Red Carpet Highlights: “Lemonade Blessing” World Premiere at Tribeca Festival 2025

June 6, 2025

Photos by Alpine Baek / VRAI Magazine

Director/Writer Chris Merola and stars Jake Ryan, Skye Alyssa Friedman, Jeanine Serralles, and cast hit the red carpet on the first full day of Tribeca Festival for the world premiere of their film, “Lemonade Blessing” on June 5, 2025.

Held at the SVA Theater in New York City, Merola, Ryan, Friedman, and Serralles were joined by producers Raza Rizvi, Rue Sülzana and Sam Ashurov, along with cast members including Miles J. Harvey, Michael Oloyede, Barbara Rosenblat, Taryn Gates, Keith William Richards, Todd Gearhart, James Freedson-Jackson, Tiffany Ho, Nicholas Crocco, John Churchill, Kourtney Ryann, Bree Klauser, and Dina Drew.

“Lemonade Blessing” is about John (Jake Ryan), freshly tossed into a private Catholic high school by his devout mother, who falls head over heels for a devious classmate ready to push his faith (and morals) to the brink with a series of increasingly uncomfortable actions, all in the name of love.

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