Timothy Driscoll - "Paul Ullman"

Tim Driscoll was born in Norwich, CT. He attended St. Patrick Cathedral School and Norwich Free Academy before moving to Boston, MA to attend Northeastern University. While studying Criminal Justice at Northeastern he took an introductory acting class and performed in a few student films. This introduction to acting sparked an interest that resulted in his to moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Upon arriving in Los Angeles he began studying acting with Doug Warhit and Nikolai Guzov while performing in various short films and Internet projects. MOTHER’S RED DRESS is his first lead role in a feature film.

Alexandra Swarens - "Ashley"

Alexandra Jane Swarens was born and raised in a small suburb outside of Sacramento, CA. Being the youngest in a large family, she always tried to stand out, whether in sports or performing. She was in fifth grade when she decided she was going to become an actress, after seeing Audrey Hepburn in ROMAN HOLIDAY. In the seventh grade she told her parents she would be moving to Los Angeles when she became of age, and luckily, they were supportive. Two weeks after her eighteenth birthday she packed up all her things and moved to San Diego, where she went to school and studied Theatre Arts. At the age of 20, she decided that she had to leave her school career to really focus in on what she wanted. A month later, she was living in Los Angeles, where she started taking a variety of acting classes, working many jobs to get by, and auditioning for whatever she could.

Alisha Seaton - "Laura Ullman"

Alisha Seaton was born in Santa Barbara, CA.  Acting since she was seven years old, Alisha has been working steadily in the indie film world with over 100 credits to her resume and many going on to distribution and the film festival circuit.  Some recent feature films include the THE ECHO GAME released Summer of 2011 and named #3 of the Top 10 Films of 2009 on Horror.com’s list, A DARKER REALITY starring Daniel Baldwin, a Lionsgate release Summer 2011 and THE FOURTH KIND starring MillaJovovich, released theatrically by Universal Studios and currently out on Blu-ray/DVD.  Excited with the opportunity to collaborate again with Edgar Michael Bravo and John Paul Rice on MOTHER’S RED DRESS Alisha worked with No Restrictions Entertainment previously on the feature film  THE MAGIC STONE.  Upcoming work includes the role of Anne Cox, pirate captain, who will be seen in the special features on the PIRATES OF THE CARIBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Blu-ray/DVD.

Amanda Reed - "Brenda"

Amanda Reed was born in California and feels blessed to be in Los Angeles fulfilling her dream. She has starred in productions of Grease, Cats, Newsies, A Chorus Line and Little Women.

Amanda Reed has played great roles in venues of all different types including Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Los Angeles County Fair, Universal City Walk, Winter Wonderland in Hollywood, CA, and many others. She has done over 250 live theater shows all over California. She has gone on to do such performances as Diary of a Catholic School Drop Out which is the longest running play in Los Angeles, The Hollywood Christmas Parade (featured performer on The Way to Happiness float) and singing with James Brown at The Greek Theater.

She has starred in numerous commercials, webseries' and films including Good in Bed, based on the book of the same title, written by Jennifer Weiner and Office Bitch, an office comedy starring Bodhi Elfman.

Amanda Reed recently wrapped the feature film Mother’s Red Dress, a psychological drama due out in theaters this spring.

JF Davis - "Brian Ullman"

Jf was Born Jeff Davis in Portland, Maine.  He is married with two incredible children. He has been in LA via Maine for the past 17 years in pursuit of the Hollywood dream.  A late start in the acting game, Jf woke up one day when he was in his late 20’s and decided that California was the place to be, he hopped on a plane and here he is.

Along the way he has seen some success with over 40 tv commercials and Television and Film credits that include WINDTALKERS with Nick Cage, guest spots on TV shows GREY’S ANATOMY, PRIVATE PRACTICE, THE WEST WING, LAS VEGAS, ARLI$$ and most recently he played Frank Taylor in the Saturday morning CW4Kids series, KAMEN RIDER DRAGON KNIGHT. He really enjoys the indie film world and was delighted to work with Edgar Bravo and John Paul Rice in MOTHER’S RED DRESS.

Jf continues to act, write and is also venturing into producing. Keep your eyes open for his new television show GO GREEN AMERICA -Jf created and will be hosting.

Tom Wade - "Tom"

Originally from Virginia, Tom has lived in Japan, Hawaii, Florida, and New York City.Having been a surfer since the age of 13, he realized his boyhood dream of surfing Hawaii's famous North Shore "Pipeline" for 3 years, before settling into an acting career in Los Angeles.

His television credits include, "Law and Order”, “Passions", the HBO series, "The Comeback", and the Discovery Channel series, “Guilty or Innocent", cast as the lead detective. Film credits include the horror film, "Scar”, with Dee Wallace Stone, “Truth in Paris", "A cure for writer's block”, and a best actor nomination for the lead role in "Seed for You", at the 168 LA film festival.

His commercial work includes many regional and national spots, including "The Disney Dad", "Toyota", and the spokesman for "Ruby Tuesday" restaurants. A graduate of Stetson University and a former Special Education teacher, Tom spent 4 years doing theater in New York City, before returning to warm southern California. Favorite stage roles include, "Bo in "Bus Stop”, Charlie in "Flowers for Algernon", Glenn in "Desperate Hours", and Davidson in "Andersonville Trial", directed by the great William Smithers, who played the evil commandant in the classic film,"Pappion",starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.

Jarred Kjack - "Angry Business Man"

Jarred has performed in Theatre, Voice Over, TV, and Film all over the United States. Some of his roles include Bo Decker (Bus Stop) James Stern (Rizzoli and Isle) and The Voice of (Ancestry.com). You may have also seen him flirting with soap stars and mixing drinks on Guiding Light & As The World Turns. Born and raised on a farm in Walla Walla, WA. He received his masters degree in acting from California State University, Fullerton. He had a great time filming MOTHER’S RED DRESS, eating donuts, and drinking copious amounts of coffee.

Ryan Michael Paolella - "Young Paul Ullman"

Ryan was born and raised in Orange County, and he has been acting career since he was 5 years old. MOTHER’S RED DRESS is Ryan’s first feature film and he has been received training in acting from Little Red Door Academy, and various acting workshops for several years.

Ryan has done several TV commercials including HGTV, AT&T, Glendale Adventist Hospital, etc…
He loves staying active in sports playing on the Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, and Football league each season.  In his spare time Ryan loves video games, golf, and playing chess.

Ryan is currently attending school in South Orange County and is looking forward to a long acting career in the future.