A Film By Randall Chu
Born in Boston, raised in Toronto, Tokyo and Los Angeles, Leah Allers grew up in a family heavily involved in the Arts. Her family tree includes a Ziegfield Follies chorus girl, a famous Opera Diva who toured Europe, performing for royalty, including the Czar of Russia, and Leah’s father, Roger Allers, a Tony-nominated playwright and Oscar-nominated filmmaker, who’s directorial debut, “The Lion King”, became the most successful Disney movie of all time.
Leah is currently studying acting in the esteemed Milton Katselas’ Advanced class at Beverly Hills Playhouse. She studied musical theatre at UCLA and also with Carol Weiss. While training with vocal coach, Calvin Remsberg, Leah developed her 3 and a half octave vocal range and high belt.
Leah starred as "Amneris”, to critical acclaim, in the U.S. National Tour of Disney's Broadway musical, AIDA, from 2006-2007. She reprised the role soon after in an Equity production of AIDA, in West Virginia.
She returned to L.A. in the Fall of 2007, and went on to book 2 episodes of Days of Our Lives, the movie-musical, "Eclipse", the webisode series, "Kill Floor", as well as a lead role in the 2008 Disney/ASCAP workshop with Stephen Schwartz.
She is currently back on tour, starring as "Amneris" again, for the Fall '08 China tour of Disney's AIDA, which opened in Shanghai on September 24th and runs through December 8th, 2008.
She is SAG/AFTRA/AEA.
www.LeahAllers.com
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CAST BIOS
RANDALL CHU grew up in Orange County, California, and studied film production at the University of Southern California. After graduating, he worked for many years as a script coordinator for various basic cable and syndicated game shows. “Captives” is his feature film directing debut.
LEN CORDOVA bio to come
Stephanie Denise Griffin began her professional acting career in Wilmington, NC and relocated to Los Angeles after college. Film roles include "How to Lose Your Lover," "Jeepers Creepers 2," "Swirl," "The Bike Squad." Television roles include "CSI:NY," "10-8," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Dragnet" and the movie of the week "The Member of the Wedding." She can also be seen as Marion in the Jim Henson Company production "Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action." Anime fans may know her voice from the series "Vampire Princess Miyu." Los Angeles theatre includes the role of Julie in the world premiere of "The Id and Bob" at the Lillian Theatre and the role of Diane in the world premiere of True Story at the Coronet. Favorite theatre roles include Madame de Tourvel in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Hannah in the Night of the Iguana, Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Lizzie in 110 in the Shade. Stephanie will soon be seen in the feature film “The Jane Austen Book Club” with Jimmy Smits and Amy Brenneman.
Arianne Martin is a native of Austin, Texas. She has been seen in shows such as Fox's “Prison Break” and Lifetime's “Inspector Mom.” She is a veteran to the independent film scene having starred in numerous features.
Arianne just wrapped production on the dark comedy feature “Red Victoria,” from writer/director Anthony Brownrigg, in which she plays the title character. This film is gaining buzz among horror fans and will be out in 2007.
Most recently, Arianne has been attached as a joint producer on Striped Socks Production's “Pale Horse,” “Elevators” and “Blue Like Isolation.” These three feature films will be shot back to back to back this coming year.
Fred grew up in small town Maine, moved for a while to Michigan where he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry, of all things, and landed in Northern California where he had a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley. Realizing that chemistry was not for him, he left the field and went into software, which was almost as exciting. In his mid-40’s, he decided his midlife crisis should take him into singing and acting. Over the next few years his interest and work in performing grew until he found himself four years ago in LA.
You might have also seen him in the recent episode of “Criminal Minds,” “Poison,” playing the intensive care unit doc. He also appeared in the “Justice” episode “Death Spiral.” Other TV credits are “Passions” and “Crimetime.” He also has two commercials running for Ameriprise and Sony TV.
Independent film credits include “The Champ,” “Secret Agent,” “I Stand Here Ironing,” “Raw Footage,” “Here After,” and “A Simple Choice.”
Fred appeared recently on stage in a new musical, “Dvorak in America” at Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Fred is represented theatrically by The Wallis Agency and commercially by Coast to Coast. Management is TalentInk LA-NY.
LEAH ALLERS
“Naomi”
STEPHANIE DENISE GRIFFIN
“Jane”
KYLE VOGT
“Neil”
ARIANNE MARTIN
“Polly”
FRED OCHS
“Dr. Winters”
LEN CORDOVA
“Jim”
Kyle Vogt is a relative newcomer to the entertainment industry but has built a prolific body of work in a short time.
Kyle began his foray into principal acting with “Day 5” a student short film shot through the prestigious University of Southern California, landing the lead role on his very first principal audition in Los Angeles. While studying acting at the acclaimed Howard Fine Studios, he went on to perform in supporting and lead roles in numerous other short films and independent feature films, such as the award winning “Don: Plain and Tall”, “Monarch of the Moon” produced in association with Dark Horse Entertainment, various short films independently produced as well as made in association with University of California Los Angeles, the American Film Institute, and reprising his collaboration with the University of Southern California. Most recently he performed in Michael Nichols’ new feature “Charlie Wilson’s War” starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.
Passionate about creativity in a wide variety of subjects, Kyle has worked in production on a number of projects including the award winning “Promtroversy”, has penned a number of screenplays which are currently in development, and most recently has even begun working as a professional photographer. He also studies dialects in Robert Easton’s master class in order to enhance his characterizations on screen and while doing voice over work.
Kyle is currently working on the feature film “Last Call At Murry’s” starring Christopher Lloyd.
RANDALL CHU
Producer / Writer / Director
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