THE CAST
(speaking roles)
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Stephen Kendrick - KEITH LANGSDALE
Alan Moss - JIM LOBLEY Jane Hurst - CATE DAMON David Kaplan - FRANK ARONSON Voice of IVAN - JOHN MONTANARI Voice of Butler - KEITH LANGSDALE Cong. Joseph Muller - EDMOND GENEST FBI Agent - SAM RUSH Alicia Coleman - EMILY PECK Deepak - KESHOV SHARMA Channel 9 and HGN reporter - ELIZA GREENE-SMITH John Henson - EDWARD GOLDEN Disguised voice of IVAN - COLIN ALLEN Department secretary - JEAN KOESTER Student in classroom - TROY DAVID MERCIER Student in forum - SASHA RIVERA Woman in lobby - IRENE THORNTON Professor on video - MARK HILDRETH Woman in bar - BRITTNEY BERTIER First and third person on phone - JARICE HANSON Second person on phone - JOHN ALLEN First airline agent - BRITTNEY BERTIER First professor in hallway - JOHN DARROW Second professor in hallway - SAM SAMUELS Third professor in hallway - RACHELLE ALLEN Maintenance worker - IAN ROBERTS First forum panelist - JEANNINE HAAS Second forum panelist - DANIEL POPOWICH Third forum panelist - JARICE HANSON Radio news reporter - DAVE SEARS MIT vice provost - ROBERT FREEDMAN Woman in workshop - SANDRA BLANEY Man on elevator - TOM KOKONOWSKI Woman on elevator - HOLLIS SCHLACTER LOWE Voice of UMass trustee - JOHN FREEMAN MIT operator - PETER McHUGH Second airline agent - FRED CONTRADA |
Keith Langsdale
Jim Lobley
Cate Damon
Frank Aronson
John Montanari
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THE CREW
Left to right, Stan Freeman, Chris Husta, Sasha Rivera, Anna Dearth, Doug Gordon, Sean English, Alex Ulloa
Director - DOUGLAS GORDON
Writer and producer - STAN FREEMAN Musical score - DUANE SHARMAN Director of photography - SEAN ENGLISH Director of lighting - CHRIS HUSTA Sound - WALTER GONET and IAN ROBERTS Assistant Cameraman - ALEX ULLOA Additional crew - SHAWN BAKOWSKI, TYLER GEIS and ROGER OUIMET Editing and post-production - STAN FREEMAN and PAT ROWAN Production assistants - ANNA DEARTH, SASHA RIVERA and HOLLIS SCHLACTER LOWE Props and sets - STAN FREEMAN Computer code consultants - LEE SPECTOR, THOMAS HELMUTH Additional music (Bel Canto Strings) - RADEK SOKULSKI Philadelphia footage - DAN VAN WERT |
Duane Sharman, composer
Ian Roberts, sound
Walter Gonet, sound
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THE BIOS
KEITH LANGSDALE (actor, Stephen Kendrick) is a veteran of stage and screen, having appeared in film, television and at regional theatres across the country. Stage credits include A Few Good Men on Broadway; Bovver Boys at Primary Stages; Jeffrey at the Minetta Lane off-Broadway; and most recently as "Nixon" in Frost/Nixon at the Arkansas Rep and in Lynn Redgrave's The Mandrake Root at San Jose Rep. Film work includes Hear No Evil, See No Evil with Gene Wilder and Woody Allen's New York Stories. A member of the Screen Actors Guild, Keith holds a BFA in directing from the UMass Amherst theater program.
JIM LOBLEY (actor, Alan Moss) is a graduate of the MFA in acting program at University of Wisconsin. After acting professionally in the theater in the Midwest, he returned to Western Massachusetts to start a family. He has only recently returned to acting, working mainly in community theater. He is co-founder of Oborain, a company producing high-end outdoor showers. He lives in Ashfield, Mass.
CATE DAMON (actress, Jane Hurst), has been primarily a stage actress. A member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors’ Equity, she has appeared off-Broadway in 5th of July, in London in Baby with the Bath Water and extensively in regional theater. She’s been in nearly 30 plays at the New Century Theatre in Northampton, Mass. Her credits also include commercials. She lives with her family in Holyoke, Mass.
JOHN MONTANARI (actor, voice of IVAN) was the host of classical music shows on WFCR-FM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Amherst, Mass., for nearly 35 years. Recently retired, he was also the station’s music director. He attended University of Connecticut, where he studied music history.
FRANK ARONSON (actor, David Kaplan), a member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors’ Equity, has appeared in Boston in A Little Night Music at the Lyric Stage Company and in the world premiere of Marty with John C. Reilly at the Huntington Theatre. He also appeared in the movie Hachi: A Dog’s Tale with Richard Gere and Joan Allen. He is a regular at the Majestic Theater in West Springfield. He lives in West Whately, Mass.
DOUGLAS GORDON (director) is a Boston-based director and director of photography whose credits include narrative films, documentaries and music videos. These projects have allowed him to work throughout the US and overseas, including France, UK, India and China. He holds an MFA from Boston University where he currently teaches film production.
STAN FREEMAN (screenwriter, producer, editor) is a former newspaper science writer whose articles appeared in more than 25 publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Seattle Times, the Houston Chronicle, the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the St. Louis Post Dispatch. A graduate of Cornell, he attended the MFA in fiction writing program at University of Massachusetts. He’s published short stories in literary magazine as well as five books of nonfiction. He lives in Northampton, Mass.
DUANE SHARMAN (composer) received his training in film scoring and orchestral composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He also holds a masters degree in computer science. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, flute and guitar. He lives and has a recording studio in Calgary, Canada, home of a thriving film community.
JIM LOBLEY (actor, Alan Moss) is a graduate of the MFA in acting program at University of Wisconsin. After acting professionally in the theater in the Midwest, he returned to Western Massachusetts to start a family. He has only recently returned to acting, working mainly in community theater. He is co-founder of Oborain, a company producing high-end outdoor showers. He lives in Ashfield, Mass.
CATE DAMON (actress, Jane Hurst), has been primarily a stage actress. A member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors’ Equity, she has appeared off-Broadway in 5th of July, in London in Baby with the Bath Water and extensively in regional theater. She’s been in nearly 30 plays at the New Century Theatre in Northampton, Mass. Her credits also include commercials. She lives with her family in Holyoke, Mass.
JOHN MONTANARI (actor, voice of IVAN) was the host of classical music shows on WFCR-FM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Amherst, Mass., for nearly 35 years. Recently retired, he was also the station’s music director. He attended University of Connecticut, where he studied music history.
FRANK ARONSON (actor, David Kaplan), a member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors’ Equity, has appeared in Boston in A Little Night Music at the Lyric Stage Company and in the world premiere of Marty with John C. Reilly at the Huntington Theatre. He also appeared in the movie Hachi: A Dog’s Tale with Richard Gere and Joan Allen. He is a regular at the Majestic Theater in West Springfield. He lives in West Whately, Mass.
DOUGLAS GORDON (director) is a Boston-based director and director of photography whose credits include narrative films, documentaries and music videos. These projects have allowed him to work throughout the US and overseas, including France, UK, India and China. He holds an MFA from Boston University where he currently teaches film production.
STAN FREEMAN (screenwriter, producer, editor) is a former newspaper science writer whose articles appeared in more than 25 publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Seattle Times, the Houston Chronicle, the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the St. Louis Post Dispatch. A graduate of Cornell, he attended the MFA in fiction writing program at University of Massachusetts. He’s published short stories in literary magazine as well as five books of nonfiction. He lives in Northampton, Mass.
DUANE SHARMAN (composer) received his training in film scoring and orchestral composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He also holds a masters degree in computer science. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, flute and guitar. He lives and has a recording studio in Calgary, Canada, home of a thriving film community.
On the set
Some photos courtesy of Anna Dearth, Holly Schlacter Lowe and Shawn Bakowski.