STEPHEN BOGARDUS (Johnny) Broadway: MAN OF LA MANCHA, JAMES JOYCE’S THE DEAD (Helen Hayes nom.) HIGH SOCIETY, KING DAVID, LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! (tony Nom., Obie Award), FALSETTOS, GRAPES OF WRATH (with Nicola Sheara), LES MISERABLES, WEST SIDE STORY. Off-Broadway: SWEET ADELINE and ALLEGRO (Encores!), LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! (MTC), MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS and FALSETTOLAND (Playwrights Horizons), GENESIS and UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (NYSF), NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY (Hudson Guild), FEATHERTOP (WPA), IN TROUSERS (Promenade). Regional: ELEGIES (Canon Theatre) BELLS ARE RINGING (LA/Reprise!), SHOW BOAT and CHESS (Nat. tours), CITY OF ANGELS (LA/Shubert), 80 DAYS (La Jolla), PROGRESS (Long Wharf). Film/T.V.: LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!, STATES OF CONTROL, SECOND BEST, ED, LAW AND ORDER, L&O:SVU, NOW AND AGAIN and NEW YORK UNDERCOVER.

NICOLA SHEARA (Frankie) has performed on Broadway (with Stephen Bogardus) in GRAPES OF WRATH (TONY Award - Best Play); in the National Tour of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (best Supporting Actress Award - Cleveland Critics Circle); Regional Theatre - NJ Shakespeare Festival COUNTRY GIRL (best Actress Nomination); Actors Theatre of Louisville - CRIMES OF THE HEART (World Premiere with Kathy Bates); Missouri Repertory Theater - BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (Best Leading Actress Nomination), and in regional theaters across the country from the Alley to the Walnut. Daytime serials include LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING, LOVING etc. Ms. Sheara records books on tape, several of which may found on the shelves of the West Hurley Library.

BRIAN SMIAR (director) has directed at Bucks County Playhouse, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Theatre West of Los Angeles, East Coast Arts of New Rochelle, and the Lyric Stage, Boston, to name a few. As an actor, Mr. Smiar appeared on Broadway in MIXED EMOTIONS. He has also performed at Playwrights Horizons, The Provincetown Playhouse, Fulton Opera House, Cincinnati Playhouse and The Charles Playhouse, Boston. His films include REGARDING HENRY, BOSS OF BOSSES, SHADOWS AND FOG, 13 CONVERSATIONS (soon to be released), and THE NEXT KARATE KID, and he was a regular on THE SLAP MAXWELL SHOW and L.A. FIREFIGHTERS. In addition he has been on LAW & ORDER, THIRD WATCH, ED, HOOP LIFE, CHINA BEACH, thirysomething, THE COMMISH, THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD and HACK.

KEN THOMPSON (Stage Directions) 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.