A Bread Factory Part One: For the Sake of Gold
After 40 years of running their community arts space The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a pair of celebrity performance artists from China come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street, catapulting big changes in their small town.
Patrick Wang
Patrick Wang
Casts & Crew
Tyne Daly
Nana Visitor
James Marsters
Brian Murray
Janeane Garofalo
Elizabeth Henry
Glynnis O'Connor
Trevor St. John
Nan-Lyn Nelson
Erica Durham
Martina Arroyo
Zachary Sayle
Philip Kerr
Janet Hsieh
George Young
Alyssa Maria App
Eugene Brell
Aidan Pierce Brennan
Quinn Breslin
Jake Brinskele
Elaine Bromka
Claudia Bruce
Jack Caleb
Amy Carlson
Chris Conroy
Keaton Nigel Cooke
Genevieve Du Quesnay
Heidi K. Eklund
Kim Emerson
Aiden Eyrick
Joe Felece
Kit Flanagan
Ciarra Fragale
Diana Greenhut
Almitra Guart
Hadley Jo Guinan
Sara Harman
Amber Heldreth-Miller
David Hilfstein
Rosemary Howard
Valentina Hurtado
Jonathan Iglesias
Kate Kostanoski
Sydney Veronica Lee
Constance Lopez
Ivy Rose Lynn
Gary McNerney
Jo Mei
Shershah Mizan
Billy Thomas Myott
Brett Owen
Andrew Pang
Joe Paparone
Jessica Pimentel
Willoughby Pyle
Noel Ramos
Amanda Roberts
Julia Arden Rock
Ian Saraceni
Addianna Summerford
Christopher Tighe
Jeremiah Wenutu
Also Directed by Patrick Wang
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