The Series

From producer/director/editor David Tarleton and superstar character actress Adria Dawn comes Dorkumentary - the newest, craziest short comedy series to hit the Internet!

Each webisode is a comedic improv inspired loosely by the lives of its creators.

Come dork out with Adria and her hysterical guest stars as they hilariously improvise their way into your heart.

Dorkumentary. Being a dork has never been this cool.

Tarleton/Dawn Productions

Tarleton/Dawn Productions is the lovechild of husband/wife creative team David Tarleton and Adria Dawn. This innovative multi-media production company is known for its bold style and quirky productions. In 2004, they produced the play “The Miss Firecracker Contest” in the North Hollywood Arts District, with David directing, and Adria starring. After producing several short films, including “Neptune, King of Fire,” they returned to the stage in 2007 with “Rock N Roll Sex Machine.” Adria wrote and starred in this one-woman extravaganza, directed by Che’Rae Adams, which David executive produced. After such a rave response, they plan to remount it again in the future. Dorkumentary is their first Internet series.

David Tarleton (Executive Producer, Director, DP, Editor)

David Tarleton has been directing theatre and film since 1988. Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, he has a Master of Fine Arts in film directing from the University of Southern California, attended New York University in film, and has a Bachelor’s degree in theatre directing from the University of Virginia. As a producer, director, and editor, he has created programs for Universal, Walt Disney Pictures, Fox, Sony Pictures, The Muppets, Comedy Central, the Sci-Fi Channel, Disney Channel, Tokyopop, Mattel, Warner Brothers, Baby Einstein, Showtime and more.

He was the sole editor of all 34 episodes of the Muppets’ series “Statler and Waldorf From the Balcony,” for Disney. The show won the 2007 Webby for Best Comedy Series, a Telly for Best Use of Comedy, and was named as one of Time Magazine’s “25 Websites We Can’t Live Without.”

David was producer/co-writer/editor of “What Babies Want,” the ground breaking, award-winning documentary about birth, narrated by Noah Wyle. He is currently in production as producer/DP/editor of “A Call To Fatherhood,” a follow-up documentary about Dads.

With his wife, Adria Dawn, he produced and directed the play “The Miss Firecracker Contest,” and executive produced “Rock N Roll Sex Machine,” her one-woman show.

He produced, wrote and directed the award-winning short film “Dinner,” which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival, played on the Sci-Fi Channel and was released on DVD.

He produced and edited “The Making of Warriors of Heaven and Earth,” and “The Making of Double Vision,” for Sony Pictures. He was also a producer, DP and editor on the documentary “Dark Secrets,” and senior editor for “The Pat Kilbane Show,” for Comedy Central. David was the senior editor at Wirebreak, a pioneering Internet video content provider.

He has directed dozens of short films and plays, and edited numerous series, features, documentaries, commercials, and trailers. He was a festival programmer for nearly half a decade for the Slamdance Film Festival, helping select the feature films to be shown at the festival. David is also an accomplished musician, graphic artist and writer. Before moving to Los Angeles, he lived in the Eighteenth Century for 12 years at Colonial Williamsburg.

David currently teaches Documentary Producing at UCLA Extension.

Adria Dawn (Executive Producer, Star)

Adria Dawn grew up in the Midwest, and it was there in the cornfields that she acquired her curiosity for creating quirky characters. She earned a BFA in acting with honors from Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois. Some of her most memorable roles in college were Frankie Addams in “Member of the Wedding,” and Young Woman in “Machinal,” for which she received an Irene Ryan Nomination and went on to become a finalist.

Moving to Chicago, Adria appeared in theatrical productions at the Bailiwick Theater, the Second City Skybox, Mary Arrchie Theater, Defiant Theater and others. She earned her SAG card performing in television commercials in the Windy City.

Soon after landing in Los Angeles in a broken down station wagon, Adria worked as a Levi’s model, and landed roles on the WB’s “Seventh Heaven,” the made for TV movie Running Mates, and a number of commercials and modeling jobs.

Only four months after moving to the west coast, Adria booked one of her favorite television roles to date, the dysfunctional outcast April Tuna on the WB’s high school hit “Popular.” She was on the show both seasons it was on the air, and received a nomination from Jane Magazine for “Gutsiest Woman on Television.”

Since then, she has appeared in several television shows including recurring roles on FX’S “Nip/Tuck” as Parker, the Scientologist expert, and “NCIS.” Some other credits include “My Name Is Earl,” “Help Me Help You,” “Campus Ladies,” “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide,” “Medium,” etc. as well as several independent films and plays.

“Dorkumentary” marks her fourth Tarleton/Dawn production. Adria’s solo show, Rock N Roll Sex Machine (Stella Adler 2007) being the third, the wedding of Adria Dawn and David Tarleton (2006) being the second (awwww shucks), and The Miss Firecracker Contest being the first production (No Ho Arts District/2004).

A lover of the freedom of improv, and of the joy of the human spirit, Dorkumentary is a true delight for Adria to work on.

“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”
- William Blake

Lee Sanders (Composer)

Lee Sanders began his musical training at the age of four, and created his first composition, a piano sonata, at age eight. In college he flirted with majors in English, philosophy and political science before deciding on a career as a composer.

In 1996 Lee completed the film scoring program at the University of Southern California, where he studied with renowned composers such as Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein and Christopher Young.

In the years that followed, Lee laid the groundwork for his career by scoring over 70 independent short films and five independent features. As a composer, conductor and/or music producer, he contributed to shows such as Family Guy (Fox), House of Mouse (Disney/ABC), Charmed (WB), and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (TBS).

Lee broke through the ranks when he was selected to compose music for the Lord of the Rings website for New Line Cinema. His work there won him recognition as a bright new talent. It also brought him to the attention of Jerry Bruckheimer and Bertram van Munster, who hired him to score CBS’s Emmy-winning show The Amazing Race.

In May 2005, Lee received a BMI Film & TV Music Award for The Amazing Race 7, and in November 2007 he won the first-ever Film & TV Music Award for “Best Score for a Reality Television Program” for his work over the course of the series.

Lee recently completed scoring duties on The Amazing Race 12, The Bachelor 11, the independent documentary feature Popatopolis, and a series of international spots for the feature film Cloverfield. When he’s not composing, you’ll most likely find him zooming around LA in his beloved yellow MINI Cooper.