HESTER SCHELL, MFA

Hester Schell is a master film acting teacher, director, writer, a member of Harvard Square Script Writers, Screen Actors Guild, and the Amercian Federation of Radio and Television Artists. A published author, her book CASTING REVEALED: A Guide for Film Directors, shop.mwp.com/products/casting-revealed-a-guide-for-film-directors was published this year by Michael Wiese, the world leader in film books. Hester is the CEO of Bay Area Casting News. She has acted in and directed numerous productions throughout her career. and was a tenured college theatre professor, enjoyed touring the UK doing professional puppetry, and respresented the USA in the International Children's Theatre Festival in Russia. Her short, JU$T UNDER A MILLION premiered at the Beverly Hills HD Festival, and her documentary BLANKETS FOR AFGHANISTAN broadcast on Free Speech TV. Hester received her MFA in directing at the University of Utah. She teaches film acting at Film Acting Bay Area. Speaking engagements include film festivals and organizations including Bay Area Women in Film and Media, San Francisco Chapter of IndieClub, and the British Film Institute.

Get to know Hester through these links.
www.linkedin.com/in/hesterschell
www.imdb.com/name/nm0770719/
www.sag.org/iactor/HesterSchell

REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
www.thewriterslife.org/Thewriterslife.org/Hello.html
backstage.blogs.com/blogstage/2011/01/casting
-revealed-a-guide-for-film-directors.html

PODCAST
www.duckinalightbulb.com/podcast_008

TRAILER to SHORT, JUST UNDER A MILLION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0cbrRZy9Dc

TRAILERS TO FEATURE,
ART DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7VcpD2EmW0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbGnV0vEaMY

http://www.iisd.org/7thgen/default.htm

KRISTIN HIGGINS

PRODUCER

Kristin Tegtmeier Higgins is the producer, director and writer of Wildflower: The Legendary California Triathlon, which screened throughout California in 2004 & 2005. She is now in the process of writing two feature length narratives and working on producing one of those over the next few years.  She is also helping out with various
productions in the Bay Area that need assistance with producing and marketing.  She has been involved in the Bay Area film community for over 10 years, in acting, directing, marketing and producing, and as a member of the Bay Area Women in Film, Board Member.  She plans to continue to work on her films, and to work with filmmakers who need another producer to help make their film plans a reality. Her company is River Place Productions.
 

Kristin on LinkedIN

CASSANDRA - LEAD

18. (Sandy) Grand-daughter. Named for the Trojan psychic. Anarchist vegan priestess. Rough farm girl, Tattooed, pierced. Suffers from Environmental Degradation Disorder.  She made that up. Thin and very flexible. Does yoga to calm herself. Mad at the world, depressed, anxious, self medicating on alcoholic. Fights with anyone in the family who talks to her, especially her brother. The more she meditates, the more good things happen. Got arrested at a Occupy Wall Street rally. In love with Jason, a Haitian earthquake refugee who runs a horse and buggy business in town for the tourists.

Meet Chloe Rose Fineman:

Born in Berkeley, California, Chloe Rose has been noshing on organic food since go. After many years complaining about the "natural pop tarts" her mom fed her, she now considers perfect bliss a day at the farmers market... Better yet, a day at farm. While a student at Piedmont High, she produced, directed and acted in The Vagina Monologues, (coined "Vulva La Revolucion!) and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses. At New York University - Tisch School of the Arts, she was awarded the "Outstanding Achievement" award  for her work at the Stella Adler Studio, where she portrayed such characters as Lady Macbeth and Anna in Boston Marriage. Off Broadway she portrayed Lucy Knox in the world premiere of Yorktown at the Abington, and regionally, Alice, in Alice and Wonderland at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca. She couldn't be more thrilled to be apart of this project!

Links for Chloe Rose:

FACEBOOK

COMMERCIAL

Farmer's son.Brother. 24. Inheriting the farm. Pulls out the tobacco to put in broccoli. Heart of gold. Good intentions. Engaged to Helen, the most beautiful woman in the county. Helen, a vegetarian sets him on the path to organic farming, cooperative farm shares, and direct delivery to the grocers, chefs and farmer's market.

Currently residing in NYC, Dave studies improv at Upright Citizens Brigade and sketch writing. With roots in Newport Rhode Island, Dave tries to pull his small town vibe into the characters he portrays. He still plays baseball in an amateur baseball league and enjoys working out and listening to country music.

Dave began his acting career after graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Marketing. He quickly landed a leading role in the indie "Serena and the Ratts" and a role opposite Amy Smart in an ABC pilot "See Kate Run". In his first year of acting he also landed lead roles in two short films that premiered at the Boston International Film Festival.

In 2010, Dave co-founded Lambda House Productions, an original sketch comedy team.Whether it's writing, directing or acting, Dave enjoys the creative lifestyle and freedom to tell a story through a unique vision.

Of special interest to this project: Dave's mom started "Preservation Society" (www.preserveportsmouth.org) for their hometown to keep multinational organizations from stealing their locally produced products. Because of her guidance, the town was able to establish better rules and regulations for the type of businesses that can be invited into the local market, keeping out major corporations and keeping the small island green, sustainable and fresh. It also helped spark an initiative in the Rhode Island legislature to promote 'Buy Local First'. This group's efforts were highlighted in the book "You Can't Be President" by John R. Macarthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine.

www.daveneal.net
www.imdb.me/daveneal
www.funnyordie.com/daveneal

The matriarch. Mom, 45 ish.  A widow. Hector, Sr. died of lung cancer. Her dad "Gramps" inherited this farm, and her son will carry on. Usually the backbone.  But, not today.  Her mother just died - of emphysema. Today, she is shocked, stunned and in auto drive. She's headed for a vacation on her inheritance, and a new boyfriend who wants the farm for himself.

Born and raised in upstate New York, Trish's earliest memories include family trips to New York City to see a Broadway musical or the Rockettes' Christmas Show at Radio City Music Hall.

Some of the roles she truly delighted in performing are: Sheila in "A Lie of the Mind", Sarah Siddons in "Actor's Nightmare", Sister Mary in "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All", Ouiser Boudreaux in "Steel Magnolias", Mrs. McGee in "Corpse!" Sis in "The Queen of Bingo" and Lois' Brain in "In Bed With Chuck and Lois".

Trish was cast as the Barmaid in the Touchstone/Disney film, "Phenomenon" and that role led to roles in small independent films, such as Vera McCann in "Frozen Stars" and Janie in "Claude's Café".

Trish's other credits include playing the role of a fallen soldier's mother in the Montgomery Gentry music video "Roll with Me", mother of the bride in Flamingo Gunfight's "Nothing Matters", a caterer in MTV's "High School Stories", a broken woman in WaddayGonnaDoAboutIt's short titled "Big Change" a con artist in Lifetime's "You're Not the Man I Married", an airplane crash victim in the NBC drama "Trauma" and a crime victim in The Discovery Channel's "I Almost Got Away With It."

An avid runner who completed her first two half-marathons last year, Trish also enjoys hiking, trail running, cooking, shopping at the local Farmer's Market, gardening on her deck, traveling, reading, live music, and writing.

Trish on FACEBOOK

LEN AUCLAIR

SEE MORE HERE: Len Auclair, actor.

Len Auclair on FACEBOOK

Cassandra's boyfriend: 22, Haitian. Earthquake survivor and recent immigrant. Owner of Coachman Tours, a horse and buggy tourist service in town.

Hector's fiancee. The most beautiful woman in the county. A great gardener.  Works in a pre-school. Amateur country music singer. Soon a farm wife and mother. Republican.   Bee Keeper.   Sells honey at the farmer's market.

Sees everything. Knows everything. Don't mess with officer Dan.

CAST:   Jack McKinnon

Jack is also a minister, and is an in-demand wedding officiate. Jack is a member of Pescadero Community Church where he frequently preaches.

http://www.thumbtack.com/ca/pescadero/wedding-officiant/wedding-minister

Theme music. Incidental music, scoring. We need it. He's got it. He's simply amazing. Have a listen. Click click.

Acoustic guitarist Mark Kostrzewa hails from Montara, California.  His debut CD of original instrumental compositions “55 Miles” was released in 2009, diverse compositions ranging from ambient sound-scape to Latin/ Brazilian and Slide guitar in the Leo Kottke
and Alex Digrassi styles.  Kostrzewa is a self-taught musician harvesting music from years of pure enjoyment guitar playing, inspired by the beautiful settings of Northern California.  He regularly performs solo at many venues around San Francisco and was featured at world famous Yoshi’s Music Lounge in San Francisco in 2011.  Kostrzewa’s second CD “From Ear to There” recorded in Nashville is due out in Mid-2012 This all original album integrates in his unique “finger-style” guitar playing and composing on 6 and 12-string guitar.

Mark Kostrzewa Online

Acoustic Round Robin

Mark at Facebook

BEE KEEPER & CONSULTANT

Catherine helps us stay on target, from research on bee CCD to script accuracy.

You can find her at coastside farmer's markets. Don't miss tasting the lavender honey.... wonderful. Catherine also teaches back yard bee keeping. She's doing a lot to help bees survive.

If you see a swarm: do not approach.

Do not kill them.

Call a bee professional immediately.

Catherine Fraley is a hobbyist beekeeper in her fourth season of beekeeping and currently manages a collective of honey farmers who sell their hive products at local farmers' markets.  She lives in a unique agricultural community along the Pacific coastline south of San Francisco, and has initiated a program to place bees on local farms to help improve the crop yields and sustain the local bee population.  She believes that the greatest hope for bees is at the grass roots level, as hobbyist beekeepers will help to manage and maintain both feral and domestic bee colonies within our local communities.  She also speaks at public venues from schools to historical societies, and agrees with other beekeepers who understand that educating children to the importance of honey bees is the most effective means of rallying public awareness and aid for the survival of these amazing creatures.

Coastal Bee

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