Rocket Science

Comedy, Drama

Anna Kendrick	Ginny Ryerson
Reece Thompson	Hal Hefner
Dionne Audain	Abraham Lincoln
Utkarsh Ambudkar	Ram
John Patrick Barry	Coach Cho
Lisbeth Bartlett	Juliet
Nicholas D'Agosto	Ben Wekselbaum
Candace Scholz	Townsend Prep Debater
Margo Martindale	Coach Lumbly
Vincent Piazza	Earl Hefner
Denis O'Hare	Doyle Hefner
Aaron Yoo	Heston

Director	Jeffrey Blitz
Producer	Effie Brown; Sean Welch; Nicole Colombie
Writer	Jeffrey Blitz

Hal Hefner (Reece Thompson) is a boy caught up in the worst of dysfunctional families. His older brother Earl (Vincent Piazza) is a violent, angry misfit who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. His parents divorced, and his mother Juliet (Lisbet Bartlett) seems ready to move on. Once in a while, she lets her lover (Steve Park) and his son, Heston (Aaron Yoo), spend the night. It’s no wonder, then that Hal is having some trouble adjusting. He stutters verbally and emotionally, but finds a reason to improve his life when he meets Ginny (Anna Kendrick). Ginny is one of the stars of his school’s debating team. At her urging, Hal joins the Debate Team. Even though his stuttering holds him back, his first step toward moving on and growing up proves to be an important one.