Based in New York, Jane has numerous Broadway credits, including Lend Me a Tenor, Taking Steps, The Real Inspector Hound, Sugar Babies and A Chorus Line, in which she also appeared in London. She was nominated for a Tony and received a Drama Desk Award for her portrayal of Lady Jaqueline in Me and My Girl. Jane has also worked in television and regional theater. THIS TRAIN is her first feature film role.
Jane Summerhays
Plays the character
of Love, a painter who is recently divorced and struggling to love herself
and her work.
Ralph Cole, Jr.
New York Actor Ralph Cole, Jr. plays JoBawd, the drag-queen ventriloquist dummy who finally rebels against Vincent and becomes her own person. Ralph worked opposite Mario Van Peebles in The Delivery Boys, appeared with David Drake in The Trey Billings Show and parties ferociously in Jim Fall's hot new feature Trick which recently premiered at Sundance. Television audiences saw him get murdered on Fox's America's Most Wanted, aerobicise on The Ted Koppel Special, and be homeless on HBO's The Chris Rock Show. On stage, Ralph starred in the hit musical Sisterella, originating the plum role of Babaloo, produced by Michael Jackson, Tribeca Productions and Miramax. For Sisterella, Ralph received the NAACP Theater Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Jay Rogers
New York Actor Jay Rogers plays the character of Vincent, the gay bartender/ventriloquist who often speaks through his dummy JoBawd. A veteran caberet performer, Jay has received acclaim for one-man shows, Sucker and Yes, This is My Real Voice. He was recently nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his work in the musical revue When Pigs Fly, and is currently appearing in Keith Thompson's Kooky Tunes at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe on 42nd Street.
Larry Purifory
Larry Purifory plays the role of the Preacher, an ex-biker who has found a haven and an easy life leading the congregation of his grandfather's church. Larry's career includes drama, musical theatre and recording. He performed in the New York cast and in the European tour of Mama, I want to Sing; and played Ben in the national tour of Freedom Train. Larry is bi-coastal, based both in New York and Los Angeles.
