IN THE CARDS
THE CAST
Wriik Maui as Alicia Johnson
Wriik Maui spent most of her life on the islands of Angaur, Palau and Saipan and then moved to Portland, OR to attend college. She studies advertising at the Art Institute of Portland, where she discovered acting through a class taught by Shelly Lipkin. Outside of school, she works as a creativity coach, helping others fulfill their creative purpose. She is passionate about telling stories through dance, acting, photography, and writing and values nothing above the freedom of creative expression.
Ashley Williams as Stephanie
Ashley Nicole Williams is a theatre/film actress in the Portland area. She has received 'The Best Actress ' award from the Northwest Short Film Festival 2014, for her role as the lead actress in the film, Queen Over Jacks. She has most recently performed with Portland Playhouse in Jitney. Her Portland theatre credits includes work with Portland Playhouse in A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Cratchit, Artist Repertory Theatre in Seven Guitars as Ruby, Profile Theatre with Nothing But the Truth, Public House Theatre in A Raisin in the Sun, Well Arts Theatre in I:You, and Susan Banyas’ The Hillsboro Story. You can look forward to seeing Ashley in Portland Center Stage’s Alls Fair in Love and Shakespeare, their Shakespeare sampler tour, and in The Vibrator Play with Profile Theatre next year. Ashley is a proud acting coach for the August Wilson Monologue competition through the Red Door Project.
Dominique Farias as Frankie Gomez
Dominique Farias was born in San Jose, California. Moved to Portland, Oregon when she was 10. She had dreamed of modeling all her life and when she turned 15 she decided to make her dreams happen and contacted option model and media. She got signed and has been worn them until present day. Her first acting gig was In the Cards and it has been a great learning experience. As far as future plans she plans on going to Milano, Italy to further her model career.
Jamilia Ventura as Kayla
Jamila Ventura is a nomadic musician, singer, and photographer turned actress. Having moved to various places around the world, she has adopted Portland as her true home. She had had some experience acting as a child, but never fully pursued until recently. Ventura graduated from Arts & Communication Magnet Academy in 2012 with a focus in Photography and Vocal Music. She is currently majoring in Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University.
Jaida King as Sierra Gomez
Marcus Rhodes as Anthony
Marcus works at a martial arts school handling enrollment, billing, recruiting, and things of that ilk. He also practices martial arts and tricking (Look it up if you don’t know) for the last 10 or so years infrequently.His involvement in the industry is fairly limited in that he has a few friends who make short films. He is always more-than-happy to assist. He enjoys the idea of filmmaking and acting. His role in the film is as Anthony who has –albeit unreciprocated-- affections for one of the lead characters, but does what he can to make himself noticed and to help.
Coleman Stevenson as Ravinna
Coleman Stevenson's first collection of poems, The Accidental Rarefication of Pattern #5609, was published by bedouin books in 2012. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in a variety of publications such as Paper Darts, Seattle Review, E-ratio, Laurel Review, Osiris, Louisiana Literature, and Mid-American Review, and the anthology Motionless from the Iron Bridge. She now lives in Portland, Oregon, where she teaches poetry and design communication.
Original photo by Julie Savage Lee Photography
Jerry Bell as Jerry Johnson
Originally from Atlanta, GA. Jerry has traveled most of his life as a military brat and has also served in the United State Air Force. Jerry's education consist of an MBA in Business, an Bachelor of Science degree in Business and an Associates degree in Electronic Principles. He recently retired from a long career with Intel corporation to pursue his passion of entertaining within the film world. Jerry has performed on multiple national broadcast TV shows, multiple commercials and a ton of independent films. Over the past couple of years he has put more focus on producing and directing.
Monica Graves as Susan Johnson
Monica grew up in the tiny town of Sweet Home, Oregon. During her senior year of High School she won two rounds of the Elite Model Contest 1998, placing runner up in a third. After graduating she moved to Los Angeles to be represented by Elite Models. In the following years, Monica was married and over the next twelve years she and her husband had eight children. It was after the seventh child that Monica decided to return to the entertainment industry and pursue her passion. Monica is passionate about creating intimate, enjoyable stories with well thought out characters that create a desire in people to reevaluate elements of their life - and why not, after all life is short.
