JEW TALES CAST

ROY AVIGDORI (Nick Lipshitz)

Roy started his way at the school of visual arts in New York. He moved to Los Angeles in 2000, and started exploring his acting skills in a variety of styles, including: Stand-up, improv, and a few plays. He joined The "Lee Strasberg Acting Institute" in 2002. It was there where he discovered his niche for writing. Upon graduation, Roy wrote, directed and produced, two theatre plays and a TV pilot.

Roy directed and produced two plays. The first was "Flashing back", a unique comedy which constantly goes backwards in time. This was a brave attempt and first of it's kind, to bring a new kind of genre on stage. Then came "The Palestinian Connection". Which was produced in L.A. in winter of 2003. The play was a major breakthrough. It received great reviews in the Jewish Journal, backstage west & L.A. Weekly. Shortly after he wrote, directed and produced a TV Pilot called JEW TALES.

Roy just completed his fourth high concept screenplay, which was optioned by Emanation Films and will start pre-production on January 2008.

He is the founder of MoonQuake Productions & The Actors Pages (TM).

* Watch Roy star at "The Unit" on CBS (December 4th).

 

 

 

SAMANTHA TURK (Jill Lipshitz)

Samantha's passion for acting has always been with her. She felt it first when performing on stage at the age of five, while growing up outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Samantha has taken classes in acting, singing, and dance in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles. She moved to L.A. in 2003, after 7 years in New York, to further pursue her career in acting in film and television. Her most recent films have been “Solitary Confinement” and the award winning “Sunnyvale”. When not acting, or studying the craft, Samantha enjoys music, other forms of art, and sports, especially baseball...she remains a die-hard Red Sox fan!

 

 

SCOTT SOBOL (Ben Lipshitz)

Scott was born and raised in New York, Scott Adam Sobol has been living and working in Los Angeles for the last three years.   His film and television credits include "Legally Blonde 2", "American Wedding", "Bette" and numerous independent productions.   Scott graduated from Northwestern University and is currently studying with Lesly Kahn and The Second City.

 

 

ALI SAAM (Jasmine Blossom)

Ali Saam was born and grew up in Iran untill his early teenage years. He then moved to the states and has lived in L.A. since, where he studied at the Stella Adlers Conservatory Theatre and ACT. He has had a great deal of passion for acting and was able to start working on it when he moved to the states. Ali has been inspired by the works of Marlon Brando, Daniel Day Lewis, Gary Oldman and others.

 

 

ALAN BLOOMFILEDE

As David Lipshitz