CAST & CREW
KATHY DANZER (Pfeni) recently appeared with Horton By The Stream in TOMORROW and THE ROADS TO HOME. Ms. Danzer played Meg in CRIMES OF THE HEART (Broadway/National Tour) and Rowena in BILOXI BLUES (National Tour and Papermill Playhouse). Regional credits include DINNER WITH FRIENDS (Beth), HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE (Li’l Bit) at Florida Studio Theatre, THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO (Boo) at SFAC in Hilton Head, NC, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF (Honey) at Virginia Stage, A SHAYNA MAIDEL (Lusia) at Olney Theatre, VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE and CROSSING DELANCEY at Capitol Rep, BEAU JEST at Birmingham Theater, as well as roles for A.C.T. Seattle, Asolo Touring Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Actors Theatre of Louisville. In New York City, Ms. Danzer has appeared at the Public, Playwrights Horizons, Lincoln Center, American Place, West Bank, and at the Promenade Theater.

GREGORY GROVE (Tom) has spent the last few summers with the Horton-by-the Stream Theatre company in Tannersville,NY performing Horton Foote’s THE MAN WHO CLIMBED THE PECAN TREES, TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, SPRING DANCE, JOHN TURNER DAVIS, TALKING PICTURES and THE ONE ARMED MAN. He performed in the Broadway production of James McLure's LONE STAR as well as productions in Dallas, Texas Shreveport, Louisiana; and Miami, Florida. Also in the Broadway production of PVT. WARS, and later the Los Angeles production. He understudied two roles in the Broadway production of THE WAKE OF JAMIE FOSTER by Beth Henley and was in the Dallas and Palo Alto companies of her play CRIMES OF THE HEART. He killed Imogene Coca in a late night TV episode of MONSTERS entitled THE FACE which had some pretty good special effects. Also in Jack Heifner's BARGAINS in San Diego and at Primary Stages in NYC. He was in the original production of Chris Durang’s SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU at Ensemble Studio Theatre in NYC. He shows up in several independent film features & shorts; HELLS KITCHEN, LOVING JEZEBEL, TWO IDIOTS IN HOLLYWOOD and THE LAST GROOVE.

JAMES KLOSTY's (Nick Tym) next performance will be as Henry Higgins in the production of MY FAIR LADY at the Bardavon Opera House on Thanksgiving weekend.

KEVIN McCLARNON (Geoffrey) Broadway credits include INHERIT THE WIND, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, THE SHOWOFF and MACBETH. Television: LAW AND ORDER, MATHNET, THE EQUALIZER, TRIBECA. Regional Theater: LARAMIE PROJECT at Stage Works, SISTER CARRIE at Indiana Rep, FRANKIE AND JOHNNY... at Riverside, KISS ME KATE at Goodspeed, and HAPPY END at Centre Stage and Arena Stage.

CHRISTINA NICOSIA (Tessie) premiered her one-woman show MAN OF INFINITE DESIRE, a retelling of the Faust story from the point of view of Mephistopheles, at The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) in August. Past roles have include Julia in 1984; Laura in THE GLASS MENAGERIE; Lady Anne in RICHARD III; Helen of Troy in THE TROJAN WOMEN; Bottom in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM; Hamlet in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD; and Alicia in the world premiere of Anna Deveare Smith's PIANO. Christina regularly re-creates classic radio mystery broadcasts such as The Shadow and Ellery Queen with W-WOW Radio. She starred in BEDTIME-A-GO-GO and GIN & COMIC at The Westbeth Theater Center with the sketch comedy group Bedtime, and is a long-term member of the improv group Kundalini Komedy.

DAVID ROSENBUAM (Merv) NY credits include AWAKE AND SING with Tovah Feldshuh and Stephen Lang, GHETTO at the Circle in the sq. B'way, OH CALCUTTA the Belasco theatre, TRUE WEST at the Cherry Lane, THE CAVE DWELLERS with Geraldine Fitzgerald, GOODNIGHT GRANDPA with Milton Berle, and AMERICA HURRAH. He created the role of Phil Stein in the award winning off B'way play FAMILY BUSINESS and reprised his role on the PBS series AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE with Milton Berle. Regional theatre credits include five productions of Lanford Wilson's TALLEY'S FOLLY and appearances at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Virginia Museum Theatre, Virginia Stage, the Portland Stage, and the Syracuse Stage. He played Dr Friedman on the ABC soap LOVING, and on radio he narrated Tim O'Brien's IF I DIE IN A COMBAT ZONE for BBC Tanglewood Weekend. Feature films include THE IMAGEMAKER with Michael Nouri, and as Mr Klausman in Sidney Lumet's A STRANGER AMONG US with Melanie Griffith. For the past 11 years he has been seen in the recurring role of the Hon. Alan Berman on the NBC T.V. show LAW AND ORDER.

NICOLA SHEARA (Sara) has performed on Broadway (GRAPES OF WRATH: Tony Award - Best Play,) Off Broadway, and in regional theaters across the country. Hudson Valley audiences have seen her in LOVE LETTERS and COLLECTED STORIES with Performing Arts of Woodstock, and in three productions at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany. She has frequesntly appeared at Horton by the Stream in Elka Park, N.Y. Ms. Sheara's work as a director has been seen locally at the Bardavon (THE THREEPENNY OPERA) and at the Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center (NUNSENSE). Daytime serials include LOVING and LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING. Ms. Sheara records books on tape, several of which can be found on the shelves of the West Hurley Library. Awards: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Nicholas Nickleby (Cleveland Critics Circle); Nominated BEST OF THEATER AWARD: Brighton Beach Memoirs (Kansas City Board of Selectors); Nominated BEST LEADING ACTRESS: The Country Girl (New Jersey Drama Critics)

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, and THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD.

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

LORI WILNER (Gorgeous) has starred on Broadway in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK with Linda Lavin and Natalie Portman, and in the Tony-nominated THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Off Broadway, she received a Drama Desk nomination for her performance in HANNAH SENESH, the one-woman play she originated and performed at The Cherry Lane Theater and all over North America and Israel. She also starred in the Off-Broadway plays THE YIDDISH TROJAN WOMEN, THE WITCH, BUBBE MEISES, HANNAH 1939 and the revival of MILK AND HONEY. At Lincoln Center, Lori was in the cast of Richard Greenberg’s EVERETT BEEKIN at the Vivien Beaumont, Zefirelli’s CARMEN at the Met, and TRIBUTE TO RABIN at Avery Fisher Hall. Regionally, Lori has worked all over the country in over 30 plays. Some of her favorites include THE GLASS MENAGERIE at New Mexico Rep, CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER at GeVa, AWAKE AND SING at Merrimack Rep, LOST IN YONKERS at Arkansas Rep and THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG at the Alliance Theater (playing Pfeni). Locally, Lori performed in Kingston in THE SCOTTISH PLAY and in the educational film MASTERING BUSINESS. Other film credits include GEBIRTIG, RIDE FOR YOUR LIFE, and BAD NEWS.