NIKA EZELL PAPPAS

 Actor "Josie"
Nika Ezell Pappas is an actor, writer, and full spectrum doula located in Oakland, California. She graduated with honors from Columbia University with her Master of Fine Arts.

​She wrote a short film based around the experience of sitting in the Planned Parenthood post/abortion recovery room and can be seen starring in the feature film “Nia on Vacation.” She worked on set with Martin Scorsese in HBO’s ‘Vinyl' and has appeared in various other feature and short films including ‘Adam Bloom’, ‘Middleground’, and ‘The Poet’. 

On stage she’s performed in such productions as ‘Bad Jews’ at Roundabout, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at Classic Stage Company, and ‘Proud to Present’ at the Guthrie. You may also glimpse her in various regional and national commercials for Verizon, Bank of America, and MLB.

LAUREN NEAL

 Actor "Siobbhan"
Lauren Neal is a biracial multi-hyphenate from Aurora, Colorado, and a graduate of Brown University’s Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies, but she is probably best known for (1) an uncanny resemblance to Prince when dressed in drag, or (2) her rapper alter ego Licki Ucroj's X-rated rhymes.

At Outfest Fusion 2020, Lauren won the Hyundai Emerging Director Award for her short film “Healing Me,” a foray into a mind at once propagated and plagued by bipolar disorder. Hyundai enlisted Lauren to direct an LGBTQ-centric commercial to be featured during the 2021 GLAAD Awards, The OutFronts, Outfest LA, and Newfest. 

Lauren was nominated for Best Lead Actress at IFF London for her work in “The Lovely Rejects,” which she also co-produced. Her acting credits include “Westworld,” FOX’s unaired pilot “Delirium,” and indie feature “The Sympathy Card." Lauren won Best Guest Actor (Comedy) at the Hollyweb Festival for her turn in the web series "Those With Class".

Notoriously obsessed with the discipline of acting, Lauren is the resident data scientist at Castability, a start-up devoted to providing actors with actionable feedback and quantitative analysis of their work.
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Currently, Lauren is producing indie feature "Under the Influencer" and seeking financing for two original feature scripts: "To Catch a Cougar," an LGBTQ intergenerational rom-com; and "Lesbian Water Zombies," a comedy-horror romp.

PETEY GIBSON

BRENDAN BOOGIE
Producer, Actor "Emma"
Writer, Director, Producer
Petey Gibson is an LA-based, Boston-bred trans comedian, actor, producer and writer. Declared by NPR as “a radical breed of comedian...at once subversive and versatile,” this Groundlings- trained, internationally touring character comedian has charmed live audiences for 15 years.
As a tv actor, Petey has appeared on BROAD CITY, GRACE & FRANKIE, and TRANSPARENT, as well as the EMMY- nominated doc miniseries THIS IS ME, and MASTERCARD's groundbreaking TrueName commercial, the first all-trans commercial of its kind. As a producer, he cut his teeth on critically acclaimed digital series MEALS WITH MARY before co-producing (and starring in) award-winning indie feature THE SYMPATHY CARD.
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Petey sits on the DEI Board at Story Pirates, a bicoastal youth organization where he also works as a teacher and performer, and co-produces Them Fatale, a successful monthly live drag king fundraiser in downtown Los Angeles.

​www.peteygibson.com ​
Brendan is an award-winning writer/director/producer whose film Sundown - a comedy/drama about a family coping with dementia - won multiple awards at the 2017 Massachusetts Independent, Buffalo International, Long Island, Sanford International, and SNOB Film Festivals and will be released April 3 exclusively on Amazon.  The Mayor of Rock & Roll, which Brendan wrote and starred in, was an official selection of the 2015 Massachusetts Independent and Buffalo Niagara Film Festivals.  Brendan is also a mainstay of the Boston independent music scene, having shared the stage with Boston’s best, recording over a dozen albums with various bands, including Scamper and Parlour Bells.  

In addition to his film and music endeavors, Brendan has spent the last decade working as a licensed mental health counselor with adults, teenagers, families, addicts, soldiers, and sufferers of all kinds.  Working with people at their most vulnerable has helped Brendan gain insight into loss and pain as well as the endless hope of the human spirit, all of which are organically reflected in his films.

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