The Team


Darryl, Paul, Woody, and Gerardo on set

Janet LaMonica

Janet is the camera shy Columbia College Chicago faculty member who runs the show. As a member of the television department Janet teaches the TV Producer class as well as the Price of Admission directed study. Janet has much experience in television producing, specifically review show producing. Mrs. LaMonica was a producer on the Siskel & Ebert show for several years, and helped with the development of the Emmy winning special on Rodger Ebert.


Olivia Pendleton
Olivia is a Producer and our social media manager for Price of Admission. She is a Junior in Television Writing and Producing major at Columbia College Chicago. She studied filmmaking for two years, at Western Kentucky University and Columbia College Chicago, before declaring her Television major.


Darryl Washington
Darryl is a Producer for Price of Admission and Junior Television directing major. He wears many hats as both producer for the directed study and as an RA for Columbia College Chicago.



Paul Schoessling
Paul is a Junior and a Producer for Price of Admission. He started out at Columbia as a Film major, but changed his major last year to Television. Paul also volunteers for Frequency TV on top of his producing duties for its branch of Price of Admission.

Woody (Austin) Lahr
Woody is Sophomore Television major at Columbia. He often partners with fellow producer Claire Wendalt, usually taking on the technical aspects of the show.



Claire Wendalt
Claire is a Sophomore Television major and the other half of the producing partnership with Woody Lahr. She takes on more responsibility with her duties as an RA for Columbia College Chicago.


Gerardo Duran
Gerardo is a Sophomore Cinema Art+Sciences major, with a concentration in Directing.


Eric Packer
Eric is a Sophomore Cinema Arts+ Sciences major with a concentration in Writing.


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