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- As an actor, D.E. has worked with many independent theatres in New York, including Metropolitan Playhouse, Inwood Shakespeare, Inverse Theare Company, The Shakespeare Project, and North American Cultural Laboratory (NACL). Regional work includes seasons with The Virginia Shakespeare Festival, The Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival (when known as Fahrenheit Theatre Company), and co-founding the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, directing the first professional production of Shakespeare's Edward III in the eastern United States. D.E. has workshopped new plays as an actor with many film and theatre groups, including the Cleveland Play House, Myriad Arts, and the Mark Taper Forum. Several seasons of outdoor historical drama in the South culminated in the title role in Harrodsburg, Kentucky's The Legend of Daniel Boone, also serving as Fight Captain and later playing a lead role in the new outdoor drama Shadows in the Forest. International performances include cultural festivals in Budapest, Belgrade, Sibiu, and Varna. Behind the scenes, there was at one time frequent work as a lighting designer and electrician for bare-bones theatre endeavours (including an OOBR Award with Vital Theatre Company). M.F.A.; The Cleveland Play House & Case Western Reserve University Professional Actor Training Program.
D.E. later pursued education in the law at Indiana University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, earning a J.D. from the latter with concentrations in Litigation, Corporate Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, and Public Law & Regulation, passing the New York Bar exam in 2012 and 2019 (UBE) after a several weeks of self-study, mainly spent in the NYPL's Rose Public Reading Room and the coffeehouses of Cleveland. Recent Theatre History doctoral work at the University of Illinois has resulted in a completed monograph on Mimesis in Early Modern Law and Drama. B.A. studies (Theatre and Political Science) were taken up and duly completed at James Madison University in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Long ago, high school days in Virginia saw a state debate divisional championship and a state title in the American Legion Oratorical Contest with a speech on the dangers of Presidential war powers.
The desultory novels Input Masque and Wisdom House are available in bookstores and by the usual websites. Missing Places, a book of poetry and photography, is a bit harder to find. - D.E. (Dan) Johnson's literary debut, a historical mystery entitled The Detroit Electric Scheme, was published by St. Martin 's Minotaur in September 2010. The sequel, Motor City Shakedown, was published by Minotaur in September 2011. Two more books in the series: Detroit Breakdown, and Detroit Shuffle, were published in 2012 and 2013.
Dan is a history buff who has been writing fiction since childhood, but had to hit his midlife crisis to realize he should get serious about it. He and his wife, Shelly, have always encouraged their children to make their dreams a reality - and it finally occurred to him to do the same. After taking classes, reading everything about writing he could find, and writing for hours every day, he hit on the right subject and genre, and wrote a book that Loren Estleman calls "A LES MISERABLES for the American experience."
The early Twentieth Century, a time of big ambitions, huge achievements, and crushing poverty, holds a special fascination for him. Dan comes by his interest in automotive history honestly. His grandfather was the Vice President of Checker Motors, beginning work with Checker in 1924 and continuing until 1980. Fortunately, Dan doesn't come by his interest in murder the same way.
After spending his childhood in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Dan graduated from Central Michigan University and owned a business in Grand Rapids, Michigan for many years. He is married, has three daughters, and once again lives near Kalamazoo. - Art Department
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Dave Elswick was born February 24, 1997. Elswick is an artist located in Louisville, KY, and has previously worked closely with the rest of Lucio Fonza's Inkwell team at Out of the Inkwell Productions. His previous works range from "Modern Living & You!" (2021) as well as "Roach Motel", working as an art director and providing concept art.- Art Department
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, John Bert has always had an interest in film production. He became involved in historic preservation as a living historian, appearing as an extra in "Dances With Wolves" and "Gettysburg" before being contacted to work as a military advisor on "Gods and Generals" and "Cold Mountain". It was on "Cold Mountain" that he had the chance to work with two other respected historians; Brian C. Pohanka and Michael Kraus. Those scenes were shot in Romania.
He is a member of the Property Masters Guild (PMG), a huge history buff, and a private pilot.- Actress
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Founder of Harmony Machine, a studio located in the San Francisco Bay area, and the band ZONK. Nic McFiendish is a songwriter, multimedia artist and voice actor. With her producer husband, 'D.E. Levison', they have created music and audio for video games, film, TV, and stage.- Sound Department
- Music Department
Pete Elia graduated cum laude from Loyola Marymount University in 1991 where he studied music, recording, and film production. He started professionally as a scoring assistant and then scoring mixer, first at Evergreen Studios (1992) and then at Westwind Media studios, where he served on staff from 1995 through 2010. He joined the staff as a re-recording mixer at Technicolor Sound Services at Paramount Studios in 2010.
Pete has worked in all facets of sound post production for television and film, including music recording and mixing (records and scoring), ADR and voice cast recording (film, t.v., and animation), foley and original sound effects recording, and final dubbing of dialog, music, sound effects, and foley (TV and film).
Starting in 1997, he has served exclusively as a re-recording mixer for broadcast television and film projects. Pete is currently mixing on the dub stage as the dialog and music mixer in a crew of two.- Music Department
Theo Dureau emerges from New Orleans' iconic music scene while blending the worlds of Adult Contemporary, World, Jazz, Classic R&B, Pop and Urban. Theo preserves and credits the integrity of his musical inspiration through his musical instrumentation, lyrics, production, vocal arrangements, and compositions.
Theo's musical career began in 2001. However, his musical journey started when he was just a child listening to icons who inevitably became his inspiration to pursue music. Composers such as Alfred Newman, Ed Shearmur and Legends such as Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones and Kenneth Babyface Edmonds opened his mind to transfer his interpretation of Love, Freedom, and outspokenness into musical expression. Being from New Orleans made that transition flow smoothly.
Theo has always been driven by the artistic charm of his city; and that drive created a passion within him that allowed him to appreciate all of the musical pioneers in any music genre while interpreting life and life's experiences harmoniously. Theo's recently released compositions So High, You, and Amazing are among many works available at all online stores and streaming services.