CAST MEMBERS

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ATLANTA ENSEMBLE
Atlanta Actors Casting Coming Soon! 

JILLIAN BURGOS

Co-founder of Dainty Dames. Jillian is a writer, director, actor with a degree in forensic anthropology and theatre. She was a resident actor for Phoenix Theatre Circle for Children for several years and starred in indie films, web-series, and commercials. While Jillian's first love is theatre, she has become an activist and advocate for social justice. In 2021, she was elected to the NoHo Neighborhood Council and more recently a candidate for City Council. Jillian believes in giving back to her community through art, justice, equity, and has been a fierce advocate for housing as a human right. 

RENEE DORIAN-BEGLEY

Co-Founder of Dainty Dames. Renee Dorian is what you might call a triple threat in Hollywood. She is not only a TV/Film actress and writer, but she also has been producing for the last 9 years. Some acting credits include: Recurring on HBO's Minx, Nickelodeon's Side Hustle, an ABC Pilot - Randall & Hilda are NOT a couple, BLACKish, Scandal, national commercials, and a plethora of Feature Films. You may recognize Renee's voice from: commercials, audiobooks, app games, video games, and even some animated characters!

Outside of acting she has written pilots and feature films including one with her husband that can now be seen on Prime called, The Funhouse Massacre. When she's not busy writing your custom murder mystery, you can find Renee in the booth narrating for audiobooks, or chasing her 2 little kiddos around.
Check out more of her work here:
www.renee-dorian.com

BEN BEGLEY

Dames Co-Director Actor/writer/comedian/nerd/Dames co-director whose TV appearances include over 30 commercials and various TV shows: Supergirl, The Crazy Ones, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Mentalist, Happy Endings, and Raising Hope. And roles in feature films; ranging from a doctor who really loves bagels, Ed Helms' doppleganger in the spoof film The Hungover Games, and Deputy Doyle ​in The Funhouse Massacre. Which he and his wife, Renee Dorian, wrote as a love letter to their favorite slasher films ​of the 80's and 90's.

ELIZABETH FURREY

Dames Admin/Actor. Elizabeth is a producer, writer, and actor whose work spans theater, film, games, and more. Alongside her creative pursuits, she is deeply committed to serving the Los Angeles community by advocating for housing for all and supporting new readers and writers of all ages with resources as they begin their own creative journeys.

DAWN RASNICK

Dames Admin/Actor. Dawn Rasnick is an actor with a deep love for theatre, film, the beautiful worlds we find in nature, as well as the ones we create in our minds, and on the page.  Dawn moved to Los Angeles from the mitten, where she majored in theatre, and had the privilege of doing many years of Detroit theatre.  A few of her favorite roles include playing Mrs. Lovett in ‘Sweeney Todd’, Annie/Dr. Fischer in ‘Cancer! The Musical’, as well as her performances in ‘Detroit Be Dammed’, the recent film adaptation - ‘The Detroit Musical’ - to which she was thrilled to be able to lend her voice!  She is always happy to be on stage, on set, and/or “in rehearsal” for something!