Live Free or Die! is a serial comedy/drama focused on urban expatriate Edward Dewey and his experiences at “Misty Mountain”: a present-day New Hampshire commune.
Live Free or Die! is a serial comedy/drama focused on urban expatriate Edward Dewey and his experiences at “Misty Mountain”: a present-day New Hampshire commune.
The creators' vision for LFOD! is threefold: (a) to develop characters and storylines that celebrate humanity's archetypal myths and narrative forms; (b) to engage the audience in the storytelling process in innovative ways; and (c) to explore our concept of "open-source narrative."
Whether you're an industry professional or an interested lay-person, there are many ways to support and learn more about LFOD! Below, you can watch videos, check out our script, and browse and share scripts, stills, audio, vignettes, and infographics.
You can also contact the producer, if you'd like.
Since 2011, the Live Free or Die! script has been viewed and downloaded hundreds of thousands of times. In an average month, ~1,500 people from all over the world download the script.
Over the years, the creators have also received a steady stream of emails and social media posts from people interested in "joining" Misty Mountain Commune. We've posted a representative selection of these messages below.
If you’re interested in reviewing a Live Free or Die! production packet, which includes infographics, budgets, and other relevant production collateral, you can send us your contact information using the form on the right.
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Infographic #1 URL: http://goo.gl/WLsulM | download
Infographic #2 URL: http://goo.gl/1GRcZi | download
Infographic #3 URL: http://goo.gl/2nPi52 | download
"LELIO SOZZINI ... LIVES UP THERE, IN THE HILLS, ON TOP OF MISTY MOUNTAIN ... , SITTING JUST BELOW GOD, LOOKING DOWN ON HIS LITTLE ANT FARM."
"I get it. You're not coming with me." Driving alone, somewhere in Vermont, lured away from the office by a benevolent siren, Drew Matthews is Edward Dewey in Live Free or Die!
Theseus had the Labyrinth and the Minotaur. Edward Dewey has the Cogs & Widge headquarters and his manager (W. Scott Parker, III). As fate would have it, both Edward and the manager are UMass Lowell alumni. And in this scene, the latter -- looming great and terrible -- leads a less-than-enthusiastic Edward in a UMass Lowell River Hawks cheer.
In an 1819 letter, Thomas Jefferson wrote that "[L]aw is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual." Sylvan philosophers, Jeffersonian idealists, and earnest literalists -- Roger Crab (Rob Neukirch) and Walter Tobin (Bo Keister) exact their own form of civil disobedience against the latest pronouncement from Triby McDermott: Misty Mountain Commune's self-appointed, and much suffering, lawman.
"Live here or visit? You should know, 'dear reader,' the second half of that sentence might be misleading." From the malevolent to the benevolent, every culture has its sirens, goddesses, and muses. The world of Live Free or Die! has May-May Lilburne (Riane Hoffman) whose grace, goodwill, and charm -- evident even behind the cool, glassy glare of a computer screen -- hasten Edward Dewey's hero's journey to Misty Mountain Commune.
Ecce Lelio Sozzini: humanist, Byronic spirit, Misty Mountain Commune's media developer, and primary deacon in the Internet Church of Zazoo Bonehead -- if John Lilburne (a.k.a, "Freeborn John") and his wife Mary are the Hector and Andromache of Live Free or Die!, Lelio is Pythagoras. In May-May's words, "He lives on top of Misty Mountain. There's no one in the entire state higher than him at any given moment. And you better believe that's the way he likes it, sitting just below God, looking down on his little ant farm."
Jesus, Odysseus, Beowulf, Gawain, Hamlet, Superman -- the same hero has a thousand faces, and when he sets out, he does so alone. In Live Free or Die!, when it's time to make his exit, Edward Dewey passes through the dispassionate mechanics of the Cogs & Widge industrial floor to embrace the rustic beyond. Misty Mountain Commune and her cast of characters await.
Cogs & Widge Jingle (Radio Cut)
Cogs & Widge Commercial
Cogs & Widge, Intl.
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Misty Mountain Commune
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Internet Church of Zazoo Bonehead
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"IF YOU’RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND MISTY MOUNTAIN ... "
Drew Matthews
Edward Dewey
Drew is a successful Actor and On-Camera talent from North Carolina. His childhood was spent living in both Cushing, Oklahoma as well as numerous small towns in Eastern, NC. As the son of a pastor and a music teacher, Drew was encouraged to perform in as many productions as possible while growing up. He studied piano, trumpet and guitar, all with a classical emphasis. While attending Ayden-Grifton High School, Drew fell in love with tennis. After graduating from North Carolina State University, he became a tennis professional. Years later, he found himself wishing to return to the dramatic arts. Drew eventually left tennis and ventured into the Film and Television world, where he is continuously compiling a strong body of work.
W. Scott Parker, III
Cogs & Widge Manager
Scott is an actor and director based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Rob Neukirch
Roger Crab
Rob is an actor based in Floyd, Virginia.
Bo Keister
Walter Tobin
Bo was born and raised in the small town of Dublin, Virginia. After attending East Tennessee State, he moved to Wilmington, NC to begin his acting career. There he landed his first two speaking roles in "Remember The Titans" and "Vampire's Anonymous". Bo spent the next 7 years in Los Angeles, working and developing his craft, before returning to Virginia in 2006. Today, Bo is an actor/producer splitting time between Los Angeles and Virginia. He spends most of his time teaching at his new studio, Actors Anonymous, in Christiansburg, VA, where he lives with his wife, Cyndi, and two sons, Hayden and Seth.
Quimby Melton
Executive Producer, Photographer, Editor, Writer, Series Creator
Quimby started Studio Hyperset in 2006 after studying Anglo-American literature, new media, and humanities computing at the Universities of Georgia (AB, 00) and Nevada, Las Vegas (MA, 03; PhD, 08). Apart from his work with SH, Quimby manages a raging narrative creation/consumption habit, cultivates the Victorian “gentleman adventurer” ideal, and edits SCRIPTjr.nl. He's published work in Bright Lights Film Journal, SCRIPTjr.nl, Zouch, and other publications
David Goldsmith
Producer, Director, Series Creator
At the Universities of Georgia and Florida (BA, 03; MS, 08), David studied theories of government and arms control. He completed a PhD in Design Construction and Planning at UF in 2012 with a focus on historic preservation, sustainability theory, and environmental ethics. Professionally, David has performed geo-technical evaluation and remediation work, co-founded a robotics engineering firm, and managed commercial and governmental construction projects. In addition to serving as Studio Hyperset‘s intellectual advisor and business director, David serves on the SCRIPTjr.nl editorial board.
Bo Keister
Producer, Casting Director
Bo was born and raised in the small town of Dublin, Virginia. After attending East Tennessee State, he moved to Wilmington, NC to begin his acting career. There he landed his first two speaking roles in "Remember The Titans" and "Vampire's Anonymous". Bo spent the next 7 years in Los Angeles, working and developing his craft, before returning to Virginia in 2006. Today, Bo is an actor/producer splitting time between Los Angeles and Virginia. He spends most of his time teaching at his new studio, Actors Anonymous, in Christiansburg, VA, where he lives with his wife, Cyndi, and two sons, Hayden and Seth.
Justin Marshall Elias
Music (Cogs & Widge Jingle)
Justin is an actor and composer based in Hollywood, California. As an actor, Elias has performed in feature and short films, commercials, webisodes,and has received critical acclaim for his work on stage. An award-winning composer, Elias has created music and provided sound design for feature and short films, documentaries, television commercials, and corporate multimedia projects as well as releasing several ambient music albums under the artist name "Dendroid".
Michael Barber
Makeup
Michael lives in Roanoke, VA where he runs Dark Fantasy Creations: a special effects and makeup shop.
"The struggle between our free selves and that pretender lawman's passion for vertical authority continues!"
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