JOSH FUNK (Lead) is a highly regarded comedian, singer, and musician. He has performed comedy and music with Justin Timberlake, was the lead singer of the jam band PARK (which toured with Phish) and his last music video, Mcain.I.Am, has garnered over two million views on Youtube. On top of this, Josh is one of the founding members of The Second City Detroit touring company, Artistic Director of The Second City Training Center Los Angeles, and veteran actor/director with Chicago’s Second City, including tours to Asia and Bosnia. His TV credits include MTV’s Wild n’ Out, Katt Williams: American Hustle, the BET Hip Hop Awards, Reno 911, Short Circuitz, Wild n’ Out, 3lbs, and Steven Soderbergh’s new film, The Informant. Most recently, he performed in Second City show at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, and in Opening Night: The Improvised Musical.
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TIFFANY BALDWIN (Lead) - A Philadelphia native, Tiffany Baldwin began her acting and singing career at an early age, appearing in numerous theater, film, and television productions. While attending UCLA, Tiffany was accepted into the William Alderson Acting Studio and partook in a two-year intensive Meisner program. Upon completion, Tiffany was offered the role of Jessica in the film, Iseeyou.com, opposite Beau Bridges and Rosanna Arquette, followed by the lead role in the independent feature, The Commune, starring Robert Miano and Scott Schwartz. Most recently Miss Baldwin has been touring with the Nashville based show, Conway Twitty, The Man, The Music, The Legend, playing the role of Joni Twitty. Presently, Tiffany is recording her debut album, Like Home, while performing throughout the Los Angeles area.
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Geoffrey Plitt (Writer / Director / Producer) – Geoffrey’s films have played in the St Lous Filmmakers Showcase ("Best Editing" - SUGAR), Second City's One More Beer Festival (Chicago), Oregon's BendFilm Festival ("Best Short" - SUGAR), and the Los Angeles Comedy Shorts Festival. Geoffrey's academic training includes Viewpoint School (Calabasas, CA) and Carnegie Mellon University; and he's performed comedy with ImprovOlympic, Annoyance, Second City, and Bang. As a director and instructor, he works in improvisation, sketch comedy, plays, musicals, and films. Geoffrey works for Google in Santa Monica, performs stand-up comedy around LA, and recently produced/directed the short comedy film Rock Obama: The Barack Obama Musical.
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Derek Taylor Kent (Writer / Producer) - Derek is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theatre/Film/Television where he studied writing and directing, and was honored with the rare privilege of auditing the Masters playwriting program. Derek is perhaps best known for his one-man show trilogy, "Michael Jordan's Magic Shoes", which toured across the nation. Derek has been pursuing his musical aspirations, writing songs and recording an album with his band, Son of Scotland. Last year, Derek wrote/directed the original musical, King Kalimari, which garnered rave reviews and had a sold out run in Los Angeles. In addition to writing and producing ROCK OBAMA with Sad Ninja, Derek recently wrote and directed several short films including CIA WATERBOARDING TAPES FOUND! and ONE HOUR ORGASM, which can be viewed at SadNinja.com.
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R.R. (Director of Photography, Associate Producer) - A distinguished cinematographer, driven producer, prolific director, photographer, and consultant, R.R.'s work has encompassed dozens of features, shorts, commercials, music videos, and narrative projects. Established in his craft throughout Los Angeles, Vancouver, London, Tehran, and Dubai, he is currently completing his last semester as a Production Major at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. His latest working production is called "CYRUS", based on the life of Cyrus the Great, which is claimed to be "the biggest independent financed film in history".
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Peet Guercio (Co-Producer, Supporting Actor, Additional Writing) is a standup comic who, in his first year of comedy, was named one of the top ten comics in the state of Colorado. Since moving to California, he has become a regular on ComedyJuice, one of the most prestigious shows in the country, headlined at Lynn University in Florida, and performed with Dane Cook, Doug Benson, Dov Davidoff, Kyle Cease, and many more. www.peetguercio.com for videos and performance dates.
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Jonathan Martofel (Co-Producer, Production Designer) – Jonathan is a filmmaking graduate from Carnegie Mellon University. He has produced and directed several short films and documentaries. Most recently, he wrapped production on “Nothing But The Moon, ” a sexy and intelligent romance concerning two seemingly opposite strangers who bond through one night of snide banter and introspection. Currently, Jonathan is an Associate Producer for Playground Media Group working on the DVD bonus featurettes for several ABC television programs. He also serves as the Alumni Relations Chairman for the CMU Drama Alumni Clan and is as a facilitator for the non-profit organization, Live Arts Group. He speaks fluent Spanish, resides in North Hollywood, CA and lives with his narcoleptic cat named Riesling.
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Joe Harkenrider (Co-Producer) - graduated from Columbia College in Chicago, where he studied film and photography. While attending Columbia, Joe found his unique brand of on-screen comedy through working with local writers, directors, and performers in the Chicago improv scene-- you can watch Corey and Korey, which he directed and produced, featuring talented performers from ImprovOlympic, The Annoyance, and The Playground. Since moving to Los Angeles, Joe has made his mark on the comedy scene here through his work with Upright Citizens Brigade and Comedy Central. Joe's main goal in life is to make your favorite movie.
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Michael Elko Weaver (Editor) is a graduate of The School of Cinematic Arts at USC. After attending university, Mike directed a number of guerilla shorts, mini docs and music videos and is also an avid photographer. He has been working on various physical production crews for studio features since 2005 and has currently been toiling away on James Cameron’s 'Avatar' due Winter 2009. In the meantime he is writing, photographing and editing. When he's not busy building his empire, he's also a student at the Groundlings.
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Ethan Newberry (Associate Producer, Art Director) – Ethan Newberry is a Seattle native and University of Washington graduate. It was here that he obtained his BA in Digital Design, Business and Theater. He can currently be seen performing improvisational comedy at iOWest and Upright Citizens Brigade. He's had a slew of successful viral videos and web series which have been featured on Youtube.com, PerezHilton.com, CollegeHumor.com, RollingStone.com, FunnyOrDie.com, Comcast OnDemand, Evening Magazine, and many others. If you'd like more information please feel free to visit ethannewberry.com
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Judd Hollander (1st Assistant Director, Associate Producer) is a professional Editor, Actor, and all-around Awesome Guy working in Los Angeles. His latest editing work was the "Next On" segments for the hit FOX reality series "Secret Millionaire" in December 2008. He has also appeared as the spokesman for SONY Online Entertainment's upcoming video game DC Universe Online, and he has been in several national advertising campaigns. His three biggest "look-alikes"in Hollywood are Toby Maguire before he got in shape, Jake Gyllenhaal before he got in shape, and Matt LeBlanc during the cocaine years.
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Carolyn Morse (2nd Assistant Director) is a filmmaker / actor who loves working on kooky projects. She's been paid big bucks to puke on Parker Posey, Amy Poehler, and Rachel Dratch -- yes, for a movie! -- and has recently starred in an award-winning commercial parody that she wrote and produced called "Hot-Farts!", which will soon be airing on Comedy Central. So watch out for her squeeze-and-release derrière move, coming soon to a TV set near you. Carolyn is a graduate of the University of Miami’s Film and Theatre program, and a proud member of SAG and AFTRA. She worked for several years in Miami before making the big move to tinsel town. When she’s not vomiting on celebrities, or making funny videos, Carolyn likes to spend her time surfing, bowling 300s, and harassing Indian food delivery guys.
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Andy Alt (Guitar) is a Los Angeles based Guitarist, Cinnamon Toaster Strudel connoisseur and famed fall-asleep-on-the-couch-er. Andy has spent time with and opened up for The Roots, The Black Keys, Travisty Theory, Howie Day and has recorded for artists on Interscope Records, Epic Records, several Independent labels and a dixie cup full of television networks. He is currently playing with Zack Wiesinger (Steve Vai) and is recording a full length album of original material to be released later this year. Please visit his website.
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