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Volume 12

DANA ANTON
Musical Guest

Dana’s music blends the strength and solidarity of a singer/songwriter with messages as healing and enlightening as they are socially relevant and timely. Dana’s been performing and recording since age 12, weaving angelic melodies with a raw edge, Dana delivers what she likes to call “Spirit Rock”.

“Dana doesn’t follow trends, she generates them.”

Dana’s opened for such legends: James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Dave Matthews and the Allman Bros. A prolific songwriter of various styles, with songs available for all uses.. For more: www.myspace.com/danaanton

To hear the songs of Dana Anton, click HERE. For more music contact Dana Anton @ STATEOFMINDENT@SBCGLOBAL.NET. Visit our Archives for past stories, podcasts and troupe bio's.

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MARK MILLER

Mark Miller has written for TV sitcoms, movies and celebrities, appeared on several TV talk shows as a stand-up comedian, and been a humor columnist for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. But he says he'd trade all his success away in a minute for immortality and limitless wealth. Mark sincerely hopes both for world peace and for Paris Hilton to respect his restraining order.

Mark can be reached at markmiller2000@comcast.net. Click here to visit his website.

To read Mark's story, click here. To hear Mark's podcast, click here. Visit our Archives for past stories, podcasts and troupe bio's.

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RICK OVERTON

Rick Overton won an Emmy in 1996 for his writing on the DENNIS MILLER LIVE show on HBO. He co stars with Billy Bob Thornton and Virginia Madsen in THE ASTRONAUT FARMER. Appeared in over 100 films, some of which actually got seen. A contributor to both THE HUFFUNGTON POST at huffingtonpost.com and Chris Pina's humorinthenews.com. Hopes one day to have enough money so he can upgrade from being weird to eccentric.

To read Rick's story, click here. To hear Rick's podcast, click here. Visit our Archives for past stories, podcasts and troupe bio's.

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BEVERLY MICKENS

To read Beverly's story, click here. To hear Beverly's podcast, click here. Visit our Archives for past stories, podcasts and troupe bio's.

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LANCE ANDERSON

Podcasting's leading exponent of storytelling, Lance Anderson has been has been telling stories in a wide variety of venues and formats for nearly two decades. At various point in his career, Anderson has been described as a comic, writer/performer and even as a performance artist. In March of 2005 Anderson began his highly acclaimed podcast Verge of the Fringe which quickly built him a worldwide audience. This lead to his UK tour of The Lance Anderson Podcast Experiment and to the honor of being the featured speaker at the first Podcast Forum at Cambridge University. Anderson is also the founder of the groundbreaking collective known as the LA Podcasters. The hipster UK magazine Dazed & Confused recently described Anderson as an "Underground Hero."

To visit Lance's website @ www.vergeofthefringe.com, click here.

To read Lance's story, click here. To hear Lance's podcast, click here. Visit our Archives for past stories, podcasts and troupe bio's.

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PAUL JACEK

Received his theatre training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. A regular at the World Famous Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd, Paul is seen weekly at the hip “StorySalon” in Studio City, California.

His one-man-show “Secrets of a Beverly Hills Shampoo Boy” ran for a year in Los Angeles, and is in development as an independent Feature film. The Sequel “Tray Tables Up! My Walk in the Clouds” enjoyed a nine-week run at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre.

A member of The Group Repertory Theatre, he recently originated the role of Mark Kincaid in the World Premiere of a new play, “Closets”
Paul is a correspondent for “Notes From Hollywood” one of the top 100,000 sites on the World Wide Web. www.notesfromhollywood.com.

Currently residing in Hollywood, California.

To read Paul's story, click here. To hear Paul's podcast, click here. Visit our Archives for past stories, podcasts and troupe bio's.

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LAURI FRASER
Storyteller

Representation: Imperium 7 310-203-9009

To read Lauri's story, click here. To hear Lauri's podcast, click here. Visit our Archives for past stories, podcasts and troupe bio's.

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CHRIS PINA
Announcer/Writer

Visit Archives for additional podcasts and stories by Chris.

To learn more about Chris visit his website @ http://www.humorinthenews.com.

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NELS JENSEN
Sound

Nels Jensen is a native of Southern California. He graduated from the Musicians Institute in 2005 with a Journeyman degree in Recording Sciences. Nels has since worked in Hip Hop, Rock, and ADR. Nels is constantly working, currently employed at Foxxhole, Silent Sounds, DRS, Unit A and Elastic Media studios. In 2007 Nels expanded his work outside the realm of music, editing and recording dialog for anime cartoons for American release. Nels has worked with Jamie Foxx, Lonny Bereal, Stacy Q, Tony Austin and members of Tonic and the Fray to name a few. He also has credits on the soon to be released Sylvanian Families and Zegapain DVDs. In his spare time her enjoys producing local acts and writing music, and beats.

For more info please go to www.NelsJensen.net, or email him directly at NelsJensen@gmail.com

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BRINA KABLER
Sound

Brina was born in Zaire but raised mostly in the states. She received a BS from the University of California Berkeley, then went back to school for her engineering certificate. For her, engineering is the perfect marriage between science and music. She currently works at a recording studio in L.A and
freelances in her off time.

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JIM MORGAN
Audio

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BROOKE SEQUIN
Lighting

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