Tanya Dickson wears multiple hats in the creative world. She is a writer, actor and producer who recently added theater director to that list when she directed the play “Paradise Break-Up” for the 2025 Short+Sweet Festival, winning best comedy. Along with her new production company “Picket People Productions” they won honorable mention in the London Womens Short Film Festival for her original paranormal story “The Lido” , which she co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred in and is now in development as an episodic mini-series. She wasrecently featured in an episode of Matlock and has acted in several film shorts and two 48-film fest challenge shorts this past year. She has also been a marketing director, stage manager and/or co-producer of 2 Hollywood Fringe productions in 2024 and 2025 and more recently for an award winning solo show for Solofest 2026. This is her world premiere of Roast Your Chestnuts, the hilarious other side of working as a professional Mrs. Claus for 10 years. She performed in December 2024 in the Christmas SAG AFTRA Radio Play “Sherlock Holmes” and is excited to be a new Committee member for SAG AFTRA Radio Plays. Sidenote...her biggest love is working with animals of all kinds and is an animal handler and volunteer for several charitable organizations.

Ashley Karp is a multi award winning writer, director, cinematographer, musician and actress, whose productions, both on and off screen and stage, have showcased both nationally and internationally and have been awarded numerous accreditations. Ashley loves every aspect of the creational process and strives to adorn her artistic inspirations through film and theatre.

Ashley participated in Hollywood Fringe Festival 2025 as a Director for "Slay Me", a one woman show written by and starring Veronica Rosas. "Slay Me" was nominated for the Fringe Award for Solo Theatre as well as the Loud Karma Emerging Women and Nonbinary Playwright’s Award, presented by Loud Karma Productions, LLC. Ashley was also one of the festival judge's for Short+Sweet Hollywood's first sponsored award for Hollywood Fringe Festival this year titled the "Spirit of the Fest" award.

In her spare time, Ashley loves to stream various video games on her Twitch channel under her streaming name Appynormal, as well as create wicked jams and spending quality time with her siblings and friends.

IG: @ashleykarp3

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TikTok: Appynormal

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