The Cast and Crew of
Venom
Silas Kade as Fred
Silas Kade is a Los Angeles-based actor originally from the Midwest. Kade won Best Supporting Actor in a feature film at the Silicon Beach Film Festival in 2021 for their work as Fred in Binders. You can hear them as Sammy in the ongoing radio series “Mystery Hour” on Moon Glow Radio, as well as Fred in the upcoming PtP audio play, Venom. Sometimes they dress up like a cat on their YouTube channel.
Carl Weintraub as Herb
Carl was fortunate to play King Lear for Dean Productions in 2019. He began his career at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in 1974 and has played on many stages and before many cameras since. In 1981, Carl founded We Tell Stories, which has performed over 17,500 shows to over 4,500,000 children. He produces BackStory, a bi-monthly evening of storytelling and poetry through the Victory Theatre. Carl thanks the venerable Lou Palter for teaching him how to act.
Matt Curtin as Edward
Matt is an LA and NY based actor/writer who’s recent work includes Willie in The Unseen Hand (Odyssey Theatre) which received the LA Times Critic’s Choice Award. His recent writing credits include his recently premiered short films Be Home Soon (Create the Writer's Room) and Hosanna (Colorbox Productions), in addition to the debut of his play The Matron of Venice (Method and Madness Theatre Company). In the first season of PtP, he can be heard as Stefan in Touch the Moon. He hopes you enjoy all the blood, sweat, and tears, we poured into the show!
Sarah Schulte as Marcy/Dolores
Sarah “Sarahnade” Schulte is a SAG/AFTRA, AEA actress, singer/songwriter, and all around performer. Her most notable works include; “Fantomas: Revenge of the Image” International Tour in China, Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden as Mrs. Claremont, “When Colossus Falls” winner of Best Drama and Best Ensemble in a Drama at INK Fest 2019, “The Galen Project”- in which Schulte starred and Co-directed and won Best Female Direction from Los Angeles Women’s International Film Fest, and "just recently booked her first TV Pilot. Stay Tuned!
Richard Bonte is a Floridian and a native-born New Yorker. He has lived half his life in Canada and Western Europe. He has worn many hats including playwright (lifelong DGA member), actor, teacher, writer, linguist and phonetician. He has advanced degrees from Berkeley, UCLA and the Sorbonne. Richard has written fifteen novels, including Curmudgeonly Yours (2017) and Curmudgeon on the Loose (2021); several plays, short stories and screenplays, and been given the FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) 2018 Silver Award for Humor. At the height of the pandemic, he finished a novel with co-writer, James Crew Allen, on Covid-19 entitled The Wuhan Tentacles (2020). This past year, Bonte&Allen finished “a sex on the beach” romp called Grand Cayman, Exposed (2021).
Rebecca Lynne: Director & Sound Designer
Rebecca is the founder of Dean Productions. As a theatre director, her work has been seen around the world, including New York, London, New Jersey, Washington DC, Bali, and California. Among her solo directing credits are The Last Five Years, Into the Woods, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Comedic Tragedy of Macbeth, The 39 Steps, Sleeping Beauty Ballet, The Lady of Shallot, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Ghost Sonata, the Opera. Rebecca recently made her film directorial debut with Binders and The Rise of the Binders, the prequel mini-series.