We Are Pat is a tale of obsession, transness and how art ages over time told through the thick spectacles of the 1990s cult character Pat from SNL.

We Are Pat is a feature length documentary exploring the evolution of gender identity and comedy from the 90s to now through the lens of the iconic SNL sketch, It’s Pat. The film examines Pat’s origins as a joke rooted in cultural anxiety of the 90s around gender while drawing striking parallels to today’s culture wars around transness and queerness. Trans and non-binary comedians and culture-makers reimagine and rewrite the original Pat sketches, using camp and humor to reclaim and re-envision an iconic character in American comedy. The film explores humor as both a tool of oppression and a radical force for change. Beyond comedy, We Are Pat raises complex questions: How does art age? What responsibility does a creator have as cultural values evolve? Can we reclaim narratives that once mocked us, transforming pain into laughter, visibility, and ultimately, our own creations?

Directed by Rowan Haber

Produced by Caryn Capotosto and Rowan Haber 

SCREENINGS

Date Theatre City/State
May 23rd Hollywood Improv Los Angeles, CA
May 29th - June 3rd DCTV New York City, NY
Jun 13th Out Film CT: Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival Hartford, CT
June 18th Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, Ohio
June 18th Ojai Playhouse Ojai, CA
June 19th Circle Cinema Tulsa, OK
June 19th - 21st Rainbow Visions Edmonton Edmonton, Canada
June 22nd Space Art Gallery Portland, ME
June 28th Vidiots Los Angeles, CA
July 2nd - 6th National Women's Music Festival Evanston, IL

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Credits

  • A Museum and Crane Production

    In Association with Impact Partners, The Harnisch Foundation, The deNovo Initiative,

    InMaat Foundation and Institute

    Executive Producers Alan Cumming, Adrian Salpeter,

    Bill & Ruth Ann Harnisch, The Harnisch Foundation, Meadow Fund, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Pierre Hauser, Rebecca Lichtenfeld,

    Chandra Jessee, Marci Wiseman, Daniel J. Chalfen, Dawn Bonder, J Winkelried, Eric Kuhn,

    Beth Levison, Shauna Schmunk, Lilly Wachowski, Lauren Greenfield and Frank Evers,

    Stuart Ford, Lourdes Diaz, and Caroline Libresco

    Co-Executive Producers Kelsey Koenig, Eric Szmanda, Kirsten Vangsness, JanaLee

    Cherneski, Ashlin Hatch, Sam Paige

    Co-Producers Ryan Cunningham, Katherine Fisher, Leo DiSantis

    Written by Hannah Buck and Rowan Haber

    Directors of Photography Christine Ng and Mego Lin

    Original music by Erick del Aguila

    Edited by Hannah Buck and Alex Bohs

    Produced by Caryn Capotosto p.g.a. and Rowan Haber p.g.a

    Directed by Rowan Haber

  • Director Rowan Haber is an aesthetically-driven writer and director of narrative, documentary and commercial content. An MFA graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Rowan’s work has earned recognition as a Sundance Momentum Fellow, as well as a Sundance New Frontier Lab and Art of Practice Fellow. They've also been selected for the Universal Pictures Directing Lab, AFI’s Directing Workshop, Film Independent’s Episodic Lab, and Outfest’s Screenwriting Lab, with a shadowing stint on FX’s Pose. Rowan was named to The Alice Initiative’s 2018 list of directors poised to helm studio films and is featured in Indiewire’s list of 8 Best Trans Directors Working Today. They have been a fellow at McDowell, Yaddo, UCross, Millay, and Marblehouse  artist residencies.  


    Their award-winning series New Deep South garnered a GLAAD nomination, while Braddock, PA (Topic) received critical praise from The New York Times and The New Yorker. Rowan’s diverse body of work includes directing Stonewall Forever for Stink Studios, Celestial for Tribeca Studios x Bulgari.  


    Rowan’s documentary We Are Pat, about trans comedy and the cult SNL figure It’s Pat, is (executive produced by Alan Cumming and Lilly Wachowski) premiered at Tribeca in June 2025, earning them Best New Documentary Director Special Jury Mention. The film was written up in Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly, is being distributed by Tribeca Films and will be streaming this summer. They directed the finale for the Gotham and GLAAD-nominated series Pride for FX and Killer Films. Rowan is also directing the modern feminist horror Shell.ai and is attached to adapt Brontez Purnell’s Whiting Award winning book Since I Laid My Burden Down into a feature film.  


    They are part of the artist collective Talk to Me About Water, and are currently working on a 16 mm installation based project called Two Bodies with artist and friend Amelia Winger-Bearskin. They co-created and co-run the literary reading series Word Spa LA. 

  • Producer Caryn Capotosto is a 4-time Emmy award-winning producer known for Won’t You Be My Neighbor? the Independent Spirit Award, Producers Guild Award and Critics’ Choice Award-winning documentary. She received a 2016 News and Documentary Emmy for Best of Enemies, a 2021 News and Documentary Emmy for The Love Bugs, a 2021 Emmy for Feels Good Man, and a 2024 Emmy for Little Richard: I Am Everything. She contributed to the Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning documentary, 20 Feet from Stardom (2013), produced Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero (HBO) and We Are Pat, a Tribeca 2025 Jury Award recipient. Recent projects include the 2026 Emmy-nominated projects Alex vs ARod (HBO) and Searching for Amani (PBS). 

  • Ro Haber

    Julia Sweeney

    Ally Beardsley

    April Clark

    Grace Freud

    Hayden Johnson

    Ever Mainard

    Brontez Purnell

    Robin Tran

    River Butcher

    Nico Carney

    Esther Fallick

    Pink Foxx

    Janaya Future Khan

    River Gallo

    Roz Hernandez

    Murray Hill

    Molly Kearney

    Abby McEnany

    Kevin Nealon

    Nori Reed

    JD Samson

    Joey Soloway

    James Tom

    Tyris Winter

    Sabrina Wu

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WE ARE PAT

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Presentation Credits
A Museum & Crane Production
In Association With
Impact Partners The Harnisch Foundation
In Association With
The deNovo Initiative InMaat Foundation
In Association With
Institute
Executive Producers
Bill & Ruth Ann Harnisch - The Harnisch Foundation Meadow Fund Geralyn White Dreyfous Jenny Raskin Pierre Hauser
Executive Producers
J Winkelried Eric Kuhn Beth Levison
Executive Producers
Chandra Jessee Rebecca Lichtenfeld Marci Wiseman Daniel J. Chalfen Dawn Bonder
Executive Producers
Lilly Wachowski Shauna Schmunk
Executive Producers
Lauren Greenfield & Frank Evers
Executive Producers
Stuart Ford Lourdes Diaz Caroline Libresco
Produced By
Caryn Capotosto p.g.a. Rowan Haber p.g.a
Directed By
Rowan Haber
Film Credits
Co-Executive Producers
Kelsey Koenig Eric Szmanda Kirsten Vangsness JanaLee Cherneski Ashlin Hatch Sam Paige Davis
Co-Producers
Ryan Cunningham Katherine Fisher Leo DiSantis
Directors of Photography
Christine Ng Mego Lin
Original Music by
Erick Del Aguila
Written by
Rowan Haber Hannah Buck
Edited by
Hannah Buck
Additional Editing by
Alex Bohs Tovah Leibowitz
Consulting Editor
Nathan Punwar
Graphics & Visual Effects
Fons Schiedon
Archival Producer
Brydie O'Conner
Associate Producer
McKarah Dreyfous
Production Designer
Forrest Scherer
Costume Designers
Foreste Jean Robbie Lundegard
Art Director
Leah Mann
Featuring
Karam Ahn Joey Ally Ally Beardsley Lee Blankenship River Butcher Nico Carney April Clark Enza Catalano Cassidy Clark Linden Crawford Olly Eley Esther Fallick Pink Foxx Grace Freud Jules Gill-Peterson River Gallo Roz Hernandez Murray Hill Hayden Johnson Ocean Vashti Jude Molly Kearney Janaya Future Khan Kahea Kiwaha Peri Lapidus Ever Mainard Nick Marx Abby McEnany Riylan Mills S Morales Kevin Nealon Shadi Petosky Honey Pluton Reid Pope Brontez Purnell Nori Reed Jed Samer JD Samson Joey Soloway Julia Sweeney James Tom Robin Tran Sabrina Wu Tyris Winter
Made with the generous support of Impact Partners and its following members
Barbara & Eric Dobkin Natasha & David Dolby Nina & David Fialkow The Betsy and Jesse Fink Family Foundation John H. N. Fisher & Jennifer Caldwell Scott & Molly Forstall Bill & Ruth Ann Harnisch - The Harnisch Foundation Pierre Hauser The Lewis Foundation Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman Meadow Fund Meryl Metni, Ubiquitous EG Jennifer Pelling Bill & Eva Price Kristen Schlott Shah Family Foundation The Susan Stein Shiva Foundation Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros The StoryBoard Collective Christine Woodhouse & Seth Woodhouse
For Impact Partners
Amy Augustino / Chief Operating Officer Chris Boeckmann / Head of Development Skye Ward / Operations Manager Chelsea Williams / Development Manager
With Support From
AGC Breaking Through the Lens Level Ground Productions Culture House The Gotham Week SF Film Invest The Humanities Sustainability Fellowship through the Sundance Institute Artist Accelerator Program.
Field Producer
Kris Belskey
Set Decorator
Rachel Mueller
Set Dresser
Dani Gellis
Additional Photography By
Carmen Delaney Laura Jansen Jih-E Peng
"B" Camera Operators
Brandon Amaya Andy Chen Meg Kettell Vivian Lau
1st AC
Thom Cameron Megan Pham Ed Tran Summer Sierra Camilla Foschi
2nd AC
Jeanna Kim
Sound Mixers
Catherine Hood Casey Minatrea Dennis Hamlin Kurt Pierce Luiza Sa Taylor Tosh Jae Kim Tammy Douglas
Boom Operator
Chris Sinn
Gaffers
Yessica Curiel-Montoya Kishan Patel Anderson Ko Lisa Tom
Best Boy Electric
Matt Kleppner
Best Boy Grip
Brandon Amaya
Key Grips
Brook Lee Karner Natalie Larkowski Ali Sayago
Props
Avery Pham
Set Dresser
Rachel Mueller
Lead Man
William "Patty" Scullin
Swing
Yessi Garibay Adam Merritt Gian-Alberto Perez
Assistant Costume Designer
Gabriela Alas
Makeup Artists
Rakhil Shamailova Jennifer Quinteros Alex Pahl Skinner
Production Assistants
Noah Brockman Josie Dichter
Lead Assistant Editor
Jim Rosenthal
Second Assistant Editors
Hugo Alvarez SteevJBrown
Production Coordinator
Gina Young
Editorial Support
Kevin Oliver Joan LaDuca
DIT
Silas Perry
Post Production Supervisor
Jim Rosenthal
End Credit Designer
SteevJBrown
Audio Post Production
Ugosound Studios
Supervising Sound Editor & Re-recording Mixer
Ugo Derouard, CAS, MPSE
Dialogue Editor
Christopher T. Welch
Sound Effect Editor
Justin M. Green
Voice Over Recording Engineers
Michael Martini
Sound Ingest
Zoe Estes
Studio Assistants
Liam Newman Robin Barreto-Mayd
Color and Finish
Company 3
Supervising Colorist
Jill Bogdanowicz
Colorist
Justin White
Finishing Producer
Scott Salamon
Workflow Specialist
Hunter Furnish
Color Assistant
Elijah Howard
Image Scientist
Emily Faw
Finishing Executive
Lindsey Arnold
CO3 President
Stefan Sonnenfeld
Trailer editor
Jess Kostuik
Social Media Management & Design
Ride or Cry
Outreach & Engagement
Secret Order Studios Raimy Rosenduft Ovi Rosenstein
Music Supervisor
Jennifer Lanchart Syncalicious Music
Music Consultant
Taylor Rowley
Musicians
Violins - Max Taboada, Reina Dios, John Durán, Ío Zamalloa Violas - Pamela Mañueco, Italo Pérez Meneses Cello - Leo Barraza Orchestra Contractor - Jana Paredes Harp - Eve Matin Piano - Francisco Haya Saxophone - Martín Escalante Vocals - Karina Castillo, Susana Fátima, Gala Brie Bass - Teté Leguía, Arturo Valdez Drums and Percussion - Richard Ángeles Congas - Edú Campos Timbales - Dwight Vinces Vocals, Guitars, Synth, Rhodes, Bass, Percussion, Conductor - Erick Del Aguila Recording Engineer - Richard Angeles, Andrés Zevallos Music Programming - Lorenzo Tapia
Legal Services Provided by
Bianca Grimshaw / Granderson Des Rochers, LLP
Legal Services Provided by
Donaldson Callif Perez Madison Karsenty Chris Perez
Accounting Services
Wheeler & Bi, CPA Lutz & Carr
Fiscal Sponsor
Utah Film. Center
Grant Writer
Maia Harris
Caterer
Humble Beginnings Catering
Publicity
Chris Albert, Albert Media Group Felicia Wong, CLU Collective Communications
Distribution Publicity
Cinematic Red PR Annie Jeeves
Theatrical Booking
Fourth Act Films Mia Bruno Eliana Kahn
Special Thanks
Alex Gootter JJ Stafford Amanda Spain Lauren Cioffi April Shih Lawrence Mattis BJ Levin Margie Brinales Carmen James Michelle Halac Chase Joynt Morgan Neville Elaine Korn Paul Simms Danielle Motor Samantha Curley Frank Bennett Sandy, Joe and Jojo Haber Gino Salomone Sarah Flores Ian Desai Sera Sloane and Dash Lippman Karim Ahmad Laura Horak Stephanie Adams-Santos Maggie Hennefeld Eve Ng Beth Pickens Cael Keegan Emma Warner Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs Mike Perry Jenni Olson Savannah Knoop Dave Foley Terrence Dugan Jen Blake Ella Yurman Jim Emerson Liz Latty Jamie Wolf Suzanne Abate Nathalie Seaver Elaine Hui Jenny Raymond Gina Young
Music Credits
Music Credits
“Best Things In Life” Written by Sylvia Wilburn Salas Performed by The Dreamliners Courtesy of The Numero Group
"Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth” Written by Roger Doyle, Elena Pilar Lopez Performed by Operating Theatre Courtesy of Roger Doyle
"Theme from "A Summer Place”" Written by Max Steiner Published by WC Music Corp. Performed by Percy Faith and his Orchestra Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
“I Hear A New World" Written by Robert George Meek Published by Music Sales Corporation o/b/o Ivy Music Ltd. Performed by Joe Meek/The Bluemen Courtesy of Cherry Red Records
"Small Gulp” Written by Garo Nahoulakian and Bea Parks Courtesy of Extreme Music
"Rocking Horse" Written by Brian Bennett Courtesy of APM Music on behalf of Sony Music Publishing

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