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On this episode I talked with Lana and Nathan about how they first discovered their passion for performing, their education experiences, creating their own content on YouTube their performances on stage pre-Rockwell Table & Stage, their favorite show they’ve seen the other in, what’s so special about Rockwell Table & Stage, the Christmas movie they recently filmed, Nathan’s movie The Rising Hawk coming out on October 2nd, and more!
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Lana began her career under the direction of Robert Rodriguez, playing Antonio Banderas’ misbehaving daughter in the Miramax film Four Rooms. After obtaining a theater degree from UCLA, Lana began posting short films, comedy sketches, and song parodies on her YouTube channel, and has since garnered a following of almost 200,000 subscribers. Shortly thereafter, she formed a production company, through which she has created a number of horror and sci-fi genre short films in collaboration with Guillermo del Toro, Stan Lee, and Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment.
Lana had two films released in 2019, including STX’s Countdown, and Mar Vista’s A Christmas Movie Christmas, in which she plays the starring role. TV appearances include Shameless, Hawaii Five-0, The OA, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Life In Pieces. She recurs on multiple animated series, including The Lion Guard, Shimmer and Shine, and was a series regular on Amazon’s DARK/WEB and Machinima’s TRANSFORMERS: COMBINER WARS & TITANS RETURN. She was chosen among hundreds to be a part of 2017’s prestigious CBS Diversity Comedy Showcase.
In addition to acting, she is also an accomplished singer, and was a recording artist with Sony Records, Japan. She performs live regularly in Rockwell Table and Stage’s Unauthorized Musical Parody series.
Nathan is an actor and filmmaker who first got into performing at age 12 as the role of “Tree”. After getting his BFA from Elon University, he graduated to numerous stage and screen performances along side legends like Anthony Hopkins in Misconduct and Juliette Lewis in JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS. On the small screen, Nathan has appeared in THE OA and GILMORE GIRLS, while recurring on several other shows including VANISHED and SUMMERLAND. When not in front of the camera, Nathan is behind the camera writing and producing several projects currently in development. Past projects have included collaborations with Guillermo del Toro, Stan Lee and Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment.
Like Lana, Nathan also performs live regularly in the Unauthorized Musical Parody series at Rockwell Table & Stage.
