I followed a similar process acquiring the rest of the crew but after I brought on the core team they were able to bring a lot of their friends and so on. But soon the whole thing began to be too much for me to manage alone. That's when I brought in producer Mary Glynn, a Bruin friend of mine who had initially shopped the script around the year before. Mary really helped to pull this thing together which allowed me time to focus more on the creative vision of the film. From securing locations and bringing on crew to finding a caterer, additional talent and managing the budget, Mary threw down.

Before I knew it we were casting talent at the Lantana Center and I started writing checks like crazy. By the way, the first decent sized check you write for your film is your true commitment to doing it. It was somewhat scary because with so many people involved at this point I knew there was no turning back. Casting was a lot of fun. My ace, Christiane, was in charge of this and did a phenomenal job. There was really only one actor whose part was written specifically for them - LaMonica Peters (Akita) whom I'd met years early when we were parking attendants at UCLA. The majority of the cast came from my postings in Backstage West. The casting took place from August to late September and we began shooting the second week in October.

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