// JONATHAN CAOUETTE ~ as Michael
A truly iconoclastic visionary, Jonathan Caouette has been acting and making films since he was eight years old. In 2004 he starred in, directed, and edited Tarnation. Executive produced by Gus Van Sant and John Cameron Mitchell, the film was widely heralded a cinematic revolution. Part documentary, part narrative fiction, part home movie, and part acid trip, Tarnation charts a psychedelic whirlwind of super-8 home movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of 70s and 80s pop culture, and dramatic reenactments to create an epic portrait of an American family travesty. Premiering at Sundance and Cannes, Tarnation won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival, The National Society of Film Critics Award, the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. On the stage, Caouette portrayed a queer Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar and toured with the European company of Rocky Horror Show. He recently directed All Tomorrow's Parties, a feature about the cult music festival and a major hit at the SXSW, Edinburgh, and Los Angeles film festivals.
// ERIN DANIELS ~ as Amy
Born in St. Louis, television star Erin Daniels attended Vassar College, studying Architecture and Art History. She moved to New York City and then Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment, appearing on many primetime shows before landing a lead role on the Showtime original series The L Word. Ms. Daniels starred for three seasons as Dana Fairbanks, one of the show's most popular characters, building in the process a fan base all over the world. The L Word has since aired in over fifty countries. She has also appeared opposite Robin Williams in director Mark Romanek's indie hit One Hour Photo and for rocker-turned-director Rob Zombie in House of a Thousand Corpses. She is currently co-starring in creator Alan Poul's new CBS drama Swingtown and has recently directed her own first film, Sunday Afternoons, starring Paul Dooley and Patricia Place.
// STEVEN MARTINI ~ as Seth
Award-winning actor, writer, and director Steven Martini started as a young performer in New York City, appearing on Murder She Wrote, Law and Order, and Silk Stalkings. After co-starring in the primetime series Prince Street, Mr. Martini moved to Los Angeles, where, along with his brother Derick, he wrote, produced, and starred in the break-through independent feature Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire, winner of the Discovery Award at the Toronto Film Festival. Steven has since written for the series South Beach and Flash Gordon, among others, and wrote and acted in the feature Bolden. Most recently, he wrote and acted in the Toronto International Film Festival Audience Award winner Lymelife, developed in conjunction with the Sundance Institute and starring Alec Baldwin, Rory and Kieran Culkin, Cynthia Nixon, and Timothy Hutton. His band, The Spaceship Martini, is a fixture in the LA indie music scene.
// ALEX SCHEMMER ~ as Patrick
A graduate of Harvard University, twenty-eight-year-old Alex Schemmer also studied at the New England Conservatory, the American Repertory Theater, and England's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. While at Harvard, he starred as the Emcee in Cabaret, honored Sarah Jessica Parker and Anthony Hopkins with the "pudding pot" as a member of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, and sang with the Harvard Krokodiloes, a twelve-man a cappella group, with whom he traveled to Singapore, Australia, Peru, and Zimbabwe. Since moving to Los Angeles, Mr. Schemmer has appeared in two feature films, The Yellow Wallpaper and Bleached; the television series Dexter, What About Brian, and Raising the Bar; and countless commercials and music videos. He recently starred in Shadow Point (Showtime pilot), Demons (CBS), Big Love (HBO), Cougar Town (ABC), and on stage in Romeo and Juliet and Thrill Me, for which he won a Garland Award. The Los Angeles Times declared his performance as Romeo "captivating," noting his "poetic command" and "remarkable range."
// RENEE VICTOR ~ as Lupe
Actress, dancer, and choreographer Renee Victor was born in Texas and started her career on stage at an early age. She is an audience favorite on the smash hit Showtime series Weeds, playing liberated housekeeper to Mary Louise Parker's Nancy Botwin. Ms. Victor has also appeared on ER, The Parent Hood, Matlock, and in the feature film The Apostle, with Robert Duvall, among many others. She has long been a student of languages and still teaches Spanish to actors and directors, having translated for broadcast television during the 1984 Olympic Games. Ms. Victor makes her home in Los Angeles.
// EDWARD SINGLETARY, JR. ~ as Father Jerry
Born and raised in Orange County, California, actor and producer Edward Singletary, Jr., came to feature film and television from the stage. His theatrical credits include The Big Knife, Oliver, Billy Budd, and Death of a Salesman. More recently, he co-starred in the feature film Thank You, Good Night, with Mark Hamill and Sally Kirkland, a national anti-crystal methamphetamine campaign directed by Joel Schumacher, and as James Dean's nefarious manager in Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean. He has studied for several years with legendary acting teacher David LeGrant and has himself taught acting at The California Conservatory of The Arts.