The Cast
Matthew James Thomas is a British Actor and Filmmaker, Credits include: Peter Parker/Spiderman in Julie Taymor and Bono and Edge’s, Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark. Pippin in Diane Paulus’ Tony award winning revival of Pippin: The Musical. Other US projects include: The Devil You Know pilot for HBO directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Jenji Kohan, Shelter dir by Charles McDougall and Warren Leight. Believe dir by Alfonso Cuaron and produced by JJ Abrams, Diner adapted by dir Barry Levinson for the stage with music by Sheryl Crow, Helen Hayes award -nom for Best Actor in a Musical. Riff in West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, J.B Priestley’s Time and the Conways with Downton Abbey star, Elizabeth McGovern, dir by Rebecca Taichman. Recently Matthew was reunited with British dir Stephen Poliakoff on his latest period drama The Summer of Rockets for the BBC, Initially they worked on Stephen’s Emmy-award winning BBC film The Lost Prince in which Matthew played the title character alongside Michael Gambon, Tom Hollander, Miranda Richardson and Bill Nighy. Prior to his arrival in the US, Matthew was a series regular in the UK ITV hit show Britannia High as Jeremy Tyler. Other UK Tv & Film credits include: Billy Elliot, About a Boy, Trevor’s World of Sport, Desperados, The Bill, Casualty, Bad Girls, Hero to Zero, Midsomer Murders, and Doctors. Recent US TV credits include: NCIS: New Orleans in the final season of the US action-drama series as Det. Ted Bradley. Upcoming: FOX TV anthology series Accused as Tom Braddick. Matthew is also an aspiring Director and Filmmaker. Matthew has directed and produced several short films including: The Night Clubbers and The Closet, collectively having 7 wins, 3 nominations and 32 selections at various US film festivals including Austin and Houston Comedy Film Festival and Focus international Film Festival.
Originally from Montreal, Sarah Baskin is a NYC-based actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Sarah has worked on stage (Off-Broadway, Regionally, and in downtown theater) and screen (HBO, Amazon, Hulu, CBS, NBC, several independent films). Upcoming work includes a supporting role (opp. Zak Efron, Joey King) in the Netflix feature UNTITLED ROMCOM (dir. Richard LaGravanese). She recently co-created a one-woman play A POEM AND A MISTAKE, which premiered as a film/play hybrid at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) as part of their exhibition, A BIOGRAPHY OF DAPHNE. As a director, Sarah is influenced by her many years teaching master classes in acting, and seeks to find the raw and unique moments that bring characters and stories to life. Sarah's directorial debut, LES CALINS CHEAPS (CHEAP HUGS), is a bilingual, award-winning short film, currently in its festival run. She is a company member of The Actors Center. BA: Vassar College; MFA: American Repertory Theatre / Moscow Art Theatre School at Harvard University.