“Craig”

Devin Rumer is currently living in L.A. and has recently finished work on "Body of Lies" with Russell Crowe and the Coen Brothers’ "Burn After Reading." He is a graduate of The Ohio State University, and enjoys backpacking, biking and amateur time-travel. He has found acting to be the one profession where he can be himself, well, except when he's actually acting.

“McKensie”

Melissa McConnell makes her film acting debut as the lead in Dirty4U. Coming from a traditional theatrically-based training background, Melissa has a bachelor's degree in fine arts, with a concentration in performance, from Longwood University. Her play performances include: The Seagull, Julius Cesar, Stop Kiss, On the Verge and The Vagina Monologues. Melissa has also completed two other short film projects: First and Giving In. Dirty4U has been a risk-taking and rewarding experience for Melissa. The opportunity to be part of a project like this has truly been a critical stepping stone into what Melissa hopes will be a lasting career in film. Thank you to the director and writers who took a chance on a newbie!

“Jonto”

Leo Goodman has performed onstage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the National Players Touring Company, to name a few. On a less classical note, he has also performed stand-up comedy at clubs throughout the northeast. He had a great time working on Dirty 4U and hopes you enjoy watching it. Leo has a BFA in Theatre Studies from Boston University and almost never refers to himself in the third person in normal conversation.

“Ashley”

Christina Borders is a graduate of George Mason University with a B.A. in Theater. Favorite roles include: Lucy in Could Angels Be Blessed?, Alma in The Eccentricities of a Nightingale and Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker. Christina would like to thank the whole cast and crew of Dirty4U, one of the most enjoyable filming experiences she's ever had. Everyone is so talented, funny, and kind and those days of filming were a lot of hard work yet just flew by with giggles and good times. Ashley would be nothing without all of you--and a ripe cucumber.

“Neville”

Michael Sandoval graduated from George Mason University double majoring in Communication (Media Production) and Theater. He has appeard in the following productions: The Essential Theatre: The Jeweler's Shop. DreamCity: The 70. The Gray Ghost Theatre Co.: The Gray Ghost. American Music Stage: Guys and Dolls. The Starving Artist Theatre: Farce: A One-Act Festival. GMU Players: Trojan Women (Talthybius), Uncle Vanya, The Trial, An Ideal Husband, Love's Labors Lost, Venus. The Providence Players: Saturday, Sunday, Monday. The McLean Community Players: Born Yesterday. St. Mark Catholic Church Theater Ministry: Once Upon a Mattress, Godspell ("All Good Gifts").

"Senator Williams"

Paul Fahrenkopf appears in the upcoming full-length features "Happy Anniversary" as the lead and in "Red Legged Devils" as Col. G. K. Warren.  Paul has also appeared in the History Channel's "Countdown to Ground Zero", in "Robert Hanssen: Double Agent Revealed" for Discovery Times Channel, and in "CIA Secret Experiments" and "Undercover History: Titanic" for National Geographic Channel.  Next up:  playing Adlai Stevenson in "The Missiles of October" for The Heritage Theatre Company in Silver Spring, Maryland in October- November, 2008.

"Jake"

Casey Mcdonagh has starred in several films over the past year including Good Clean Fun, Picnic of the Living Dead, God's Truce and many more. When off set he spends his time working as a PR and Marketing Representative for Moore Enterprise Solutions. He enjoys playing his guitar and performing card magic and has been getting better at tickling. In the past his lack of ability to tickle has been one of his greatest flaws, but that era is soon approaching it's end.

"Mr. Hastings"

Michael Alban is a professional singer, musician and actor. His music career has taken him from touring with his band, Jonasay, and sharing the stage with acts like Hootie and the Blowfish to singing with the Baltimore Opera Chorus. He currently is the touring bassist and backup singer for Grammy-nominated Disney artist, Ralph’s World. In addition, he is writing and recording his first solo release and maintains a working studio for voiceover, instrumental and singing track work for his clients.

He moonlights as an actor and model in commercial and print work, as well as in independent and feature films. He’s worked as a stand-in for Ben Affleck and is featured in scenes with Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio and Renee Zellweger in the upcoming feature films “Body of Lies,” “State of Play,” and “My One and Only.”

"Billy Crum"

Noah Jacobs is an actor/writer/occasional model who lives in the lovely hamlet of Takoma Park, MD. He graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, IN in 2006 with a degree in Creative Writing. In the past year and a half he has appeared in George Clooney's "Leatherheads," as well as various independent films shot in the DC area. He is an avid U.S. traveler, and is currently developing a project to explore the phenomenon of sedentary/hermetic life in the United States. He can be contacted at jacobs.noah(at)gmail.com

producer/director

Marketing Manager by day and filmmaker by night, T.H. “Stone” Lyons got his start as a News PA and Floor Camera Operator at a local ABC affiliate while in college. A graduate of Bates College and a student of film at the University of Southern California, Stone spent many years working in Hollywood on big-budget feature films and TV commercials. He is the author and co-author of three feature screenplays and is the producer, director, co-editor and "webmeister" for Dirty4U.

creator/writer/dp

As a videographer, Jeremy Trylch has shot everything from "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol" to pieces for the Onion News Network. He regularly shoots international news for foreign news agencies. He has won two writing awards and has short work appearing in Kiss the Sky. He holds a master's degree in Writing from the Johns Hopkins University and is looking for a home for his first novel.

writer

Like the other members of the Dirty 4U writing staff, Todd Carter received a master’s degree in Creative Writing from the Johns Hopkins University. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous magazines and anthologies, including The North American Review, Kiss the Sky: Fiction and Poetry Starring Jimi Hendrix and Stress City: A Big Fat Book of Fiction by 50 DC Guys. He is on the web at www.theodorecarter.com

writer

Nico James has a master's degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University and works as a writer/editor in Washington, DC. She writes fiction and feature film screenplays, and is currently looking for agent representation.

writer

After graduating from Northwestern University, Nikki Guyer worked for 10 years at The Washington Post. She received a master’s in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University and hopes to one day publish a collection of short fiction. She currently works as a freelance editor and writer in Washington, D.C.

exit clov

"Game Over"

aaron leeder: guitar 
brett niederman: bass, keys
emily hsu: vocals, keys, violin 
john thayer: drums, percussion 
susan hsu: vocals, guitar, violin

Exit Clov have to their credit two self-produced EPs (2004 Starfish, 2005 Saskwatch), the Jolly Roget Sessions (2006)--on which they enlisted the help of Roger Greenawalt (No Doubt, White Stripes)--and the recently released Respond Respond EP (2007), recorded, mixed and produced by Colin Cobb of Livewire Recordings.