Inspired more by films like People on Sunday (1930) than Frankie and Annette, Beach Town is a rock and roll beach movie of the mind – a quiet, unabashedly atmospheric look at the lives of young people whose art is ineffably linked with their surroundings in a low-rent coastal community. Beach Town features an upbeat summertime soundtrack and was shot entirely in Seattle in glorious, Super 16 color film. I play one of the members of a fairy synth band (glitter! wings! synthe

This clever comedy set in 1924 pits midwestern values against the the idle rich, all with a little Christmas flair. Willie Smith is a newly wealthy businessman hosting a holiday party for members of New York's high society, when his mother invites his former girlfriend to stay with them for the weekend, threatening to expose him and his small-town roots. I play the delightfully awkward ex-girlfriend Minnie in this rarely-seen jazz-era comedy that's fun for the whole family. W