Farmyard Follies: A Queer Journey To The Stage

Farmyard Follies: A Queer Journey to the Stage is a side-splitting and heartfelt documentary film that chronicles the chaotic process of bringing Ru Paul’s Drag Race alum, Tina Burner and her writing partner, Blake Allen's original new musical to life.

Inspired by the fictional “Waiting For Guffman”, the film captures the non-fictional, behind-the-scenes antics, struggles, and delusions that ultimately result in an unforgettable one-night-only performance in Provincetown, MA.

Farmyard Follies: The Moosical is an LGBTQ-Who-Done-it. On the Fairweather Farm, it’s always sunshine and blue skies. But as feathers begin to ruffle, it soon becomes utter chaos and sheer madness when darkness falls on what was once the Picture Perfect Place.

We have been writing Farmyard Follies for almost three years. We wrote most of the musical in Provincetown, and actually finished the first draft of the musical pulling into Boston Harbor after our last show last year (2022) in Provincetown. Like Provincetown, the Fairweather Farm is a unicorn of a place, where it does not matter who you are, what you look like, or whom you love, just as long as you lead with love. But just like Provincetown, the Fairweather Farm has its on share of shenanigans, humor, and heart.

Provincetown holds some of the brightest talent assembled in one place. We love being part of the community – we feel enriched by the community and feel inspired by the characters found in the community, and this documentary will not only showcase the wonderful aspects of Provincetown and the talent hidden therein, but will also highlight how a community can come together in "no time" to put on a grand night of a musical.

The Farmyard Follies... documentary team is as follows:

Seeber & Allen, creators:

The writing duo, Seeber & Allen, is comprised of Christopher Seeber (aka Tina Burner) and Blake Allen. Together, they have written several cabaret shows which have toured around the world, including residencies in Provincetown and Puerto Vallarta. They also have released two, chart-topping albums: Maybe This Time (2021 MAC Award Nominee, Best Album; #2 iTunes Vocal Chart) and Mix Queen: A Relationship Mixtape (#1 iTunes Comedy Chart).

Christopher Seeber:

Seeber, aka Tina Burner, was last seen on the Emmy-winning RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13 (MTV TV Award; Critics Choice Award). Burner is a former National Miss Comedy Queen (2019–2021) and was a member of Universal Record's boyband 5th Ring.

Blake Allen:

Allen is an internationally recognized, award-winning composer and musician, having performed on Broadway (Tootsie, Misery, and Notre Dame de Paris)and at major music halls including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, and Strathmore Music Center, to name a few.

Allen’s musical works have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and luminaries such as Kristin Chenoweth and Renée Fleming. Allen's shows and albums include the shards of an honor code junkie (#1 Amazon Classical; #1 New Cast Album Billboard); INSOMNIA (Carnegie Hall, 2022), Sonatas (#1 iTunes Classical; #4 Billboard) and Folk Wandering (Pipeline Theatre, 2017).

Alex Smith, director:

In 2017 Alex debuted their first feature documentary, Susanne Bartsch: On Top, which premiered at Hot Docs and went on to win the John Schlesinger award at the Provincetown International Film Festival. Their work has been awarded Vimeo Staff Pick and featured on Netflix, Hulu, MTV, VH1, Vogue, Dazed, HuffPo, Rolling Stone, Paper Magazine, Bullett, Out, and Vice. Alex co-produced the Topic Studios/Magnet Releasing film Wrinkles the Clown (2019), directed an episode of the documentary series Pride for FX (2021), and most recently worked on Vice’s Queer Sports series (2023).

Mike Kelton, Producer:

Mike has developed, created, and produced multiple award-winning TV shows and digital series for TLC, Peacock, Fusion, LogoTV, MTV, and more. Mike's 3-part series for LogoTV, Trans Youth Town Hall, led by Raquel Willis, recently won the GLAAD award for best Video Journalism. Mike also directs and showruns LogoTV's highest rated digital series, Spill with Johnny Sibilly (formerly: Logo Live with Johnny Sibilly). In its premiere season, Spill had over 5M views, was nominated for a Shorty Award, and received an honorable mention from the Webby Awards for its diversity and inclusion. Previously, he executive produced and directed the heartfelt makeover series, Dragnificent!, for TLC and the Discovery Networks, which won Best Lifestyle Show at both the Reality TV and Cablefax Awards. He also created and executive produced the FUSION series Shade: Queens of NYC.

Frank Spadafora, Producer:

Frank Spadafora is a New York based Producer with over a decade of experience in film, television and commercials. Frank has overseen all projects of his production company, D'Marie Productions, since 2016 with projects featuring Lebron James, Mindy Kaling, Billy Porter, Jessica Alba, Mandy Moore, and many others. Frank has produced commercial campaigns for several notible brands including Johnson & Johnson, HelloFresh, Samsung, Time Inc, and more. Frank is the sole Producer of Copyright Infringement, an award winning feature documentary about artist Cj Hendry. Frank is a proud LGBTQ advocate.

For donating incentive packages, please email us at [email redacted] with your name and proof of your donating to secure your reward.

Donate $15 and receive a signed photo of Tina Burner.

Donate $25 and receive a signed album of your choice:

•Maybe This Time (CD)

•Mix Queen (USB Cassette)

•shards (CD)

•Sonatas (CD)

Donate $50 and receive a personalized video message.

Donate $100 and receive the Tina Burner Merch Bundle:

•Tina Burner Fan

•Signed Photo

•Signed Album

Donate $200 and get a 1-on-1 Zoom with Tina.

Donate $500 and receive a personalized arrangement/orchestration by Blake.

Donate $5000 and hire Tina Burner for a performance gig in 2024.

Donate $6000 and Tina will officiate and perform at your wedding.

Donate $10,000 and receive a producer credit for the film, with your name in the performance program as well.