Wisconsin Cast
Deborah (Deb) Oettinger
Deborah (Deb) Oettinger was born in California to parents with a little gypsy in their souls. She first fell in love with the stage in 8th grade when she got the lead in a one act play called "The Ghost Wore White", and is now following her lifelong dream of pursuing acting as her passion and vocation.
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Jennifer Benson
Jennifer Benson is an actress, solo artist, and founder and lead singer of the rock band from Chicago, IL called Ignescent. Jennifer is Oscar-nominated, and has also been an extra in the movie The Resurrection of Gavin Stone with Brett Dalton who plays Agent Grant Ward on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Neil Flynn who is currently on ABC’s The Middle as Mike Heck. She also lived in Germany for part of her life for 3 years on an Army post. Since 2008, her band, Ignescent, has been primarily touring throughout the Midwest and Nashville area.
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Candy Parr
Candy Parr is excited to make her debut in her FIRST film from screenwriter Cindy Mich. In 2017, she debuted in the sold out world premiere of Blind Dating on the Happy Hour by local playwright Shawn Kempf. Candy has previously held leading roles, as well as performing monologues & being a MC at her church Crosspoint in Oconomowoc, WI. Candy dedicates this role to those “who love and seek to be loved and understood”. Her strongest encouragement stems from her daughter, Callie Marie, who taught her about unconditional love.
Deanna Culver
Deanna Culver is from Appleton, WI. and a single mom to 3 daughters, along with having a granddaughter and a grandson. She is a volunteer, photographer, poet, film writer, associate producer, aspiring actor and model. Deanna published her first poetry book (Open Boxed Poetry- 2018) in hopes of inspiring others to follow their dreams, stand strong, and believe in themselves by loving along their journey in life. She volunteers for 6 non-profit organizations.
Further, she has/had a background role in the movie Gags (2018), television show Hood (2018), Love's Two Way Mirror (2018), and A Hundred Looks of Love (2018). Deanna is an Associate Producer for films: I Heard Your Cries (2018), Guilt (2018), Be Loved (2018), and Dark Bird (2018). She is looking forward many more opportunities to work with amazing people in the industry.
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Rachel Ojala Dumke
Rachel Ojala Dumke has always been a performer, though this is her first film role, A gifted unicyclist, she became a feature member of Chicago’s Windy City Circus at the age of eight. The next ten years brought continued success as she expanded her repertoire of skills inside and outside of “the ring” as a competitive unicyclist and entertainer. She has always found a way to integrate creativity into all facets of her life, and although she has spent the last 22 years in financial services, she has maintained her passion for the arts, whether in her work life as a Talent Development Manager, or personal life as an outreach volunteer, amateur novelist, and hobby pianist. A Hundred Looks of Love, and the upcoming feature film, Loves Two Way Mirror, has re-kindled Rachel’s desire to move an audience, and might just have given her the confidence to revisit her dream of bringing the circus arts to Milwaukee.
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Mark Symmonds
Mark Symmonds began his acting career in 2012. While building his resume, he has most recently provided puppetry skills in the film Angelaaa, which won Best New Director (Shannon Mcinnis) at the Milwaukee Film Festival. It also went on to win for Best Short and Best Actress (Stephanie Staszak) at the Austin Film Festival. Mark has worked with UWM film students on the project, The Old World and Perpetual Bloom, at MATC. Mark’s first film project was working on the Harley Quinn Web Series in which he played the Batman Villain, Scarecrow. Before this, Mark began at the Imagination Theater in Germantown, WI. During his time there, he acted in three shows; two farces (Run for Your Wife, Drop Dead) and one musical (Into the Woods).
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Richard Schwalb
Richard Schwalb is taking the leap from a lifelong passion for enjoying movies, plays and musicals into acting himself. Born and raised in the Milwaukee, WI area, Schwalb studied Molecular Biology at the University of Wisconsin with a plan to do medical research. Always wanting to please and entertain others with puns and other jokes, Schwalb was aware of a certain lack of timing when delivering those jokes. Schwalb would say, "I'm either going to go to medical school and then do research, or stand-up comedy. So I'd better study hard or I'm going to starve!". Fate had other plans. Schwalb began a decades long career doing software development and then relationship management for a technology company serving the financial services industry. Having a son as an actor renewed Schwalb's interest in the arts and performance, and prompted him to make that reverse leap across the fourth wall.
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Kyle Frank
Kyle Frank was born and raised in southeastern Wisconsin, not far from Milwaukee. Kyle graduated from Homestead High School in Mequon and attended the Milwaukee Area Technical College. New to acting, Kyle is a distribution specialist at Performance Health, a global manufacturer and distributor of consumer rehabilitation and sports medicine products. Kyle has long enjoyed plays, musicals, and film, and his love of theatre and film has developed into a recent foray into acting. Kyle’s other interests include photography and video games.
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Heather Brannan
Heather Brannan was born and raised in South Milwaukee, WI. Heather holds a Cosmetology License and an Associates Degree in Architectural Drafting and Design. Heather also possesses a passion for her professional career as an Architectural Designer at Callen Construction. Heather is a recipient of the Wisconsin Remodeler Award and Contractor Of The Year Award. Heather is occasionally a guest speaker for Milwaukee radio station WISN-AM’s Remodeling Show. Of all the things she loves to, spending quality time with family is easily at the top of the list. Heather became involved with the film A Hundred Looks of Love because she was absolutely captivated by the title and its meaning. Heather knew instantly that she wanted to be part of this film. Acting, as Heather instantaneously realized, is incredible and exhilarating. Heather is extremely excited about her future in it!
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Tim Seyidov (Extra)
Tim Seyidov is a biochemist with a microbiology degree, who loves to act and express himself on camera. Tim lives in Madison, Wisconsin and currently participates in volunteering and works full time. He is also a former professional piano player, having graduated from a seven-year classical music school when he was 13. Tim has also been actively involved in the creation of multiple videos, mostly of comedic genre. He has a joint YouTube channel with his friend, which currently has over fifty video clips.
Tim is best known as playing the role of Tyler Benson (a detective sidekick) in a indie movie project.
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