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"When love takes you in a direction that is most unexpected..."
LOGLINE :
Grace Tang, an Ivy League educated investment banker from Chinatown falls in love with blue-blooded New York scion,
Andrew Barrington, Jr. Through their relationship, she re-discovers her own identity and realizes what really matters in life.
SYNOPSIS :
Grace Tang is an ambitious, hardworking, young woman determined to work her way up the ladder of life and out of working-class Chinatown.
She seems to have done exactly that with an Associate position at a top notch Wall Street investment bank. But more than anything,
Grace yearns to be part of the Upper East Side socialite world.
When Grace finally receives that elusive invitation to the Opera's prestigious Junior Committee Meet & Greet, she is prepared to shine.
What she isn't prepared for is being mistaken as "the Grace Tang" of the "Shanghai Tangs", an heiress from a fashionable Hong Kong
family. But before Grace can correct the situation, she is introduced to Andrew Barrington, Jr., one of the most eligible bachelors of
New York City and they become smitten with one another.
What follows is a whirlwind ride of romance and white lies, where we are offered a glance into the greed
and pressures of Wall Street and the human side of Chinatown - two worlds which unknowingly interconnect and affect one another. When Grace and Andrew's
worlds finally collide, through humor, romance, heartbreak and forgiveness, Grace ultimately learns to accept herself for whom she is.
Director's Biography
Fay Ann Lee: Producer/Director/Writer
East Broadway is Fay Ann Lee's feature directorial debut. The screenplay was a quarterfinalist at the 2003 Nicholl's Fellowship, a semi-finalist
at The Chesterfield Screenwriting Competition in Los Angeles and top 3 at the 2002 Asian American International Film Festival Screenwriting
Competition. Lee produced and directed the short version of East Broadway and based on that, was invited to direct in New York's RipFest
Short Film Festival in 2003. Lee's acting credits include: Miss Saigon (Broadway), Joy Luck Club (New York Premiere), Into The Woods (International).
On television, Lee has guest starred on prime time shows such as Law & Order, L&O: Criminial Intent, Third Watch and recurred on two ABC soaps,
All My Children and One Life To Live. Lee formed Pomelo Pictures with fellow producer, Stephanie Wang. They are currently developing another
romantic comedy to be filmed in Shanghai, China. Lee is a graduate of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Director's Statement
I grew up watching and loving classic American romantic comedies: Working Girl, Pretty Woman, The Truth About Cats and Dogs. I
identified with Tess McGill, Vivian Ward and Abby Barnes, all underdogs trying to find acceptance in a world where they don't quite
fit in. It wasn't until later that I realized that all my life, I had identified with non-Asian characters in these classic American
stories. There were simply no Asian American Tess McGills in our cinematic catalogue that I can think of. So, when I decided to pen my
first screenplay, I wanted to create the Asian "Tess".
When I first came up with the story of East Broadway, I didn't realize that what drove the plot of the film (Grace, our main character,
wanting to be part of elite New York society) came from an event that happened to me at age 8, when I was singled out and shunned at a
birthday party by the popular girls who thought I was not rich enough to be their playmate. I ended up by myself on the first floor of
the penthouse apartment, while the rich girls all played on the second. Such are the hazards of growing up in a city--Hong Kong-- that holds
the record for the most Rolls-Royces- per-capita in the world. It's amazing how a single event from childhood can inform and color the rest
of one's life.
In telling Grace's story, I knew that New York Chinatown would become a vital detail in explaining who she is and why she aspires to become
someone she's not. Chinatown is a fascinating subculture. A Chinese immigrant can literally plant himself in Chinatown and live the rest of
his life within a one mile radius, without ever needing to speak English or step north of Canal Street. I wanted to examine what that could
mean to a character like Grace who sees beyond the confines of her own community and, on top of that, is continually influenced by pop
culture and images created by the media and Hollywood.
One of the major challenges I found as the writer and then the director was how to approach the role of Andrew. Being neither white nor male,
I found myself writing a part that was actually far more stereotypical than I had hoped. When Gale Harold was cast as Andrew, I started to
re-shape the role for him. Gale's honest delivery made Andrew a far more complex and interesting individual and, therefore, far more real.
Through Gale's performance, we see that life for a rich, famous bachelor isn't perfect either--and can be, in fact, quite painful at times.
As perfect as Gale may appear, he captures Andrew's flaws masterfully: his inability to find happiness within his own world and stay true to
himself.
Ultimately, East Broadway is a simple cross-cultural film with a universal theme of "wanting to belong": my little homage to the classic
American romantic comedy.
Fay Ann Lee
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| Gale Harold |
Andrew Barrington, Jr. |
| Fay Ann Lee |
Grace Tang |
| Margaret Cho |
Janie Wong |
| Ken Leung |
Ming Tang |
| Christine Baranski |
Bree Barrington |
| Roger Rees |
Andrew Barrington, Sr. |
| Elizabeth Sung |
Ma |
| Clem Cheung |
Ba |
| Stephanie March |
Kay |
| Lewis Black |
Rob York |
| Ato Essandoh |
Jamal |
| Nick Gregory |
William |
| Angie Ha |
Little Grace |
| Shelby Wong |
Middle Grace |
| Athena Kihara |
Winnie |
| Caroline Fung |
Sabrina |
| Gretchen Egolf |
Bridget |
| Laura Benanti |
Princess Alexandra |
| Sarah Rafferty |
Sydney |
| Jonathan Hadary |
Max |
| Martha Millan |
Elizabeth |
| Cindy Cheung |
Kari Mills |
| Randall Duk Kim |
Mr. Hung |
| Virginia Wing |
Mrs. Hung |
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| PRODUCTION TEAM : |
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| Producer / Director |
Fay Ann Lee |
| Producers |
Susan Batson |
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Carl Rumbaugh |
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Stephanie Wang |
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Juan Carlos Zapata |
| Producer / Editor |
Michelle Botticelli |
| Executive Producers |
Michael Gleissner |
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Malcolm Jozoff |
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David W. Unger |
| Co-Producers |
Mark L. Pederson |
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Aldey Sanchez |
| Story By |
Fay Ann Lee |
| Screenplay by |
Fay Ann Lee with Karen Rousso |
| Director of Photography |
Luke Geissbuhler |
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Alec Jarnigan |
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Toshiaki Ozawa |
| Music Composer |
Andrew Hollander |
| Production Designer |
Eloise Crane Stammerjohn |
| Set Dresser |
Shannon Finnerty |
| Costume Designer |
Lynn Falconer with Nina Schelich |
| Casting Directors |
Billy Hopkins |
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Paul Schnee |
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ABOUT THE CAST
Gale Harold (Andrew Barrington, Jr.)
Fay Ann Lee (Grace Tang)
Fay Ann Lee has been a working actress in New York City for the past 13 years. Fay's credits include: Miss Saigon (Broadway), Into The
Woods (International), Joy Luck Club (New York Premiere), leading roles in regional theaters all across the country; recurring roles on
All My Children and One Life To Live and guest appearances on The Dana Carvey Show, Law & Order, L&O: Criminal Intent, Third Watch.
Fay can also be heard on the concept album, "Heading East" written by Leon Ko and Robert Lee, recipients of the 2001 Richard Rogers Development Award.
Margaret Cho (Janie)
Margaret Cho has been performing stand-up comedy since age 16. In 1994, Margaret starred in a short-lived ABC sitcom called All-American Girl.
In 1999, Margaret performed in her extremely successful Off-Broadway one-woman show called I'm The One That I Want which was made into a concert
film and a best-selling book of the same name. Many smash-hit shows followed that were all recorded and released as feature films: Notorious
C.H.O. in 2001, Revolution, in 2003 and State of Emergency in 2004. Bam Bam and Celeste, her first feature film written by and starring herself,
premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in late 2005. Around the same time Margaret published her second book, I Have Chosen to Stay
and Fight, a collection of her essays on all subjects political and pop. She is currently developing a new sitcom with Fox and Regency Television.
Margaret received a First Amendment Award from the ACLU of Southern California and has been honored by many other organizations, including
American Women in Radio and Television, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), and the National Organization for Women (NOW), just to
name a few, for "making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of race, sexual orientation or gender identity."
Ken Leung (Ming Tang)
Ken Leung has appeared in the films Sucker Free City and Inside Man directed by Spike Lee, Strip Search directed by Sidney Lumet, Saw directed by
James Wan, Face directed by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan, Keeping the Faith directed by Edward Norton, Rush Hour directed by Brett Ratner, as well as
featured appearances in X3 and Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale. He can be seen in the upcoming The Shanghai Kid, produced by the Konwiser
Brothers. He is based in New York City.
Christine Baranski (Bree Barrington)
Christine Baranski, a two-time Tony, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild and American Comedy Award winner, starred in the 2002 Academy Award winner for Best
Picture Chicago. She has had numerous film credits including How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bowfinger, Bulworth, Reversal of Fortune, Welcome
To Mooseport, Legal Eagles, The Guru, 9 ½ Weeks, and Cruel Intentions. She won a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for her Performance in The Re
al Thing, directed by Mike Nichols and a second Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for her performance in Neil Simon's Rumors and a Drama Desk Award
for Lips Together Teeth Apart. Additional appearances on Broadway include Hurlyburly and The House of Blue Leaves. She received a Screen Actors
Guild Award for her performance in The Birdcage. In addition to the Emmy for the hit CBS comedy Cybill, she received an American Comedy Award
as "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy", as well a Screen Actors Guild Award as "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy." She also
received three additional EMMY and three Golden Globe nominations. She has guest starred on Frasier, for which she received a fifth EMMY nomination.
Roger Rees (Andrew Barrington, Sr.)
Roger Rees' film credits include The New World, The Pink Panther starring Steve Martin, Frida, The Scorpian King, Return to Never Land, The Palace Thief,
The Emperor's Club, The Substance of Fire, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Next Stop Wonderland, Robin Hood: Men In Tights and many more. On television,
Mr. Rees is well known for playing Rebecca's wealthy boyfriend, Robin Colcord on Cheers, and the British Ambassador, Lord John Marbury on The West Wing.
He was also a series regular on M.A.N.T.I.S. and Boston Common. However, Mr. Rees is best known for his work on stage, having won a Tony Award as well
as the Olivier Award for his portrayal of the title role in Nicholas Nickleby. In the West End, Mr. Rees created the starring roles in Tom Stoppard's
The Real Thing and Hapgood. In New York, he appeared in Indiscretions (Tony and Drama Desk Nominations), John Robin Baitz' The End of the
Day (Obie Award), The Rehearsal (Roundabout), A Man of No Importance (the Lincoln Center Theatre), The Uneasy Chair (Playwrights Horizon), The
Misanthrope (Classic Stage Company), and most recently in Uncle Vanya (Brooks Atkinson Theatre). Roger is an Associate Artist of the Royal
Shakespeare Company and was recently named Artistic Director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Stephanie March (Kay)
Stephanie March is best known for her role as Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She first
rose to prominence in Director Robert Falls' critically acclaimed Tony-winning Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman starring Brian
Dennehy, Elizabeth Franz and Ron Eldard. Her past stage roles include Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream in Chicago and she has worked extensively
in other various award-winning regional theater productions. Stephanie will next be seen in Flannel Pajamas, written and directed by vet Distribution
Executive Jeff Lipsky. The film debuted at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. She will also be appearing on NBC's new series Conviction created by
Dick Wolf in which she reprises her role as Alexandra Cabot. She appeared in the feature film Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-starring Brad Pitt and Angelina
Jolie and also in Head of State co-starring Chris Rock and Bernie Mac. Additional film credits include The Treatment, directed by Oren Rudavsky
starring Sir Ian Holm and Famke Janssen which will debut at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
Laura Benanti (Princess Alexandra)
Laura Benanti will next be seen starring on Broadway as Julia in The Wedding Singer directed by John Rando. Laura was most recently in the FX
series Starved. She has a role in New Line Cinema's upcoming movie Take the Lead opposite Antonio Banderas. In 2005 she starred as Anne
in A Little Night Music at the LA Opera House. She was last seen on Broadway opposite Banderas as Claudia in the revival of Nine (Outer Critics
Circle Award Nomination). Prior Broadway credits include Cinderella in Into the Woods (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk nomination, Outer Critics
Circle Award nomination, LA Ovation Nomination), Swing (Tony nomination) and Maria in The Sound of Music opposite Richard Chamberlain. Her
Off-Broadway credits include Eileen in Wonderful Town (City Center Encores!) and Julia in Time and Again (MTC). Regional credits include Man of
La Mancha (Papermill Playhouse), Road to Hollywood (O'Neill Theater Center) and Perdita in The Winter's Tale (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Laura
has been a part of many readings, workshops and recordings. She also writes and performs her own music.
Gretchen Egolf (Bridget)
Gretchen Egolf has appeared on Broadway in Ring Round the Moon and Jackie: An American Life, also on London's West End in Jackie, and Off-Broadway
in Modern Orthodox at Dodger Stages, Getting Into Heaven at the Flea Theatre, and More Lies About Jerzy at the Vineyard, among others. She has also
worked throughout the U.S. with various theaters including The Wilma, The Globe, and The Berkshire Theatre Festival. Her television credits include
a series regular role on CBS's Martial Law, a recurring role on WB's Roswell, and guest star roles on Without a Trace (CBS), Law and Order (NBC),
Century City (CBS), Nero Wolfe (A&E), Cosby (CBS), and Cracker (ABC), as well as playing Jackie's wife in the CBS television movie, Gleason. In
film, Gretchen has appeared in The Talented Mr. Ripley, Quiz Show, Nicolas, and the upcoming The Namesake and The Naked Brothers Band. She is
a graduate of the Juilliard School.
Sarah Rafferty (Sydney)
Sarah Rafferty will be appearing in the upcoming film, The Devil Wears Prada. Her Television credits include, Six Feet Under, Without A Trace,
CSI, CSI, Miami, Good Morning, Miami and the upcoming new show, Pepper Dennis. She played Dr. Casey Mathews on the SciFi series Tremors and is
currently working with comedian Kevin Brennan on a pilot for NBC. Some of her theatre credits include Gemini at Second Stage; You Never Can Tell
at The Roundabout Theatre Company; As You Like It at Shakespeare and Company; A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Huntington Theatre Company;
Collected Stories at the Old Globe Theatre, as well as several radio plays broadcast on NPR by LA Theatre Works. She is a graduate of The Yale
School of Drama.
Lewis Black (Rob York)
Lewis Black is a weekly political commentator on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He received the award for "Best Male Stand Up"
by The American Comedy Awards in 2001, and in 2004 he was recognized by The Pollstar Awards for his blockbuster comedy tour, Rules of Enragement.
A milestone for Lewis was starring in a one hour stand-up special for HBO, Black on Broadway. He has performed his caustic, dead-on social and
political comedy throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and The United States. As an actor, Lewis Black has appeared in such films as
Jacob's Ladder, The Hard Way, The Night We Never Met, and Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters. His theatre credits include, among others, Our
Father (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Dead End and Johnny on the Spot (Williamstown Theatre Festival). His television credits include The Days and
Nights of Molly Dodd, Homicide, Mad About You, and Law and Order. Lewis Black is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. As a playwright he has
authored over 40 plays that have been produced in theatres across the country. He also authored his first book, Nothing's Sacred which debuted on
the New York Times Bestseller List and will also come out in paperback April, 2006.
Jonathan Hadary (Max)
Jonathan Hadary has appeared in the feature films Margaret, Intolerable Cruelty, Bait, Private Parts, A Simple Wish, and A Time to Kill. His
television credits include Sex and the City, Hope and Faith, Party of Five, and Law & Order. He has also performed in numerous Broadway
productions: The Best Man, All Shook Up, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, where he was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actor, As Is (Obie Award),
Torch Song Trilogy, and Gemini. His national theater credits include Angels in America (Joseph Jefferson, Helen Hayes awards) and Off-Broadway
credits include A Bad Friend, The Winter's Tale, Defying Gravity, The Destiny of Me, Assassins, Tomfoolery, God Bless You, and Mr. Rosewater.
Jonathan will be appearing in Awake and Sing at Lincoln Center.
Ato Essandoh (Jamal)
Ato Essansoh was born in Schenectady, New York to Ghanian parents. He attended Cornell University and studied at the Acting Studio under the
tutelage of James Price. Ato's career is burgeoning on both the big and small screens. He has appeared in the films Garden State, Prime,
Hitch and Saving Face. Ato is also featured in the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival entry Brother's Shadow starring Judd Hirsh and Scott Cohen,
and will begin filming Blood Diamond in Africa with Leonardo DiCaprio. He has guest starred in NBC's Third Watch, Law & Order, and Conviction
as well as ABC's Lines of Fire and Commander in Chief. Ato has also appeared in many Off-Broadway productions including Tallboy Walking and
has penned his own plays, one of which, Black Thang, was produced at Manhattan Theatre Source and subsequently published in the popular anthology
Plays and Playwrights 2003.
Nick Gregory (William)
Nick Gregory is a native New Yorker and an NYU graduate who followed in his father's footsteps (Andre Gregory, My Dinner with Andre) as an actor,
writer and director. His New York theater credits include the Broadway production of Prelude to a Kiss and Terrence Mc Nally's The Lisbon Traviata.
Nick has starred in many independent features such as Macbeth in Manhattan and Henry Jaglom's Last Summer in the Hamptons. Films that he can be
seen in 2006 are Kevin Bacon's film Loverboy and Nightlistener starring Robin Williams. His television credits include several New York soaps
as well as a pilot for NBC. As a writer /director of film Nick has a feature titled Love Thy Neighbor that was released in 2004.
Martha Millan (Elizabeth)
Martha Millan is a rising talent whose feature film credits include Underdog, directed by Marcel Sarmiento, The Great New Wonderful, directed by
Danny Leiner, starring Maggie Gyllenhal, Tony Shalhoub, Tom McCarthy, Judy Greer, Olympia Dukakis and Edie Falco. The film made its World Premiere
at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. Additional film credits include Bury Me Standing, American Adobo and Going Under. Martha made her daytime
television debut as Mya in a recurring role on CBS daytime's As The World Turns. She has also guest starred in the Lifetime television series
Strong Medicine and reprised her role as Lettie Cruz in NBC's Emmy award-winning show Third Watch. Her other television credits include
appearances on NBC's Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit, and Law & Order. While appearing in many national
and international commercials, Martha has also modeled extensively throughout the United States and the world.
Cindy Cheung (Kari Mills)
Cindy Cheung is a graduate of UCLA and performed with East West Players in Los Angeles. She earned her MFA in Acting from the American
Conservatory Theater. She has appeared in the films Robot Stories, Red Doors, Spider-Man 2, Speed for Thespians and will be seen next in Lady
In The Water, directed by M. Night Shyamalan. On TV, she has appeared in Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Jonny Zero, Sex and the City, Sesame
Street, Cosby and Seinfeld. New York stage productions include the Lincoln Center's workshop production of The House of Bernarda Alba, Sides:
The Fear Is Real with Mr. Miyagi's Theatre Company of which she is a proud founding member, Sonnets For An Old Century, Antigone, Karaoke Stories,
Masha No Home, The Karaoke Show, Making Tracks, The Winter's Tale, Loose Ends and Plug. Regionally, she has performed at A.C.T., South Coast Rep,
Florida Studio Theater, East West Players, Long Beach Civic Light Opera and Santa Rosa Summer Rep.
Elizabeth Sung (Ma)
Raised in Hong Kong, Elizabeth Sung holds a BFA in dance from Juilliard and was a member of the Alvin Ailey Repertory Theater Company. She
received her MFA in directing from the American Film Institute and was one of three women selected for the prestigious ABC/DGA Television
Directing Fellowship. Elizabeth studied acting with Sanford Meisner and many others. Her memorable appearances in film and television include
The Joy Luck Club, a series regular role on The Young and The Restless, as well as recent roles in Memoirs of a Geisha, Desperate Housewives,
Crossing Jordan, House and E Ring.
Clem Cheung (Ba)
Clem Cheung grew up in Hong Kong and spent most of his adult life in the United States. After working in corporate management for more than
20 years, he decided to give it all up to pursue his true love: acting. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows, such as director
Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind, NBC's Law & Order: SVU, ABC sit-com Hope and Faith, Whoopi, and NBC's Emmy Award winning series Third Watch. Clem
has also appeared in many commercials and voice-over work.
Randall Duk Kim (Sir Stanley Hung)
Randall Duk Kim was born and raised in Hawaii. He recently guest starred in 3 episodes of Thief, the new FX television series due to premiere in
March, 2006. He has had numerous film and television credits including: Year of the Fish (not yet released), Dr. Crab in Memoirs of a Geisha;
Whitaker in Homecoming (not yet released), The Keymaker in Matrix Reloaded, General Alak in Anna and the King, Alan Chan in The Replacement Killers,
Shu in The Lost Empire and Nagase Takashi in Prisoners In Time for BBC television. On Broadway, Randall was seen as Master Wang in Flower Drum
Song, Eng Tieng-Bin in Golden Child and The Kralahome in The King and I. He was recently seen as Omar Khayyam in Kismet at New York City Center
Encores! Randall has had a distinguished career performing on stage throughout the U.S. and abroad including: the Singapore Repertory
Theatre; the Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center, American Place Theatre and Circle Rep in New York; the
Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and the ACT in San Francisco. He also co-founded American Players Theater in Wisconsin with Anne Occhiogrosso
and Charles Bright, serving as Artistic Director. Randall received an Obie Award for "Sustained Excellence of Performance" in the legitimate theater.
Virginia Wing (Ida Hung)
Virginia Wing was born and raised in Mississippi. She appeared most recently in the feature film Anamorph starring Willem Dafoe. Her network
television credits include Third Watch, Law and Order, The Tonight Show, As the World Turns, Police Story and Hawaii Five-O. Virginia studied
with Uta Hagen and has played lead roles in numerous musicals including Flower Drum Song, King and I and made scores of Off-Off-Broadway, Off-Broadway
and Broadway stage appearances. She was the first ethnic minority to play The Girl in The Fantasticks. She appeared in the all-Black production of
Sleep No More in Los Angeles and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Best Actress. In addition to acting Virginia was creative consultant
on a segment of Norman Lear and Alex Haley's television series Palmerstown U.S.A. She has been a script analyst for Jane Fonda, wrote and directed
Monkey Business I and Monkey Business II, and was producer of Back Alley Tales, written and directed by George C. Wolfe for the Inner City Cultural
Center in Los Angeles. She is currently writing about the experience of growing up Chinese in the pre-civil-rights South.
Angie Ha (Little Grace)
Angie Ha has appeared as Molly in Annie at the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center, and played the role of Ngana De Becque in the South Pacific National Tour.
Her television credits include the ABC daytime show One Life to Live and CBS daytime's As the World Turns. She was also featured in a Kidz Bop DVD.
Shelby Rebecca Wong (Middle Grace)
Shelby Rebecca Wong has been a member of AEA, SAG, AFTRA since age 6 and attended the Professional Performing Arts School. She performed in the
Broadway production of The King and I as well as the South Pacific National Tour. She has also done numerous staged readings, television commercials
and CD recordings.
Athena Kihara (Winnie)
Athena Kihara started acting when she was 6 years old. She costarred as the adorable Radish Girl in Will & Grace, and has done many TV commercials
and advertisements in Hollywood. Athena is also a talented musician who plays the piano and the saxophone. She practices Karate and studies Japanese
in her spare time.
Caroline Fung (Sabrina)
Caroline Fung has been a student of the Vaganova method of ballet since age 4. In 2001, she performed, as the young emperor Pu-Yi, in the Hong
Kong Ballet's production of The Last Emperor, at Stony Brook University's Staller Center. In 2003, at the age of 9, Caroline played the part of
princess Ying Yaowlak, throughout a two-week engagement of the Gateway Playhouse's The King and I, at the Patchogue theatre in Patchogue, Long
Island. Caroline has appeared in numerous national television commercials and has been a member of the Screen Actors Guild since 2003.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION TEAM
Fay Ann Lee (Writer/Director/Producer)
Fay Ann Lee has been a working actress in New York City for the past 10 years. She was trained on the stage and has appeared in numerous plays and musicals throughout the country and internationally. Some of her credits include Miss Saigon (Broadway); Joy Luck Club (New York Premiere); Into The Woods (Singapore). On television, Lee has guest starred on two top 10 shows: Law & Order; and L&O: Criminal Intent as well as the opening season of Third Watch. She has also recurred on two ABC soaps: All My Children and One Life To Live. Lee's first screenplay East Broadway was a quarterfinalist at the 2003 Nicholl's Fellowship, a semi-finalist at The Chesterfield Screenwriting Competition in L.A. and top 3 at the 2002 Asian American International Film Festival. Lee then produced and starred in a of East Broadway which then attracted numerous offers to have her film produced, but decided to team up with her acting coach, Susan Batson and producer Carl Rumbaugh instead. Lee was invited to direct a short in New York's RipFest short festival in 2003. East Broadway is Lee's feature film directorial debut.
Stephanie Wang (Producer)
Stephanie Wang received her education from the Wharton School of Business and Oxford University in England. She started her career in corporate finance at Salomon Brothers New York. After gaining experience as Director of Sales at a start-up China trade firm she became a top-ranked equity analyst (The Reuters Survey 1998, Hong Kong & China) at HSBC Securities in Hong Kong. She wrote, directed and produced her first film The Accidental Messiah in 2000 after moving to New York. It was part of the official selection at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for Short Films, the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival, the San Diego Asian Film Festival, the Fayetteville FilmFest and the International Festival of Cinema and Technology (IFCT) 2002-2003 World Tour in which it was nominated for The Best New Director Award, The Best Short Award and won second prize. She was also Associate Producer for Scout Productions on an ABC television pilot and works as an actor and consultant in the entertainment industry.
Michelle Botticelli (Producer/Editor)
Michelle Botticelli has worked with directors Woody Allen, Jim Taylor, Griffin Dunne, Mira Nair, Danny Leiner, Joseph Ruben , and Tim Blake Nelson. Michelle also serves as a technical consultant for East Broadway. She is a graduate of New York University.
Susan Batson (Producer)
Susan Batson has worn many hats in her career: actress, writer, director, teacher, coach and producer. She has been publicly thanked by Tom Cruise for her contributions to his role in Magnolia and by Nicole Kidman for her role in Moulin Rouge and her Oscar winning performance in The Hours. Susan was creative consultant for many of Spike Lee's films and has worked with the likes of Juliette Binoche, Jennifer Connelly, Sean Combs, Lauren Hill, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna and Liv Tyler. As an actress, Susan was the recipient of a New York and Los Angeles Drama Critics Award and an Obie. She was recently profiled in the New Yorker, Backstage and The Hollywood Reporter. Susan and her producing partner, Carl Rumbaugh will be Co-Producers on the feature film The Rivals starring Nicole Kidman, together with the Oscar winning producers of American Beauty Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen. Susan's second feature project, American Darlings will star Alicia Keys and Nicole Kidman. Susan and Carl will also produce alongside the Oscar award winning producing team of Chicago, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Susan was on the producing team of the hugely successful Broadway revival of A Raisin In the Sun. She with her partner will be producing the very last play written by America's great playwright, Tennesee Williams in 2007 on Broadway.
Carl Rumbaugh (Producer)
After ten years as a talent agent for the Agency For The Performing Arts Carl Rumbaugh joined Industry Entertainment as a talent manager. After one year, Carl teamed up with the renowned acting coach Susan Batson to form a producing partnership. One of their first producing endeavors was the Broadway production of A Raisin In The Sun which garnered them a Tony nomination. The play took home two Tony's with four total nominations. Carl and Susan will be bringing Tennessee Williams' last and final completed play, Masks Outrageous, to Broadway for its world premiere in 2007. Their feature films in development including Dreamworks' Rivals starring Nicole Kidman. Their producing partners Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks have helmed such films as American Beauty, which earned them an Oscar, and Big Fish. Rumbaugh & Batson will also be producing American Darlings together with Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the Oscar winning producers of Chicago. The film stars Queen Latifah and Nicole Kidman. Carl will also be serving as Executive Producer on a three-hour production of A Raisin In The Sun with Sony and ABC in the fall of 2006.
Juan Carlos Zapata (Producer)
Juan Carlos Zapata is a founding Principal of Street Alien Pictures. Mr. Zapata is responsible for directing the creative team to execute the company's slated film projects. This includes supervising the scripts and establishing the production environment for the films and functioning as either producer and/or executive producer. Mr. Zapata previously produced the critically acclaimed, Ricky Six written and directed by Peter Filardi (Flatliners and the Craft). Other accomplishments include Mr. Zapata's serving as producer on the documentary thriller Where Evil Dwells, which aired nationally on the Discovery Channel. Mr. Zapata also just recently served as producer and executive producer on ThunderBox-Fistful of Dollars, a CKP and Street Alien production involving eight major heavy weights in a sudden death elimination tournament. The ThunderBox DVD release also included live acts such as Eve, Xzibit, Krumbsnatcha, FUBU's 54 and Platoon. Prior to feature producing Mr. Zapata served as an investment banker for Groupo Financiero Impulsa, SA as Director of International Affairs for 6 years.
Mark L. Pederson & Aldey Sanchez (Co-Producers)
Mark L. Pederson and Aldey Sanchez formed Offhollywood Pictures a year after starting their post-production visual effects company Offhollywood Digital. In the past year, Offhollywood Digital has provided post-production and visual effects on numerous feature films and various television shows. Projects that Offhollywood Digital has worked on have been shown at SXSW Film Festival, The Hampton's Film Festival, Cinequest Film Festival, Slamdance and The New York International Latino Film Festival. Offhollywood Pictures has two films premiering at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, East Broadway and Kettle of Fish, following the World Premiere of Salvage at the 2006 Sundance Film festival.
Michael Gleissner (Executive Producer)
Michael Gleissner is a successful entrepreneur who began his career by selling his on-line bookstore to Amazon for $30 million. He followed with numerous other start-ups and investments, including interests in publicly traded companies such as J2 and United Internet, in which he was the largest investor. He was an executive of several companies under Amazon.com and founded Bigfoot Communications in New York, Hong Kong and Antwerp (Belgium). Under Bigfoot Ventures, of which he was also the founder, he assembled an array of progressive, high technology companies in the United States and Asia. He is currently heavily focused on media and education with a core interest in Asia.
David W. Unger (Executive Producer)
David Unger is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and producer. He is Founder and Managing Partner of Avalon Equity, a $63 million equity fund specializing in media and communications. Prior to that he was founder and chairman of Avalon Cable, the 20th largest cable television system operator. Through Avalon Equity, he is currently the largest individual shareholder in 11 portfolio companies, including Window Media, the nation's largest publisher of gay newspapers. Mr. Unger is a director of Muzak, the world's leading provider of business music, having been an owner of the largest independent franchise of Muzak. As a producer, he has been represented on the New York stage by the Off-Broadway plays "Boys Don't Wear Lipstick" and "Pete 'n' Keely";
additionally, he was one of the producers of the Los Angeles production of "Fully Committed." David is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E.) and New York University (M.B.A.).
Malcolm Jozoff (Executive Producer)
Mal retired in 2000 as the Dial Corporation's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer. His career of 35 years was concentrated in consumer products -- soaps, health care products, cosmetics -- around the world. Today, he is involved in a variety of activities: consulting, teaching at Arizona State University, board service and entrepreneurial activities in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Mal is a graduate of Columbia University and a veteran of the United States Air Force where he attained the rank of Captain.
Hopkins, Smith, Barden (Casting Director)
Hopkins, Smith, Barden is one of the premier casting agencies in America. The agency has been responsible for the casting of hundreds of films and television shows including: Good Will Hunting, Born On The Fourth of July, Fatal Attraction, Unfaithful, Bad Boys II, Peter Pan, Monster's Ball, Chocolat, Any Given Sunday, Sex and the City and a little sleeper hit in 2003 called The Station Agent. In 2004, their projects include an Oliver Stone film entitled Alexander starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie; The Woodsman starring Kevin Bacon and The Prince and Me starring Julia Stiles. Billy Hopkins has been nominated for seven ARTIOS awards and an EMMY award for outstanding casting.
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