Play Date
Play Date is about a little boy named Jack and a little girl named Jill. Jack just wants to be left alone and play as a cowboy riding his horse across the desert. Jill pretends she's a beautiful princess and wants Jack to be her knight in shining armor. Jill pursues the reluctant Jack through several imaginary worlds of make-believe in her effort to win his affections. In the end, the two might just learn to play together after all.
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Mike WytrykusDirector
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Ray Avid LebonProducer
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Ron FleischerProducer
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Sarah HarkeyArt Direction
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Gary DanielsAnimation Supervisor
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Dante TumminelloSequence Directors
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Trevor McCandlessSequence Directors
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Jeffrey RothSequence Directors
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Spencer McGrealLayouts
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Kelsey StokesCG Environments
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Max BjornsonCG Environments
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Cat MitchellCG Environments
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Max BjornsonAnimation & VFX
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Troy FulkersonAnimation & VFX
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Brandi GreeneAnimation & VFX
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Ray Avid LebonAnimation & VFX
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Davis NguyenAnimation & VFX
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Angel OnofreAnimation & VFX
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Angelo "Jello" RamirezAnimation & VFX
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John WestAnimation & VFX
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Joshua RutkowskiMusical Score
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James WeissSound Supervisor
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Jacob SolanoSound Editors
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Evelyn ArteagaSound Editors
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Michael MattinaSound Editors
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John CavallinoPost Production
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John KedzieTechnical Advisor
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Jim RohnSpecial Thanks
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KJ MathiesonSpecial Thanks
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Cari CallisSpecial Thanks
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Michael CaplanSpecial Thanks
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Julian GrantSpecial Thanks
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Joe MeridethSpecial Thanks
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Bruce SheridanSpecial Thanks
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Diego Trejo, Jr.Special Thanks
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Eric LoffSpecial Thanks
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Project Type:Animation, Short, Student
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Genres:Comedy, Western, Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Family, Cartoon
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Runtime:7 minutes 2 seconds
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Completion Date:April 5, 2012
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Production Budget:10,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes
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Columbia College Chicago APS ScreeningChicago, IL
May 13, 2011
First Public Screening -
Columbia College Chicago APS ScreeningChicago, IL
December 16, 2011
First Screening with Orchestral Score -
Big Screen XVIChicago, IL
April 26, 2012
First Screening with Final Sound Mix -
Chicago Film Critics AwardsRosemont, IL
February 8, 2013
CFCA Emerging Filmmakers Award -
Columbia College Chicago APS 10 Year RetrospectiveChicago, IL
March 7, 2013 -
Chicago Critics Film FestivalRosemont, IL
April 14, 2013
Chicago Premiere
Official Selection -
Wizard World Film Festival - ChicagoRosemont, IL
August 22, 2014
Best Student Short -
River City Film FestivalOttawa, IL
March 22, 2015
Official Selection -
World Animation CelebrationCulver City, CA
October 25, 2015
West Coast Premiere
Official Selection -
Florida Supercon Geek Film FestMiami Beach
United States
July 2, 2016
Official Selection
Mike Wytrykus is a cartoonist and animation writer. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago where he studied animation production and directed the award-winning animated short film Play Date. He is also the writer & artist of the long-running online comic strip Grimstone. He is a comic book geek, movie buff, tabletop gamer, toy collector, and computer nerd.
Mike continues to create comic strips while also developing animation concepts to pitch. His most recent project is a comedy series about a group of diverse nerds and their local comic book store called The Quarter Bin.