PAULA CHRISTENSEN as CLAIRE / CLAIRE'S CONSCIENCE

Paula Christensen hails from Argentina , where she was born into a prominent showbiz family. At the age of five, she re-located with her parents to New York , where she trained extensively in theater, working with such greats as Michael Howard, and multiple Tony Award winning director, Gene Saks. She then went on to get her B.A., with honors, from Amherst College , and complete the Shakespeare Conservatory Program at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Since moving to Los Angeles five years ago, she has appeared on both stage and screen, completing several independent films, as well as roles on television dramas, soaps and commercials. Onstage in Los Angeles she has worked with such award-winning companies as Playwrights Arena and The Antaeus Company, as well as in several productions at the Tony Award winning South Coast Repertory, and has even had the pleasure of performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic! Still, her most memorable experience remains working on La Casa de Azucar , the final film created by award-winning director (and Paula's grandfather) Carlos H. Christensen.

 

STEPHEN FULL as JAKE

Born and raised outside of Chicago , Stephen has worked extensively on the Chicago stage. Now living in Los Angeles , he has appeared in the independent films Resilience, Ocean of Storms , To Slay A Giant, and A False Prophet. TV credits include "Just Legal", "Alias", and "Sons of Thunder". He has also appeared in commercials for Comcast, Spike TV, and as "The Chicken Selects Guy" for McDonalds. Stephen is an avid golfer and a die hard Chicago Cubs fan.

 

STEPHEN MACDONALD HOWARD as STEVE

Born in the late 1940's in Santa Monica , California , Steve grew up in the shadow of the Picwood Theater near Pico and Westwood Blvd.'s. He was managing sales in the Southeast, out of Charlotte, North Carolina for a printing company when he was compelled (and urged by his employer) to make a career change. He became an actor, in his mid thirties, about the same time that Dino Delaruentis built his movie studio in nearby, Wilmington, North Carolina. It was a fortuitous coincidence.

He learned his craft doing bit parts in movies such as “Weekend at Bernie's” and “Dracula's Widow”. At the same time, the famous foreign film producer, Earl Owensby, provided many opportunities out of his Shelby, NC studio for Steve to develop his acting skills in movies such as “Hyperspace”, “Rutherford County Line” and “Hit The Road Running” to mention only a few of the exported masterpieces.

Returning to the West Coast in the latter part of the previous century, Steve now is considering retirement from the entertainment business so he can enjoy the company of his many grandchildren and spend his days surfing up and down the Baja and California coasts.

 

TOM O'KEEFE as SECURITY GUARD

Tom O'Keefe spent a short time acting like a Boston attorney before relocating to Los Angeles to act for a living. He has studied with The Groundlings and continues to study with Sal Romeo of the Friends and Artists Theater Ensemble. He recently starred in the world-premiere of Hector

Hill's "Choice Words" at the Hollywood Court Theater and is prepping to shoot the festival short "Digging Deep" this spring.

Other recent work includes the world-premiere of Victor Bumbalo's “Questa” at the Court Theater starring Dan Lauria, Wendie Malick and Dorian Harewood, the Laurelgrove Theatre Company's “Little Gentleman” and one-act festival Absolutely Nothing in Common”, Craig Lucas' “Reckless” at the Tamarind Theater, the independent films “Critical Condition” and “A New Tomorrow” (in post-production), The Hallmark Channel film, “Meet The Santas” and national commercials for Kleenex, Saturn, ESPN, Bud Light and TGI Fridays.

Tom is represented by Mattie Management as well as AKA Talent commercially and Schiowitz, Conner, Ankrum and Wolf theatrically.

 

TATE HANYOK as NICE CHECKOUT GIRL

Tate Hanyok is a company member of the B Street Theatre a new works theatre in Sacramento CA . Some of her favorite professional stage roles include Lousie, in Steve Martin's "The Underpants", Catherine in David Mamet's Boston Marriage" and Lorriane in Justin Tanner's"Pot Mom". Currently running commercials include "IBM", "HBO", Direct TV", "Outback Steakhouse", and "HEB".

Circulating in festivals are feature "GI Jesus" and short Solus". Wes Craven's "Pulse" will be in theatres soon. She is currently filming independent feature "Home/Land".

 

DEENA AADAR as MEAN CHECKOUT GIRL

Deena had sort of an odd childhood… but then again, who didn? By the age of 6, she had already moved 5 times and had an active imagination. As a tool to help herself adapt and feel more comfortable in each new environment, her mother enrolled her in her first acting class and she's been doing it ever since!

Since moving to Los Angeles, she has appeared in dozens of films, shorts, and commercials, including most recently FUN WITH DICK AND JANE starring Jim Carey. You can see her do stand-up at the Comedy Store or The Improv in Los Angeles.

 

KIM ESTES as DETECTIVE BAILEY

Kim is still headed along that spiral path of success thanks to the support and love of family, friends and wonderful casting directors, writers and producers. He appeared as Senator Phelps in the hit series “Commander-In-Chief” with Gena Davis and Lisa Waltz and he will be appearing as Judge Pierce in the new NBC series “Windfall”. He recently appeared in the film “Save Me” with Joanna Going, directed by Jennifer Getzinger.

He also appears in the upcoming film “The Untitled John Dowdle Project” and had the pleasure of working with director Martha Coolidge in Hilary Duff's latest film “Material Girls”. He also worked with the illustrious and talented director David LaChapelle in the H&M industrial/commercial piece “Romeo & Juliet”. You will also see him as Tip Whitehead in the feature “A New Tomorrow” directed by Carey Corr.

His work in the short films “The Fix” with director Adam Kane working with David Paymer and “Wayward” with director Tom Pankritz and co-star Kristin Cary have added more character growth and range to his acting dimensions. His work in “QIK2JDG”, with director Nick Spano, is a pivotal piece of inner growth for him and has added another facet to his skill set. Director Tom Huffman also chose Kim to portray the secretive Captain in the short film “Confidential”.

Kim is one of the faces on the Union Bank of California billboards around the Los Angeles area as the ‘Bank of William' , is also one of the faces of the Del Webb resort billboards and ads and has appeared in numerous national commercials (Boniva, Chevron-Texaco, Colgate, Everett Colleges, Volkswagen, Barclays Investments, H&M, etc.), print ads and numerous industrial films and is represented commercially by the Abrams Artists Agency and TAG Models in Los Angeles, Brand Models in the Orange County area and Shaman Freitas Models in the San Diego area. He is also represented in the theatrical arena by Bob Waters.

Kim also performs regularly with the theatre group ‘TheSpyAnts' Theatre company – past productions include “The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told” (portraying Father Joseph and the Rhino), “La Ronde” (portraying The Senator) in March of 2004 and in 2005 as three characters including the Architect in Will Kerns' “Hellcab” at the Elephant Theatre complex. He also played three characters including the Birdman in the critically acclaimed TheSpyAnts production of “The Birds” at the McCadden Place Theatre and extending to the Hudson Theatre. In 2005, he also attended “ The Last Frontier Theatre Conference ” in Valdez , Alaska and appeared in the production of “In Their Own Words” directed by Erma Duricko.

Kim performed in and co-produced the Tucker Road production of Cassius Shuman's original work "The War Room" at the McCadden Theatre in 2004.