ON THE CALL with Ozzie Stewart

VOODO FE: born in Brooklyn, of Haitian heritage, is a prolific Renaissance Artist with over 7,000 works of art in multiple mediums: visual art, music, fashion design, graphic design, digital art, jewelry,  brand collateral, and invented products. As a musician, Voodo Fe and his band opened for Run DMC, Naughty by Nature, played at Amsterdam's High Times Festival and more.  He is a creative edgy, a...

Glenn Miller was born in Georgetown, Guyana in South America, was educated at Christ Church Secondary School and attended Queen's College in his homeland. He then came to realize his dreams in the United States. After becoming an Assistant Vice President at Manufacturers Hanover Trust, he began as an intern at Double XXposure and later became Vice President of Operations, under the tutelage and gu...

GENE GRAHAM: After earning his B.S in Advertising and Marketing Communications with a 3.6 gpa in 2003, and an Activities and Societies Presidential Scholar, Gene began his editing journey at Alphamedica in Tarrytown, NY, as in-house video editor/producer, with duties such as: patient & HCP interviews/testimonials, sourcing crews, locations, travel, editing/finessing all digital, social and live ev...

MARIO GOLDEN+ANDREAS ROBERTZ: Mario was born in Mexico and Andreas in German, but both met in NYC. At age 14, Mexico migrated to South Texas with his family and in the midst of financial hardship, graduated from high school as a valedictorian and gained full scholarship to Stanford University where he earned a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A in International Development Education. After years as an...

While a student studying for his BFA at NYU, David was cast in the original Broadcast production of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along", directed by Harold Prince, then appeared as Peter Van Daan in the Off-Broadway chamber musical, "Yours, Anne", followed by touring as Motel the Tailor in "Fiddler On The Roof" opposite Herschel Bernardi, after which he returned to gain his degree. David la...

Influenced by his mother, trained classically as an Opera Singer and Recitalist, Marcinho studied at the "Akademie Mozarteum" (Schillawsky), from which he holds a diploma, Academie Royale de Musique (Brussels) and Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ). He also holds a diploma in "Das Deutschte Lied fur Sanger und Begleiter". Marcinho studied German, German Art History and voice at Salzburg Col...

RALPH K SCOTT: Presently teaching in the Special Education Arena, Ralph had previously served the African American community for more than 20 years, by supporting, promoting and showcasing independent films, after gaining his degree in Theater, Film and Communications from West Virginia State College, then for Theater and Film from Howard University, followed by becoming a Media Art & Technology I...

AMALA LANE: Is a Director and producer of documentaries and media for nonprofits, educational, cultural and advocacy communications through comprehensive, character driven story-telling across all media platforms. Amala, driven by her spiritual search, spent her early years in Taiwan and East and South Asia, helping to begin 2 pre-schools, with a social service organization focused on holistic edu...

ROBERT & MICHELLE COLT both actors, began the workshops 'Acting Success Now' and the 'Inside Game' to apply to all professionals, nationally and internationally, though focusing on actors, helping them to get out of their own way, to live their dreams and fulfill their highest potential, from their perspective of Quantam Physics, NeuroScience and Eastern Mysticism. Robert, a pioneer and innovator...

VONN HARRIS: Growing up in Baltimore, MD with his mother, after graduating from Mill High School, Vonn joined the US army, served 4 years then went back to Catonsville Community College majoring in Business Law. Taking a theater class out of boredom, he changed his major to Theater receiving  an Associates in Arts degree in 2007. Later  he earned a leading role in the play “The Catonsville Nine”....

DONNA GROSSMAN: Donna grew up with a loving father who was a professional singer, whom she loved deeply and emulated as a singer. She became an actor and performer as a very good ventriloquist in her youth. Later she gained her Fine Arts and Teaching Degree for grades K-12, fell back to her entertaining roots taking Opera classes, and performing theatrically Off-Broadway when she auditioned for th...

The daughter of a father who was a comedian from whom she gained her comedic taste and skill, Lisa became a singer, dancer and model, which still continues to this day, attended North Carolina School of the Arts and University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. She then studied acting and sang under the tutelage of several coaches and teachers in New York and California. Prior to this, a...

DANIEL: After spending some time in surgery, having gained a B.S. Pre-Med in Biology/Spanish, Daniel turned to acting with rave reviews from the New York Times for his theatrical role in  and also became 'Don’t Ask’ (2003) by playwright Bill Quigley, and became a screenwriter, known for More Coffee (2003), 2k3 (2009) and The Locksmith (2010). He would return to a hobby he began as a child of 10, h...

LEE BROCK/SETH LEE: Two highly respected Directors, Producers, Writers, Teachers in the Arts Arena, as well as Co-Artistic Directors and teachers at The Barrow Group, founded in 1986 - a multi-award-winning theater company, which offers professional and emerging artists training in acting, directing, playwriting and screenwriting. Along with being awarded the Drama Desk Award for Off-Off Broadway...

Ozzie, creator and host of On The Call, rounds out her Season 4 with a 27 year old review of a particular journey that she broke through at the end of this season. A season throughout which the unexpected losses were deeply heartfelt. Ozzie is grateful for the 2 year On The Call journey created at the beginning of the pandemic and excitedly looks forward to this year's adventures in the face of om...

TRACY WILDER: After catching the acting bug in her teens, Tracy became an R&B singer in a band, worked in the hair, airline and communications industries. Mother of 3, after surviving thyroid cancer, Tracey returned to her first love, the acting arena at the age of 40, happy for the freedom that comes with it, making her very content. As she says “I’m blessed to be a part of it”. She can be found...

ALAN SUSSMAN: A garment industry veteran for more than 30 years, Alan’s reputation in the market has been stellar, still maintaining friendships from the early years in the business. Always a hip, contemporary, fashionable dresser, Alan traveled extensively 2 - 3 times yearly, not only domestically for business, but internationally to the Asian and European markets, growing from top shelf salesper...

PAT PATTERSON: With a Masters in Psychology, followed by marriage, Pat turned back to her first love and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and HB studios to  be classically trained and under the likes of Earle Hyman and Uta Hagen. Motherhood did not deter Pat from  returning to the industry and she embarked on a career on stage, film, television and voiceovers, appearing on 30 Rock, t...

From a double major in Political Science and Italian from Binghamton and Syracuse Universities, where International Business Law and being an Interpreter were the goals, Jaime Baker switched to his love - the entertainment industry. After working as an assistant for a talent agent for one year, he made the jump to Talent Management, never looking back, able to use his legal training as well as his...

Mother, talent manager and business woman owning a company that carries her name, Ingrid French has been in the business of people management since 1999 and continues to be impassioned by it to date. Her company IFM (Ingrid French Management) represents clients: actors and models for television and print commercials, film, theatre and voiceovers booking for Smirnoff, Yellow Tail, Yeungling. Her ta...

DEE CASTAGNO: The one person to whom I’ve entrusted my health for over 12 years and happily so. An army veteran who, because of her agent-orange experience, became a “nature-healer” as I call her - which she then took on the road coaching many all over the country working 24/7 on behalf of others, for more than 3 decades. As a biochemist, fearless Dee has been the best coach for me all these years...

SANDY ACENAS: Starting as a ballet dancer at the age of 5, then to tap and modern dance, Sandy travelled worldwide dancing on cruise lines for about 7 years - a life she loved deeply. Later she danced in Vegas for another 10 years moving to the restaurant industry, after which property management where I met her as a General Manager. Wife and mother of a son she loves very much, Sandy extended her...

RICK DAVY: After immigrating from Trinidad, Rick is Founder and Director of 2 non-profit  entities: Fashion Week Brooklyn, 7 day fashion bi-annual event that focuses on inclusivity of all races, sizes, genders, age and disabilities, while building fashion entrepreneurship in low income communities and BK Style Foundation, showcasing emerging designers and talent, nationally and internationally. Th...

PERNELL WALKER: Actress of TV, Film and theater after gaining a BA from City College and MFA in acting from the Actors Studio Drama School. Pernell has worked with actors such as: Kevin Bacon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and directors such as: Dee Rees, Ava Duvernay, Dick Wolf, Lee Daniels, Steven Soderbergh, Martin Scorcese and more…...With a substantial body of work from: Pariah -...

We celebrate the Last #Episode of our On The Call #Podcast - Season 3, with my guests from the #movie LAST CALL, which we were all a part of: Peter Patrikios who played the #character “Digits”, Garry Pastore “Devecchio” and Greg Lingo, Writer and Executive Producer and myself as “Francine”. There was so much #laughter #giggles and #camaraderie on the call which replicated the feeling on set, with...