Photo of Peppersoup Junction cast and crew at the end of taping in San Juan Bautista, California in early October 2010.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Zahara is 35-years-old. She is beautiful, vivacious, and business-minded. She has a friendly disposition about her and likes to give advice if asked. She owns Peppersoup Junction.
Ayana is nineteen and a film student at San Francisco State. She lives on campus, but goes home to her parents during semester breaks. She is beautiful, can sing, and has a great sense of humor. She is Shoorai’s roommate.
Shoorai is nineteen and also a college student. She is a natural performer. She sings, dances, and likes to paint. She is also a film major.
Themba is a bubbly 25-year-old political science graduate major at UC Berkeley. Sassy, funny, full of wit, and cracks a lot of jokes. Themba secretly admires the girls and has a crush on Shoorai. 
Abi Tokan (Zahara) and the Peppersoup Junction cast after the taping of the pilot episode in San Juan Bautista, California.
Bayo is a heavily-built forty-year-old man. An engineer by profession, he owns a construction company and has romantic interest in Zahara. Divorced, has two children from previous marriage. His children live with him.
Chidi is 35-years-old. He is an immigration attorney. Cocky, and has a look of affluence around him. He is separated from his wife but is dating anyway. He has a law firm in the city. Chidi has a child who lives with the mother. He also has a crush on Zahara.
Kamau, 35, is a cab driver. He also owns a couple of cabs in San Francisco. Easy going, always promoting his transportation business.
Chiaka, 30, is a registered nurse. She's single, and has a child who lives with her.
THE ACTORS
Abi Tokan as Zahara; Grace Akinmoladun as Ayana; Eniola Jose as Shoorai
Zodie Wender as Adjua; Sam Odede as Themba; Shina Adu as Bayo
Ade Adewoyin as Chidi; Adaeze Udo as Chiaka;Tobe Thomas as Kamau
THE CREW
THE WRITER PRODUCER
JIDE OSIKOMAIYA
THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
MARILYN ABAD-CARDINALLI
THE DIRECTOR
JOSEPH CARDINALLI
Sam Odede is the wisecracking bus boy in Jide Osikomaiya's made for TV Peppersoup Junction. Photo courtesy of Sam Odede
The bar inside Peppersoup Junction Cafe.
Director Joe Cardinalli and Executive Producer Marilyn Abad-Cardinalli savor the set. Photos taken by crew member Teresa Widdowson
Themba (Sam Odede) being cuffed off the set by San Francisco police officers played by Phil Esparza and Carol Harris.