American Ese director Noah Blake is a native Angeleno raised in the entertainment world, who began his acting career fifteen years ago. In addition to a recent guest appearance on LAX, Blake's numerous film and television credits include Married…With Children, JAG, ER, L.A. Law, The Wonder Years, and a staring role on Harry and the Hendersons. His experience and insight have earned him a reputation as a highly respected acting coach, director, and writer.

"American Ese has been an amazing opportunity for me to bring to bear all my skills," says Blake. "My hope is that this piece can bring laughter, insight and understanding to all who see it."

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Samantha Dunn is the author of Failing Paris (Toby Press), a finalist for the PEN West Fiction Award in 2000, and the memoir, Not By Accident: Reconstructing a Careless Life (Henry Holt& Co.), a BookSense 76 pick. Her essays have appeared in numerous national publications including the Los Angeles Times, O (Oprah) Magazine, Ms., and Shape. In 2000 Dunn received the Maggie Award for Best Personal Essay in a Consumer Publication. A widely published journalist, Dunn's bylines are regularly featured in InStyle, Glamour, SELF, Men's Health and a variety of other consumer magazines. She teaches in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program and is a writer-in-residence at the New York State Summer Writers Institute. Her most recent memoir, Faith in Carlos Gomez: A Memoir of Salsa, Sex and Salvation, is published by Henry Holt & Co.

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When he’s not running Out of the Park Entertainment, the feature film production company he co-founded that also serves as the development arm of Jaret Entertainment (LEGALLY BLONDE, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, ROUNDERS), Kevin Allen Jackson loves nothing better than to help out deserving friends and artists like Noah B. and company. Kevin is a former development executive and instructor of screenwriting at the acclaimed Writers Boot Camp in Santa Monica. He holds an MFA in directing from
the Actors Studio Drama School, and is a graduate of the Think Tank program at Writers Boot Camp, where he is also a lifetime member. He has written several feature scripts for independent producers in Hollywood, including a project he is currently developing for The Lost Tribe, and another that he's developing for Out of the Park. While in New York, he founded and ran three separate theatrical production
companies, worked with such acclaimed theatrical organizations as Circle Rep, New Dramatists, The Vineyard, Playwrights Horizons and Musical Theatre Works, and wrote, directed and produced several of his own film projects. Kevin also served as the Head of Production at The MET Theatre in Hollywood for nearly two years. Oh, yeah – he’s the sound designer on this one. He’s done a lot of that, too, most
recently for The MET's production of LUNA.

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Racquel Lehrman is the founder and managing director of Theatre Planners, She received her BFA from NYU-Tisch School of the Arts. After moving to Los Angeles four years ago, she decided to start her own business and now she makes a living doing what she loves. Theatre Planners has been one of the toughest ventures that Racquel has ever committed to, but also one of the most rewarding. Since starting her business she has worked with clients all over LA doing publicity, consulting and producing. Within the past two years alone, six shows that Racquel has been the publicist for or produced have been nominated for LA Weekly Awards, Ovation Awards and received top ten notices from many publications. www.theatreplanners.com

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Shane Guffogg grew up in a small farming town in Central CA. He attended Cal Arts, graduating in 1985 with a degree in Fine Arts and moved to Los Angeles. For the next couple of years he did what most young college grads do, wait on tables and build movie sets while searching for their own voice. In 1989, Guffogg started working as a studio assistant for artists Joe Goode and Ed Ruscha and that same year began exhibiting his paintings in Galleries. Since then Guffogg has had more than 50 exhibitions in Galleries and Museums and is collected by some of the most important Museums and collectors in the world and currently has 3 shows up in the LA area. His watercolors are featured at the Pasadena Museum in a show titled Liquid LA and his oil paintings are featured in two shows in the new Gallery Row District of Downtown LA. Both shows address the artist in their studio and are titled Inside the Box and Outside the Box and can be seen at Bert Green Fine Art (www.bgfa.us) and Pharmaka-Art (www.pharmaka-art.org). Guffogg is one of the founding members of the LA based art group Pharmaka and is the President of the Non-profit Pharmaka-Art space in the Historic Bank District in downtown LA whose mission is to curate shows that explore the role of painting in the 21st Century.
Shane is pleased to be a part of American Ese because he "sees the arts as a singular force that helps us to define and understand who we are".
Shane Guffogg lives in Hollywood with his wife, actress Martha Gehman and their son Neville.

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Brian Stuabach has been lighting theatrically since his fouth grade teacher allowed him to skip class to help the high school music teacher hang lights for the schools Christmas productions. Since then he has designed lights for the drama and cancer departments at Moorpark Community College, as well as numerous events at Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village. Other designs include: INRI at the Brentwood Presbyterian Church, Show and Tell at the Miles Playhouse, and Give Me A Break! at the 24th Street Theatre for the Virginia Avenue Project. Brian was also the associate designer for L.A. Taiko Festival IX at the Sexson Theatre in Pasadena. He is currently working on "Crossword Puzzle."

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