Rory Culkin • “Ollie Sway”
Known for his roles in SIGNS and SCREAM 4, Rory Culkin has also played in acclaimed indies such as Ben Howe’s GABRIEL, which landed him a Breakthrough Actor nomination at the 2015 Gotham Independent Film Awards. Other film credits include JACK GOES HOME, INTRUDER, THE ZODIAC, DOWN IN THE VALLEY, LYMELYFE, TWELVE, HICK, IGBY GOES DOWN and ELECTRICK CHILDREN. Rory was nominated for a Spirit Award for Best Supporting Young Actor for his role in YOU CAN COUNT ON ME and he was part of the cast of MEAN CREEK which won a Spirit Award for Best Ensemble Cast.
Rory will next be seen in COLUMBUS opposite Parker Posey and John Cho for Kogonada which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. He’s just wrapped LORDS OF CHAOS where he plays the lead opposite Emory Cohen and Jack Kilmer for Jonas Åkerlund and UNCHAINED opposite Adrien Brody, John Malkovich and Antonio Banderas for Paul Solet and Millennium Films. Rory is currently shooting The Weinstein Company/Paramount Network series Waco opposite Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch where he portrays David Thibodeau.
Robert Sheehan • “Nikolai”
Robert shot to fame in the BAFTA award winning MISFITS (for which he was also BAFTA nominated for Best Supporting Actor), and is now starring as Klaus Hargreeves in the hit show UMBRELLA ACADEMY on Netflix.
Robbie made his acting debut in Aisling Walsh’ s acclaimed feature film Song For A Raggy Boy. Since then, features include Ghostwood (Maxim Pictures), Summer of the Flying Saucer (Magma), Season of the Witch (Atlas Entertainment), Cherrybomb (Generator Entertainment), Killing Bono (Cinema Three), The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Constantin Film), The Road Within (Amasia Entertainment), Anita B (Jean Vigo Italia), The Messenger (Gateway Films), Moonwalkers (Partizan), Jet Trash (Aimimage). Television includes Foreign Exchange (Magma Film/9 Network Australia), Young Blades (Insight/PAX TV), Bittersweet (RTE), all three films in the BAFTA award winning Red Riding trilogy (Revolution Films/Channel 4), multi IFTA award winning Love Hate (for which he was twice nominated for Best Actor) for RTE/Octagon Films, The Borrowers for Working Title/BBC, Me and Mrs Jones for BBC/Hartswood Films, The Accused for BBC and, most recently Fortitude for Fifty Fathoms/Sky Atlantic. On stage he has appeared at the Old Vic Theatre in the title role in The Playboy of the Western World, directed by John Crowley and as Richard III in Trevor Nunn’s The Wars of the Roses.
Mary Beth Peil • “Charlie Sway”
Mary Beth Peil was nominated for a Tony recently for her performance on Broadway in ANASTASIA (Tony, Drama Desk, & Outer Critics Award Nominations). Her additional Broadway credits include Les Liaisons Dangereuses; The Visit; Follies; Women on the Verge…; Sunday in the Park…; Nine; The King and I (Tony nomination). Her Off-Broadway work include many productions with Atlantic Theater (ensemble member and Obie winner); Cheever Evening, Later Life (Playwrights Horizon); First Ladies Suite (Transport Group); Sylvia (MTC); Hedda Gabler (NYTW). Regional: Hartford Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, About Face, Long Wharf, Yale Rep, Kennedy Center. TV: “The Good Wife” (Jackie); “Dawson’s Creek” (Grams); “Law & Order: SVU” ; “The Fringe.” Film: The Contest, Mirrors, Plagues of Our Fathers, The Reagans, Stepford Wives II, Odd Couple II.
Isabelle McNally • “Isadora”
Isabelle McNally is an actress, known for Frances Ha, Before I Disappear and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him. She has most recently been seen as the character Madeleine Loomis in Bates Motel on A & E, and in the indie films Amnesia and The Big Spoon. She has also appeared on Netflix’s House of Cards.
Elizabeth Peña • “Marlena”
Elizabeth's love for the arts came naturally, as her father was a well-known playwright, actor, director and novelist, so it’s not hard to understand that by the time she was 8, Cuban-American Elizabeth Pena already had designs to become an actress. Born in New Jersey, raised in New York, Elizabeth's, and her sister, sister, Tania's parents, Mario and Estella Margarita Peña, had opened off-Broadway's Latin American Theatre Ensemble, and were more than encouraging. Elizabeth attended New York City's High School of the Performing Arts, now the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts, and found occasional work in repertory theatre and in television commercials. Her film debut in the independent Spanish-speaking feature, El Super (1979), and started her on a long line of independent and rebellious characters which showed plenty of independence. During the early 80s, she played everything - from a knifethreatening waitress to a disco queen, as she waited for her big break. The big break came in the 1990's form of 2 hugely successful films of different genres; one was the hugely popular comedy, Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), co-starring Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss and Nick Nolte, in which she stole many scenes as the sultry, politically-minded maid, "Carmen", who lusts for Nolte, and the other was the mystery, drama, Jacob's Ladder (1990) This propelled her to move to Los Angeles, where she continued to spice up both the big and small screen, including the part of Ritchie Valens' stepsister-in-law, in the well-received biopic, La Bamba (1987). Honors also came by Elizabeth's way, when she received the "Independent Spirit" and "Bravo" awards for the film, Lone Star (1996), and the "ALMA Award" for Tortilla Soup (2001). On TV, Elizabeth never found the one series role which could showcase her abilities fully. Co-starring roles in Tough Cookies (1986), I Married Dora (1987) and Shannon's Deal (1990) were short-lived. Elizabeth was married since 1994 married to Hans Rolla. The couple had 2 children; a son, Kælan, and a daughter, Fiona . She passed away after a brief illness.
Jack Falahee • “Jimmy”
Jack Falahee appeared in films and television shows before his breakout role as Connor Walsh in the Shonda Rhimes-produced ABC series "How to Get Away with Murder." He was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he performed in the several stage productions.
Brian Dennehy • Voice of “Hal Sway”
Brian Dennehy is a Tony- and Golden Globe-winning actor, well respected on both screen and stage whose breakout role in the box-office smash First Blood (1982) as a bigoted sheriff escalated him to world fame. He starred in the Cold War thriller Gorky Park (1983), as a benevolent alien in Cocoon (1985), a corrupt sheriff in the western Silverado (1985), a tough but smart cop in F/X (1986) and a cop-turned-writer alongside hit man James Woods in Best Seller (1987). In 1987, Dennehy turned in one of his finest performances as cancer-ridden architect "Stourley Kracklite" in Peter Greenaway's superb The Belly of an Architect (1987), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the 1987 Chicago Film Festival. More strong performances followed. He reprised prior roles for Cocoon: The Return (1988) and F/X2 (1991), and turned in gripping performances in three made-for-TV films: a sadistic small-town bully who gets his grisly comeuppance in In Broad Daylight (1991), real-life serial killer John Wayne Gacy in the chilling To Catch a Killer (1992) and a corrupt union boss in Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992). In 1993, Dennehy appeared in the role of police "Sgt. Jack Reed" in the telemovie Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993), and reprised the role in four sequels, which saw him for the first time become involved in co-producing, directing and writing screen productions! Demand for his services showed no signs of abating, and he has put in further memorable performances in Romeo + Juliet (1996), as bad-luck-ridden "Willy Loman" in Death of a Salesman (2000) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award), he popped up in the uneven Spike Lee film She Hate Me (2004) and appears in the remake Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). The multi-talented Dennehy has also had a rich theatrical career and has appeared both in the United States and internationally in dynamic stage productions including "Death of a Salesman" (for which he picked up the 1999 Best Actor Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award), "A Touch of the Poet", "Long Day's Journey into Night" (for which he picked up another Tony Award in 2003) and in Eugene O'Neill's heart-wrenching "The Iceman Cometh".
MUSICAL CAST
It’s been the most spectacular of journeys for “the greatest American voice in Europe” - from a time when John Grant feared he’d never escape a life of addiction, to winning awards, topping charts, selling out the Royal Albert Hall, and collaborating with Sinead O’Connor, Goldfrapp, Elton John, Kylie Minogue and Hercules & Love Affair. Being a “Best International Male Solo Artist” at the BRITS awards alongside Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars and Drake, seemed like some fantasy dreamt up in a moment of outrageous hubris. Just months later, the BBC requested a session with John and symphony orchestra, leading to the latest spectacular chapter in his personal and artistic renaissance. He is now acknowledged as one of the greatest voices in a generation, and has recently released a new album.
THE STAVES
Following the widespread global acclaim for the Justin Vernon produced ‘If I Was1 in 2015, The Staves returned in 2016 with the stellar 3-track Sleeping In A Car EP. After a relocation to Minneapolis in May, the band embarked on their first North American tour in almost three years, selling out venues in major markets across the continent. They spent their summer performing at festivals across the United States and Canada, with a trip back to the UK for a headline show at London1s Royal Festival Hall as part of Guy Garvey1s Meltdown. The Staves finished the year with a November tour of the midwest United States, and look forward to heading back into the studio to work on new music.
