ROYCE PETERSON: "Bugs"
Royce Peterson has traveled around the world with his band, Tragedy, the All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees. Royce also performs with his original glam-rock band "Moi?". Several Moi? songs are featured in Aesop's Diner. Royce is a frequent guest singer with the Off Broadway performance group, Loser's Lounge. As guitar player in the seminal cult band, Double Dong and Wyld Lixx, Royce performed under the moniker Fur Coat, along with his co-star, Wilder Selzer. The two performed together again in Radio Whoa, directed by A.D. Miles (Saturday Night Live). Other performances include Roustabout in the rock opera "Circus By The Sea" at the Bowery Poetry Club (Corn Mo, Musical Dir.). Royce performed lead vocals and guitar on all of the songs featured in Aesop's Diner. Royce Peterson is the not-so-secret alter-ego of Peter Kohl (see below). More information on Royce Peterson & Peter Kohl may be found at www.letsmaketragedyhappen.comand www.moitheband.com. WILDER SELZER: "Shelly" 
Wilder Selzer is an actor and singer. He has appeared in numerous films, including: Nitwit (Xan Price, Dir.; Rotterdam International Film Festival; winner of the Weird American Award, Berkeley Museum of Art); The Crooked (Skiz Fernando, Dir.); Nickel and Dime (Jessica Winter, Dir.); Apocalypse Bop (Andrew Osborne, Dir.); and Save Your Last Cheer For Me (John Quackenbush, Dir.). Wilder is the former frontman of the legendary NYC band, Double Dong and Wyld Lixx, which also featured his co-star, Royce Peterson. The two performed together in Radio Whoa, directed by A.D. Miles (Saturday Night Live). Wilder is a frequent guest singer with the Off Broadway performance group, Loser's Lounge. Additionally, Wilder performs with the NYC bands, Spray Paint Star, and Flaming Fire. Wilder performed two original songs in Aesop's Diner: "Rabbit Runs" and "Happy Family."MARY MICARI: "Michelle" 
Mary's recent film work includes the role of Diaphanta in The Changeling. She has also had the lead roles in the short films Marry Me and That's Not Funny, winner audience favorite at the First Sunday Festival in NYC. Mary was last seen in NYC International Fringe Festival favorite The Great Official Subway Musical. Favorite roles include Puck in Midsummer's Night Dream and Dorine in Tartuffe both at The Classic Stage Company. Mary is a company member of the comedy group, Euphobia (Toyota Comedy Festival, NYC Fringe, Caroline's). She is a founding member of the radio drama troupe Union Signal, winner of the Mark Time and Ogle awards (heard on NPR, WNYC and WBAI).CARA MARIA O'SHEA (Cara Kohl): Director, Co-Author, "Janey" Cara Kohl (p/k/a Cara Maria O'Shea) is an actor, singer and filmmaker. Together with her husband, Royce Peterson (Peter Kohl), she has performed around the world with Tragedy, the All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees. Cara earned her BFA in Theater Arts from Point Park University in Pittsburgh. In NY, Cara studied acting with Uta Hagen at HB Studio and performed in numerous stage productions. With her husband, Cara co-wrote the screenplay and two original songs for Aesop's Diner. She also performed the original song "Rabbit Runs" (with Wilder Selzer), and sang backing vocals for "Long and Lonely Night" and "Happy Family". She is the executive producer of Avadoria Films. More information may be found at Cara's website: www.avadoria.com. ERIC GIOVON: Director of Photography Eric Giovon (Director of Photography) has shot numerous award-winning short films, including: Wanderlust (Frederic Collier, Dir.; Best Short Drama, Bronze Remi Award, Worldfest Houston; Best Short Film Award, Fire Island Golden Wagon Film Festival, NY) and Alchera (Rohit Batra, Dir.; Best Dramatic Short Film, Southern Forum Film Festival, Charlotte, NC). In addition, Eric filmed the award-winning music video, "Kicking The Heart Out," for Rogue Wave (Best Music Video, 2005 Tiburon International Film Festival, SF; Best Music Film/Video, 2005 New Jersey Intl. Film Festival). Eric's recent feature film work includes Sanctified (Val Lik, Dir.) and Dissonance (Moniere Noor, Dir.). In addition, Eric's work can be seen in several national commercials for Nicorette, the U.S. Tennis Association, Pepsi and Playstation 2. More information may be found at www.ericgiovon.com. PETER KOHL: Original Score, Co-Author Peter Kohl is a musician, recording engineer and producer, and the owner/manager of Beautyrock Records in Long Island City, NY. He has produced and recorded many artists, such as Tragedy, Corn Mo, Valley Lodge, Jollyship the Whizbang!, Carey Ott, Princess Superstar, The Wau Wau Sisters and Pink Steel. Pete co-wrote the screenplay for Aesop's Diner with Cara Maria O'Shea (Director and "Janey"). Pete's musical contributions to Aesop's Diner include the original score and songs by his band, Moi? In addition, Pete co-wrote and performed the original songs featured in the film: "Long and Lonely Night" (co-written with Andy Russel), "Happy Family" and "Rabbit Runs" (co-written with Cara Maria O'Shea). Peter Kohl's not-so-secret alter ego is Royce Peterson ("Bugs"). The soundtrack for Aesop's Diner will be available soon from Beautyrock Records. More information on Beautyrock Records can be found at www.beautyrockrecords.com ADDITIONAL CAST MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY JOHNSON: FARZANA RAZAK: "Trixxy RON SALVO: "Davey" copyright 2006 Avadoria Films SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE ON BEAUTYROCK RECORDS copyright 2006 Peter Kohl (ASCAP) |