Cherie was born and raised in Mesa, Arizona and has been singing in front of people form the age of three. From a young age, Cherie showed a talent for performance, and at thirteen she extended that talent to include songwriting. Throughout high school she performed some of her works in a community touring group. She moved to Utah to attend Brigham Young University, in April 1997 she graduated with a B.A. in Music.

Cherie has recorded four albums, and is working on a fifth. The most recent of the four, He Gives Flowers to Everyone, was just released in October with the Shadow Mountain label of Deseret Book. All of the songs on the new CD have religious themes. Cherie's songs have been included on several other albums, including the God's Army soundtrack, the Brigham City song collection, the 1999 and 2001 EFY albums, and the 2000 Women of Destiny album. She has toured and performed in Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Dallas, St Louis, and Nashville (at the famous Bluebird Cafe). She currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she performs regularly. Cherie was the recipient of the 2001 Pearl Award for Female Vocalist of the Year.

In "EZ Streets," veteran actor R.D. Call portrays Michael 'Fivers' Dugan, the longtime crime boss of the Alphabet streets.

With more than 20 years experience, R.D. Call has numerous television and movie roles to his credit. Best known for his work in the feature films "Waterworld," "Born on the 4th of July," "48 Hours," "At Close Range" and "State of Grace" (both with Sean Penn), R.D. can also be seen co-starring in New Line Cinema's upcoming "Last Man Standing," with Bruce Willis and Christopher Walken. Calls' television credits include guest-starring roles in Stephen King's "Golden Years" and the miniseries "Cruel Doubt."

Call keeps himself busy in his spare time by horseback riding and painting. He also enjoys writing plays, as his first love is theater. Call was born in Ogden, Utah and currently resides in Los Angeles. His birthday is February 16.

"How To Smoke Pot," which reported a budget of $7,000, is the story of Jake, a young writer who deals pot to make ends meet. His late father's '73 Cadillac Fleetwood protects him like a suit of armor as he races through town on his various deals. The strange dreams that crowd his head at night are matched by the odd events that he seems to come across every day. He is a spectator in his own life until he befriends a man dying of AIDS. This colorful journey through the desert of Jake's mind is mirrored by the dangerous beauty of Utah's West desert. In the end Jake gets a wake up call even he can't ignore and learns the importance of making his life his own. This narrative feature was shot using a miniDV camera. Principal photography was completed in August of '98 in Salt Lake City and Skull Valley.

Originally from Burbank, CA, began his film career at BYUMPS in 1988 as an extra on “A More Perfect Union.” This opportunity led to other work as a driver and P.A. on “Encyclopedia Brown” and “Mountain of the Lord.”

After moving back to Los Angeles he found work in post production and eventually became a colorist in 1995, working on long form film and television projects, as well as short form advertising campaigns in New York City.

As he expanded his experience he began doing ‘side projects’ for old friends from his Provo days and LDS ward in Burbank, doing dailies and film transfers for “Brigham City,” “Out of Step,” and “The Smith Family” documentary among other LDS themed projects.
George has worked as a colorist in Los Angeles, NYC, and Provo, UT.

He is currently developing a color correction facility to serve the needs of film makers and advertisers in The Intermountain West.

George served in the England Manchester Mission from 1984 to 1986. He and his wife, LeeAnn, reside in Utah Valley and are the parents of two young sons. George Carlston

Madeleine's talent for the arts as a sculptor and painter has naturally led her towards her new passion as an actress. In this new venture, she has already appeared in two independent feature films. In her own words she says "I'm in it for the fun, money and men".

Scott Carrier is known for his stories in Esquire magazine, he's a producer for public radio and Hearing Voices.com. His stories have appeared on "This American Life" and he is the author of the book Running After Antelope. Recently his story about Afghanistan, "Over There," appeared in Harper's. Scott lives in the Avenues and writes often about life in and around Salt Lake City. Read his book, but please don't stalk him.

Voice actor Christine Cavanaugh has an unmistakable speaking style and an amazing range of characters including babies, animals, monsters, and little mad scientists. She's probably best known as the voice of Chuckie on Nickelodeon's Rugrats and the voice of Dexter on Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory. Born in Utah, she moved to L.A. to become an actress and ended up doing voice work for a friend's student film. During the '80s, she provided the voice of Cathy for the three CBS animated specials based on the comic strip by Cathy Guisewite. She also did some normal acting as a guest star on Salute Your Shorts as well as a supporting role in the feature film Soulmates. In 1991, Cavanaugh started doing the voice of plucky girl duck Gosayln Mallard on the Disney cartoon Darkwing Duck as well as the voice of Chuckie Finster on the Klasky Csupo cartoon Rugrats. Obviously the bigger hit, Rugrats led to several video specials, video games, and eventually feature-length films. Staying with Klasky Csupo, she then provided the voice of Oblina, one of the three main monster-students on Aaahhh!!! Real Monsters. On the more grown-up side of things, Cavanaugh regularly appeared on The Critic as the voice of Marty, Jay Sherman's dad, along with Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart Simpson) as the voice of Marty's wife, Margo Sherman. You can also hear Cavanaugh on the animated series Sonic the Hedgehog, 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Hercules, The Powerpuff Girls, and King of the Hill, as well as the voice of Birdie in McDonald's commercials. In 1995, she lent her voice to the live-action film Babe in the starring role of Babe the Gallant Pig. Choosing not to participate in the sequel, Babe: Pig in the City, the role was instead played by her Rugrats co-star E.G. Daily (voice of Tommy Pickles). In 1996, she got busy as the intense boy-genius Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory and won an Annie Award in 2000 for the hour-long TV special Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip.

April Chabries teaches courses in documentary film and web video at Brigham Young University. In addition, for the past two year she has served as Assistant Dean of Technology for the College of Fine Arts and Communications. Chabries also manages the newly created YFilms website which showcases the work of Media Arts majors as part of her technology efforts. As a producer/director, Chabries has worked on documentaries dealing with the intermountain west. She recently wrote, produced and directed A River in the Desert, an archival documentary about a charismatic priest and the Navajo people he loved. Currently she is producing documentary films on the history of the orchard culture in Utah Valley and Navajo basket makers. Chabries obtained a BA in Humanities from Brigham Young University and an MFA in Art from Utah State University.

He is the hot new comic who the NY Times touts as the comic who "gets laughs every time he speaks". Dustin performs regularly at comedy hot spots such as the Comic Strip and the Gotham Comedy Club, tours nationally at dozens of colleges, and corporations, and has been heralded as one of the top new comics by a number of organizations. Has written for Saturday Night Live, the Daily Show on Commedy Central, The Chris Rock Show on H.B.O.

Dustin has an edgy, but approachable humor drawn from his life experiences... in Texas to his stay at Parsons Fashion School in NYC on a minority (white heteroxexual male) scholarship. Hiding from Jehovah Witness girlfriends, sinning for Knick's tickets and testing the effects of cat nip make-up give some punch to his humor. And audiences find themselves thinking about the truth behind his insightful humor long after the show is over.

Bryce is a veteran motion picture, TV and stage actor. Bryce has appeared in more than 55 films, including many Disney films. Some of Bryce's Film credits include: The Executioner's Song, Don't Cry Wolf, Summer of The Eagle, The Creator's Game, President's Child, Of Heaven and Home, Numbers, Sarah's Child, The Three Witnesses, Son of The Morning Star, Love Is For The Byrds, Teen Angel I and II, Man's Search For Happiness, and many more.

Some of Bryce's TV credits include: playing George Washington in A Republic If You Can Keep It (PBS), playing Thomas Jefferson in Jefferson At Monticello (PBS), Ancient Secrets of The Bible (PBS), Day In Court (ABC), Rescue 911, Touched By An Angel (CBS) and many more.

Bryce has had more than 200 roles in theatrical productions in California, Utah and Idaho. Some of his credits include: My Fair Lady as professor Henry Higgins, Hamlet as Hamlet, Mary Mary as Dirk Winston, The Glass Menagerie as Tom and A Christmas Carol as Scrooge. Bryce has also appeared in The Merchant of Venice With George C. Scott, Tiger At The Gates with John Ireland and The Wings of Eagles with Loraine Day.

Bryce has performed a wide variety of well-known historical character roles and one-man portrayals, including: Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Johann Gutenberg, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and Moroni.

Lachelle Chamberlain began her professional performing career at the age of eleven as a youth soloist with the New York City Opera Company. She graduated from Culver City High School and went on to study theater arts at BYU and UCLA. As a member of Screen Actors Guild she guest starred in numerous television shows, films, and in over 30 commercials. She toured the United States and Canada on stage and performed in rep such roles as Little Mary in "Little Mary Sunshine" and Hodel in "Fiddler on the Roof". She has had extensive experience not only performing, but teaching and coaching as well. As a talent manager she has coached many children in their theatrical careers and she has taught voice, dance, drama and music in private schools and in her own workshops. She is married to Jeff Chamberlain, who co-produces the camp shows. They have four daughters and reside in Agoura Hills.

Alan Cherry was born and raised in New York City. In 1966 he joined the U.S. Air Force, and was stationed in Abilene, Texas... Cherry was baptized [into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] on 9 May 1968, at age 22. He enrolled at Brigham Young University once he completed his Air Force enlistment in 1969. He later started an acting career... In 1970 he wrote It's You and Me, Lord! -- his experiences as a black [Latter-day Saint]... Following the 1978 Revelation, he was ordained an Elder, and soon after that accepted a call to serve as a missionary in the California Oakland Mission. In 1985 he was asked by Jessie L. Embry, of BYU, to conduct interviews nationwide for the LDS African-American Oral History Project. One of the black [Latter-day Saints] he interviewed was Janice Barkum of Gulfport, Mississippi; whom he later married in the Salt Lake City Temple.

Herbert Christensen is an inventor, engineer and businessman. He holds a master's degree in physics from BYU along with extensive upper level courses in business. With a career that spans more than 30 years, he has developed and administered many companies from start-up to profitable sale. He has designed and manufactured products from concept through to distribution. Although most of hisbusiness endeavors involve primarily the private sector, Herb is no stranger to the motion picture industry. He served as executive producer on the feature film Where's Willy, as well as Jack Weyland's CHARLY. He is also story editor on another feature currently in development, Promised Valley. Herb is a "Who's Who" in business and has acquired a reputation of accountability and reliability.

In the business world, Herb's philosophy has always been to create commerce that has a positive effect on those who come in contact with it. The shift from private sector to executive producer is a natural extension of that business credo. "One reason I've traded in the boardroom for the screening-room is that I can reach many more people through film and influence them for good in ways traditional business can't," Herb said. "My goal is to bring back that quality movie-going experience by providing excellent films that not only entertain, but edify as well."

Scott Christopher was born in Michigan then moved to Utah at age 11. Along with one brother and two sisters Scott was raised by a divorced mother. He began acting at age 4 and went on to win the Irene Ryan National Acting Scholarship while attending Brigham Young University. Spent 6 years as a morning radio d.j. while pursuing acting. Now a full time actor Scott also hosts a nightly movie on the Salt Lake City UPN affiliate. He resides in Orem, UT with his wife Liz and their four sons

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