We are pleased to announce, thanks to the support of the Patrons of Out With Dad and other recent events, we are able to afford to bring Caitlynne Medrek back to Toronto to film scenes sooner than expected. In March 2016 Medrek is set to reprise her role as Claire Daniels in Out With Dad. Her character has been noticeably absent from Season 4 – this is because the actress moved to western Canada, making her unavailable for this Toronto-based production. Claire has made a few subtle appearances since Medrek’s departure, such as appearing by way of video chat. Art imitating life: Claire moved to western Canada too, which is why she is no longer in Rose’s life.
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Season 4 has been funded entirely by the Patrons of Out With Dad using Patreon, a recurring crowdsource funding platform. Fans had been promised if our monthly pledge grows to $2500USD, we would be able to afford her return. A series of recent events has enabled us to reduce our milestone significantly.
Recently, Patreon changed how monthly pledges are displayed to the public, to more accurately reflect how much Patreon creators receive after various fees are deducted. Our previous milestones took that into account; it also assumed a currency exchange rate much less than the current exchange, and anticipated travel costs for Medrek to be nearly double than what we paid. Updated milestones will be posted in a few days.
Claire will be reunited with Rose in the episode scheduled to debut in April 2016.
Fans are also eagerly anticipating the return of Vanessa LeMay, played by Lindsey Middleton. Vanessa is currently appearing in a second spin-off series called Counselling Vanessa. This story line is being kept separate from Out With Dad until after the story-arc with Claire concludes. At present, the Claire-arc will likely wrap up in November or December 2016. If fans want to help accelerate the storytelling – they can by becoming a Patron of Out With Dad at patreon.com/outwithdad.
Please tell Caitlynne that I loved her as Claire, and miss seeing her character very much!! I can’t wait to see her again!! Of course I’d like Rose & Claire together, but I’ll be happy if Rose finds a new love interest and could have a mature relationship. I do want to see Claire happy again, too.
This is great news! Claire is so cute and full of energy. She’s awesome.
When you say after the story arc with Claire concludes. Do you mean that would be the last we see of Claire?!? I hope not! #teamclaire
Good question! And, no, it doesn’t necessarily mean the end of Claire. Just that this particular story arc would conclude.
That’s good to hear! Thank you, Jason. :o)
HOW MANY YEARS DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE GRAND WEDDING OF ROSE AND VANESSA????…..
Who said there’s going to be a wedding? Even if they get together, that doesn’t mean they’ll get married. Even if they get married, it won’t be a “grand wedding”. This is a bare bones webseries, not a network studio production! They can barely afford to give us eps w/ ANYONE in them or w/ ANYTHING going on besides talking!! How the hell do you expect a “grand wedding” when working on such a budget? You really have totally unrealistic expectations. QUIT YELLING!!
Wauw people are so prone to their own wishes. Let the great cast crew and creatives do their amazing work as they have been doing for 4 seasons with success.I like that Claire is coming back and of course I am waiting for Vanessa too but I like how you don’t go through every storyline and actor in like 2 eps but you take the time to deepen characters and background. So great work OWD and I am looking forward to every episode!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I WAS WAITING VANESSA TO COME BACK DEFINITIVELY…
Why does Claire’s story arc finish so soon :(. Sad to hear but hopefully Rose finds someone new and great for her. Love the work OWD. Team Claire all the way.
We’d love to keep going with her! But we figure we can only squeeze about four days of shooting with Caitlynne with our budget while she’s in town.
Would you please let us know about future roles Caitlynne plays after OWD (or even concurrently)? Although, honestly, I wouldn’t want to see her play other characters (like a darker character or in a hetero romance). Would it be possible for her to play Claire in another project (either yours or someone else’s)? How would that work in terms of rights, since you own the character?
Please tell Caitlynne that I loved her as Claire, and miss seeing her character very much!!
Oh My Gosh, No!!! Why is Claire’s story-arc with Rose need that many months?? I am waiting patiently on pins and needles for Rose and Vanessa to reunite once again after so long. I am on team Vanessa all the way! Also I wanted to know if fans like myself are encouraged or allowed to ever have any suggestions or feedback on the story line between Rose/ Vanessa? I plan to become a donor patron as soon as I have extra money though:)
I’d like to go faster too – but with only one regular episode of OWD per month, and roughly eight episodes of story (not all eps with Claire), it’ll take that long! Now, if we could accelerate how often we can afford to produce episodes, then it would be a different story.
I’m always open to feedback! I’ve already sketched out most of the story all the way up to and including Vanessa’s return. I wrote many Rose/Vanessa scripts well over a year ago. I CAN’T WAIT TO FILM THEM. But they’re expensive ideas, and I want to do them justice. Out Patronage continues to grow, and I’m confident we’ll get there.
I have to do some updating of our Milestones on our Patreon in the near future.