MATT McGRATH (Alby)

A character actor with leading man looks, Matt McGrath is the epitome of our ideal Alby. With fifteen films and various television appearances under his belt, Matt has worked with – and shone alongside – the very best. His first film role was in Hector Babencos’ Ironweed, with Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson, soon followed by Tim Robbin’s directorial debut, Bob Roberts, in which Matt played a devoted follower of Senator Roberts alongside Jack Black. Proven in comedy, Matt was then cast as the hilarious Italian detective in Stanley Tucci’s The Impostors, with Tony Salhoub, Lili Taylor, Steve Buscemi and Isabella Rossellini. His work in drama continued unabated with The Substance of Fire, with Timothy Hutton and Sarah Jessica Parker, followed by the courageous film Boys Don’t Cry, in which he played Lonny, the trusted friend of Hilary Swank’s character, Brandon Teena. Matt played a leading role in The Broken Hearts Club along with Zach Braff before appearing in Alan Cumming and Jennifer Jason Leigh’s respected film The Anniversary Party. The movie featured Parker Posey, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Beales and Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom Matt had previously shared the screen in Cruel Doubt. His most recent appearance on the screen was in The Notorious Bettie Page.

While Matt has done a remarkable job with his characters on-screen, the stage is where the heat of the spotlight has shone on Matt alone, and where he has caught fire with audiences and critics. He captivated Broadway with A Streetcar Named Desire and as the Emcee in Cabaret, and played to great acclaim off-Broadway in What Didn’t Happen, Escape from Happiness, A Fair Country, Distant Fires (for which he won an LA Weekly Award), and numerous others. Upon seeing his conflicted Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and his provocative Emcee, Time Out NY wrote that McGrath was “responsible for two of the best performances of the past year.” The New York Times called him “one of New York’s finest portrayers of bright, young and dysfunctional things” and “resoundingly on key.” Of his portrayal of the sexually confused Hedwig, The New York Times wrote glowingly that Matt brought “a slow hand to his delivery, with droll, molasses-paced double takes to match. And even more than [the role’s originator], he finds a startling individuality in the different voices within Hedwig.” Audiences in LA are fortunate this season to be treated to an encore tour of Black Rider, starring Matt and created by Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, and William S. Burroughs. For those to whom he’ll be a discovery – brace yourselves.

JUDAH FRIEDLANDER (Elias)

Judah Friedlander astonished audiences with his unforgettable Toby Radloff, Genuine Nerd, in the critically acclaimed film American Splendor. His heartbreaking, darkly funny portrayal earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards. Toby was his first major role after knocking out of the ballpark a series of small comic turns in movies such as Ben Stiller’s Meet the Parents, Zoolander, Along Came Polly, Starsky and Hutch, and Showtime, with Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro. Judah had a major role in Wet Hot American Summer, and then launched his rock-star comic status among America’s youth with his turn as “The Hug Guy” in the Dave Matthews Band video Everyday. Judah feeds his young fans with hundreds of stand-up comedy performances around the country; regular guest appearances on MTV’s Jim Breuer Show at the MTV Beach House, Comedy Central’s Stand-Up, Stand-Up, CBS’s Late Late Show and Late Show with David Letterman; and frequent slots on VH-1’s Best Week Ever. Recently, Judah infuriated Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm and amused audiences with his role in the current season of Project Greenlight. Recent films include Pizza and Duane Hopwood, both of which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2005. In Duane Hopwood, Judah co-stars with David Schwimmer, Janeane Garofalo and Full Grown Men co-stars Jim Fyfe and Jerry Grayson. Recent and upcoming films include The Darwin Awards, with Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder and David Arquette; Live Free or Die, with Zooey Deschanel; and Surviving Christmas, with Ben Affleck and Christina Applegate.

ALAN CUMMING (The Hitchhiker)

A contributor of memorable supporting turns in such films as Circle of Friends, Eyes Wide Shut, Spy Kids, and Julie Taymor’s Titus as well as a strong leading performance in The Anniversary Party (which he also co-directed), Alan became a full-fledged star while playing the Emcee in the Broadway run of Cabaret. His dynamite performance won him all three New York theater awards: a Tony, a Drama Desk, and an Outer Critics Circle. Alan played the creature called Nightcrawler in the blockbuster hit X2: X-Men United, and is the voice of Persnikitty in Garfield, starring Bill Murray. He’s lending his voice to two other upcoming projects: Ant Bully, with Julia Roberts and Shirley MacLaine, and Cat Tale, alongside Stanley Tucci, Rip Torn, and Billy Idol. Alan is also currently doing an arc on the lauded Showtime cult hit The L Word and was recently seen in the following films: Showtime’s Reefer Madness, with Neve Campbell; Neverwas, with Sir Ian McKellen; White on White, with Willem Dafoe; Gray Matters, with Heather Graham; and Celeste and Bam Bam, with Margaret Cho. Alan has a new fragrance line called Cumming.

DEBORAH HARRY (Beauty)

Irrepressible actress Debbie Harry first fronted the new-wave singing group Blondie in 1974. Harry took a break from singing to star in David Cronenberg’s controversial Videodrome, a pre-“V Chip” horror film about a TV station that incites its viewers to murder. Since that auspicious beginning, Debbie has contributed clever characterizations to such all-stops-out films as John Waters’ Hairspray and Isabel Coixet’s My Life Without Me, plus a strong leading performance in James Mangold’s Heavy. In 2003 she appeared in Peter Greenway’s The Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story, which won a Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.

AMY SEDARIS (Trina)

Amy Sedaris and her brother David Sedaris wrote, directed, and acted in a number of award-winning off-Broadway plays, including One Woman Shoe and the critically acclaimed The Little Frieda Mysteries. She teamed with fellow Second City vets Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello to create and star in the sketch comedy show Exit 57 on TV’s Comedy Central. But her breakthrough performance was in the cult TV series Strangers With Candy, another Comedy Central show co-written with Colbert and Dinello. In its 30-episode run, the show gained her a devoted following and regular appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, along with guest appearances on Sex and the City and Just Shoot Me. A scene-stealing turn in Maid In Manhattan paved the way for her first starring role as Jerri Blank in the movie version of Strangers With Candy, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Moviegoers can spot Amy in Bewitched, directed by Nora Ephron (You’ve Got Mail) and starring Nicole Kidman. Amy also recently appeared in Elf and in My Baby’s Daddy and can be seen in actor/director John Turturro’s Romance and Cigarettes with Kate Winslet and Susan Sarandon. She is the voice of Foxy Loxy in the Disney animated feature, Chicken Little. Amy still lives in New York City with her rabbit “Tattletail” and enjoys selling cupcakes and cheese balls in her neighborhood and at her performances.

JOIE LEE (Annie)

Joie Lee has appeared in more than a dozen films, including the recent Jim Jarmusch work Coffee and Cigarettes in a terrific turn as Good Twin. She and her older brother, Spike Lee, simultaneously launched their careers with She’s Gotta Have It, and have worked together since on numerous films, including Get on the Bus, Do the Right Thing, Girl 6, School Daze, Summer of Sam and Crooklyn, which Joie also co-wrote. Other film credits include Fathers & Sons, with Jeff Goldblum and Samuel L. Jackson, and Losing Isaiah, with Halle Berry and Jessica Lange. Joie has often appeared on the New York stage, most recently in Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues.

JERRY GRAYSON (Mr. Tinsman)

Jerry Grayson recently completed Sidney Lumet’s Find Me Guilty, a crime drama starring Vin Diesel, and Sara Schenck’s Slippery Slope, an independent comedy. An actor’s actor, Jerry’s extensive credits are split evenly among films, television and theater. On the big screen he has worked with talent such as Robert Redford (Quiz Show), Cate Blanchett and John Cusack (Pushing Tin), Alan Alda (Club Land), Demi Moore (Striptease), Adrian Brody (Bullet), Philip Seymour Hoffman and Stanley Tucci (Montana) and Mira Sorvino (The Great Gatsby). His Broadway appearances include On the Waterfront and Surviving Grace. Jerry’s recent notoriety has come from his role as Marty Schwartz on HBO’s acclaimed cult hit, The Sopranos. Jerry is also a 15-year veteran of the stand-up comedy circuit.

ZULLY MONTERO (Teya)

Zully Montero is one of the most important actors to hit the Spanish television markets in the United States, Central and South America, and Spain - with over fifteen highly rated Spanish soap operas in her repertoire, such as, Mariaelena, Guadalupe, Vale Todo, Agua Marina and many more, she is one of the most popular television actresses worldwide, having won The Ace Award for Best International Actress. Zully began her career on the stages of Cuba where she also realized her cinematic debut in the film Lucia, directed by the Cuban film auteur, M. Solaz.  She has performed in over fifty plays in Cuba, New York and Miami.  Zully  has also appeared in projects in the American market; she worked along side Robert DeNiro, Jessica Lange and Nick Notle, in Cape Fear, under the direction of Martin Scorsese, and now in Full Grown Men.

BENJAMIN KARPF (Rollie)