Flying Changes Cast & Crew

CAST BIOGRAPHIES

jeff baier

 Jeff Baier (Charles Crenshaw Jr.)

Jeff appeared regularly with Main Street Theater Company in productions such as Lost in Yonkers, Crossing Delancy, Crimes of the Heart, and as Scrooge in Scrooge and Marley. He has also performed in murder mysteries for Tom Crow Productions in Lexington. He is currently hosting ESPN2 Kentucky, a local cable sports program.

damon boggess

Damon Boggess (Will Rainwater)

Damon Boggess, a native of Kentucky, has performed in roles such as Candy in Of Mice and Men, The Miser in Molier's The Miser, and Hamlet in Wiliam Shakespeare's Hamlet. While working toward his degree at Eastern Kentucky University, he directed two full-length plays and choreographed and performed in several dance pieces. Since graduating Damon has toured with Mysteries of Historic Proportions, a state-funded enterprise based on local historical figures.

joe gatton

Joe Gatton (Mike Mitchell)

Joe has been involved in Lexington theater for almost 20 years with Actors Guild, Phoenix Group Theater, Lexington Children's Theater and others. He has completed four film projects including 100 Proof , The Detail, Trials and Faith, and I Still Miss Someone which won awards at the 2000 SXSW Festival, the Yahoo Internet Life Festival, and the Zoie Fest in Atlanta, and also won the top awards at the 1999 Nashville Independent Film Festival. For the past 15 years he has been working in TV, radio and commercials as well as teaching and directing.

julie hudson

Julie Hudson (Kari Brown)

Julie currently lives in Los Angeles and is diligently pursuing an acting
career. She just wrapped an exciting internet project called "Bitchy Betty"
(playing Betty), which should be available soon at Phrolic.com. She is a
member of The Actors' Network and Actorsite. Her talent representation is
Twentieth Century Artists, inc. and Coast to Coast Talent Group. Website:
www.juliehudson.tvheaven.com

melissa kelley

Melissa Kelley (Marilyn Mitchell)

Melissa is best known for her work as a singing actress with extensive experience in opera. One of the most recognized classical sopranos in the central Kentucky area, she is popular with the general public as a regular featured performer in seasonal Pops Concerts. Her appearances in annual Christmas TV specials with the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra are a Kentucky tradition. As well as performing throughout the country, she has done commercials for radio and television.

kenny mckinney

Kenny McKinney ("Bags" Bagsley)

Kenny McKinney is in his 50th year of singing and acting. A veteran of musical theatre, dramatic theatre, opera, Las Vegas shows, the night club circuit, commercials, television, and movies, he is still going strong at seventy plus. He has appeared with Don Ho, Jim Nabors, Arthur Godfrey, Gisele MacKenzie, and humorist Carl Hurley. He is probably best known for his powerful singing voice, although it was playing movie monsters that brought him the most recognition.

paul tarrants

 Paul Tarrants (Scott Parkin)

Paul's acting career began in a dress... as Lord Fancourt Babberly in Charley's Aunt. He has since gotten into more manly garb, as a local news correspondent for Lexington's ABC affiliate at the Atlanta Olympic games, and as a interviewer for TCI sports programming and the Sports Channel. He currently works in Venue Planning and Operations for International Sports Broadcasting for the 2002 Olympics.

laurie warnecke

 Laurie Warnecke (Rebecca Mitchell)

Flying Changes is Laurie's first feature film. Her experience includes the film short "Reach Out", four television commercials, modeling, comedy improv, and over 20 stage productions from 1989 to 2001. She is currently a practicing attorney in Frankfort, Kentucky.