Dancing on the Elephant

Faced with a future of chair-xercise and spoon-fed pudding, nursing home friends Nora and Edna attempt to break out of the 'fox farm' and find a life worth sticking around for.

Cast

Sheila McCarthy

as Nora

Mary Walsh

as Edna

Jordan Poole

as Henry

Reid Price

as Roderick

Sara Campbell

as Martha

Bob Mann

as Ed

Mary Alvena Poole

as Phyllis

Kevin Kincaid

as Kenny

Shane Harbinson

as Doctor

Micha Cromwell

as Brittney

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