About Us
From executive producer/director/DP/editor David Tarleton and executive producer/star Adria Dawn comes Dorkumentary! Each episode is a comedic improv inspired loosely by the lives of its creators. Watch Adria and her hilarious guest stars, including Arian Moayed, Pat Kilbane and a slew of funny folks, make you crap your pants. Dorkumentary. Being a dork has never been this cool.
Our Catalog of Crazytown includes these episodes:
My Day Job at Uncle Jer’s
Deadly Moves
Ask Gnomie
I Just Sh*t Myself
Elevator Madness
My First Babysitter
MPS
Frenemies
David Tarleton (Executive Producer, Director, Dorkball)
An award-winning producer, director and editor, David has created programs for Sony Pictures, The Muppets, Syfy Channel, Walt Disney Pictures, 3Net, Fox, Comedy Central, Disney Channel, Tokyopop, Mattel, Universal, Warner Brothers, Baby Einstein, Showtime, Learn360, Random Media and more.
David is producer and director of the award-winning feature film “Hunter,” a supernatural thriller set in Chicago, currently distributed by Random Media. David produced and directed the groundbreaking 3D science fiction anthology television series “Dark Secrets,” for cable channel 3Net, which played domestically, internationally, and on Netflix. He is executive producer, director and editor of the award-winning improv comedy series “Dorkumentary,” starring Adria Dawn, and was editor of the Webby Award-winning Muppets series “Statler and Waldorf From The Balcony,” for Disney. His breakthrough film as producer/director/editor, the gothic fairy-tale “Dinner,” premiered at Slamdance, played on the SyFy Channel, and was released on DVD.
A Dork match made in heaven, David co-founded the production company Tarleton/Dawn Productions in 2004 with his wife, Adria Dawn. The company has produced over twenty films, numerous plays, a streaming series, and has an education division. David is also a partner in Revealing Media Group, which produces the award-winning socially activist short film series “Kids Matter,” including the short films “Unsafe,” “Blackout,” “Help,” “Pressure,” “Viral,” “Excluded,” and “Bystander,” distributed throughout the world, which he produced, co-directed, shot and edited.
He is a tenured Associate Professor in the Cinema and Television Arts department at Columbia College Chicago. He is the Director of Graduate Programs, and primarily teaches Film Directing and Editing. He can be found on the web at davidtarleton.com.
David enjoys wearing black knee-high socks, pulled all the way up.
Adria Dawn (Executive Producer, Star, Dorkette)
She is a multi hyphenate who grew up in the Midwest, and broke into Hollywood working as a Levi's model. As an actor she is most known for playing the dorky outcast April Tuna on Ryan Murphy's high school cult hit Popular, receiving a nomination from Jane Magazine for "Gutsiest Woman on Television." Adria's roster of acting credits steadily expands, always adding memorable roles to her resume.
As a director, writer and producer, Adria is most known for her award-winning film series Kids Matter and her films for social change. She operates Tarleton/Dawn Productions with her husband and partner, David Tarleton. TDP is a boutique production company whose award winning projects include series, plays, music videos and films.
As an educator, Adria specializes in teaching on-camera acting. She teaches at Acting Studio Chicago, the Performer’s School, and out of her private studio. She has toured colleges throughout the United States and Europe, teaching the art and business of acting for film and television.
She can teach you how to be a dork, but usually, she says, “you’re either born a dork or not.”
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Andrew Edwards (Composer, Dork)
Drew composed the music for the feature documentaries; Message from the East (2009), Bailout (2013), Alex & Ali (2016), 85: The Greatest Team in Football History (2018), and Defending A Monster (2018), as well as the narrative features, Scary Normal (2013), Market Value (2017), and the forthcoming horror-comedy, Camp Wedding (2018). His work in narrative short films can be heard in, Mike India Alpha (2013), Bowes Academy (2013), Get The F K Outta Paris (2014), Knockdown (2015), Spell Claire (2017), and The Quit (2018), as well as the award-winning short documentaries, Pressure (2017) and Harv (2017).
Mr. Edwards created the music for the web series’, Trep Life (Inc. Magazine), Dorkumentary TV (Tarleton/Dawn), and The Open Mic (Huff/Madeja). His work has been heard on television and in theatres across the country in the trailers for Bride Flight, Peabody & Sherman, and Promised Land, as well as in many national commercials. Drew created the music and sound design for the original audio dramas, Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles – The Wanderer (Big Finish Productions/BBC), and Graceless II (Big Finish). Additionally, he has contributed music and sound for the General Admission and Nerdette podcasts, as well as the Curious City broadcast, for WBEZ radio.
Mr. Edwards holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition/Theory from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MFA in Music Composition for the Screen from Columbia College Chicago. He lives in Sherman Oaks, CA with his husband, Andrew (yes, we know), and their beloved cat, Max.