Joyce Lee

Joyce Lee is a Hollywood Fringe Festival Diversity Scholarship recipeint, and most grateful to the director, cast and creative team for making The Dean's Office happen in the midst of a worldwide health crisis.  Joyce is an actor, writer, teacher and arts education advocate living in Los Angeles. Her play, Nino and the Principal’s Daughter toured schools in Los Angeles under Enrichment Works sex-education program. A reading of The Dean’s Office was presented at Houston’s Fade to Black, and virtually with The Actor’s Studio BIPOC group. Since receiving an MFA in Acting from NYU, she has worked in TV, film and theatre and has taught acting at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and voice and speech at New York Film Academy in Burbank, CA. Ms. Lee also has a passion for youth development and holds a certificate in Social Emotional Healing through the Arts from UCLArts, Santa Monica. She has worked with youth at probation camps and with highly gifted, high-risk youth in under-funded schools throughout Los Angeles.   She is in production with the documentary, Artist Amidst Covid-19.  Joyce is a member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, an Officer with Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West, and a lifetime member of The Actor’s Studio.

Sherrie Lofton

Sherrie Lofton is a theatre professional. She has worked as a Producer,
Director, Actor, Production Manager, Stage Manager, Company Manager and
General Manager with numerous companies in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New
York, Seattle, Vancouver, London, Newcastle, Liverpool and Barcelona. A studio
veteran, she has worked for Warner Bros., Saban, and Paramount. Currently her
work in the theatre is shared with her duties as CEO of The House of Whitten, a
live event support company offering technical and talent staffing, and Project
Assistant for the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Nadège August

NADÈGE  AUGUST was last seen on stage as “Kate” in David Lindsay-Abaire’s GOOD PEOPLE for which the Desert Theatre League awarded her the Outstanding Supporting Actress in the drama category (CVRep). On Television, she is a Series Regular in Tyler Perry’s drama RUTHLESS and recurs on Nickelodeon’s comedy “Young Dylan”. PartialTheatre credit: Antaeus Theatre: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Emilie) Odyssey Theatre: Sunset Baby (Nina) NAACP Best Lead Actress Nomination, Antaeus Theatre: Wedding Band (Mattie) Odyssey Theatre: Desire Under The Elms (Abbie Putnam) NAACP Theatre award Best Supporting Female nomination; Three Sisters After Chekhov (Jean) Lower Depth Theatre. Silent Heroes (Felicia) Gardner Stages..  Lifetime member of The Actors Studio. Podcast host and creator of What The Fockery. www.realnadegeaugust.com

Helen Duffy

Helen Duffy began her career in NYC playing leading roles in plays by Shakespeare, Moliere, Strindberg and Clifford Odettes at the award-winning Roundabout Theatre. After relocating to Los Angeles, she appeared on stage at The Odyssey, The Globe, The Asylum, The Luna Playhouse, and The Inkwell Theatre Playwrights’ Development Lab among many others. Her many TV appearances include over 100 commercials and  guest starring roles on the classic sitcoms, “Night Court”, “The Golden Girls”, “Who’s the Boss?”, “Frasier”, “Hannah Montana”, “Benched”, and the popular dramatic series, “The West Wing”, “LA Law”, “The Practice”, “Ally McBeal”, and “The Unit”. Film credits include “Breakdown” with Kurt Russell, “Terminator III” with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and “Austin Powers” with Mike Myers. Helen serves on the Board of Directors of First Stage where she has directed and appeared in many plays, workshops, and staged readings. Helen is delighted to be back on stage again after so many months in quarantine.

Minerva Garcia

Minerva Garcia, actress, director, has worked in theatre, film, and TV with credits that include performances at The Mark Taper Forum with Culture Clash, The Odyssey Theatre, and Fridah Kahlo.  Other credits include Dexter, What Planet Are you From, and Beautiful Boy. She thanks Joyce Lee and Sherrie Lofton for easing her back onto the stage after a long hiatus, and thanks all for supporting The Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Darrell Philip

Darrell Philip was born and raised in Texas and studied in Hollywood at The Actors Center International, The Groundlings, with Ivana Chubbuck, and Larry Moss.   On stage he has been seen as Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Neil Simon's California Suite,  Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, Gross Indecency:  The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, as well as Bronzeville, No Place To Be Somebody, Pity the Proud One, and The Wrong King of People with the Robey Theatre Company.  He will appear in the upcoming mini-series Washington’s Armor and the films Rico San Marco, You’re Hired!, LA 4orce, and Melchizedek’s Men.

Yolanda Romersa

Yolanda Romersa is an accomplished, Award-winning Actress, both in Theatre Productions, and Short Film Productions. As Lead Actress, Director, Producer, Co-Writer and Composer for the Film Festival Award-winning Short Film Bi-lingual Musical PALOMA, playing opposite Steven Bauer, of SCARFACE and Traffic Fame, she has accumulated the BEST ACTRESS AWARD at WASHINGTON DC WORLD MUSIC and INDEPENDENT FILM FEST along with BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK for PALOMA. Other PALOMA Awards include the ACTION ON FILM /WITHOUT A BOX BEST IN SHOW Award, having competed with 420 entries, and the BEST MUSICAL SCORE at BRADENTON ART and MUSIC FILM FEST, being presented to her by Rocker Rick Derringer. Robert Moresco, Co-writer and Producer of the Oscar winning Film CRASH, has reviewed PALOMA, and written “Well Acted, Written and Well Directed. There is Certainly a Story Here”. She also has received a PALOMA BEST ACTRESS THEATRE AWARD, for PALOMA at the HUDSON THEATER from www.reviewplays.com.

Yolanda is a Voiceover Artist, whose character voices you can hear on a Disneyland ride and in World of Warcraft. She has done voiceovers for Bank of America, Starburst Candies and Roy Rogers Restaurants among others. Her latest VO was dubbing the English Voice for Delia on the popular Netflix Show HOUSE OF FLOWERS.

Yolanda Romersa is a Creative Artist and Soul, who seeks to constantly evolve, and reach new heights!

Tory Devon Smith

Tory Devon Smith is a stage and screen actor currently living in Los Angeles, California. A native of Bakersfield, California, he graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in Theatre. His most recent TV credits include: Ava DuVernay’s Cherish The Day, Emmy-Award winner Zac & Mia now streaming on Netflix, and The Coop streaming on EKO, an ineractive storytelling platform. Other notable credits include Netflix’s The Get Down directed by Academy-Award nominee Baz Luhrman, BET’s Zoe Ever After alongside Grammy-Award winner Brandy, and ABC’s Modern Family. Tory will soon be seen in the thriller This Game’s Called Murder starring Ron Pearlman, and the independent dramedy Hollywood Fringe with Justin Kirk. Tory is currently starring in and producing his first film titled The Baldwin Archives, where he portrays esteemed author, essayist, and playwright James Baldwin. Tory is currently repped by Tracy Christian of TCA Mgmt Talent Agency and David Laffey of McGuffin Talent Management.

Nadejda Klein

Nadejda Klein was born in Bulgaria. She studied with Lee Strasberg for ten years and played  numerous  roles  at  his  theater  including  Lady McBeth. In the course of her long acting career, she has worked with many well-known directors: Blake Edwards (S.O.B.), George Peppard (Five Days from Home), and Gil Cates (The  Last  Married  Couple  in  America) among others. Nadejda was last seen at The Odyssey Theatre in A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Jack Heller.

Tamir Yardenne

Tamir Yardenne attended New York University - Tisch School of the Arts. He works in Los Angeles as actor, producer, and writer. He is happy to have assisted the incredible cast of The Dean's Office  with sound design and rehearsal management. www.tamirfilms.com