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Kyle Holman -- "Keith"Born and raised in Birmingham, Kyle Holman earned his Degree in Theatre from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He has been employed steadily in theatre and film ever since, working both on and off stage as well as from both sides of the camera. Kyle has appeared in such films as Sleepaway Camp III, Elvis' Grave, Dear in the Crosshairs, Apogee, The Stanton Killer, Out of the Box and Bad Dates. His favorite stage roles include "Judas" in Jesus Christ Superstar, "Curly" in Oklahoma!, "Jules" in Sunday in the Park With George, "John" in Summer and Smoke, "Starbuck" in The Rain Maker, "Marious" in Fanny and Joseph and "Pharaoh" in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In addition to acting, Kyle has also done voiceover work for numerous radio and TV commercials as well as video games. Clients include: Verizon, CITGO, Putt Putt, Acclaim Entertainment, McDonald's, BattleBots Toys, Disney Cruise Line, The New York Democrat & Chronicle, The Southwest Dairy Farmers, The Galleria Hollywood, Office Furniture U.S.A. and Time Life Music. He and his wife, Tara, celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary in 2004. They own a home in Birmingham which they share with three cats and a motorcycle. 
Melissa Bush -- "Barbara"A native of Birmingham, Melissa Bush is very active in the local theatre community. She most recently appeared as "Maggie" in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, "Odette" in Southern Baptist Sissies, "Annie" in Apartment 3A and "Dr. Eve" in Sordid Lives. Her other favorite roles include "Sheila" in The Boys Next Door, "Maria" in Twelfth Night and "Molly" in the original stage adaptation of Red Dragon. Hide and Creep marks Melissa's first experience with both film and zombies. 
Michael Shelton -- "Lee," "Michael"Whether taking a fall, taking verbal abuse or taking a luxurious bubble bath complete with scented candles, ambient music and a cucumber-based facial mask, Michael Shelton willingly gives his all in every movie he’s made with Crewless Productions. In fact, the same consummate fearlessness he revealed in such previous shorts as Goodnight, Springton, The Seven Year Switch and Reciprocity he now brings to his first feature-length film Hide and Creep, only this time without pants. In addition to his acting and wanton, almost worrisome, exhibitionism, Michael has spent the last ten years working in Birmingham's unforgiving live music scene, singing and playing guitar in sundry rock bands. Clearly, Mr. Shelton covets incessant attention. 
Chris Hartsell -- "Chris"A man of prodigious talent, voluminous screen credit and abs you could bounce a boulder off of, Chris Hartsell was born in Tarrant City, Alabama and is a graduate of Auburn University in Montgomery. Blessed with a voice angels would stab for and looks that have been known to blind the very gods themselves, Chris once appeared as an extra in Cobb starring Tommy Lee Jones. Glorified for his preternatural intellect, inconceivable strength and a rapacious carnal appetite that has been known to scare even house plants, Mr. Hartsell (as he likes to be addressed by loved ones) was also featured in the short films The Clock and Crewless Productions' Birthday Call as well as commercials for BellSouth and Baby Ruth candy bar. A man not restrained by the temporal concerns of mere mortals, a husband unequaled in the annals of history, literature and hearsay, a father who can only be defined by superlative after superlative after superlative, Chris Hartsell currently works as a Health Care Management Consultant in Birmingham. We are all better for knowing this magnificent bastard. 
Chris Garrison -- "Ted"Birmingham native Chris Garrison attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan to learn cartoon animation. After returning to the South, Chris continued doing freelance work on projects shown on Sesame Street, Cartoon Network and MTV as well as animating 17 regional ads for Jack's Family Restaurants and UAB football. Chris also co-created and acted in the live-action short The Electric Heartbreaker, which garnered a glowing, 5-star review from Chris Gore of FilmThreat.com. He recently worked on the film Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland, animating a cartoon sequence and playing the role of "Whitey/Gas Mask." 
Barry Austin -- "Reverend Smith"Barry Austin received his undergraduate degree in Musical Theatre from Birmingham Southern College and has an MFA in Theatre (Directing) from The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Barry has appeared in numerous Off-Broadway productions and in theatres around the country. In addition to playing "Reverend Smith," he has recently portrayed two other preachers, in both God's Man in Texas with The Little Theater Players and Southern Baptist Sissies at Terrific New Theatre. Recent independent film roles include "Dick" in Who is Colin Cherry?with Production Plus and "The Director" in Robert Rugan's Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland. 
Eric McGinty -- "Ned," ComposerAn award-winning composer, Eric McGinty was the lead guitarist and co-founder of the seminal Montevallo, Alabama indie band, Every Alice on Earth. In addition to scoring the music for Hide and Creep, Eric also co-wrote the soundtrack for the Crewless Productions short, Reciprocity. He is currently the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter for the Birmingham band the Avery Ellis Exhibit(s), whose songs appear throughout Hide and Creep. 
Chuck Hartsell -- "Chuck," Co-Director, Co-ProducerNever before has the phrase "sexbomb" been more appropriate than when applied to respected family man Chuck Hartsell. But he's not just eye candy and a tantalizing musk, ladies! As screenwriter of the short Reciprocity, Chuck finally answered the ancient Plato conundrum, "What would happen if a twentysomething and a preteen tried to kill each other with common household items?" As the lead actor in The Seven Year Switch, he not only redefined "method acting" but also actually tried to rename it "Chuck-Style," with no success whatsoever. As one of the creative forces behind the Zombiefest and Sidewalk Film Festival-selected short film Birthday Call, he brought together two of his greatest passions—horror films and wishing people well on the day of their birth. Chuck also served as script supervisor and additional unit director for the film Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland. A Radio, Film and Television graduate of Auburn University, Chuck looks forward to selling out to the highest—or any—bidder. He currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife Rachel and one-year-old daughter Samantha, both of whose tireless, 100-hour workweeks building sets for Hide and Creep will not go unappreciated. 
Chance Shirley -- Screenwriter, Co-Director, Co-ProducerNot since Larry, Moe and Curly inadvertently got their hands on some weapons-grade plutonium could someone be called a "triple threat" like Chance Shirley. As a screenwriter he has authored both the feature-length movie Hide and Creep and the short film The Seven Year Switch. As a co-director he has brought to life both those titles as well as the festival-favorite short Birthday Call. As a co-producer, he has gotten so far in debt that the WTO has recently classified him as a "severely high risk" to the stability of the global economy. He also writes a biweekly column on the making of Hide and Creep and independent film in general, "This Movie Ain't Gonna Shoot Itself," at MoviePoopShoot.com. A Broadcast Journalism graduate of Troy State University, Chance served as Assistant Camera Operator for Alice's Misadvertures in Wonderland and is currently the drummer for both the Avery Ellis Exhibit(s) and Delicate Cutters. Chance hopes to one day make Birmingham a center for film, music and art… by any means necessary. 
Stacey Sessions -- Co-ProducerHaving handled numerous technical and bookkeeping tasks—as well as various character parts—on previous Crewless Productions films, Stacey Sessions significantly increased her company role with Hide and Creep... along with her workload, her financial concerns and her now blinding headaches. She says she wouldn't have it any other way, and, although she presently cannot go five minutes with doubling over in sheer agony, we are apt to believe her. 
Robert Rugan -- Director of Photography, Visual EffectsRobert Rugan has worked professionally in commercial production and post-production as a Fire®/Inferno® artist and an award-winning Avid® editor. He has written and directed numerous television commercials. A multiple award-winning writer/director/editor of such short films as Out of the Box, Slipped, Abracadabra and Deadly Squids from Beyond Saturn, he has recently written and directed his first feature-length film, Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland. 
Jim Roberson -- Gaffer, Additional Music, Color CorrectionA graduate of the University of South Alabama, Jim Roberson has worked professionally in commercial production and post-production as editor and composer. Along with writing and performing some music for Hide and Creep, Jim has scored a host of short films including, Gib's Auf, Flush, Voyeur, Out of the Box, Programming to Die For, the award-winning short films Abracadabra and Deadly Squids From Beyond Saturn and the feature film Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland. Jim runs the cross-media design house FReD (Full Resolution Design) with Robert Rugan. 
Jonathan Thornton -- Additional Makeup EffectsA native of Montgomery, Alabama, Jonathan Thornton is the founder of the special effects makeup company Disturbing Images. Jonathan has plied his remarkably gruesome skills in such films as Eight-Legged Freaks, Hell Night, Home Sick, Camp D.O.A. and Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat as well as the new USA Network television pilot Frankenstein. |
