The Cast
DIANA DeGARMO as Frankie Del Vecchio
NATALIE KNEPP as Nicolette Bellafusco
DAVID VALCIN as Mike Del Vecchio
LOU MARTINI, JR. as Louie Chinzano
MELANIE MINICHINO as Heather Del Vecchio
JAKE ROBARDS as Tony Cappelletti
ANTHONY J. GALLO as Sonny Gagoots
WARD HORTON as Special Agent Laughlin
LIN TUCCI as Mrs. Cappelletti
TONI D'ANTONIO as Special Agent LeDoux
NICK GIANGIULIO as Mr. Cappelletti
FRANK FORTUNATO as Vince D'Amico
RICHIE ALLAN as Father Romero
with BILLY WIRTH as Caesar Bellafusco
and ANNABELLA SCIORRA as Sofia Del Vecchio
NATALIE KNEPP as Nicolette Bellafusco
DAVID VALCIN as Mike Del Vecchio
LOU MARTINI, JR. as Louie Chinzano
MELANIE MINICHINO as Heather Del Vecchio
JAKE ROBARDS as Tony Cappelletti
ANTHONY J. GALLO as Sonny Gagoots
WARD HORTON as Special Agent Laughlin
LIN TUCCI as Mrs. Cappelletti
TONI D'ANTONIO as Special Agent LeDoux
NICK GIANGIULIO as Mr. Cappelletti
FRANK FORTUNATO as Vince D'Amico
RICHIE ALLAN as Father Romero
with BILLY WIRTH as Caesar Bellafusco
and ANNABELLA SCIORRA as Sofia Del Vecchio
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DIANA DeGARMO ("Frankie del Vecchio") is a singer, songwriter, and Broadway, film, and television actor, who found national and international fame as the first runner-up on Season 3 of American Idol. Since then, DeGarmo has gone on to release Blue Skies (RCA), her debut album, as well as several independent EPs.
An accomplished musical theater actor, Diana made her debut as Maria in the San Jose production of West Side Story. She followed this with a supporting role in Hairspray and has gone on to leading roles in productions of Brooklyn: The Musical, The Toxic Avenger, the Tony award-winning revival of Hair (where she met husband Ace Young), and 9 to 5, among others, and is currently on a national tour as the Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In addition to appearing on American Idol, DeGarmo has also played the role of Angelina Veneziano on the long-running CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless. Diana has also gone on three USO tours overseas and was the first American Idol finalist to do so. |
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NATALIE KNEPP ("Nicolette Bellafusco") has appeared in numerous feature films including the recently-released film adaptation of the hit musical "The Last 5 Years", playing the pivotal role of Alise Michaels, and the title role of Samantha in "SAM", the Mel Brooks executive-produced film scheduled for release in 2015.
She has guest starred and recurred on numerous television shows including "Unforgettable", "Orange is the New Black", "The Good Wife", "Blue Bloods", "CSI: Miami", "Damages", "Gossip Girl", the A&E mini-series "Coma", the hit web-series "Old Friends" and "Think Tank," the digital series produced by American Pie's Chris Moore. natalieknepp.com is where you can find videos and updates |
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DAVID VALCIN ("Mike Del Vecchio") is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Scarface on the CBS action drama Person of Interest (2011-2015). He is also remembered for his recurring role as Eddie Fairbanks on the television comedy Two of a Kind, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
Some of his other television acting credits include Just Shoot Me!, The Practice, The Guardian, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Rescue Me, Third Watch, and Monk. He has also appeared in numerous films including Garry Marshall's New Year's Eve, Crocodile 2: Death Swamp, and The Accountant. Growing up on the tough streets of Park Slope, Brooklyn, he attended P.S. 321 where he was regularly harassed by Laurence Fishburne (who was older and much tougher). David has studied with William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, and David Mamet, among others. He was born in Staten Island, NY and raised in Brooklyn, NY and Quebec, Canada. |
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LOU MARTINI, JR. ("Louie Chinzano") was born in NYC to a "show biz" family. His Dad, Luigi Martini, was a well-respected character actor and entertainer, and Lou has followed in his footsteps since he was a child. Lou's early screen credits include What's So Bad About Feeling Good? with Mary Tyler Moore and The Godfather.
Lou might have been a sportscaster, were it not for landing a leading role in the original off-Broadway production of Tony n' Tina's Wedding. Since then, he has appeared in numerous off-Broadway and Regional theatre productions, working with the likes of Budd Schulberg, Edwin Torres, and Richard Vetere. He has also appeared on TV's hottest shows, such as Law & Order, Orange is the New Black, and The Americans, but his most recognizable performance might be his SAG Award-nominated turn as "Anthony Infante" on the last season of HBO's The Sopranos. Lou also hosted one of the first network reality shows, E! Network's The Gasteneau Girls, and has just struck a development deal to host a new reality show he created, hopefully to begin airing in the fall of 2015. Lou's latest film roles include West End, Alto, and the dark comedy, Suicide Notes, for which he recently won a "Best Actor" award at the prestigious Worldfest-Houston Film Festival. Lou's own screenplay, Honor, co-written with Dave Joglar and Rich Wetzel, is slated to shoot this fall in NYC, with Joe Bolonga directing. Lou is producing Honor with Toni D'Antonio, and both will act in the project.. |
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MELANIE MINICHINO ("Heather Del Vecchio"), New York-born and raised, started pursuing acting and comedy at the age of 8. She has worked on numerous TV shows including The Sopranos, Law & Order, and the Comedy Central pilot, The John Roberts Show, directed by Michael Showalter. She has also starred in a variety of indie films, including Alto and a supporting lead in Under New Management, opposite Chris Diamantopoulos. In 2008, she was the marketing "face" and host for the Speed Channel.
Based in Los Angeles, Melanie has been the female voice of Disney Junior since 2010 and has also been featured as the voice of "Lian" in Kung Fu Panda on Nickelodeon and in various hit video games, including the upcoming Halo 5. Melanie has a passion and love for comedy, with an extensive background in improv, honing her skills throughout the years at both The PIT in NYC and Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) in Los Angeles. She recently starred in two popular live shows in LA: Terminator Too: Judgment Play and Point Break Live, and has her own award-winning web series, The Maurizio Show, where she impersonates her real-life emigrated Italian father. Other credits include FOX's recent In Living Color pilot and the Machinima web series, Nuclear Coleslaw. Melanie is fluent in both Italian and Spanish, and in her free time, she enjoys playing practical jokes and prank calling everyone she knows. |
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JAKE ROBARDS ("Tony Cappelletti") is thrilled to be a part of Alto and its wonderful cast
and team. He has appeared in numerous films, most recently 2014’s Lucky Them
with Toni Colette,Thomas Hayden Church, and Johnny Depp. Other credits include
Honeysuckle, Arranged and many more indies.
Jake is a true lover of the theater -- his career highlight is performing alongside Paul Newman on Broadway in Our Town, which was subsequently filmed for Showtime. He has performed in many off-broadway and regional productions, most often in the work of acclaimed American playwright A.R. Gurney. On TV, he appeared on this season of Alpha House starring John Goodman and produced by Amazon. |
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ANTHONY J. GALLO ("Gino "Sonny Gagoots" Roma") has been the lead in films such as Brothers, Live From Studio B, and The Abductor and has had supporting roles in numerous other feature films, including Men in Black III, My Brother's Keeper, Men's Affair, The Intruder, the upcoming Joe's War, and Alto.
His TV credits include guest starring roles in The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Boardwalk Empire, HBO's Bored to Death, and Are We There Yet? as well as featured roles in Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, the pilot episode of White Collar, Lipstick Jungle, Watching the Detectives, and a John Legend music video. He has also been on As the World Turns and 30 Rock. Anthony is also a well-versed theatre actor and has performed on stage in productions of Manhattan Transfer, Clemenza and Tessio Are Dead, Strictly Dishonorable, and Oooo! A Homage to Mae West. He also speaks fluent Italian. |
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WARD HORTON ("Special Agent Laughlin") played the male lead in New Line Cinema's box office standout, Annabelle, which grossed over $250 million worldwide. He followed that up with a romantic comedy called My Bakery in Brooklyn opposite Aimee Teegarden and was cast in director Steve McQueen’s HBO pilot Codes of Conduct, starring Helena Bonham Carter.
Ward has had supporting roles in many feature films, including The Wolf of Wall Street, Alto, The Mighty Macs, We Fight to Be Free, The Good Shepherd, and Four-Eyed Monster, and had a featured role in Kevin Bacon's Loverboy. Ward has also had recurring roles in One Life to Live, All My Children, and Guiding Light, in addition to guest starring on TV shows such as Royal Pains, White Collar, Body of Proof, CSI: Miami, and Law & Order: SVU. He has had co-starring appearances on Law & Order, Gossip Girl, and Hope & Faith. On stage, Ward has performed in off-Broadway and regional productions of In Masks Outrageous and Austere, The Autobiography of God, Equus, and Lost in Yonkers. |
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LIN TUCCI ("Mrs. Lina Cappelletti") is a SAG Award winner for Best Comedy Ensemble in her recurring role as Anita DeMarco in the hit Netflix series, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK.. She is a NYC-based actor and singer who has appeared alongside JoAnne Worley and Phyllis Diller in the National Tour & Off-Broadway run of Nunsense I & II (Sr. Robert Anne), as well as in Lincoln Center's production of "The Ritz" (Vivian Procolo), and the Playwrights Horizon's production of "Broadway Speakeasy." Lin was also thrilled to be part of the cast of "Obama in Naples" (Concetta) at the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC. She has also done regional stock productions of "Yerma" at the Cleveland Playhouse and "Over The River thru the Woods" at the Seven Angels Theater.
In addition to ALTO, Lin has had roles in Showgirls (Henrietta Bazoom), in Terence Winters' "Brooklyn Rules" (Aunt Louise), How to Seduce Difficult Women" (Sheila), and Law & Order (Amy Cardenas). Her commerical work includes: "Pizza Hut" (National), "Eastside Mario's" (Canada), "Peroni Beer" (Italy), and "The View" (ABC). She is a graduate of Boston Conservatory of Music and was recently a recipient of the Award for "Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences" from CCRI in Rhode Island. You can find her at lintucci.com and on Facebook! |
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TONI D'ANTONIO ("Special Agent LeDoux") has an acting career spanning over 20 years in theater, studio and independent films, television, commercials, industrials and voiceovers. Commercially, she has been seen as the face of iShares and heard as the voice of Fidelity, Crestor, Humira, Walmart and Publix Market, to name a few. Her theatrical credits include co-starring roles on TV shows The Blacklist, The Mysteries of Laura, Taxi Brooklyn, Blue Bloods, The Following and Nurse Jackie. She can also be seen in many feature films...opposite Kristen Wiig in Nasty Baby, opposite Ward Horton in the Diana DeGarmo and Annabella Sciorra feature Alto and has a major supporting role in the upcoming Honor directed by Joe Bologna.
Check out tonidantonio.com for more info. |
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NICK GIANGIULIO ("Mr. Guglielmo Cappelletti") is from the suburbs of Philadelphia and
raised under the umbrella of a great big wonderful loving extended Italian
family. Nick has worked
both Off-Broadway and in Regional Theatre and has to his credit well over 200 Commercials, TV Voice Overs and Radio Spots along with countless print campaigns.
In addition, Nick has co-starred in multiple episodes of Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Law & Order CI, Blue Bloods, Six Degrees, The Black Donnellys, Third Watch, Trinity, Central Park West, Mathnet, H.E.L.P, True Blue, Our Family Honor, and Mike Hammer. Some of his film roles include, A Tale Of Two Pizzas, Godzilla, Jungle 2 Jungle, Last Exit To Brooklyn, The Cotton Club, Ragtime, and The Wanderers. Nick's broad spectrum of jobs has afforded him a good life as a working actor and like Family--It’s all about love! |
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FRANK FORTUNATO ("Vince D'Amico") is a native of the Bronx, born to an Italian immigrant father and a Spanish-American mother. A one-time starting defensive tackle and competitive martial artist, Frank switched gears and found a home at the Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute. Most notable for playing wise guys, cops, firemen, bodyguards, and blue-collar workers, Frank has recently been seen in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, directed by Ryan Murphy, Broken City, and in the upcoming film, Alto. Other credits include The President's Christmas Tree, A Cup of Coffee, and Summer of Sam, and he is in pre-production for the film, Inside Fighter. Frank has had recurring roles in The Sopranos, Guiding Light, and One Life to Live, and has had co-starring appearances in White Collar, Blue Bloods, and Gossip Girl. When not acting, Frank, a graduate of Columbia University, works as a NY firefighter and EMT and moonlights as a fitness trainer and Fire Academy PT Instructor. His favorite role, however, is husband to Marisa, Dad to his son, Leonardo, and their family dogs: Millie, Chloe, and Sergio.
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RICHIE ALLAN ("Father Romero") has been the voice
and face of hundreds of radio and television commercials, as
well as guest and starring roles in TV and Film, including Melrose Place, Law and Order: CI, The Cosby Show, E.R., China Beach, JAG, Seinfeld, Married With
Children, Pink Cadillac, Murder In The
First, The Dennis Byrd Story, and A League Of Their Own. He has also had recurring and featured roles in Santa Barbara, All My Children, General Hospital, As the World Turns, and Guiding Light.
His theatre career includes the west coast premier of Home Games (White Fire Theater), and David Mamet's world premier of The Disappearance of the Jews, as well as regional and off-Broadway musical theatre roles in Guys and Dolls, Kiss Me Kate, Damn Yankees, and Chicago. Richie’s Short film “Knucks,” won three film festivals in NYC, L.A., and London. Based on this success, he is expanding it into a full-length feature. Richie is currently featured in the new Netflix release, “Bluff.” |
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BILLY WIRTH ("Caesar Bellafusco") was born in New York City and discovered by seminal fashion photographer Bruce Weber while he was a student at Brown University in Rhode Island and began modeling for magazines such as Seventeen, GQ, and Interview.
While at Brown, Wirth did his first commercial, for Diet Pepsi, before beginning his acting career in film and TV. Since then, he has appeared in films such as Seven Minutes in Heaven, Body Snatchers, Boys on the Side, Being Flynn, and many others, including his breakout role as Dwayne in The Lost Boys. Billy has also directed the feature film, MacArthur Park about a homeless crack addict who reconnects with his estranged son. Wirth has appeared in several TV movies such as Red Shoe Diaries and Children of the Dust, has had recurring roles in the television series Wiseguy and Chicago P.D., and has appeared in shows such as Major Crimes, Law and Order: CI, Summerland, CSI, Sex and the City, Charmed, and Tales from the Crypt. In addition to directing, Billy was a producer on the feature film MacArthur Park and an executive producer on A Single Shot as well as the upcoming Man Down. |
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ANNABELLA SCIORRA ("Sofia Del Vecchio") was born and raised in Brooklyn where she still lives. Her film credits include her break-out role in True Love, for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Other film credits include Jungle Fever, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, What Dreams May Come, Mr. Wonderful, Cop Land, The Addiction, The Funeral, The Cure, Find Me Guilty, Romeo Is Bleeding, Mr. Jealousy, Reversal of Fortune, 12 and Holding, and King of the Jungle, Her TV work on The Sopranos earned her an Emmy nomination for her role as Gloria. She has also appeared on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The L Word, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, CSI and Taxi Brooklyn. Her theatre credits include The Motherf**cker With the Hat on Broadway, Those The River Keeps, written and directed by David Rabe, Cries and Shouts by Reinoldo Povod, a Joe Papp production, as well as Roar (The New Group), Shyster (Naked Angels), Under the Blue Sky (Williamstown The Theatre Festival), Spain (MCC), Downtown Race Riot (NYSAF), and is currently performing A Month In The Country at CSC.
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Additional Cast of Alto
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NINI CAMPS as Kat Tommasano
GERARD RENISON as Quinton Esposito DAVID HARRELL as The Traitor ANTONIA REY as Nonna del Vecchio GABRIEL VAUGHAN as Little Gino ADRIENNE LaVALLEY as The Groupie JEROME WEINSTEIN as Gino Roma, Sr. DARLENE VIOLETTE as Tootsie Chinzano MAX MEISEL as Japanese Cooking Instructor ROB ALICEA as The Baker's Assistant |
D'LO as Super Spinner Dinesh
LETTY SERA as Mrs. Montessaro ELLORA DeCARLO as The Baker's Daughter TEDDY COLUCA as The Baker CYNTHIA LEIGH YOUNG as Stella Bella ANNIE LANZILLOTTO as Mamma Lit KATY OSTRANDER as Mamma Bella RON CASTELLANO as The Bouncer KEVIN SEBASTIAN as FBI A/V Tech BEK MARKAS as The Game Attendant |
Nini Camps
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Gerard Renison
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NINI CAMPS cut her teeth playing in clubs like The Bitter End, The Mercury Lounge and The Living Room. She has toured nationally with Los Lonely Boys, had a stint at Madison Square Garden with Joan Osborne, and a stadium tour as a US ambassador during the 2006 World Cup games in Germany. The Miami-born Camps has won Billboard's Songwriter Award and Spin's Top 5 Singer/Songwriter for her self-released album "So Long". With over 50 TV, commercial and film placements, including songs on Brothers and Sisters, Castle, Pretty Little Liars, The Hills, Army Wives, and others, Nini continues to write and record. In August 2009, Camps joined the all female band Antigone Rising as the new lead singer and rhythm guitarist.
GERARD RENISON was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in both Brooklyn and Enfield, CT. First drawn to math and science, Gerard decided to study medicine and was accepted to the pre-med program at UMass Amherst. While at college, Gerard became drawn to the arts after he was introduced to music and acting by two of his closest friends. He fell in love with acting. Gerard has studied at Playhouse West and has worked on multiple short films and independent features, including Worst Race Scenario, Copper Penny, Morbid: A Love Story, and Monster Heroes. He currently has a YouTube channel called the Kyle and Gerard Show.
David Harrell
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Antonia Rey
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Gabriel Vaughan
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DAVID HARRELL ("The Traitor") is an international
award-winning actor, speaker and disability advocate residing in New York City.
His award-winning solo play A Little Potato and Hard to Peel and his new
adaptation The Boy Who Would Be Captain Hook have entertained audiences
from off-Broadway houses to the country of Estonia. He was nominated
in 2010 for a New York Innovative Theatre award for "Outstanding Solo
Performance”. Over the last 15 years, he has appeared
in theatre, film and the New York City institution Law and Order: SVU. As a
Disability Advocate he has worked as the Accessibility and Outreach Director
for the Raleigh Ensemble Players in Raleigh, NC and currently serves as the
Disability and Programming Associate for Inclusion in the Arts in New York
City. He serves on the NYC Local Performers with Disabilities Committee with
SAG-AFTRA and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
ANTONIA REY ("Nonna Del Vecchio") is a Cuban-born actor, who is known for her roles in movies such as Jacob's Ladder, King of the Gypsies, Hair, The Changeling, Beat Street, Wise Guys, True Colors, Chain of Desire, Tarantella, Made Men, Kiss Me Guido, The Object of My Affection, and Gloria, as well as the TV shows, Who's The Boss?, Third Watch, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Marcus-Nelson Murders, the TV-movie pilot for Kojak, among many others. She has performed on Broadway stages and in commercials, such as a national campaign for Vonage. She has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA).
GABRIEL VAUGHAN ("Little Gino Roma") has been involved with Alto since some of the very first readings of the screenplay and is thrilled that it is now making the festival circuit as a fantastic feature film. His other film credits include: Ripped!, Chasing Butterflies, Dear Edward, Master of the Kennel and Mona Lisa Smile. Gabe is also an Audie Award-nominated audiobook narrator, having recorded over twenty titles. Gabe is a founding member of the Tennessee Shakespear Company, where he has performed regularly since 2008. He has a degree in theater from Sarah Lawrence College and has studied with BADA in London. Gabe is from Massachusetts but has called NYC home since 2001. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Piper, and cat Caroline.
Adrienne LaValley
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Jerome Weinstein
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Darlene Violette
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ADRIENNE LaVALLEY ("The Groupie") is so excited to be a part of the Alto family. She was most recently seen as LuAnn in ‘LuAnn Hampton Laverty Oberlander’ with the ReGroup theatre company at The Barrow Group Theatre in February. During its first run, it was voted one of the Top Ten shows of 2014 by Peter Filichia of Broadway Radio. Look for her in countless commercials, the ongoing all ladies improv group “Flying V” and the monthly show “The Sports Show," which she co-hosts at The Treehouse Theatre. She lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend Claudio and arguably the greatest dog in the world, Junebug. And she absolutely loves her job.
JEROME WEINSTEIN ("Gino Roma, Sr.) has appeared in film, TV, and stage. His film credits include Morning Glory, Old Dogs, and Delirious. He has appeared on Conan O'Brien and had a recurring role on Saturday Night Live. He has also appeared on VH1's Rock of Ages. He has performed on regional stages in productions of Damn Yankees, The Diary of Anne Frank, It's a Wonderful Life, Little Shop of Horrors, and Fiddler on the Roof. In New York, he has appeared in The Beauty Part, A Slight Case of Murder, The Haunted Man, Melancholy Baby, Grandma Sylvia's Funeral, and The Reconciliation, among others. He has also worked in various commercials.
DARLENE VIOLETTE ("Tootsie Chinzano) is a New York City based actress and writer. She has appeared on numerous television shows and in films. She is currently writing a screenplay about the life and career of screen legend Mae West. Darlene's television credits include appearances on Louie, White Collar, Show Me A Hero, 30 Rock, The Heart, She Holler, Ugly Betty, Wonder Showzen, Delocated, Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, and opposite Kate Winslet in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce. Her many film credits include the Sony Pictures feature Premium Rush directed by David Koepp, Two Days in New York, starring Chris Rock and directed by Julie Delpy, The Hungry Ghosts, directed by Michael Imperioli and God's Behaving Badly, directed by Marc Turtletaub. She also wrote and starred in the short film, "The Art of A Butterfly," which will be released this Spring, and has appeared extensively in NYC theater productions, indie films and national commercial and print campaigns.
Max Meisel
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Rob Alicea
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D'Lo
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MAX MEISEL ("Japanese Cooking Instructor") is an actor, comedian, and improviser residing in New York City. He has appeared in Lifetime Network's 'Unanswered Prayers' and USA's 'Royal Pains', and most recently performed improv with the National Comedy Theater's house team. He can also be seen in the upcoming short film 'Physical Attraction' and made his off-broadway debut in the dramatic play, 'Neat and Tidy.' Max has studied at the Caymichael Patten acting studio and Amy Poehler's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
ROB ALICEA ("Baker's Assistant") is an American actor, director, producer and podcast host. A graduate of the William Esper Studio, Rob has gone on to appear in films and television shows such as Che: Part Two, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, as well as learn the behind-the-scenes workings on Elementary, Person of Interest and several studio films. Acting and love of building a project from the ground up soon led Rob to launch Pushed Envelope Productions in 2010 where he has directed, produced and starred in several award-winning film and television productions, which have been shown both domestically and internationally. In 2014 Rob launched Rob Alicea Productions and the True Fiction podcast, which features candid interviews with actors and artists about their experiences in the entertainment industry. A long-time martial artist, Rob enjoys training in American boxing, Muay Thai kickboxing, and currently divides his time between New York City and Albany, NY. @robalicea
D'LO ("Super Spinner Dinesh") is a queer/transgender Tamil-Sri Lankan-American actor/writer/comedian. He is a member of Teada Productions, on the board for Brown Boi Project and a co-producer for DisOriented Comedy. His full-length stand-up storytelling show D’FunQT (defunct), which has toured internationally (SF, NY, Manchester, UK and 7-city tour in India and Sri Lanka) will be coming to LA in 2015, while he works on his other projects To T, or Not to T and GodFreaQ. The documentary by Crescent Diamond based on D’Lo’s life/work, called Performing Girl, won the best short documentary award at Outfest 2013, and he most recently was a lead character for the short film LIT. He also appears in the new HBO series LOOKING as Taj, on the Amazon series TRANSPARENT and the Netflix series SENSE 8, Mikki del Monico’s film ALTO, and Sundance Fellow Adelina Anthony’s film BRUISING FOR BESOS. He also appears on the web series EASTSIDERS and DYKE CENTRAL. See dlocokid.com and @dlocokid for the latest.
Letty Sera
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Ellora DeCarlo
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Teddy Coluca
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LETTY SERA ("Mrs. Montessaro") has appeared in over forty films and television shows including The Producers, Tony ’n Tina’s Wedding, Damages, Prologue, Four Corners of Suburbia, Lobster Farm, Rescue Me, Guiding Light; and Camera Three. On stage in New York, she has appeared in All the Way Home (Transport Group), a three-year off-Broadway run of Tony 'n Tina's Wedding, Uncle Vanya (Abington Theatre), Eleonora Duse (American Theatre for Actors), and Dreams of Salt (Cherry Lane Theatre). In Los Angeles, she appeared in The Man Who Came to Dinner with Charles Lane (McGowen Theatre) and Twelve Angry Women (Desilu Productions). She has authored and directed Lotto (Ensemble Studio Theatre, NY) and has directed Endgame (Melrose Theatre, Hollywood) and Little Eyolf, with Rita Gam and Mary Clare Costello (Odyssey Theatre, Hollywood). Letty also teaches acting in Film/TV at the Screen Actors Guild Conservatory. She also co-wrote Say Nothing, which won the 2009 Guild of Italian American Actors awards in the categories of: Best Screenplay, Heritage Award, Best Historical Drama.
ELLORA DeCARLO ("Baker's Daughter") has lived and worked as an actor, singer and producer in New York City for over 14 years. As a producer, her film credits include Alto, Mind the Gap, Salt, Happily Ever After. She has been a producer for the Broadway productions of Speed the Plow, Enron, and Bonnie and Clyde and for the Broadway in Chicago show, Dee Snider’s Rock n’ Roll Christmas Tale. Her new works include Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Hot Naked Truth. In 2006, she produced and wrote her own off-Broadway Musical, Thick n’ Thin. Her acting credits include One Life to Live, All My Children, ED, Saturday Night Live, Down to Earth, Alto, Mind the Gap, Salt, and Fontanelle. She has appeared off-Broadway in Thick n’ Thin and Legend of Sleepy Hollow (workshop and original cast recording), Company, The Balcony and Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Ellora was originally introduced to Alto by producer, Toni D’Antonio, when she was cast as Heather in the first reading in New York City and is thrilled to continue to be attached to the project as Executive Producer and the Baker’s Daughter.
TEDDY COLUCA ("The Baker") has had an extensive career as an actor. His film debut in Welcome to the Dollhouse led to roles in The Thomas Crown Affair, Music of the Heart, The Yards, The Producers, Not Fade Away, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, A Most Violent Year, and the upcoming Blowtorch, with Armand Assante. Teddy has also appeared in TV shows such as The Blacklist, Made in Jersey, Suits, Running Wilde, Ugly Betty, Life on Mars, Saturday Night Live, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ed, Law & Order, Law & Order: CI, Law & Order: SVU, Third Watch, NYPD Blue, Sex and the City, and had a recurring role in 30 Rock. Teddy has performed on Broadway in The Ritz, as well as in off-Broadway and Regional productions of Every Day a Visitor, Breaking Legs, The Bitch Goddess, Museum, Judy at the Stonewall Inn, On the Waterfront, and in the solo play, Nobody Don't Like Yogi.
Cynthia Leigh Young
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Annie Lanzillotto
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Katy Ostrander
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CYNTHIA LEIGH YOUNG ("Stella Bella") has appeared in a number of film and television shows. In addition to Alto, she can be seen in films such as Abracadabra and TV shows such as Another World, Pulp Comics, and New York Undercover. She has also performed on regional stages in productions of The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Man of La Mancha, The Women, The Corpse Went Dancing, The Odd Couple, Peter Pan, Chicago, and Crimes of the Heart. She has also studied with the likes of Penny Templeton, Jeffrey Stocker, and John Aiello, among others.
ANNIE RACHELE LANZILLOTTO ("Mamma Lit") is a 2014 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Non-Fiction. She is the author of L is for Lion: an italian bronx butch freedom memoir (SUNY Press), a Lambda Literary Award finalist. She is the author of the book of poetry Schistsong, (Bordighera Press), and singer/songwriter of the albums Blue Pill, Carry My Coffee, and Eleven Recitations. Lanzillotto is featured in the documentary films "New York Street Games" directed by Matt Levy and "Let's Get the Rhythm: The Life and Times of Miss Mary Mack" directed by Irene Chagall. Lanzillotto's original plays include Pocketing Garlic (Franklin Furnace), How to Wake Up a Marine in a Foxhole (The Kitchen), Confessions of a Bronx Tomboy (Manhattan Class Company), The Flat Earth: Wheredddafhuck Did New York Go? (Dixon Place) and a'Schapett (Dancing in the Streets, Rockefeller MAP Fund) site-specific performance in the Arthur Avenue Retail Market, Bronx. One of “200 essential New Yorkers” (NY Times), Lanzillotto performed at The Smithsonian Folk Life Festival with City Lore. She’s had writing residencies at Santa Fe Art Institute and Hedgebrook. She holds a B.A. from Brown University and an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently narrating/recording her audiobooks.
KATY OSTRANDER ("Mamma Bella") is a professional actress, writer, and producer whose work in film and television includes national commercials for Olive Garden, Tide, Heineken, and Multigrain Cheerios. Director Jason Reitman cast her as a bedside lawyer in his short, Consent, and she was an Elvis-impersonating "crasher" in Spike TV's CrashTest. Raised by counterculture parents from Hell's Kitchen and New Jersey, Katy grew up on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in East Glacier Park, MT, till the age of ten, when they moved to VT. Her first industry gigs began at home, in her father's 24-track recording studio, where she learned to run mic cables in crawl spaces and troubleshoot a myriad of technical issues under pressure. The glamor aside, Katy also sang back-up vocals on music projects and did voiceovers on exciting safety videos for local factories and rockin' AM radio spots. Katy has worked in all aspects of casting, as a Production Coordinator, and a Sales Rep.
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RON CASTELLANO ("The Bouncer") was born and raised in the Italian section of North Newark New Jersey. His heroes were Joe DiMaggio , Frank Sinatra and Robert DeNiro. Ron developed a passion for sports and physical fitness which garnished him bodybuilding's title of Mr. Garden State. A chance meeting with local actor Frank Vincent started a steadfast friendship that lasts to this day. Frank would bring Ron to such sets as Goodfellas and Do the Right Thing. Watching these legendary actors inspired Ron and he entered the Olympia Dukakis School of Acting. Soon after he landed his first role in Street Hunter. Subsequent roles soon followed in Men Lie, Law and Order: SVU and the motion picture Shaft. This encouraged Ron to hone his craft and after a short theatrical run off-Broadway, he got the call to play the recurring role of Terry Doria in the famed series The Sopranos. Ron also appeared in the film Alto. Working with director Mikki del Monico is one of his most rewarding experiences to date.
KEVIN SEBASTIAN ("FBI A/V Tech") has appeared in a number of TV shows and film projects, such as CBS's "Blue Bloods," "Saturday Night Live," and "The Grid," a TV pilot that was the NYC International Film Fest's pick for Best Pilot. He has also appeared in the hit web series, "Producing Juliet," as well as "Redheads Anonymous," which he wrote and associate produced. He has also appeared in a multitude of commercials and has appeared on the NYC Theatre scene with Waiting for the Bus (American Globe Theatre Best Actor Award), Samaritans or Where is Sylvia (Best Supporting Actor nomination), Importance of Being Earnest, Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged, Intermezzo (NYC Opera at Lincoln Center), Dark of the Moon, Rollo’s Wild Oat, Six Passionate Women, and Hamlet. In Regional theatre, the list includes: Clandestine Marriage (Daily Record Award) and The Mousetrap at Centenary Stage, Valhalla (Star-Ledger nomination) and Omnium Gatherum at The Theater Project, Sick (with director Benjamin Klein) at NJ Repertory, Noises Off (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Death of a Salesman (Arkansas Repertory), Romeo & Juliet (Tri-State Actors Theater), and Hound of the Baskervilles (Depot Theatre). @KevSebastian
BEK MARKAS ("The Game Attendant") is a NYC native. The first American in his family, his acting break happened when he and nine other actors were brought in for a go-see to director Phillip Noyce, who was directing "Salt" (2010) at the time. Noyce picked him because his hair best fit with the 1970s, the period in which the film took place. Shortly after, Bek left college, even before declaring a major, sold his books and went off to train with top acting teachers such as Wendy Ward and Michael Howard. Bek has been in many shorts and starred in Mickey Micklos' web series, 200 Contracts, for which he won Best Actor in a Dramatic Series at the 2014 LA WebFest. He grew up playing guitar for various NYC punk/hardcore bands and also plays the bass and drums. His favorite actors are Harvey Keitel, Mickey Rourke and Thomas Jane. @BekMarkas
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