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    Actors:
   
Eric K. Daniels   Eric K. Daniels - Terry Clayton
Eric is extremely happy to have written and produced his first play: The Jazz Messenger. His theater credits include the roles of Kelvil in A Woman of No Importance at HERE; Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Malcolm in Macbeth and the Dauphin, Fluellen and various other roles in Henry V with the Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company; Montague in Romeo & Juliet, Don John the Bastard in Much Ado About Nothing, Jason in Divine, and George Murchison in A Raisin In The Sun; Captain Tench/Aborigine/ Black Caesar in Our Country’s Good, Arkadi in A Month In The Country, Aaron in Titus Andronicus at LAMDA; and Willem Lyle in Consecrated Ground at the Finborough Theater in London. His Film and TV credits include Ryan in “Jane: The Story of a Young Stalker” and Jason in “Just One Deed”, which premiered at the NY International Independent Film Festival; “Loving”, “Guiding Light” and “Law & Order.” Eric trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). AEA/AFTRA.
Ellen Hays   Ellen Haynes - Avril Delaunay
Ellen’s theatre credits include: Athena in “Oresteia” (Athens, Milan, New York), Princess Leia in “Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes” and Annie Sullivan in “The Miracle Worker” (both in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Rosalind in “As You Like It” (Boston Center for the Arts), and Viola in “Twelfth Night” (Flamboyan Theatre, NYC). Film credits include: Juliette in “Playing Doctor” and Ashley in “Perp School”. BFA Acting degree from the University of Southern California.
  Rick Forstmann - Major Max Köhn
Rick has spent most of his professional life as a director and cameraman. He won the Golden Eagle Award at the Edinburgh Film festival for his film “Waterscape.” Since acting professionally for the past ten years, he has appeared in Zimmerman at the Sanford Meisner Theater; Six Characters in Search of an Author (The Father); An Ideal Husband (Lady Markby); The Cherry Orchard (Gayev); Three Sisters (Kulygin) at the T. Schreiber Studio; The Importance of Being Ernest (Dr. Chasuble) at The American Globe Theater; La Crème de la Crème (with Sean Phillips) at The Alliance Francaise; Troilus and Cressida (Pandarus) and The Taming of the Shrew (Baptista) at The Expanded Arts Co.; Cocktail Hour (Bradley); Tartuffe (Orgon) at the Nulty Little Theater; as well as roles in Death Masque at Pulse Theater; The Beauty Part, Thieves’ Carnival and Once in a Lifetime at the Gloria Maddox Theater. Film and TV work: “All My Children”, “Venus and Lola” and “Adverse Possession” (awaiting release).
Matt Maynard  

Matt Maynard - Sergeant Lehmann
Matt earned a B.A. in Theater from Western Carolina University. He has also attended classes at the Atlantic Theater Company here in NYC. Regional Theater credits include, Guys and Dolls, Hamlet, The Nutcracker, Fiddler on the Roof, Pirates of Penzance, Woycheck, Lost Colony and As You Like It. He has also appeared in Industrials, TV, regional commercials and multiple Indie film projects.

RebeckaRay   Rebecka Ray- Madame Parlour
Rebecca’s theatre credits include the following. Off-Broadway: Ros Openwork in The Roaring Girle by Alice Tuan, directed by Melanie Joseph at the Foundry Theater; Ida in The Identical Same Temptation written and directed by Bob Glaudini at the Theater for the New City. Regional: Rachel in Modern Orthodox by Daniel Goldfarb, directed by John Pasquin at the Long Wharf. New York Theater: The Landlady in Lucky Stiff – The Musical at the West End Theater; Stephanie in Eric LaRue by Brett Nevue, directed by Ian Morgan at HERE. BFA Drama degree from New York University.
Olmo Cefa  

Olmo Cefa - Mathieu Parlour
Olmo is a SAG actor and has studied drama and graduated theater in Sorbonne Paris. His recent performance in New York was in POT AU NOIR performed in The Chocolate Factory, and As you LIke it performed in The Actor’s Theatre Workshop.

Omar   Omar Chagall- M. le Père Cygan
Omar had the rare privilege to use the F word in prime time against dangerous TV gangsters in his guest lead appearance in “Sopranos” (5th season) without being penalized with a fine by any bureaucratic censoring commission (oooops!). He was simply asking for a well deserved tip. Unfortunately the gangsters whacked him instead… He also was guest lead in “Law & Order,” and played several episodes in other TV miniseries. In film he played André Breton in “Frida”, Minister of Agriculture in his first film “Romero”, and UN Ambassador Boyle in the upcoming “GUERILLA” by Steven Soderbergh. He has appeared in theater off-off Broadway (The Invisible Man, Take a Number, The Labyrinth), as well as productions of The Lesson, Dracula, Richard III, Uncle Vanya, Love-Valour-Compassion and Torch Song Trilogy among others. He enjoys roles with foreign accents and has been cast as French, Arab, Hispanics of different dialects, Spanish, Russian, Greek and even a centenarian Pakistani once. Omar has a MFA in acting (Actor’s Studio New School program 2001). He recently became member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and won The Golden Sun 2007 Award for his TV work. He is a proud member of AEA and SAG. He lives both in NYC and in LA.
         
    Musicians:    
    Jack Glottman - Piano    
    Lenwood Turner - Trumpet    
    David Robaire - Bass    
    Sam Knight - Drums    
         
    Crew:    
    Michael Petranek - Director    
    Matt Burns - Fight Director    
    Ché Chisholm - Sets, Props & Costumes  
    Christina See - Lighting Designer    
    Amy Wowak - Stage Manager    
    Paul Woodburn
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