JAY STERN (director/producer)
Jay Stern has been a theater director and producer in New York City since
1995. He has directed and produced over 20 theater productions, from classical
theater to world premieres, and over 30 short films. Stern's short film work
has won awards from the Montreal Film Festival and the National Educational
Media Network. He is also a founding member of Quicksilver Radio Theater,
whose award-winning radio dramas have been syndicated nationally. Stern is
currently a producer of the First
Sundays Film Festival. He is a PhD candidate at the European
Graduate School, where he has studied with Peter Greenaway, John Waters,
Siegfried Zielinski, Claude Lanzmann, Jacques Derrida, Agnes Varda and Volker
Schlöndorff. Some of his short films can be seen at www.jaystern.com.
ALAN MCINTYRE SMITH (director of photography)
Alan McIntyre Smith is a New York based cinematographer who has worked his
way up through production and gaffing on more than thirty feature films and
numerous shorts, commercials and music videos. His most notable projects include
gaffing on The Station Agent and Martin Scorsese's Blues
Documentary for PBS. He approaches shooting from a background in painting
and still photography, inspired by the lighting of the old masters Caravaggio,
Vermeer and David. He is most interested in the colaborative nature of filmmaking
and enjoys the challenges each new project brings. www.alansmithfilm.com
NADYA GUREVICH (production design)
Nadya Gurevich has worked as a production designer for film and television
projects shot in everything from MiniDV to 35mm. She has also served as art
director for album covers, books, film publicity materials, and websites.
She currently works as an interior designer. Gurevich studied design at Parsons
School of Design and New York University.
ZACH
ABRAMSON (composer)
Zach Abramson was raised in New Jersey, where he was influenced by a wide
variety of musical styles through playing piano, bass guitar and percussion.
He currently studies composition at the Manhattan School of Music. Abramson's
music has been performed throughout the New York City area by TACTUS, the
Claremont Ensemble, the Manhattan School of Music Composer's Orchestra and
the Transit New Music Collective, which he co-founded in 2004, and in Chicago
by Yes is a World. Presently under the tutelage of Richard Danielpour, past
teachers have included Nils Vigeland, Darren Gage and Tom Parente.
CLYDE
BALDO (De Flores) |
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CHRIS
BRADY (Alsemero) |
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WENDY
HERLICH (Beatrice-Johanna)
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BRUCE
MEAKEM (Jasperino) |
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MARY
MICARI (Diaphanta)
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JAMES
PRENDERGAST (Vermandero) |
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MICKEY
RYAN (Tomazo)
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HOLIDAY
SEGAL (Young Woman) |
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CRAIG
WICHMAN (Alonzo)
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RAMONA
FLOYD (producer)
Ramona Floyd is a New York-based filmmaker, actor and writer. Her short comedy
films include Destination Madrid, Where’s Cupid and
Banana Tree. In addition to producing The Changeling, Ramona
is also a producer for First Sundays
Comedy Film Festival at the Pioneer
Theater. A professional actor for over fifteen years, she has appeared
on stage, in film, television, voiceover, animae/yakuza and an internet MoveOn.org
spot, directed by John Sayles. Ramona’s feature film credits include
Jingle Hell (aka Christmas Present –
available at a Walmart near you) and the soon to be released Humor Me
directed by Chris Towey and Warren Etheredge. She can also be seen in
an upcoming segment of the Onion News Channel online. Off-Broadway acting
credits include the title role in Medea, and roles in Pygmalion,
The Maids and Candida for the Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre
and most recently, The Monument for Clockwork Theater at the Clurman
in Theatre Row. She was also a participant in the Lark Theatre’s U.S./Mexico
Exchange workshop of Events With Life’s Leftovers (Acontecimientos
Con Apartes De La Vida) directed by Jackson Gay. Other NY stage roles
include in Man Measures Man, Down The Road and annual performances
in Gone In 60 Secs, a multimedia short play collaboration between
the Harrogate Theatre, UK and Brooklyn College. She is a proud advocate of
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Actor’s Fund, for whom she
participated in the 11th Annual Nothing Like A Dame event at the
Imperial Theatre. She has also been a member of such innovative erformance
groups as Revolutions Per Minute (spoken word), The S&M Show (radio),
DreemKatz (live theatre), and Bunny Behind (sketch comedy).
TIM
ELDER (sound recording)
PETER C. HERBIG (line producer)
Peter C. Herbig has
been involved in the entertainment industry as a stage technician and stage
manager for 10 years. After touring the country with various production companies
as stage construction specialist and stage/production manager, Peter now currently
resides in New York City. The Changeling will be Peter’s first
work on a film production and looks forward to the project with great enthusiasm.
He recently has returned to school to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in
Sports Management. He would like to thank Road Recovery ( www.roadrecovery.com
) for several chances to speak and help make an impact on those in recovery
in the entertainment business.
LESLIE PRETAT (hair and makeup)
The Changeling is Leslie's sixth
Independent film as Key Make up Artist/hairstylist and her fourth feature
to work on in the past 10 months. She has also been Key for the PBS TV series,
NewJerseyWorks, and the TV pilot, Served, for The Food Network.
After freelancing for MAC, Chanel and Lancome, Leslie studied make up for
film and TV with such industry pros as academy award winner Tom Surprenant,
(Star Trek:Deep Space 9), Marietta Carter-Narcisse, personal
make up artist for Samuel L. Jackon and Craig Linberg of General Mayheme Make
up Studio and most recently the TV Series Rescue Me(also an award
winner!) Hair styling skills she owes to Ruth Roche of RARE hair salon
in New York, a top industry insider. In addition to corporate videos Leslie
has done make up for theater productions in Philadelphia.
MARY JANE SULLIVAN (consulting producer)
Mary Jane Sullivan is a poet and producer of media arts. She is one of the
founders of Now and Then Productions, an arts organization that holds to the
premise that storytelling is how we engage each other creatively and has many
forms of expression. Since its inception in 1982, NTP has produced or
sponsored award-winning documentaries, poetry and video workshops for youth,
dance and performance art in the metropolitan New York region as well as joining
in international documentary co-productions in Europe and Latin America.
Her most recent documentary is Signals from the Empire City (2003)
and the poetry chapbook Powersteering (2002). She is currently an
adjunct professor in English and Communications at Cabrini College.
JESSICA WATTS (art director)
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contact
director / producer Jay Stern at: jaystern71@yahoo.com |