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from left: Larry Fessenden, Heather Woodbury, Meredith Snaider
Jesse Hartman, Aaron Beall, Patricia Coleman
Sam LARRY FESSENDEN
Anna MEREDITH SNAIDER
Nick AARON BEALL
Rae PATRICIA COLEMAN
Liza HEATHER WOODBURY
Lenn JESSE HARTMAN
Segundo MARCUS A. MIRANDA
Slimma HERB ROGERS
Sam's Dad HART FESSENDEN
Mr Lyons LON WATERFORD
Norman in Bridgehampton ALAN BANDIT
Sandy in Bridgehampton DALE CAMERON
kid in Bridgehampton WHITNEY ALEXANDRA McGANN
Liza's nosy neighbor HELENE WEINTRAUB
Liza's friend Dave MICHAEL BUSCEMI
Liza's friend Susan Rebecca Moore
Harry at the party Jack Dingas
partygirl on phone Kelly Reichardt
carrot man Cain Berlinger
sound check guitaristJ eff Sass
sound check singer Harley Hendrix
second sound check guitarist John Margolis
salad dressing patron Philip Hartman
what's with that guy? patron Ginny Hack
record executive on cellular phone TOM HALE
kid hurt in accident Derek Davis
Halloween delivery man Eric Vesbit
devil boy DANILO RANDJIC COLEMAN
Segundo's wife Beverly Washington
Segundo's son Christopher Reyes
Segundo's daughter Jain V. Alonso
departing tenant at Liza's John Gaddy
Mud Mary
wolves:
ELVIS
JOE
NATASHA
LARRY FESSENDEN (Sam) grew up in New York city. He performed in numerous plays throughout high school and in summer stock until he started directing and shooting films and videos in 1980. He played Lee Ray Harold in Kelly Reichardt's acclaimed 1993 feature RIVER OF GRASS. He recently did a stint on the soap "As the World Turns" and annually performs the lead role in a puppet show of Dickens' Scrooge.
MEREDITH SNAIDER(Anna) - This is Meredith's first film role.
AARON BEALL (Nick) is executive director of Nada, Inc. the notorious off-off Broadway Theater in New York that showcases emerging talent. He is is Artistic director of the MicroCosmic Theater company where he has created "Easy Pieces: Found Text Theater" with Emily Morse, and Solo Folio, a solo production of Shakespeare's first folio HAMLET. As an actor, he has appeared off Broadway regionally and internationally in countless productions. HABIT is his first film.
PATRICIA COLEMAN (Rae) writes and directs plays in New York City, currently adapting Herman Melville's "Confidence Man" for the stage. She teaches English at Lehman College and is a candidate for the doctoral Program of Theater at CUNY grad school and University Center. HABIT marks her film debut.
HEATHER WOODBURY (Liza) wrote and starred in the Fessenden directed HOLLOW VENUS: DIARY OF A GO-GO DANCER (1989) based on her own experiences as a dancer. Film roles: Amir Naderi's MANHATTAN: AVENUE A, B, C and Joel Schlemovitz's VENUS IN FURS. She has been a writer and performer in New York's downtown scene for ten years, presenting solo shows including WHITE GILT, ANTAGONY, and DELUGIANS OF GRANDEUR at venues including LaMama, The Kitchen, Franklin Furnace, and P.S. 122. She established the Lower East Side performance club Cafe Bustello which flowered 1987-1990. Currently she is touring her own solo epic performance piece, HEATHER WOODBURY'S "WHAT EVER".
JESSE HARTMAN (Lenny) directed the short film HAPPY HOUR which won awards at the Berlin and Montreal film festivals, and produced Kelly Reichardt's RIVER OF GRASS (1993, Strand Releasing). He is the song-writer and lead vocalist for the band Sammy (Geffen).
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