ANCESTRAL VOICES
A FAMILY STORY
by
A.R. Gurney

starring Ryan Duncan*, Marvin Einhorn*, Mary Fogarty*, Nancy Sans*, and Ken Thompson*

directed by Nicola Sheara

CAST & CREW

RYAN DUNCAN National Tours: MAN OF LA MANCHA starring Jack Jones and Ron Holgate and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Pre-Broadway: I'M NOT RAPPAPORT starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen. Ryan's regional credits include the Helen Hayes Award-winning productions of SIDE SHOW at Signature Theatre (VA) and HAIR at the Studio Theatre (DC) as well as A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Ford's Theatre, DC), and FOREVER PLAID (Temple Theatre, NC). Off and Off-off Broadway, he has appeared in THE RITZ, JEFFREY, LOOK, MA, I'M DANCIN'!, NILS TORVALD, KUNDALINI, and I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS. Ryan can be seen this Spring in 1776 at Ford's Theatre in D.C. and in the upcoming Independent short film, STAND BY.

MARVIN EINHORN Directed NBC TV for 30 years - TODAY, NIGHTLY NEWS, MR. WIZARD, CONTINENTAL CLASSROOM. Primary Stages, NYC - Board member with wife, Anne. Broadway- Understudy Eli Wallach - THE FLOWERING PEACH. Off Broadway: Primary Stages; FREE FALL, WEDDING OF THE SIAMESE TWINS, Charles Busch's YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY. Boston Company: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Mr. Mushnik also in Philladelphia, Beverly Mass, Birmingham Mich. MOVIES: LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, FX, PRICE ABOVE RUBIES with Renée Zellweger, A BEAUTIFUL MIND. Graduate, Carnegie Tech Drama Department.

MARY FOGARTY Broadway: OF THE FIELDS, LATELY, WATCH ON THE RHINE, THE NATIONAL HEALTH. Tours: THE SECRET GARDEN (national co.), WONDERFUL TOWN (summer pkg.) Off-Broadway: HARD FEELINGS, FILUMENA, DEARLY DEPARTED, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE, THE WELL OF THE SAINTS, BONJOUR LA BONJOUR. Films: THE ODD COUPLE II, SWING KIDS, WAR OF THE ROSES, DAD, HELLO AGAIN, COLD FEET, MISSING PIECES. TV: A SEASON FOR MIRACLES (Hallmark), LAW & ORDER, THE COSBY MYSTERIES, ROSEANNE, MATLOCK, JACOB HAVE I LOVED, GIDEON OLIVER, TAKING A STAND, SPENCER:FOR HIRE, THE UNFORGIVABLE SECRET, CONNECT WITH ENGLISH. All the major regional theatres, most recently EXPECTATIONS (Edith) at Helen Hayes Theatre Company, MEDEA (Nurse) at Pittsburgh Public Theatre, WIT (E.M.) at Dallas Theatre Center, and DRIVING MISS DAISY at Winnacunnet PAC.

NANCY SANS is Director and founder of the Young Will theatre company - a Hudson Valley group that presents Shakespeare "by and for kids." She is also an Emmy-winning writer for the children's TV show, SESAME STREET. A resident of Rhinebeck, she has directed and acted in numerous productions for that community's numerous theatre groups. She is honor to be asked to perform on this side of the river.

NICOLA SHEARA (Director) Locally: THREEPENNY OPERA (Bardavon); WENCESLAS SQUARE (Performing Arts of Woodstock); I HATE HAMLET (Shadowlands); NUNSENSE (Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center). In New York: directed plays at Manhattan Punchline, Westbeth Theatre Center, Dramatists Guild, Quaigh Theater and Readings for Primary Stages, The Writers Theater, The New Dramatists ; Regionally at the Mountain Playhouse in Pa. and Blowing Rock, N.C. Nicola is the co-writer/ producer/director of the video documentary ON: OFF OFF BROADWAY.

KEN THOMPSON (Narrator) has appeared in the Hudson Valley area in Performing Arts of Woodstock's WENCESLAS SQUARE, ZOO STORY at UPAC's Back Alley Theatre, Shadowland's Social Security and THE MOUSETRAP; and Law & Order: SVU.

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