CAST

Amanda Arcuri ~ After attending an open call, Amanda Arcuri landed her debut role on the hit Canadian series, ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’, followed by the spin-off, ‘Degrassi: Next Class’ . While shooting the series, she began several years of training at the Armstrong Acting Studio in Toronto. For her first step onto the big screen, she played  “Rebecca” in the teen drama ‘Every Day’ directed by Michael Sucsy. Most recently she has appeared in several recurring guest star roles including CBS’s crime drama ‘Ransom’ and CBC’s new police show, ‘Hudson & Rex’. Up next, you will see her in the lead role of “Chelsea” in the horror film, ‘Do Not Reply’. She will also appear as a guest star in Freeform’s upcoming family drama, ‘Party of Five’.
 “This is the most terrifying, real-world villain I’ve seen scripted, and possibly the most dangerous character I’ve played. Getting a chance to tell a cautionary tale of the modern age was a pleasure, even if I had to go home every night and shower away the darkness of this character,” Jackson Rathbone. (Twilight Saga)
Jackson Rathbone ~ Actor, producer and musician Jackson Rathbone is best-known for his breakout role as Jasper Hale in “The Twilight Saga” film series. From 2008 to 2012, Rathbone co-starred in the internationally renowned franchise, which has grossed over $3.3 billion at global box-office, propelling him to worldwide recognition. To date, he has starred in over twenty-five motion pictures, including 2010’s blockbuster “The Last Airbender,” an adaptation of the critically acclaimed animated franchise.
 
Rathbone has since crossed genres, spending his time working on his passion, indie films. His recent credits include “Samson”and “Justice.” He can be seen next in the upcoming feature “Heart, Baby!,” which depicts a true prison-based story from the 1980s, and will be released in November. He has also recently completed production on “Do Not Reply” as well as the socio-political satire “The Wall of Mexico.” On television, Rathbone has made memorable guest turns on hit series including “The O.C,” “Criminal Minds,” “No Ordinary Family” and “White Collar.” He recently appeared in major recurring arcs in MTV’s “Finding Carter” and TNT’s “The Last Ship.” 
 
In addition to acting, Rathbone has produced several projects, including the Gotham Award-winning "Girlfriend," as well as the Warner Brothers backed webseries "Aim High," for which Rathbone also received a Streamy Award nomination for Best Male Performance in a Drama. In 2015, Rathbone wrote, directed and starred in the webseries “Couch Surfing, USA,” which achieved an official Marseille Web Fest selection and won the Vancouver Web Fest Award for best comedy. He most recently starred in and co-produced the short film “Horseshoe Theory,” which received a Jury Award at the Slamdance Film Festival, and is currently guest starring and associate producing the indie feature “Adi Shankar’s Gods and Secrets,” which stars a thoughtfully diverse cast, including Alexandra Billings, Jane Seymour, RJ Mitte, Edi Gathegi, Will Yun Lee, Tiffany Hines and Chaz Bono.
 
As a musician and songwriter, Rathbone has released multiple albums with his international touring band 100 Monkeys, for which he writes, sings and plays guitar, piano, bass, drums, harmonica, ukulele and banjo. This November, he released his first solo album “American Spirit Blues,” a cross section of Americana, folk and good old rock n roll. The album was recorded at Twin Creeks studio in Austin, TX and features several Austin locals, as well as Rathbone’s own family members.
He also has several singles out under his own name, including The Smiths inspired “Let Go Your Majesty” and the ballad “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.” Combining his passion for music and philanthropy, Rathbone serves as an honorary board member for Little Kids Rock, a national nonprofit that works to restore and revitalize music education in disadvantaged U.S. public schools. 
 
Born in Singapore, Rathbone spent his adolescent years living in Tananger, Norway and Midland, Texas. He is a graduate of the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and Austin, Texas, depending on the weather.
Kerri Medders ~ Actress and singer songwriter, Kerri Medders hails from Houston, Texas and this native lives up to her reputation as a hardworking, intelligent, and creative young woman on a mission to have her work and voice heard through multiple facets. With acting experience in commercials, television and short film, performing experience in venues spread half way across the country, and a desire to give back to charity, Medders truly has a focus in achieving greatness.
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Medders’ has guest starred on hit shows such as “Gamers Guide To Pretty Much Everything” on Disney XD and “Speechless” on ABC. She currently recurs on two Emmy nominated series; the CBS drama “Seal Team," now airing season two and the Netflix original comedy “Alexa & Katie” currently shooting season three. 

Medders has performed in venues all around the US while currently residing in Los Angeles. She has shared her voice at local venues such as; The House of Blues, The Rose Bowl, Magic Mountain, Venice Beach, Holiday in the Park at Six Flags, LAPD Children’s Day, and Reliant Park to name a few. In the spring and fall of 2017, Medders opened for the Plain White T’s and Drake Bell on The High School Nation Tour. Her energetic, loveable, and expressive personality shines through her music and captures the attention of her audience time and time again. 
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In 2016, she released “Don’t Give In” and “Fall Away” both singles. In 2015 she released her EP “ETCHED” which included a compilation of self-written and produced songs available on iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon among other national digital retailers. In addition, Medders has released 3 music videos from her EP featured on Cambio, Just Jared Jr., Popmania, Total Girl, Popstar, Twist and more. Medders music has been seen and heard on MTV, Virgin Airlines, AXS TV, and Dash Radio to name a few. Previous single releases include, “Back To The Start,” “Class is Out,” and “A Friend,” all of which have become regular hits on internet radio with airplay as far as Australia. Her original music has also landed her on the Top 20 of the Tween Pop radio charts. Most recently, Medders released her latest single ‘WHO R YOU?’ along with her EP “LOT 17” with new music coming fall of 2018.

Let’s not forget about Medders’ Texas sized heart. She supports charities such as Lights Camera Cure and their “Hollywood Dance Marathon,” raising money for pediatric cancer, JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) and their “Walk to Cure Diabetes,” and the Ronald McDonald House and their “Walk for Kids.”
Elise Luthman ~ is an actress and singer. She starred in "Family Vanished" as "April" and "Party Mom" as "Brittany" on Lifetime's Movie Channel: LMN. She is also known for "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)  and as "Two Canz" on Nickelodeon's Henry Danger (2014). She is also "Caleche" in the new Series Beachwood Charter (2014). She can be seen in Nickelodeon's Wendell and Vinnie (2013), Rules of Engagement (2007), New Girl (2011), Desperate Housewives (2004) and more. She is recognized for her role as "Lea Rose" on Nickelodeon's Deadtime Stories (2012), as "Josephine" in the award winning film Josephine (2013) and lead in More Than Words (2012) which was at the Cannes Festival in 2013 . Elise plays the young lead, "Young Julia Douglas" in the Feature Film, Play James Play. She has also been a Co-Host on the TV Series: The Joey & Elise Show (2010).
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Elise is the youngest of seven thespians and learned her love of acting, singing and music from her family as they performed together in many Community Theatre Productions. She is from Dayton, Ohio but now lives in Los Angeles, CA. Elise has also written, produced and starred in her own web series "The Short Girls Club"
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She is a strong supporter of many charities and is a Star Power Ambassador for The Starlight Children's Foundation.
Ashlee Fuss ~ grew up in Minnesota and developed a love for the arts at a young age. She did community theater and her first performance was as an angel in “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” at the age of 5. Ashlee was also a competitive dancer and would constantly sing and dance for anyone willing to watch and pay attention to her. When she was 10 she came out to LA for a talent competition hosted by Debbie Allen. She competed in the triple threat category and won performing "Popular" from "Wicked". It was her first trip to LA. This experience is what planted a small seed that lead her to become an actor.

Though her parents were hesitant in the beginning, Ashlee started taking acting classes at a studio in Minneapolis which eventually lead to her getting a local agent. From there she booked the first audition she went on and through it, she got signed by a manager in LA. Her first trip with representation was in January 2009 for pilot season and for the first two years she went back and forth between LA and Minnesota, balancing her schoolwork at her performing arts high school in downtown St. Paul. Then it was in September of 2010 when Ashlee was 16 that they finally decided to fully make the move out West.  She booked her first role in “Criminal Minds” in 2011. 
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Since then, she's guest-started on dramas such as "CSI," "Major Crimes," "Rizzoli & Isles, "Grey's Anatomy" and "Station 19." Equally adept at comedy, Ashlee has recurred on "The Fosters" as well as guest-starred on "The Middle," "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," "2 Broke Girls," and "The Goldbergs." On the big screen, She starred opposite Krity Swanson and Brec Bassinger in "KILLER UNDER THE BED" and opposite Jackson Rathbone in "DO NOT REPLY." Ashlee currently resides in Los Angeles with her dog Sully.
Courtney Henggeler ~ Born in the town of Phillipsburg, New Jersey and then raised in Pocono, Pennsylvania until she was 14, Courtney Henngeler soon moved to Seaford, Long Island, where she grew up until her eventual transfer to Los Angeles.
Henggeler still recalls the day she saw the show It’s A Livingon television when she was four years old. Amazed by the women on screen, Henggeler caught the acting bug and began taking acting lessons, which lead to her first audition for her high school’s production of ‘Carousel’.
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Henggeler’s first acting gig was as Susan Beth in the film The Bog Creaturesand as her career grew she made her appearance on television with notable shows such as Criminal Minds, Working Classy, Happy Endings, Melissa & Joey, Faking It, Bones, Henry Danger, Moms and the ever-popular The Big Bang Theory. In addition to her television work, Henggeler has appeared in numerous films including the recent rom-com Fixed, and the Tyler Perry comedy Nobody’s Fool.
Currently starring as Amanda Larusso in the YouTube Red series Cobra Kai, the series continues the storyline of the ever-popular fan favorite Karate Kid and the return of Daniel Larusso, 30 years after the All Valley Karate Tournament. Henggeler plays Daniel’s wife who is his grounding force when he starts to go off the rails and the new Miagi for Daniel. 
Proven to be a talented and versatile actress, Henggeler continues to create buzz as her career evolves. Henggeler has always enjoyed craft of acting and always wants to be working in the field. Her main goal is to be working on projects where she gets to have a voice in what actors do which is why she writes scripts. She loves to process of putting it all together.

When Henggeler isn’t busy acting, she is a mother to her son Oscar and newborn baby Georgie, and wife to Ross. She enjoys cooking, researching new recipes, and binge watching old shows that have far passed their time of fame. The Kohn/Henggelers have two cats, Boris and Sophia, which they describe as “lap dogs”, and a golden doodle named Harvey.
Kaitlyn Black ~ is already well under way on a very prolific career in Film, Television, and on Stage.  This year, she starred in the Off-Broadway play #DateMe, and shot episodes of several television shows.  She was a series regular on the CW’s HART OF DIXIE and recurred on the hit FOX series RAISING HOPE.  Kaitlyn also appeared in the critically acclaimed HBO series ENLIGHTENED as well as many other television dramas and comedies.

In the feature world, Kaitlyn starred in the feature BORN AND MISSING from award-winning director Michael Feifer, and appeared in OFFICER DOWN with Stephen Dorff, David Boreanaz, and James Woods. She is also in the Val Kilmer feature WYATT EARP'S REVENGE and the feature HOLLYWOO with French star Jamel Debbouze.
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Kaitlyn graduated Magna Cum Laude from Kent State University and moved to New York to cut her teeth in the theatre world.  She had a real crash course in episodic comedy when she starred in the web-series FLOATERS, which won a New York Emmy and was featured at the Producers Lab at the Sundance Film Festival.  Kaitlyn then moved to Los Angeles and jumped into the Film and TV world.  Kaitlyn currently lives in New York City, and is probably playing with her dog, Charlie.
Thom Gossom Jr. ~  (born 1952) is an American actor, writer, and communications professional. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he received his Bachelor of Arts in communications from Auburn University where he was the first black athlete in the Southeastern Conference to walk on, earn a full scholarship and graduate. Gossom defied the odds and became a three-year starter. He is featured in the HBO special, "Breaking the Huddle", about integration of Southern college football. Gossom furthered his education with a Master of Arts in communication from The University of Montevallo in Alabama. He is owner and President of Best Gurl Inc. a communications firm. Gossom's career has spanned film, television and the stage. His film credits include "Fight Club", "Jeepers Creepers 2", and "Miss Ever's Boy's". He starred as the title character, "Israel", in the NYPD Blue Emmy winning episode, "Lost Israel." and in the recurring roles of City Councilman Ted Marcus on "In the Heat of the Night". Judge Blake Winters in "Boston Legal, as Judge Kenneth Shepard on "Reckless" and as Lieutenant Moore in the upcoming series "Partners". Gossom's theatre roles include, "Speak of Me As I Am". a critically acclaimed one-man play that he write, "Fences" and "American Buffalo", among others. "Quiet Courage". a film he write and produced in association with Auburn University, tells the story of James Owens, the first black athlete to break the racial barriers of college football in the Deep South. The film delves into the personal price that Owens' paid in being "the first" and the impact his presence made not just in the game, but in the lives of those he touched that still reverberates today. Watch Quiet Courage trailer here. Gossom's writing credits include his published memoir, "Walk-On: My Reluctant Journey To Integration at Auburn University", which chronicles his role in collegiate football history. Gossom's newest work, "A Slice of Life", is the first of a three-part collection of "life stories" woven around themes of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances. Gossom also writes a current events blog, "As I SEE It". When not writing, producing or acting, Gossom is a frequent speaker for universities, corporation and civic organizations. Through his experience, intellect and wit, he inspires, entertains, educates and motivates his audience.
Ivon Millan ~  is from El Paso, Texas. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with a B.A in Theater Studies and Film-Cinema Studies. She relocated to the Los Angeles area where she now sings in cultural events most weekends with her Latin music band. On weekdays she is out auditioning for commercials, films and producing her own projects.  One of which is the multi-award winning feature film, Santiago, that can be found on itunes. Her passion is to help tell stories with an impactful message. Do Not Reply is a movie she is very proud to be part of both as a producer and actress. Ivon hopes it has an impact on diminish the growing social media abduction.
Savannah Kennick ~ Currently recognized for her role in “Arrested Development”, exotic, versatile, and an undeniable talent on the rise, Savannah Kennick is a young actress and artist that has already reached lengths that many strive for. As an actress, she has starred in the small screen, the silver screen and the digital screen appearing in projects including Netflix’s HOLIDAYS, YouTube Original Programming “Liza on Demand” and the award-winning short film BLOOM. Kennick will be starring as “Kristina” in the 2019 horror thriller DO NOT REPLY. 
 Also recognized for her role in the anthological horror film, HOLIDAYS, which premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, Kennick made a great first impression as “Heidi” having been immediately nominated for both the Young Artist and Young Entertainer Award. Kennick went on to later win a Young Entertainer Award as well as a Best Young Actress award (Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival) for her role as Annabelle in BLOOM. The short film also received an audience choice award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. 
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 Born and raised in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, a small town right outside of Pittsburgh, Kennick says she subconsciously always knew she wanted to make movies. At 14 years old, she was discovered by a modeling agent in New York City, and went on to book campaigns working with Italian Vogue, American Horror Story: Hotel, Teen Vogue, and Seventeen, to name a few. Kennick was mesmerized by the creativity around her in NYC and quickly discovered her love for storytelling and fascination with the film-making process. Her modeling agent suggested she give acting a try and introduced Kennick to her current talent manager, and she moved to Los Angeles at the age of 16 to make acting her main focus.
In her free time Kennick enjoys reading, photography, boxing and painting. She also spends a lot of her time writing, and recently finished writing her first pilot script. On the charity front, she loves to lend her support to organizations that raise funds for breast cancer research, which is a cause close to her heart as her mother is a breast cancer survivor.
Curran Walters ~ was born and raised in Thousand Oaks, California. He began his acting career at the age of 13 and booked his first ever commercial audition for Samsung as well as his first print job for Tillys, which he worked for a few years. In 2014 he landed his first television role on the Disney pilot GROWING UP AND DOWN followed shortly after with a spot on NEW GIRL. He most notably appeared on the NBC series GAME OF SILENCE in the recurring role of Young Jackson (David Lyons) in which an attorney reconnects with childhood friends to expose a dark secret from their past. Curran filmed two episodes of the hit Disney Channel series GIRL MEETS WORLD as well as a role in the Mike Mills directed film 20th CENTURY WOMEN opposite Alia Shawkat and Elle Fanning and starring Annette Benning. Curran played the role of Max on TLC’s first scripted television series Too Close To Home created and produced by Tyler Perry. Currently Curran has can be seen in the Netflix show Best Worst weekend ever and is now starring as a series regular in the first ever DC Comics live action show Titans which started airing in October 2018.
Nikki Leigh ~ was born in Cypress, California. She attended California State University of Fullerton, where she not only earned a B.A. in Sociology, but also graduated Cum Laude as a member of the Golden Key Honor society. Nikki is full of personality and drive with a knack to be in front of the camera. Right out of college she hosted a daily hour long show on Sirius XM, where she interacted and interviewed comedians,celebrities and music acts. She also interviewed athletes on the 2012 Espys red carpet for RadarOnline.com and was a local on air talent for KDOC. Aside from hosting, Nikki is also a model who has been published worldwide, and done commercials overseas as a brand ambassador. Nikki isn't only a model and brand ambassador but she also sings, dances and is now mainly focusing on her acting career in both TV and Film. Her acting talent has landed her appearances on Two and A Half Men, The Wedding Ringer, NCIS and she just finished 3 movies as the lead female role that come out in the beginning of 2017. One of these movies she filmed in Turkey for 2 months and had to learn the language as well as speak it in the film!
Christian Hutcherson ~ has been acting since the age of 5. He has appeared in several Commercials: (a few include) Verizon, Nike, Sony, Robinson-May, Got Milk and Disney. Also working as Guest-Star, Co-Star, Recurring and Principal roles at Nickelodeon, Disney, CBS, ABC, NBC, STARZ and Netflix Studios. Christian is an award winning Actor who has been blessed to be apart of many exciting Film, Television, Voice and theater Productions. He plans to continue pursuing his Acting career (performing his own Stunts) along with pursuing a career in Directing and Production. Christian is Represented by Lisa at Berman Sacks Talent Agency- Los Angeles.
Nayah Damasen ~ is a 14 year old singer, actress, and dancer. She is a California Native who has been singing since the age of 2. As a performer, Nayah sang The National Anthem for many professional sporting events, most notably the 2015 and 2018 NBA Finals for The Golden State Warriors which was broadcasted worldwide. As an actor, Nayah appeared as Kimmie on Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family, Disney’s Bizaardvark, To Tell the Truth, Nickelodeon’s Henry Danger, and in a feature film called, “How To Be A Latin Lover”. As a singer, she has been fortunate enough to work with Multi-Platinum Grammy & Emmy winning Producer, Narada Michael Walden. Nayah’s wish is to touch people’s hearts with her music and motivate young children to pursue their dreams.
Evangeline Linde ~ From a very young age, Evangeline started to develop a passion for the performing arts. At 3 years old she started acting, singing and dancing with at least 2 stage performances each year. She loved role play and transforming into different characters. 
At age 5-6, Evangeline studied acting at Santa Monica Playhouse and performed in two plays there. She shot her first commercial “Under Our Wing” directed by Sinisha Nisevic. 
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At age 7 Evangeline joined Gary Spatz's The Playground Young Actors Conservatory in Los Angeles for 2 years in 2013. She also has studied acting at the Margie Haber Studio and V.O./ADR classes with Lynnanne Zager.
In 2014 at age 8 Evangeline played the co-lead in the Frozen Musical at the Adderly Theatre and appeared in two more commercials. 
Evangeline was in the 2015 global Tommy Hilfiger campaign with Behati Prinsloo & Jourdan Dunne, shot by the critically acclaimed Craig McDean, and was in Disney's Playmation campaign. 

At age 9 Evangeline performed in the Musical “Xanadu” in 2016 and played the lead role (Alex the lion) in the Musical “Madagascar” in 2017 at the Pacific Palisades Theatre. She appeared in several global Levi’s campaigns and had an editorial spread in ELLE magazine. 
Evangeline had a recurring role on Season 1 (2017) and Season 2 (2018) of the comedy series "Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes On Television" playing Ryan Hansen's oldest daughter Crosby Hansen. Evangeline shot the 2018 Emmy & Golden Globe Award winning American Crime Story ACS: Versace for Fox - playing 

"Young Donatella Versace" joining an amazing cast with Penelope Cruz, Ricky Martin, Edgar Ramirez and Darren Criss.
Also in 2018, Evangeline co-starred on the ABC tv show “Black-ish” and filmed the critically acclaimed “Lincoln” commercial with Matthew McConaughey which was directed by the award winning director Garth Davis (“Lion”). 2018 was a milestone year for Evangeline as she wrote, directed and starred in her first short film “Stranger Thoughts To Get Out” at the age of 11, which was an official selection in, and nominated for best short at the 10th Annual Burbank International Film Festival. 

So far, Evangeline has three exciting film credits for 2019: supporting roles in “Lydia”, “How Does It Start”, and the currently very relevant feature film “Do Not Reply” reflecting on our social media world. Spring 2019 at age 12 Evangeline wrote & directed a music video for her original song - “Out Of My Mind” which already has won best music video at the PR Film festival and is an official selection at the Indie Visions Film Festival as well as at the DMOFF film festival.  Evangeline is the daughter of Hal Lindes, Dire Straits
Kue Lawrence ~ began acting at the age of 5 and landed his first movie role as Young Nic Sheff in Beautiful Boy with Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet.  Shortly thereafter he booked roles in The Amityville Murders and DO NOT REPLY.  Kue continued his theatrical successes with episodic bookings on In An Instant, Lucifer, Magic For Humans, and recurring roles on Atypical and Good Girls.  He has additionally done national commercials for Ameritrade, Dairy, Dunkin Donuts, and Chrysler.  He won Best Young Actor for his dramatic portrayal of an abused child in La Pieta.  Kue spends his free time playing soccer and piano, breakdancing, and doing parkour.  He dreams of being a horror film director and a dog when he grows up.

CASTING DIRECTOR 

Arlie Day ~ began her casting career in 2005 and has worked on dozens of feature films, television pilots and series, both comedy and drama.

Her most recent work includes the Scott Rudin produced pilot Gone Hollywood for FX and the Universal Studios film Unicorn, which will premiere on Netflix in 2020.  She also recently wrapped casting on two series for Snapchat and is currently casting a series and a feature film for the acclaimed Gregg Araki.

​She continues to cast both television and film and still has a real passion for both.