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Allison Lane (lead actress/writer/producer/editor)
Allison is an award winning actress and filmmaker, who grew up in the "burbs of Chicago" and just made the big move from New York City to fabulous Los Angeles! As an actress, Allison Lane recently received the Iris Prize Award for Best Actress in the UK for her starring turn in the dramedy Going Down In La-La Land, which is currently screening internationally at festivals in Milan, Honolulu, Zurich, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Miami, NYC, and many more. Critics and audiences the world over have been raving about the film and Allison’s performance in it. In fact, a recent review in EDGE Magazine cited “The star of the film is by far Allison Lane who steals every scene”. Additionally, Allison won the Best Actress Award at the Long Island International Film Expo for her work in the comedy feature ‘The Video Guys’. She is also known for her starring role of Sue Murphy in the Warner Brothers series ‘Viralcom’ and her juicy supporting role as Trisha, the lesbian barracuda in the comedy feature ‘A Four Letter Word’, (now playing in rotation on the LOGO channel and available on DVD after a successful festival and theatrical run).

As a writer/director, Allison was just awarded Best TV Pilot, Best Ensemble Cast, and Best Comedy Short for ‘WTFU’, at festivals in the NYC area, Houston, and Chicago respectively. Her hit comedy web series The Morning Bitch just released its 34th episode (http://morningbitch.com) and one of her comedy shorts The Dentist is also playing the festival circuit. She has written for Tango Media (yourtango.com), as well as produced and directed hundreds of commercials, corporate spots, films, and web series for a variety of clients. Allison is a professional editor as well as a managing partner in Reel Spiel Productions, LLC. Allison holds a B.F.A degree in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan.

Chris Ritter (writer/producer)
Chris is an award-winning writer who has written for and performed on Comedy Central. He has also performed sketch, improv, and stand-up the world over (highlights include Off-Broadway, Las Vegas, France, Germany, South America, and Japan).

Chris is a published author, who’s latest book Rollie Fingers' Baseball Bible is a look into his two biggest loves: comedy and baseball. This book was a follow-up to the successful Rollie’s Baseball Follies (Clerisey Press, http://weirdbaseball.com). As a natural progression, Chris became an Entertainment Manager specializing in highly original, eccentric comedians. Formerly a showrunner at the Flamingo, Golden Nugget and MGM Grand hotels in Las Vegas, Chris has co-produced numerous guest segments for his clients, including spots on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Live! with Regis & Kelly, the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (four consecutive years) and NBC's Today show.

 

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