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Xcursion Productions, LLC. has been around since 1987 in different incarnations. The film production company's founder and
president, Michael Evanichko started writing and producing short films as soon as the cumbersome VHS camcorders arrived on
the scene, and has continued to churn out entertaining fare.
"Meatball Productions" was the first incarnation, yielding many short films including Caged Peanuts, A Taste of Blood and
Christmas at Elizabeth's. Michael founded a video/film club at his place of employment and produced several films that aired at
the weekly staff meetings. These films consisted of a Star Wars parody, a psycho co-worker and many other business related
topics, designed to boost morale within the company.
Post 'Meatballs' came "Savannah Productions" (1998), named after Michael's beautiful collie. Normal Sunday Fare was created
under Savannah. A psychic narrates this story based on visions she sees in her head. It is a twisted tale of adultery, viagra, and
Sunday dinner.
In 1999 the named changed to "Excursion Theatre Productions." The basis for the name change was to reflect a broad range of
film genres. Under this name they produced a film called FISH, which was about live, talking fish (long before Finding Nemo!)
Other films included Funeral and Lizard, both debuted on public access, but Funeral also had a big screen debut at the Strand
Theatre in Delaware, OH. Next up was Spotless, which had it's big screen debut at the Arena Grand theater in downtown
Columbus.
In 2005 the name changed once again to a more manageable "Xcursion Productions, LLC." and the production company became
an official recognizable business. Under this banner they produced the film Ritual:Blood Bonds, their first feature length film,
which was picked up for distribution in Canada as well as the United States. The summer of 2006 brought the production of
another feature length film, Wicked Business, which was recently picked up for internet distribution on the film site indieflix.com.
The production and acting staffs on these films have grown from 5 on Ouija (1987) to over 100 on Wicked Business (2008).
president, Michael Evanichko started writing and producing short films as soon as the cumbersome VHS camcorders arrived on
the scene, and has continued to churn out entertaining fare.
"Meatball Productions" was the first incarnation, yielding many short films including Caged Peanuts, A Taste of Blood and
Christmas at Elizabeth's. Michael founded a video/film club at his place of employment and produced several films that aired at
the weekly staff meetings. These films consisted of a Star Wars parody, a psycho co-worker and many other business related
topics, designed to boost morale within the company.
Post 'Meatballs' came "Savannah Productions" (1998), named after Michael's beautiful collie. Normal Sunday Fare was created
under Savannah. A psychic narrates this story based on visions she sees in her head. It is a twisted tale of adultery, viagra, and
Sunday dinner.
In 1999 the named changed to "Excursion Theatre Productions." The basis for the name change was to reflect a broad range of
film genres. Under this name they produced a film called FISH, which was about live, talking fish (long before Finding Nemo!)
Other films included Funeral and Lizard, both debuted on public access, but Funeral also had a big screen debut at the Strand
Theatre in Delaware, OH. Next up was Spotless, which had it's big screen debut at the Arena Grand theater in downtown
Columbus.
In 2005 the name changed once again to a more manageable "Xcursion Productions, LLC." and the production company became
an official recognizable business. Under this banner they produced the film Ritual:Blood Bonds, their first feature length film,
which was picked up for distribution in Canada as well as the United States. The summer of 2006 brought the production of
another feature length film, Wicked Business, which was recently picked up for internet distribution on the film site indieflix.com.
The production and acting staffs on these films have grown from 5 on Ouija (1987) to over 100 on Wicked Business (2008).
