RAUL BARCELONA
Director/Camera/Editor/Animator/Writer

Born in Spain to Cuban exiles, Raul developed a strong desire to express himself artistically during his teenage years, when his family relocated first to Florence, Italy, then to Houston, Texas. Art became a way of overcoming not just his teenage angst, but the language barrier as well. Despite his artistic inclinations, however, his parents encouraged him to pursue a career that provide him with a stable financial future. In 2001 he obtained an electrical engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and upon graduating he relocated to Houston, Texas.

On September 11th, 2001, he interviewed for an engineering job with a space robotics contractor for NASA. The company called back with a job offer months later, but by then his artistic aspirations had resuscitated and there was no turning back: behind the wheel of a truck packed with all his earthly belongings, the Houston skyline fading in the rearview mirror, he headed north to New York City to seize his dream of a filmmaking career.

MIKE AMATO
Actor/Comedian/Writer
myspace.com/mikeamatonyc

Mike Amato is a versatile actor/comedian/writer who has been featured in Saturday Night Live and was a finalist in the 2006 Andy Kaufman Awards. When not performing his comedy on the stages of New York City nightclubs, he can be found stripping in the city's subway trains:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fTXGEDZWUU

CASSANDRA HOHN
Actress/Singer/Producer
www.cassandrahohn.com

Born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, Cassandra Hohn is a singer and actress in New York City who has performed in over 70 productions of Theater and Musical Theater.

Her performance in her latest show, Bathing in Bette: A Tribute to Bette Midler and Her Shows at the Continental Baths, has recently earned her a nomination as 2008 Best Female Vocalist in the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MACC) Awards.

MIKE PETTRY
Composer/Musician
www.mikepettry.com

Mike Pettry is an award-winning composer/lyricist whose work has been performed all over the United States, including venues all over New York, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

In 2007, he was awarded the Jonathan Larson Award for promising musical theater composers. His musical Flipside was the recipient of the Frederick Loewe Award. He was also a runner up in the Notion Realize Music Challenge, an international orchestral competition contest.

His songs written with Lin McEwan (Now I Know EP) and his solo album, The Voices In My Head, are available on iTunes.