IVAN MARTIN (LORENZO)

Currently, Ivan can be seen on NBC's "Ed" as the recurring character Ivan Fonseco, the shady attorney who suddenly appears in Stuckeyville with the sole purpose of making Ed's life a living hell.  He also is currently working on the upcoming Xan Cassavetes film, "Thy Sky is Green." Ivan had three films appear at Sundance this year: "Prey for Rock and Roll," with Joan Jett, Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo and Lori Petty and directed by Alex Steyermark; "People I Know," directed by Dan Algrant, and "Rhythm of the Saints," directed by Cyn Rossi and Sarah Rogacki. Ivan can be seen with a handful of other Sundance actors in this April's issue of Details, in a feature recognizing the 2003 festival's most notable performances.  

He has been seen of late in Woody Allen's "Hollywood Ending," starring Tea Leoni and Treat Williams, and "People I Know," starring Al Pacino and scripted by renowned playwright Jon Robin Baitz.  Ivan has appeared in "Georgetown," a pilot for CBS starring Helen Mirren. Starring roles recently completed are in "Funny Valentine," with Anthony Michael Hall, "The Lucky Ones," with Jeff DeMunn, Matthew Harrison's modernist adaptation of Dante's "Divine Comedy" title "The End of Eternity," and "Torn," a dark melodrama set in Spanish Harlem.

Born in Philadelphia and trained in New York City at the William Esper Studio and by Maggie Flannigan and Terry Knickerbocker, Ivan first gained recognition on stage working at many of the city's most exciting Off-Broadway houses (Soho Rep., La Mama etc., Cherry Lane Theater, Naked Angels, Rattlestick, Synchronicity Space) and was singled out as one of the outstanding performers of the 1999 season in "Backstage" Highlights alongside Dana Ivey, Nathan Lane and Martin Short, for his portrayal of Dylan in Travis Baker's "The Weatherbox."

DENNIS PRESSEY (DARBY)

Dennis brings humanity, vulnerability, subtlety and a sense of great truth to whatever role he plays. Born and bred in Brooklyn, NY, he is a graduate of the New York High School of Performing Arts Drama Department. Other training includes two years of Meisner Technique with Martin Barter of the Neighborhood Playhouse and a two-year internship on Broadway with the National Actor's Theatre (Tony Randall, Executive Producer).

Dennis has been featured in several regional and national commercials for companies like Wendy's Coors, Dell, Vibe Magazine and Arista Records. His gift for dialects has won him voiceover work for Coors, AT&T, Wendy's, Burger King and Select Comfort, and his voice can be heard on HBO's Lumumba. A versatile actor, Dennis appeared in the one-act festival at New York's Ensemble Studio Theatre, where he transformed from a homeless heroin addict into a conservative yuppie during the ten-minute intermission.

His recent film and television appearances include an independent feature film with Blair Underwood and Ted Danson, the role as street thug James in the film short "The Wallet," the blond-haired, intellectual, rebellious cameraman Darby in the feature "The Lucky Ones," a Frauds detective on the season finale of "Law & Order" and a MC in a comedy club in Paramount Pictures' "Down to Earth."  Dennis has also guest starred on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" and “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.”

JEFFREY DeMUNN (SIMON)

Mr. DeMunn is a native of Buffalo, New York, and graduate of Union College with a BA in English. He moved to England during the early 1970s to receive his classical stage training at the Bristol Old Vic Theater School.

Upon completion of his studies there, he returned to the States to star in King Lear for the National Shakespeare Company in New York. He then appeared in numerous off-Broadway productions including “A Prayer for My Daughter,” for which he received his first Drama Desk Award nomination; “Modigliani,” “Total Abandon,” “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” “The Country Girl,” and “The Hands of Its Enemy.”  On Broadway, DeMunn appeared in “The Comedians,” “Bent,” “K-2,” (for which he received a Tony ard for Best Actor) “Sleight of Hand,” and “Spoils of War.”

He has appeared in more than 60 feature and television films over the past 25 years.  Highlights include: "The Shawshank Redemption", “Phenomenon,” “The Majestic,” “The Green Mile,” “The X-Files Movie,” and "The Blob."  Television highlights include: "Hill Street Blues", "Kojak", and "Law & Order".

TOBY POSER (REBECCA)

Besides THE LUCKY ONES, Toby has appeared in several films including “Autumn in New York” and “The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love.”  She has also appeared in various television series including “Guiding Light,” “Law & Order,” and “Sex and the City.”

RONALD GUTTMAN (FATHER)

Ronald’s recent film credits include: “The Tollbooth,” “The Guru,” “The Believer,” and “The Girl.”  He has also appeared in “Green Card” and “The Hunt for Red October” amongst many other films.

KAREN FERRARI (JULIA)

Karen Ferrari is a Ford model and actress who has done campaigns for major fashion labels including Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, and Tommy Hilfiger.  Her acting credits include two independent feature films (“The Lucky Ones” and “Skirting Venice”) and the Showtime special “Going to California.”  Karen has also been in a number of theatre productions including “Bugsy Malone,” “Billy Liar,” “The Seagul,” and “Romeo and Juliet.”  She trained in New York with Harold Guskin and Sam Schwat (Accent).

DALLAS ROBERTS (EDISON)

Dallas Roberts (The Son in “Nocturne”) recently appeared as Gil in Lee Blessing's “Thief River” and as Johnny Socko in Ron Fitzgerald's “Parts Unknown” at the O'Neill Playwright's Festival, Kynaston in Jeffrey Hatcher's “Kynaston” (world premiere) at Contemporary American Theater Festival, Jack in Maria Irene Fornes's “Enter the Night” (New York premiere) at Signature Theatre, and Astrakhan in Arthur Kopit's “Y2K” (world premiere) at the Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.  Other theatre production credits include: “Burn This” and “True Love,” both at the Signature Theatre in New York.  As far as film and television are concerned (besides “The Lucky Ones”), Dallas has appeared in the Sundance short “The Hat,” and the shows “Law & Order” and “New York Undercover.”  Dallas is a graduate of The Juilliard School.  

LOREN-PAUL CAPLIN, DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER/PRODUCER

Director, screenwriter, playwright.  Film: History of the World in 8 Minutes (director/writer), New Directors/New Films Festival, Museum of Modern Art, NYC 1998; feature film The Lucky Ones (director/writer); Lost Angels (original story), Orion Pictures; Battle in the Erogenous Zone, Showtime (co-wrote and co-produced); The Forbidden Zone (music producer), Samuel Goldwyn; Also written film scripts for:  Paramount, Columbia, TriStar and numerous independents.  Theater: The Presidents (co-playwright with Ron Nessen), PBS, U.S. national tour (2002-2003); Sunday's Child and Men in the Kitchen (playwright), Long Wharf Theater, CT; A Subject of Childhood (playwright), W.P.A. Theater, NYC; City Muzik (book, music, lyrics) Huntington Theater, Boston; Gangs (book, music and lyrics), produced by David Merrick, Joe Roth. Numerous poems published including in The Paris Review and Rolling Stone.  Mr. Caplin teaches screenwriting at Columbia University, The Tisch School of Dramatic Writing at NYU and The New School. He lives in NYC with his wife, a painter, Jenne van Eeghen.