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Cast & Production Credits

Cast

Rusty DeWees
Vermont actor and comedian Rusty DeWees, who appears as the male lead Lucien LaFlamme, is best known for his creation and portrayal of The Logger.

He has also appeared on film in Black Dog, Pieces of April, My Mother's Early Lovers, and Jay Craven's previous films Where the Rivers Flow North and A Stranger in the Kingdom. His work in television includes All My Children, Law and Order and Saturday Night Live. He has also worked in off-off Broadway and regional theater.

Seana Kofoed
Seana Kofoed, who appears as the female lead Stephanie Burns, has performed extensively on the stage in New York (Proof) and on television (Law and Order, Third Watch).

Bill Raymond
Veteran actor Bill Raymond, who has appeared in Where the Rivers Flow North, 12 Monkeys, Dogville, Summer of Sam, Eight Men Out and HBO's The Wire, returned to Vermont to play the role of Ug, Lucien's idiosyncratic uncle.

Tantoo Cardinal
Canadian actress Tantoo Cardinal, whose credits include Dances with Wolves and Legends of the Fall and who received extensive critical acclaim for her portrayal of Bangor in Where the Rivers Flow North, appears as Laura, Ug's outspoken and playful wife.

Local Rising Stars
A number of Vermont stalwarts and rising stars also appear in *Windy Acres. University of Vermont student and Charlotte resident Ariel Kiley* (The Sopranos, Law and Order) plays the role of Stephanie's older daughter, Titania. Ten-year-old St. Johnsbury student Felicia Hammer of Monroe, NH, a burgeoning actress who only just began her acting career in a school play last year, appears as the precocious and insightful Annika, Stephanie's younger daughter. Burlington native Abby Paige has appeared in film, regional theater, and as a stand-up comic and performing member of Killing My Lobster, an award-winning professional company in San Francisco. She plays April LeMay, Lucien's former girlfriend, haircutter and proprietor of the local country store. Experienced film and theatre actress Grace Kiley, from Charlotte; veteran stage actors Walt Levering and Donny Osman; Plainfield native Sarah Yorra; and Fledgling Films actor/director Sascha Stanton-Craven also appear.
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	Other actors include 14-year-old Charlie McDermott (The Village) from Westchester, PA, as Young Garald, Lucien's nephew and Annika's heart throb; Lyme, NH, actor and author John Griesemer as local banker Gary Macchia; and Stivi Paskoski (Law and Order, Homicide, Company K and PCU) as outlaw mechanic Turkey Tatro. Charlie Sanders, Sarah Burns, Nate Shelkey and Jackie Clarke from New York City's leading comedy outfit Upright Citizens Brigade round out the ensemble.

Production Credits

Directed by Jay Craven (Where the Rivers Flow North, A Stranger in the Kingdom, The Year That Trembled), the series is produced by Hathalee Higgs and Lauren Moye. Producers also include Walt Levering of the Windjammer Hospitality Group in Burlington and Gerianne Smart of Smart Communication in Vergennes. The program was written by Randi Hacker and Jay Craven.

The musical score has been composed and performed by outstanding veteran Burlington musicians Brett Hughes and Gordon Stone.

Key crew members include Alex Vendler as director of photography, Fran Stoddard (host of VPT's Profile) as assistant director, Roger Danchik as production designer, and Hathalee Higgs as line producer.

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