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Marian Westholzer

Verity Branco

Verity was born in the small New England town of Westport, Massachusetts and is of Portuguese and Italian decent. She received her Master's in Fine Arts Degree in Acting from The University of Texas at Austin. She is the two time recipient of The Austin Critic's Table Award for her stage work. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress by the North Eastern Film Festival for her portrayal of "Maysie," in the indie darling, "Sunny in the Dark." After launching her unapologetic YouTube Channel "The Foodie Girls," Verity was picked up by the Food Channel and listed in Glamour Magazine as one of the "Top 10 Funniest Ladies to Follow." Most recently Verity was nominated for a Beyond Bechtel Playwright Award for the world premiere of her play, SpiritWheel: a peek inside the cult of spin, a parody on the trendy indoor cycling studio, SoulCycle.

Rumi Sutton

Cast · Known for Mutiny

Rumi Sutton (born 28 November 1999) is a Northern English actress. She was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire and grew up in Colne, Lancashire. She attended Westholme School and graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Cynthia Gibb

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cynthia Gibb (born December 14, 1963 in Bennington, Vermont, U.S.) is an American actress and former model who has starred in film and on television. Gibb grew up in Westport, Connecticut and got her big break at the age of 14 when she was discovered by the Eileen Ford Agency in New York City. She was on the cover of Vogue and Young Miss. Fate then intervened, as director Woody Allen saw her in one of those magazines and gave her her first film role in his 1980 movie Stardust Memories. In the 1986 war film, Salvador, directed by Oliver Stone and starring James Woods, she portrayed an American nun in El Salvador who was raped and murdered. Gibb's best known TV role was on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow as Susan "Suzi" Martin Wyatt Carter from 1981-1983. She was also a regular for three seasons on the original Fame TV show and appeared in the first three Diagnosis: Murder movies in 1992 as Dr. Amanda Bentley. In the TV adaptation of Gypsy she starred as the adult Rose Louise/Gypsy Rose Lee, opposite Bette Midler as Mama Rose. She later starred in the 1995 short lived TV series Deadly Games. She has also played in many TV movies, including the role of Karen Carpenter in The Karen Carpenter Story (1989). She has three children Description above from the Wikipedia article Cynthia Gibb, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Steve Miner

Director · Known for Friday the 13th Part 2, Switched at Birth

Stephen C. "Steve" Miner is an American film and television director. Miner was born in Westport, Connecticut. Television programs Miner have directed include The Wonder Years, Jake 2.0, Felicity, Dawson's Creek (including the pilot and four of the other episodes of the first season), and Diagnosis: Murder. However, Miner first made his big splash as an associate-producer on the 1980 hit, Friday the 13th. He would go on to successfully direct the following sequels, Friday the 13th Part 2 and its 3D sequel Friday the 13th Part III. To this day, Steve Miner is the only director to direct more than one film in the Friday the 13th series. In 1986, he directed the horror comedy House which featured his real life son playing a kid who the main character (played by William Katt) must protect from monsters. In later years, Miner would direct Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, and Lake Placid. Miner directed the 2008 film Day of the Dead, a remake of the George A. Romero film of the same name. The remake stars Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon and 2001 Maniacs' Christa Campbell, and was penned by Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination).

Luke Greenfield

Director · Known for The Girl Next Door

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Luke Greenfield (born February 5, 1972) is an American film director. Greenfield was born in Manhasset, New York and was raised in Westport, Connecticut. He is best known for directing The Animal and The Girl Next Door. In July 2007, he appeared as a guest judge on the filmmaking reality show On the Lot. Greenfield directed the critically acclaimed television pilot, Aliens in America, and produced the film, Role Models. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luke Greenfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Peter Gray Lewis

Peter Gray Lewis is an American actor whose exact birthday and birthplace are not publicly available in major sources. He lived his first four years in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky, where his father was the minister of a small-town Baptist church, before spending his formative years in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of Westport High School, he was a member of the original Hubbard Street Dance Company before leaving dance at 24 to hitchhike and hop freight trains across the country for over a decade. He graduated from the University of Illinois and the Yale School of Drama, then spent 20 years in the off- and off-off-Broadway New York theatre scene, performing in over 75 plays, including touring nationally with The Acting Company as Joe in Tennessee Williams' The Long Goodbye. He received a Best Actor nomination from the 29th Annual L.A. Weekly Theatre Awards for his portrayal of Andrew in Chuck Mee's Lemonade Tous Les Jour, which won Best Ensemble Cast. His most notable film credits include the Mayor in Motherless Brooklyn (2019, with Edward Norton and Willem Dafoe), Warden in Stone (2010, with Robert De Niro and Edward Norton), Richard Brooks in Untraceable (2008, with Diane Lane), Blue Lab Doctor in The Bourne Legacy (2012), Coach Tice in Greater (2016), a role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008, directed by Judd Apatow), Pineapple Express (2008, with Seth Rogen and James Franco), Down in the Valley (2005), Frank (Lawyer) in A Complete Unknown (2024), and Professor Keller in Terrifier 3 (2024). On television he is best known as Judge Howard Marsh in Dirty John (2020, with Christian Slater and Amanda Peet), Judge Edward Walsh in Interrogation (2020), Ralph Stuben in Mad Men (2007), JD Carrick in Person of Interest (2016), Mike Shaeffer in The Blacklist (2023), with additional credits in 30 Rock (2006), Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Boston Legal (2004), Dark Blue (2009), 666 Park Avenue (2012), and Unforgettable (2011).

Stephen Rowe

Cast · Known for Basic Instinct

Stephen Rowe is an American actor and playwright. Stephen trained Emerson College (BA), Cornell University (MA) and the Yale School of Drama (MFA). He also studied acting with Jerzy Grotowsky’s Polish Lab Theater in Wroclaw, Poland. Stephen’s film work includes Basic Instinct (1992) , The Pink Panther (2006) and Steven Spielberg’s The Post (2017). He had recurring roles on Beverly Hills 90210 and Marvel’s Daredevil. He also appeared on television in multiple episodes of Law and Order, The Black List, Elementary, The Sinner, American Odyssey, Cheers, and Blue Bloods. Stephen has performed in 11 Broadway shows, including the Tony Award winning The Goat (2002), Frost/Nixon (2007) and Red (2010). He completed 3 seasons at Yale Rep, and 6 seasons at the American Repertory Theater, where he was a Founding Company Member. Stephen was honored with the Bay Area Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in Sight Unseen (1991) at Berkeley Rep; and he was nominated by the Connecticut Critics Circle for Best Actor for his performance as Mark Rothko in Red (2017) at Westport Playhouse. He has also authored, arranged and performed 3 one-person shows, including Albee’s Men that premiered at Provincetown Rep and ART, and had a run at The Old Globe; and he has written 2 original plays.