In the role of Joe, Corey's obliviously callow exboyfriend, is LOREN DEAN. The nineteen-year-old actor made his feature debut in Martha Coolidge's "Plain Clothes," as Arless Howard's younger brother. Corn in California, he was raised in New York and Los Angeles, before settling in New York at seventeen to seriously pursue theatrical studies at HB Studios with Herbert Bergoff and Uta Hagen. Dean began performing in school productions at an early age and is also a gifted musician who plays piano and composes music.
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AMY BROOKS protrays D.C., the somewhat introverted mediator between her close friends Corey and Lloyd. The seventeen-year-old natice Californian made her film debut in "Broadcast News" as Ellie Merriman, the daughter of the TV station's managing editor. Currently a senior at Los Angeles' Newbridge School, she has been interested in acting since early childhood. While attending Beverly Hills High School, she participated in their theatre program and won various student acting awards in city-wide competitons.
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In the role of the unctuous IRS Agent, Stewart, is RICHARD PORTNOW. The bi-coastal actor was born and raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn College, where he majored in sppech and theatre. Since his feature debut in 1981's "Roadie," he has appeared in "Desperately Seeking Susan," "Radio Days," "Tin Men," "The Squeez," "Weeds," "Hiding Out," "Good Morhing, Vietnam," "In Dangerous Company," "Twins" and "Life On The Edge."
His Television credits include "Dear John," "Wiseguy," "Hopperman," Perry Mason: The Case of the Missing Madam," "Beauty and the Beast," "The House of Blue Leaces" (in which he and John Mahoney reprised their Broadway roles for PBS), "Almost Partners," "Courage," "Tales From the Darkside" and "The Equalizer."
On Stage, he has appeared in the Broadway productions of "A Month og Sundays" and "The House of Blue Leaves." He is an orginal member of the La Mama Ensemble and has participated in such off-Broadway productions as "The Chopin Playoff," "Bleacher Bums," "Merton of the Movies" and "Szechuan Dynasty." His regional theatre work includes the Long Wharf's "A Grand Romance," the Berkshire Theatre Festival's "Sabrina Fair" and "A Loss of Roses," Cleveland's Playhouse in the Park's "The Dresser," and the Philadelphia Drama Guild's "The Front Page." He also appeared in the original production of "Moonchildren" at London'd Royal Court Theatre.
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BEBE NEUWIRTH makes her feature debut as Mrs. Evans, a tenacious high-school counselor who tries to pressure John Cusack into attending college. Currently in her third season as the long-winded psychotherapist Dr. Lilith Sterin on "Cheers," she won a Tony in 1986 for her performance as the prostitute Nicky in "Sweet Charity." Her other Broadway credits include "A Chorus Line," "Dancin'" and "Little Me." She also toured internationally with "A Corus Line" and "West Side Story." Off-Broadway, she appeared in Martin Charnin's "Upstairs at O'Neil's."
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