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Peninsula

2020

A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

Irina Potapenko

Irina Potapenko (*1986 in Crimea) is a German-Ukrainian actress. Potapenko was born on the Crimean peninsula in the then Soviet Union. In 1994 she came to Berlin with her mother. Since she was twelve years old, she has played theater, first in a Russian chamber theater, later at the Volksbühne Berlin, among other things, in productions by Frank Castorf. The FilmRevenge was nominated for the Oscar as the best non-English-language film. In addition, she also participated in radio plays. In 2009, she was awarded the Actor Award at the Max Ophüls Prize film festival and nominated for Best German Actress in 2012 for the Jupiter Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irina Potapenko, licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ian Alda

Grew up in Los Angeles. Began performing at age 15 when we was attending Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. Attended the Acting Conservatory at SUNY Purchase. Son of Antony Alda, brother of Zan Alda, grandson of Robert Alda and Flora Marino, nephew of Alan Alda and Arlene Alda.

Koo Kyo-hwan

Cast · Known for Colony, Peninsula

Koo Kyo-hwan (born December 14, 1982) is a South Korean actor, film director and screenwriter. He is known for his role in the films Jane (2016), Peninsula (2020), and Escape from Mogadishu (2021). He also attracted recognition for his performance in Netflix original D.P. (2021–2023).

Peggy Roeder

Peggy Roeder is a actress, best known for The Lake House, Stranger Than Fiction, Road to Perdition, and Groundhog Day. Other film credits include One Small Hitch, Ca$h, Formosa Betrayed, Eagle Eye, Were the World Mine, Family Practice, Stolen Summer, My Life, Dillinger, First Steps, and Chicago Story. Theatre credits include Aoife Muldoon in Outside Mullingar, Julia in Lend Me a Tenor, Clara Nowak in Miracle on South Division Street, Martha Gillet in The Game’s Afoot (or Holmes for the Holidays), Old Lady/Blair Daniels in Sunday in the Park with George, and Miss Laetitia Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest (Peninsula Players Theatre); Dottie in Good People, Dolly Levi in The Matchmaker, Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, Sonia in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, and Madge in Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Asolo Repertory); Ruthie in Making God Laugh (First Folio Theatre); and Berthe in Pippin (Music Theatre).

Sean Grennan

Cast · Known for The Untouchables

An actor for many years, Sean began writing for the theatre as co-librettist for the musical Phantom of the Country Opera, which had its world premiere at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Illinois. He went on to debut five shows at the American Heartland Theatre in Kansas City –his comedies Beer for Breakfast and As Long As We Both Shall Live and his musicals (librettist/lyricist) Married Alive!, A Dog’s Life, and Another Night Before Christmas. In addition, Sean has had four world premieres at Peninsula Players Theatre in Wisconsin — Making God Laugh, The Tin Woman, Now and Then and A Rock Sails By. The last of which was part of the statewide festival, “World Premiere Wisconsin”. His play LUCK! won an honorable mention from the National Writers Association’s Playwrighting Festival and was produced by the Epic Theatre Company. His plays and musicals have gone on to hundreds of productions around the world, including China, England, Australia, Germany, Serbia, Russia, Ireland, Italy, and others. Sean has been the Playwright in Residence at Centre Stage’s New Play Festival in South Carolina, the Playwright in Residence at Lamb Arts Regional Theatre in Iowa and twice served as an adjudicator for the Midwest Dramatists Conference. Longtime Chicago and New York City residents, Sean and his wife Kathy moved full time to Pennsylvania in ’22 when Kathy completed a 13-year run in Broadway’s “Wicked.” In PA, they share a lovely home, canoe, and golf cart, as well as sweet memories of Sean’s recently passed on writing partner, excellent dog Hank. His musical “Phantom of the Country Opera” has been published by MTI, and his other plays/musicals have been published by Playscripts, Inc. and Broadway Licensing. Sean is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, SAG/AFTRA and The Dramatists Guild.

Allison Scagliotti

Cast · Known for Warehouse 13

Allison Scagliotti is an American actress, musician, and director. She is known for her roles as Mindy Crenshaw on the Nickelodeon series Drake & Josh, Claudia Donovan on the Syfy series Warehouse 13, and Camille Engelson on the ABC Family series Stitchers. Scagliotti was born in Monterey, California, in 1990. She began her acting career in theater, appearing in several productions with the Monterey Peninsula Players. She made her television debut in 2002, with a guest appearance on the series One Tree Hill. In 2004, Scagliotti was cast as Mindy Crenshaw on the Nickelodeon series Drake & Josh. She appeared in 13 episodes of the series, from 2004 to 2007. She reprised her role in the spin-off movie, Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh. In 2009, Scagliotti was cast as Claudia Donovan on the Syfy series Warehouse 13. She appeared in all five seasons of the series, from 2009 to 2014. Her performance was praised by critics, and she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2011. In 2015, Scagliotti was cast as Camille Engelson on the ABC Family series Stitchers. She appeared in all three seasons of the series, from 2015 to 2017. In addition to her work on television, Scagliotti has also appeared in several films. Her film credits include Redemption Maddie (2005), Read It and Weep (2006), and Rise of the Zombies (2012). Scagliotti is also a musician. She performs as a singer and songwriter under the name La Femme Pendu. She has released two albums, La Femme Pendu (2009) and The Girl with the Golden Gun (2013).

Frank Scozzari

Frank Scozzari was born in Bay Shore, New York. He moved to California as a child, where he attended and graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He now resides on the California Central Coast. An avid adventurer, he hobo’ed his way across America at age eighteen, twice trekked the John Muir Trail, backpacked through Europe, camel-backed the ruins of Giza, jeep-trailed the length of the Baja peninsula three times, globe-trotted from China to the Pyrenees to the White Nights of northern Russia, and once climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro – the highest point in Africa. A four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, his award-winning short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines including The Emerson Review, Berkeley Fiction Review, Tampa Review, War Literature & the Arts (U.S. Air Force Academy), Pacific Review, Eleven Eleven, The Bitter Oleander, South Dakota Review, Minetta Review (NYU), Hawaii Pacific Review, Ellipsis Magazine, The Nassau Review, The MacGuffin, Reed Magazine, The Broken Plate, Roanoke Review, and Short Story America, and have been featured in literary theater. He also sidelined as an actor and is known for The Artist (2011), The Greatest Showman (2017) and Babylon (2022) among others.

Stephen Chow

Cast · Director · Known for Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Soccer

Stephen Chow Sing-Chi (Chinese: 周星馳) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, actor, and producer. Stephen Chow was born in Hong Kong on 22 June 1962 to Ling Po Yee, an alumna of Guangzhou Normal University, and Chow Yik Sheung, an immigrant from Ningbo, Zhejiang. Chow has an elder sister named Chow Man Kei and a younger sister named Chow Sing Ha. Chow's given name "Sing-chi" derives from Tang dynasty Chinese poet Wang Bo's essay Preface to the Prince of Teng's Pavilion.After his parents divorced when he was seven, Chow was raised by his mother. Chow attended Heep Woh Primary School, a missionary school attached to the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China in Prince Edward Road, Kowloon Peninsula. When he was nine, he saw Bruce Lee's film The Big Boss, which inspired him to become a martial arts star. Chow entered San Marino Secondary School, where he studied alongside Lee Kin-yan. After graduation, he was accepted to TVB's acting classes. Chow began his career as an extra for Rediffusion Television. He later joined TVB in 1981. He was drawn to attention hosting the TVB Jade children's program 430 Space Shuttle. Chow made his film Final Justice in 1988, which won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Golden Globe Awards. Chow shot to stardom in The Final Combat. The following decade, he appeared in more than 40 films. Fight Back to School became Hong Kong's top-grossing film of all time. In 1994, he began directing films, starting with From Beijing with Love. In the latter half of the 1990s, Chow becomes very famous in China, he became a legend and the Stephen Chow Phenomenon. In 2001, his film Shaolin Soccer grossed over US$50 million worldwide. Chow won Best Director and Best Actor at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards, and the film went on to garner additional awards including a Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Picture and Best Director. It was the highest-grossing Chinese film in Hong Kong at the time, grossing $46 million in the Asia region. In 2004, his film Kung Fu Hustle grossed over US$106 million worldwide. Chow also won Best Director at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and Best Picture of Imagine Film Festival as well as over twenty international awards. Critics as well as film stars such as comedian Bill Murray said that the film was the supreme achievement of modern comedy that had outshone any preexisting form of American comedy, including Murray's directorial work. His film CJ7 began filming in July 2006 in the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo. In August 2007, the film was given the title CJ7, a play on China's successful Shenzhou manned space missions—Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6. CJ7 became the highest-grossing film of all time in Malaysia. For his work in comedy, he has received praise from notable institutions such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, who called him the King of Comedy. Stephen Chow has directed multiple classic films since the 1990s. In 2013, his film Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons became the highest-grossing Chinese film of all time. In 2016, his film The Mermaid broke numerous box office records, and became the highest-grossing film of all time in China.

Assumpta Serna

Assumpta Serna is a Spanish actress. She is known for her roles in I, the Worst of All, portraying famous Mexican religious scholar Sor Juana, Nostradamus, The Craft, and Wild Orchid, although she may be most remembered for her role as Peninsular War guerrilla commander Teresa Moreno in the first four of the ITV Richard Sharpe series. Serna was born as Assumpta Rodés Serna in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). She married her co-star in Sharpe's Company, Scott Cleverdon. She has also appeared in the 2003 ITV television drama on King Henry VIII as Catherine of Aragon, and the Spanish TV series Aquí no hay quien viva. She has written two books on acting technique, Screenacting and Monologues in VO, and currently teaches courses Acting for Camera, Directing Actors and The Script and the Actor at various acting schools and workshops. She has also served as president of AISGE (Actores e Intérpretes - Sociedad de Gestión de España), Spain's principal actors' union. She is fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan and Spanish.