Luca Ellis (official website) as The Crooner
Luca built his foundation as a crooner in the lounges of Las Vegas and the mansions of Hollywood’s elite. Mr. Ellis has worked with master pianist Llew Matthews (Nancy Wilson), monster pianist Michael Thompson (The Eagles), and guitarist Jim Fox (Frank Sinatra Jr.). Luca was the featured vocalist in Las Vegas with the Gene White Orchestra as well as the Geo Valle Swing City Big Band in Los Angeles. He later played Frank Sinatra in Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show at the Sahara under the Musical Direction of Joey Singer (Debbie Reynolds). His recording credits include “You Can’t Help Who You Love” for songwriter Diane Warren. Luca also performed the role of Frank Sinatra in the hit musical Louis & Keely, Live at the Sahara: A Vegas Holiday! Steven Stanley of Stage Scene LA hails “heartthrob-handsome Luca Ellis a vocal dead-ringer for Frank Sinatra.”

Al Bernstein as Dwight
Al received his Masters from the Actors Studio MFA program in New York where he studied intensively with theatre’s top coaches such as Arthur Penn, Ellen Burstyn, Susan Batson (Black Nexus), and many more. Al hails from Toronto, but lived in NYC most of his life where his training began at Circle in the Square with Jacqueline Brooks, Terry Hayden and Alan Langdon and moved to Uta Hagen’s HB Studio with the gifted Carol Rosenfeld. Film/TV credits include: Nip/Tuck, Everybody Hates Chris, How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days, Godsend, Cursing Hanley, John Boxing John, The Briefcase, The Happy Couple, Showtime’s Street Time, Sue Thomas FBEye, Doc, The Series. Off Broadway: The Interrogation, The Dance of Chance, Have You Heard Uncle Dan Sing? (Circle in the Square). Off-Off Broadway: Will (written by Al Bernstein), Machine Head (Theatre Studio), Port St. Joe (The Actors Institute) Los Angeles: Acts on the Edge (ETG), The Sunshine Boys (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble with Hal Linden and Allan Miller). Toronto: Abu Ghraib Triptych (World Premiere), Red Light Winter (Alley Theatre Workshop), plus many more. Today, Al works as an actor/writer and acting coach in Los Angeles and is a proud member of the Alley Theatre Workshop (ATW) and Carter Thor Studios in Toronto. He is proud to be working at the Actors Studio and to be a member of the Edgemar Theatre Group.

Henry Dittman as Surfing Double
Henry has appeared in leading roles opposite William Sadler in the feature film Open Gate and opposite Illeana Douglas in the feature film Knots this past year. On television, he’s had roles on Entourage, Brothers & Sisters, Disney’s Zeke & Luther and multiple episodes of The Wanda Sykes Show. Henry has also appeared in numerous on-camera and radio commercials, as well as lending his voice to several animated web series for Fox.com. He can be seen next on stage as Professor Moriarty in Sacred Fools Theatre’s production of Watson, opening in November 2010.

Anna Hanson (official website) as Liisa (u/s Darlene)
Anna just moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of Boulder, Colorado. Anna grew up doing dance, theatre, and music and went to The University of The Arts in Philadelphia to pursue a degree in Musical Theatre directly after high school. While she loved the program and the wonderful students there, she felt unfulfilled and dropped out after a year and a half to move to New York City. While in New York, Anna did multiple episodes of Guiding Light and appeared Off-Broadway in the World Premier of DiMaggio: The Man Behind the Myth. She also played leading roles in multiple Off-Off Broadway shows, regional theaters, and indie films. After four years in New York, Anna needed a change of scenery and moved back to Colorado where she was thankfully busy with both film and theatre projects over the past two years. Her favorite roles have to be Carla in Nine at the Arvada Center and Marcy in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre.

Chandler Hill as Announcer
Chandler spent 20 years in New York before relocating to Los Angeles in 1998. He has worked in all entertainment media including roles on The West Wing, Boston Legal, Law and Order, Mad Men, General Hospital and Passions to name a few. He has worked with esteemed directors Sidney Lumet and Brian DePalma and is pleased to be a part of this exciting new project, Hoboken to Hollywood.

Jeff Markgraf as Nelson
Jeff seems to have a thing for musicals. He originated the role of Eddy the Bass Player in Louis and Keely: Live at the Sahara and played multiple roles in Carmen Miranda – The Lady in the Tutti Fruiti Hat. Jeff is a long-time musical theatre orchestra conductor and pit musician. He plays multiple instruments in a variety of local bands from swing to rock ‘n roll. By day, he toils in the salt mines of network advertising and promotion, doing his best to convince people, such as yourselves, to watch television programs he would never have on in his own home. Thanks to Anne, Stasic and Sasha for their support. As always, this one’s for Willie.

Franci Montgomery (official website) as Darlene
Franci graduated with a BFA in Theater from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, before moving to Osaka, Japan, for a sixteen month acting contract with Universal Studios. In Los Angeles she has appeared in productions such as Joe’s Garage and The Swine Show, both receiving LA Weekly nominations. She is a regular performer at the Sacred Fools Theater in Magnum Opus Theatre and Serial Killers. She can also be seen as the star of the popular Internet series, Bikini News. Find more at www.francimontgomery.com

Pat Towne as Andy
Pat has been acting and directing on Los Angeles stages for 15 years. Most recently he performed in his own production of Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage. Pat directed, co-adapted, and co-produced this world premiere production, which went on to win two LA Weekly Awards. Mr. Towne has also been a mainstay of the late-night comedy scene in L.A. performing in the long-running late-night hits Serial Killers and Crime Scene. Pat was a member of the LA Weekly Award-winning sketch comedy group Margot’s Bush – the single greatest comedy group in the history of the world. Originally from Chicago, Pat was a founding member and Managing Director of the Annoyance Theatre. He performed, directed and taught there, and played the Clown in their production of Coed Prison Sluts - the longest running musical in Chicago history. Pat also originated the role of Greg in The Annoyance Theatre’s production of The Real Live Brady Bunch, and eventually went on to direct the show Off-Broadway. In Los Angeles he has directed shows for Zoo District, Independent Shakespeare Co., Open Fist, The Second City, and Sacred Fools where he directed and starred in Gorey Stories which won the Franklin R. Levy Award: the Ovation Award for Best Musical in 2005. He has performed on stages across the United States and internationally, on film and television, and he has taught at The Second City Los Angeles, The Annoyance Theatre, and Tulane University in New Orleans.

Michael Edelstein (official website) as (u/s Andy)
Michael has performed on Los Angeles stages in the world premiere of American Klezmer, Trailerville, Your Life Is A Feature Film (Drama-logue Award), and Don’t Throw Bouquets at Me directed by Christopher Hart. His film credits include Avalon, Fall Time, and most recently the short film, One Child, in the role of Henry Kissinger which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. He has also appeared in a host of television commercials ranging from Burger King to Comcast. Michael is a graduate of New York’s High School of the Performing Arts and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Gina Segall as (u/s Liisa)
From the ages of seven to nine Gina guested on drums with an award-winning blues-rock band at the House of Blues, B.B. Kings, Rusty’s, The Knitting Factory, and Lunaria. In addition to her drum training, Gina has studied piano with Billy Ferrick and saxophone with Paulie Cerra. At age nine she was selected by Hans Zimmer to provide the vocals used in his score of the DreamWorks film The Ring. She appeared at the Pierson Playhouse in Janet Adderly’s productions of Mamma Mia and The Pajama Game. Gina is currently a junior in high school in Los Angeles, and would like to thank her favorite dog Bella for her unwavering support.

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