Swordsmen Shoot!
Lights...
Camera...
Action..!
TONICK Productions was recently chosen to shoot the first DVD ever of the famous comedy sword fighting team known as “The Swordsmen!”.
The Crew
Top Row (L to R): Jo Ann Oliver Woolley, David B. Woolley, Nick J. Palazzo, Antonia G. Carey, Joel C. Inden, Douglas R. Mumaw, Doug Mara
Bottom Row (L to R): Zia Hegelson-Budrys, Chloe Clarkson & Hayes Cheatham
Joel C. Inden
Director of Photography
A veteran director of commercials and music videos in Los Angeles, Joel was wiling to take off his director hat and return to his roots as a DP in order to work with his old friends TONICK. Check out his work at http://www.uniqueimagecreations.com
Doug Mara
Sound Engineer
Doug is responsible for the sound on countless shows for PBS, the BBC, ABC, the History Channel, Oprah and many, many, others. For more about Doug, check out http://dugsound.blogspot.com
Jo Ann Oliver Woolley
Production Coordinator
Actress Jo Ann Oliver Woolley put on her Production Coordinator hat to help out on the Swordsmen shoot. (Yes, she is that gorgeous redhead in the location photo on the “about TONICK page”. )
Jennifer Joanis
Photographer
Documentarian, Muralist and Photographer Jennifer Joanis braved the heat to take these wonderful pictures -- and she’s still smiling!
Nick J. Palazzo
Antonia G. Carey
(aka TONICK)
Producers, Cameramen & Editors
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The Swordsmen!
Douglas R. Mumaw & David B. Woolley are the comedy sword fighting duo respectively known as Dirk Perfect & Guido Crescendo: “The Swordsmen”.
The “Hope & Crosby” of Swashbucklers
Seen live by hundreds of
thousands of people and many
times that on television
broadcasts from Chicago to
Washington, DC to San Diego,
the Swordsmen have
performed their shows over
4000 times. Recently featured
at the Noble Fool Theatre in
St. Charles, Illinois and the
Bristol Renaissance Faire in Bristol, Wisconsin their growing fan base demanded a DVD for those cold months when they cannot view these bold adventurers.
Here’s what the Chicago Tribune said about The Swordsmen! in a recent featured article......
..the theatrically trained pair put on a
highly entertaining performance that's
part Errol Flynn swordplay,
part Three Stooges slapstick.
- The Chicago Tribune
To learn more about The Swordsmen! and to get their latest DVD release, visit them at