| Katie Gamble as Girl Katie is 13 years old and this was her first film. Prior to Through the Needle, Katie has appeared in several musicals and plays. The most recent ones were Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, High School Musical, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and Hello Dolly. Katie had also appeared in a Web video for a phone manufacturer as well as a Corporate video for a major toy manufacturer. |
| Steven Saines as Man Steven has trained at the Second City Conservatory, Improv Olympic and Act One Studios, and has appeared with The Cupid Players, in Chicago Sketchfest with the Louisville Fluffers, The Boston International Comedy Festival, Lone Star, Homiles, Jack O'Shea in Cas O'Blanca, Jack O’Shea: The Saga Begins, Jack O'Shea; Jungle Love, Insecurities, Harmony Grits and Fried Rice and on film in Der Schmuggler , King John and Dogfood. |
| David April Pianist performing Rachmaninoff's "Daisies" Born in Salem, Massachusetts, David April studied piano for 10 years as a pupil of Nancy de Francesco Oliva, a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and a prominent teacher on the North Shore. During those years, David participated annually in the adjudicated National Piano Playing Auditions, and in 1963 was awarded the Paderewski Gold Medal by the American College of Musicians and a High School Diploma in Artistic Piano Playing as well as a scholarship from the National Guild of Piano Teachers. That same year he also was named a finalist at the New England Pianoforte Teachers’ Association Competition in Boston, and performed in the finalists’ recital at Boston University. David subsequently gave a successful solo recital at the King Hooper Mansion in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Two decades later David intensively studied piano again, this time for seven years with Michael Kramer, a prominent artist-teacher with a master’s degree in piano performance from Boston University who had débuted at Carnegie Hall and was both teaching and performing. Playing a Baldwin Artist Grand, he continually explores new repertoire and has recorded and posted very numerous works of composers of the Romantic, Impressionist, and Late Romantic periods on Internet websites. David resides with his wife, Martha, in Bangor, Maine. |
| THROUGH THE NEEDLE CAST AND CREW |
| BENJAMIN CAPPS writer/director This is the fifth film from The Inner Below under Benjamin’s direction, following Shakespeare's King John, John Webster’s, The Duchess of Malfi (III, ii) Mayday Morris Dancing in Pullman and Der Schmuggler, of his own penning. He received his B.A. in Performing Theatre from The University of Missouri, Columbia in 1998. He has appeared on stage in numerous productions including: Jack O’ Shea: The Saga Begins, Jack O’ Shea in Cas O’Blanca, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titus Andronicus, As You Like It, The Tempest, La Vita Breve, Red Noses, The Little Red Hot Man, The Real Inspector Hound, Deflower Child, Western Sizzlin, The Messiah Box, Chicago Sketchfest and in broadcast on The History Channel and FOX Kids Club. He was also appeared in several independent films and on the radio. As director, screenwriter and playwright Benjamin founded The Inner Below in 1998. |
| Sara Sylvan as Housekeeper (bio and photo forthcoming) |
| Martin Villeneuve Pianist performing Rachmaninoff's "Élégie Op.3 No.1" Bio and photo forthcoming. |
| Christina Sprayberry Camera Assistant/Makeup/Grip Bio and pic forthcoming |