Criss Cain

Criss Cain began his career performing alongside Broadway legend, Chita Rivera in the absolute worst show of her career, Casper - The Musical. From there, one can only go up. At fourteen, he was performing as Ozzy Osbourne in a cover band, playing bike rallies and music festivals. A major highlight was being awarded the opportunity to mumble through his impression for the actual Prince of Darkness, himself -- over Indian cuisine in Ozzy's dressing room. After receiving his degree in vocal performance from McNally Smith College of Music, Criss flew to Barcelona where he performed lead vocals on The Carnival Sunshine cruise ship before heading to Miami to sing aboard Carnival's flagship, The Carnival Breeze. With much free time on board, and so little desire to work on his tan, he decided to take a stab at screenwriting. By the end of his run with Carnival, Criss had completed nearly twenty screenplays, including two feature-length films and two sitcom pilots. He's currently a member of the award-winning improv troupe The Idiot Boxers in Greensboro, NC and he organizes The Carolina Filmmakers, a local Meetup group. His award-winning production company has produced short films, comedy sketches & will be launching it's own app chock full of original content. He's also hosting, writing and producing the late-night video podcast, "The Meaning of Life and Stuff," which will launch it's second season in the spring of 2017. Aside from his current filmmaking career he's also working on a few musical projects with fellow McNally Smith alumni. More about those project will be announced soon.