DON'T BREAK ANY HEARTS

DIRECTOR

With a passion for storytelling, Joi Hiatt has led a distinguished career as a stage and film actor and director, producer and teaching artist. With two decades of experience, Joi has built a remarkable legacy of art with broad artistic experience across many stages and sets. She strives to cultivate a level of authenticity in her work that elevates her art towards realism and heart.

Her acting work has earned her best actress awards from the  Toronto International Nollywood and The Scene film festivals. Her directing work recently received best director awards from the Philadelphia World, Stockholm and Dublin film festivals. She is also the recipient of the “Outstanding Achievement Award” from the Wine, Women and Film film festival for her directing work in the 2022 film, “Yesterday Never Ended.”

She has also served on a variety of theatrical preserving boards: the Parker Arts Council, the producing entity behind Parker Arts, Culture and Events; the Athena Project, the producing entity behind Plays in Progress PIP and Theatrical Response Team, a company that produced streaming plays during the lockdown quarantine of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Joi believes in the power of engaging youth through live performances and is proud to have performed with Zounds! Theatre Company, a troupe that brought Shakespeare into schools. Continuing her work with children, Joi is a director and actress with One Night Stand Theater, a teaching artist with the City of Aurora’s Theatre Performance and Education, and proud to be a producer with GiNga Films. 

A native of Colorado, her training includes the University of Colorado, Denver Center for the Performing Arts and  Actor’s Menu Denver. Outside of her professional endeavors, Joi enjoys reading, traveling, staying active in her church and spending quality time with her family and friends. She and her husband of 22  years reside in Centennial, CO and have four children.

CINEMATOGRAPHER / EDITOR

Francesca is a film director/writer and cinematographer who is currently studying at CU Boulder and is a Denver School of the Arts alumni. She has spent her entire life performing, creating, and capturing art with intention and intimacy. She prides herself on her ability to communicate meaning through film and cultivate stories and relationships that are real, powerful, and full of heart. 

Francesca also has a passion for sharing her knowledge and expanding the world of filmmaking to the youth. Her program Action! Film clubs share the art of filmmaking to middle schools across Denver and Boulder. On one of her most recent projects, she invited her students to shadow on a real film set! 

Her career is just starting off and she is eager to share her stories with the world and cultivate her voice as a filmmaker by creating moving pieces of art!

RECORDING ARTIST

Farrah Mechael is a professional recording artist who sings passionately from her heart and soul. "Singing is in my blood; singing is programmed into my DNA."

Farrah’s cinematic discography credits top producers and songwriters. Her recent single "Burning" topped independent radio charts at # 1 and placed # 21 on Top 40 radio charts among pop artists like Beyonce and Lady Gaga. She has performed her music as the opening act for worldwide artists, such as Ariana Grande, Marshmello, and Shawn Mendes, at national tours and events like iHeartRadio’s Wango Tango. She was Bud Light sponsored in 2019 for a Chris Brown & Tory Lanez opening show. She embarked on a successful 16-city US tour for her EP "Farrah Please." Her powerhouse voice is the highlight of her performances, which draw in and solidify consistent, dedicated fans.

In Los Angeles, she has performed at venues such as Banc of California Stadium, The Roxy, The Ivy, LA Fashion Week, Vicky's (now closed due to Covid), and more. Additionally, Farrah has performed at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Gramercy Theater in New York, the Fillmore in New Jersey, House of Blues San Diego, Cornerstone in San Francisco, the Detroit Opera House, and Comerica Park in Detroit among multiple other hot spots.

Born in Boston, raised in Detroit, and living in Los Angeles, Farrah is trained in multiple genres. She began singing opera, then ventured into jazz, gospel, pop, urban, and eventually developed her own cultural, worldwide, and original sound. Farrah makes her music to spread freedom and encourage self-expression, releasing her fans from the stress of reality with her inspiring words and powerful vocals. Farrah has multiple upcoming projects up her sleeve.

"Not only do I want my music to inspire you, I want it to take you back to a special time in your life. I want you to feel deeply and love passionately; I want my music to set you free." Farrah Mechael

SONGWRITER

Tamara Mechael is a professional songwriter and published author with over ten years of experience in the music industry. She shares credits on songs with top producers and songwriters, many of which have been performed among the likes of worldwide artists, such as Chris Brown and Ariana Grande, and at national tours and events such as iHeartRadio’s Wango Tango. Single "Burning" performed by artist/her sister Farrah Mechael reached #1 on New Music Weekly nationwide radio charts for independent artists and #21 on nationwide radio Top 40 charts, placed between songs by notable pop artists including Beyonce and Lady Gaga. Multiple songs written by Tamara have charted organically on iTunes Top 40 all over the world, including countries such as Greece and Bahrain.

Tamara writes from her soul for people to benefit and relate. Tamara aims to be the source of healing and inspiration for those who look to music and art to escape. She has nothing less than a passion for words, and her legacy will live through all people she affects through her compositions. Together with her sister, they have created a catalog of high-quality records in collaboration with world class producers, engineers, and songwriters.