Morgan Lee (Mitch) is thrilled to be in a film project in which his section didn’t get cut (darn you, Sean Penn!). Morgan has lived in Portland for the past 4 years and has worked on several stage productions (including Neil Labute’s Fat Pig) and film projects (including Into the Wild and Feast of Love). He is a four-year graduate of the Performing Arts Conservatory in Fairfield, IA.

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Lara Kobrin (Stacy) has been working as an actress in Portland, Oregon, since 2001. In addition to her acting work in Wage Slaves, she is also a co-producer. Lara is equally enamored with film and theater, so she dedicates time to both mediums. She was most recently seen on stage as Sandra in How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents at the Miracle Theatre. Lara has also worked with defunkt theater, triangle productions, Lucky Apple Productions, JAW West’s “Made in Oregon” series at Portland Center Stage, Mortified, Playwrights West, and Soap Street Productions. Some of Lara’s on-screen credits include local independent films American Disciples, Person, Place or Thing, and Damaged Goods. Lara is also active in national and local commercial work. For more information and links to upcoming projects, check out her web site: www.lara-kobrin.com.

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Leif Norby (Dirk) lives in Portland. When Leif is not slavin’ for a wage, he works as a barista, plays guitar in a local garage band, and irritates people in his spare time. Leif would like to thank Chris for not typecasting him as Dirk.

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Melissa Kaiser (Alicia) is thrilled to be making her on camera debut with Wage Slaves. She has performed on stages in the Portland area with NWCTC, 2boards Theatre, defunkt, and Stark Raving Theatre. She currently spends most of her time planning a wedding and singing her heart out.

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Ritah Parrish (Evelyn, Season 2) has been acting in Portland film and theater for 20 years. Film credits include Addison’s Wall, Film Geek, The Auteur, and the upcoming short Company Of Thieves and feature film Rid Of Me. She has co-written, produced and performed in original works such as Live Nude Fear! and the critically acclaimed Bottomless with Lorraine Bahr. She has penned and performed several one-woman shows, the most recent of which was Thinking Outside My Box at Theatre! Theater! Also an improviser, she performs regularly with Brainwaves — check out brainwavesimprov.com for more information.

Darius Pierce (Dorian, Season 2) lives in SE Portland and had a fantastic time working with the Wage Slaves crew! He can also be seen in Train Master II: Jeremiah’s Treasure, The Paranormalists, Animus Cross, and In My Shoes. Mostly, though, he can been seen on-stage. At perhaps, Portland Center Stage, Broadway Rose, Theatre Vertigo, or another stage that will let him on it. When not on-stage, he can often be seen… well, playing Guitar Hero, frankly.

Cassie Skauge (Lily, Season 2) was born and raised in the Midwest but has been loving Portland for the past seven years. She was last seen performing as Anya in The Cherry Orchard and in the night i died for Fertile Ground Festival 2010. Cassie loves being involved in both the film and theater communities. Favorite things in this world include, but are not limited to, her sister Emily, bike riding, movies from the 1930s, a good barbeque, Tokyo, Japan, and puppies. Check out The Free Box to view Cassie’s wackier side.

Chris A. Bolton (Writer, Director, Creator) co-created the webcomic Smash, which will be published in 2011 by Candlewick Press. His short story “The Red Room” was published in Portland Noir, edited by Kevin Sampsell. His short film “Speed Dating” won the Audience Award at the 2005 Portland International Short Short Film Festival and aired on the Independent Film Channel in August 2006. He has a not-quite-lucrative side career playing douchebags in suits, both in Wage Slaves and in the upcoming web-series Non-Essential Personnel.

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Matt Knapp (Director of Photography, Season 2) is grateful for the opportunity to join the talented cast and crew of Wage Slaves. Matt has been writing, directing, and shooting his own projects for the last six years — including his digital feature, almost everything, and the digital shorts This Song, Icebreaker, YOU ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF A CAVE, and The End (which you can find on his Vimeo page). He is currently hard at work on his own web series, Non-Essential Personnel, which will reunite him with many of the Wage Slaves cast and crew.

Emily Barrett (Producer, Production Manager, Season 2) has been working part-time as a professional manager of theater productions, on indie film sets, and plotting (but never acting upon) global domination, since 2003. Today, she works a full-time job in the next best industry to this drama, which is the circus of professional politics — and she loves it. She cooks, she cleans, and you can read her musings at apigofsuccess.blogspot.com. If you’re lucky, she’ll bake you a cake for your birthday.

Jessica Zodrow (Debbie, Season 1) has been acting since the age of six. She hails from the west coast, where she received her B.A in Theatre Arts from Southern Oregon University. She is currently in the Big Apple getting her M.A in Theatre Education from NYU, and she hopes to one day open her own school where theatre is used as a tool for self expression, social justice, and community change.

Ehren Ebbage (Rob, Season 1) has dabbled in film, theater, and television a handful of times. Most notable was his appearance on Court TV; he played the part of a murder victim and impressed the director with his ability to lie very still in the middle of the street. Fearing that he might be typecast, Ehren pursed roles as living people and landed a cameo in the indie film Pizza Girl. Mostly he just writes, records, and performs music. In fact, the soundtrack for Season 1 of Wage Slaves uses every single song from his album Ten Cent Souvenir, which can be found on his website and downloaded on iTunes. Click here to read Ehren’s Q&A.