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J. Anthony Peña is an American actor. Born and raised in beautiful Northern California (Humboldt County). After attending 3 years of college J. Anthony moved to The Big Island of Hawaii to live and be with members of his family. He saw a flyer for open auditions to a two year Meisner acting program and took a chance. After the completion of the two year program and with the urging of his teacher, Peña auditioned for the American Conservatory Theater (Studio A.C.T..) in San Francisco. Upon being accepted into Studio A.C.T. he moved to San Francisco to continue his training. Eventually all roads led J. Anthony to Los Angeles to pursue his path and dream of being an actor.- Actor
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Jim was born in Ohio to James and Iantha Nieb. A natural performer he has worked steadily since 1991 as an actor, comedian, impersonator and variety performer. Over the years he's done just about everything from films to television to Shakespeare in the park to eating fire at renaissance festivals. Jim has taught and performed improvisation since high school and was a long time member of the comedy improvisation group ComedySportz in Washington, DC, as well as a member of The Society improv in Los Angeles.
Through is varied background Jim has become one of the most versatile actors working. In 2004 Jim began living and working out of L.A. In 2006 he was honored to have a chance to perform for the USO at various bases in Bosnia and Kosovo. Since arriving in Los Angeles in 2004 he has had a chance to work with some of the biggest names in the industry including Clint Eastwood, Pete Farrelly, and JJ Abrams. He's also made several appearances on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show doing a variety of sketches and was one of the main actors for their very popular "How Long" segments. He was also part of the audience prank for the 2017 Oscar Show playing the Hollywood tour guide.
Jim has trained as The Groundlings as well as the well respected Playhouse West Theatre and School in North Hollywood, which was founded by Robert Carnegie and co-founded by Jeff Goldblum. In 2009 he joined the teaching staff and, in addition to teaching the Meisner technique classes, founded the original Playhouse West Comedy Program (Later changed to The Zoo Comedy) which began with a focus on comedy improvisation.
In the summer of 2017 Jim made a move to begin teaching on camera acting at the Margie Haber Studio in West Hollywood, CA. And in the spring of 2019 he added improv to the studio there.- Actress
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Xenia is an actress, comedian and filmmaker. After graduation from Queen Mary University of London with a BA Degree in Film Studies, she moved to Los Angeles to begin intensive acting training at Playhouse West School and Repertory Theatre. Her big break came when she landed the role of Young "Red" on the critically acclaimed NETFLIX original series "Orange Is The New Black", followed by an opportunity to work on the WB blockbuster Justice League. She is currently based in Los Angeles and can speak fluent English, Russian, and French.
In addition to acting, Xenia has had numerous opportunities to work on the production side of filmmaking, including script-supervising the first Russian/American 3D film. Being an active member of the Elizabeth Banks's WHOHAHA platform, Xenia constantly writes, edits and produces independent films and sketches. Some of those appeared at the NYC Independent Film Festival as well as won an award at the MyRodeReel Film Competition .