NAHLEEN BLAKE (Film Producer) is a film and television Producer with ten years in the business. She started as a Production Assistant at the New Hampshire affiliate for ABC. She journeyed to Los Angeles with a BS in Communications/Media under her belt in 1999, and was soon working as a Page for various television shows such as The Price Is Right and the soap opera The Young and the Restless. Nahleen was quickly hired by the local FOX affiliate to work in Engineering, where her coordinating talents caught the attention of the Creative Services Department there. She now handles promotion material for both FOX and what is now the MyNetworkTV affiliates. She also served as an Associate Producer for the short film Death Voice, which earned film festival attention, and as a Creative Consultant for the sketch comedy group Foe Pa.

COREY BLAKE (Associate Producer) is a skinny goofball. There’s just no getting around it. He helped form the sketch comedy group Foe Pa following a memorable stint with the Los Angeles branch of The 3rd Floor. Also seen in the award-winning short film Hattie Needs Rehab, the feature film The Prince, The Pimp, The Pauper and the Spayed, and the pilot for the children’s show Imagination Station, as well as on stage in an award-winning Los Angeles production of Chekov’s Three Sisters and Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Corey adds a quirky likability to his characters. He is also skilled at broad physicality and unexpected vocalizations.
Corey Blake also has experience behind the camera. He wrote for the sketch comedy groups Foe Pa and The 3rd Floor: LA, providing scripts that ranged from insightful social satire to nonsensical whimsy. He was also a writer for the musical comedy Mission: Improbable, which he also helped produce. Additionally, he served as associate producer for the demo trailer for Voices From Chornobyl and the documentary tentatively titled Graphic Grovel.
In case that isn’t enough, Corey Blake is also editor for writer Miguel Cima’s work in comic books and graphic novels under the Dig Comics banner. On The Binder, he has collaborated with artists such as Jeff Purves (Incredible Hulk), Dame Darcy (Meatcake) and Avery Butterworth (The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allen Poo).

LAUREN MAZZARESE (East Coast Associate) graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she studied theatre at Playwrights Horizons Theater School. Lauren has worked as an actor and director for more than 12 years. Her acting credits include Always, Patsy Cline (Louise), Othello (Desdemona), Rumors (Claire), and Parallel Lives: The Kathy and Mo Show. Lauren has directed many plays and musicals as well as several comedic shorts for film but her proudest achievement was the co-creation and direction of a semi-original piece called Cuck 79. Cuck 79 was a dramatic event written and performed by members of Project '79, the alternative school within Westfield High School in New Jersey. Using One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and original research the students explored what it means to be "crazy". The culmination of their work was the play that they wrote, acted, and sang in. These students composed most of and played all of the music, designed and built the set, and wrote and enacted the script. Lauren is currently in the process of becoming a certified counselor. Her goal is to eventually combine her love of theatre and helping people as a drama therapist so she can continue working in with at-risk kids in alternative programs.

LYSANDRA PETERSSON hails from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, where she produced, directed and edited her first feature-length film, "Thunder at a Playhouse," in 2005. Since her arrival in Los Angeles in 2007, she has been working in various areas of film production. She is currently employed with Sony Pictures / Laura Ziskin Productions on the cancer-research initiative "Stand Up to Cancer."

GINA TORRECILLA (Artistic Director, Menander Theatre Company) Gina is a performer, writer and founder of The Menander Theatre Company in Los Angeles. She is proud to be involved with Cindy and this very important project. For more information please visit www.ginatorrecilla.com or www.gomenander.com.

BILL MYER (Makeup Design) is an honor graduate of Temple University's Film and Theater Departments where, due to his early professional experience, he was asked to teach both Graduate and Undergraduate makeup and technical courses while earning his own degree. Mr. Myer's experience has covered a wide range of tasks; from scenic design, to motion picture make-up, to puppetry, to producing, directing and consulting.
As a Scenic Designer and Technical Director, his work has been seen in television shows such as Fame and The Merv Griffin Show, to stage shows with Frank Sinatra and Diana Ross, to numerous Las Vegas venues and Magic Acts such as Greg Thompson's Follies and Harry Blackstone Jr.'s World Magic Tour.
As a Make-up Artist, Mr. Myer's work has been seen in numerous motion pictures and television shows ranging from Sam Raimie's Spiderman to Peter Berg's The Kingdom to Warner Brother's The Flash to FX's Over There. Mr Myer is equally skilled in beauty techniques and effects techniques with makeup and has been a professional makeup artist for over twenty years. In addition to being a member, Mr. Myer has been very active in the negotiating committee and educational programs for Hollywood's IATSE Local 706 Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists.
Recently joining SAG, Mr. Myer has had a unique opportunity over the last twenty years with respect to "actor's training" due to his makeup artistry and closeness with actors on motion pictures. Behind the scenes, Mr. Myer has run lines or worked on scenes with many incredibly talented artists from Rod Steiger to Colin Farrell.
As a puppeteer, Mr. Myer has worked for such Producers as Jim Henson, Warner Brothers and Landmark Entertainment both as a performer and a builder / designer. This has given Mr. Myer the opportunity to experiment with accents and voices extensively as well as very specific movement study.
Mr. Myer has turned much attention of late towards development, consulting and writing, using his production experience to take difficult, detailed or highly technical facets of character production and help make them a reality. This work has ranged from feature films and television shows, to CD ROM games, to toy development and robotics. Mr. Myer's most recent endeavors include character makeup for the Warner Brother's television series ER and script writing for several projects in development.

CHRISTY HAUPTMAN (Costume Designer) is a costume designer and transplant from Hawaii. After receiving a BA in Theatre from the University of Hawaii has been fortunate to be involved in a wide range of costuming projects. Most recently, Canned Peaches in Syrup and Impending Rupture of the Belly for the Furious Theatre Company, the Last Stand of the 300 for the History Channel and many more....I am truly blessed and very excited now to be working on Voices From Chornobyl.

DAN JENKINS (Storyboard Artist & Visual Effects) Scenic & Lighting Design Credits: Orson’s Shadow @ Pasadena Playhouse, Someday @ Cornerstone Theater Company, Canned Peaches in Syrup, Back of the Throat, and An Impending Rupture of the Belly @ Furious Theatre Company, Heads @ The Blank Theatre, Assassins with Sight Unseen Theatre, Lydia in Bed (LA Weekly nomination) @ Theatre of NOTE, and the original production of Voices From Chornobyl.

BRADFORD BEACOM (Vasily) After acquiring his BA in Theater from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, left the friendly people and frigid winters of New England to move to back to his native west coast. He recently relocated to beautiful Old Town Pasadena. Besides occasional jaunts in acting, he loves well-made cocktails, Tiki Bars, and long walks on the beach.

ANA CALLAN (Young Katya) 10-year old Ana Callan has appeared in stage productions of Grease, Wicked, Bye Bye Birdie, Richard III at the Colony Theatre and Into The Woods, where she played the Baker's Wife. She also appeared in a Nissan commercial and sings back up and plays keyboards in a band. Ana is a Southern California native, a world traveler, a life long vegetarian, and has a love for babies and animals.

ENCI (Anna) was born and raised in Hungary and graduated High School in Germany. She traveled extensively through Europe before moving to the United States. Enci has worked in New York and Los Angeles, appearing in print campaigns, in commercials, on stage, and in films. She is serving on the Board of Directors for Women In Theatre and on the SAG Conservatory Committee and she is a Member of the SkyPilot Theatre Company. Enci is car-free and a bicycle activist and she promotes Art, Culture, and Lifestyle in L.A. (www.illuminateLA.com.) She is very excited to be working with Cindy again! She thanks her husband, Stephen Box, for all the adventures! She invites you to visit her website and blog at www.EnciPerforms.com.

MICHAEL LAURINO (Grigory) has appeared on numerous regional stages including: The Kennedy Center, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Washington Shakespeare Company, Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Source Theatre and Geva Theatre Center. He graduated cum laude from The George Washington University. Michael has also been a teaching artist at The Shakespeare Theatre and Fillmore Arts Center. He’s tremendously proud to be a part of such a noble pursuit to give the survivors of Chornobyl a voice.

AARON LYONS (Arkady Fillin) is overjoyed to be a member of this Ensemble of Artists. Most recently, he has been seen in Richard III, the sketch comedy group Foe Pa, and the original musical by Matthew Goldsby Makin' Hay. In May, you can catch him on 'America's Most Wanted' - "NorCal Rapist." Never knowing quite what to write in the bio section of the program, he tacked on this quote: "To me, Theatre is 'the willing suspension of disbelief for the moment that constitutes poetic faith.'"

SHAWN MACAULAY (Sergei Gurin) Shawn was born and raised on a farm near Alexandria, Minnesota. He fled rural life at 18 to study theater and chemistry at St. Olaf college, then used his education as a springboard into the Seattle theater scene where he co-founded Theatre Paradox. Shawn appeared in Cindy Marie Jenkins’s production of Philoktetes and the original production of Voices From Chornobyl. He also appeared in How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients at the Edinburgh International Fringe Theater Festival. Most recently, he appeared in the U.S. premier of James Stock’s Blue Night in the Heart of the West, The Room, & Abi Morgan’s award winning play, Tender.

KRISTIN MOCHNICK (Ludmilla) A small New England-town girl, Kristin landed in LA by way of Chicago, London and New York City. Four years ago she made her LA Theatre debut at The Open Fist as Mary in Abingdon Square, followed by roles in The Chekhov Machine, Voices From Chornobyl (the original staged version), I Stand Before You Naked and Autobahn. She experienced the creative adventure of a lifetime while performing in How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006. Other theatrical credits include Anya in The Cherry Orchard, Julie in Jake's Women and numerous independent films. She holds a degree in theatre from Northwestern University and also trained at Victory Gardens Theatre, The School for Film & TV, Carnegie Mellon and Wesleyan University. Performing in a version of this devastating piece for the second time has made Kristin grateful for everything she has in her life.

BRIAN SPARROW (Stepanov) is a new transplant to Los Angeles from his native Massachusetts. He is honored and excited to be making his LA debut with this production alongside long time friends and collaborators Aaron Lyons and Bradford Beacom. Favorite roles include: MacDuff, Moss (GlenGary, GlenRoss), 1776 with Actors Coop, and Eeyore.

KAPPA VICTORIA WOOD (Katya) was first introduced to Voices from Chornobyl in 2005 and has enjoyed being part of it since. This University of California, Irvine graduate is pursuing both film and theatre and having fun in the process. Kappa's credits include Barefoot in the Park, Oklahoma!, Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman and Beautiful City. She would like to thank Matt Johnson for his continual love and support.