Created by | Sonia Blangiardo |
| Written by | Lindsay Harrison |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sonia Blangiardo |
| Producer(s) |
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| Production company(s) | NYC Brand Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | YouTube |
| Original release | December 30, 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Tainted Dreams is a soap opera web series that premiered on YouTube on December 30, 2013. Created by Sonia Blangiardo, it is a "soap-within-a-soap" which follows the backstage drama of the fictional soap opera Painted Dreams.
Tainted Dreams was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches - Drama Series in 2014.
Cast
- Alicia Minshew as Angelica Caruso[1]
- Michael Lowry as Jordan Bradford[1]
- Walt Willey as Gregory Ashford[1]
- Kelley Menighan Hensley as Veronica Ashford[1]
- Terri Ivens as Kassandra Bently[1]
- Austin Peck as Max Hillstone[1]
- Grant Aleksander as Adam Clark[1]
- Natalia Livingston as Liza Park[1]
- Ilene Kristen as Vivian Park[1]
- Jessie Godderz as Dylan Buckwald[1]
- Bobbie Eakes as Courtney Parish[1]
- James DePaiva as Eddy Parish[1]
- Marnie Schulenburg as Peyton Adams[1]
- Anthony J. Wilkinson as Anthony DiGiacomo[1]
- Dina Manzo as Alessandra DiGiacomo[1]
- Colleen Zenk as Sofia DiGiacomo[1]
- Nathan Purdee as Ethan Washington[1]
- Larkin Malloy as Henry Steinman[1]
- Tonja Walker as Tina Scott[1]
- Lisa Marie Varon as Carla Santiago[1]
- Carolyn Hinsey as Herself[1]
Production and broadcast
Blangiardo created Tainted Dreams after the cancellation of the long running daytime soap opera One Life to Live, where she was a producer.[2][3] She said in 2013, "I was struck by the loss of this unique art form that had been such an integral part of NYC for decades. I wanted to somehow capture my own two decades working behind the scenes of three different NYC-based soaps."[2][3]
First cast were Minshew, Lowry, Willey, Hensley and Schulenburg.[2][3] In January 2013, Manzo of Bravo's The Real Housewives of New Jersey was cast as Alessandra DiGiacomo, a role written with her in mind.[2][3] Later cast additions in 2013 included Peck,[4] Zenk,[5] Aleksander,[6] Livingston,[7] Malloy,[8] Eakes,[9] and DePaiva, Kristen and Walker.[10]
The first three episodes of Tainted Dreams were released on YouTube on December 30, 2013.[11]
Awards
In 2014, Tainted Dreams was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches - Drama Series, with Blangiardo as executive producer, Mark Costello, Rob Santeramo and Candy Straight as consulting producers, Robert Levinstein as coordinating producer and with Teresa Cicala as producer.[12] Blangiardo has previously won an Daytime Emmy Award as a director for As the World Turns and another as a producer for One Life to Live.[13][14] The series also received two 2014 Indie Series Award nominations: Best Ensemble (Drama) and Minshew for Best Lead Actress (Drama).[15][16]
External links
- Official website
- Tainted Dreams's channel on YouTube
- "NYC Brand Productions: Tainted Dreams".
- Tainted Dreams at the Internet Movie Database
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Tainted Dreams: Meet the Characters". TaintedDreamstheSeries.com. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Nededog, Jethro (January 30, 2013). "Dina Manzo Lands Acting Gig on Soap Opera-Inspired Series". Celebuzz. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Fairman, Michael (January 30, 2015). "Tainted Dreams Creator Sonia Blangiardo: 'I Was Struck By The Loss Of This Unique Art Form That Had Been Integral To NYC!'". On-Air On-Soaps. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Kerr, Luke (March 11, 2013). "Austin Peck Joins Tainted Dreams". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Colleen Zenk to Lead Tainted Dreams Dramedy". BroadwayWorld.com. May 29, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
- ↑ Bowe, Jillian (June 13, 2013). "Guiding Light's Grant Aleksander Joins Tainted Dreams". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Bowe, Jillian (July 9, 2013). "Natalia Livingston Joins Tainted Dreams". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Bowe, Jillian (July 16, 2013). "Former All My Children Star Larkin Malloy Joins Tainted Dreams". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Bowe, Jillian (July 30, 2013). "Soap Diva Bobbie Eakes Joins Tainted Dreams!". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Bowe, Jillian (July 25, 2013). "One Life to Live Alums Join Tainted Dreams". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Logan, Michael (December 30, 2013). "First Look: An All-Star Soap Cast Shines in Tainted Dreams". TV Guide. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Littleton, Cynthia (May 1, 2014). "Young & the Restless Leads 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Noms". Variety. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ↑ Bishop, Jenn (November 17, 2014). "DeVanity Creator Returns with New Sweet Saga Winterthorne". TV Source Magazine. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ↑ Lee, NaVell (November 17, 2014). "DeVanity Creator Michael Caruso Returns to the Web with Winterthorne". Buzzworthy Radio. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ↑ "5th Annual Indie Series Awards Nominees". Indie Series Awards. February 7, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Giddens, Jamey (February 7, 2014). "Colleen Zenk, Van Hansis, Alicia Minshew and More Snag Indie Series Award Nominations". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved November 12, 2015.