Executive Producer:  James S. Murray

Director: James S. Murray

Principal Cast: Ensemble,

featuring Diana De Pasquale, Myles Evans, Glenn Gordon,

Kristy Kershaw, Matt Mattson, Maclain Nelson,

Stefan Schick, Shelly Stover

James S. Murray………………….….Host

Background:

Producer-director James S. Murraydraws on his experience as a member of the New York-based improv-and-sketchcomedy troupe“The Tenderloins”to presentCriss-Cross.The inspiration struck Murray five yearsago while eating lunch in New York’s Rockefeller Center with a friend, as theybegan voicing the mock dialogue of people surrounding them.The pilot was shot in a bar in NewYork’s Lower East Side.

Have you ever tried selling apilot before?

“I tried selling a differentversion ofCriss-Crosslastsummer.I couldn’t get it seen,”said James S. Murray.“I shot newmaterial this year and changed some of the concept by incorporating a liveaudience.”