This edition's featured artist


Cayle Chernin

Cayle Chernin commenced her career in the cast of the acclaimed Canadian film Goin’ Down The Road and has worked since as an actor, writer, producer/ director, and teacher.

Cayle did a one - woman show based on Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying at the Toronto Fringe Festival; Equity Showcase’s Mephisto; last year’s 5 star Fringe production based on Charles Bukowski, The Blood Of a Coward; has enjoyed a variety of roles on film and television and can be seen now on the Movie Channel in Anita Doron’s Not A Fish Story which premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival.

Cayle produced a number of award-winning videos including In the Shadows, The Forgotten Jews of Syria and I Am Home, which premiered at The Cape Town Film Festival, South Africa and played on Vision TV and WTN.

Her one act play Moon Shadow placed third in this year’s Fringe New Play Contest.

Eric Baillie


Before movies, my first contact with images was photography. Few portraits and city views.



Aaron Berg


“There is a new barbarian knocking at the gates of comedy.” (The Toronto Star-Leatrice Spevack)
“Stand-up Aaron Berg is one wild comic. He mixes philosophy, Beat-like poetry and an endearingly in-your-face improvisational style in his act.”-Critics’ Picks (NOW MAGAZINE)
“It’s precisely that skillful balance of light and dark, or rather, light through dark with which Berg is particularly astute.” (San Francisco’s THE INDEPENDENT)

Aaron Berg was most recently nominated for a 2004 Canadian Comedy Award in the category of Best One-Person Show for The Underbelly Diaries. The Underbelly Diaries made its American Debut to rave reviews and sold out houses at The Exit Theatre in San Francisco in 2004. Aaron has appeared in the feature films Detroit Rock City and Saturday Night Live’s The Ladies Man, as well as numerous television shows including Witchblade (TNT), Street Time (SHOWTIME), 111 Gramercy Park (ABC pilot), Kevin Hill (WB) and The Eleventh Hour (CTV). As a comic he was a finalist at the 2002 JUST FOR LAUGHS Homegrown Competition (Toronto). He holds an honors degree in Philosophy (specializing in existentialism and theology) from the University of New Brunswick.



Cayle Chernin


Cayle Chernin commenced her career in the cast of the acclaimed Canadian film Goin’ Down The Road and has worked since as an actor, writer, producer/ director, and teacher. Cayle did a one - woman show based on Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying at the Toronto Fringe Festival; Equity Showcase’s Mephisto; last year’s 5 star Fringe production based on Charles Bukowski, The Blood Of a Coward; has enjoyed a variety of roles on film and television and can be seen now on the Movie Channel in Anita Doron’s Not A Fish Story which premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival. Cayle produced a number of award-winning videos including In the Shadows, The Forgotten Jews of Syria and I Am Home, which premiered at The Cape Town Film Festival, South Africa and played on Vision TV and WTN. Her one act play Moon Shadow placed third in this year’s Fringe New Play Contest.


Lindsay Brooke Davis


Lindsay is a New York-based actress and writer with experience in theatre, film and television. As an actress, she has appeared as a pharmaceutical saleswoman (twice), a stage siren past her prime, an overzealous yogi, a hopeless romantic in love with her best friend, a bookish college student with a crush on her professor, and other eclectic characters. She in entering her third year of study with the acting teacher Bruce Ornstein. As a writer, she was published in New York Magazine, NYOpinion.com, The Improper Magazine, and more. She is presently a Contributing Writer with the fine art photography magazine Focus (www.focusmag.info). Lindsay thoroughly enjoys singing, dancing, sports and children. She holds a B.A. in English from Cornell University. Contact her via email.


Tanya Fraser


Born in Ireland, Tanya also lived in England for three years before moving to Canada. She started dancing when she was five; however, it wasn’t until she was in high school that she fell in love with the art of acting. Over the past few years Tanya has been working professionally in theatre as well as film. She was recently in the Canadian short film Desastre which screened at the 2004 Toronto Film Festival and it was also nominated for a 2005 Genie award. Tanya’s latest theatre credits include such plays as David Auburn’s Proof in the role of Catherine and David French’s Salt-Water Moon in the role of Mary Snow.


Lynn Lowery


Actress/Singer/Entertainer. For the past several years, I have been pursuing a career as a singer and I now have a jazz trio that works at different clubs around LA California. Please check my Current Events page on my linked web site for listings of my singing performances. My newest endeavor is working with a big band. We are hired for wedding and other events. Be sure to call if you're getting married and, if you come to see me, don't be shy… tell me who you are.


Dana Marie


www.danamarie.org is a organization in entertainment of the senses.

David McDaniel


The majority of my years in the business were spent writing, producing and performing in GOTHAM, a comedy/musical trio that performed in cabarets, concert halls and theatres from London to Los Angeles. GOTHAM sold out Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Avery Fisher Hall and The Guthrie, among other concert halls. GOTHAM appeared on numerous talk shows and recorded two albums.



Michael McCartney


Recent theater credits include: WARRIORS The Culture Project & The P.I.T., CALABI YAU (Tony Torn) Here, PILGRIMS (Shira Piven) Greenwich Street Theater & Tribeca Playhouse, Velazquez-VELAZQUEZ-The American Theater for Actors, David Koresh-SHOWTIME AT WACO-The sanford Meisner.

Film credits include: the lead in the upcoming feature, SAVING MANHATTAN (Tribeca Lab) act/writer/producer, HALLOWEEN; RESURRECTION (Miramax), BRINGING RAIN (BellaDonna) which premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival.

Television credits include: LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, LAW & ORDER: SVU, LAW & ORDER, LAW & ORDER:CRIMINAL INTENT and most recently LAW & ORDER;CONVICTION.

Michael is glad to have recently partnered with Tony Torn to act/produce in the short film, THE CONVENTION.



Francesco Paladino


"Paladino's work is charming, witty, and completely disturbing..."
(TIME OUT NEW YORK)
A fearless performance artist/actor, who writes, performs, and has been conquering the world, one human at a time. A charming lead that can take the backseat as a character actor, he shifts effortlessly from stage to screen with confidence. He is a chameleon that changes to fit his role emotionally and physically. In his "self-penned" projects, he has tackled such topics as domestic abuse, war, sexual fetishes, racism, and religion. Tying the images of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren with pornography to the sound of religious choirs, while delivering a diatribe about testicles. He has worked throughout New York City and has appeared on television, stage, and in films both domestically and internationally. In 1995, the film, The Fifth Commandment, which he starred, won top honors at The International Independent Film Awards in Spain. He has worked with George Clooney, Howard Stern, and Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman. Francesco continues to audition for television/film/theatre, while creating his own live theatrical ventures.



Rene Payes


Rene A. Payes is a Toronto, based actor. Originally from El Salvador, Rene’s endeavours have taken him from London, to our nation’s Capital, to Toronto. He has worked in teatre, film, and in the realm of stand up comedy, and if you’re real nice he might also do your taxes.



Dylan Ramsey


Currently residing in Los Angeles, Dylan Ramsey was born in Prague, Czech Republic and raised in Toronto Ontario Canada. A gifted young actor with immense passion and drive Dylan studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (New York).

His recent and upcoming credits include various television appearances, most notably NBC's E-RING. Look out for his starring roles in the three feature film releases Dillinger's Diablos, Eville, and All Lies On Me.

He will make his producing debut with SAG Short film Face of the Enemy (2007) and feature film Redefining Normal (2007) in which he also stars as "Bobby Luminoso".



Shlomoh Sherman


Shlomoh Sherman is an actor and stand up comic who lives in Westchester County, New York. He is also a web designer and computer programmer. He writes romantic poems and stories. He calls himself a philosophical guy and a "laid back dude who loves people!"



Tonya White


My name is Tonya White. I am an Actress/Model/Pro Wrestler. I am originally from the state of Alabama. My work experience includes acting in movies, television and radio commercial voiceovers, modeling for print, runway, and CD covers.

As a Female Wrestler, I was trained by Steve Armstrong of WCW, and currently I am the Southeastern Professional Women’s Champion. www.tonyawhitelive.com

I have also worked on sets as a Production Assistant, Wardrobe Assistant, Hair and Make-Up Assistant and in Casting. Currently, I am also seeking financial backing for my film "A Sister's Betrayal". The novel is in bookstores and can be purchased at my website.



Dawna Wright


A Canadian actress with Instinct & Imagination making her.. Out of the Ordinary. In June 2005, she played an adulterous wife in a short called 'Sofa King' which won 'best lead actor' (Part of the 48hour film challenge) In April 2005 she was in the sold out show The Vagina Monologues held at the St.Lawrence Centre for the Arts in Toronto. Previous castings have been that of victims,tough girls, love interests, traitors,adulteress and has also worked with CabbagetownTheatre Company-Toronto, Canada doing children's shows where she loved to play the evil fairy(Malificent) and the crotchety, busy-body granny and currently Puss 'N' Boots. (Sept 2005) Studying on and off with Miriam Laurence over the years, (www.miriamlaurence.com) and other various acting teachers, she is also writing a one-woman show about a cigarette girl who travels the world" The Mis-Adventures of Miss Dotty Parker (from Heart's Content") (a work in progress)