Stay Good Cast

Courtney Merritt - Jessica
	Courtney Merritt made her acting debut at the age of four, appearing as the Dormouse in Through the Looking Glass, staged at the Lighthouse Gallery Theatre in Palm Beach County, FL. After that she starred in An American Collage, Twas The Night Before-How The Grinch Stole Xmas and Marie Curie, all in regional theatres in Florida. At the age of eleven she acted in Through the Looking Glass once again, this time in the lead role of Alice. She moved back to her native NYC at the age of thirteen and took the lead role in State v Sarah Baker at Syracuse University, appeared as the Younger Sister in the play Inside at the American Livingroom Festival at the Here Theatre in NYC, was a member of the Teddybearbaiters Improv Group (the only person under 18 years of age in the group) at the Waterloo Bridge playhouse in Brooklyn and appeared as Belinda, Fanny & Want in Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; also at the Waterloo Bridge Playhouse. In the past year alone, Courtney has appeared in Into Character, La Bamba episode for AMC TV, a Mikoto Music Video, an Instore Sports Network Spec Commercial for Champs, nine independent movies and one featured film. She has had the lead role in four of these films, supporting roles in two and featured roles in four. She was singled out for her role as Larissa in Late Bloomer; "Her expressions were priceless and she showed a maturity you do not always see in teenage actors". This film also won "Best of Audience" at the Lake Placid Film Festival. Currently Courtney is working on the independent film The Apartment with the director Michael Helman and Enjoy the Show with the director Jessica King. www.courtneymerritt.com
Gina Samardge - Mom
	FILM I'm Sammy Hagar, Tiffany (lead), Dir. Jonathan Yi (NYU); The Dentist, Jill (lead), Dir. Tatyana Kagamas (SVA); Dirty Twin, Heiros Gamite (supporting), Dir. Lynn Berg; Stay Good, Mom (supporting), Dir. Julie Perez (NYU) THEATER Legacy, Nele Prager, T. Schreiber Studio, NY, Shauana Kanter, Director; Personals, Kim, Hudson Players, NJ; Schoolhouse Rocks!Live, Beck Center for the Arts; Chess, Chorus, Beck Center for the Arts; Peter Pan, Peter Pan, Little Theater; Oliver, Nancy, Palace Theater, OH; Sound of Music, Maria, Little Theater; Fiddler on the Roof, Hodel, Little Theater.
Peter Bisgaier - Dad
	Some of Peter's favorite roles include Mr. Orange in the NY Stage Premier of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (Empire Theatre Co.), Jonathan Harker in Dracula (Delaware Theatre Co.), Faulkland in The Rivals (Horse Cave Theatre), the title role in The Nerd (Phoenix Theatre), and Clive/Cathy in Cloud Nine (Green Room Theatre, L.A.). He is co-founder and Producing Artistic Director of the Empire Theatre Company which most recently produced the controversial Roberto Zucco in NYC. He is also a playwright and his adaptation of the novel Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), had its first public staged reading this September 2003. Peter is a graduate of the Michael Howard Studios Professional Conservatory and has been associated with the studio since 1998. Peter would like to thank his wife, Corinna, and his family for their continued support.
Amy Huang - Friend 1
	Amy Huang is currently a student at Stuyvesant High School. She has trained at The Actor's Institute and the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York. Amy recently performed in the stage productions of Landscape of the Body and A Midsummer Night's Dream. She sends her thanks to family and friends for their love and support
Alissa Amato - Friend 2
	FILM Out of My Room - Emma (Lead) - Director Zoe Klugman Stay Good - Friend 2 - Director Julie Perez Astonishing News - Principal - Nippon Television 30 Minutes Kid - Ensemble - Director Harry Freedman Streamside Day Follies - Featured - Director/Artist Pierre Huyghe Toyota Ruben Video - Featured - Kaleidoscope Productions Nailed Right In - Background - Director Michael Corrente The Naked Brothers Band - Background - Director Polly Draper Krug - Background - Director Bryan Buckley Spider Man 2 - Background - Director Sam Raimi THEATER Alice in Wonderland - Alice - Creative Dramatics The Music Man - Chorus/Dance - Ridgefield High School
Tammy Brainin - Principal
	Tammy was born and raised in NYC. She is fabulous.
Sam Borenzweig - Boy
	Sam Borenzweig lives in Manhattan with his parents, little brother and dog. He loves performing and attends acting classes at the City Lights Youth Theatre. In addition to acting Sam enjoys soccer and playing the piano. He entered LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in the fall.
Travis Goldman - Clerk
	Travis Goldman made his own stop-motion films before the age of 10. He used toy cars, action figures, and a small Godzilla model to make his first films. He first experienced the excitement of a great theater experience in 1990, when his father took him on opening night to Total Recall. The intensity and the violence of the film, combined with a raucous audience captivated him. He wanted to produce that effect on others. Travis co-authored a humor book with his friend that Time-Warner published in 1999. He did several radio interviews, and the book was published in nine countries in six languages. After working for ESPN Radio for a year, Travis went back to his first love and completed an intensive film production course at New York University in the spring of 2004. He wrote, produced, directed and edited a 10 minute film shot on 16 mm color, with sync-sound. He also crewed on four other student films. Shortly after, he was a production assistant on an independent feature film, and then worked on a PSA, a short film, and a CBS television show, Wickedly Perfect. He also completed a feature-length script that he hopes to sell, or produce himself one day. Travis is currently working on his own short that he will enter in film festivals this year.
Ross Amato - His Friend
	FILM The Stepford Wives - Principal - Director Frank Oz Little Manhattan - Jazz Band - Directors J. Flackett/F. Levin Lemonade - Toby (Lead) - Director Brantley Aufill The Naked Brothers Band - Background - Director Polly Draper 30 Minutes - Joseph/Ensemble - Director Harry Freedman Stay Good - Featured - Director Julie Perez Krug - Background - Director Bryan Buckley NBA Promo (Shaq) - Background - Director Spike Lee NBC One Minute Movie - Background - Director Hank Perlman Spider-Man 2 - Background - Director Sam Raimi THEATER Holiday Spectacular (Debbie Gravitte) - Tap Dance - Ridgefield Playhouse The Music Man - Chorus/Dance - Ridgefield High School Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra- Tap Dance