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Sarah Yarkin
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Sarah Yarkin is an actress, writer, and producer known for her grounded, nuanced performances across film and television. With sharp humor and emotional depth, she has built a career that bridges studio projects and the indie film world.

Yarkin stars as Rhonda Rosen in the Paramount+ breakout series School Spirits, opposite Peyton List and Milo Manheim. The mystery drama follows a teen girl trapped as a ghost in her high school while investigating her own death. As Rhonda—a sardonic, emotionally guarded spirit from the 1960s—Yarkin delivers a standout performance marked by wit, vulnerability, and resilience. Season 3 premieres January 2026.

In film, Yarkin starred as Melody in Netflix and Legendary’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Additional credits include Not Okay (Searchlight/Hulu) opposite Zoey Deutch and Dylan O’Brien, and Universal/Blumhouse’s Happy Death Day 2U. Her television work includes Platonic (Apple TV+), Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform), Single Parents (ABC), and appearances on Transparent, The Middle, and The Good Place, showcasing her range across comedy, drama, and genre.

Expanding her work behind the camera, Yarkin produced and stars in the upcoming short VISITORS, a sci-fi thriller directed by Minnie Schedeen and serving as a proof of concept for a feature in development. She also leads the independent psychological thriller The Silence Game, currently on the festival circuit.

Credits:

  • Texas Chainshaw Massacre
  • School Spirits
  • Platonic
  • Happy Death Day 2U
  • Not Okay
  • Motherland: Fort Salem
  • Single Parents
  • American Horror Story
  • The Good Place
  • Transparent
  • The Middle

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Dot-Marie Jones
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Dot Marie Jones has received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations (2011, 2012, 2013) for her role as football coach ‘Shannon Beiste’ on FOX’s megahit television show Glee. In its third season, the show received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. With an expansive list of diverse film and television credits, Jones is known for her poignant roles in both drama and comedy with her most recent credits including the Indie Spirit nominated feature Greener Grass and Universal’s Bros directed by Billy Eichner. In January 2020, Dot was honored to join the cast of the Broadway musical Rock Of Ages as the first woman to play the lead role of DENNIS DUPRE.

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Teddy Sears
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A talented actor dedicated to his craft, Teddy Sears has built a career across numerous hit television series with roles that consistently elevate his body of work in entertainment.

Sears is now appearing in the new NBC medical drama series BRILLIANT MINDS opposite Zachary Quinto, and will next appear in season two of Netflix’s breakout series THE NIGHT AGENT.

He previously starred in Ryan Murphy’s anthology series AMERICAN HORROR STORIES opposite Alicia Silverstone and Murphy’s Netflix series THE POLITICIAN opposite Bette Midler, as well as a large recurring role on NBC’s CHICAGO FIRE and on CW’s THE FLASH. Sears was series regular on the Fox series 24: LEGACY, the Showtime Golden Globe nominated drama series MASTERS OF SEX, and the Steven Bochco legal drama RAISING THE BAR.

Further credits include FX’s acclaimed series AMERICAN HORROR STORY (also opposite Quinto) and AMERICAN CRIME STORY: IMPEACHMENT in recurring roles, and numerous guest starring roles on AMC’s MAD MEN, HBO’s BIG LOVE, NBC’s long running crime drama LAW & ORDER: SVU, and the award-winning comedy series UGLY BETTY (among many others).

His TV movies include A WALTON’S THANKSGIVING opposite Bellamy Young, CHRISTMAS IN EVERGREEN opposite Ashley Williams, and THE CLIENT LIST opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Recent voice work includes the DC Comics animated feature JUSTICE LEAGUE: WARWORLD and THE DISCO BALL written by Kyle Killen.

On the big screen, Sears was seen in the film NINE LIVES directed by Barry Sonnenfeld starring Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner and Christopher Walken, as well as the Blumhouse thriller CURVE opposite Julianne Hough. And in 2009 Sears appeared alongside Colin Firth and Julianne Moore in the Tom Ford-directed film A SINGLE MAN.

Originally from Chevy Chase, Maryland, Sears graduated from the University of Virginia in 1999. Following college, Sears moved to New York where he began his acting career, studying under acclaimed coach William Esper.

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Reframing the Narrative

Actress Angel Parker was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts when she was only 16yrs old. She then went on to study Shakespeare at the British American Drama Academy, work with the Independent Shakespeare Company, Will & Company, and perform with The Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival for over a decade.

Angel has brought to life some of the most dynamic and diverse characters on screen today. She’s well known for her role as the vivacious Tasha Davenport on Disney XD’s live-action comedy series “Lab Rats.” She also starred in Marvel’s drama series, “Runaways,” playing Catherine Wilder, a successful lawyer who is deliberate and calculating in both her words and actions. And she was a scene-stealer in “The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story” as attorney Shawn Chapman, one of Simpson’s ‘Dream Team’ lawyers. Most recently, Angel completed shooting the feature, “Imaginary Lines”, starring opposite Alyssa Milano.

Angel currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

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“Covid and BLM have really enabled me to sit and take stock of far I’ve come, how far our people have come, and how much progress we still need.” – Angel Parker

“There’s moments in your life that you can feel there’s a higher power, that there’s something that is working itself out that is outside of you.” – Angel Parker

“With creativity, you’re creating something that didn’t exist before, and it usually comes out of pain, or isolation, or sitting with yourself for a while, so there’s a spark of inspiration to follow.” – Alyshia Ochse

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