Born and raised in Woodstock, NY. At 18, he moved to NYC to attend the illustrious NYU Film School at Tisch School of the Arts, where he proved to be miserable. After two years, he left the school but stayed in NYC where he would study acting, yoga, various approaches to well-being, and also continue his love affair with cinema. Adam eventually returned to Woodstock where he fell in love with improv comedy and played a significant role in the Woodstock Film Festival's founding and first three years of existence. He moved to L.A. in 2003, then Topanga in 2007. He has continued to act, emcee various events (TFF and Topanga Days are his favorites), perform + teach improv,and be a cinephile of course. He's honored to play an important role in the Topanga Film Festival! If you're interested in hiring him for acting, emceeing, or improv coaching, you can email him at nobleloaf@gmail.com. Cheers and merry movie-making & watching friends!

Phoebe, is a visual artist, performer/improvisor and writer. She received her undergraduate Film/TV degree from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and had the opportunity to intern on Saturday Night Live and Good Morning America. Phoebe received her MFA from CSULA, studying painting and installation and worked at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art. She has exhibited her paintings, sculptures and installations in solo and group shows in California and New York. Falling in love with comedy improv, Phoebe has been and studying and performing at the world-renowned Groundlings Theatre and School in Los Angeles. She has performed improv in LA and Mexico, and has created and performed live and filmed sketch comedy and has appeared in a variety of short and feature films.

Julie is an actress, singer, comedian and a screen/television writer and songwriter. She attended the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco where she was discovered by Lily Tomlin. After tearing her hair out in the comedy clubs of LA , Julie produced her own album ‘Goddess in Progress” writing cult hits “The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun” and “Cause I’m a Blonde, which lead to her writing the movie “Earth Girls are Easy” in which she starred, and her MTV SHOW “Just say Julie” . She also won the Writers Guild Award for her Showtime satire of Madonna called, “Dare to be Truthful”. From there she co-wrote and starred in the Disney Channel original movie “Camp Rock,” with Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers. Recently she created and starred in “The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Musical” and a musical version of “Earth Girls are Easy,” which just premiered in Los Angeles. She appeared on numerous TV shows, was Paula Norwood on “The Middle” and is soon to be seen in “Alien Vacation” coming out later this year. She currently lives in the Hollywood Hills where she trains malti-poo’s and does MMA cage-fighting in her spare time.

John has acted in over 40 commercials including Nintendo, Comcast, Digiorno, Sonos, NFL, Geico, Volkswagen, Panasonic, 76, Dish, and REDD's Apple Ale. As the writer's assistant on "The Wanda Sykes Show," John wrote jokes that aired on FOX and jokes that were performed on The Tonight Show on NBC. John was the head writer and co-creator of the web-series "Fresh Perspectives" starring SNL's Beck Bennett which evolved into the AT&T "It's Not Complicated" ad campaign. John Dardenne is a former writer and sketch performer on an Upright Citizens Brigade Maude Team as well as a former improvisor for a UCB Mess Hall team. He's hosted Nice Show! stand up at The Hayworth and Game Night at iO West. John is a former Harold Team member at the Westside Comedy Theater and long-time, house-team improvisor at LA Connection. His comedy has featured on CNN, TIME.com, Telegraph UK, Funny or Die, UCB Comedy, The Comic's Comic, U.S. News and World Report, The Week, and Huffington Post. He lives in Los Angeles.

Cesar was born In Havana, Cuba. He started performing as a young child in front of his grandmother. She was his captive audience. He would create mini plays and scenes in front of her, using plastic animals from a toy zoo. Cesar moved to Miami and studied psychology but his love for performing came back and he started appearing in TV commercials. Soon after moving to Los Angeles, he discovered improv and sketch comedy. Cesar’s grandma approves and is still his number one fan.