Lanie MacEwan (Amy)
Lanie MacEwan appeared most recently as Rexie Gordon in the Off-Broadway revival
of Counsellor-At-Law starring John Rubinstein. Other NYC Credits: Bridget
u/s
- Give Me Your Answer, Do! (Roundabout Theatre Company); Minnie u/s
- The
Daughter-In-Law(Mint Theatre); Effie/Lady Eastlake u/s - The Countess (Lamb's
Theatre); Portia
- The Merchant of Venice (Revolving Shakespeare Company). Regional Credits:
Linda
Seton – Holiday (Bristol Riverside Theatre); Effie - The Countess (Caldwell
Theatre); Olga - Fortune's Fool (2003 Best Supporting Actress Carbonell
Award
Nominee, Caldwell Theatre); Killaine - The Clearing (Florida Stage);
Dawn - Lobby
Hero (Caldwell Theatre); Laura - The Glass Menagerie (Hangar Theatre).
TV Credits
include “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.”
Patrick Melville (Adrian)
Patrick Melville’s recent work includes the season premiere of NBC’s “Law & Order,” ABC’s “All
My Children,” and productions of the New York premiere of Charles Mee’s “Time
to Burn” (Tertius Hodgson) and Maxim Gorky’s “The Lower Depths” (Satine)
at the Manhattan Ensemble Theater. Other New York theatre work includes “The
Importance of Being Earnest” (Algernon), “Cockfighters” (CD
Fowler), “Of Mice and Men” (Carlson), “The Winter’s Tale” (Polixenes), “Twelfth
Night” (Orsino), “Blood Wedding” (The Moon), “Arms and
the Man” (Sergius Saranoff), “Much Ado About
Nothing” (Benedick), and “As You Like It” (Jaques).
Jana Robbins (Janice)
Jana Robbins has appeared in leading roles on Broadway in GOOD NEWS, I LOVE
MY WIFE, CRIMES OF THE HEART, ROMANCE/ROMANCE, GYPSY - where she played Mazeppa
(the bump it with a trumpet stripper) while standing by for Tyne Daly as Mama
Rose (40 performances), and THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST’S WIFE where she
stood by and went on many times for both Linda Lavin (Valerie Harper) and Michele
Lee. When “ALLERGIST’S WIFE”, went on National Tour after it’s
Broadway run, Jana replaced Michele Lee and co-starred across the country opposite
Valerie Harper. Other National Tours include Ethel in FOOTLOOSE and Aldonza in
MAN OF LA MANCHA with Jose Ferrer.
A versatile actress, her long list of Off-Broadway and repertory credits include
both straight plays and musicals. Some of her favorite roles have been, Maggie
in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, Lady in ORPHEUS DECENDING, Dr. Livingstone in AGNES
OF GOD, Rosie in BYE BYE BIRDIE, and The Leader in ZORBA, just to name a few.
She’s been seen on TV as a guest star in CHEERS, ROSEANNE, BABYLON 5, JAG,
and LAW AND ORDER among others. Jana had recurring roles on ONE LIFE TO LIVE
and GENERAL HOSPITAL, and just recently appeared on CRIMINAL INTENT.
Her film credits include THE LAST DAYS OF FRANKIE THE FLY with Dennis Hopper
and Keifer Sutherland, EXECUTIVE TARGET with Michael Madsen and Roy Schieder,
and HAUNTED HEART with Olympia Dukakis.
Jana’s one-woman show - ONE HELL OF A RIDE! (The songs of Cy Coleman)
has played cabarets and theaters across the country to great reviews, and her
newest
cabaret show GYPSY IN MY SOUL has received rave reviews in New York where it
opened the Midtown Cabaret Festival and just completed a run at Helen’s.
Her CD: JANA ROBBINS – FACE TO FACE can be purchased at Footlight Records
and online at CDBaby.com.
Jana is also one of the producers of the new Broadway musical LITTLE WOMEN
starring Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern.
For more information: www.janarobbins.com.
Victor L. Cahn (Playwright)
Victor L. Cahn has written numerous plays, including ROSES IN DECEMBER
(produced Off-Broadway by Urban Stages), GETTING THE BUSINESS, EMBRACEABLE
ME (which will be given an up-coming Off-Broadway staging), and OF MY FATHER'S
HOUSE
(all produced by Theater Voices of Albany), SHEEPSKIN/BOTTOM OF THE NINTH (one-act
plays produced Off-Broadway by Prism Theater), and the one-woman piece A DISH
FOR THE GODS. He wishes to thank Curtain Call Theatre of Latham, NY, for help
in the development of FIT TO KILL. Victor graduated from Columbia College,
and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from New York University. He is
Professor
of English at Skidmore College and the author of books on Shakespeare, Tom
Stoppard, and Harold Pinter. His articles and reviews have appeared in such
diverse publications
as Modern Drama, The Literary Review, The New York Times, and Variety.
Eric Parness (Director)
Eric Parness is the Artistic Director of Resonance Ensemble, a company dedicated
to developing new interpretations of classic theatre, where he has directed productions
of Gorky’s The Lower Depths, Sophocles’ Antigone, and the world premiere
of Strange Bedfellows by Bruce Cohen. Other directing credits include Oberon
Theatre Ensemble’s productions of Measure for Measure, Of Mice and
Men,
The Winter’s Tale, and Finding Louise; Hypothetical Theatre Company’s
Kryptonite City and Faith; Blood Wedding (Boomerang Theatre Company); Zimmerman(Sanford Meisner Theater); and new work with adobe theatre company, Ensemble
Studio Theatre and Vital Theater Company. He has also directed educational theatre
for Stern College and Brandeis University. Eric served as Assistant to Artistic
Director Curt Dempster of Ensemble Studio Theatre, where he was also the assistant
director on Dempster’s projects, and is currently the Associate to the
Artistic Director of Theater for a New Audience, where he was the assistant director
on Bartlett Sher’s production of Pericles. Eric also assisted on La Mama’s
production of Mario Fratti’s Passionate Women. He is a graduate of Brandeis
University and the Lincoln Center Theater's Directors Lab.