A New Wave, a feature film produced locally and filmed at CCSU and other Connecticut locations, had its in-state premiere showing on August 23, 2007, in Welte Auditorium. Film producer Bruce Seymour is a Plainville resident and a 1998 CCSU graduate. Seymour describes the film as a “crime comedy.” In the film, when a bank teller and his friends plan a movie-inspired bank robbery, the intricately designed plan puts the main characters’ friendship on the line. “The bank teller must choose between selling out—or cashing in,” says Seymour. 

The film is directed by Manchester native Jason Carvey and features noted actors John Krasinksi (The Office, License to Wed, and Shrek 3), Lacy Chabert (Mean Girls and Party of Five), Andrew Keegan (10 Things I Hate About You and 7th Heaven), Dean Edwards (Saturday Night Live), William Sadler (Shawshank Redemption, Die Hard 2, and Roswell), and Wass Stevens (World Trade Center).

— Caroline Dearborn