Roach trip is a true story

Actress and first time writer/director Clare McNulty frequently drives from Tucson, Arizona to Los Angeles and back for acting work. On the second half of one of these drives, she left Los Angeles late in the day, around 4pm. She stopped to get gas as the sun was going down, and unbeknownst to her, a cockroach joined her in her car. Roach Trip is based on that experience.

Funded by 183 backers on Kickstarter, Roach Trip will start principle photography in the last week of March, 2024. Meet our team below.

Clare McNulty (writer/director), an actress and first time writer/director, is best known for her 5 season run as Chantal Witherbottom on the HBOMax surreal hit comedy show SEARCH PARTY. Other credits include starring in the SXSW Jury Prize-winning i

Clare McNulty (writer/director), an actress and first time writer/director, is best known for her 5 season run as Chantal Witherbottom on the HBOMax surreal hit comedy show SEARCH PARTY. Other credits include starring in the SXSW Jury Prize-winning indie feature FORT TILDEN, and the innovative web-series-turned-tv-show sensation HIGH MAINTENANCE, both now on HBOMax. Later this year you can see her featured in Peacock's LOOT with Maya Rudlolph and Ana Gasteyer, in ABC's THE CONNERS with Sara Gilbert and John Goodman, and in NBC's NIGHT COURT with John Larroquette.

Eric Wright (puppeteer designer, performer)

Eric Wright (puppeteer designer, performer)

Chris Fleming (cast)

Chris Fleming (cast)

Jonathan Furmanski (advisor)

Jonathan Furmanski (advisor)

Joshua Fu (assistant director)

Joshua Fu (assistant director)

Stephanie Drake (producer) is an actress, writer, producer, and audiobook narrator living in Los Angeles. A graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Dramatic Arts, she is most known for her role as Don Draper’s ditzy but lovable

Stephanie Drake (producer) is an actress, writer, producer, and audiobook narrator living in Los Angeles. A graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Dramatic Arts, she is most known for her role as Don Draper’s ditzy but lovable secretary, Meredith, on the Emmy winning television show MAD MEN. Most recently, she appeared on ABC’s THE GOLDBERGS and indie feature SCRAP starring Anthony Rapp and Lana Parrilla. Other credits include horror comedy DEEP MURDER, acting alongside Katie Aselton and Jerry O’Connell and the Christmas anthology ALL THE CREATURES WERE STIRRING with Constance Wu. Drake also narrates the beloved children’s book series THE BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER. Her first short film, AFTER MEREDITH, was featured on Elizabeth Banks’s female focused website WhoHaHa. And her second short, BABY FACE, which she co-wrote/co-stars with Caroline Bloom, is busy chugging along the festival circuit.

Caroline Bloom (producer) is a trilingual French-American actor, writer and voiceover artist in Los Angeles. She's appeared in HBO Max' THE STAIRCASE starring Colin Firth and HBO’s HERE AND NOW directed by Alan Ball. She'll next be seen opposite Nath

Caroline Bloom (producer) is a trilingual French-American actor, writer and voiceover artist in Los Angeles. She's appeared in HBO Max' THE STAIRCASE starring Colin Firth and HBO’s HERE AND NOW directed by Alan Ball. She'll next be seen opposite Nathalie Emmanuel in Francis Ford Coppola's MEGALOPOLIS. Her short films include DA CAPO, which screened at over a dozen festivals including Cleveland International FF and was distributed by Gravitas Ventures, and COMMON DECENCY, for which she was nominated Best Actress in a Short at FilmQuest 2021 and won a screenwriting prize at Pittsburgh Shorts. Her psychological thriller FURIES was a quarter finalist for ScreenCraft Drama and Finish Line competitions. She co-wrote/co-starred in the upcoming dark comedy short, BABY FACE with Stephanie Drake, and is thrilled to be co-producing Clare McNulty's directorial debut ROACH TRIP. BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch.

Kat Mueller, aka Kat Saturn (executive producer), is an Oregon-based artist, researcher, dancer, and all-around weirdo. Known for being the co-host of Rerun Theater, a monthly celebration of classic television at Portland's historic Hollywood Theatre

Kat Mueller, aka Kat Saturn (executive producer), is an Oregon-based artist, researcher, dancer, and all-around weirdo. Known for being the co-host of Rerun Theater, a monthly celebration of classic television at Portland's historic Hollywood Theatre (@hollywoodtheatr), she recently completed her first novel, "Elli Veil and the Constellation Prize," a meditation on humanity's relationship with the night sky. This is her first foray into the world of filmmaking and she is incredibly excited to be involved with the making of Roach Trip! 😄🪳