CHECKERS Dad's here... your move RICHARD HERD Richard Herd is well known to television viewers as Mr. Wilhelm, Georges' boss on SEINFELD for which he received a SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD. He is presently recurring on EVERWOOD with Betty White. He portrayed John, the Supreme Commander on the mini-series V. He recurred as Admiral William Noyce on SEAQUEST and Admiral Owen Paris on STAR TREK VOYAGER. He was a series regular on T.J. HOOKER as Captain Dennis Sheridan. Richard has guest starred on: A GIFT OF LOVE with Andy Griffith, FALL FROM GRACE with Kevin Spacey, IKE, THE WAR YEARS with Robert Duval, FAVORITE SON with Robert Loggia, A CASE FOR LIFE with Valerie Bertinelli, SHATTERED MIND with Heather Locklear, JOURNEYOF THE HEART with Cybil Shepherd and on Masterpiece Theatre's SONG OF THE LARK with Maxmilian Schell. Other television appearances include: JAG, THE O.C;, THE FUGITIVE, E.R., FAMILY LAW, THE DISTRICT and numerous others. Films include: THE CHINA SYNDROME, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, F.I.S.T., THE ONION FIELD, SUMMER RENTAL, SGT. BILKO, and MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL. Upcoming... CHECKERS. Theatrical credits include the New York productions of ELECTRA, HARLEQUINADE, 20 POEMS ... e.e. cummings and THE COACH WITH THE SIX INSIDES' which he co-produced and for which he earned Vernon Rice and Obie Awards. Regional Theater: THE BIG KNIFE, Berkshire Theatre Festival; ON THE WATERFRONT, Cleveland Play House; OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, Old Globe Theater, San Diego and ELEPHANT SIGHS, The Forum Theatre Metuchen, New Jersey. In Los Angeles: MY CRUMMY JOB, SEA OF CORTEZ, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, THE WALKERS, MY LAST CONFESSION for which he won a Drama Logue Award and DEATH OF A SALESMAN which earned him another Drama Logue Award. His one-man show, CECIL B. DE MILLE PRESENTS premiered in Denver. His voice is heard in the Dreamworks animated feature JOSEPH as Joseph's father Jacob. Richard is the recipient of The Wilkins award for poetry from the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. His poem will be published in ONTHEBUS and he has just completed his first chapbook FEASTING WITH PANTHERS. His paintings have been shown at the Lankershim Art Gallery in North Hollywood, The Studio Gallery in Oxnard and at the Azo Gallery. His work is in several collections. He is the coauthor of PRISONER OF THE CROWN, which had its world premiere at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. JACK KEHLER Jack Kehler has acted in a wide range of movies including BIG LEBOWSKI, FEVER PITCH, LOVE LlZA, UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN, WATERWORLD, MEN IN BLACK II, THE LAST BOY SCOUT, BIG TROUBLE, DESERT WIND, THE SHOT and the soon to be released SPECIAL Television credits include 24, Las Vegas, ER, “God” on Joan of Arcadia, NYPD Blue and Murder One. JOHN PAPPAS John Pappas is originally from Oakland, California and has lived in Los Angeles since 1974. His background in theatre began as a teenager in San Francisco in the late 1960's, where his training with several improvisational theatre groups (including The Committee) led him into acting and stand up comedy. In the comedy team of Pappas and Diederich in the late seventies to the mid-eighties, he performed in L.A. Clubs (Comedy Store, The Horn, etc... ) and was a frequent headliner at San Francisco venues including The Punch Line and The Other Cafe. The team was also featured middle and opening act for bigger rooms like The Old Waldorf and The Boarding House. In the late eighties Mr. Pappas continued doing theatre, television and film as an actor, in addition to a new direction in theatre as playwright. He was commissioned to write his play "Increments Of Three" for The Padua Hills Playwrights Festival in 1989 and in the '90's he co-founded the playwright group Redwood with Nick Flynn, Gilbert Girion, Jack Hollingsworth and Robert Hummer. He was commissioned to write two librettos for the San Francisco based theatre group, Overtone Industries. His piece "Modesto" was performed in L.A., the Bay Area, and in 1997 also staged along with other Overtone Operas from the "String Of Pearls" production at New York's Carnegie Hall. Mr. Pappas has appeared in many episodic television shows, in recurring, guest and costar roles, in several recurring roles on the soap opera Days Of Our Lives, and is the only actor to re-appear in a co-starring role in TREMORS 3 after getting knocked off in the original cult film classic TREMORS. In 1990 Mr. Pappas won the Los Angeles Weekly Best Actor A ward for his performance in Gilbert Girion' s "Bad Country. " He is also a painter and his paintings are in private homes in many parts of the world. His one time set painting endeavor was commissioned once again by Overtone Industries for their 1998 production of "It's A Pretty Good Life" in Los Angeles. Mr. Pappas lives in Long Beach with his wife Caren and their dog Niko. GREG SUDDETH Greg Suddeth is an actor slash playwright slash screenwriter slash wrists. Greg is currently starring in his own play, "Angel Feathers", at the Avery Schreiber Theater in North Hollywood. Among his numerous stage appearances, he co-starred in Robert Hummer's "Fetters" at the Padua Playwright Festival. He was last seen on TV in "Will and Grace" and on film in "Shade" with Sylvester Stallone and Stuart Townsend. As a playwright, Greg has had 12 of his plays produced in the LA area - including the critically acclaimed "Being of Sound Mind", "Dance Upon Nothing", and "Very Cherry and Extra Clean", for which he received a Rockefeller Grant. Another Play, "Toe to Toe", garnered 4 Dramalogue Awards, including Writing & Direction for Greg. . As a screenwriter, his credits include "Oblivion", "Pet Shop", and the highly successful "Prehysteria". CLICK LINKS for ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: GREG SUDDETH GREG SUDDETH FRED SUGERMAN For the past 5 years Fred Sugerman has devoted the best of himself to creating Wired Into Lightning, a collection of movement workshops and theatrical events that support the accessing and managing of personal power, with the intention of inciting the non-violent revolution necessary for our survival. As an actor, Checkers is Fred’s 2nd Robert Hummer production. He appears as the title role in Mr. Hummer’s short: Bum Loser Looks For Dolphins. Theatrical credits include (amongst others) the role of the Angel in Milcha Sanchez Scott’s The Old Matador (produced by the Arizona Theatre Company); the title role in Christ, Sermon On the Mount conceived and directed by Kathleen Conry in New York’s Central Park; Nightbreath @ the Actor’s and Director’s Lab, N.Y.C; Election, directed by Anna Sokolow @ the No Smoking Playhouse, N.Y.C.; The Third Day Comes, directed by John Cassavetes with Gena Rowlands, L.A. Features include Waterworld and The Kid, with C. Thomas Howell. Television credits include Sunstroke with Jane Seymour, All My Children, Terror In Copper Valley (USA Cable). Commercials too. Fred lives in Woodland Hills, California with the lights of his life, daughter Kaya and wife Colleen. SHAWNA CASEY Shawna Casey has worked with such notable playwrights as Irene Fornes, Jose Rivera, Marlene Meyer, and Justin Tanner. She was Murray Mednick1s "Dot” in his acclaimed production of JOE AND BETTY Off-Broadway in New York and was invited by Irene Fornes to play in TERRA INCOGNITA at the Dionysia Festival in Siena Italy. She has done some television and many independent films. This summer she wrote and acted in THE AEGEAN, a short play produce by Padua Hills Playwrights that opened to great reviews in the Los Angeles Times and the LA Weekly. Shawna enjoys working with VIRGINIA AVENUE PROJECT mentoring kids in acting and writing. She is the recipient of 6 Dramalogue Awards and 5 LA WEEKLY nominations (awarded one). COLLEEN PASSARD After graduating with a theatre degree from Ryerson University, Toronto, Colleen sojourned for ten years in Europe working extensively in film, television and theatre. Her credits include The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Demob, Death Machine and Afraid of the Dark. Colleen's first novel The Betrayal of Innocence, a murder-mystery thriller, was published last year. TANYA CRUTCHFIELD Tanya Crutchfield is excited to mark the premiere of "Checkers" as her re-entry into acting after spending time away with family in the Midwest and on the East Coast. Before taking time off, Tanya's work could be seen in various national commercials and extensive theater including an original play, "Furthest from the Sun", co-authored (with Frank Hyman) and directed by Woody Harrelson. CATHERINE THEOBALD MEGAN CORLETTO Megan Corletto has been acting since the age of 5. She has starred in local and national commercials and has guest starred in many television shows including: E.R., The X-Files, Chicago Hope, 18 Wheels of Justice, Charmed and Angel. Megan was featured in the feature film, One Hour Photo with Robin Williams. Megan’s Theater credits include: Wedding Band (directed by James Avery) and The Knight Castle Rock (directed by Ingrid Boydsten). Megan also played Abagail Deveraux in the soap opera, Days of Our Lives for three years. Presently, Megan is taking some time off from the Industry to enjoy school, friends and surfing. Megan is looking forward to getting back into the business some day – but for right now, she is happy just being a regular kid. KENNETH PATTENGALE (Music Composer) Kenneth is a Four Six Productions recording artist. He has produced and engineered a number of recordings for various symphony orchestras in and around the Los Angeles area. As well, he has four full-length studio records under his belt, the last of which entitled, Dust Bowl Dream, was released in March 2005. This past year also saw the completion of Eva, a short stop-motion animated film by the German duo Sakaoglu and Quaden. Kenneth provided an original score, and edited picture for the final film. 2006 will bring a number of other as-yet unnamed collaborations (with Derek Bloom, Christian Doscher and Michael Dwyer among others), recording for his fifth record and the culmination of a seven-year trek at the University of Southern California. He currently fights for elbow room among stacks of books, computers, empty cigarette packs, liquor bottles, trampolines, sad/scary clowns, prima donnas and swine in South Pasadena, CA. To Purchase "CHECKERS" on DVD - Click Here