The Notebook Map
CAST and CREW
Zion Szot
Morgan Alana Taylor
Houston Ries
Role of HOLLY, co-director
Zion first stepped into the entertainment industry when she participated in the musical production "Christmas Carol", in which she performed 9 shows in 3 days to a crowd of over 20,000 people. From there she expressed her love of acting by starring as Little Corrie in "The Weaving" to a sold-out house at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York City. She has booked many roles in commercial, short and feature films. When she is not in front of the camera, she loves to volunteer in charitable causes, travel to other countries, and she pursues her love of reading. Zion also likes to spend time with her family and with her cat, Princess Grace.
Ben J. Pierce
Role of JACK
Ben J. Pierce was born in Dallas, Texas in 1999. Raised on 80's music and making home movies with friends, his passion for creativity started early. He began studying and professionally working as an actor at the age of eleven. Finding success in fields such as sketch comedy, improv, and stand-up comedy, he created his YouTube channel, titled "KidPOV" in 2010. His debut single & music video (as 'Benny') titled "Little Game" reached viral success in 2014 with over 4 million views as a power anthem about gender roles & equality. After having success in the Dallas market, he now lives part-time in Los Angeles where he writes and produces sketch comedy videos every Monday to an audience of over 100,000 while continuing to pursue acting, directing, and self-producing his own music.
Role of AUTUMN
Morgan began her acting journey at the age of seven with a local community theater and has since appeared/starred in stage productions, feature films and television shows. Morgan has trained with some of the most highly regarded acting coaches and casting directors in the industry. By age 11, she had received two Best Actress awards, a Rising Star award and Storytelling Jury award for work done in award winning short films. Morgan is also an amazing singer/songwriter, and has been writing songs and playing music for many years and can be found doing live performances locally.
Kara Rainer
Role of MRS. HUDSON, co-director
At a young age, Kara began writing songs and plays to entertain her family. Kara studied classical piano and voice, focusing on singing for many years until acting caught her attention. Kara has had the pleasure of working on some commercials, television, music videos and several independent films in the Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Florida areas. Her national television Debut was for Discovery's ID Channel in the lead role for Unusual Suspects: Gruesome Discovery. Recently, she spent two weeks in Miami and Key West shooting a tv pilot in a lead comedic role.
Role of GRIFFIN
Houston is 13 years old and has been involved with acting since he was 5 beginning with musical theater productions. For the past four years Houston has appeared in several independent films in the Dallas and Austin areas. He has also been in a few TV pilots and music videos. Besides acting, Houston also enjoys modeling. He is a model for photographer Joe West of 303 Photos. Houston was selected as one of the top 50 child models for Texas Child Model Magazine for the January 2014 issue and was also named July 2013 Cover Model for Belle-et-Beau Talent Magazine. In his free time Houston enjoys playing computer games and hanging out with his three sisters.
Roni Hummel
Production Assistant
Roni's film career started at the age of 8 when she was on the set of Indian Paint with Johnny Crawford. Later on she worked with Robert Blake in Corky (1972) and then on to Semi Tough with Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristopherson. After raising a family, she picked up acting and has worked in several independent films as well as commercials and TV series. Roni currently resides in the Dallas Fort Worth area.
