Ashes (Hai Iro No Yuki)
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Drama
Ashes is an ode to our parents and children. We blink and our children become capable adults, while our parents are as vulnerable as we once were. A reminder that nothing in life is permanent. Ashes is deeply mournful with a sense of humor because life is just funny that way.
Ashes (Hai Iro No Yuki)
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Drama
1 Campaigns | California, United States
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Ashes is an ode to our parents and children. We blink and our children become capable adults, while our parents are as vulnerable as we once were. A reminder that nothing in life is permanent. Ashes is deeply mournful with a sense of humor because life is just funny that way.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
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- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
After her mother's death, Natalia rebuilds her relationship with her father Maurice.
SUMMARY: Emerging from a storm of incredible loss Natalia attends her mother’s funeral. Body to ashes, she weathers mourner after mourner alone while her emotionally avoidant father Maurice hides in the shadow of his wife’s passing. Without her mother to bridge their relationship, Natalia and Maurice collide at long last, unraveling years of hurt, resentment, and misunderstanding. Neither can admit nor communicate how much they need each other until Natalia uncovers the severity of her father’s situation. They piece together their relationship according to new rules based on new roles. We blink and our children become capable adults. Meanwhile, our parents are as vulnerable as we once were...an inevitability reminding us that nothing in life is permanent.
WORDS FROM THE WRITER: "Growing up my father was my best friend, he was everything to me, but as I got older it became rare for us to have a conversation that didn’t end in a fight. We were stuck in a cycle. We’d argue, I’d storm out, we spoke less. Finally, I asked myself, ‘how did we get here?’.
So I started thinking: What if my mom wasn’t around to bridge the gap? How could my father and I rebuild our relationship? As the years pass, eventually, our roles will reverse. What would that look like?
Nothing in life is permanent. Whether you like it or not, whether you are ready for it or not, your relationship with your parents will evolve. And you have a choice: you can keep feeding the resentment and frustration until it’s too late, or heal with it while you still have the time to do so.” ~ Nicole Ohara
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TONE: Sentimental. Honest. A mediation on love and loss, grief and healing. Ashes is a cinematic tone poem that every parent-child relationship can relate to. It is deeply mournful with a sense of humor because life is just funny that way.
NATALIA: Mid to late 20s. Natalia is serious and responsible. Recently parted from her partner Penny after a late-pregnancy miscarriage, Natalia appears resilient, and often stoic - seemingly taking her mother's death in strides. She has a difficult time connecting with her father. She resents his detachment from her life. She wants her father to want to get to know her, his support and warmth. She needs to know that he loves her, but she has difficulty finding the words to ask him. She is her father’s daughter after all.
MAURICE: Late 60s early 70s. Maurice is a private and proud man incapable of asking for help. He’s become bitter over the years and the death of his wife was the straw that broke the camel’s back. He does not see anything wrong with his relationship with Natalia. Getting to know her is irrelevant. She is his daughter. What more is there to discuss? Emotionally barren Maurice does not have the tools to tell his daughter he loves her, but memories of her childhood warm his heart. His baby girl is all grown up, and he must learn to build a new bond with the adult she’s become.
Comparables: Departures (Okuribito), Worst Person in the World, Drive Mar Car
AWARDS & ACCOLADES:
Semifinalist: Screencrat Short Film Screenwriting Competition 2024
Semifinalist: Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition 2024
Quarterfinalist: Filmmatic Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship 2024
Quarterfinalist: Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition 2024
COVERFLY RANKING:
Top 5% of all 152,759 Projects
Top 6% of all 41,071 Drama Projects
Top 3% of 25,421 Short Projects
Top 4% of 8,360 Short Drama Projects
REVIEWS
“Ashes is a compelling short that really runs in high gear as far as the drama goes. This is a nice, quick story about coping with the loss of a beloved family figure. The writer...creates a story that has genuine depth.” - Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Competition
“The script is really powerful in its details and things that we're simply observing rather than having them being told or done...Even the small details in their behavior speak volumes” - Screencraft Screenwriting Competition
“The script holds some marvelous, visual, “wow factor” beats...These moments feel real, raw, and original...Grief is a powerful emotion and one that unites all of humanity“ - Shore Script
IF WE CAN SURPASS OUR GOAL....additional funds will go toward festival submissions, flights, and lodging.
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PRODUCED BY STREET RAT MEDIA
Learn more about us at our website https://www.streetratmedia.com
Visit our Instagram: @streetratmedia
For specific updates about Ashes (Hai Iro No Yuki) follow @ashes_short
WE WILL BE HOSTING IN-PERSON EVENTS!! GET TO KNOW THE TEAM AND MEET OTHER INDIE FILMMAKERS IN THE LA AREA! LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE!
Follow @ashes_short on Instagram to stay up to date on events in the LA area
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Camera Package
Costs $3,000
Acquiring the right tools is essential to the completion of this project. This includes lenses, stands, etc.
Lighting
Costs $900
Essential to making a good film in making sure we can see the actor's performances. With day and night scenes lighting is important!
16 mm Film
Costs $300
As part of the director's and DP's collective vision, we are shooting this short on FILM!
Personnel: Cast & Crew
Costs $8,500
It takes a village to make a movie, and we want to ensure the people making it happen are PAID.
Production Design & Locations
Costs $800
We have a funeral scene which means renting the space and dressing our set to feel as real as possible.
Meals
Costs $900
Pizza is not food!! If it takes a village to make a film, that means we have to feed a village.
Kintsugi Urns
Costs $200
Our hero prop is an urn, which we need to destroy and rebuild on camera. We are commissioning 5 custom urns from Moselle Davis-Kauffman.
Post-Production
Costs $1,400
This covers tasks from film development and scanning, editing, color grading, sound mixing, and renders.
Share this update!
About This Team
Nicole Ohara (she/her) - Writer/Executive Producer/Natalia
Nicole is an award-winning Hapa writer, actor, and producer. She is on a mission to build a body of work that takes people on a journey of self-discovery and awareness--bringing us one step closer to healing. Nicole's recent work can be seen on stage, screen, or streaming. Including: One for the Road (Art of Acting); Mister Kay (The Hobgoblin Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (A Noise Within); Moving (English Dub) on Hulu; Love Deadline (English Dub) on Netflix; Mortuus Est.: Legacy (Spotify); Found Family winner of the Paris Film Festival Best LGBTQ. Her screenplay for “Ashes” has received festival acclaim and is currently in the top 5% of all projects and top 3% of all short projects on Coverfly. She’s looking forward to bringing this script to life!! nicoleoharamedia.com
Jessica Barr (she/her) - Director
Jessica is a multi-hyphenate filmmaker raised in Portland, Oregon; Her work often explores loss and discoveries made from grief. She's known for stirring and cerebral stories grounded in naturalism. "SOPHIE JONES", a feature that Barr wrote, produced and starred in premiered at the 2020 Deauville Film Festival. The film screened at numerous other festivals before being acquired by Oscilloscope Laboratories with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Barr is the recipient of the Future of Film is Female Grant, the Oregon Made Grant, and the Regional Arts and Cultural Grant in Portland. Her short film "TIGHT" recently had its world premiere at SXSW and was listed as a top 10 best film to see by Harper's Bazaar. https://www.jessicabarrfilm.com/
Vittoria Campener (she/her) - Cinematographer
Vittoria is a Los Angeles-based Italian cinematographer who has worked internationally in Italy, France, Norway, China, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. Her work has been showcased in 100+ international film festivals, museums, and theaters, including SXSW, MountainFilm Festival Telluride, and Palm Springs International ShortFest, and has been featured in The New Yorker, Deadline, IndieWire and more. In 2020 she was selected as a Cinematography Fellow for the ASC vision program and Film Independent’s Project Involve. Beyond cinematography, she writes and directs her own films. Her short “DYE RED” won the award for Best Experimental Narrative Short at the 51st Nashville Film Festival and has screened in 30+ international festivals. Most recently, she participated in the Playlab residency in Peru, during which she directed a film shot in the Amazon forest under the mentorship of renowned Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which is currently in post-production. https://www.vittoriacampaner.com/
Dayo Ade (he/him) - Executive Producer
Dayo is an Actor, Producer and Writer. Dayo was born in Lagos Nigeria, raised in Toronto Ontario Canada and now resides in Los Angeles California. Dayo is one of the original cast members of “Degrassi High” who paved the way for future alumni such as Aubrey Graham’s (a.k.a. Drake) who also graduated from Degrassi. Dayo is currently recurring on Chuck Lorre’s WB sitcom “Bob Heart Abishola”. He’s just wrapped the final season of “Workin’ Moms” and won 3 Best Actor Awards in a Leading role for his performance in “Cinema of Sleep” 2022. Other shows on his CV range from “Lost”, “The Rookie” “Animal Kingdom”, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”, “October Faction”, “StartUp”, “Criminal Minds Beyond Boarders”, “Castle”, “C.S.I NY”, “N.C.I.S” and “N.C.I.S Los Angeles” just to name a few. Dayo believes in giving back so he teaches at the Art of acting studios in Los Angeles to guide newer actors in the begins of their journey.
Cody Flores-Jauregui (he/him) - Producer
Cody is a producer, writer, and director who has lived in every hemisphere of California. From San Jose to Redding and Sacramento. He has worked on a vast array of projects as producer such as M-A-N-N-E-Q-U-I-N (2021) and My Friend the Ghost (2018). He has also written and directed The Box, a film that plays with the philosophical idea of quantum entanglement. Cody is currently based in Los Angeles, where he works in post production and continues to write and produce or can be found at any trading card game event.
Jess Moreno Caycho (they/them) - Fundraising Manager
Jess is a costume designer based in Los Angeles, CA. They have a Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Costume Design from Virginia Commonwealth University. Their selected theatre credits include; The Last Five Years (The Western Stage), Trouble In Mind, All My Sons, Emilia, Next To Normal (The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Los Angeles), La Cocina (Loft Ensemble), Sunset Baby (ArtsWest Playhouse), and An Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Women of Lockerbie, Three Sisters (University of Washington, Seattle. Their film credits include Tall Tales (Costume Designer) and Poisoned Skies (Asst. Costume Designer) jessmorenocaycho.com
Miguel Perez (he/him) - Maurice
Miguel was born and raised in San Jose CA. He joined the Marines at 17. Honorably discharged in 1979, Miguel moved to New York City to begin his acting career. Graduation from the National Shakespeare Conservatory was followed by engagements with regional companies including the Asolo State Theatre, South Florida Shakespeare Company, American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Hartford Stage and others. In New York he appeared with the Classic Stage Company, The New York Shakespeare Festival and in dozens of productions on and off Broadway. Miguel has appeared in many feature films including BLOW, UNBROKEN:Path To Redemption, OCEANS 11 and MILLION DOLLAR BABY. On TV he has guest starred on “SEINFELD”, “MADAM SECRETARY”, “ER”, “THE RESIDENT”, “DESIGNATED SURVIVOR”, “FEAR THE WALKING DEAD” and many others. He lives in Downtown LA with his wife, artist Kaye Freeman, and continues working in Theatre, Film and Television across the United States.
Katie Leclerc (she/her) - Penny
Katie Leclerc's starred in the ABC Family hit series “Switched at Birth” as Daphne, receiving a Peabody Award and several other nominations for her performance as Daphne Vasquez. Leclerc had a recurring role on “The Big Bang Theory” and has appeared in such high-profile series as “Veronica Mars,” “Community,” and “NCIS,” to name a few. In addition to her work in television, Leclerc has starred in over a dozen feature films for companies such as Sony, Hallmark and AMC+. Leclerc has also been producing feature films and highly visible podcasts. In the feature film world, she has worked as a producer on 4 films for Lifetime. Leclerc is incredibly passionate about community and philanthropy. She recently taught ASL on Michelle Obama’s Netflix series “Waffles + Mochi”.
Anja Racic (she/her) - Mourner
Anja is a Serbian actor and producer. She is a recent graduate of Stella Adler Art of Acting Studio and a big lover of Shakespeare & independent film. Recent Credits: The Tempest at the Shakespeare Center of LA/After Hours Theatre Company; The Tempest at the Antaeus Theater Company. Anja was recognized for a “Breakout Featured Performance of 2023-2024” by LA’s prolific reviewer, Steven Stanley. Keep your eyes peeled for Anja's feature film debut, RED SNELLING FOR MAYOR directed by Shelbi Addison Glover coming next summer. Honored to be a part of Ashes & bring this story to life alongside wonderful artists. Website: https://www.anjaracic.com
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
After her mother's death, Natalia rebuilds her relationship with her father Maurice.
SUMMARY: Emerging from a storm of incredible loss Natalia attends her mother’s funeral. Body to ashes, she weathers mourner after mourner alone while her emotionally avoidant father Maurice hides in the shadow of his wife’s passing. Without her mother to bridge their relationship, Natalia and Maurice collide at long last, unraveling years of hurt, resentment, and misunderstanding. Neither can admit nor communicate how much they need each other until Natalia uncovers the severity of her father’s situation. They piece together their relationship according to new rules based on new roles. We blink and our children become capable adults. Meanwhile, our parents are as vulnerable as we once were...an inevitability reminding us that nothing in life is permanent.
WORDS FROM THE WRITER: "Growing up my father was my best friend, he was everything to me, but as I got older it became rare for us to have a conversation that didn’t end in a fight. We were stuck in a cycle. We’d argue, I’d storm out, we spoke less. Finally, I asked myself, ‘how did we get here?’.
So I started thinking: What if my mom wasn’t around to bridge the gap? How could my father and I rebuild our relationship? As the years pass, eventually, our roles will reverse. What would that look like?
Nothing in life is permanent. Whether you like it or not, whether you are ready for it or not, your relationship with your parents will evolve. And you have a choice: you can keep feeding the resentment and frustration until it’s too late, or heal with it while you still have the time to do so.” ~ Nicole Ohara
TONE: Sentimental. Honest. A mediation on love and loss, grief and healing. Ashes is a cinematic tone poem that every parent-child relationship can relate to. It is deeply mournful with a sense of humor because life is just funny that way.
NATALIA: Mid to late 20s. Natalia is serious and responsible. Recently parted from her partner Penny after a late-pregnancy miscarriage, Natalia appears resilient, and often stoic - seemingly taking her mother's death in strides. She has a difficult time connecting with her father. She resents his detachment from her life. She wants her father to want to get to know her, his support and warmth. She needs to know that he loves her, but she has difficulty finding the words to ask him. She is her father’s daughter after all.
MAURICE: Late 60s early 70s. Maurice is a private and proud man incapable of asking for help. He’s become bitter over the years and the death of his wife was the straw that broke the camel’s back. He does not see anything wrong with his relationship with Natalia. Getting to know her is irrelevant. She is his daughter. What more is there to discuss? Emotionally barren Maurice does not have the tools to tell his daughter he loves her, but memories of her childhood warm his heart. His baby girl is all grown up, and he must learn to build a new bond with the adult she’s become.
Comparables: Departures (Okuribito), Worst Person in the World, Drive Mar Car
AWARDS & ACCOLADES:
Semifinalist: Screencrat Short Film Screenwriting Competition 2024
Semifinalist: Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition 2024
Quarterfinalist: Filmmatic Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship 2024
Quarterfinalist: Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition 2024
COVERFLY RANKING:
Top 5% of all 152,759 Projects
Top 6% of all 41,071 Drama Projects
Top 3% of 25,421 Short Projects
Top 4% of 8,360 Short Drama Projects
REVIEWS
“Ashes is a compelling short that really runs in high gear as far as the drama goes. This is a nice, quick story about coping with the loss of a beloved family figure. The writer...creates a story that has genuine depth.” - Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Competition
“The script is really powerful in its details and things that we're simply observing rather than having them being told or done...Even the small details in their behavior speak volumes” - Screencraft Screenwriting Competition
“The script holds some marvelous, visual, “wow factor” beats...These moments feel real, raw, and original...Grief is a powerful emotion and one that unites all of humanity“ - Shore Script
IF WE CAN SURPASS OUR GOAL....additional funds will go toward festival submissions, flights, and lodging.
PRODUCED BY STREET RAT MEDIA
Learn more about us at our website https://www.streetratmedia.com
Visit our Instagram: @streetratmedia
For specific updates about Ashes (Hai Iro No Yuki) follow @ashes_short
WE WILL BE HOSTING IN-PERSON EVENTS!! GET TO KNOW THE TEAM AND MEET OTHER INDIE FILMMAKERS IN THE LA AREA! LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE!
Follow @ashes_short on Instagram to stay up to date on events in the LA area
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Camera Package
Costs $3,000
Acquiring the right tools is essential to the completion of this project. This includes lenses, stands, etc.
Lighting
Costs $900
Essential to making a good film in making sure we can see the actor's performances. With day and night scenes lighting is important!
16 mm Film
Costs $300
As part of the director's and DP's collective vision, we are shooting this short on FILM!
Personnel: Cast & Crew
Costs $8,500
It takes a village to make a movie, and we want to ensure the people making it happen are PAID.
Production Design & Locations
Costs $800
We have a funeral scene which means renting the space and dressing our set to feel as real as possible.
Meals
Costs $900
Pizza is not food!! If it takes a village to make a film, that means we have to feed a village.
Kintsugi Urns
Costs $200
Our hero prop is an urn, which we need to destroy and rebuild on camera. We are commissioning 5 custom urns from Moselle Davis-Kauffman.
Post-Production
Costs $1,400
This covers tasks from film development and scanning, editing, color grading, sound mixing, and renders.
Share this update!
About This Team
Nicole Ohara (she/her) - Writer/Executive Producer/Natalia
Nicole is an award-winning Hapa writer, actor, and producer. She is on a mission to build a body of work that takes people on a journey of self-discovery and awareness--bringing us one step closer to healing. Nicole's recent work can be seen on stage, screen, or streaming. Including: One for the Road (Art of Acting); Mister Kay (The Hobgoblin Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (A Noise Within); Moving (English Dub) on Hulu; Love Deadline (English Dub) on Netflix; Mortuus Est.: Legacy (Spotify); Found Family winner of the Paris Film Festival Best LGBTQ. Her screenplay for “Ashes” has received festival acclaim and is currently in the top 5% of all projects and top 3% of all short projects on Coverfly. She’s looking forward to bringing this script to life!! nicoleoharamedia.com
Jessica Barr (she/her) - Director
Jessica is a multi-hyphenate filmmaker raised in Portland, Oregon; Her work often explores loss and discoveries made from grief. She's known for stirring and cerebral stories grounded in naturalism. "SOPHIE JONES", a feature that Barr wrote, produced and starred in premiered at the 2020 Deauville Film Festival. The film screened at numerous other festivals before being acquired by Oscilloscope Laboratories with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Barr is the recipient of the Future of Film is Female Grant, the Oregon Made Grant, and the Regional Arts and Cultural Grant in Portland. Her short film "TIGHT" recently had its world premiere at SXSW and was listed as a top 10 best film to see by Harper's Bazaar. https://www.jessicabarrfilm.com/
Vittoria Campener (she/her) - Cinematographer
Vittoria is a Los Angeles-based Italian cinematographer who has worked internationally in Italy, France, Norway, China, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. Her work has been showcased in 100+ international film festivals, museums, and theaters, including SXSW, MountainFilm Festival Telluride, and Palm Springs International ShortFest, and has been featured in The New Yorker, Deadline, IndieWire and more. In 2020 she was selected as a Cinematography Fellow for the ASC vision program and Film Independent’s Project Involve. Beyond cinematography, she writes and directs her own films. Her short “DYE RED” won the award for Best Experimental Narrative Short at the 51st Nashville Film Festival and has screened in 30+ international festivals. Most recently, she participated in the Playlab residency in Peru, during which she directed a film shot in the Amazon forest under the mentorship of renowned Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which is currently in post-production. https://www.vittoriacampaner.com/
Dayo Ade (he/him) - Executive Producer
Dayo is an Actor, Producer and Writer. Dayo was born in Lagos Nigeria, raised in Toronto Ontario Canada and now resides in Los Angeles California. Dayo is one of the original cast members of “Degrassi High” who paved the way for future alumni such as Aubrey Graham’s (a.k.a. Drake) who also graduated from Degrassi. Dayo is currently recurring on Chuck Lorre’s WB sitcom “Bob Heart Abishola”. He’s just wrapped the final season of “Workin’ Moms” and won 3 Best Actor Awards in a Leading role for his performance in “Cinema of Sleep” 2022. Other shows on his CV range from “Lost”, “The Rookie” “Animal Kingdom”, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”, “October Faction”, “StartUp”, “Criminal Minds Beyond Boarders”, “Castle”, “C.S.I NY”, “N.C.I.S” and “N.C.I.S Los Angeles” just to name a few. Dayo believes in giving back so he teaches at the Art of acting studios in Los Angeles to guide newer actors in the begins of their journey.
Cody Flores-Jauregui (he/him) - Producer
Cody is a producer, writer, and director who has lived in every hemisphere of California. From San Jose to Redding and Sacramento. He has worked on a vast array of projects as producer such as M-A-N-N-E-Q-U-I-N (2021) and My Friend the Ghost (2018). He has also written and directed The Box, a film that plays with the philosophical idea of quantum entanglement. Cody is currently based in Los Angeles, where he works in post production and continues to write and produce or can be found at any trading card game event.
Jess Moreno Caycho (they/them) - Fundraising Manager
Jess is a costume designer based in Los Angeles, CA. They have a Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Costume Design from Virginia Commonwealth University. Their selected theatre credits include; The Last Five Years (The Western Stage), Trouble In Mind, All My Sons, Emilia, Next To Normal (The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Los Angeles), La Cocina (Loft Ensemble), Sunset Baby (ArtsWest Playhouse), and An Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Women of Lockerbie, Three Sisters (University of Washington, Seattle. Their film credits include Tall Tales (Costume Designer) and Poisoned Skies (Asst. Costume Designer) jessmorenocaycho.com
Miguel Perez (he/him) - Maurice
Miguel was born and raised in San Jose CA. He joined the Marines at 17. Honorably discharged in 1979, Miguel moved to New York City to begin his acting career. Graduation from the National Shakespeare Conservatory was followed by engagements with regional companies including the Asolo State Theatre, South Florida Shakespeare Company, American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Hartford Stage and others. In New York he appeared with the Classic Stage Company, The New York Shakespeare Festival and in dozens of productions on and off Broadway. Miguel has appeared in many feature films including BLOW, UNBROKEN:Path To Redemption, OCEANS 11 and MILLION DOLLAR BABY. On TV he has guest starred on “SEINFELD”, “MADAM SECRETARY”, “ER”, “THE RESIDENT”, “DESIGNATED SURVIVOR”, “FEAR THE WALKING DEAD” and many others. He lives in Downtown LA with his wife, artist Kaye Freeman, and continues working in Theatre, Film and Television across the United States.
Katie Leclerc (she/her) - Penny
Katie Leclerc's starred in the ABC Family hit series “Switched at Birth” as Daphne, receiving a Peabody Award and several other nominations for her performance as Daphne Vasquez. Leclerc had a recurring role on “The Big Bang Theory” and has appeared in such high-profile series as “Veronica Mars,” “Community,” and “NCIS,” to name a few. In addition to her work in television, Leclerc has starred in over a dozen feature films for companies such as Sony, Hallmark and AMC+. Leclerc has also been producing feature films and highly visible podcasts. In the feature film world, she has worked as a producer on 4 films for Lifetime. Leclerc is incredibly passionate about community and philanthropy. She recently taught ASL on Michelle Obama’s Netflix series “Waffles + Mochi”.
Anja Racic (she/her) - Mourner
Anja is a Serbian actor and producer. She is a recent graduate of Stella Adler Art of Acting Studio and a big lover of Shakespeare & independent film. Recent Credits: The Tempest at the Shakespeare Center of LA/After Hours Theatre Company; The Tempest at the Antaeus Theater Company. Anja was recognized for a “Breakout Featured Performance of 2023-2024” by LA’s prolific reviewer, Steven Stanley. Keep your eyes peeled for Anja's feature film debut, RED SNELLING FOR MAYOR directed by Shelbi Addison Glover coming next summer. Honored to be a part of Ashes & bring this story to life alongside wonderful artists. Website: https://www.anjaracic.com