Our Team
THE PRODUCING TEAM
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Jessica Tuck (Founder, Co-Executive Producer), a Yale graduate, has been a successful actress for 25 years. She is currently a series regular on True Blood. Her past credits include a six year stint on Judging Amy, High School Musical 2 and 3, and the upcoming J.J Abrams film Super 8. A committed environmentalist, she co-founded inspire the change, a website focused on helping families green their lives. |
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Karin Gutman (Co-Executive Producer) is a writer and creative producer who enjoys working across multiple platforms, spanning animation, children's television, film and publishing. A graduate of Northwestern University's theatre program, she teaches at UCLA Extension Writers' Program and coaches writers privately. spiritofstory.com |
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Alicia Sedwick (Producer) is an actor, writer, and professor, as well as a strategic researcher. She received her MFA from American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and was a NYC-based theatre actor for 10 years, before recently moving to Santa Monica. |
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Dave Connaughton (Producer) is a screenwriter living in Venice Beach. He has written feature film screenplays for Paramount Pictures, Disney, Nickelodeon Films and 20th Century Fox. Dave is also a painter and a singer/songwriter who performs at clubs and coffee shops around Los Angeles. |
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Janet S. Blake (Producer) is a comedic storyteller with a passion for nurturing writers. While a Disney executive, she was one of the key creators of the Writing Fellowship Program which is still thriving. She uses the chaos of life to fuel her stand up and essays on her blog: mudslidechronicles.com |
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Nate Donaldson (Production Coordinator) is an actor/musician and recent transplant to Los Angeles. Originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, he attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and lived in Charlotte for a couple years after graduating. He is very excited to be a part of the Spark team, and can't wait to help bring some great stories into the world. |
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Deborah Pardes (Live Recording Engineer) is a writer/ producer living in Venice, California. She donates her time to Spark each month to make sure that the stories tolds are treasured forever. Her love of sound and story get her into all sorts of creative trouble. |
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Darryl Vance (Graphic Designer) kindly donates his time and talent every month and designs our programs and posters. He is a California-based artist who has been creating subtly provocative works for over thirty years. He is also an award-winning art director and designer whose work appears on television, in films, the webnets and various corporate medias. Darrylvance.com |
