Mitchell Cummins – Director Succumb is the directors first Canadian short. Jessica L. Stuber – Ante A stage actress by trade, Jessica L. Stuber is a recent graduate from the University at Buffalo (BFA Musical Theatre, Minor: Theatrical Design and Production). You can find Jessica on film in the upcoming Key Pixel/NDStudios release Stargate: Hades. Some of her favorite stage roles include Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along and the Nurse in Euripides’ Medea (performed in Sinaia, Romania, Summer 2006). Bryan Patrick Stoyle - Victim With a growing resume in theatre and film credits, Bryan Patrick Stoyle is quickly establishing himself as a versatile performer, capable of portraying a variety of different roles. Bryan has starred in Key Pixel’s UCF: Toronto Cybercide, Littleflick’s Life in 3-D, and Phalanx Productions’ The Scoop. He has also appeared in Bidwell Productions/3C Multimedia’s television pilot Discs, Red Scream Films’ upcoming feature First Dark: Teeth of Beasts, Buffalo Nickel Productions’ horror feature Banshee, and Key Pixel’s fan film Stargate: Hades. On stage, Bryan has worked with a number of theatre companies in Western New York, including the Buffalo Laboratory Theatre, Theatre of Youth, Theatre Helden, and the ALT Theatre, among others. Bryan is a graduate of the University at Buffalo, earning a BFA in Theatre Performance. When not performing, Bryan enjoys the company of his friends and being the geek that he knows he is. For more information on Bryan, visit his website at BryanPatrickStoyle.com. Read Bryan's Blog of the first weekend of filming. Sylvia Andreae – Locusta Sylvia first got into making movies with her cousins and friends and a pocket JVC camcorder. Since then she has helped out with other people's films, even going as far as to act on camera (as in Eclipse and UCF). Her other hobbies include graduating with a degree in Math, layout design for a campus magazine, singing, and jiu jitsu. Rarely are these done simultaneously. Sylvia's home page: http://phispace.net/index.html. Jessica Sayer - Producer/Writer Jessica was first introduction to show biz in her grade 5 play “The Elves and the Shoemaker” playing the shoemakers wife. She later took drama in high school; writing and performing a monologue in “Omitting Teachers Wages”. While in high school, she was introduced to cameras, motion and still, which began a great interest in those arts. She graduated with an award in art. She helped out behind the scenes on Mitch Cummin's “Death Rising” and helped fill out the background as an extra in “UCF: Toronto Cybercide.” She also did a bit of extra work for the upcoming fan-film “Stargate: Hades.” When she is not day dreaming in grainy film, she's often writing, creating some type of art or out hanging with friends. Her personal website is www.shadicats.com. Steve White - Cinematographer Once upon a time in the distant past, Steve was born. About five years after that, Steve started going to school, and he’s been doing that ever since. Sometime in 2003 he had the opportunity to slack off in his M.Sc. program (Physics) and took up video production and visual effects as a hobby. Since then he has dabbled primarily in the technical aspects of video production, though is willing to volunteer his services as a cinematographer/lackey when suitably pressured (such as the case with Succumb). His previous work can be found on the Spiffy Productions site. Tara-Lynn Mableson – Make-Up Artist From a very young age, Tara-Lynn looked forward to Hallowe’en and other costume make-up occasions with anticipation. In elementary school she was found helping out with productions, be it a minor role, the choir, or working on the background scenes. After attending a summer program offered by Theatre Aquarius, her interests in high school broadened to include instrumental music, vocal, drama and photography. Fussy, with an eye for detail and artistic flair, she began to apply make up on her friends and herself and found the magic of bringing characters to life, the transformation immensely satisfying! After graduating Aromatherapy Massage and Aesthetics in 2004, both a journey that taught her how to bring out the best in others, she decided to complete her true love - Make-Up Artistry. Tara-Lynn's interests include music, movies, live theatre, photography and travel. Currently she is working on Succumb as the "make-up artist" and as an extra - playing a demon! Christine Forshner – Production Assissant Christine is an award winning poet and dabbles in many things. On Succumb she readily jumps into the mess of things helping where she can especially with many sheets of paper work. Christine's internet world is called Darkend. Kristin Taylor - Extra Kristin began her acting career at the tender age of 4 as Bear Number 3 in “Teddy Bears Had a Picnic.” She managed to avoid appearing in any new plays and acting bits until 8 years later when her elementary school placed her in a mandatory drama class. In high school, she continued to take drama classes until graduation. In her second year of drama classes, she performed in a play entitled “The Composition Piece.” A bit role leading to a second play the following year and a new interest in stage management as well as theatre make-up. After gradating college, close friend involved her in the independent movie UCF. In the movie she played one of the Police Office Crew. Kristin is currently working on Succumb as a production assistant and extra victim. Jamieson 'VileTerror' Beckett - Extra Jamieson is an eccentric artist whose talents range from comic design to t-shirt design and photography. Janice Black - Extra Janice is a student of business and body art. With Succumb, this quiet vegan donned a monster costume and braved the first cold weekend of filming. Gary Cosby - Extra Gary is an avid player of interactive RPGs and a collection of medieval items. When he isn't advising people which computer is best for what, you'll find him playing many different games on computers. On Succumb, he has donned monster costumes and make up.