A Wedding Gift for our Acting, Producing Future

Hello, we’re so glad you’re here! Whether you are friends and family, people from our social media circles, or complete strangers, we want to thank you for taking the time to be here.

For those who don’t know us, my name is Leonard Moore, and this is my beautiful wife to be Paula Macchi. We are both professional actors who met and fell in love six years ago in the BFA Theatre program at Florida International University.

Now, I’ve popped the question, and we’re getting married on January 14th, followed by moving to California to pursue our dreams.

Because of this huge move, we’ve chosen to forgo a honeymoon and wedding gifts, and we hope that you would consider, instead of a wedding gift, a financial gift in any amount to help us start our new life together.

Before anything, why invest in us..? Who are we?

We’re so glad you asked!

Hi! My name is Leonard James Moore II, and I’ve been a professional SAG-AFTRA actor for the past seven years, along with being a professional writer and producer through my production company Moore Productions LLC. I have my BFA in Theatre and BA in Psychology from Florida International University, with multiple certifications, conservatory training from my time living in New York, and multiple directing fellowships working with the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. As a stage actor, I performed in theaters across New York, including originating a role in a musical, playing Omari in the off-Broadway production of ‘Pipeline,’ and working closely with Freestyle Love Supreme. While as a screen actor, I’ve been in over 30 regional SAG commercials and 4 SAG productions. I’m an avid writer with four feature film scripts, one book of a musical, two pitch-able tv shows (with the pilot), three pitch-able feature film concepts and two anime pitch decks. I’ve always been a big advocate of, if it’s not out there for you, make it yourself. So that’s exactly what I’m going to do.

Hello, my name is Paula Macchi! I’ve been a professional actor for six years, based out of sunny South Florida, with my BFA in Theatre from Florida International University. I’ve performed in countless productions across South Florida, along with being the social media marketing manager for two companies. As a screen actor, I have appeared in over 10+ commercials, seven short films and two feature-length films through my amazing Miami agents. I am also an avid writer with one finished feature film script under my belt, along with my novel book series I’ve been working on for the past two years. My mama always told me growing up, ‘A la suerte hay que ayudarla.’ Which means sometimes, you have to help luck. So that’s exactly what we’re doing!”

We’re inviting you to invest in us. Because for us, this isn’t just a move, it’s our job, and we take our job seriously.

Now, I know… Why is the Goal so high..?

Well, we're moving to California! We have worked hard on our careers and achieved some successes, but California is the place we need to be to pursue and attain our goals.

The goal set for this GoFundMe is the average realistic cost for us to live in LA for one full year, and it is by no means something we’re expecting from here.

Although we’ve been working this past year and a half for our wedding and saving up / preparing for our move to Cali, we’re still short. So, we wanted to be clear about our goal: to help cover the physical move to Cali and help cover the roof over our heads for our first year.

So, here’s the breakdown for the Goal Set:

o $26,000 total avg rent for a year

o $1,500 Total avg utilities for a year

o $4,300 Moving Costs

If you believe in us and want to play a HUGE part in our future, we humbly ask for you to consider donating and/or sharing our journey ❤️ #MooreWeddingGifts

Special Offer!

Also, because we’re big autograph people lol, if you donate $50 or more, send us a screenshot of your donation along with your address, and we will mail you a signed wedding photo. Now whether it’ll go up in value is yet to be determined, but hey… it’ll look nice!

You can message us on Instagram @iamLeonardMoore or via email at LJ@LeonardJMoore.com

If you want to be a HUGE part of our future, if you believe in us, we humbly ask for you to donate what you can or please share our journey ❤️

Thank you again for your time! We appreciate you all more than you know ❤️

Bonus Content!

In case you're on this journey too, here are some of the things/tools we've researched and use/are going to pursue:

o LA acting classes

o New LA-style headshots

o Agent / Manager pay-to-play showcases

o Printing out boxes of headshots, resumes, and script samples

o The many Conventions and Film Festivals constantly going on in Cali

o Voice-Over Demo Reels

o Our online platforms (including our websites, Casting Networks, Actors Access, Casting Frontier, and IMDB Pro)

o Stage 32 scriptwriting submissions and workshops