PRINCIPLE CAST

Susan Artigas (Marta) hails from Miami and kicked off her acting career in Fiesta de Mascaras at the International Hispanic Theater Festival. Consequently, she worked with the Armando Roblans theater company for three years. In addition to her roles on stage, Susan was cast in many Univision Network TV shows such as "Sabado Gigante," "Los Metiches," "Estamos Unidos,""Locos y Sueltos," and Si TV's "Unnecessary Behavior." She was also the lead character in the short film La Playa, winner of the 2002 Incubetors Short Film Festival in Florida. Other films include Calle Ocho, and Freedom Flight.

Melissa Bechthold (Lee Lynch) has been featured in five films, done improv, sketch comedy, and acted, directed, and produced two stage productions: Dial M for Murder and Glengarry Glen Ross (on estrogen). Before moving to Los Angeles, she appeared in Minnesota stage roles including Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, Fashion and Grease. Most recently, Melissa appears in “A Jive Bomber’s Christmas,” playing a singer/dancer from Hawaii. Two other loves: Latin dancing and coaching girls’ fast pitch softball.

Iris Berry (Belinda Van Doren) is one of the original progenitors of the L.A. punk scene and an author who has been widely published. She is also a recording artist and an actress who can be seen starring in numerous independent films. Currently, she is completing a book on the notorious Hollywood haunt The Tropicana Motel.

Toni Lynn Breen (Lucy) was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She began acting at the age of seven and spent most of her early years acting in theater productions, as well as her first independent film. At the age of 18 she moved to Los Angeles to attend the LACC Theater Academy. While studying at the academy, she appeared in the Roger Corman movie ClubDead.com. She performed in several theater productions, and spent two years dancing cabaret in the "Toledo Show," appeared in several music videos, and was featured on TV’s "The Shield (FX Network)" and "The District (CBS)."

 

Daryl Dickerson (Punk Rock Squatter) went to The Theatre School at De Paul University in Chicago, and is involved in theater and film in LA. She is a member of The Open Fist Theatre Company and starred in the West Coast premiere of Neil LaBute’s new play “Autobahn.”

Drew Droege (Detective Kirk) is an alumnus of The Groundlings Sunday Company, a founding member of the sketch comedy group The Deviants, and a frequent performer in Los Angeles at the Comedy Central Stage, Upright Citizens Brigade, El Cid, M-Bar, and Largo. TV credits include "Reno 911!," "Campus Ladies," and MTV's "The 70s House." Drew has appeared in films including Killing the Dream, Scream Bloody Murder, and the short film Coco Lipshitz: Behind The Laughter, directed by Beth Dewey. He is currently playing LaShanda on the popular Channel 101 show "Classroom" and dancing as Lil' Jackie Stardust in the disco-gore-cabaret band The Discount Cruise to Hell.

Oliver Elmore (Marc) is a hybrid, actor, writer and director having written and directed two short films, Leading Ladies and Blocked & Bothered. His theater roles include “Napoli Milionaria” (for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by the L.A. Weekly), “Ouroboros,” “The Lady’s Not For Burning,” (nabbing a Best Lead Actor - Comedy nomination from the Valley Theater League's ADAs) and “Nebraska.” K.C.’s film credits include The Second Comeback and A La Cart. Television credits include “Grounded For Life,” and “All About Us.” His most recent stage performance is in “Leipzig,” alongside Melissa Gilbert and Salome Jens.

Kamesha Gibson (Lettie) was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, where she first discovered her love for the stage. She was involved in acting classes and stage productions throughout high school and also wrote a screenplay while studying at Texas Tech University. Kamesha moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 2003 after studying at TVI Studios. Since then, she has appeared in a sitcom pilot, short films, local commercials, independent films and the prime time reality show "Black/White." She recently shot the indie horror flick Be Careful What You Ask For for Poorchild Films.

Barnaby Levy (Steve Van Doren) originally hails from Redwood City, California. He studied painting and film with renowned painter and film Critic Manny Farber and film maker Jean Pierre Gorin, former collaborator with Jean Luc Goddard. His dancing career began with Rosanna Gamson /World Wide in her vehicle "Again Not Again" in 1987 performing a duet on a chair and pile of shoes. He began acting with Madonna in her 2000 vehicle "The Next Best Thing" portraying a yoga student.

Paul Mocey-Hanton (Kyle) has worked as a production assistant on numerous TV and film productions. He has written, directed and acted in several of his own short films. Kill House is his first appearance in a full-length feature film.

Regina Mocey (Zelda) grew up in Philadelphia and is a graduate of Temple University’s School of Communications and Theatre. She began her professional career in New England, writing for, producing, directing and acting in productions of Plum Cake Players Children’s Theater. In L. A., Regina studied acting and improv, and has appeared on stage at The Victory Theatre Center, The Lillian Theatre, The Cast Theatre, The Powerhouse Theatre, The Odyssey Theatre and the Malibu Stage Company. On television she has appeared in “Portrait of Courage: The Untold Story of Flight 93” on I independent channel, “Wanda At Large” (Fox), “Unsolved History” (Discovery Channel) and “Theatre in America” (PBS). Currently, Regina is producing and directing play readings for Time Warner community access cable TV, the Motion Picture and Television Fund and other community groups.

 

Felicity Smith (Detective Rolands) can be seen in the upcoming Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central and also commentating on the E! Network. She also appeared in the cult classics Cool Crime and Vampires Anonymous (starring Michael Madsen) before writing and starring in Coco Lipshitz: Behind the Laughter. Felicity is a comedian who studied at the prestigious Groundlings program before going on to perform her parody of a one woman show at the Comedy Central Stage and perform stand-up. Fun fact: she was the voice of an Emmy award winning Citibank identity theft commercial.

E. Shepherd Stevenson (Jimmy) is the bass player for the notorious L.A. rock band Pigmy Love Circus. He produced Beth Dewey's award winning feature Tweeked in 2000, and the Japanese/American production of Shundo Ohkawa's Double Deception in 2002. Shepherd co-composed the scores for Brian Fleming’s Hang Your Dog in the Wind, (a John Pierson (IFC) favorite), Tweeked, and Chris D.'s I Pass For Human, the latter two with Danny Carey of the renown rock band TOOL. Shepherd starred in the award-winning short Special Ed, and is featured in I Pass For Human. He has written and directed short films including Ride The Range, which garnered him a French Foreign Press award and currently directs and produces commercials and music videos with his production/management company Poppa Bear.
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Beth Dewey (Director and Sunny) Critically acclaimed writer/director Beth Dewey has worked in film and television for 20 years. Born in Juneau, Alaska, she directed industrials in the wilderness. Moving on to San Francisco, she wrote and directed Live Nude Girls, a critically acclaimed documentary about exotic dancers in 1989.

Lured to Los Angeles, she worked for cult exploitation legend Roger Corman. Outcall, her first short film, screened at festivals, and received a rave review in the LA Times. Her next project, the documentary You Go, Girl, highlights the West Hollywood Gay Pride parade in 1996. Shot on Pixel, the infamous Fischer-Price toy camera, it debuted at the Pixel This! Festival in Beverly Hills. In 1999, Dewey directed a pilot for Nickelodeon, “Backstage Kids,” where children interview rock stars.

Her first feature film, Tweeked, stars Independent Spirit Award nominee Darling Narita, and was nominated for a PRISM award. The film chronicles the misadventures of two teenage meth addicts. Tweeked premiered at the prestigious American Cinematheque, and screened at various festivals worldwide, including the Brussels Independent Film Festival, where Darling Narita took home “Best Actress” honors. Tweeked was released in 2005 on DVD by Go-Kart Films and Koch Lorber.

In 2004, Dewey was hired by independent record label Rotten Records to produce and direct a music video for St. Louis based band Vampire Mooose. The same year, she began working with up and coming comedians, directing Behind The Laughter: Coco Lipshitz, a mockumentary that parodies biography television. Dewey’s acting appearances include the features, Gacy, Double Deception, and Wedlock, a short film that screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006. Dewey also appears on screen in Kill House as Sunny,

A consultant for the Gerson Lehrman Group’s Council of Media Advisors, Dewey also works as an editor for television. To date, Dewey has received four Emmy nominations for Picture Editing on the Academy Awards.

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Christina Beck (Producer) A Los Angeles native, Beck began her career acting in such cult films as Suburbia, Boys Next Door and Dudes, all directed by Penelope Spheeris. Beck spent three years in New York City studying at Playwright’s Horizon where she wrote, produced and starred in several Off-Broadway plays.
Beck produced, wrote, and starred in her first short film, Disco Man. The film also starred Alan Gelfant (Next Stop Wonderland) and Annette Murphy (Star Maps). Beck then went on to write and produce the black and white noir comedy, Blow Me which screened in The New York Underground, The Chicago Underground and The Seattle Underground film festivals.
Beck was accepted into Fox Searchlight’s new director’s program, Search lab where she produced, directed, wrote and starred in the short film version of her feature film script, Slice. American Cinematheque screened her short, So Hot For You in the Focus on females directors program along with Miranda July, Sofia Coppola and Andrea Arnold’s early work. Beck is working on her latest short film, The Ophelia Project. (Kill House was Beck’s first time co-producing a feature.)

Shahan Suzmeyan (Co-Executive Producer, Sound Mixer) - A veteran of countless exploitation films, Shahan Suzmeyan was born and raised in East Hollywood. Shahan’s entrance into the film industry came at a young age when a friend asked if he could cover his grip position for a day. That job led to a long association as assistant to spring break king Bobby Gallagher. Shahan prides himself as having worked in almost every position imaginable on a film crew, from camera assistant and 1st AD to script and sound mixer.
Shahan is married to Kill House auteur Beth Dewey and works as the director of a high-end rehab in a resort community. Kill House marks a five-day return to the industry that helped spawn his demons.

Hugo Villasenor (Special Effects Make-Up ) is a member of the Proteus Make-up FX Team. Proteus is a Make-up studio in the heart of Southern California's San Fernando Valley, specializing in state-of-the-art prosthetic make-ups and creature effects. They have worked on the creature extravaganza The Tribe, which filmed almost entirely in Costa Rica. Recent Proteus projects include Camille (Sienna Miller’s makeup), Mission Impossible III, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, as well as notable television shows “Medium: and “The Loop.”

Dale Obert (Cinematographer) is originally from Oregon, and has been working in Hollywood for nearly 15 years. He is currently finishing the Untitled Superhero Project with distribution by In Demand. Later this year, his DP schedule includes a court room drama through Warner Telepictures.

Charlie Nicholson (Production Designer) is a native to Hollywood, California. Having spent his mis-spent youth in many a darkened movie house on Hollywood boulevard, he wisely decided, like many of his Hollywood High compatriots to join the ranks of the film community. Working in props and set decorating for 14 years, Kill House is his Production Design debut and he hopes to honor that aspect of his art again soon.

Patrick F. McCarthy (Editor) is an award-winning. Over the span of his career, McCarthy’s work has appeared in numerous film festivals, and has been broadcast on network and cable television. McCarthy began his career editing theatrical trailers and television campaigns for major studio feature films -- then quickly turned his attention to short films and music videos. His short subjects range from LA Shorts Festival entries Dystopia and It Can Always Get Worse, to the hot new “Dark Eyes” music video for The Hangmen. McCarthy’s first feature credit came in 2000 with Tweeked, followed shortly by the 2001 Sundance Film Festival selection By Hook Or By Crook. In 2005, after years working in reality television, McCarthy tackled feature documentaries, editing the award-winning 50 Things to Do Before I Die.

Jonathan Miller (Composer) has written music spanning multiple genres and mediums. Highlights of his music for television include Discovery Channel's "Big" and TLC's "Flip That House." He mixed the music for the last two seasons of ABC's "The Practice." Miller's catalog includes well over 600 pieces for television broadcast worldwide, several short film scores, a handful of rock CDs, roughly 100 songs, a few commercials and a couple of dozen pieces for the concert hall. His string quartet, "Desert Poems for String Quartet" has been performed nationwide. He has taught music composition at The Walden School and at Pomona College.

Adam Wolf (Music Supervisor) began his career working on independent films and soon became a producer with director Christopher Coppola. He helped form and became VP of Music Report/TuneData. Wolf later joined music publishing company North Star Media as Director of Film, Television, and Advertising Music where he licensed music to films including: Walk the Line, Robots, The Hills Have Eyes, as well as commercials including Burger King, Verizon, and Motorola. Wolf has worked as a music supervisor on a variety of projects including “The Unseen” with Steve Harris (“the Shield”), and Gale Harrold (“Queer As Folk”). He is currently the Creative Director for pigFactory US where he leads the film, television, and advertising team, licensing publishing and master catalogues that include legendary artists Billie Holiday, Bob Marley, The Turtles, Randy Bachman of BTO, Tom Waits, and many others.