Actress Sophia Alawi (“Sue”) comes from a strong theatre career including recent leading roles in the workshop of Mornings in Jenin Musical (San Francisco’s Golden Thread) She won a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle award for Groundhog Day The Musical in 2019. Off-Broadway and regional credits include We Live in Cairo (New York Theatre Workshop), Nobody Loves You (American Conservatory Theater), Somebody To Love (Rubicon Theater), Lady Distain (Asolo Rep) and re-occurring appearances with San Francisco Playhouse, 42nd Street Moon theatre, Hillbarn Theatre & Conservatory, Theater Under The Stars and Playhouse on Park. Her screen credits include “Meet Amal – A Hayawan Trilogy” webseries, which was selected for the Virtual Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase for 2026. sophiaalawi.com
An up and coming talent, Wylie Keele (“Alan”) starred in a number of short films as well as the TV Movie “Pixel” (2020). Now training at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio, Wylie originally hails from a small town in Idaho, where drama typically involved livestock. He aspires to continue telling bold, honest stories. His raw connection and dedication to the role of Alan shined through in a recent two-day production pre-shoot that took place in Los Angeles.
Samantha Shada steps up to direct Come Home With Me after eighteen years working behind the scenes with short films that premiered at the Oscar Qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival before broadcasting world wide on ShortsTV with DirectTV. samanthashada.com
Julia Verdin has established herself as one of Hollywood’s leading independent producers, with over 40 critically acclaimed feature films produced to date and recently has been focused on social impact films. roughdiamondproductions.net
Aymae Sulick is an award-winning cinematographer with 25 years of experience and cross-genre versatility in work which has screened on platforms such as Netflix, Hulu, and HBO, and at numerous festivals worldwide, including Outfest, Dances with Films, and the Cannes Short Film Corner. Aymae was a 2024 Women In Film Cinematography Fellow and was invited to the 2025/26 Reframe Rise Fellowship, a Sundance Institute and WIF collaboration. aymaesulick.com
Kathleen Widomski’s episodic career highlights as a Production Designer include a number of series with Mindy Kaling, Rutherford Falls by Sierra Ornelas and partial season on The Rookie by Alexi Hawley. Art Direction credits include True Blood by P.D. Suzuki Ingerslev, The River by P.D. Chase Harlan, Ugly Betty by P.D. Mark Worthingon and Hello Ladies by P.D. Cabot McMullen. Theatrically, Widomski has designed for Studio Arena in Buffalo, NY, GEVA in Rochester, NY, both the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Colorado Shakespeare Festival and for the Innoventions building in Disneyland, CA. Branching out across the globe, Widomski represented the United States of America as a US Envoy for Production Design in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. kathleenwidomski.com