Our Team
Holly Sidell (Writer and Performer)
A Los Angeles native, Holly grew up performing professionally (including lending her voice to the character of Lin in the anime cult-classic Fist of the North Star!), something she successfully cajoled her reluctant mom to let her do. Her passion for theater deepened in middle and high school, which inspired her to minor in theater at Indiana University, and go on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and the Groundlings, among others.
During a temporary (but long) break-up with acting, Holly turned her attention to the holistic health and wellness field, becoming certified as a Reiki Master, personal trainer and fitness instructor, and natural health & homeopathic practitioner, opening a healing practice called Couture for the Soul in Santa Monica, CA. Returning to the stage in 2014, she performs regularly in theater all around Los Angeles, including award-winning performances in Write Me A Murder (T.P 2018/9 Lead Actress, Broadway World Lead Actress Nominee), and Don’t Dress For Dinner (T.P Lead Actress 2013/4).
As a writer, her work can be found across the internet on sites such as Mayo Clinic, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, and STAGE, a wellness and style site for women with breast cancer, and as a playwright, her one-act plays have been produced throughout Southern California and a virtually.
Passionate about health advocacy, Holly shares her personal experience as a cancer survivor and carrier of the BRCA1 mutation, speaking and writing about navigating such a journey to empower women, raise awareness, and raise funds for cancer research and patient support programs, partnering with organizations such as Cancer Support Community Pasadena. She also leads writing workshops for those touched by cancer and mentors women going through every stage of their breast cancer journeys.
Jonathan Fahn (Director)
Directing credits: For Force of Nature Productions -Once Upon a RUSH, Harry Potter and the Forbidden RUSH, and A Christmas RUSH at the Movies. For Pierson Playhouse/Theatre Palisades - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and The Odd Couple. For Blurred Vision Theatre Company - Fuddy Meers, Noises Off, Dracula, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and the musical Footloose. He also directed and developed the one-person shows Home is Where the House Falls (Coronet Theatre) and Confessions of a Minister’s Daughter (Barnsdall Gallery Theatre). Other directing credits: Stars in Cement & Icons (Actors Playpen), Cowboy Mouth (Complex), The Author's Voice (Ivy Substation), Dancing Around the Moment (Gene Bua Theatre), and 12 Items or Less (FATE), which he co-wrote and starred in with his uber talented wife, Jennie.
Jonathan is an award winning filmmaker who also works as an actor, director, writer, and producer for stage, film, television and in animation. jonathanfahn.com
Superstars:
Script development/consultant: Jessica Lynn Johnson
Original music: Tricia Minty
Rehearsal Coach: Judith Lyons
Performance photography: Patricia Maureen
Sebastian Munoz & Force of Nature Productions
Logo: Aaron Makela