Bio: "After high school, Carmen left her hometown of Kelowna, B.C. to spend six months traveling around Europe. While there, she was drawn to the idea of studying in the UK, and particularly Scotland, where she fell in love with the town and University of St. Andrews. She decided to put her dreams of studying acting on hold for the chance to attend this university. After two years of Scottish bliss, she transferred to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and graduated in 2008. Armed with a B.A. in International Relations, Carmen decided it was time to start acting. She began training at the Actor’s Foundry in Vancouver, where she continues to learn, grow, and involve herself in exciting and creative projects. In an effort to learn about all angles of the industry, Carmen has also immersed herself in a number of behind-the-scenes gigs, both on and off sets in Vancouver."
Jesse Scarf - Playing David/Lead (aka Dave, Davies & D)
Jesse is a PC with Mac envy. He grew up primarily in Alberta, in a small town surrounded by dairy farms. At night, it smelt like lard and pastries. It was delicious. Aside from being a terror as a child, it was watching Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski in “A Streetcar Named Desire” with his grandmother, although at much too young an age to comprehend the film; that he began to sight acting as a fulfilling pursuit. Having had left home at 20, for the sole purpose of being an actor, he’s been very fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from some great teachers and fellow actors in Vancouver. His first job was a lead role in a film for the 2009 North Shore Film Festival. Jesse aspires to work with artists he admires, with great passion. Believing, as in any trade, you apprentice to, and learn from great talent. He spends most of his free time attempting to play guitar, as well as reading, writing, and riding his motorcycle “Georgia”. He likes Dr. Seuss, egg nog, Shakespeare, hot sauce, and Georgia.
His favourite cookie is Shortbread...with cherries.
Rob Lampard - Playing Richard/Lead (aka Rich, Rick & Ricky)
Like many before him, Rob fell in love with acting as an angst-ridden adolescent. A Victoria native, he was tutored by the late Colin Skinner, who saw a fire within Rob that the boy did not know existed, and to whom Rob is eternally indebted. At Queen's University in Kingston, ON, Rob continued to act and study drama while pursuing a degree in philosophy, and later received formal training from the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria, BC, where he graduated with an Enriched Certificate in Performing Arts. Recent credits include leading roles in Twelfth Night (Dream North), 42nd Street (CCPA), A Midsummer Night's Dream (CCPA), Veronika Decides to Die (Darkroom), and Henry V (Single Thread), as well as several student film projects. In addition to making his on-camera and local debuts in Sifting Realities, Rob is currently celebrating the completion of Two Summers in Kosovo, a feature-length documentary he filmed on location with his brother, Andrew Lampard, and friend, Christopher Bobyn, co-directors of Venture Reflex Films. Look for it in the New Year at a film festival near you!
A lover of all goods baked, Rob is especially prone to white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, a weakness he developed growing up partly in Hawaii. They're 'ono-licious, brah!
Laci Mailey - Playing Lise/Guest Star
Laci Mailey is a young actor fresh out of the Vancouver Film School's full time acting program. Born and raised in small town Trail, B.C. She is continuously adding student projects to her resume and is very excited to start her acting career.
When asked about her favourite cookie, Laci happily agrees with Lise, her character in SiftingRealities, and quotes: "Chocolate...peanut butter....like sex for your taste buds!!"
Valerie has been pursuing her acting pleasure for the past 10 years.She has appeared in numerous film & TV projects, commercials and musical theatre including Lost and Found, Mistresses, Men in Trees, Conrad the Wise, The Art of Mirrors, The Velveteen Rabbit, Jilted, The Legend of Eileen Chang, Amgen, Clearasil, Comcast, Microsoft, Pharmasave, Applause Musicals, the PAL Chorus, the Sondheim Collective, Espiritu and HMS Pinafore.Like a good mother Valerie loves to feed her family and is currently enrolled in a holistic nutrition course to feed them even better! Valerie is very much looking forward to working again with Meghan and crew on her latest off-beat web comedy, SiftingRealities.
Valerie is a big fan of biscotti...with pecans, almonds and apricots...yum...yum...
Eliza Faria - Playing Annie/Guest Star
Five year old, Eliza Faria, began her acting career when she landed her first role in a Lysol Disinfectant commercial at the age of two. Her subsequent TV commercial work includes Cisco The Human Network and Hasbro Scatterpillar. She appeared as a featured background actor in an episode of Smallville and as a victim of a cougar attack in a television documentary, Animal Planet. Eliza began working in student and independent films in 2009 and has completed nine projects and two music videos. For the past six months she has been working weekly with Clint Mayers of First Call Casting, learning acting, directing and editing. She is an active member of Vancouver All Star competitive cheerleading.
Her favourite type of cookie is chocolate chip!
Rob Carpenter - Playing Zombie Salesman/Principal
Rob's recent mainstream appearances include television shows 'Psych', 'Reaper' and 'Flash Gordon'. Feature films 'Hardwired' and 'Joyride 2'. Many of Rob's performances can be found on the web including multi-award winning film 'Terminus'.
And Rob’s favourite cookie?? ... chewy Oatmeal-raisin, half-way dipped in a dark chocolate coating.... oh my ;-D