YESTERDAY NEVER ENDED

When Claire left home, she left her artwork behind for her younger brother. Years later, something unexpected happens, and he is reincarnated. Claire adores him as her “only exception,” the one soul she is allowed to visit.

YESTERDAY NEVER ENDED is the third installment in a trilogy inspired by Mother Teresa’s quote: “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” The trilogy grew from Bryan’s reflection on what the phrase truly means and how people come to understand and appreciate the present moment. Each script in the trilogy, including this one, is carefully outlined and structured around ideas he developed specifically for the stories.

The third chapter draws inspiration from two of Bryan’s favorite films: the 1986 coming-of-age classic Stand by Me and the 2000 Sundance Film Festival's favorite Memento. In 2011, Bryan pitched the concept to Karin D. Williams, who wrote the original version of the story, laying the foundation for what would later become the final installment of the trilogy.

With a passion for storytelling, Joi Hiatt is a film and theatrical actor, director, producer and teaching artist. She has vast artistic experience across many stages. Favorite roles include Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Sherlock Holmes in a female led production of The Hound of the Baskervilles, Caroline Bingley in Pride and Prejudice, Sir Toby Belch and Ophelia in Twelfth Night, Queen Gertrude in Hamlet, Doris in Miracle on 34th St., Cinderella in Happily ever Once Upon and Evil Stepmother in R&H's Cinderella. Joi spent three seasons Zounds! Theatre Company, a troupe that brings Shakespeare into schools.

Her work in TOMORROW NEVER CAME earned her a Best Actress Award from The Scene Festival and a Best Supporting Actress nominee from Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival. She served two years on the board of the Parker Arts Council, the producing entity behind Parker Arts, Culture and events. She spent three years as the Individual Giving Coordinator at Athena Project, the producing entity behind Plays in Progress. Recently Joi served on the board of Theatrical Response Team, a company that produced streaming plays during the lockdown quarantine of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Joi is a teaching artist with the City of Aurora Theatre Performance and Education. She is also proud to be a producer with GiNga Films and Stray Dog Soul Pictures. A native of Colorado, her training includes University of Colorado, Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the Actor’s Menu Denver. 

Story and Screenplay: Bryan Huynh

Original Screenplay: Karin D. Williams

Produced by: Bryan Huynh

Producers: Lisa Dunning & Joi Hiatt
First Assistant Director: Hannah Rey

Associate Producer: Cynthia Loi

Production Manager: Francesca Hiatt

Cinematographer & Editor: Chuck Fiorella

Still Photographer: Tish Limpin

Poster Idea: Tish Limpin