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“Home Before Dark” is a dramatic mystery series inspired by the reporting of a young investigative journalist, Hilde Lysiak. Directed and executive produced by Jon M. Chu, the series follows a young girl named Hilde (played by Brooklynn Prince) who moves from the city of Brooklyn to the small lakeside town her father left behind. While there, her dogged pursuit of the truth leads her to unearth a cold case that everyone in town, including her own father, tried hard to bury.
The series is created and executive produced by showrunners Dana Fox and Dara Resnik; written and executive produced by Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner; and executive produced by Joy Gorman Wettels for Anonymous Content, Rosemary Rodriguez and Sharlene Martin. The cast includes: Brooklynn Prince, Jim Sturgess, Abby Miller, Kylie Rogers, Michael Weston, Joelle Carter, Aziza Scott, Louis Herthum, Adrian Hough, Jibrail Nantambu and Deric McCabe.
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Rachel Tenner - Rachel Tenner has worked in the film industry since 1994 when she began working as a Casting Director in Chicago for Jane Brody Casting. There she had the opportunity to work on the Coen Bros. movies, Hudsucker Proxy and Fargo. In 1996, she began Tenner Paskal Casting with her partner Mickie Paskal. Together they worked on such films as The Negotiator, What Women Want, Road to Perdition, and Robert Altman’s The Company.
In 2002, Tenner moved to Los Angeles. There she began working for Ellen Chenoweth on many Coen Bros. movies such as Intolerable Cruelty, Ladykillers, No Country For Old Men, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man and True Grit. She and Ellen received the 2009 Robert Altman Spirit Award for their casting on A Serious Man.
Rachel began Rachel Tenner Casting in 2010. Some of her feature projects include: Why Him, Keeping Up With The Joneses and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. She most recently completed casting for George Clooney’s latest feature Good Morning Midnight, as well as the most recent installment of the Fast and Furious franchise. Currently she is working on Red Notice directed by Rawson Thurber starring Ryan Reynolds and The Rock.
In television, Tenner’s most recent credits are: Ben Stiller’s Escape At Dannemora (nominated for an Emmy for outstanding casting), George Clooney’s Catch 22, Greg Daniel’s Upload, and Steve Conrad’s series Patriot for Amazon. She recently completed the series Get Shorty (Epix), Perpetual Grace Ltd. (Epix) and Home Before Dark(Paramount & Apple), She currently is working on Ben Stiller’s new series for Apple, Showtime’s new political drama The President Is Missing, and the limited series Maid for John Wells and Molly Metzler.
In addition, Rachel was the casting director for all three seasons of FX’s limited series Fargo for which she was nominated for three Emmy’s and won one for Outstanding Casting. She is presently casting Season 4.
Tenner is a graduate of New York University.
Moderated by Rochelle Rose, National Director of Performers Programs, SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
