Cast, Crew & Contact
PO Box 2138
Morgan Hill, Calfornia 95038
408.776.9252
contact@illusivearts.com
CATIE FISHER
JOB:- Model (Dorothy)
- AGE:
- Legal
- HOME TOWN:
- Tucson, AZ
- SECRET IDENTITY:
- Loud mouth party girl.
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
- Long Blonde Hair, Fashion Guru
- FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER:
- To-To, because he is cute and furry.
- FIRST COMIC READ:
- Archie?
- FAVORITE FILMS:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The Original), Labyrinth, Grease
- INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY:
- Greg Mannino and his vision.
- FAVORITE SCENE IN THUMB WARS:
- "I'm gonna run away and never come back, ever!"
- HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY:
- I used my experience as a teenager growing up in today's world.
- MUSIC TO CREATE BY:
- N.E.R.D.
- EMAIL CATIE:
- contact@illusivearts.com
GREG MANNINO
JOB:- Director/Producer/Creator
- AGE:
- Less than 35, older than you.
- HOME TOWN:
- Tucson, Arizona
- SECRET IDENTITY:
- I work for a small newspaper in the middle of the desert.
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
- Tall, light and handsome
- FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER:
- I would have to say The Scarecrow
- FIRST COMIC READ:
- It was the Death in the Family series of Batman where the Joker kills Robin.
- FAVORITE FILMS:
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars (Original Trilogy), Van Helsing (just kidding HAHAHA), The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
- INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY:
- One night, I saw "The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers" at the movie theatre, then I saw "The Wizard of Oz" on television. A dark version of the classic tale flashed into my brain and thus was born "Dorothy,"
- FAVORITE SCENE IN STAR WARS:
- Definitely the final duel of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker when Darth Vader sacrifices himself the save his son.
- HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY:
- No sleep.
- MUSIC TO CREATE BY:
- Jet, Any kind of dark classical music and of course Theo's annoying techno crap.
- EMAIL GREG:
- greg@illusivearts.com
MARK ANTHONY MASTERSON
JOB:- Shaker of Inherent Stigmas/ Scribble Typey Man
- AGE:
- Older than I was yesterday, younger than tomorrow
- HOME TOWN:
- Hudson, NH
- SECRET IDENTITY:
- Mild-mannered library clerk
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
- Wild hair, flashing eyes, garish shirts.
- FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER:
- The Tin Man, Nick Chopper. Emperor of the Winkies. Destroyer of Worlds.
- FIRST COMIC READ:
- I believe it was a Len Wein/Bernie Wrightson issue of Swamp Thing from the Seventies. The images branded my brain.
- FAVORITE FILMS:
- Brazil, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension, Miller's Crossing, Casablanca, Naked Lunch
- INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY:
- Greg's Art. The Rolling Stones. Baum's books. Electric hellfire.
- MUSIC TO CREATE BY:
- I wrote narration for the first 20 pages of "Dorothy" while listening to the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" on repeat. A lot of Dorothy's character is inspired by "Loose Cannon" by Killing Joke. When I need to buckle down and write without distraction, I'll put in Godspeed You Black Emperor! or Steroid Maximus.
- FAVORITE SCENE IN STAR WARS:
- Han Solo shoots Greedo in the Cantina. First. Character defining moment.
- HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY:
- I went back to The Source. L. Frank Baum wrote the American Fairy Tale, and it rules.
- EMAIL MARK:
- mark@illusivearts.com
RAY BOERSIG
JOB:- 3D Modeler/Animator
- AGE:
- if I have to.
- HOME TOWN:
- Half Moon Bay
- SECRET IDENTITY:
- I forget
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
- Bipedal
- FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER:
- Tornado
- FIRST COMIC READ:
- Spiderman
- FAVORITE FILMS:
- Star Wars (original 1977 version), Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blade Runner, The Crow, Liar Liar, anything by Ray Harryhausen
- INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY:
- Love of the art and the vision.
- FAVORITE SCENE IN STAR WARS:
- All of it, but the original Han shoots Greedo.
- FAVORITE LINE IN STAR WARS:
- "Sometimes I'm so good, I even amaze myself." - Han Solo
- MUSIC TO CREATE BY:
- Pink Floyd, Cheap Trick, real jazz- C.Parker, Gilespie, Coltrane, Rollins, Monk, Bruebeck
- HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY:
- Learn animation on my own for several years then went to a school that taught me what I already knew...then took a break and waited for a job to fall in my lap and get me off my butt.
- EMAIL RAY:
- ray@illusivearts.com
ANNA WARREN BOERSIG
JOB:- Fuzzy Queen/ The One With The Whip
- AGE:
- Timeless.
- HOME TOWN:
- Menlo Park in the hiz house!
- SECRET IDENTITY:
- Sarcasmo Girl!
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
- Furry Prehensile Tail
- FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER:
- The Lollipop Guild
- FIRST COMIC READ:
- Sandman
- FAVORITE FILMS:
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Secretary, Garden State
- INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY:
- Ironic Timing
- FAVORITE SCENE IN STAR WARS:
- Any cute scenes with Ewoks
- MUSIC TO CREATE BY:
- NIN
- HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY:
- 4 years of college (BA in Art), two years of a writer living on my couch, and studying for three and a half years to get a two year MBA in e-Business.
- EMAIL ANNA:
- anna@illusivearts.com
THEO PANOUSOPOULOS
JOB:- TechVirtuo-so
- AGE:
- Older than Greg, younger than you.
- HOME TOWN:
- Nogales, Sonora
- SECRET IDENTITY:
- Modest 'puter geek.
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
- Dark and mysterious clad in Euro-urban-haute-couture a half size too small.
- FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER:
- The Scarecrow by Michael Jackson in THE WIZ, because his moves touched me as a child. "Just ease on down, ease on down, down the road. Don't you carry nothing that might be a load. Come on just ease on down, ease on down, down the road."
- FIRST COMIC READ:
- Red Star.
- FAVORITE FILMS:
- Brazil, Fire and Ice (1983), Damnation Alley (1977), Princess Bride, Hair.
- INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY:
- I never enjoyed the Hollywood Wizard of Oz by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer. I actually can't stand it. On the other hand, I was fascinated by The Wiz (a kick-ass Motown remake of the 'classic', unknown to most). I know it's still a musical, but come on, biker gang monkeys? Yes, Oz could be way cooler than those freakish lollypop munchkins. Unfortunately most people see the world of Oz through the hokey-pokey eyes of Old Hollywood, and to me that's kinda sad. So I like to believe I'm doing a bit of justice for a misrepresented story.
- FAVORITE SCENE IN STAR WARS:
- Empire. C3P0-"the possibilities of successfully navigating an asteroid field are three thousand seven hundred and twenty to one". Han-"never tell me the odds"... the best asteroid space chase scene ever.
- MUSIC TO CREATE BY:
- Astral Projection goa, The Creation Day One trance, Old Man and the Sea book on tape.
- HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY:
- 4 nights in Rocky Point with $200 in fireworks, hardly enough water, and too much beer.
- EMAIL THEO:
- contact@illusivearts.com