Cast and Characters - Haunted
Cast and Characters - Haunted
Cast
Characters
FRANK PARKER JR. is originally from Western Massachusetts where he graduated from Wilbraham Academy in 1971. Recently he graduated from Central Piedmont Community College with an A.A.S. Degree in Web Technologies.
For most of his career, Frank has been involved
with manufacturing as either as production worker or as a manufacturing quality assurance professional. He is a past member of the American Society of Quality (ASQ) and is a Certified Quality Technician and also was a Certified Quality Auditor. Presently he is employed by Bank of America as a member of the Technical Service Team for Cashpro.
Frank now resides in Gastonia, NC with his wife Donna, 5 dogs and 4 cats. Meeting each other in 2006 at ConCarolinas they soon realized they had many things in common. Science fiction, a love of music, and of course both are avid animal lovers who both adore ferrets. It was a match made in fandom and the following year at ConCarolinas 2007, they were married.
COMMODORE SAMUEL TOBIAS GRISSOM
Born July 23rd, 2208 the Jovian moon Europa, in thede shadows of Jupiter Station, a Starfleet Research and Development facility in orbit over Jupiter. His father was a warp propulsion engineer, and his mother a xenobiologist. Growing up in a research and development facility, Sam seemed destined to follow in his parents’ footsteps as
civilian contractors working in a lab on Europa.
Indeed, that would have been Sam’s fate if he had not stumbled upon the papers and writings of his great-grandfather Samuel, who he was named after. Admiral Grissom was one of the first officers to command a Daedalus Class Starship, which were the backbone of a fledgling Federation Alliance during the Romulan wars. As Sam dove deeper into his ancestor’s life, he knew that he was destined to follow in the Admiral’s footsteps.
GARY DAVIS graduated High School in Newark, Ohio in 1983. He entered the US Navy in December 1983 serving 22 years in a variety of air, sea, and shore based assignments. Gary ended his military career serving six years in Navy Recruiting first as the Senior Navy Liaison to the the Military Entrance Processing Station for Enlisted Programs, Cleveland, OH, and then
the Ohio NROTC Coordinator as part of the Officer Programs. He attended Florida Central College of Jacksonville, where he received his AS in Computer Information Systems Analysis. He now works for a furniture franchise company as their IT Manager and Office Manager.
Gary’s military decorations include, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, four awards of the Navy Achievement Medal, five awards of the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Joint Expeditionary Medal and several unit awards.
In the summer of 2009 , he is married to the former Tracey Goodhue and they now have three children, Jeremy (1987), Christopher (1989), and Daniele (1997).
COMMANDER JASON BROUSSEAU
Immediately after graduating from Starfleet Academy Brousseau was selected to participate in an exchange program with the Vulcans. For five years, a group of twelve Humans (primarily from Earth) and twelve Vulcans participated in an exchange program. The Humans lived on Vulcan and served on Vulcan ships. The Vulcans lived on
Earth and served on Human Federation vessels. Early experiments such as this eventually led to the inclusion of Vulcans on many Human Starfleet vessels.
After the exchange program ended, Brousseau went on to serve as Chief Petty Officer on the Essex; then as Lieutenant Commander aboard the Excalibur; then as second in command aboard the Lexington, where he was awarded the Medal of Valor.
After some crafty maneuvering, Commodore Grissom acquired Brousseau as the XO onboard the Dominion in 2268.
TERRY SELF was born in Johnson City, TN, but spent his formative years in the sprawling metropolis of Greenville, SC, graduating from Southside High School back in the 1900s.
He went on to earn a Communications degree from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. Currently, he provides on-air traffic reports for radio stations in Charlotte, NC, Greenville, SC,
Greensboro/Winston Salem, NC & Harrisonburg, VA.
LT COMMANDER BRYCE ANDERS
From an early age Anders was fascinated with space exploration. By the time he was in high school his sights were set on Starfleet Academy. After graduating the academy with a degree in weaponry and defense systems, Anders served three years aboard the U.S.S. Constellation. He distinguished himself on many occasions, becoming the most
sought after Security Officer in the fleet.
He was transferred to the Dominion four years before the Constellation was used to destroy a giant, robot, doomsday machine. Anders was wrought with guilt for months afterwards, thinking he could have defended the ship against the machine.
DAVID R WRENN graduated High School in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1970. He then majored in Architectural Technology in nearby Jamestown, NC. Randy has been a draftsman for most of his adult life. In 2011, he attended CPCC in Charlotte, NC where he earned an A.A.S. degree in Web Technology.
Randy has loved to write since an early age. He has written short stories, poetry and songs for decades.
COMMANDER STEPHAN DENSON
After twelve years aboard the U.S.S. Farragut, Denson received the coveted assignment of Chief Engineer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. He was promoted to the rank of Commander, and served under Captain Christopher Pike. As usual, distinguishing himself on many occasions, often under extreme pressure.
In 2264, Denson was assigned the post of Chief Engineer aboard the U.S.S. Dominion, where he remains as of this writing (7/18/2268).
JOHN LACKEY graduated high school in Jacksonville, Florida in 1999, where he was born and raised.
In 2003, he went on to attend Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama where he studied Theatre. During his time at the university he acted, wrote and directed a one act play called Isosceles. He also acted in Star
Spangled Girl, Kentucky Cycle, Importance of Being Earnest, Our Town, A Wonderful Life and several other productions.
In 2008, John returned to Jacksonville where he continued his acting career in short films. He is also musically talented. Currently he is working on several projects, where he plays the bass, keyboard and sings.
ENSIGN JASON TAFT
From early childhood, Taft wanted nothing more than to join Starfleet, and serve aboard a Federation Starship. However, his family had served in The British Royal Navy for eighteen generations, and he did not want to be the first to break with tradition. So, as soon as he graduated high school, he enlisted in Her Majesty’s Fleet, and
rose to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in his four years of service.
When he felt he had fulfilled his obligation to tradition, he immediately enrolled in Starfleet Academy where he excelled in everything to do with navigation or helmsmanship. After graduation, he was assigned to the Dominion as it’s first Helmsman and Navigator, where he remains today
DONNA PARKER grew up moving around as a Navy brat. She had studied piano for a summer as a child, and enjoyed music but not practicing. A trip to the library ended up with a discovery of Iaasc Asimov and Arther C Clark. This led to a love of sciene fiction and fantasy. That love led to other bad habits, like attending and working at Science
Fiction conventions. She was working Reg at a SF Convention when her daughter had trouble finding a badge for one of the attendees. It was filed as “Filkferret” instead of “Frank Parker.” And the rest is history..
DOCTOR T'MERYL
T’meryl was born on the planet Vulcan. Her parents were both Doctors, which inspired and encouraged her to become one as well. In her teens she began studying Medicine. After twelve years of study and research, she was awarded the Dorli-has-tal; the highest honor in the medical field that can be awarded to a Vulcan.
After a brief break, she attended Starfleet Academy remotely. Over the years, she mastered many other fields of medicine including psychology.
Despite her accomplishments, she had lived a somewhat sheltered life, almost never leaving Vulcan. However, she had always had a longing to study life, and various forms of medicine in other systems. Finally, she applied for, and was assigned to, the ship’s Doctor position on the Dominion when it became available.
CARSON WEAVER graduatred from Camden County High School in Kingsland Georgia in 2009. She graduated from Georgia Southern University in 2013 where she studied accounting.
She is currently an independent beauty consultant with Mary Kay, and is engaged to be married.
LIEUTENANT VICTORIA OLSEN
Olsen is the daughter of two linguistics experts. She spent her early life traveling throughout the settled quadrant, learning the local cultures and languages wherever she went. She joined Starfleet Academy on her 18th birthday, and quickly established herself as the top student in linguistics and communications.
When she graduated from the academy, she had already arranged to become the Communications Officer aboard the U.S.S. Dominion, and has distinguished herself in that post for the past five years. Recently she spent eighteen months studying methods of communications between Blea-thaw-ta’ (frog-like creatures found only on Nimbe’tu 7).
CRAIG MICHAEL BECK
Originally from sunny California, Craig Michael Beck resides in Savannah, GA and is asked at least once a week if people have ever told him he looks like Edward Norton or a young Gary Oldman. His wife, Parker Beck, is a Production Designer, and together they have 11 children: 6 dogs and 5 cats. While technically childless, Craig is often ironically cast as a father figure
and kids seem to be naturally drawn to him.
Ashy child, more comfortable with books than people, Craig ultimately broke from his shell to tackle acting at age 35, only after graduating with a BA in Psychology and minor in Criminal Justice, just 12 short years after first obtaining his PHD in the School of Hard Knocks.
Craig credits his beautiful and loving wife for continuing to encourage him to purse the joyful insanity that is acting, and his six rescue dogs who give him daily, if not hourly, inspiration to look for and yap at things that aren't always there.
CHIEF JOHNATHAN BROOKS
Chief Brooks defied his Father's wishes to follow him with a career in Medicine, choosing instead to pursue Engineering and Teleportation sciences.
His uncany ability to grasp thse fields landed him a presigous post aboard the USS Constellation were he served for 4 years. He was transferred to the
Excalibur only days before the Constellation was destroyed with all hands lost.
When his Father was killed in the Cromwell Nebula incident, he asked for a transfer to the Dominion, wishing to learn more about the crew and the Captain. he had seved with.
KIM SINGLETARY graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury Massachusetts in 1977. In 1981 she graduated Bay State Jr College in Boston. She is currently employed as an Executive assistant at a major reinsurance company in Charlotte, NC.
Kim Singletary, a Single Mother began her acting
LT COMMANDER SANDRA PYPER
After high school, Pyper enrolled in Starfleet Academy, majoring in Applied Space Science. After graduating at the head of her class, she accepted the offer to continue her education with three more years at the Starfleet College of Science.
career in her senior year of High School where she landed her first leading role in the play “The Me Nobody Knows”.
Kim is not only an actor, but a singer, humanitarian and activist for “Keeping the Arts” in our schools system.
Various commercials opportunities also came her way within the Queen City from Carolinas Healthcare commercials with Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers to appearances with NASCAR Driver Patricia Danka, to a feature in the North Carolina Education Lottery Commercial, which has lead up to her current role as Lt. Commander Sandra Piper of the Farragut on the U.S.S. Dreadnought Dominion.
Kim looks forward to expanding her acting capabilities and feels her role as Lt Commander Piper will stand out among all of her other roles she has played.
After her extended years at the Academy, she was assigned as Junior Science Officer aboard the U.S.S. Da Vinci where she impressed Captain Bennett. It was Bennett who later recommended Pyper to Commodore Grissom for placement as Science Officer aboard the Dominion.
Pyper served aboard the U.S.S. DaVinci until it was decommissioned in 2254. She then served on the U.S.S. Essex as Science Officer before being assigned to the Dominion, becoming it’s First Science Officer.
DAN SCANLAN is a native New Yorker, born in the city in 1956. Then he spent his formative years in sunny Miami Beach before his family returned to NYC with sister Patricia and a Boston Terrier named Flick. That was when Star Trek first premiered on television, and the science fiction bug bit.
A graduate of St. John’s University with a degree in journalism, Dan attended some of the first Star Trek conventions in New York City and met David Gerrold (Tribbles) Issac Asimov and saw Shatner, Roddenberry, Nimoy and the original crew many times. Then he moved to where the career took him, working in Massachusetts and New Hampshire before becoming a news director at a Jacksonville, Fla. radio station. From there, he moved into television news, becoming an anchor and court and cops beat reporter. Then came the move to the dark side.
While doing stories on Farragut Films and its recreation of a starship film set to create Starship Farragut, Dreadnought Dominion and Star Trek Continues film productions, Dan met the studio principals. A lifelong desire to be part of that universe saw him ask the captain for permission to come aboard as a volunteer. That was three years ago, and Dan has done set construction, acting, audio work and production assistance for multiple film productions there since.
COMMANDER DON CHAMBERLAIN
In 2255, Chamberlain was promoted to Lieutenant Commander and transferred to the U.S.S. Essex, where he was part of continuing skirmishes with the Klingons, and won the Star of Freedom award for flying a shuttlecraft to the surface of Archeron to rescue three stranded Starfleet officers. Injured in the rescue attempt,
he was assigned to work with Starfleet command on development of new starship classes at the Utopia Planitia Shipyards, Starfleet’s primary starship construction and repair facility.
When the Dreadnought Dominion was christened, Chamberlain was assigned to be her First Officer under Commodore Samuel Tobias Grissom, an old friend who had helped supervise his section back at Utopia Planitia. Both men fully agreed with Starfleet’s wish to send NCC-2115 and her crew into deep space exploration, and away from the inner Federation orbits, although their familiarity with the Romulan Neutral Zone was a primary factor in the assignment, which also included first contact assignments.