Cast Info
Mr. Mendieta’s film credits include Soldier of God, The Patron, Ismeria, A Timely Maneuver, Dirty Laundry, Vigil, Santa’s Letters, The Wicked Do Prosper, Reality Check, Killer Instinct, the animated Star Cars, and several television pilots and commercials.
His stage credits include Macbeth (Uprising Theatre Company), The Prince of L.A. (Andak Stage Company), Capone (Bregman Entertainment), A Tale of Charles Dickens (Antaeus Company and LA Theatreworks), Changes of Heart (Mariveaux), Cloud Tectonics (Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara), The Proof of the Promise (Antaeus Company), Appearances to the Contrary (Gascon Theatre Center), Hamlet (Nevada Shakespeare Festival in the Park), A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing (Will & Company and the Palmdale Playhouse), Hamlet (Shakespeare at Play); David and Goliath in America and Tainted Blood (Road Theatre Company), Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, The Man Who Had All The Luck, The Long Christmas Dinner, Mercadet, Legal Briefs, The Ugly Duckling, and Trial by Jury.
Mr. Mendieta has also worked with such San Francisco Bay Area theater companies as the Berkeley and San Jose Repertory Theaters, the California and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals, El Teatro Campesino, SF Mime Troupe, Marin Theatre Company, Thick Description, and the Phoenix Theatre. He recently recorded A Tale of Charles Dickens for National Public Radio and XM Satellite Radio. Stage directing credits include the world premiere of Emmett Loverde’s Beauty, Brains, and Personality.
Soldier of God received Best Picture honors at both the 2005 Stratford-Upon-Avon International Film Festival and the 2005 Deep Ellum Film Festival and won a Grand Jury Special Recognition Award at the 2005 Berkeley Video and Film Festival. Mr. Mendieta stars in the film.
Past projects with Mr. Loverde include the films A Timely Maneuver and Santa’s Letters and the stage plays Spotlight; The Killist; and Beauty, Brains, and Personality.
Mr. Schanley’s film credits include Conspiracy Theory, Savage, Courage Under Fire, And the Band Played On, Listen to Me, Fever Pitch, and Santa’s Letters. He is one of the writer/producers of the forthcoming feature film The Hard Easy which stars Peter Weller, Gary Busey, David Boreanaz, Bruce Dern, and Henry Thomas.
His television appearances include episodes of “CSI: New York”; “Star Trek: Enterprise”; “CSI: Miami”; “Charmed”; “JAG”; “The Division”; “Touched by an Angel”; “ER”; “Poltergeist: The Legacy”; “Silk Stalkings”; “Melrose Place”; “Baywatch”; “Murder, She Wrote”; “T.J. Hooker”; “Fame”; “Dynasty”, and “The Yellow Rose”.
He has appeared on stage numerous times including a recent Shakespeare Festival/Los Angeles production of Julius Cesaer in which he starred as Marc Antony.
He has starred in many of Mr. Loverde’s stage and screen productions, including Santa’s Letters, Mergers and Acquisitions, RSVP Regrets Only, Real Power, Snacking, and Little Secrets.
Ms. Siebel studied theater at the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco and received a BA and an MBA from Stanford University. Her television credits include a recurring role on "Life", “Presidio Med”, “NUMB3RS”, “Strong Medicine”, “Cracking Up”, and “She Spies”. Her feature film credits include Rent, Something’s Gotta Give, Zen Noir, American Daylight, Raw Footage, Bone Dry, and The Trouble with Ross. Two of her films screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.
Ms. Siebel formed Girls’ Club Entertainment, LLC to develop and produce films of strong social, political, and cultural significance. Prior to receiving her MBA, Jennifer acquired a solid business skill-set forging new business opportunities in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the United States for Conservation International (CI) and Almundo/Asatej, a Latin-American internet start-up.
Previous productions with Mr. Loverde include a starring role in his stage play Spotlight.
Born in New York City, Ms. Zweig was raised in France and Manhattan and received a BA in French Literature from Kenyon College. She played French women in UPN’s period drama “Legacy” and in Peter Shaner’s feature film Nicolas. Features in which she portrayed an American include Mindgame, Opposite Sex and the City, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia.
On stage she has performed with Garry Marshall’s Falcon Theater, The Tamarind Theater, The Company of Angels, and Noah Wyle and Daniel Henning’s Blank Theater Company.
Ms. Zweig has appeared in commercials for Honda and Volvo. Her Bud Light commercial featuring a thieving falcon was originally broadcast during the Super Bowl and ran for several years in the U.S. and abroad.
Ms. Noret appeared regularly on television’s “Veronica Mars” as archvillainess Madison Sinclair. Other TV credits include “7th Heaven”, “That 70s Show”, and a recurring role on “Days of Our Lives”.
She appeared in the theatrical films The Insatiable and Love, Fear and Rabbits.
Her stage credits include a lead singing role in Dear Bernard which enjoyed a very successful run in Los Angeles in 2004.
Ms. Noret starred in the film A Timely Maneuver which was written and directed by Mr. Loverde and which costarred Mr. Mendieta.
Wikipedia entry (for "Madison Sinclair" of "Veronica Mars")
Ms. Orsini was born and raised in Talladega, Alabama and began performing as a singer and dancer in stage musicals at age twelve as a member of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional stage performers in the U.S. She won a full scholarship to Vassar College where she earned a double major in Drama and French Literature and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. She lived briefly in Paris and in New York before coming to Los Angeles to write and act in films.
Her television credits include guest starring roles on “Huff”, “The King of Queens”, “Miss Match”, “George Lopez”, “The District”, “Gilmore Girls”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, and “Grounded for Life”.
Film roles include Hell Hath Blue Skies, Rail Kings, Welcome to Earth, Gargoyle, Puppet Master: The Legacy, and Staar featuring Carrie Fisher and Jeffrey Tambor.
Ms. Williams was born in London to mixed parentage of Russian, Romanian, Guyanese and Carib Indian. She moved to Los Angeles in 2002. She is an accomplished stage and screen actress as well as an experienced hostess: she currently hosts the question-and-answer sessions for both the BAFTA (the British version of the Academy Awards) and the Screen Actors Guild.
In addition to numerous UK film and television roles, Ms. Williams’ recent film work includes Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties with Bill Murray, Mission: Impossible III with Tom Cruise, and Thin Ice with Sir Ian McKellen. Her television roles include “Nip/Tuck” and a recurring role on “InJustice” with Kyle MacLachlan.
Ms. Williams is a member of Los Angeles’ famed theater company The Actors Gang headed by Tim Robbins and recently starred in their hit production of Tartuffe.
Ms. Grainger’s film credits include The Reception and Hangman. Television audiences may recognize her from “General Hospital” and “Cleats of Imminent Doom”.
Ms. Payne is a native of Murray, Kentucky. She received bachelors degrees in both English and Theater from Sewanee: The University of the South and went on to study Dramaturgy at Oxford University/Lincoln College.
Her television credits include “Stacked”, “Charmed”, “Walker: Texas Ranger”, and “Rave”. On stage Ms. Payne has performed with a variety of different companies including the Santa Monica Theatre Guild, Garland Civic Theatre, Richardson Theatre Center, Flat Rock Playhouse, Guerry Theatre, Tennessee Williams Theatre, and Dionysis & Co.
She is also a playwright and to date has created three one-woman shows for herself.
Ms. Kuirsky’s theatrical appearances include roles in A Girl’s Guide to Chaos, This Is My Life, Class Action, Buried the Dead, Cry Havoc, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Marie and Bruce, The Women, Once a Catholic, The Tragedy of Othello, The Mineola Twins, and The Maginot Line, which was written by Mr. Loverde.
She has made commercial appearances for Tommy Hilfiger, Bliss Spas, and Time Out New York and is a former on-air entertainment news reporter for WWTV-TV and WWUP-TV. She is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York and also trained with Manhattan’s Circle in the Square.
In 2004 Ms. Kuirsky founded Aim High Productions for the express purpose of producing stage plays to benefit the New York SLE Lupus Foundation. To date Aim High has produced three plays.
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