ANDREA MENARD ("Velvet Laurent")

Defying categorization, Andrea Menard is a multi-talented Métis actor, singer/songwriter, playwright and screenwriter. She is a gifted performer who crosses culture and language boundaries by speaking from her heart.

She learned to perform from the northern lights. On the open prairie, along the river, she sang from her soul. With a voice that brings chills to the surface of your spine and an exciting talent that brings audiences to tears, Andrea Menard is simply gorgeous. Anextremely versatile, powerhouse performer, Andrea dazzles audiences on screen and stage, alone – on a bare stage singing a cappella, or accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra.

Her powerful voice is lyrical, raw and reminiscent of the jazz and blues singers of the 1940’s, yet she captures the simplicity of the great folk artists.

SEBASTIAN SPENCE ('Sonny Benoit')

Born on December 9, 1969 in St. John’s, Newfoundland in Canada, Sebastian Spence is the son of playwrights Janis Spence, also an actress, and Michael Cook. Though he is best known for his work as the lead role in the TV series "First Wave", he has worked on other notable series as well. He began his career with a role in 1993’s "The Boys of St. Vincent", before he was cast on four episodes of "Madison". He was also seen on "The Outer Limits", "The X Files", and played Stevie Servine on "Fast Track".

RENAE MORRISEAU ("Willy Laurent")

Renae Morriseau is familiar as the character Ellen in the Canadian television series North of 60, but her accomplishments in broadcasting extend far beyond this visible role.

In her determination to ensure that First Nations voices are heard and stories told, Renae's career over the last dozen years has spanned acting, filmmaking, writing, and producing.

In 1996, the American Indian Film Festival awarded her a Best Public Service plaque for her documentary, "Echoes of the Sister", about First Nations women and breast cancer, and an organization that showcases excellence in Canadian television, CANPRO, awarded her a Silver Medal Award for "The Medicine Wheel".

Renae works with young people in leadership workshops and television training. She believes that this generation must take an active role in their communities.

JOHN RALSTON ("Jake")

John Ralston is a Canadian actor. Although John was born in Miramichi, New Brunswick, he grew up in Fredericton and St. Andrews-By-The-Sea, New Brunswick. He became interested in acting while going after a diploma in jazz studies at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. His most notable are Ralston's roles as Derek, Edwin, and Marti's father on "Life with Derek" and as Mr. Avenir on "Strange Days at Blake Holsey High". He has appeared in a number of television productions, among them "PSI Factor", "La Femme Nikita", "Highlander: The Raven", "Earth: Final Conflict", "Queer as Folk", and "Mutant X". He has also acted in the movies "Turn It Up", "Exit Wounds", and "Bar Life". More recently, he has been cast as Ming in the Sci-Fi Channel's original series "Flash Gordon". In 2006 and 2007, he was featured in Toyota Tundra truck commercials airing in Canada.

As of May 7, 2010, John Ralston has played the role of fallen corporate executive Steve Unger in the Canadian HBO series, "Living in your Car".

GINO MARROCCO ("Charlie")

Gino Marrocco started acting on stage and radio at the age of 5. He turned professional at the age of 13 and has been a full-time working actor and a member of ACTRA (and all it's predecessors) since then. Gino is also a member of Actors' Equity and has a U.S. Green Card.

Having grown-up in the "business", Gino has played every imaginable role. His unlimited versatility as an actor kept him from being typecast at different stages of his career. Gino has appeared in numerous stage productions, on TV Gino started working at the very beginning of live television and has appeared in well over 300 TV and film productions (feature films, TV specials, TV series and TV movies), as well as a multitude of radio drama productions and countless radio and TV commercials. Gino considers himself very fortunate to have succeeded in a career that has spanned six decades, and to have worked alongside some of the industry's most respected actors and directors.