Jim Caswell
Creator, Producer, Writer, Sound Editor and Voice Talent

As a born-again Christian, librarian, writer and self-proclaimed Super-Geek, Jim has had a passion for Star Trek since being introduced to it by his long-time friend and co-conspirator, Doug Zeitlin. As such, when he discovered that fans across the globe were creating their own Star Trek Fan-Fic in various mediums, he knew what must be done. Jim has stated that the creation of Star Trek: Eras is a labor of love, combining almost all of his favorite pastimes into one forum. He wants to take the opportunity to thank all of the people that have enabled this production to come to life; both those who have contributed to this project and those that have inspired it.

Doug Zeitlin
Creator, Producer, Writer and Voice Talent

Doug is a self-proclaimed dork, and in college he was named the "Star Trek Demi-god," although his delusions of grandeur would make him consider himself something more than that. Doug's inspirations in television field are Joss Whedon, J. Michael Straczynski, Gene Roddenberry (and Gene Coon), Aaron Sorkin, and J.J. Abrams. He considers himself quite well read in SF and its many sub-genres. Doug's inspiration in life is his young daughter who reminds him to always act his age. He is grateful for the support of his loving wife and that she lets him come out and play Star Trek with his friends.

Ken Hallaron
Associate Producer, Script Editor and Voice Talent

Ken Hallaron, known as "Kenn" to some, and is still called "Kenny" by half of his extended family. He calls Clare, IL home, and has lived in the DeKalb/Sycamore area most of his life, except for the four years he was matriculating at Rockford College, and that one year in Waukegan he really wishes he could forget. He is a programmer analyst when he's not turning his apartment into a recording studio (and while he IS turning his apartment into a recording studio, darn it.)

Matt Hallaron
Sound Editor, Composer, Web Designer and Voice Talent

Matt Hallaron was active in music and theatre throughout high school. His undergrad years focused on music (and math). After three years of graduate school in music composition (including electronic music and sound editing), he went on to that craft's most logical career choice: web design. He fortunately still has outlets to write and perform music, such as Eras. He is happy to be able to work with old and new friends alike, as well as his ENTIRE immediate family with Eras. He lives in Chicago, IL and married his best friend and musical campadre, Amy, in May.

Steve Cain
Blogmaster, Advertising Manager and Voice Talent

Steve Cain has been a performer since his childhood when he used to entertain audiences by lip-syncing to Beatles records. His first lead role was in a school play in sixth grade. Since then, he has been a writer, performer and director. He has spent most of the last 16 years performing live and on television as a pro wrestling referee and host of his own wrestling TV show. Steve brings to the role of Ringo a love of music, including a degree with a vocal major. He considers himself an "Old School" Star Trek fan but is looking forward to expanding and challenging himself in this series.

Zach De Witz
Voice Talent

Zach was born and raised in Rockford, IL. He's a self proclaimed nerd/dork, and his wife agrees. Zach is a DJ at a radio station in the Chicagoland area, and he enjoys his duties of sitting all day, playing on the internet, eating snacks, and talking for about 2 minutes an hour, because that's really what his job is in a nutshell. His favorite movies are all six Star Wars movies, but he likes the original three the best, Fight Club, Happy Gilmore, Pulp Fiction, and the Indiana Jones trilogy. His favorite music includes Weezer, Led Zeppelin, and Jeff Buckley. His Saab is his most prized possession. His favorite Star Trek character is Captain Picard, and his favorite color is blue.

Erick Greeva
Voice Talent

Erick Greeva, boy, age 39, married, kids – yes, takes a shower, drives a truck, goes to work, gets back in truck and drives home, cooks, cleans, helps on homework, watches a little TV, plays a little Civ 3, sends kids to bed, yawns, goes to bed with the Mrs. of course. He dreams of one day having the guts to try stand-up comedy. He kind of looks like the guy from Six Feet Under and Sports Night. Have a nice day.

Joan Hallaron
Voice Talent

Joan Hallaron is a committed Christian. A retired high school / district librarian, she is presently the librarian at the Fr. Stephen Potter Library at Newman Catholic Student Center in Northern Illinois University. She is the mother of Ken, Matt and Beth and Jerry's wife - all the Hallarons involved in Star Trek: Eras. As such, she has been a Trekkie for many years, if only out of necessity. Mrs. Hallaron loves reading, playing the organ, listening to music, gardening with herbs and flowers, computers and dogs. And she hates housework.

M. E. Hopeful
Voice Talent

Older brother to Oscar, M.E. comes from a military background where he was drafted at a young age and trained for military combat simulation sound effects. His primary training focused on creating various vocal blow-up sounds such as ka-booms and rat-a-tat-tats for machine guns. In typical military fashion, additional special ops training included whistle ka-booms for aerial raids, rocket launches for those intercontinental skirmishes and ricochet sounds for near misses. Rising through the ranks, Major M.E. Hopeful was awarded the Purple Heart and honorably discharged after a fluke microphone explosion ended his sound effect days. As part of his rehabilitation therapy, M.E. was required to devote time to the STE Performers group to deal with his post-traumatic stress disorder. The disorder caused chronic Chrematophobia (fear of money) and Ergophobia (fear of work); therefore the doctors concluded the STE performers group would be a safe haven until they find a cure.

Oscar Hopeful
Voice Talent

During his early years, Oscar displayed precocious sensitivity, particularly in his legendary portrayal of Tony Montana in his grade school's 2nd grade production of "Scarface". Not one to be typecast as the heavy - Oscar showed his versatility in his teen years by starring in various local productions - notables include his role as The Stork in "The Rabbit Done Died" and as Dr. Schmelty in "Little Stinkers". He even dabbled in musicals - including the role of Bo the Cow in "How Brown Are My Pastures?"

After majoring in Dramaturgy at Podunk University, Oscar spent the next few years playing Summer stock in Northern Greenland. Eventually finding employment in radio advertising and voiceover work - Oscar relocated to the Midwest. Originally looking for meaningful employment, Oscar has decided to forego that and instead join the STE performers group.

Eli Marti
Voice Talent

Eli Marti is nobody's fool. Since the age of three he performed as a circus clown, so that made him everybody's clown. He went by the name of Squeaky and his signature act that made everybody role in the aisles was to take a fake sledge-hammer in the face and fall into a vat of butterscotch pudding. One fateful night, an evil clown named Punchy hit Squeaky square on the noggin with a "real" sledge-hammer. When he woke up covered in pudding, he realized where he was, what he was doing and said the immortal words, "Why am I wasting my life as a clown covered in butterscotch pudding? I'm using my talents for internet radio shows." The rest is recent history.

Johnathen Michaels
Voice Talent

Although he favors that other popular movie series with the word "Star" in its titles, Johnathen Michaels also fondly remembers watching vintage Trek on television as a child in the '70s (although he did fall asleep when his parents took him to see The Motion Picture -- no real surprise there). When he saw Trek shirts in the store similar to those on the show (accept short-sleeved), replete with embroidered Star Fleet insignia, he was thrilled when mom bought him one. Though, till this day, he still wonders why he went with "Scotty red" over the much cooler "Kirk yellow" color.

Today, Johnathen is still looking for that perfect career. Various lines of work have included swimming pool technician, mail room employee, librarian, administrative assistant for a prominent pharmaceutical company, and substitute teacher. He received a bachelor's degree in Music Education, though just didn't enjoy teaching in a classroom setting. He continues to perform regularly, and if he can get the incentive to practice more, has thought about pursuing a Master's degree in performance. His ideal career would either be professional musician, or fiction author.

Pete Nottit
Voice Talent

Pete's previous stage roles have included the Captain in Aphra Behn's The Rover, Publius Cornelius in Fulgens and Lucrese, a wolf in A Company of Wolves, as well as the Jester in Wassail! (a Medieval send-up Christmas production). More recently Pete has performed on the musical stage with the bands Skin Colored Crayon and, less recently, Noise Complaint. Though stage work is a passion for Pete he fortunately does not have to rely on it to pay the mortgage. Pete often quotes lines from his performance as Laertes in a long ago production of Hamlet set in Appalachia. ("Why as a cock to a woodspringe, Osric. I am justly killed by mine own treachery.")

No one knows why he does this. It is usually best to just walk away.

Ric Steele
Voice Talent

Ric Steele was born Reginald Alfredo Stanislowski-Jones in rural Portsmouth, NJ. He was one-of-one children to mixed parents: Geraldo Pesto Jones, his father-twice removed, Lola Tuberculosis Stanislowski, his mother in recognition only, and a pack of wild caribou that took care of him until he was weaned from the pack at the age of 32. When it comes to acting, Ric likes his roles to have some real meat to them; in fact, his first role was a community funded one man play that he wrote, directed and starred in. It was the lonely tale of a pound of ground sirloin ... Steak Tar-Tar AlaMode. After Altoona On Whole Wheat Theater was finished with his production of Meat, Ric moved to the big time; The Pawtucket Internet Group, or P.I.G. in local circles, a mid-sized budget internet talent show. Ric soon became tired of so much PIG that he yearned to slop around in something else. That's when Jim & Kenn (that's Ken for short) came a hollerin' for Ric to have some fun in space; so he leapt at the chance for some Star Trek hi-jinx.