Angela Rysk
Emma
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April Grace Lowe
Amy
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Ken MacFarlane
Simon
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Cody Roberts
Frederick
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Darcy Silveira
Morgan
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Elaine Ackles
Navarro
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Todd-Christian Elliott
Balder
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Joanna Churgin
Gladys
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Nate Geez
Mike
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Matt Guerra
Lee
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Russell Guerra
Cole
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Jennifer Patino
Maria
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Stephanie Schulz
Watson
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John Hope
Holt
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Edwin M. Johnson III
Jeff
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Julieth Restrepo
Blythe
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Sandra Sue Smith
Carmen
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Sara Young Chandler
Harley
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Travis Lincoln Cox
Edgar
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Brent Scott Davis
Ainsely
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Rob Rota
Bill
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Levi Hand
Cop
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Constance Sullivan
Alice
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Kelsey Risher
Martha
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April Grace Lowe (Amy) is an award-winning actor, writer, director and producer. Her stage career spanned coast-to-coast, and included classics like Medea and Juliet. She is the writer and director of the breakout comedy Jaw Recorder: Confessions of a Romance Narrator, now streaming.
Angela Rysk (Emma) is a stage, film, and voice actor whose film work includes cult classics like A Promise of Time Travel and Space Detective, and whose stage credits includes Of Mice and Men, Much Ado About Nothing, and Alice Through the Looking Glass.
Ken MacFarlane (Simon) is an indie darling whose films include Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre, The Millennium Bug, Anabelle, and Empire Builders. Stage credits include Once Upon a Mattress, Dracula, Six Degrees of Separation, The Misanthrope, Enemy of The People, and Hamlet.
Cody Roberts (Frederick) grew up in central Washington and earned his B.F.A. at Southern Oregon University. From there he worked as a Shakespearean actor, playing roles like Romeo, Benedick, and Feste. A prolific audiobook narrator of nearly 400 books, Cody was nominated for an Audie for his work on Truman Capote’s The Grass Harp.
Darcy Silveira (Morgan) is a veteran stage actress whose credits include the world premiere of Middle8 as Cassidy (understudy) and Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018’s immersive extravaganza Unreal City.
She was honored to originate the role of Renate in the world premiere of Lili Marlene at Write Act Rep. Other favorite theater credits include Shelby in The Spitfire Grill, roller-skating her way through Leading Ladies as Audrey, and lisping her way through The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as Logainne. Known to many for her gypsy soul, roaming address, strong opinions, and excellent secret-keeping, Darcy will star in the upcoming film The End of Sex.
Elaine Ackles (Navarro) originally thought she would become a singer, inspired in part by her mother, who sang and toured in the Philippines.
Her stage credits include Chizuye Juarez in Hero Theatre’s 2022 production of Tea and Angel: Purity in CSUN Department of Theatre’s production of Anything Goes. Film credits include Enséñame Como Morir (Show Me How to Die), What’s Wrong with Her?, This Kind of Love, Tag-ulan, and The Forgotten.
Todd-Christian Elliott (Balder) has worked on stages from coast to coast, and screens both big and small. He studied acting at Wright State University, following which he was artist in residence at a state run theatre where he performed in Peter Pan, Zorro, and The Three Musketeers.
Other credits include The Glass Menagerie at Phoenix Rising Theatre and Twelfth Night at the Actors Repertory. Los Angeles theater credits include Claudius in Hamlet, Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Paris in Romeo and Juliet, The Inspector in Into the Bat Cave, and The White Knight in Alice Through the Looking Glass. Film credits include Kittens in a Cage, The Man from Outer Space, and A Promise of Time Travel.
Joanna Churgin (Gladys) is a darling of LA theater, where her stage credits include Marjorie in The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Ouisa in Six Degrees of Separation, Felicity Tramwell in The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery, Sister Aloysius in Doubt, A Parable, Emma Goldman in Ragtime, Berthe in Pippin, Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, Sister Mary Ignatius in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, Ouiser in Steel Magnolias, Jeannette in The Full Monty, Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret, Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Kate in All My Sons.
More recent Los Angeles-area credits include Hannah Ferguson in The Spitfire Grill, Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Virginia Noyes in It’s Only a Play. Her stage work has also earned local recognition, including a Kentwood Marcom Masque Award for her performance as Sister Aloysius in Doubt, and a StageSceneLA lead-actress nod for Six Degrees of Separation.
Nate Geez (Mike) moves between screen work and audio-driven genre storytelling. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he moved to Los Angeles to attend school at the University of Southern California, graduated with a degree in journalism, and began his acting career after a brief stint as a rapper. Nate has performed in over 60 productions since 2007, including a long-running role in the hit zombie podcast We’re Alive: A Story of Survival. He also writes and produces his own original content.
Matt Guerra (Lee) graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a B.A. in Theatre, with an emphasis in acting. He originally set out as a Computer Science major until he took an intro acting class and never really looked back—except long enough to return to school and earn a Psy.D. in Organizational Management and Consulting.
He is grateful to be part of this production team for a second time, which keeps him connected to performance and creativity.
Russell Guerra (Cole) makes his screen debut in Beyond Methuselah.
Jennifer Patino (Maria) is a SAG-AFTRA actor whose work spans television, studio features, independent film, and theater. Her television credits include a recurring guest-star role on Swagger for Apple TV+, a guest-star turn on Amazon’s The Wilds, and appearances on FBI: Most Wanted, The Resident, Woke, 9-1-1, NCIS: New Orleans, Dynasty, Tell Me a Story, The Outsider, and Being Mary Jane.
Her film work includes Jumanji: The Next Level, Madres, Hard Feelings, Good Mourning, Forgotten, Seed, Awesome Asian Bad Guys, and Beyond Methuselah. Fluent in Spanish and proficient in French and Italian, she brings both range and depth to work across drama, comedy, and action-oriented material.
Stephanie Schulz (Watson) has built a steady résumé across true-crime reenactment television, indie film, and cable drama. Credits include My Crazy Sex, Married With Secrets, Buried in the Backyard, and Elkhorn.
John Hope (Holt) was a seasoned screen actor whose credits include Asphalt Angels, A Promise of Time Travel, and The Lone Road.
John was also a brilliant stage performer, with a star-making turn as Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, and an iconically definitive Dogberry in Much Ado.
Edwin M. Johnson III (Jeff) makes his screen debut in Beyond Methuselah.
Julieth Restrepo (Blythe) is an award-winning Colombian actress and producer whose career reaches well beyond the Beyond Methuselah ensemble. Her credits include The Residence, Dear Gentlemen, Loving Pablo, and Griselda.
Sandra Sue Smith (Carmen) spent years touring Southern California as the lead of an educational theater show. Multifaceted is the word that fits her best: from her mixed heritage and rural Iowa upbringing to competitive gymnastics and jazz band championships, she has always gravitated toward a challenge.
She went on to double-major in Biology and Theatre, graduated Senior of the Year, and was one of only 12 people accepted into UCLA’s prestigious master’s acting program. Sandra received the Sony/Barbara Streisand Fellowship, later co-starred in the season finale of SEAL Team on CBS, and won Best Actress at the Telly and Digital Health Awards for her work in a Kaiser Permanente web series.
Now she has taken another major leap—leaving the security of touring work to commit fully to stories of hope that are uplifting and redemptive.
Sara Young Chandler (Harley) is from Ohio, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, and a Meisner graduate of the Ruskin School of Acting. She is also currently studying at UCB.
On-screen credits include Legion (FX) and Liza on Demand (YouTube Red), with several short films on the festival circuit and two thriller features on the release slate. Recent stage credits include Death of a Salesman and the original piece Lady Under Light.
Travis Lincoln Cox (Edgar) is an actor, improviser, and writer based in Los Angeles. He started out in Utah regional theater before building screen credits that include Back to Awesome, The Pastor and the Pro, and Blood Star. Travis will be starring in the upcoming film The End of Sex.
Brent Scott Davis (Ainsely) is a theater actor who grew up on the cheesiest ’80s action movies and the wildest Hong Kong kung fu films.
You can catch his comedic work on the Skeptical Productions YouTube page or, for something more spine-tingling, the Gregorious Lucian horror shorts on The Installments YouTube page.
Rob Rota (Bill) is a versatile actor and improviser whose credits span both studio productions and smaller independent projects. He has appeared in My Best Friend’s Girl, American Hustle, The Recency Effect, and Let the Block Know. Rob will be starring in the upcoming film The End of Sex.
Levi Hand (Cop) is a longtime stage performer and public speaker, with a background that stretches across live performance, teaching, and presentation. Beyond Methuselah marks his big screen debut.
Constance Sullivan (Alice). Film credits include Dear Harriet, Snatched a Billionaire to Be My Husband, Underprivileged, and I Met My Murderer Online.
Her résumé suggests a late-career screen presence that ranges from independent dramas to television-style thrillers and romances.
Kelsey Risher (Martha) is an actress and voiceover artist whose work has taken her from Chicago to Los Angeles and throughout the Southeast. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Acting at the University of Alabama, and her training includes comedy study at iO, The Second City, UCB, and The Pack Theater, alongside dramatic, classical, and Shakespeare-based work.
Her screen credits include The Long Way Home, Kin Dread, Celestial Orientation, Beyond Methuselah, Bird Box: Creature Revealed, Saturday Stories, Starburst, It Begins Now, and Broad Shoulders.