Jesse Burch
as Ray
Raised in Los Angeles, Jesse Burch received his BA
in theater at Occidental College. He went on to study acting at the
Carter Thor Studio with both Cameron Thor and Alice Carter, and
studied improvisation and comedy writing with The Groundlings and Acme
Comedy Theatre, where he performed in the Sunday company. A veteran of
numerous film and television roles, as well as seventeen national
commercials, he has appeared most recently in
Grounded for Life,
Carnivàle,
The Practice
and
The West Wing, and the upcoming films
The Last Shot, starring Matthew Broderick, and Steve Martin’s
Shopgirl. He also wrote and produced the short film
Shelter
and continues to act and direct for the theater. When not working, he
plays soccer, practices Tuvan throat singing and spends time with his
wife Amy and their one-year-old son Jem.
Mary Schmidtberger
as Kelly
Mary Schmidtberger began her acting career after
graduating with a BA in English Literature from Columbia University.
After studying with Aaron Frankel in New York, Mary gained momentum
with the success of the award-winning short,
Emily’s Last Date,
which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She has since acted
in numerous films including Woody Allen’s
Celebrity
and
Hollywood Ending
as well as
See Jane Run,
Living Out Loud
and the upcoming Artisan release
Eulogy.
In 2000, Mary made her Broadway debut at the Eugene O’Neill
Theater in New York City in the Tony-nominated play Wrong Mountain
starring Ron Rifkin. Mary’s television credits include guest
appearances on shows such as
Becker,
Dharma & Greg,
and
Malcolm & Eddie.
She is managed by Paul Greenstone Entertainment.
Robert Pierce
as Stan
After graduating from the University of Tennessee,
Los Angeles native Robert Pierce attended the prestigious Neighborhood
Playhouse School of Theater in New York City where he studied under
Sanford Meisner. He was a regular on the ABC series
Joanie Loves Chachi
and had a recurring role on the NBC series
Madman Of The People. He has appeared in feature films
such as
The Aviator
and
No Man’s Land,
and has performed in over ninety television commercials. He is also
a writer whose most recent screenplay,
The Climb,
was produced by World Wide Pictures and aired nationally as a
movie-of-the-week in 2002. It won first prize at the 2002
International Family Film Festival. Information on Robert and clips of
his work can be seen at
www.robertpierce.com.
Manuel Bermúdez as the Driver
Born and raised in Modesto, California, Manuel Bermúdez
developed a love for movies early in life. After graduating from
Stanford University with a degree in communication and in Spanish, he
enrolled at the University of Southern California School of
Cinema-Television. Recently he completed his graduate thesis film 5
Stages of Grief featuring Nicholas
Gonzalez (Law & Order: SVU, The O.C.)
and Brian
Unger (The Daily Show).
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