Mother Father Sister Brother Frank

CAST

Enrico Colantoni

Jerry Jennings

Enrico Colantoni

JERRY JENNINGS ENRICO COLANTONI continues to distinguish himself as an actor who consistently showcases his talent in the world of stage, film, and television. Enrico is currently a series regular on the new FX comedy series English Teacher, created by and starring Brian Jordan Alvarez. He will next be seen as the co-lead in Anar Ali’s upcoming CBC police procedural, Allegiance, and in the upcoming feature films Humane, directed by Caitlin Cronenberg, and the dark comedy Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Frank opposite Mindy Cohn. Previously, he co-starred in HBO Max's acclaimed drama series Station Eleven, based on the bestseller, and played the co-lead in Birthday Candles opposite Debra Messing at the Roundabout Theatre, receiving a 2022 Theatre World Award for a Broadway debut. Enrico also appeared as Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the Nat Geo limited series, The Hot Zone: Anthrax and the family dance drama Feel The Beat for Netflix. In 2019, he starred in some high-profile projects, reprising his original role as Keith Mars, father of the title character Veronica Mars, in Hulu's mega popular revival series. Then, he appeared as Bill Isler, former President & CEO of The Mr. (Fred) Rogers Company opposite Tom Hanks in the award-winning Sony feature, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. He has also created some iconic roles including Mathesar, leader of the Thermians in the sci-fi comedy hit Galaxy Quest, and womanizing photographer Elliot DiMauro in the long-running NBC sitcom, Just Shoot Me. Colantoni received a 2019 Canadian Screen Award nomination for Guest Actor/Drama in Travelers and has recently appeared in series, Ghosts, The Good Fight, Madam Secretary, iZombie, Hot in Cleveland, Warehouse 13 and American Gothic. He also starred on the CBS series Flashpoint (receiving a Gemini and Canadian Screen Awards) the telefilm House of Versace, (where he portrayed Gianni Versace) Tom Hanks' produced miniseries The Kennedy's, (where he portrayed J. Edgar Hoover) and Bad Blood, the six-part Netflix series based on the best-selling book Business of Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War. On the big screen, he has appeared in films such as Kill Chain opposite Nicolas Cage, Stigmata opposite Patricia Arquette, Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence and the Stephen Soderbergh thrilled Contagion - which reunited him with his Full Frontal director. Colantoni has also enjoyed success as a writer/director with two short films - The Bike and Issues - the latter of which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. He also directed two episodes of iZombie after appearing on the show. Colantoni has an illustrious theatre background as well, after graduating from the Yale School of Drama, where he received their prestigious Carol Dye Award. His theatre credits include the premiere of Neil LaBute's The Distance from Here at the Almeida in London, The Merry Wives of Windsor at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, Arabian Nights at the Manhattan Theatre Club, The Triumph of Love at the Guthrie Theatre and Dracula at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. He also played the title role in Shakespeare's Macbeth at the Matrix Theater and Uncle Vanya at the Lillian Theatre in Los Angeles. Born in Toronto to Italian immigrant workers, Colantoni remains loyal to his roots as an avid fan of both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Italian food. During his time on Flashpoint, he became very involved with the stories of first responders and has given his time to the cause, including working with the charities Heroes Are Human, Wounded Warriors Canada and Heroes on the Rise which help & educate first responders and their families in dealing with PTSD. He also produced a documentary called The Other Side of the Hero about the same topic.

Mindy Cohn

Joy Jennings

Melanie Leishman

Jolene Jennings

Iain Stewart

Jim Jennings

Juan Chioran

Frank Jennings

Izad Etemadi

Pete

Sharron Matthews

Ronda

Sharron Matthews

RONDA Sharron can currently be seen in John Ridley’s FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL (based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Sheri Fink) as NURSE CHERI LANDRY (streaming on AppleTV+) and as LUCY LAFONTAINE on the Family Channel’s hit show RUBY AND THE WELL. She just completed principal photography on the Disney+ feature film OUT OF MY MIND (based as Sharon Draper’s popular novel) playing MRS. BILLINGS, and a wrapped a guest starring role on MURDOCH MYSTERIES, which was directed by Emmy Award winning actor, Eric McCormack. As a voice actor, Sharron is recording twenty-five episodes of Nickelodeon’s new animated series ZOKIE SPARKLEBY as the alien enforcer, KONKO. Sharron is best known as one of the stars of CBC, Ovation (US), Alibi, (U.K) and PBS’s (US) hit period crime drama FRANKIE DRAKE MYSTERIES, which played for four acclaimed and award winning seasons and is now airing in syndication all around the world. In both 2021 and 2019, she was nominated for Canadian Screen Awards (Canada’s Emmy Awards) for playing the role of FLO CHAKOWITZ (“the morgue attendant from comedy heaven” - The Globe and Mail) on FRANKIE DRAKE MYSTERIES. On the fourth season of FDM, Sharron co-wrote the critically well-received episode LIFE IS A CABARET with Keri Ferencz. As a exec-producer, writer and voice actor Sharron, alongside her co-creators Rebecca Liddiard (ALIAS GRACE) and Carmen Albano (DETENTION ADVENTURE), recently won the TOWEBFEST AWARD for Best Animated Content for their original animated series MARY AND FLO ON THE GO, which has recently been short listed for a Content Innovation Award from TBI in London. Matthews is currently working with Canada’s leading scripted content maker, Shaftesbury Productions, on a two project development deal as a creator, writer, exec-producer and actor. In 2021 the first project, HELLO CHARLIE, a digital series received development funds from the Independent Production Fund and the Canada Media Fund and is currently in the stages of applying for independent production funding. The second project, FOLLIES, is a streamer-focused musical TV show in the development stage. Sharron also co-wrote, hosted and consulted on SLICE TV’s MEME gURL for Slice TV. Sharron has been globally immortalized on social media in literally millions of memes and gifs of her portrayal of JOAN THE SECRETARY in Tina Fey’s iconic MEAN GIRLS. Sharron is also featured in the films CINDERELLA MAN, TAKE THE LEAD, THE MUSIC MAN movie for Disney and HAIRSPRAY:THE MOVIE. She can also be seen on NBC’s TAKEN, and played Chef Sylvia on the multi EMMY AWARD winning children’s TV show ODD SQUAD. An excitingly diverse, award-winning, multi-hyphenate Canadian artist, actress, singer, comedienne, writer and producer, Sharron has worked on stage and screen with artists like John Travolta, Andrea Martin, Vera Farmiga, Tina Fey, Danny Glover, and Ron Howard as well as toured her award winning one woman shows around the world from Africa to New York, Scotland and beyond. Sharron’s solo cabaret work has taken her across around the across Canada (named BEST CABARET PERFORMER by Now Magazine and Broadway World) and around the world, selling out at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe for three years in a row (where, out of 3000 productions, her show was awarded BEST OF THE FEST). Sharron has toured all across Canada on a double bill with Canadian comedy icon, Mary Walsh, collaborated with Gavin Crawford of CBC’s Because News on a sell out World Pride show, and in 2017 premiered at Just For Laughs in Montreal and one week later packed Toronto’s High Park Amphitheatre for one night only with her acclaimed, award winning show, Girl Crush, which Broadway World awarded BEST CABARET PERFORMANCE of 2017. She has toured North America in LES MISERABLES and Harold Prince’s SHOWBOAT, recorded her own album, PARTY GIRL, can be heard on the SHOWBOAT cast album, THE MUSIC MAN (for Disney) soundtrack and sang back ups on Jann Arden’s award winning Christmas album. One of the projects Sharron is most passionate about is her CABARET FOR KIDS, which she spent three years developing with Canada’s largest theatre for young audiences, Toronto’s Young People’s Theatre. Sharron’s CABARET FOR KIDS explores the issues of body positivity, childhood anxiety, bullying and loving yourself the way you are, targeting 9-12 year olds and has played across Canada. Sharron’s CABARET FOR KIDS was nominated for Best New Play, Best Performance and Best Production at Toronto’s Dora Awards (Toronto’s Tony Awards) . Sharron has written essays and articles for publications around the world, recently she completed the first draft of her first book. She is a well known body positivity/neutrality warrior with large followings on all three of her socials platforms (Twitter, Facebook and INSTAGRAM). @sharronmatthews on INSTAGRAM @sharronmatthews on Twitter Sharron Matthews on Facebook Sharron Matthews on IMDB Her newest venture, HOW VERY DARE SHE is a shamelessly irreverent blog on which she tackles issues like periomenopause, aging, sexism, sex, dating, love, body positivity, mental health and self-love for humans over 50, writings which have been shared and like across the globe. www.sharronmatthews.com Sharron is a Sharron is a proud member of ACTRA, Canadian Actor’s Equity, the Writer’s Guild of Canada, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

Matthew G. Brown

Officer Truman

Chad Connell

Carl

Caden Douglas

Writer / Director

Caden grew up in snowy Calgary, Alberta, Canada and now lives in sunny LA where he works as a writer, director and producer. His career has taken him from Edinburgh to Tokyo and all across North America.

In his previous life as an actor select credits include the National Theater of England’s Tony, and Olivier Award winning play WarHorse, at the internationally renowned Stratford Festival of Canada as well as in several television shows and movies.

As a writer and director Caden has partnered with major companies on both feature and episodic projects. Previous select projects include pilot Tuck, Montana optioned by Dave Hill/Gumption Pictures, feature adaptation of Alex Gino's award winning novel, George (Scholastic) for Lotus/Racine Films. He directed pieces for the Los Angeles LGBT Center 50th Gala produced by the multiple award winning, and Emmy nominated Done + Dusted, and his short film Pop is a multiple award winner, including the Leslie Page Award for Excellence In Short Filmmaking and the LA Shorts Gold Award.

Caden produced the short form series What the Elf?! starring multiple Emmy nominee, and Cheers alumni, George Wendt. The series was produced by his production company littleBULL, which he founded with his husband, Michael Lomenda in 2016.

Currently Caden is developing a new feature comedy, American Beef.

HighballTV is a Canadian production and distribution company that offers a subscription-based streaming platform for a worldwide audience, focusing on curated film collections and premiere titles from major film festivals around the world. HighballTV’s production arm supports filmmakers and creatives from equity-seeking groups as a part of their mandate. Upcoming titles from their 2023 release slate include Andre Rehal’s feature directorial debut STRANGERS IN A ROOM and Melissa D’Agostino’s dark musical comedy MOTHER OF ALL SHOWS, as as well as Matt Campagna’s post-apocalyptic spaghetti western, SIX DAYS TO DIE.

Executive Producers

Michael Lomenda

Producer

Michael Lomenda (he/him) is a proudly queer, LA-based Canuck filmmaker and co-founder of littleBULL Productions.

Born in Stettler, Alberta, Lomenda started in the arts as a classical pianist, but musical theatre lead him to perform internationally and on North America’s top stages.

He’s starred on Broadway, was invited twice as an honored guest of the Obama’s to perform at the White House, and starred as one of Clint Eastwood’s Four Seasons in the Warner Brothers feature film, Jersey Boys, but littleBULL Productions, co-founded with hubby, Caden Douglas, truly unites all of Michael’s loves under one moniker. Together, they write, produce, and direct their own films and help fellow indie filmmakers bring their own creative visions to life.

littleBULL has produced award-winning shorts Danni & May and kill cat Oakland, created films for internationally renowned producers Done+Dusted and Canada’s own, Raj Kapoor, produced a short form comedy series starring George Wendt, and most recently, completed our first feature, Mother Father Sister Brother Frank, written/directed by Caden, starring Mindy Cohn and Enrico Colantoni, on the festival circuit now!

Matt Schichter is a Canadian film & tv producer and director now living in Glasgow. As a producer, he has two features being released in 2024 and they’re both comedies - Mother Father Sister Brother Frank and Paige Darcy and the Case of the Stoned Cat. His last two movies, Mother Of All Shows (musical traumedy) and Strangers In A Room (psychological thriller) are currently on the festival circuit picking up awards.

As a director, he’ll next be telling the story of radio station CFNY as it brought new wave and punk music to North America. The documentary feature film will be starting its festival run in late 2024.

Matt has also directed and produced music videos as well as short form content for Google, Microsoft, TD Bank, Xbox and Universal Music. In front of the camera as an actor, he's appeared in dozens of tv shows, films and commercials. As a former radio personality, talk show host and podcasting pioneer, he's interviewed everyone from Robert De Niro to Lady Gaga.

Matt Schichter

Producer

Johnathan Sharp

Co-Producer

Johnathan Sharp is an Actor and Producer based in Toronto, Ontario. After his studies at The University of Western Ontario and Trent University, Johnathan spent several years working in the entertainment industry in Brisbane and Los Angeles before finally returning to Toronto in 2017. Since then, he has made a name for himself on the Toronto film scene as a Producer to watch in the coming years, with a focus of bringing more LGBTQ+ stories to life. On screen, he can be seen starring in the upcoming films “Surfacing” and “Behind Closed Doors.”