TAMMY KAITZ
Tammy says that her passion is fulfilled artistically with her theatre, TV and film work throughout the years. She had a wonderful time in the two plays that she performed in Hollywood this last year and shot a co-staring role in an indi film before the strike. Tammy has the life rights to a story that has been in the news quite a bit and is working on the development of that project. She says her heart is fulfilled with her lovely family which includes my husband and two teenage boys. And her soul is fulfilled in raising money and awareness for Pediatric Cancer. "We are blessed that our son survived his cancer," she says. "All of this is what makes me me!"
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AMY LAWHORN After four years of working very successfully in Dallas (14 commercials and 2 plays), Amy was invited by a manager to give the L.A. market a try. With three years in L.A., Amy has kept very busy auditioning, showcasing, occasionally working on stage, a few indie films and TV gigs, and in commercials, of which one was selected as one of the world's funniest commercials in a TBS special last year. She has also managed to obtain a record number of parking tickets, but is determined to stay in L.A. and pursue her dream of a career in television. Catch her in re-runs of BET's "Hell Date."
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ANDY GATES
Andy has been sharpening his cold reading skills getting ready for the return of production! This year he is scheduled to audition for The Groundlings to strengthen his improv skills. He brings a wonderful sense of humor and confidence to the plate. www.AndyGates.com p_9d37ec.nowcasting.com/
CAYE CLARK
From St. George, Utah, Caye started piano at 7, and his folks enrolled him in dance and theatre classes. He has loved singing, dancing and acting since he was able to move and do things on his own (his Mom says from birth)! He has taken jazz, tap, ballet, and theatre classes from Center Stage (taught by Maria Vaccaro and Heather Hunt). talent.lacasting.com/cayeclark
SUSAN HINSHAW
Susan has been performing her solo show, Nirvana, all over the country. It is about her relationship to, and triumph over, chocolate! And she's lost 55 lbs. to prove it! She's writing a second show about being a twin. She's also Chair of the Theatre Dept. at College of the Canyons, where she recently oversaw the building and opening of a $25 million performing arts center. www.nowcasting.com/susanhinshaw
DONNE MCRAE
Donne is returning to acting after raising a computer engineer. Since then, she has worked in several LA theatres, including The Road, Deaf West, The Fountain and The Theatre @Boston Court. She is fluent in geek mom, accountant speak, and level 1 (out of 5) American Sign Language.
JULES BRUFF
Jules can be seen in a unique capacity on "Eli Stone" this February. "Soap," an award-winning short she stars in, is part of episode 104. Jules completed work on three features at the end of 2007: "Endless Bummer," "Stellina Blue" and "Bob Funk". You can also see her in the DVD of "Zodiac," David Fincher's 2007 film. She just signed with Craig Wyckoff and Associates. www.julesbruff.com resumes.actorsaccess.com/julesbruff
JOE MELLIS
Joe is an award-winning actor with multiple credits in stage, film, and television. He brings an edginess and physicality to all his characters and is always ready for a new challenge. He takes every opportunity he can to work onstage and is currently working on a solo performance piece based on his childhood as the son of 60s radicals. p_4d11c0.nowcasting.com/
JOHNNY STANGE
Johnny recently moved to Los Angeles after spending 6 great years in NYC, earning tons of credits including his 1-man show. He has great comedic timing and you’ll soon be able to catch him on stage at iO West in Hollywood. Johnny stays busy with voice-overs, along with writing a short film to be released this summer. www.Johnnystange.com www.nowcasting.com/johnnystange
ANNETTE REID
Annette Reid is an actor-producer. She started acting in summer stock with her father at the age of nine, received a BFA in Music Theatre from Ohio State and an MFA in acting from Cal State University, Fullerton. Most recently, she has appeared on “Desperate Housewives,” in the short film “Training Wheels” which was featured at the International Family Film Festival, and onstage in Los Angeles with Mariette Hartley in the world premier of “In the Wings.” Favorite stage roles include Mrs. Hardcastle in “She Stoops to Conquer,” Billie in “Women of Manhattan,” Edward/Victoria in “Cloud Nine,” and Woman 2 in “Side by Side by Sondheim.” As a producer, she has worked with the Classical Theatre Lab, and the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum “Seedlings” New Plays series, and with Privatsky Film Works. She has done voice over work for Walt Disney Imagineering. Most recently she was the voice of “Mnemnosyne 99” in the Peabody Award winning radio series “The DNA Files: Unraveling the Mysteries of Genetics” with John Hockenberry. “Where Did We Come From? Where Did We Go?” is online at www.cbc.ca/radiosummer/dnafiles/. www.annettereid.com resumes.actorsaccess.com/annettereid
STEPHEN RYAN
Having been thrown a line by Ang Lee in Hulk, and a special effects scene in Star Trek: Nemesis, Steve is unstoppable adding to his NYC based training by studying with a range of teachers in LA, including Larry Moss for dialects, Gary Austin for acting and improv, and Suanne Spoke for cold reading. www.lacasting.com/stephenryan
MICHELLE DELYNN
Michelle is enjoying life in Los Angeles riding her two horses, Buddy, an Appaloosa & Lacy, a beautiful Arabian. A fan of Michael Chekhov and Chekhov training as it combines great acting technique and spirituality. "I'm looking forward to doing more and more meaningful films that shoot around the world," she explains, "especially those that recreate history to educate and uplift." michelledelynn.com/
CHRISTINA AND COURTNEY ROBINSON Christina plays the role of "Astor" on the Showtime hit series "Dexter," seasons 1 and 2, which was picked up by CBS! Christina and Courtney just completed 2 short films, "The Metamorphosis of Narcissus" and "Lil Miss Badass" in which they play twins! Christina also completed the lead in another short, "Little Victories." Both can be seen weekly at the Raven Playhouse on Sunday from 2-3 in the Improv Show, "Giggle Gaggle." They're performing a duet at the upcoming Omni Music Awards in April! www.imdb.com/name/nm2247732/ www.imdb.com/name/nm2381197/
NICOLE MYRICK
Nicole is fast accumulating film credits with 2007 lead roles in “The Lost Boy” (2007 LA Short Film Festival Selection), “Nightmares”, “The Royal” and "Late Fee". In New York, Nicole made the jump to film by landing the starring role in the feature film, “Without Mercy”. Now in 2008, Nicole has joined the wonderful Lesly Kahn & Co.'s ongoing classes while waiting on two more projects to begin shooting. Nicole has recently taken up firearms training to add to her many other accomplishments and talents which include All-American Basketball honors, two college degrees (Business & Education) and formerly teaching inner-city Special Education students with LAUSD. www.nicolemyrick.com
OLIVIA EGGER Olivia is currently in production as the lead of a new animated series "Paper Capers," a new interactive series is created by an emmy-nominated team that will be broadcast on an all-HD animation channel, Animania. Olivia has appeared in a feature film, print ads for Disney, USC Film School projects, and a spec pilot. She spent three years on a performance all-star cheerleading competition team, winning several championships and titles. She has studied her craft commercially, theatrically and privately since beginning her acting career. Olivia maintains an honor roll GPA, has skipped a full grade level, and is a member of CJSF. She is represented by Bill Naoum with Commercial Talent. www.oliviaegger.com pro.imdb.com/name/nm2360706/ www.lacasting.com/oliviaegger resumes.actorsaccess.com/oliviaegger
TYKE RIGGS
Tyke has been an actor/performer since he was 8 years old, starting out singing and acting on stage and then adding classical theatre and dance to his repertoire in his early teen years. He turned his interests to television and film and has studied with Cynthia Bain, John Homa, and Joey Paul Jenson, among others. Although Tyke has already passed the California High School Proficiency Exam, and doesn't require a set teacher, he continues to take high school courses to fill out his education. Tyke also visits art museums and artists' exhibits to broaden his knowledge of art as a mode of expression. He studies all varieties of film. Currently his favorite directors are Sophia Copola and Wes Anderson. www.imdb.com/name/nm2598916/ www.lacasting.com www.actorsaccess.com
ALISON LEES-TAYLOR
Alison has worked extensively in theatre, film, television and voice over in the U.S., London and Russia (she has also worked in many other countries while not performing), and is great with animals. www.alisonleestaylor.com
MARY ANN SPRINGER Mary Ann Springer has actively been studying acting since she arrived in L.A. from Texas. Nominated for a Young Artist Award, she won Best Performance by an Actress in a Short Film. She also received the CARE Award for the past 4 years. She studied improv at Second City and will, given the chance, crack you up! maryannspringer.nowcasting.com www.lacasting.com/MaryAnnSpringerResume us.imdb.com/name/nm1294974/
ABIGAIL CARO
Abigail is a classically trained actor/dancer who has more recently been honing her on-camera skills. After some years focused on Flamenco Dance, during which she had the honor of working alongside theatre greats Jose Greco and Placido Domingo, she now rededicates herself to her other love, acting. She is a student of yoga and continues to work as a professional Figure Model with various Artists and Art Academies throughout Los Angeles. resumes.actorsaccess.com/abigailcaro
ROB MONROE
Mr. Monroe starred in THE HASTY HEART the Ahmanson, receiving a Drama-Logue Award, LAWeekly Award, and Los Angeles Drama Critics` Circle Award. He received a Robbie Award for Living Together at The Cast Theatre. Other Theatre includes Grove Shakespear’s Productions of The Miser, The Dining Room and The Merry Wives Of Windsor (DramaLogue Awards), The Flea at The Lillian and The Falcon Theatre’s Arsenic and Old Lace. He was a regular on the children's series FUDGE. lacasting.com/robmonroe
MADELYN KISH
Madelyn, from Orange, Calif., is successfully fulfilling her ultimate dreams to become and actress/singer. Madelyn writes songs and plays guitar at the age of 11 and is very creative. She is a huge reader and loves having a balanced healthy life. Madelyn is free spirited, fun loving, energetic,and gets along with everyone she meets. She is never afraid to take a risk and try something new. She has just finished recording her first demo with an original song, is dancing and singing in a performance group and finished a National McDonald's Commercial. She continues to make her family laugh all the time. www.imdb.com/name/nm2874306/resume
JIM NARDINI Jim has had the privilege of having worked with incredible artists over the years in TV, theater, film and music: Simon Wincer, Jesus Trevino, Kyra Sedgwick, Mickey Rourke, Blair Underwood, Patrick Dempsey, Cameron Crowe, John Wells, Amy Heckerling, Woody Harrelson, James Burrows, Martin Mull, Mel Shapiro, Billy Wilson. Project have ranged fromStar Trek Voyager to Cheers to Guys and Dolls to Restoration comedy to performing bluesy, classic rock at venerable venues such as House of Blues, BB Kings, The Lighthouse and others all over the LA area with his award-winning band, Yesterday’s Child. Jim was a founding member of the Onstage Theater Company which produced several critically acclaimed productions in it’s short run among them Hurlyburly, and The Misanthrope. Jim is a multi-faceted character actor/singer/voiceover artist and is very proud to be a member of TTG. www.lacasting.com/jamesnardini www.myspace.com/jimnardini
JOEY LUTHMAN
Joey, 11, has a Recurring role for Weeds on Showtime, as Rad, and October Road on ABC, as Young Physical Phil. He has worked with David Zucker, Warner Bros.on An American Carol, a feature film with Kelsey Grammer. In May, he will be the MC for the OMNI Awards and is nominated for awards in vocal and acting. Since coming to LA he has filmed over 25 inde and thesis short films, winning awards and screenings @ LA Shorts Fest, The Director’s Guild and LA Intern'l Film Fest, Malibu Film Fest and Ohio Inde Film Fest. He was on the Tyra Banks Show on CBS as a triple threat: singer, dancer and actor. He is currently filming a lead role in an independent Short Film “The Quest” and recently completed a role in the Feature Film: “The Commune.” He has won nat’l awards in Orlando and Las Vegas for acting and singing. His agents are Cindy Osbrink/ Dawn Osbrink and manager is Linda Henrie/ GoTalent Mgmt. resumes.actorsaccess.com/joeywagnerluthman www.lacasting.com/joeyluthman pro.imdb.com/name/nm2545508/
STEPHANIE LESH-FERRELL Stephanie can currently be seen in a continuing series of webisodes for the Playdate Diaries at www.hasbro.com/
playskool/moms. AND she is performing improv comedy live every weekend at Joy Theatre. Go to joytheatre.com for tickets and details. Stephanie also was seen more recently on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. www.lacasting.com www.actorsaccess.com
VICTOR WARREN
Victor is back in his hometown of L.A. after being on the east coast for 15 years, where he honed his craft as a director and actor on the regional theatre circuit. A list of commercial credits, voice over and indi-films has made his life very busy, not to mention his several first prize screen-writing awards. Now back in L.A to apply the craft of acting which he is the most passionate about to bigger more challenging roles. “Life like art is what you make out of it. You’ve got to take a big creative bite out of both because time is just too short.” www.victorwarren.com www.imdb.com/name/nm1197546/ resumes.actorsaccess.com/248871-551837
VICTOR FISCHBARG
Victor Fischbarg was first seen on the big screen as Doris' young brother in Fame, having grown up near the School of Performing Arts in New York. But after a string of indie feature film roles on the festival circuit, his career descent in New York reached a lowpoint with an all-male naked production of "Macbeth." This prompted a swift relocation to Los Angeles. A winning move so far: performances in his first short here won Best Spoof on the last MTV Movie Awards, and his recent pilot, "Growing Up X," a behind-the-scenes sitcom about the porn industry, won top Finalist among Fox executives on MySpace. resumes.actorsaccess.com/victorfischbarg
KEVIN GOULD
Coming onto the acting scene over a year and a half ago, Kevin Gould has enjoyed a quick rise in the business. Hailing from Wilmington, N.C., Kevin has been featured on the TV show One Tree Hill, as well as the 2008 horror movie "Prom Night." He is currently enrolled at Ivana Chubbuck Studios for scene study and script analysis. Be sure to check Kevin's imdb page for project he currently
has in the works. www.imdb.com/name/nm2821424/
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MADISEN BEATY
Madisen will be seen opposite Brad Pitt as (young) Daisy in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in December '08. This past summer, Madisen completed filming as the lead in the independent feature The Five. She is also the CyberBully in the Ad Council's cyber bully "Talent Show" prevention commercial. Most recently, Madisen completed filming for the TNT pilot Family Man with William H. Macy and Annie Potts, as their daughter Julie. She is represented by Coast to Coast. www.madisenbeaty.com www.imdb.com/name/nm2295293/ resumes.actorsaccess.com/madisenbeaty
ADRIAN DAVEY
Adrian spent thirteen years training and working in theatre, television and film in New York City. Classical Theatre credits include lead roles in "Pericles," "Much Ado About Nothing," and "Henry V." In television Adrian enjoyed a recurring role on "All My Children," and Guest Star roles on "As the World Turns" and "Guiding Light." Film Credits include "Conspiracy Theory," directed by Richard Donner, "Ransom," directed by Ron Howard, and "The Devil's Advocate," directed by Taylor Hackford. Currently, Adrian is continuing to hone his craft with The Imagined Life mentored by Diana Castle. Talent.LACasting.com/AdrianDavey
DEBORAH OULLETTE
Deborah holds many Beauty Pageant titles which provided her scholarships for college. After moving to Los Angeles in 2001 she performed in two stage productions with the Newport Beach Repertory Theater before acting for three seasons in the lead role (Hanna Peach) for the cable TV show Heartbreak Café. Deborah trained with the Improv Olympic West and at Second Stage, where she wrote and performed sketch and improv comedy for two years. She has appeared in many feature and independent films, television shows and commercial spots, and continues to pursue and hone her career and skills as an actress. She is currently a member of the Gospel Performance Comedy Troupe, which performs throughout Southern California, and does improv and standup comedy with The OC Crazies. Deborah also enjoys acting with her husband, Michael. Both are actors and comedians who have appeared together in commercials, movies, TV shows and live theater. www.imdb.com/name/nm2513086/ models.direct2pro.com/~model_2402
JUDY KAIN
Judy has been a television series regular on The Jackie Thomas Show and recurred on several sitcoms such as "Married with Children," "For Your Love," "Manhattan, AZ" and "Grosse Pointe." Her impressive list of guest star credits include "E/R," "BIG LOVE," "The West Wing," "Seinfeld," "Friends," " Drew Carey," "NYPD Blue." She has also appeared in over 200 commercials and currently teaches with Francene Selkirk. Talent To Go www.imdb.com/name/nm0435071/
MICHAEL OULLETTE Michael enjoyed performing in two stage productions with the Newport Beach Repertory Theater before working three seasons as writer and co-producer for the cable TV show Heartbreak Café. He has furthered his ambition for writing with the Improv Olympic writing program and at Second Stage, where he wrote and performed sketch and improv comedy for two years. Michael has appeared in many feature and independent films, television shows and commercials spots and continues to pursue and hone his career and skills as an actor/writer. He is currently a member of the Gospel Performance Comedy Troupe which performs throughout Southern California, and does improv and standup comedy with The OC Crazies. Michael also enjoys acting with his wife Deborah. Both are actors and comedians who have appeared together in commercials, movies, TV shows and live theater. www.imdb.com/name/nm1325050/ models.direct2pro.com/~model_2462
HALSTON MCMURRAY
Halston
is 10 years old and has a twin brother who is also an actor. She can currently be seen in Fun with War Crimes as Little America and this fall can be heard as the voice of Brianna in the new animated series Global Wonders created by the same award winning team that produced Baby Einstein. Halston just finished filming Alice Ascends. She loves all styles of dance and has been taking classes since age 2. She loves playing the guitar and performing with her twin brother, Paxton.
PAXTON MCMURRAY
Paxton
is 10 years old and has a twin sister that is also an actor. He has been playing piano since age 4. At age 6 Pax began attending NOCCA Performing Arts High School, where many well known New Orleans musicians got their start. He now attends the Colburn University Music Program. He also plays guitar and loves performing for live audiences. He recently appeared in his first music video and loved shooting a sketch comedy web show. He lives is Los Angeles with his family and loves performing with his twin sister, Halston.
TARRI MARKELL
An L.A. native born and raised, Tarri has worked with some incredible actors and directors since she began her acting career in 1999 including: Danny Huston in Ivan’s XTC. Sean Cullen in Killer Rat’s, Brett Ratner in Family Man, Lance Henricksen in Necessary Evil, Antonio Banderas & George Gallo in My Mom’s New Boyfriend. 2008 has been a very busy year. Recent projects/bookings include a bit on The Jimmy Kimmel! Live show, spoofing Lynne Spears on The Today Show, a scene opposite Lindsay Lohan in Labor Pains, a strong supporting role opposite Claire Carey in the Sci-Fi original (horror) film Flu Birds. This summer, she was one of the leads in the ensemble cast of the dark (& somewhat perverse) comedy, 3 Days Blind, with Regan Burns and Steven C. Parker, currently in post production. Her production company, Irreverent Entertainment, has a short film in the works. Look for The Big Break on Funny or Die in December. www.tarrimarkell.com
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