PATRICK KENNELLY (Director, Producer) is an award-winning director of live performance, video, and film. His body of work includes Cleansed by Sarah Kane, the original multi-platform pop musical experience PATTY, and the South Sudan experimental documentary ten minutes is two hours. He received his BFA in Film/Video from CalArts and MFA in Theatre Directing from UCLA. In 2015, Patrick's debut feature film Excess Flesh was hailed as “the most twisted movie at SXSW -- and of the year” by The Daily Beast. The movie is currently distributed on VOD/DVD by Midnight Releasing and is a curated pick on Shudder. In addition to his creative projects, Patrick has served the Los Angeles arts community for many years as Artistic Director of Highways Performance Space, Southern California’s boldest center for new performance.

BETHANY ORR (Writer, Producer, "Jacobina") is an actress and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She has appeared in multiple film, TV and web projects including Criminal Minds, Stalker, and The Game Basement. Her first original short, Agorable, which she wrote, directed and starred in, won her entry into Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School, as well as the Transatlantic Talent Lab in Iceland. Her second short, Winner, a microbudget project made in 7 days, won the Grand Prize at 2012’s inaugural Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge Fest. Bethany starred in Patrick's 2015 SXSW feature Excess Flesh, winning Best Actress for her performance as "Jill."

CHANNING SARGENT (Producer) is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of Arts in Experimental Theatre, Moscow Art Theatre, and USC's Masters in Creative Writing program. Her past work includes Mad Men, Gamer Decisions, Retro Hardware, and 2018's No Better, No Worse.

NIKKI BOHM (Casting, Producer) is a filmmaker and performer whose most recent short IRA premiered at the top international genre festival in Sitges, Spain. She previously worked with Patrick on 2012's PATTY and the Maxi Wild video Sudden Death.

MARY LOVE (Consulting Producer) is a nationally certified interpreter for the deaf with over 30 years' experience. She has worked with deaf/HoH communities in multiple capacities across 3 states -- including medical, legal, psychiatric, and VRS.

JOE LANDO ("Jake") is a storied performer of TV and film whose credits include Higher Ground, Summerland, and The Secret Circle. He first came to the attention of casting directors in the role of Jake Harrison on the soap opera One Life to Live, a job that led to him to star with Jane Seymour in over 140 episodes of the highly successful Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, as Byron Sully.

UNATI MANGALISO ("Interpreter") is a talented actor with a passion for social justice. Her credits include Seal Team, Excess Flesh, and the Primetime Emmy-nominated series highlighting the lives of transgender women Her Story. She received her BFA in Theatre at UMass Amherst.

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