John's busy year continues with two more starring film roles, and a lead part in the Fox mystery-drama Vanished.  Love is the Drug (from the screenwriter of Cape Fear) has John caught up in a deadly love triangle between recent high school graduates. Love is the Drug also stars Daryl Hannah and Mean Girls' Lizzy Caplan. The second feature is the Walt Disney/Touchtone Pictures release Stick It which follows the trials and tribulations of a young competitive gymnastics team coached by Jeff Bridges. Previously, John starred in a John Stockwell (Blue Crush) pilot for The WB Network.

Seamlessly shifting between television and both major studio and independent films, has made John Patrick Amedori one of Hollywood's top up-and-coming actors. His role as young Evan Treborn in New Line Cinema's 2004 hit film The Butterfly Effect had critics singling out his performance for acclaim. Previously, John worked with Cameron Crowe in his Oscar-nominated Almost Famous and with M. Night Shyamalan in Unbreakable. Soon after, John landed several commercials and TV Guest Spots, including roles on notable drama's such as Steven Bochco's Philly and CBS's The Guardian as well as regular roles on pilots for MTV, CBS, and The WB Network. His independent choices have allowed him to work with some of the film industry's best actors, including Annette Benning and Sir Ben Kingsley in the upcoming HBO Telefilm Mrs. Harris.

John grew up in Baldwin, Maryland and currently resides in Los Angeles.

Jorge Garcia currently stars in the smash-hit ABC drama Lost, created by J.J. Abrams. He was a regular on Becker with Ted Danson for its final season and has made notable television appearances on Spin City, Rock Me Baby, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, in the lattermost of which he played the memorable drug dealer Larry David attempts to buy pot from.

Jorge also recently starred in the movie The Good Humor Man with Kelsey Grammer, and wrote a one-act play entitled R.S.V.P., currently being produced by Camelot Artists in Los Angeles.

Jorge grew up in San Juan Capistrano and presently resides in Kailua, Hawaii, where Lost is filmed.

Shawn Hatosy stars opposite Al Pacino in the Los Angeles presentation of "Orphans," opening on September 13th.  The three character play will be work shopped at the Greenway Court for an eighteen performance run.  His most recent screen work had him starring as a young Senator John McCain in the much anticipated A&E TV movie Faith of My Fathers, based on the best-selling book of the same name. Shawn also starred in the The Cooler (Sundance 2003), the Emmy-nominated Soldier's Girl (Sundance 2003) for Showtime, and Dallas 362 (Winner 2003 CineVegas Critics Award). He can next be seen top-lining the independent feature 11:14, also starring Hilary Swank, Rachael Leigh Cook, Patrick Swayze, Colin Hanks, Barbara Hershey, and Henry Thomas, and he recently completed work in the independent film Swimmers. Shawn is perhaps best known for toplining the Farrelly Brothers' Outside Providence. Other film credits include A Guy Thing, Borstal Boy, John Q, Anywhere But Here, The Faculty, Simpatico, Down to You, Tangled, Joyriders, Home for the Holidays, Niagara Niagara, The Postman, Inventing the Abbotts, and In & Out.

On the television front, Shawn starred in TNT’s Winning Season, HBO's telefilm Witness Protection, and in HBO's critically acclaimed series Six Feet Under. He made his stage debut starring as Billy the Kid in the La Jolla Playhouse production of The Collected Works of Billy the Kid for directors Kate Whorisky and Des McAnuff. This past February, Shawn starred in the Paul Weitz play Roulette opposite Anna Paquin and Ana Gasteyer. He'll next star in Nick Cassavete’s Alpha Dog.

Shawn grew up in Frederick, Maryland and currently resides in Los Angeles.

One of Hollywood's top new actresses, Michelle Horn most recently co-starred with Bruce Willis in Miramax's action-thriller Hostage, based on the best-selling novel by Richard Crais. In the film, Michelle, portraying the daughter of a man with a sordid history with the mob, is held hostage by three young thugs, with Willis playing a former LAPD hostage negotiator responsible for keeping her alive.

A star of TV and film for over a decade, her recent guest-starring role as a pregnant runaway teenager on CBS' hit show Without A Trace drew the series highest ever rating. Michelle currently plays Patricia Richardson’s daughter on Lifetime’s Strong Medicine. Her award winning performance in The Ruby Princess Runs Away led the Hollywood Reporter to name her as its “One to Watch.” She's also been an important presence on such series as CBS’s Family Law and Fox’s The Practice.

Inspired to begin acting classes at age six after seeing Free Willy, Michelle's feature film career started at age eight in Howard Raimis’ Stuart Saves His Family. When director Raimis, amazed by her aptitude and skills, asked her what had been her prior films, she further amazed him with the news that she had none. He laughed, saying she would soon be directing, and then proceeded to give her a two hour tutorial in the art. “It was the best education and preparation for acting I’ll ever have,” she recalls.

Born and raised in Westlake, California, Michelle still lives there with her family.

Additional upcoming projects include a roles in the independent film Dirty, a film about two gangbangers-turned-cops who infiltrate the LAPD to uncover a scandal, co-starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Clifton Collins, Jr. and Cole Hauser. Dirty will premiere at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival.

Tory's previous film credits include Against the Ropes, directed by Charles S. Dutton, starring Meg Ryan and Omar Epps; Joel Schumacher’s Phone Booth with Colin Farrell; Malibu's Most Wanted with Jamie Kennedy; and Tigerland, also directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Colin Farrell. Television credits include the FX film Big Shot: Confessions Of A Campus Bookie, the Sci-Fi Channel film Frankenfish, and a guest starring role on the WB's Grosse Point.

Tory grew up in Lawtey, Florida and currently resides in Los Angeles.

In addition to Little Athens, Erica has two other upcoming features: Mozart and the Whale with Josh Hartnett and The Warrior Class with Dan Hedaya.

A Summa Cum Laude graduate of Boston University, Erica grew up in Ossining, New York and currently resides in Los Angeles.

Rachel was just on screen in Brian DePalma’s Black Dahlia opposite Scarlett Johansson, and in Jessica Kavana’s Thanks to Gravity, also starring Gina Philips, Sean Astin, and Adam Rodriguez. Previously, Rachel Miner starred opposite Rashida Jones in Channel 4 UK’s new series NyLon, about two girls who split their time between New York and London. Rachel will next be seen on the big screen opposite Orlando Bloom in Frank E. Flowers’s Haven, and opposite Taryn Manning in the horror flick Cult.

Rachel is perhaps best known for her leading role in Larry Clark’s thriller Bully. In this based-on-a-true-story film, Rachel played "Lisa Connelly," a naive teenager who helps carry out the murder of one of her peer group who has bullied them for years.

Rachel has been acting since childhood, and by the age of ten had worked for Woody Allen, and had been cast as "Michelle Bauer" on Guiding Light, a role that lasted nearly five years and earned her three Young Artist Awards as well as an Emmy nomination.

Leonardo Nam's breakout role of “Roy” in the Paramount Pictures film The Perfect Score (opposite Scarlett Johansson, Erica Christensen, and Chris Evans) put him on the map as one of the brightest young stars around. His performance generated tremendous buzz within the industry and led to the Los Angeles Times naming Leonardo “Hollywood’s: The One to Watch." He was most recently on screen in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.  Previously, he was seen in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants for Warner Brothers, and the independent film Half Life.

Leonardo was born in Argentina and at age 6 moved to Sydney, Australia. He attended one year at the University of New South Whales to study architecture and then left to pursue an acting career in New York City. While in New York, Leonardo became involved with several theatre productions, including The Velvet Rut, Howling Wilderness, and No Mother to Guide Her,  the lattermost directed by Jim Simpson and performed at The Flea Theatre. Leonardo has trained at the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theatre and the Herbert Berghoff Studio, both in New York City, and at the Actors Lab in Sydney, Australia.

Leonardo now splits time living in both New York City and Los Angeles.

Michael Pena's critically-acclaimed career keeps rolling on the big screen. After starring as rookie cop "Army" on TV’s hit drama The Shield, Michael's lead roles in World Trade Center and Crash have garnered him widespread rave reviews and Oscar buzz.

Previously, Michael was seen in the Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby, opposite Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. Michael had a supporting role in Lords of Dogtown, also starring Heath Ledger, and directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen). After an exhaustive worldwide search, Michael landed the role of world middleweight boxing champion Jose Mendez in The Calcium Kid, in which he stars opposite Orlando Bloom in the story of a British Milkman (Bloom) who goes from obscurity to the ring in a world title bout against the middleweight champion of the world from the United States (Pena). Michael’s television credits include regular roles on Steven Spielberg’s NBC series Semper Fi, Felicity, American Family, and Homicide.

Michael was raised in Chicago and currently resides in Los Angeles.

Other films in the can for DJ include Sony Screen Gem's Lone Star State of Mind and the Lions Gate's Chasing Holden. Lone Star has DJ playing a petty thief who robs a pizza delivery boy who happens to be a mobster. The film also stars Joshua Jackson, James King and Matt Davis. In Chasing Holden, DJ plays Neil, a student who is assigned a class project to answer the question of "what happens to Holden Caulfield" in The Catcher in the Rye. Additionally, DJ co-produced and appeared in the Lions Gate film Comic Book Villains, a dark comedy about the comic book industry that also stars Michael Rapaport, Danny Masterson, and Cary Elwes.

DJ has also done local theatre. He was discovered by photographers David Chappelle and Steven Kline, and thus began a lucrative career in modeling for Prada as well as many other advertising/editorial campaigns.

Having grown up in a small town in middle Tennessee as one of five children, DJ now splits his time between Los Angeles and Tennessee. He is proud to be a cancer survivor and an advocate for cancer awareness and research.

A Midwesterner growing up an hour north of Detroit, Michigan, Jill attended Romeo High School where she performed in numerous school plays. Quickly determining what she wanted to do with her life, Jill attended DePaul University's Theatre School for a year before transferring to USC, where she graduated with a Bachelor of the Arts in Theatre.

Jill now resides in Los Angeles.

Eric Szmanda currently stars in TV’s #1 Drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. His role as "Greg Sanders" also has him appearing on home computers around the world in the interactive video game version of the top-rated show.

A veteran of numerous theater productions, other recent roles include the feature film The Rules of Attraction with Jessica Biel, James Van der Beek and Kate Bosworth, and the Lifetime Television series The Division.

A Wisconsin native, Eric is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California and currently resides in Los Angeles.