David Bickford

Actor (Tolkien)
Odd Trivia: In 1970 he chaired a students committee for a US Senate candidate in Connecticut and reported directly to Yale Law student and campaign coordinator Bill Clinton. As an actor, David's been seen in film (Traffic, Crocodile Dundee in L.A...), television (Shark, West Wing...), theatre (current member of Hollywood's Theatre of NOTE ensemble), and over 200 commercials. Also a musician, he is the pianist for The Black Orchid Trio, and lead guitar in Brando's Pants. More at www.davidbickford.com.
www.theatreofnote.com | www.brandospants.com | www.blackorchidtrio.com

Robert John Brewer

Actor (Dave Jackson)
We all have dreams; some of us get started on them a little later, or have to spend a little more time running them down. Hopefully, the key to catching up with them is not giving up. I am eternally grateful to family, friends, teachers, and mentors who have provided so much encouragement and guidance in the chase. Proud member of the Elephant Theatre Company. Thinking about getting a pet? Please visit your local animal shelter or humane society. More information regarding acting credits and experience can be found at IMDB or LACasting.
www.lacasting.com/brewer | www.imdb.com/name/nm2374243/

Alexis Byrum

Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist, Facial Skin Consultant. A rare southern California native from the OC, who understands the demands of the trade, while adding her artistic background to create unique styles and beauty to her models. Innately talented in sketch and colors, she attended FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise) until realizing the canvas she preferred was the human face and not commercial landscape. Studied skin care as an aestheticians at The Career Academy of Beauty and makeup at college and private classes. Works freelance on independent films and also has counter experience.

Jacob Carver

Original Music
Jacob Carver first met Boom Operator David Nett when they were put next to each other at a science fair; when each independently wandered down to the RPG section of the bookstore during a break, their geekdom and friendship was assured. Jake has composed and recorded a great deal of music for Lucid by Proxy productions. He released the solo acoustic album Done Gone in July 2007, which is available at jacobcarver.com, and a new plugged-in-and-amplified rock album with his band the Sympathetic Strangers will be available in January of 2009.
www.jacobcarver.com

Andrew R. Deutsch

Co-Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Electric, Editor, Actor (Goldy)
After graduating with a degree in Graphic Design from Texas Christian University, Andrew Deutsch went on to write and direct the independent feature Runner in 1997. Afterwards, Andrew Co-Executive Produced the current festival hit Yesterday Was A Lie, which has recently won several "Best Feature" festival awards including: Lake Forest Film Festival, Brilliant Light International Film Festival and the Park City Film Music Festival, along with being selected to 12 other film festivals across the country. His next independent feature writing project will be an adaptation of Karel Capek's play, R.U.R for Helicon Arts.
www.yesterdaywasalie.com | www.deutschdesignstudio.com

Kyle Dickinson

Director, 1st Assistant Director
Though Kyle is gone, his spirit resides in GOLD. No, he's not dead; he just lives in Oregon, which is practically the same thing. After graduating from Chapman University, his short film I Saved the World from Global Warming! (co-written/directed with Nolan Wang) navigated the festival circuit, where it was lauded as "awesome" and "life changing" by a guy in Phoenix. With his life goal of visiting Phoenix achieved, Kyle moved to Oregon to contemplate his existence. He continues to do that, while also writing, and hanging out with his girlfriend, Allison.
www.globalwarmingshort.com

Jeremy Guskin

Actor (Paul Hokes)
Jeremy has 2 MFAs, from Carnegie Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theater. Mr. Guskin has performed on, off and off-off broadway in New York, at the Kennedy Center, in Russia, and Scottland. He also does voice work for cartoons and audio books. Some TV and Film credits include: Art School Confidential, Pulse, Simone, ER, Six Feet Under, Alias, NCIS, Life, NYPD Blue, as well as a re-ocurring role on 'til Death. He is also the star and co-creater of Shakespearience, the most successful educational theater program in CA. Jeremy was born and raised in New York City and graduated Hunter College High School.
www.imdb.com/name/nm1490283

Shannon Ivey

Actor (Cissy Drake)
Shannon Ivey, a self-described geek-hag, is an actress and writer who currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. Since graduating with her MFA in 2004, she's starred in such projects as: ABC's Notes from the Underbelly, CBS' Criminal Minds, CW's All of Us, Showtimes' Sleeper Cell, WB's Justice League and the independent features American Crude and iMurders. Recently, she's been writing a feature film with Heather Robinson and Hollywood Icon Carrie Fisher entitled E-Girl. Most importantly, she loves: Macking down on BBQ, 'MyStalking', riding her bike and getting into vicious blog-wars with anyone up to the challenge. Be forewarned - she's tricky.
www.shannonivey.com | www.imdb.com/name/nm1836673/ | www.myspace.com/smjprincess

Gary Karp

Actor (Charles Subar)
If you are from Seattle, you may remember Gary from an old Seattle Times commercial. If you are from the east coast, you may have seen him on a spot for Friendly's. If you are from Norway, you may know him as Bad Gas Guy for Volkswagen. If you are from the 70's, you may remember Gary beating up Wesley in Mr. Belvedere, or as the anti-semite bully in The Twilight Zone. (The one from the 80's). If you are watching TV now, he just may be on one of those ads you're fast-forwarding through. You may also have seen him on stage in any number of productions with Lucid By Proxy, Andre du Lordes Grand Guignolers de Paris, and Shakespeare Festival/LA, among others. But -if from nothing else - you should remember him from GOLD.
www.lucidbyproxy.com | www.grandguignolers.com | www.imdb.com/name/nm0439923/

James Ellis Lane

Actor (Jaz)
Originally from Houston, James received a BA in Theatre and Dance from the University of Texas and frequently performed with the Austin Shakespeare Festival as Benedick in Much Ado Bout Nothing, Malcolm in Macbeth, Orsino in Twelfth Night, and Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice (where he met his wife, Lilas). West Coast credits include Theseus in Midsummer Nights Dream with the Nevada Shakespeare Festival and Lane in Earnest in Love at the Freemont Center Theatre in Pasadena. Recent TV includes The Unit, 24, Without A Trace, Days of Our Lives and Passions. In his spare time he bangs the skins and sings a lil' harmony in the Country/Rock band, Pilbilly Knights.
www.imdb.com/name/nm1763607/ | resumes.actorsaccess.com/jamesellislane | tinyurl.com/jameslane

Lilas Lane

Director
Lilas, a native of Austin, Texas, grew up one of seven children in a musical and artistic family. A stage actress since the age of twelve, Lilas moved to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue a professional acting career. Her TV credits include Without A Trace (CBS), House (FOX), 24 (FOX), and Heroes (NBC), as well as recurring roles on NBC's Days of Our Lives and ABC's General Hospital, among others. Her film credits include Slip, The Operator, and a starring role in the Sci Fi Channel's movie, Alien Siege, in which she played a tough-as-nails military commando who saves the world. Among her various stage credits, Lilas performed in a one-woman show entitled The Greys at Hollywood's Stella Adler Theater and was praised as a one woman "tour de force" by Backstage West. She is married to fellow actor James Lane and is a new mother to their beautiful daughter, Kenzie. In addition to GOLD, Lilas directed the short film Stakeout.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250169/

Alan Loayza

Actor (Oliver Crane)
Alan was born at Hollywood Presbyterian but his first gig was at the age a 6 in Saudi Arabia where he dressed up like a sucker and sang "On The Good Ship Lollipop" in a chorus line of a bunch other suckers. It was the crowd (of parents) favorite. He then moved back and was a drama geek all through school and danced with Steve Urkel on an episode of Step by Step. In High School he he won 13th in the Nation in Humorous Interpretation at The National Forensics League Speech and Debate National Tournament. He graduated BFA in Theatre from CalArts and his Taft Hartley into SAG was a one liner in S1M0NE face to face with Al Pacino. He almost vomited on the legend. Since then he's starred in various pilots and guest star appearances in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Young McGyver, Boston Public and Judging Amy. You may recognize him as Colin from seasons 5 & 6 on Gilmore Girls. He currently is producing on a feature in development called Flying Lessons.
www.alanloayza.com | www.imdb.com/name/nm1069698/

Michael Miranda

Actor (Physical Therapist), Therapy Consultant
Michael, a Phoenix, Arizona native, is a Pilates instructor with a background in dance, theater and film. Stage experience includes "Annie Get Your Gun", "La Cage Aux Folles" and "The Interview", as well as numerous dance awards at many concerts and competitions. Film roles include "Everything's George" (featured dancer) with Frank Gorshin. Michael received his Pilates certification at Retrofit Pilates Rx, in conjunction with Balanced Body University, under the direction of Barbara Wintroub, with a focus on injury prevention and rehabilitation. He was also a track and field competitor in the AAU Junior Olympics, with two marathons to his credit by the age of thirteen. Michael works with chiropractors and physical therapists designing therapeutic Pilates exercise programs for injuries ranging from minor to serious, as well as overall fitness programs.

Nathan Mobley

Actor (Tim Calloway)
Nathan got his acting start on the theatre stage performing such roles as Hally in Master Harold and the Boys, Mercutio in Shakespeare's R & J, and Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter. In addition to performing in numerous plays and short films, he has starred in two feature films: The Other Side, now on DVD and Yesterday Was A Lie, currently making its debut on the festival circuit. Nathan lives in Glendale, CA with his wife, Jessie.
www.entertheotherside.com | www.yesterdaywasalie.com

Shannon Nelson

Actor (Martha Thistlethwait), Producer
Shannon Nelson likes gamers so much that she married one and, though she once proudly spoke of being kicked out of a D&D session for being too loud, she has now sort of joined the fold by association. A fan of the X-Men and Brian Bendis' Spiderman, she wishes artists would cease & desist drawing Emma Frost with so much camel toe -- seriously, it's gross. With her theatre company Lucid by Proxy she has appeared in 13 original productions, including originating the role of Priscilla in Rick Robinson's recently published Asymmetry. Films include a supporting lead in New Line Cinema's Drop Dead Gorgeous, TheCampushouse.com and on TV you may have caught a glimpse of her in any of her numerous national commercials or seen her guest spots on ER, The West Wing or The Practice. She has also appeared in LA with the Colony Theatre (The Country Girl), Musical Theatre West (Hello Dolly!), Nomme de Guerre (Pains of Youth) and others.
www.shannonnelson.com | www.imdb.com/name/nm0005267/ | www.lucidbyproxy.com

David Nett

Executive Producer, Writer, Actor (Jonathan Drake), Director, Boom Operator
Apart from being a long-time RPG, Sci-Fi and comic book geek, David is an actor, writer and producer in Los Angeles. He's the founder of Punisher77, editor-in-chief of the eclectic online magazine Clark Schpiell Productions, co-author of the 2005 book We and GWB: Notes from the First Four Years, and a founding producer of the acclaimed Lucid by Proxy theater company. His acting has been called "committed," "detailed," "fearless," "hilarious" and "heart-rending" by the LA Times and Backstage West. His writing has been called "articulate and commanding" and "eminently readable" by Flak Magazine. His tenth grade Geometry teacher said he "does not work well in groups." David was nominated for "Best Actor" in the 2008 SoCal Independent Film Fest for his work in I Saved the World from Global Warming. He lives in a little bungalow in the Valley with his talented and lovely wife, Shannon, and two fluffy cats. His first character ever was Lexall Flaggstaeff, an exiled Drow Fighter/Mage/Thief, who died valiantly in the fight against The Queen of the Spiders (G1-3, D1-3, Q1).
www.davidnett.com | www.lucidbyproxy.com | www.readcsp.com

Jessica Pennington

Actor (Leslie)
Jessica played the best character ever in college: she had a staff and a cape and all kinds of healing spells and this really cool wolf/dog, that was completely awesome, and she was totally hot! Other than that, she's been in a bunch of plays & musicals like Once in a Lifetime, Falsettos, Picasso at the Lapine Agile, and wore green nail polish for six months as Sally Bowles in WCE's award-winning production of Cabaret (Garland Award Best Performance). Internationally, she sang The Best of Broadway in the country of Cyprus, set sail as a featured soloist for Commodore Cruise Lines and Bus & Trucked it as a back-up singer for El Vez, the Mexican Elvis. Other television credits include: The Gilmore Girls, The West Wing, and Frasier. She spends her days working as a VO actor. Alter-ego: Lead Singer for The UnderCoverGirls - All Access Award for LA's Best Cover Band 2006 & 2007. BFA Carneige Mellon.
www.ucgband.com | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672178/

Patty Ramsey

1st Assistant Director
Patty is a graduate of UC Irvine with a BA in both Psychology and Drama (honors in directing). She behaviorally modifies ADHD and autistic kids by day, and stage manages and directs with the awesome LA theater company Lucid by Proxy by night. She's had a thing for Batman ever since she was little, just saying. She's currently working on getting her Masters in Psychology and figuring out a lucrative way to teach little kids theater. When she's not doing that, she's dreaming of these webisodes.
www.lucidbyproxy.com

Chuck Raucci

Actor (Alex Carciotti)
Chuck is a native of the Windy City and currently resides in L.A. He has worked with numerous critically acclaimed theatre companies throughout Chicago and Los Angeles, garnering rave reviews. In addition to the stage, Chuck works regularly in commercials, tv and independent film.
www.chuckraucci.com

Rick Robinson

Actor (Richard Wright)
In real life, Rick quit gaming after middle school in a effort to join the cool crowd in high school. The gambit failed. A Southern California transplant who grew up in the bay area, Rick received a B.A. in theater from U.C. Davis before heading south. Rick has penned six plays that have been produced by Lucid by Proxy in Los Angeles: SAP, School of Jesus Fish, i r l (in real life), Asymmetry, Multiverse and the musical Spare Parts and Cynic (with composer Joshua N Hsu). These productions garnered six Backstage West Critics' Picks, four L.A. Weekly 'GO' picks and two L.A. Times 'Recommended' picks and, after its second run with Lucid in the Paul E. Richards theater, Asymmetry was published by Samuel French in late 2007. As an actor, Rick has performed with the Lucid by Proxy, PCPA, The Falcon Theater, The Company Rep, Summer Repertory Theater, Playhouse West and City Lights Theater Company, all under the what-was-he-thinking stage name Richard Wylie.
www.lucidbyproxy.com

Ed Robinson

Actor (Crenshaw)
Ed hails from the San Francisco Bay Area. After attending SFSU, Ed briefly moved to Australia with his future wife while she studied in Sydney. Upon returning to San Francisco, Ed appeared in such plays as God's Country, Veracruz, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, which garnered him several outstanding reviews. He now resides in Burbank, CA, pursuing his acting career. Ed can be seen in several short films currently running in the festival circuit, as well as the occasional internet commercial, infomercial, music video, and Court TV reinactment. When pressed, he must admit he has role-played before, and fairly recently, but would prefer if that were kept only between him and everyone who reads this bio.

Jeanette Scherrer

Actor (Train)
Jeanette has a BA in Philosophy and in Political Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her MFA in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts. She's done stuff as an actor, writer and director. If you really want to know she'll tell you.
 
www.lucidbyproxy.com

Angela Schnaible

Actor (Persephone)
Angela moved to Los Angeles with her husband, Chad, after completing her MFA in theatre at Ole Miss. She's always had a strong passion for the performing arts and moved to LA to pursue television and film. Psycho Hillbilly Cabin Massacre, in which Angela had a leading role, has been very successful in the film festival circuit, earning her a "Best Actress in a Short Film" nomination at Method Fest. She has also appeared on Days of our Lives, and has a role in the upcoming film, The Boy in the Box. Her other passion is working with animals, and she spends a lot of time volunteering for various rescue groups.

Nolan Wang

Cinematographer, Electric
Hailing from the extremely hot city of Tucson, Arizona, Nolan Wang made the trek (or 8 hour drive) to Southern California to pursue his interest in filmmaking. There he attended Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. During his stay he worked on countless student films, and spent his summers traveling around the country working on documentaries. He now works freelance in the Los Angeles area. In his free time he jams out musical tunes and frequents the skatepark. He is also thinking about training for Ninja Warrior.
www.globalwarmingshort.com

James Paul Xavier

Actor (Sam Rodriguez), Art Director, Props, 2nd Assistant Director, 1st AC
James is happy to be a part of GOLD where he gets to work with so many extremely talented people both on screen and behind and next to the camera. He is a founding member of Lucid By Proxy, a theatre group dedicated to developing new works. He is a native Californian and has performed all over the state. Some favorite roles are Ellard in The Foreigner, Malcolm in The Full Monty, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Young Fool in Big River, Woyzeck in Woyzeck, Simon in Hay Fever, and LeFou in Beauty & the Beast. He is especially happy to return to the world of gaming through GOLD, as it reminds him of his childhood while at the same time bearing no resemblance to it. He vaguely remembers playing D&D, because his older brothers played.
www.lucidbyproxy.com

Travis Andersen

Armorer

Marla Deutsch

Sound, Boom Operator, Editor

Brian Flynn

Script Supervisor

Julian Gray

Electric, Actor (Gaming Shop Patron)

Rich Grossman

Consulting Producer

Sasha Harris

Script Supervisor, 2nd Assistant Director, 1st Assistant Director

Torrance Jordan

Actor (Athlete)

Alex Lamb

Editor

Niall Lynch

Story Consultant

Brett Nichols

Actor (Harlan)

Issa Reyna

Make-Up

Chad Schnaible

Sound, Boom Operator, Electric, Cinematographer, Script Supervisor, 1st AC, Editor, Producer

JoAnna Senatore

Actor (Groupie)

Frederick Snyder

1st AD, Gaffer, Actor (Santiago Belasco DeValdivia)

Justin Waggle

Sound, Boom Operator, Electric

Max Well

Cinematographer, 1st AC, Electric

John Weller

Consulting Producer