MEET THE DIRECTOR OF OUR FEBRUARY SHOW:

Ashley Raymer-Brown created SonRise Productions in 1997 at the age of 17 with nothing more than the dream of someday becoming involved in media entertainment. After an impressive feature length documentary for her local High School's 50th Anniversary Reunion, she focused on breaking into performances fields in order to learn all aspects of the business.

In 2000, she was cast in her first community theatre production and since then has performed in over 20 productions (Big River, Moon Over Buffalo, Radio Gals, Carousel), directed seven plays (Cactus Flower, Sam's Diner, The Other Side of the Street, the Toymaker), written five plays, co-written one play, written one screenplay, photographed 20+ shows, designed the poster and program for 10+ shows, and acted as the videographer for nearly 50 shows.

In 2007, Ashley began venturing over to film where she has acted in one commercial (AAA), one infomercial (Metropolitan Urology), one short, and three features (The Perfect Gift, 1 Message and No Lost Cause.) No Lost Cause (winner Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking at the Williamsburg Film Festival in New York and Third Place in the Feature Film Category at the Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival in Texas) is her first co-direction of a film. She also acted as the Senior Editor, Foley Artist and Publicist, among many other positions. After the success of "No Lost Cause" she has recently completed a screenplay and pre-production on the film, "The Hepburn Girls" in which she will act and serve as co-director.

In her spare time, Ashley loves reading, watching old movies and planning her next project. She is married and lives on a small farm in rural Kentucky with three cats, two dogs, 40 chickens and 10 cows.