Have you ever wanted to create your own television series? Kathryn O'Sullivan and her husband Paul Awad did just that—only they aired their Western soap online. The award-nominated series is called Thurston, and it’s one of many new independent productions in the emerging genre of web television.
“Thurston” is a Western drama about the residents of a remote mining town and their struggle for survival in the 1880’s Kansas Ozarks. Some residents are fleeing troubled pasts. Others are pursuing dreams. All keep carefully guarded secrets. As outside forces move in, the residents must decide who amongst them is friend and who is foe as they fight to save their lives and the place they now call home. “Thurston” seeks to retell the American story of the West and its peoples for the new frontier of online television.
You can catch up with season one on their web site or on vimeo.
Thurston - The Western Web Series Trailer from Thurston-The Series on Vimeo.
“Season 2 of indie soap THURSTON is coming in 2013 but you can watch the trailer now, featuring new cast member Colleen Zenk,” writes Roger Newcomb of We Love Soaps. “The three-time Emmy nominee from AS THE WORLD TURNS will be playing Agnes, the mother of the infamous Snead boys…”
Thurston: Season 2 Trailer from Thurston-The Series on Vimeo.
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