Co-Directors
Abigail Jean Lucas and Alecia Jean Orsini Lebeda
Abigail Jean Lucas initially entered the industry as an actor, but soon began writing and producing her own short films. As a writer, she crafts stories that spotlight hidden perspectives, and explores the characters’ inner lives. As a producer, she supports her artist endeavors with business strategy in order to create quality films for dedicated audiences.
Alecia Orsini Lebeda is an award winning and multi-media professional with 18 years of experience working in the film industry. She is currently producing several films in the New England region. Alecia is a prominent voice in the region's film community as President Emerita of Women in Film and Video of New England. She's a staunch advocate, utilizing her experience and platform to amplify the voices of the underserved within the film industry such as women of color and members of the LGBTQI+ communities. When she isn't on set she'll be on an adventure with her two rambunctious boys.
Kyle Gregory - Character: Danny
Danny might be tough on the outside but his internal life is filled with wonder, philosophy, and Shakespeare. He quietly struggles with his tense relationship and the shame that he is struggling to connect with his duties as a father. He works at an industrial manufacturing facility along with John and Sophia. He is content with simple happiness and deeply cares about his family. He is tough, reserved, and contemplative.
Meet our Crew!
Abigail Jean Lucas - Character: Tina
A Boston raised nursing assistant. Tina struggles with her duties as a new mother, her expectations of Danny as a partner, and feeling like she carries the world on her shoulders. She knows what she wants in the world but has a gripping fear that it might all be slipping away. She is determined, intelligent, outspoken.
Amanda Kuo - Character: Sophia
An artist at heart, Sophia battles with her parent’s expectations and the urge to follow her own path. She is drowning in the persistent feeling of duty to please her family and her core wildness. She is educated, perceptive, witty, a loner, and adventurous.
Meet our Cast!
Daniel Rios Jr - Character: John
Although he sees himself at a mentor to Danny, he also finds joy in teasing, telling stories, and stirring up chuckles. He also works at the industrial manufacturing facility. Comfortable with the steady job/family life. He’s brash and loud.
Late Fall reveals the struggle of new parents, each chained to failed expectations. Tension submerges the once romantic relationship due to conflicts over their growing toddler, family priorities, and life ambition. This fatigued couple experience an interference in their precarious relationship upon the introduction of a young idealistic woman, an artist who sacrifices her ideals for generational familial expectations and duties. As the relationship dynamics become unbalanced, these Bostonians make uncharacteristic decisions that change the direction of their lives.
Directors Statement: Late Fall is a personal exploration of love, ambition, and parenthood, told through a lens of quiet reflection. For Abigail Jean Lucas, it marks her directorial debut; for Alecia Orsini Lebeda, it is a return to the director’s chair after years producing others creative visions. As mothers and filmmakers, we believe in the importance of women in leadership roles and in telling stories that break the mold—films that resist cliché, embrace complexity, and reflect the resilience of the human spirit.
In chasing what’s missing, they risk losing what remains.
