Somewhere in Indiana Actors

Featured Cast


Jason Kistler

Jason Kistler
as Adam

A Middle American Caucasian male, mid Thirties, Lives in Cincinnati, OH worked for eleven years as director of Marketing and Communications for F. Forward Foods, a large food service Company where he lost his job after working there 10 years. His wife Rita teaches Art History at University of Cincinnati. When Adam lost his job Rita tried to be supportive but was concerned about his frame of mind and his general indecisiveness as time passed there marriage was estranged and Rita found her emotional strength in her job. Mae, their young pre-teenage daughter stayed neutral as Adam and Rita drifted apart. Adam started surfing the Internet more as he first searched for employment and later found he could escape his depression and reclaim his youth. He happen on a Eddie Ray Fan site where he started to exchange posting with Jane and he became fascinate with the films that Eddie Ray did during his short professional career.

Adam hopes to find happiness and a direction and personal insight by visiting Fairview. He fantasizes about having an affair with Jane but has deep feeling of guilt about his fantasies.
 

Film

Death of a Barefoot Tourguide
69 The Highway
Trippin' in the Dark
Amnon and Tamar
Eric (Principal)
Spencer (Principal)
Matt (Principal)
Servant/Killer
Bombs O'Nelly Entertainment
Cornfed Prods.
Puch De Fripp Films (L.A.)
L.A. Community College

Video

Descent
Hair Trigger
A Certain Justice
Sex For Your Soul
American Vendetta
Witness Jehovah
Comedy Bunker Sketches
The Hangman's Light
Peter (Lead)
Cyrus (Lead)
John (Lead)
Steve (Principal)
Nolan (Principal)
Phil (Lead)
Various Characters
Gaffer
Bunk Films
Bunk Films
Racso Motion Pictures
Eight-Ball Prods.
Windmill Prods.
Bunk Films
Bunk Films
Milestone Prods.

Theatre

Emotionally Retarded
A Few Good Men
Die Fledermaus Opera
Monte Cristo Mystery Dinner
Matt
Doctor
Ivan
Jeeves
Tamarind Theater (L.A.)
DePauw Little Theater
DePauw Opera Theater
DePauw Union Board

Training

Living the Art Institute, Kimberly Jentzen (L.A.)
The Training Grounds, John Alexander (L.A.)
Advanced Acting & Theater Studies, Steve Timm, DePauw University

Accents/Dialects:

Southern
East coast
Chicago
British
Australian
Scottish
Irish
French
German
Russian

Languages:

French
Polish
German (Limited)
ASL (Limited)

Special Skills:

Cycling   Golf
Swimming   Auto-Racing
Baseball   Photography
Soccer   Piano
Basketball   Trombone
Skiing   Vocal
Football   Conducting
Volleyball   Tennis
Horseback   Sailing
Scuba   Snorkeling
Racquetball   Lasso
Didgeridoo   Firefighting

Janet Vuong

Janet Vuong
as Jane

An Asian-America female who looks mid to late twenties. Jane's mother died when Jane was 5 years old. Her Afro-American father, Ronald, who is gay, raised Jane with his younger Caucasian companion Tim.

Jane adores Eddie Ray and the films he did. She is assertive, but not all that happy with her situation. There is tension between her and her dad. She believes making the pilgrimage to Fairview Indiana will inspire her and rid her of the deep demons that taunt her daily life. Jane recently moved back to her father's house after she broke up with her boy friend of 3 years. She lives and was raised in San Francisco. Jane is a furniture buyer for large West Cost Department Store.
 

Commercials


IndyGo

Extra

Act I Agency
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Asian girl in coffee shop Act I Agency
Ovaltine Extra Michael Phillips Casting - Florida

Print Work


Basic Mission

Finance

Act I Agency
Eli Lilly Website Act I Agency
Roche Interactive CD Act I Agency
Herff Jones   Act I Agency
Marsh Supermarkets 1998 Annual Report Act I Agency

Education


Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis School of Informatics - New Media major with an interest in digital video

Special Skills


Tennis, Piano, Typing, Dancing, Working out, Barking, & Meowing.

Wes Pollock

Wes Pollock
as Dan

An Arab-American male, middle Easterner who looks mid to late twenties. His wife fife was killed during a holdup of a convenience store where she worked. Dan became very depressed because he was the one that insisted that she take the late night job to help ease the financial burden while he worked to establish his architecture business. Dan is a second generation American. His father came to America in the late 60's to attend college and later became a citizen. Dan is torn between the old ways and the modern American ways. He lives in Queens NY and his business and small office is located East of Soho.  

Commercial


"I'm Lovin' It!" commercial

Lead

McDonald's
"Enjoy" commercial Lead Centex

Modeling


Print work for RIVAR'S, Inc. catalog of show and formal wear




Education/Training

Second-year student at Ball State University (Muncie, IN) majoring in Telecommunications with Theater minor.


Special Skills


Versatile and adaptable regarding appearance and roles.

Bill Whetstine

BJ Whetstine
as Sam

A Half Jewish  male, mid twenties, lives in South Florida. Gay but as not told to his friends and family. Raised by a very dominating mother. Father died of cancer when he was a teenager. Sam has a difficult time excepting that he is gay. Sam believes that by acting like a tuff guy around others no one will discover his true desire. He hope his visit to Fairview will resolve all his problems and he looks forward to meeting face to face his new Internet friends.  


Theatre


Scrooge Variations

Scrooge as a boy
Scrooge as a young man
Tiny Tim

Rough Magic Productions, Indianapolis, IN
Deathtrap Clifford Anderson Martinsville Community Theater, Martinsville, IN
Inspecting Carol Wayne Wellacre Martinsville Community Theater, Martinsville, IN
Done to Death Brad Benedict Martinsville Community Theater, Martinsville, IN
Cocktails with Mimi Paul Vernay Martinsville Community Theater, Martinsville, IN
The Christmas Show BJ/Aunt Emma The Nashville Follies, Nashville, IN
Harvest Hoedown Jethro Earl Bob Meyer's Dinner Theater, Hillsboro, IN
Spirit of Summer Tenor/Guy 2 (of 2) Meyer's Dinner Theater, Hillsboro, IN
Parade of Broadway Tenor/Guy 1 Meyer's Dinner Theater, Hillsboro, IN
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Aide Warren Wabash College Theater, Crawfordsville, IN
Id Baron Von Sizzlechest Wabash College Theater, Crawfordsville, IN
The Pirates of Penzance Frederick Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Terre Haute, IN
Christmas at The Woods Horatio Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Terre Haute, IN
The Wizard of Oz Wicked Witch of the West Franklin Community High School, Franklin, IN
Shakespeare on Love Richard III and others Franklin Community High School, Franklin, IN

Reg Land

Reg Land
as Roy

An enigma almost mystical, he has powerful expression on his face. He becomes upset when people talk about what he believes are their own petty problems. Is it possible that Roy is the ghost of Eddie Ray who has come back to earth to help other lost souls and thus save and enlighten himself? What if when people die they continue to age perhaps a little more slowly until they somehow redeem themselves back on earth? Roy appears almost out of thin air and when the van taking Adam, Jane, Dan and Sam to Fairview  hits Roy, just barley and knocks him into a ditch. Roy is not hurt but after he tells the group he is hitching to Fairview the group give him a ride and he joins them.  

Film


Rear View

Supporting

HauntGrooms Productions
Its Over
Starring Bunk Films
Haunt
Voice Over Patterson Productions
Seabiscuit
Featured Background Universal Pictures
Palindrome
Co-Starring Red Paris Arts
The Thicket
Co-Starring Red Paris Arts
American Vendetta
Starring Windmill Productions
Lulu Takes A Lover
Supporting O'Keef Productions
Toss of a Coin Supporting Fat Cat Productions

Training

Private Coaching

Role Preparation Jim Tillett
On Camera Technique Tim Grimm

Indiana Repertory Theatre Conservatory

Voice Over I and II Pricilla Lindsay, Director
Advanced Scene Study Lynn Perkins, Director
Intermediate Acting James Leagre, Director

Film/Television Workshops

Acting in Sitcoms and Dramas Jane Alderman, Independent Casting Director
Auditioning Techniques Doug Wright, Casting Director - Warner Brothers
Auditioning Techniques Joey Paul, Casting Director - Disney/Lionheart
Auditioning Techniques Paul Weber, Casting Director - MGM
The Actor's Workshop Robert Berry, Director

Special Skills

Language Dialects - Standard American, Southern, Midwestern Farm and Ranch
Equestrian - Western Style, Professionally Trained; McClellan saddle proficient
Sailboat Captian - Bareboat Certified, Ocean Sailing Experience
Martial Arts ­ 2nd Degree Black Belt Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido
Musician - Pop, Folk, Blues & Jazz Guitar
Vehicles ­ Trucks, sports cars, stick shift
Firearms ­ Stage weapons; period rifles and pistols.
Golf and various other sports

Supporting Cast

In Alphabetical Order
Colin ALexander

Colin Alexander
as Eddie Ray

Eddie Ray died in 1957 at the age of 24 in a tragic motorcycle accident on his way to a cycle race. In his brief career he stared in three movies: Rebel Without a Reason, The Very Tall Texan, and Southwest of Paradise.  

Film and Television


Losers Lounge

Attorney,Conrnelius(Featured)

DL Sites Production
The Untitled Matt Finelli (Starring) Innerworld Pictures
Fly Trap Sergio, Student Bookie (Featured) UCF Student Film
Station X James, Radio Personality (Co-Starring) UCF Student Film
That Brotha From Shaolin Shaolin Monk Orlando Independent Prod
Sacred Seal Anthony,Bouncer Buena Vida Prod.
Stop and Start Alex, young seminarian UCF Student Film

Theatre


Danny and the Deep Blue Sea

Danny

Indiana Experimental Theatre
West Side Story Chino UCF New Theatre

Training


Greg Nanopolous

Cold Reading/Character
Bob Berry Scene Study
Anthony Major Drama
Phy Ngyuen Stage/Screen Combat
Duane Lee Dance and Movement
Andrea Walker Voice

Special Skills


Martial Arts Blackbelt Tae Kwon Doe, Boxing/Kickboxing, NCAA Div 1 Football, all team sports, Bartending, Latin Dance, Great Professional Attitude

Jeff Angel

Jeff Angel
as Tim

Male - Caucasian early forties Ronald's companion.  

                                                                         

Film


River Rats

Sheriff (Lead)

VMS/Dan Hall Productions, Indianapolis,IN
Death of a Barefoot Tour Guide Robert (Lead) Bombs O'Nally Pictures, Indianapolis, IN.

Television


Dancin' InCahoots

Host

IC Production/Five Alive TV, Oklahoma City, OK

Extra Work


Film

 

Television
American Graffiti   The Streets of San Francisco
Smiles   Ironsides
Heroes   Kolchak: The Night Stalker
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys   Dallas
8 Seconds   Terror in the Heartland (TV Movie)
Pure Country   Walker Texas Ranger
Forgive me Father    

Theatre


The Rocky Horror Show

Dr. Scott

The Artist's Studio, Fishers, IN
42nd Street Abner Dillon The Artist's Studio, Fishers, IN
The Scarlet Pimpernel Prince of Wales Footlite Musicals, Indianapolis, IN
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Jacob/Potiphar. St. Luke's Methodist Church, Indianapolis, IN
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Jacob/Potiphar. Indianapolis Civic Theater, Indianapolis, IN
1776 Samuel Chase Indianapolis Civic Theater, Indianapolis, IN
West Side Story Officer Krupke Footlite Musicals, Indianapolis, IN
Lifeboat Willy (German U-boat Captain) Theatre on the Square, Indianapolis, IN
Mame Ito/Mother Burnside Carmel Community Player, Carmel, IN
Legend of Sleepy Hollow Van Tassel Indianapolis Children's Museum, Indianapolis, IN
The Princess & the Pea The Page Indianapolis Children's Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Lil' Abner Earthquake McGoon Footlite Musicals, Indianapolis, IN
Wizard of Oz Cowardly Lion OKC Civic Theater, Oklahoma City, OK
Inherit the Wind Henry Drummond Carpenter Square Theater, Oklahoma City, OK

Education


Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA. Associate of Arts Degree.

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Major: Theatre Arts.

Special Accomplishments


Interned and Performed with American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA. Under the Direction of Mr. William Ball.

Accepted to Santa Rosa Repertory Theatre's Advanced Children's Theater Program, 2 years Santa Rosa, CA.

Received David T. Morris Award for Acting Excellence from the Universities of California Theater Association.

The State of Oklahoma Citation of Merit for Outstanding Community Service.

The Oklahoma Community Theater Association "Male Performer of the Year Award 1995".

Served two terms as President and ten years as board member of the Executive Board of the Oklahoma Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Appointed by President William J. Clinton to the United States Selective Service System Board, Currently Serving as a Board Member.

David Briggs

David Briggs
as Ronald

Jane's Father - Afro-American male Early fifties - Gay, Self-confident, supportive of Jane. Worried about the lack of direction in her life.  

Film


A Certain Justice

Det. Owen Perry (Principal)

Racso Productions
Alcohol & Automobiles Judge Rutter Communications
The Jersey Extra Walt Disney Productions
Freeze Frame Scotty Walt Disney Productions
Mulatto Ben Silvereel Productions
Cab Women Detective Cab Women Productions
Time Won't Fly Street Cop Guy Camera Productions
Corn Shukker Rev. Lewd Pink Elephant Productions
Only In Indiana Charlie IFN Productions
Nobody Will Ever Know Derrick Mike Jensen Productions
Back Home Again Oscar CornFed Productions
ICVA (Industrial) Principal Richmark Productions
Don Elanco (Industrial) Extra Richmark Productions
Eli Lilly (Industrial) Prozac Patient (Principal) Creative Street Productions
Eli Lilly (Industrial) Schizophrenic Patient (Principal) Creative Street Productions
Allstate Insurance Agent (Principal) Creative Street Productions
Nat'l Steel Corp, (Industrial) Dave Golden Dome Productions

Print Work


The Simon Management Co.
Indianapolis Star and News
ITT Technical Institute
Bank One
H.H. Gregg

Training


James Pentaudi of New York (Drama Coach)
Alan Dysert (Portrayed Sean Cudahy on ABC's All My Children) (Drama Coach)
Eileen Akman (Drama Coach)

Special Skills


Dancing, Singing, Yodeling, Basketball, Baseball, Softball and Firearms
Tiffany Bullock

Tiffany Bullock
as Betty

Female mid twenties. Eddie Ray's female co-star in scene from Rebel Without a Reason  

Film


Fake ID

Lead

Static Films
Hair Trigger Supporting Role Bunk Films
69 The Highway Speaking Role Moo Brothers Production
Nobody Will Ever Know Supporting Role Mike Jansen
The Hangman's Light Supporting Role Milestone Productions
The Third Date Lead Butts-a-move Productions

Theatre


Go Ask Alice

Lead

 
Come Blow Your Horn Supporting Role  
The Girl in the Mirror Lead  
murder mystery shows Supporting Role Casio's Dinner Theatre
improvisational comedy troupe   Indianapolis

TANTRUM Show Band (Gary James Productions)
Singer in a four girl group, along with band. Showcases in Indianapolis and other surrounding areas. www.tantrumonline.com
Working on album to be released at showcases, also just featured in The HYPE Magazine (August 2003)

Modeling Credits:
Joe Lamirand
Aaron Wright
Cindy Avery
Dave Butts
Tom Rockwell
Rich Crain

Bob Charlock

Bob Charlock
as Pops

Male early fifties, Eddie Ray's Cowhand Friend in a scene from Very Tall Texan.  

Film


Losers Lounge

 

D-L Sites Productions
Run Away   Pendragon Productins
Welcome to Kentuckiana   D-L Sites protuction
The Creole Affair McCargo overseer Soniqe productions

Theatre


Of Mice and Men

The Boss

Edyvean Repertory Theater
The Tinker David Centerstage Productions
Carla Becoming a Woman David Young Playwrights
Death of a Salesman Howard Carmel Players

Training


1976 - 1979 Fullerton Community College, Fullerton CA
Photography

1996-1998 Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indpls. IN

1998 Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Acting with Byran Fonseca

1999 Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Acting with Julie Powers

2000 Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Stage Combat with Rob Johansen

2000 Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Stage Movement with David Hockey

2001 Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Acting  with Bryan Fonseca

2002 Comedy Sportz, Indianapolis, IN
Improv with Woody Rau

2002 Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Actors Improv with playwright Jeffrey Sweet

2002 Indianapolis Experimental Theatre Prodject

Katie Dawson

Katie Dawson
as Heather

Female - Preteen. Adam's daughter. Understands the tension that is going on. Doesn't takes sides but if she did would side with her dad.  

Film and Television


A Certain Justice - movie
An interview with author of the book Holes, Louis Sacher, for WISH-TV
Commercials for WISH-TV Channel 8

Jim Dougherty

Jim Dougherty
as Roger

Male, early forties. Owner of old Drive-In movie Theater outside Fairview. He was a child when four teenagers were killed in a car accident after watching 'Teenage Rebel'.  

Film


Stunt driver

Michael

New Line Cinema
Featured Extra Heaven is a Playground Aurora Film Corporation
Stunt Coordinator Faith in a Bullet Anonymous Pictures
Camera Operator Souvenirs Three O'Clock Productions
Producer/Director The Greatest Battle Indiana University
Drunk Guy Maintenance by Any Means Radiant Star Productions

Television


Stuntman

9:30 With Jeff Speakman

Fox Television - Chicago

Theatre


Deathtrap

Sidney Bruhl

 
Greater Tuna Arles Struvie Character set  
Romeo and Juliet Lord Capulet  
Run for Your Wife John Smith  
Assassins John W. Hinckley, Jr.  
Flowers for Algernon Charlie  
True West Lee  
The Woolgatherer Cliff  
The Music Man Harold Hill  
The Mound Builders August Howe  
Brigadoon Tommy Albright  
South Pacific Joe Cable  
On Golden Pond Norman Thayer, Jr.  
3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down Ted  
Dracula Jonathon Harker  
Annie F.D.R.  
Grease Eugene  

Training


Indiana University 1982 - 1988 Theatre and Film, 1989-1996 Trained with John Hicks Pearce and the Chicago Stunt Team, 1988 - 1996 Trained in The Degerberg Blend at the Degerberg Academy of Martial Arts - Chicago

Special Skills


Bladed weapons, firearms, set design, lighting design, photography, public speaking, web development, html, video editing, audio editing, cool edit pro, photoshop, windows and mac platforms

Victoria Floro

Victoria Floro
as Rita

Female - mid twenties to mid thirties . Adam's wife frustrated because of Adam's unemployment. She is concerned because of Adam's early midlife crisis and his aloofness.  

Film


Perfekt Love (Feature)           

Maggie Supporting 

Dir.: Mark Bentcover
The Harvard Prospect (16mm Short) Maria Munoz Dir.: Leigh Ann Bowles - Northwestern University
Through A Fish Eye (Feature) Margaret Supporting  Dir.: Gerald Peterson
The Dork Of The Rings (Feature) Femowen Supporting Dir.: Tim Richardson
Dot Redemption (DV Short) Barmaid Dir.: John Fitzgerald - Indywood Productions
West Town Stoey (DV Short) Mave Dir.: Stephen Combs - Columbia College

Theatre


A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wedding

Pardilisca

Dir.: Tony Noice - Triton College, Cox Auditorium
The Epic of Gilgamesh Ensemble Member Dir.: Caitlin Hammel - Production Biomekanika
2002 Minnesota Fringe Festival, MCTC Whitney Mainstage
Way To The Wedding Pardilisca Supporting Dir.: Tony Noice

Dance Ensemble


Southern Illinois Repertory Dance Theatre '93 - '94

Artistic Dir.: Donna Wilson
"Evolution," Furr Auditorium Ensemble Member
"Sometimes it Snows," Shryock Auditorium Ensemble Member

Miscellaneous


Dream Halloween Chicago 2003
Esmeralda, from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

Foundation Children Affected by AIDS
(C.A.A.F.)

Windy City Field House

Training


The Actor's Gymnasium

SAFD Actor-Combatant

Chuck Coyl
Angela Bonacasa
The Audition Studio (Chicago, IL) Shakespeare Workshop Peter Forster
  Monologue Kurt Naebig
  Scene Study Kurt Naebig
  On Camera II Rachel Patterson
  Adv. Cold Reading Kurt Naebig
  Cold Reading II Lee Roy Rogers
  Cold Reading I Jack Bronis
Second City Training Ctr. (Chicago, IL) Levels A-D Francis Callier
Patricia de Maat
Victory Gardens Training Ctr. (Chicago, IL) Speech & Movement Kathryn Nash
  Acting I Louelle St. Ville

Special Skills


*I have passed a basic proficiency skills test for Unarmed Fight and Knife, March 2003

Other skills include: Canoeing, Typing, Roller Skating, Billiards, Rapier & Dagger, Devil Sticks (Beginner), Horseback Riding, Hoola-hoop.

Jane Ford

Jane Ford
as Irene

Female, early to late sixties. Eddie Ray's cousin. She was four years old when he moved from Fairview in 1953. Feeble minded.  

Graduate of IU
Directed plays in Minnesota
Performed in "Bad Year for Tomatoes"....Epilogue
One of production team on local TV....directed, performed, and wrote Zane Grey.
This play performed in Ogden, Utah
Write and perform in lectures about interesting women
Worked for WTTV on and off the air

John Franz

John Franz
as Himself

Streetsinger John Franz has been a staple of Nashville life for well over a decade. But where does he go after Christmas? Unlike the birds he doesn't migrate south. No, Franz heads west, to Bloomington, where he sets up shop outside the Jackson Creek Plaza-East Kroger.  

The town of Nashville has a lot of history.  But then again, so does John Franz.  And for 12 years of Nashville's history, you'll find John Franz in it.

"I found my place in it all," says John.  The 60-year-old man has been making a living in music since 1972, and has been in Nashville since Memorial Day, 1989.  "Playing in the streets, that's half the enjoyment of it."

John's big white beard and long, wiry, brownish-gray hair make him look old; his hefty brown work boots, faded blue jeans, and old t-shirts and flannels make him look rustic; his warm smile and honest demeanor make him feel friendly.  "I used to be shy," he says, and from the looks of it, maybe he still is.  But it's an inviting shyness.

John sits on a large stone by his corner, beneath the large Artist's Colony Inn sign surrounded by flowers & red sticker-bushes.  He talks with a young couple as he changes a string, waving to occasional passers-by who shout in acknowledgment.  The couple had been captivated by John's songs minutes ago; now they seem content listening to this "ol' folkie" talk a bit about the town that he's made his home for so long, filling its streets with his voice, and his personality.

Since he came to Nashville, John has been a bit of a fixture of the town.  Every year he stands outside playing his guitar, despite harsh weather.  He only stops playing if it gets below 20 degrees or if there's a wind chill of 0 degrees.  "No play, no pay," he says. "But as I get older, it gets harder.  But I've never been on welfare, or food stamps, or unemployment."

But that doesn't mean it's been easy on John.  John was born in Wichita, Kansas, and grew up in Scottsburg, Indiana.  Originally a physics major at Indiana University in neighboring Bloomington, John dropped out of college in 1961.  "I was a southern hillbilly, and was blown away.  It was culture shock," he says.  John then decided to join the USAF.

Up in the mountains of Oregon, John worked as an electronics technician for the USAF at a radar station.  It is there he started singing and playing guitar, with a group modeled after the Kingston Trio, a famous Appalachian group known for their vocal harmonies.  "I think we called ourselves the Westwinds," he says.  "'Greenback Dollar' was the first song I learned to play; it was by the Kingston Trio."

After his tour of duty, John moved back to Indiana and worked at Indiana Bell, playing and singing at parties on the side.  Wanderlust struck John, and 3 years later he set off for the Virgin Islands, swept away in the counter-culture that was spreading across the states like wildfire.

Heather Grose

Heather Grose
as Barbara

Female. Waitress in 'Aunt Polly's'.  

Theatre


Singer at L'Opera Ristorante, church choir

Accomplishments


4-H Honor Group- sewing, 4th place Albuquerque Invitational ice skating competition for short and long program.

Interests


Traveling, reading, attending operas, listening to classical music, designer fashions

Languages


Read- English, German, Czech, Latin, Italian, French Speak and write- English, German

Education


High school diploma, 3 years ice skating coach, 2 years vocal coach, 1-year guitar coach

Abilities


Ice skating, basketball, opera, guitar, chess

Ausby Larkin

Ausby Larkin
as Aaron

Male, mid to late twenties. Dan's best friend. A matter-of-fact type person. Considers himself a realist. He believes Dan is a dreamer.  

                                              

Film & Television


Such is Life

Lead "Nathan Lewis"

Francine Dash
Grandma Bell Lead   "Junior" Sharon La Joyce
Carelly's Way Supporting "Rashad" Harrison Hudson
That's the Way it Is Supporting role "Breemy" Rosterio Mayes

Modeling, Print, Commercials


Murray's Chevrolet
Urban radio station 88.3
Shary's Barbecue sauce
Cato's Fashion

Training


Early stage training - Star City Theater
Beginning Acting I & II - University of Arkansas
Intermediate Acting I - Fayetteville School of Arts
Advanced Acting I - Fayetteville School of Arts
Improvisation - Indiana Theate

Special Skills/Hobbies


Basketball, billiards, tennis, racquetball, football, ATV's, off road and street motorcycles, impressions, speak a variety of dialects, singing, rap (freestyle), dancing, golf, trumpet

Kristine Logan

Kristine Logan
as Kate

Irene's daughter. Mid to late thirties. Irene's guardian.  

Independent Film


Rear View

Starring

Grooms Productions
Happy Co-Starring Grover Cleveland Productions
The Ballad of Castle Rock Featured Grooms Productions
The Map Caper Supporting Windsong Productions
A Universe Emerging* Supporting Liberation! Films
Patrick Supporting Windsong Productions
Reaching Tomorrow's Sunrise Co-Starring McBride Productions
Sleeping Bear Supporting Brauer Productions
American Reel Extra Atlantis Entertainment

*Finalist, 2001 Sundance Screenwriting Competition

Television


Night Shift

(The Program Director) Club Patron

M. Archer/Pig Stye Productions

Industrials


Wheelchair Recline

Featured

Lambert/CVC Communications
Responsible Service Starring B.Graham/Media Magic
National Restaurant Assoc. Featured B.Graham/Media Magic

Theatre


Working: The Musical

Delores Dante

Edwards Productions, Indiana
The Secret Garden Lily Old Town Playhouse, Michigan
Tony & Tina's Wedding The Wedding Singer Edwards Productions, Indiana
Crimes of the Heart Chick Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, Indiana
Romance Romance Josephine & Monica
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Maggie Old Town Playhouse, Michigan
Lend Me a Tenor Maggie, Diana, Maria (u/s) Michigan Ensemble Theatre
Onve Upon a Mattress Princess Winnifred Old Town Playhouse, Michigan
Steel Magnolias Shelby Old Town Playhouse, Michigan
Into the Woods Cinderella's Stepmother Old Town Playhouse, Michigan

Education & Training


Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance, Valparaiso University, Indiana (cum laude)

Associate of Arts - Drama, Cottey College, Missouri

Acting: Workshops with the London Academy of Performing Arts, U.K., Michigan Ensemble Theatre, Old Town Playhouse amp;& Northwestern Michigan College

On Camera: Act One Studios, Chicago - Jane Alderman

Commercial Technique - Marc Powell

Voice: Marilyn Robbins Tilley, Marion Steel (U.K.) & Kathryn Peperkorn

Dance: Ballet, Jazz & Tap

Other

Commercials & Voice Overs: National, Regional and Local - no current conflicts

Special Skills


Commercial Banking Officer, Fluent in Medical Terminology, Hand Modeling, Golf, Piano & Percussion Instruments, works well with children & animals

Dialects: American Southern, Received British, Cockney, Scottish

Equity Membership Candidate

Danny Marks

Danny Marks
as Floyd

Male, mid twenties. Jane's Ex-boyfriend upset with her aloofness at time her mood shifts  


Theatre


Angel Street

police officer

Epilogue Theater
From Dark Pages Prince Edward/Jack the Ripper Morris-Butler House
Meeting of Minds Steve Allen Harrison Center
Harvey Lyman Sanderson, M.D. The Old Centrum

Additional Experience


Annie, Snoopy, and various One Acts in High School.
The Miser and various One Acts in College.
Industrial Films for Eli Lilly, Methodist Hospital, and St. Francis Hospital.
Commercials for HH Gregg and for other small local companies.
Various Independent films.

Training


Stage Acting with Bob Berry
Voice, Camera, and Auditioning with Mike Ferruza
Beginning Acting I and II at the IRT
Vocal Lessons with Megan Conley

Thomas Orr
as Himself

Indiana Poet.  

 

Adrienne Reiswerg

Adrienne Reiswerg
as Mama

Female, late fifties. Sam's Mother, overbearing and overprotecting.  

Film


Going All the Way

Speaking extra

Lakeshore Productions

Industrials


Promotional film

Telematrix

Jay Phillips
Trial Skills Workshop IN Public Defenders' Council Deb Sargent
Legal training video Telematrix Ron Wolff

Televison


Commercial

Winona Hospital

Sunshine Prod.
Commercial Salvatore's Rest. Act I Agency
Commercial Bud Wolf Chevrolet Act I Agency

Theatre


It's Only a Play

Emma Bovary

TOTS
Me and My Girl Mrs.Brown Civic
The Music Man Eulalie Shinn Footlite
Candy Store Window The Torturer Phoenix
Inherit the Wind Mrs. Brady Civic
Twilight of the Golds Phyllis Gold TOTS
Steel Magnolias Golden Door
Medea Nurse Golden Door
Fiddler on the Roof Yenta Civic
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Domina Civic
My Fair Lady Mrs. Pearce ERT
Titanic Ida Strauss Footlite
The Sound of Music Frau Schmidt ERT
The Music Man Eulalie Footlite
Whodunnit Dame Edna St Croix Valley Summer Theatre, River Falls, WI
Moon Over Buffalo Ethel St Croix Valley Summer Theatre, River Falls, WI
Bye, Bye Birdie Mama Peterson St Croix Valley Summer Theatre, River Falls, WI
Harvey Mrs. Chauvenet and Mrs. Chumley Red Barn Playhouse, Saugatuck, MI

Professional Children's Theatre


BONDERMAN IUPUI NATIONAL THEATRE PLAYWRITING SYMPOSIUM Biannual workshop and competition for professional playwrights of children's theatre. Cast from among local professionals, it is held at the Indiana Repertory Theatre and staffed by writers and educators from around the country.

KID CONNECTION Civic Theatre David Ratts
Two seasons in a professional adult troupe which played to elementary school students in a tri-state area. The original musicals, with full costumes and sets, dealt with current issues; the environment, economics, substance abuse, etc.

PICNIC PLAYHOUSE Civic Theatre Rich Simone
Adults performing for children in an original musical suitable as a first introduction to live theatre.

Voice Work


Susan B. Anthony

Educational Audio Biography Aesop Enterprises

 

Dramaturg, Dialog Coach


The Cemetary Club

Phoenix Theatre

 
The Melting Pot Indiana Historical Soc.  
Rags Footlite Musicals  
Falsettos Phoenix  
Conversations w/My Father Phoenix  
Twilight of the Golds TOTS  
Godspell Marian College  
West Side Story Footlite Musicals  

Training


73/76 Butler University, B.S., M.S.,
89 Fairview Studios, voice: Nancy Hornback Edwards
90 Auditions Class, Phoenix Theatre: Gari Williams
93 Monologue Class, Phoenix Theatre: Bryan Fonseca
94 Scene Study, Phoenix Theatre: Bryan Fonseca
98 The Acting Conservatory at IRT, Intermed. I & II- Priscilla Lindsay
99 The Acting Conservatory at IRT Understanding Shakespeare-Janet Allen
00 The Acting Conservatory at IRT Shakespeare: Text & Tempo - Janet Allen
01 Everything...Theatre...Afraid to Ask - Richard Roberts


Luke Renn

Luke Renn
as Marvin

Male, mid to late twenties. Sam's best Friend. Wants Sam to come out, caring person.  

TV / Film


Donnie Brasco (History Ch.)

Tony Conte

Towers Productions
Fake I.D. Congressman Childress Brazen Films
The Wendell Traggressor Story Mr. Benefield Stone Throwers
A Certain Justice FBI Agent Johnson Racso Productions
An Everyday Occurrence Bank Manager CMGI, Inc

Commercials / Voice


NCAA Hall of Champions

Johnson

Pathway Productions
Goodwill Industries Store Employee Road Pictures
Pritchett Orthodontics CD-Rom Voice Over  

Theatre


6 Rms. Riv Vu

Paul Friedman

Main Street Productions
How I Learned to Drive Uncle Peck Buck Creek Playhouse
The Man Who Came to Dinner Bert Jefferson Indianapolis Civic Theatre
The Confessional James Fergusson Wheeler Arts Theatre
Anybody Out There Oliver Pankey Hedback Corner
How Does My Garden Grow? Eron Maxx Jewish Community Center
Mannheim Steamroller X-mas Atmospheric Performer Conseco Feildhouse
Sex Marks the Spot Max Kotch Mud Creek Playhouse
Shadowlands Allan Gregg Center Stage Productions

Awards / Nominations


Encore Award Nominee

Best Actor in a Comedy 2000-2001
 
Encore Award Finalist Best Actor in a Comedy 2001-2002  

Education / Training


Bachelor of Fine Arts

Ball State University
 
Scene Study Phoenix Theatre / Julie Powers  
Advanced Scene Study Indiana Repertory Theatre  
Acting Instruction Bob Berry  
Voice Training Diane Hayes  
Scene Study, Improv, Camera Actors Workshop / Indianapolis Arts Center  
Alexander Technique Jeff Tessler  

Special Skills


Guitar, Photography, Basketball, Racquetball, Motorcycle Riding, Drawing, Standard English Accent, Southeastern Accent, Computers, Good With Kids

Jennifer Reyes

Jennifer Reyes
as Dorothy

Female- mid twenties- Television Host who talks about Eddie Ray's hometown and shows clips of his movies.  


Jennifer Reyes is a graduate of Lawrence Central High School and holds a Bachelors of Arts from Ball State University.  She studied drama under the teachings of Priscilla Lindsay and Eileen Ackman.
Jennifer has worked on numerous independent films including "A Song for Jade" which was produced and directed by Shari Lynn Himes.  She has also done voice-over work for local commercials.  Jennifer's debut in theatre was at the Indianapolis Civic theatre in the play "Voices from the Heart" in which she played young Rachel Carr.

Her bilingual skills in Spanish and English helped her land the role of metro traffic reporter for 107.1 FM Radio Latina. Jennifer also enjoyed doing live remotes for the station.

Currently, Jennifer works for WIIH Univision Indiana, a local affiliate for the nation's largest Hispanic broadcast channel, her duties include local news reporter, weather anchor, and co-anchor of news at 6 and news at 11. Jennifer is also a Community Link reporter for WISH TV channel 8.

Suzanne Sadler

Suzanne Sadler
as Hallie

Female late forties. Edie Ray's prostitute mother in scene from Southwest of Paridise.  

Film


After Adam

Principal, Ruth

N.Y.U. Thesis Film
Not A Stranger Principal, Donna Int'l Film/TV Workshop
The Crusader Principal, Debbie MindCrime Films
Wish Principal, Carol Armstrong Emerson College Thesis
Losing Grace Featured, Marge (Celeste's mother) Green Valley Enter.
At the Edge Principal, Mother Franklin Films

Industrials


Hospital Corporation of America

Principal, Joan Perlman

Little Planet Prods.
Armed Forces Radio & TV Principal, Pediatric Nurse Film House, Inc.
Nat'l State Boards of Nursing Principal, Mother of Teen Envision, Inc.
Goody's Family Clothing Store Principal, Employee Phil Hardison
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Principal, Hostess David Ludwikowski
Wrangler Jeans/Tractor Supply Principal, Shopper Choice Productions

Theatre


Lend Me a Tenor

Maria

Chaffin's Barn D.T.
Jukebox Memories Vocalist Dickens Opera House
Jesus Christ Superstar Mary Magdalene Lakewood Players
Jesus Christ Superstar Chorus Bridgeport Cabaret
Tartuffe Mariane Upstart Crow Theatre
Jog (World Premiere) Beverly The Changing Scene
Šin the Boom Boom Room Cindy Actors Guild Theatre
My Fair Lady 1st Maid/Chorus Hillsboro Players
The Music Man Mrs. Shinn/Chorus Hillsboro Players

Training


Two Year Meisner Program

James Price, Instructor

The Acting Studio NYC
Acting for Film Tina Van Horn Washington D.C
Improvisation Michael Bousin New York, New York
Acting in Commercials Alyssa Allen New York, New York
Voice/Performance Lucia Monahan Fairfield, Connecticut

Special Skills


Earprompter/Teleprompter; Character Voices; Improvisation; Cry on Cue; Accents: Southern, Cockney, British, Irish;
Valid Passport; Piano; Lip Synch; Mezzo-Soprano; Jazz Dance; B. S. Criminal Justice Admin.

Cassandra Schomer

Cassandra Schomer
as Annette

Annette runs the Eddie Ray museum. She has delusions of being a star, she was an extra in a couple of movies that were filmed in Indiana in the early 80's  

                                                      

Network Television/Film


Shall We Dance

Commuter extra on the L train

Miramax/Dansu Productions Ltd.
Norma Norma, eccentric environmental activist Oak Road Mutlimedia
ER Featured commuter extra/extra on the L train Warner Brothers/Sterling TV
Loser's Lounge Martha, attorney's secretary New Indy Films/DL Sites
The West Wing Featured banquet extra Warner Brothers/Sterling TV
Maintenance By Any Means Dana, apartment complex supervisor Radiant Star Films
Coma Care Nurse Barnes, nurse in coma ward Windmill Ent./Magic House
Next Door Mary Alice, blonde preacher's wife Oak Road Multimedia
Love Found Cynthia, an accountant Mel & Von Productions
The Gift Third-grade teacher FleschnerView Productions
Fountain of Youth Cindy, a fashion model UpFront Films Inc.

Commercial Television


Beazer Homes

Principal mother

WLFI-TV
Professional Careers Inst. Principal mother and nurse (2 commercials) Praxis Media Corp.
McMOMS.com (McDonald's) Principal mother WLFI-TV
Infiniti® Cars (national) Passer-by (pedestrian) near Mark Snyder (principal) Avalon
Snickers® (national) Featured extra near Ron Fitzgerald(principal) FORM
The Trails Banquet Hall Big Hungry Men - Wife/Mother (:60 TV) MADWinc.
UVFreeIndy.com Indy Locations - Wife MADWinc.
Adam & Eve Floral Designs Thoughtful Funeral Arrangements - Widow MADWinc.
The Wheel Tough Co. Introducing Wheel Tough - Lead cameo in bar scene Bennett Productions
FHP Medical The Card - Mother of a newborn Collelli Productions
St. Clair Consortium Wake Up Call - Waitress going back to school PON Production Co.

Commercial Voice-Overs


Strictly Stamps & Scrapbooks

New Location (TV)

MADWinc.
Bellinger's Fall Tree Fest (TV) MADWinc.
The Trails Banquet Hall Big Hungry Men/New Brunch/Friday Feast (radio) MADWinc.
Laundry & Tan Connect. New Place Blues/Better Tanning Hours (radio) MADWinc.
Laundry & Tan ­ Indy 10th & Shadeland/24/7 Convenience (radio Anncr.) MADWinc.
The Game Exchange Two Kids/Sell 'Em (radio) MADWinc.
Union Federal Savings Real People (radio) MADWinc.
Premier Promo. Apparel Announcer (radio) MADWinc.
The Apple House Halloween Sale (TV) WTHI-TV Studios

Industrials


SBC

Pregnant wife going into labor (Corporate Video)

NPV Video
Shambaugh & Son Recorded On-Hold Greetings MADWinc.
Dr. Vincent Guido (Dentist) Recorded On-Hold Greetings MADWinc.
UVFreeIndy.com Recorded Voicemail and On-Hold Greetings MADWinc.
Alcoa Safety Training Manual (Industrial V/O) MADWinc.
Surgical Devel. Group Prospective Doctor (Industrial Film) Bowen Productions

Theatre


Lady #3/Ballroom Dancer/Jesterette

Once Upon A Mattress

 
Anita West Side Story  
Ruth Mystery Cafe Dinner Theatre  
Miranda The Tempest  
Madrigal Singer/Party Guest (4 years) Christmas at the Woods Dinner Theatre  
Ching Anything Goes
Shirley Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar and Grill  
Miss Dinsmore Singin' in the Rain  
Sister Lee Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?  
Annie Annie  

Training


- Commercial Actor's Workshop [weekly class at MADWinc. under the direction of Arliss Jeffries]
- The Sanford Meisner Approach [3 session intensive taught by Phil Lineback]
- The Biggs & Carter Experience [Acting/Improv seminar with Richard Biggs (Guiding Light) and Jason Carter (Babylon 5)]
- Commercial Acting Studio [10 week course dedicated to T.V. commercial training]
- Ron Millkie Acting Workshop [Commercials/Soap Operas/T.V. Sitcoms]
- T.V. Commercials/Basic Acting at John Casablanca's
- Voice Lessons (4 years): under Marian Krajewska and Martha Steidl S.P.
- Drama I & II at South Newton under Morris Cornell
- Ballroom Dancing and Modern Dance classes at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Specialties


Singing (Alto/Soprano II), sewing, sketching/painting, photography, drive stick shift, Pilates exercises, golf, badminton.
Versatile features and voices - from motherly type, to business executive type, to blonde stereotype.
I do southern accents, New York accents, dog impersonations (the small furry variety), windows...

Tara Smith

Tara Smith
as Girl 1

   

  High School:

Acting 1
Acting 2
Advanced Acting
3PT

Plays:
One Day at a Time
Shirley Holmes and the FBI
*assistant director for The Good Times are Killing Me.
Something Like This
The Last Night of Ballyhoo.


Commercial:
In a Ball State Commercial

Vickie Smith

Vickie Smith
as The Inn Keeper

 

                                                                                                                                                                

Film


Losers Lounge (indie feature)

principal

D-L Sites/Don Boner
Fear (ind/short) principal Jodie/New York Film Academy
Wendell Tragressor Story Linda Stonethrower Productions/Brian Craft
Karmen (ind/short) principal New York Film Academy

Commercials


HH Gregg

Regional
Clean Cut Lawn Care Local
Daou Systems, Inc. Voice Over Voice Response Unit
Indiana Heart Hospital Voice Over Voice Response Unit

Theatre - Performance


Goldilocks & the Three Bears

Mama Bear

Children's Theatre Institute
Core Member Improvisation Troupe Act Out Ensemble
Romeo and Juliet Lady Capulet Rough Magic Productions
Caught in a Villain's Web Felicity Fair Belfry ­ HCTG
Talking With Marks Belfry ­ HCTG
6 Rms Riv Vu Janet Main Street Productions
Steel Magnolias M'Lynn Sweet Charity Productions
Christmas Cabaret Pricipal Grand Effects Productions
Holiday Special Scene Actor Mannheim Steamroller
Mock Trials Witness Midwest Trial Competition

Theatre - Directorial


Of Mice and Men

ASM

Edyvean Rep Theatre
The Riches Director Indiana University - Indianapoilis

Education &Training


B.A. Communication/ Professional Writing, Purdue University

- New York Film Academy, 2003

 

Shakespeare

David Vando
Gratowski Method Paul Warner
The System Kathy Biesinger
Acting for Film/TV Robert Goodman
Adv. Scene Study Harlan deBell
Improvisation Kurt Braunohler
Viewpoints Ellen Beckerman
Voice/Vocal Performance Kristen Stuart
Monologues/Auditioning Tech. Julia Martin
Film craft Paul Warner, Brian Norton

- Meisner Technique, Improvisation (Act One Studios, Chicago)
- Advanced Scene Study, Audition Techniques (Indiana Repertory Theatre)
- Acting, Directing, Theatre History, Vocal Performance, Voice/Diction (Indiana University)
- Acting Coaches: James Leagre & Brian Talbot
- Voice / Diction, Vocal Performance (Indiana University)

Special Skills


yoga, spinning, swimming, aerobics, jogging, New York and Southern dialects, burping, crossing eyes, splits

Tim Tyler

Tim Tyler
as Young Ronald

Jane's young Father in 1983 Flashback scene.  

Film & TV


Zeitgeist

Bounty Hunter

Feature directed by Don Kidwell
Losers Lounge Business Man Feature directed by Don Boner
Welcome to Kentuckiana News Director Feature directed by Don Boner
Someone for Everyone Adviser Feature directed by Jeff Cook
Neighbor Center for Educational Research Series
Translation Please Worker Center for Educational Research Series

Industrials


Training, Data-Processing, Customer Service, Water Treatment, Etc; Memorization, Promotion;

Theatre


Why Do Good Girls Like Bad Boys

Bad Boy

produced by AAC
The Hidden Sin Chorus/Extra produced by AAC

Training


Judy and Skip Welker, (Advanced Acting & Auditioning Techniques Workshop), Artistic Enterprises; Steve Mero, (Act One Studios), Chicago; Bob Berry, Film Acting; Drama, Arlington High; Runway Modeling, The Palm Group

Special Skills


Group Singing, Bass Guitar, Kayaking, Sports, Dancing

Janet Vuong

Janet Vuong
as Miki

Ronald's young wife and Jane's mother in Flashback scene.  

Commercials


IndyGo

Extra

Act I Agency
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Asian girl in coffee shop Act I Agency
Ovaltine Extra Michael Phillips Casting - Florida

Print Work


Basic Mission

Finance

Act I Agency
Eli Lilly Website Act I Agency
Roche Interactive CD Act I Agency
Herff Jones   Act I Agency
Marsh Supermarkets 1998 Annual Report Act I Agency

Education


Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis School of Informatics - New Media major with an interest in digital video

Special Skills


Tennis, Piano, Typing, Dancing, Working out, Barking, & Meowing.

            

  Thomas Alan Orr  (Poet/Himself)

Tom is a native New Englander who came to Indiana to serve as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.  He has worked in human services for over 30 years and has drawn from these experiences in his poetry.  He has lived on a small farm in Shelby County since 1986, where he raises rabbits and writes extensively about people who live close to the land.   His first book of poems, Hammers in the Fog, was published in 1995 by Restoration Press.  His poetry has been featured on the syndicated radio program, The Writer’s Almanac, hosted by Garrison Keillor. Tom’s poetry has also been included in two recent anthologies, Good Poems, edited by Garrison Keillor, and In Praise of Fertile Land, from the PCC Farmland Trust.   Tom’s poetry appeared recently in cyberspace on RootsWeb

 

 

Featured Extras

 

Karen Ballard
Karen Ballard  

Member of High School Drama Club
Secretary of High School Drama Club
Wrote 2 plays in High School
Interest in Directing
Minor acting that occurs in everyday life

 

Hannah Kenned              Dennis Chave

Thomas Harrison          Steve “PaPaw”ä Pyatte

Emily Bal                       Gary  Ball

Erin Van Meter             Jennifer Wilkens  

Kelsee Hankins            Mark Merrit    

Seth Musselman          Debbie Manning   

 

 

 


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