”SETTLE AND REACH” by Jonathan Cook
SETTLE AND REACH: A colonization mission to a new planet conducts a mate-matching assessment for it's passengers. One passenger finds that the secrets his matched companion carries rather unsettling.
SETTLE AND REACH: Botanist Adam Wilson has been chosen for a colonization mission to a new planet. The program administrators conducted a mate matching assessment for this one-way trip and paired him with a lovely fellow scientist. She has a secret, however, that is rather unsettling to Adam. Science Fiction.
Written and directed by Jonathan Cook
Performed by Jaye Starkes, Elizabeth Canas, and Jessica Yu.
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Playwright / Actor / Host
Jonathan Cook is an actor, writer, and filmmaker based in South Carolina. Many of his short plays have been produced in theatres around the World and and he is a seven-time recipient of the Porter Fleming Literary Award in the playwriting category. He is the founder and creator of Gather by the Ghost Light.
Voice Actor
Jaye Starkes (Pronounced, Jay Sta-rks) spent his early and adolescent years growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother then relocated, along with his two siblings, to the state of Georgia where she would raise them as a single mother. Although Jaye did not start pursuing his acting ambitions until college, he jumped in with enthusiasm to make up for "lost time".
Jaye initially started his acting training taking university courses before taking the stage in numerous stage plays. After honing his skill on a lit stage, he set his eyes on conquering Film & TV. Jaye has starred in numerous short films and web serials; in addition to acting he occasionally writes, directs and produces his own short films, under his production company JADE Phenix Entertainment.
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