The Team

Denise began her career as a product model in New York where she worked for companies such as; Revlon, Johnnie Walker, MGM and Waocol. She has appeared in Country Living and Self magazines. The print work brought her to Los Angeles, where she eventually relocated. From modeling, she went into the acting field, which was her love in school. She became a member of the Zeitgeist Theatre Company where she received very good reviews from the trades and developed a great love for the theatre. She worked on many productions including, Barefoot in the Park, A View From the Bridge, Mickey Angelo, The Water Closet and The Busboy. She also had a recurring role in the soap opera, General Hospital. Denise’s training includes; The Groundlings, Brian Reise Studios and private coaches. For several years, Denise produced, wrote and was co-host on a public access television show, Veritas with her husband Michael. Later, she wrote and published many articles for faith-based newsletters and projects, including film scripts. 

Michael began his career at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Theatre. He has performed in many original plays including Canvas Falcons, Frontier Justice, Hanging Little andWarren Street House at the Harold Clurman Theatre in New York. Other plays include, A Flea in Her Ear, Private Lives, Man of La Mancha, The Music Man, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Hamlet among many others. He has acted in films such as The Runner, It Happened Last Summer and Dreamcatching. Michael performed in the short film 40 Hours and the web reality series This Old Chapel, both for Family Theater Productions. He also spent several years producing and co-hosting a public access television show, Veritas, with his wife Denise.

Michael’s professional technical work has been seen through projects such as; The Dragon’s Trilogyat the Grand Opening of the Myrna Loy Theatre, The Miley Cyrus concert, The Robb Report Gala, Coachella, Golda’s Balcony and Gershwin Alone. He has designed sets, lights and rigging for countless plays including, The Foreigner, Arihe and the Intergalactic Dudannin Story, Sneaky Fitch, Three Sisters and Lost in Yonkers. 

  Tony Sands is an international award-winning writer-director with his TV family special. You Will See, receiving a Telly Award, for “Best Family TV,” and his previous work, Assumptions,winning the Gabriel Award for “Best Family Drama.” This and several of his recent TV episodes in the Manifest Mystery series have garnered 11 prizes from such competitions as the Accolades and the New York Festivals. His career in entertainment began over 20 years ago and he has credits on such films as Titanic, Dr. Dolittle and Space Jam. Tony recently worked as senior producer at Family Theatre Productions for 20 years, producing the critically acclaimed documentary Pray and the Emmy award winning documentary The House That Rob Built. He is also a published author with his literary work available at Barnes & Noble. Previously, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from the USC School of Cinema/Television where he was the recipient of the Stephen Gentry Fellowship.