ROYCE PETERSON: "Bugs"
Royce Peterson is the lead singer for the NYC 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 recently 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.moitheband.comWILDER 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 recently 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 is on the screening committee for the New York Underground Film Festival. 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 (to premiere winter 2005). 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: Director, Co-Author, "Janey" Cara Maria O'Shea is an actor, writer, dee jay and, with Aesop's Diner, a first-time film director. Cara earned her BFA in Theater Arts from Point Park University, where she was also a participant in the work-study program at the Pittsburgh Playhouse Film Repertory. In NY, Cara studied acting with Uta Hagen at HB Studio and performed in numerous stage productions. Her film acting work includes "Fickle" (Joseph Fusco, Dir.), "alt.sex" (Eric Bickernicks, Dir.), and "Autumn Breeze" (Chelsea Fuhrer, Dir.). With Peter Kohl, 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 and is known behind the decks as "DJ Avadoria". 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 worked with many New York City and national bands, such as Corn Mo, Carey Ott, Princess Superstar, The Wau Wau Sisters, Pink Steel and Jollyship the Whizbang! 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) |