Cute Couple

Producer/Kendra - SIOBHAN MAHONEY

Siobhan began her acting career in New York City.  On off-Broadway, she starred in Drama Dept's production of Douglas Carter Beane's  Mondo Drama with Caroline Rhea and Miriam Shor, directed by Christopher Ashley.  Her theatre credits also include Julia Jordan's Paul Westerberg (SoHo Rep), A Fish Story (Adobe Theatre, dir. Jeremy Dobrish) and Detective Sketches starring Dan Fogler (Lincoln Center Lab.) She originated the role of Eloise in the world premiere of Thornton Wilder's stage adaptation of Theophilus North (Arena Stage) along with the role of Christine in Marc Palmieri's Carl the Second (Altered Stages). TV/Film: She starred in Lisa Wolf's film Wrath of A Woman Scorned (New York Film Fest) and Dangerous Candy directed by LeRoy McCarthy.   She is also a member of the sketch-comedy group, The Exploding Pajamas in LA.  Her career producing began as an Associate Producer for MJM in New York and worked her way into TV/Film as a Production Coordinator for Top Spin Creative.  In Los Angeles she has served as an Associate Producer on the TV pilot The Lek as well as working at DreamWorks, Paramount Studios and HBO Films.  She is currently working at the Sundance Institute and will be on the production team for Todd Holland's next short and as producer on Raffle Ticket by Dominika Waclawiak.

Tammy - JENNY WADE

Jenny was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon. At 18, she moved to Los Angeles on her own to pursue a career in acting.  In 1999, she scored her first gig on MTV’s teen drama Undressed. She has since garnered attention for her numerous guest appearances on some of television’s top rated shows, including Pushing Daisies, CSI:NY, and the Emmy nominated Project Greenlight 3. She has also exploded onto the big screen alongside some of the biggest names in feature film, with roles in New Line’s  Monster-in-Law, Warner Bro.’s Rumor Has It and No Reservations, and Dreamworks’ Red Eye.  Jenny is currently working on three features for 2009; Dimension Films’ Feast sequels, directed by John Gulager, and Columbia Pictures’ Brothers, directed by Jim Sheridan.

Zach - DAN LINDSAY

Dan hails from Rockford, IL, a city Money Magazine once deemed “the worst place to live in America.”  He currently lives in Los Angeles, which he once deemed the worst place to live in America.  He is currently a director, writer and performer with the sketch-comedy group The Exploding Pajamas.  Some of his notable acting credits include guest star roles on NBC’s The Office and HBO’s Entourage.  As a director, he has helmed several documentaries, including his feature debut Last Cup: The Road to the World Series of Beer Pong, which will make its world premiere at the Cinevegas Film Festival in June, 2008.

Tim - GREG SMITH

Greg moved out to Los Angeles from the great state of Alabama after graduating from Auburn University. He had absolutely no idea what the hell he wanted to do in life, so he thought acting would be easy. Since he made that decision, Greg has been performing with the sketch-comedy group The Exploding Pajamas and has stared in many national commercials. In some circles he is considered the best actor in those circles.

Mike - J.W. WOLTERMAN

J.W. has been seen in such television shows as CSI:NY, SCRUBS and COSBY.  His also a part of the renowned sketch-comedy group, The Exploding Pajamas in Los Angeles.

Tina - BETHANY GEABER

Bethany spends her time between New York and Los Angeles.  She
has most recently appeared in the CBS dramas Without a Trace and
Criminal Minds.

Meredith - HEATHER SEIFFERT

Heather is a part of the renowned sketch-comedy group, The Exploding Pajamas in Los Angeles.  She has also appeared on the television shows Las Vegas and Mad Men.

Alexandria - ALEX CAIN

Alex is co-owner of High Cotton Films, an independent film and production house in Burbank, California. She began her acting career as a member of an improvisational performance art collective in Washington, D.C. and then moved to Los Angeles to study acting with legendary guru Sanford Meisner. Since then, she has been seen in numerous 99-seat theater productions including the multi-award nominated  Belladonnas of the Court and Romeo and Juliet. Recently, she has been performing with the sketch comedy group Fresh Victims.  Alex has starred in two feature films; Victor Simpkins' (Swingers) Dean Quixote and the karate comedy All Babes Want toKill Me.

Betsy - VIVAN BANG

Vivan is a graduate from NYU - Tisch for Drama and most recently worked with Jim Carrey and Rhys Darby in the upcoming film Yes Man scheduled for release later this year.  She was also recently awarded Best Actress for an AAFilmlab 72 hour film short called Elizabeth Ong Is Missing.  Other film credits include Memoirs of a Geisha, Little Black Book, Robot Stories, Henry Fool, and the 2005 Oscar-nominated short, Our Time Is Up.  She has guest-starred on House M.D., Sex & The City, HBO's The Corner, Becker, and made appearances on How I Met Your Mother, Monk, and Joey.

Writer/Director/Producer - COURTNEY MOOREHEAD BALAKER

Courtney began her career as an off-Broadway stage director after receiving her MA in directing from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and King’s College London.  Her stage credits include the New York revival of Austin Pendleton’s Uncle Bob (SoHo Playhouse, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, George Morfogen, and Gale Harold), Washed Up On The Potomac by Lynn Rosen (Ensemble Studio Theatre) and Ideal Home also by Lynn Rosen (78^th Street Theatre Lab) where she met her co-producer and lead actress, Siobhan Mahoney.  In 2003, she decided to move to Los Angeles and segue into the world of film production.  For the past three years, she has been a Creative Executive for Neo Art & Logic, a feature film production company with an overall deal with Dimension/Weinstein Co.  While at Neo, she has worked in development on such films as Pulse, American Pie Presents:  The Naked Mile, American Pie Presents:  Beta House, and most recently was a producer on The Midnight Man written by Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton (Feast, SAW IV & V) for Dimension.  She is incredibly grateful to her cast and crew for making her first short film possible. 

cinematographer

AMANDA TREYZ

Amanda was born and raised in New York City. After graduating from Brown University with a degree in Maritime Studies, she worked for a year on tall ships sailing the coast of Maine.  After that, she moved to Los Angeles and attended the LA Film School, from which she graduated in December of 2002.  Since then, she has been working on feature films, commercials and music videos, mainly in the lighting department.  She recently became a member of the Set Lighting Technicians Union, local 728. She will graduate from AFI in June with an MFA in Cinematography.

composer

MICHAEL ORENDY of Frankel

Frankel is the solo recording project of Los Angeles resident Michael Orendy, who plays and records everything himself. The moniker comes from the fearsome piece of orthodontia that he was cruelly forced to wear as a child and suits Orendy's music perfectly: he finds the good in life's little slights, mining sadness and yearning to create lilting, sun-drenched and bittersweet melodies. A gifted songwriter in the tradition of Harry Nilsson, Elliott Smith and Jon Brion, Orendy mixes catchy pop melodies with dreamy arrangements and dark, incisive lyrics.

Who or what is a Frankel? Michael Orendy, the singer-songwriter behind the indie recording project, reveals that the name came from a fearsome piece of orthodontia that he had to wear as a child, "a giant retainer that filled your whole mouth - huge, kind of like what a boxer wears in the ring." Despite the trauma that it caused, Orendy embraced the term as his musical moniker. Frankel is a strangely fitting choice, for Orendy's music finds the good in life's little slights. He mines sadness and yearning to create lilting, sun-drenched melodies that are sweet and bitter at the same time.