Ty Hickson - "Sean"

Ty Hickson is a New York based actor and musician. He made his feature debut in Adam Leon’s GIMME THE LOOT which made it’s international premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Rolling Stone referred to Ty as a “star in the making” while RogerEbert.com described Ty as "a beautiful humorous energy, and a visceral openness to the camera, rare in a non-professional actor, but rare with professionals as well. He is emotionally transparent.” Ty next can be seen as the lead on Joel Potrykus’ third feature, THE ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK, which recently made its world premiere at the 2016 SxSW Film Festival.

Amari Cheatom - "Cortez"

Amari Cheatom is a graduate of The Juilliard School Drama Division, where he played such roles as 'King Leontes' (The Winters Tale), 'Bynum Walker' (Joe Turner's Come and Gone), 'Edmund The Bastard' (King Lear), 'Shaun' (Beau Willimon's War Story) and 'Banner' (Bryan Tucker's St. James Infirmary).

Amari has recently wrapped two feature films, Darker Than Blue and The Alchemist Cookbook. He can be seen starring in the feature Newlyweeds, written and directed by Shaka King. The critically acclaimed film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, follows two young Brooklynites (Cheatom and Trae Harris) as they deal with the ramifications of their marijuana use, and other life choices. Other film credits include Django Unchained for director Quentin Tarantino, Knucklehead directed by Ben Bowman with Gbenga Akinnagbe and Night Catches Us for director Tanya Hamilton with Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington. He has guest starred on Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC), Chase (NBC), Numb3rs (CBS) and Georgetown (ABC).

Among Cheatom’s notable theatrical credits are, On the Levee (Lincoln Center), Dutch Masters (Berkshire Theatre Festival) The Book of Grace (The Public Theatre), Zooman and the Sign (Signature Theatre), The Lower Ninth (Acorn Theatre), A Ballad of Sad Young Men (Cherry Lane Theatre), Origin Story (Sundance Theatre Festival), and When January Feels like Summer (Sundance Theater Festival) as well as a recent performance in the New York Public Radio production of Jitney, directed by Rueben Santiago Hudson.