| Lana Z. Porter (Mary) - Lana Z Porter is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania where she is a double major in Theater Arts and Anthropology. At Penn, she is on the board of Penn Players, Penn's oldest, professionally-directed theater company, and has been involved in Penn student theater as an actor, set designer, producer, stage manager, pit drummer and graphic designer. |
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Last summer, she was a production assistant and assistant stage manager for two shows with the NYC Summer Player Festival at Theatre Row. She hopes to move to New York City after college to pursue acting and other theater/film endeavors, hang out in the Village, and perhaps attend graduate school. Or maybe she'll abandon the arts altogether to do ethnographic research or dig up stone tools in some remote corner of the world. In her spare time, Lana enjoys playing the drums, playing overly competitive games of Scrabble, and playing ice hockey (she's from Massachusetts, after all). She would like to thank everyone from "Overnight Book" for this opportunity.
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Cameron J. Oro (Bobby) Cameron graduated with a BFA in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he trained with The Atlantic Theater Company and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He is currently a proud member of The Stolen Chair Theatre Company. NY theatre credits include: 365 Days/365 Plays at the Public Theater, the 2006 NY Fringe Festival production of Fay Lindsay-Jones Story, and five shows with Stolen Chair: Stage Kiss (NYIT Award nomination for Best Actor), The Man Who Laughs, Kill Me Like You Mean It, Commedia dell'Artemisia, and Kinderspiel. NYU: The Merchant of Venice (RADA), a student-directed production of The Country Club , and the mainstage The Three Sisters.
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Working on scenes from "Overnight Book"
| Carolyn Purcell (Rachel) Carolyn Purcell has been in the theater industry for five years, participating in such plays as Everyman, The Man Who Couldn’t Dance, and Duck Pond at the University of Kentucky. She has also been a part of several musicals, including Cinderella, Lady Anderly’s Rose, and was lucky to be a part of Peter Pan at Music Theatre Louisville. Her pairing with Smithy Productions will be her first role in front of the camera. |
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Lara Shugoll (Stacy) Lara is currently a junior at Kentucky Country Day School in Louisville.There, she serves as vice president of the Actors' Guild and is the first student to take on the fine arts track of the school's honors program. She hopes to continue these studies after high school, (hopefully at DePaul, NYU, or Carnegie Mellon). Lara has been a part of many theatrical productions within her community and loves participating in musical theatre. Next, she will be taking on the role of Aunt Eller in Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma". This is Lara's first film project; She is incredibly excited and grateful for the opportunity. She would like to thank her family, friends, and teachers for their unconditional support. |
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| Cynthia L. Allen (Sue) - Cyndy is a veteran character actress that has appeared in numerous TV commercials and film roles. She's had major roles in several independent film productions including; Between Sleep & Waking, Faded, and Living in Technicolor ( winner The Caucus Foundation's Outstanding Film Award ). Additional film credits include lead roles in the soon to be released, Shadows Light, BulletSong, and Nature of the Beast. Cyndy has studied with noted actor and coach Kirk Baltz ( Reservoir Dogs, Dances With Wolves ) and is a founding member of the Cincinnati Actors Studio. She resides in Cincinnati with her husband Michael and their children. |
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Jimmy Betts - Jimmy is a theater Major at the School for Creative and Performing Arts. Additional training includes the Kentucky Classical Theater Conservatory, Buckhannon and Amerisport. Theater experience includes "Romeo and Juliet" , "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and "You Can't Take It With You". Special skills include but are not limited to: Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, Armed/Unarmed Stage Combat, Singing, Dancing
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| Tyler Stahl -Tyler is a Drama Major at the School for Creative and Performing Arts. Tyler has appeared in "A Midsummer Nights Dream" "Animal Farm" "Little Women" "The Wizard of Oz" and "Cats" as well as numerous other productions. Special talents include Men's Choir, All-State Chorus and Guitar. |
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Blake Sugarman - Blake is a Drama Major at the School for Creative and Performing Arts. He has also trained at the Kentucky Classical Theatre Conservatory and the Lexington Shakespeare Institute. Blake's theatre experience includes "Romeo and Juliet", "Guys and Dolls", "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Les Miserables". Film experience includes "Fox Paw" and "Thanks Goodness for Gravity". Among numerous awards, Blake is a recent recipient of the SCAPA Bluegrass Renaissance Award (Highest Artistic Award.)
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