JILL TRACY (Mona) San Francisco Magazine named Jill Tracy in its September 2002 issue listing the "Top 100 creative forces in the Bay Area." Celebrated by the classic film and literary community, Jill Tracy was invited to perform at both the San Francisco Film Noir Festival (at the historical Castro Theatre) as well as the Hollywood Film Noir Festival (at the legendary Egyptian Theatre) for the past two years.

Her 2003 animated musical short film, The Fine Art of Poisoning (directed by Bill Domonkos) has won close to 30 national film festival awards, including being named one of the "Best Short Films of the Year" by the New York City, Colorado and Chicago Film Foundations.

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JEAN BRASSARD (The Real Deal) is a son of Quebec City and moved to the States over two decades ago, first on a scholarship with the Boston Ballet, then returning to his first love when he moved to New York a year later, theater, studying with Gina Barnett of Ensemble Studio Theatre and John Basil at the American Globe Theater. He was a founding member of Artaban Repertory Theater, a company made up mostly of European actors under the helm of Robert Gourp from Arianne Mouchkine's Theatre du Soleil, with which he produced Don Juan in Manhattan. With Frederique, he performed in different New York venues as Duodacieux, all the while, for five years, being co-host on the World Wrestling Federation weekly shows RAW and SUPERSTAR for their international French market. More recently, he was seen on Sex In The City and Law & Order: Criminal Intent and last fall at La Mama Etc. in John Jesurun's Chang in a Void Mood. Jean is also the author of the plays Small World, Where the Waters Run Deep (for which he was awarded a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts), and A Thousand Julys. He has also written and acts as hosts in the cabaret PARIS NOCTURNE which is currently enjoying a healthy run at The Encore in New York. Jean is about to launch his own new venture, a variety show called Chez Jean. www.jeanbrassard.com
TOM NOONAN (The Thinker) has appeared in close to 50 films, including Manhunter, Heat, Last Action Hero, The Pledge, F/X and Mystery Train. On television he has had guest appearances on The X-Files, Law & Order, CSI, and most recently Johnny Zero. Mr. Noonan is also a playwright, and three of his works have been adapted to the screen. His 1994 film, What happened Was, which he wrote, directed and starred in, earned him the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and an Independent Spirit Award Nomination.
KEVIN MAHER (The Drunkard) is a Brooklyn-based writer-performer. He's produced over 40 short films and 11 stage shows. His TeeVee credits include Comedy Central, AMC and VH1's Best Week Ever. Kevin's work has been compared to Ernie Kovacs and Jonathan Winters; but the highest praise comes from Tiger Beat who called him "funny!"

MARCUS ASHLEY (Lover) has appeared in Sony Classics' Laurel Canyon (Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival) alongside Frances McDormand, Christian Bale and Kate Beckinsale, 20th Century Fox's comedy Shoot or be Shot with William Shatner and Harry Hamlin, and Warner Bros.' Without Limits with Billy Crudup and Donald Sutherland.

He also starred in Coleridge (Venice Film Festival Official Selection) produced by director John Woo (MI:2, Face/Off). Upcoming releases include 2005's Street 16, and 2006's Gettin' Lucky with Bridget Fonda. On television he has had a recurring role on NBC's comedy Scrubs, and guest starred on NBC's Days of Our Lives, UPN's Star Trek Voyager, and USA's Pacific Blue.

He has also appeared in 26 national commercials including Budweiser, Ford, Poloroid, Jeep, Stoli, Finesse Shampoo, Toyota, Burger King, Sears and Bud Light amongst others. Marcus is a graduate of Boston University, and since moving to Los Angeles he has worked with some of L.A.'s top acting coaches including Ivana Chubbuck, Cameron Thor, Howard Fine and Janet Alhanti. He currently lives in Beverly Hills, CA.

Enamored by her distinctive sound and glamorous style, Hollywood veteran Joel Plotch sought out Jill Tracy to appear as herself in his 2004 FOX Searchlight short film Heavy Put Away. Her first studio recorded album, Diabolical Streak garnered Jill Tracy with a 1999 SF Weekly Music Award nomination, along with four Bay Area magazine covers, national features and airplay. SF Weekly deemed Diabolical Streak,"an exquisite, even luscious record." Pacific Sun called the CD "a dark delight from start to finish, with a spine-tingling signature sound" and the East Bay Express hailed it "Extraordinary."

The album found its way on Top Ten Lists of 1999 including Berkeley's KALX and Wired Planet, proclaiming Diabolical Streak as "One of the Best Albums of the Year, major or indie." Shift Magazine named Diabolical Streak as one of the "Top Ten Essential Neo-Cabaret Albums of All Time." The song "Evil Night Together" was named International Grand Prize Winner in the SIBL (Songs Inspired By Literature) Competition. Jill Tracy performs the opening track on the SIBL Artists for Literacy benefit CD with the likes of Suzanne Vega, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Aimee Mann, Ray Manzarek, Grace Slick and others.

DANIEL H. HICKS (Mr. Shame) is originally from Mt. Kisco NY and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, with Bill Hickey, Julie Bovasso and W.H. Macy. He toured in Romeo and Juliet as Friar Laurence for Biggs/Rosati and in Charlott's Web as Homer for Theatreworks USA. Film work has included One Night Stand Directed by Mike Figgis Woody Allen's Celebrity and Laurice Guillen's American Adobo. In addition to his role in Ice Cream Ants Daniel has kept busy on a number of independent film projects this year. Relief a short film Directed by Marc Vives and the feature Wonderful Combustible Produced by Eric Pfriender. "Mr. Shame" in the present film was a wonderful challenge to find the human being trapped inside a nightmare world from which there is no escape.
KEVIN MICHAEL JOHNSON (Lover, Body Double) recently moved to New York City from Albuquerque, New Mexico where he performed in several musicals with Musical Theatre Southwest [The All Night Strut (tenor), Ragtime (Younger Brother), and South Pacific (Lt. Joseph Cable)] while studying playwriting with Digby Wolfe at the University of New Mexico. While there he also founded a performance art group called The Company that wrote and produced new material every month at a 15,000 member church, Calvary of Albuquerque. He studied Drama and Biology at The Colorado College and has been taking classes at the Michael Howard Studios in Chelsea over the last five years. Kevin moved to New York City to pursue theatre and film acting, but works at the Hospital for Special Surgery as a cast-technician to stay afloat. He is currently completing a full length stage script that he hopes to produce in the Spring of 2006.