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COAL Web Series- Directors Cut

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I’m producing and acting in the COAL Web Series which will stream on YouTube on January 8, 2027.

Next, I always want to be in control, run the show, production, class, or event and with that comes a price of excluding collaborators. I don’t know if it’s arrogance, over confidence or what, but I do want to be in charge.

On COAL, I wrote the initial 4-part web-series, but I knew it was lacking a compelling story line and it wasn’t very good. My brother in the series, Scott Douglas Wilson, came on board and he and I ended up rewriting the entire 4 episodes of the series.

We went scene by scene, line by line, changed, altered, and made the lines as real as we could for each character.

We also changed the title to COAL, originally, it was HICKS.  We wanted to embrace the city of Black Coal, West Virginia and the industry that supports them. 

In the video you will see Billy Jack, Joe Don, Lexi and Brandi all doing a toast for their city, and saying the title of the series, COAL.  

Chad J. Willett (MA, NSA, SAG-AFTRA) is the founder of Broadway2LA Acting Studio and a nationally recognized innovation and leadership speaker, TEDx presenter, and two-time author.

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