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Robin Saban as Ish, Creator and Writer
Robin began his career in the entertainment industry as a writer, director and actor in Montreal, Canada. He wrote and directed several plays for live theatre while living in Montreal from 1992 to 1996. In Los Angeles since 1996, Robin worked in the entertainment industry as a film editor and project developer, and co-wrote the film script titled "29 Palms". Robin studied film and theater at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (1991). In 1997, he studied digital film and video editing software "AVID" at Video Symphony in Burbank, California. Inspired by his years of work in the entertainment industry, Robin founded the International Student Film Festival Hollywood in 2003, a festival geared solely to students offering them a unique opportunity to showcase their work. Then, in 2006, Robin created the Cross Cultural Film Festival Los Angeles, an avenue to celebrate our differences through film.
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Lela Altman as Laura
After a successful career as a fashion designer in New York, Lela Altman moved to Los Angeles to start a life with her new husband, Marshall. Inspired by Marshall’s passion for his own career as a record producer, Lela began to pursue a career that would be equally fulfilling for her. It was finally time to return to acting - a beloved part of her youth. In addition to roles in many short films and student films, Lela has been featured on the hit TV show “Numb3rs” and in the film “Ocean’s 13”. She is also a successful commercial actress and print model. Lela resides in Studio City with her husband and two adorable children, Alex and Stella.
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Andy Forrest as Don
Born and raised in Tiffin, Ohio, Andy Forrest started acting in high school. A theatre graduate of Heidelberg College in Tiffin, he took additional courses in Screenwriting at the University of Washington in Seattle. Andy studied acting with Candace Silvers and at Lesly Kahn Studios. He also has extensive improvisation studying and performing at The Groundlings, IO west, The Hot House, The Comedy Store and The LA Connection. He is a familiar face in commercials and on television. His movie credits include the independent films "Life, Death and Mini-Golf", the horror comedy “Brain Dead” and the 2006 Sundance film "Forgiving the Franklins.
Andy was in the pilot of "Improv High" and is currently preparing to shoot the web series "Election House". He is still an active participant in improvisational groups and he is in preproduction to shoot an indie feature he wrote titled, "The Lempke Brothers".
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Jayne A Entwistle as Liz
Jayne Entwistle is a recent arrival to L.A. from San Francisco where she founded the award-winning improv troupe Big City Improv. Since her arrival, Jayne has added some great credits to her resume including; ABC Family, MTV, Reelz Channel, Fox Reality and most notably her supporting role as the crazy Mother Janice Rooker in the feature film “Dark Games” with Danny Trejo and Marty Kove. She performs weekly as a Russian nanny who is an award-winning potato carver, anything is possible in L.A.!
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Sharon D King as Nancy
Sharon Diane King’s most recent work includes roles in feature films (Faded Memories, The Soul Agency), short films (Ninja CoWorkers, Harry Potter Intervention, The Wrong Side of the Bed, Growing Old Disgracefully), and TV work (Ingles Ya!, Murder By the Book, ABS Presents). For the past 20 years Sharon has translated and staged short medieval and Renaissance comedies with her troupe Les Enfans Sans Abri, performing both in the US and Europe. She studies with acting coach Aaron Speiser and spends her leisure time with her husband and four large friendly lizards.
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Sean Davidson as Beau
You could say that Sean Davidson’s career as an actor started out as the result of being in the right place at the right time. In 1999, while working at a Manhattan Beach fitness club he was recruited by actor/former American Gladiator Lee Reherman to become a series regular on TNN’s Rollerjam. After the series ended in 2000, he studied acting with some of L.A.’s finest acting coaches such as the renowned Janet Alhanti. He managed to build a diverse resume by working in a variety of genres from hosting CollegeBeat (2002), a talk show for California State University, Long Beach, to the short film Without You (2004). After graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, he has maintained a successful career as an actor appearing in numerous commercials, industrials, and short films. Despite his busy schedule he always finds time for his other passion, which is Tae Kwon Do (3rd degree Black Belt).
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Tatsuko D Martin as Dr. Tatsiko
Tatsuko Martin moved from San Francisco to L.A. 9 years ago. She has an office in Encino and has been working as a psychotherapist in this location. Dr. Martin is a columnist for Japanese-American local news paper as well as a local Japanese magazine. In San Francisco, Dr. Martin had her own radio talk show, Closing the Gap, at KEST radio station. She also hosted a talk show host at the Japanese radio station in L.A. While Dr. Martin continues to work as a therapist, she always has her eyes on entertainment field.
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Jonathan Levit, Director
Jonathan Levit’s television work includes “Cookin’ WITH CONSUELA AND TERESITA,” and “WELCOME TO BRENTWOOD,” two spec sitcom pilots. He also directed “DR. DEMENTO PRESENTS” for the Fox website, Google Video and You Tube. Since 1996, Jonathan has been a IATSE script supervisor on multi-camera comedies such as THE WAR AT HOME, SPIN CITY and THE NAKED TRUTH. Mr. Levit holds an MFA in Film from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a member of the DGA as well as an Associate member of the SSDC.
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