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ABOUT THE CASTThe former social worker has become a well-known leading and character actor, appearingin more than 60 feature films. Born in Puerto Rico, Guzmán grew up in Manhattan. Hegraduated from City College and worked as a youth counselor at the Henry Street SettlementHouse while performing in street theater and independent films. Guzmán’s big break was aguest appearance on the NBC series “Miami Vice.”He has appeared in three films for director Sidney Lumet, two films for Brian De Palma:“Snake Eyes” and the original “Carlito’s Way”; three films for Paul Thomas Anderson:“Magnolia,” “Boogie Nights,” and “Punch Drunk Love”; and three films for StevenSoderbergh: “Traffic,” “The Limey” (for which he received an Independent Spirit Awardnomination for Best Supporting Actor) and “Out of Sight.”Guzmán’s other films include “Mr. Wonderful,” “Black Rain,” “The Hard Way,” “CadillacMan,” “True Believer” and “The Count of Monte Cristo.”On television, Guzmán recently played a lead role in the HBO series “John fromCincinnati.” Early in his career, Guzmán made guest appearances on many television showsincluding “NYPD Blue,” “Law & Order” and “Oz.”Equally at home on stage or on screen, award-winning actressLORETTA DEVINE (Delta) has created some of the mostmemorable roles in theatre, film and television. She capturednational attention in the original “Dreamgirls,” Michael Bennett’sclassic award-winning Broadway musical. She followed with BobFosse’s critically acclaimed stage production “Big Deal.”Subsequent work in George C. Wolfe’s “Colored Museum” and“Lady Day at Emerson Bar and Grill” cemented Devine’s status asone of the most talented and versatile stage actresses.Film roles soon followed, including a poignant turn in “Waitingto Exhale,” which earned her an NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actress. Devinealso won an Image Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Penny Marshall’s “ThePreacher’s Wife,” and an IFP Spirit Award for Best Actress for her work in “Women Thou ArtLoosed.” Devine was featured in the Academy Award ® -winning film “Crash” and the hitmovie “Dreamgirls.” Her film credits also include appearances in the successful “UrbanLegend” franchise, “I Am Sam,” “Kingdom Come,” “What Women Want,” “Punks,”“Hoodlums,” “Down in the Delta,” “Stanley and Iris,” “Sticky Fingers,” “Amos and Andrew,”“The Breaks,” “The Price of Kissing,” “Lover Girl,” “Class Act,” “Living Large,” “CagedFear” and “Little Nikita.” Devine recently appeared in “This Christmas” and “First Sunday,”in addition to the independent film “Dirty Laundry.”On television, Devine appears as a series regular on “Eli Stone,” as well as recurring on thehit “Grey’s Anatomy.” She received three NAACP Image Awards for her role on David E.Kelley’s “Boston Public.” She also appeared in “A Different World” and Lifetime’s “WildCard,” and provided the voice of Muriel Stubbs on the beloved cartoon “The PJs.”Devine graduated from the University of Houston and later received a Master of Fine Artsin Theatre Arts from Brandeis University.32