CAST & CREW

GLORIA HODES (Vita) has sung principal roles on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, as well as the New York City, Seattle, and other regional opera companies. She was the ballet mistress Madame Giry in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in all three touring companies throughout the U.S. On Broadway she appeared in the original Tony Award-winning ME AND MY GIRL and played Duchess Maria in subsequent regional theatre productions. Off-Broadway she won the coveted OBIE and THEATRE WORLD AWARDS for her creation of Mr. Bertie in THE CLUB, directed by Tommy Tune. Her Julie in SHOW BOAT and Mother Abbess in THE SOUND OF MUSIC have received critical acclaim throughout the country, including the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Among a variety of other roles, she has played Maria in LEND ME A TENOR and was chosen by Pulitzer Prize winner William Bolcom to create the role of Buffy Buffington in his CASINO PARADISE. The renowned jazz-harpist composer Deborah Henson-Conant has created several chamber orchestra and cabaret works for Ms. Hodes. She has appeared in clubs on the West Coast and Caribbean Islands. She is the founder and executive director of MUSIC & MASQUE, a concert company based in New York. Her one woman show VINTAGE WINE was premiered at the Depot theatre last season.

NICOLA SHEARA (Director) Locally: THREEPENNNY 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.

JENNIFER STERNBERG (Virginia) Broadway: HONOR, SHADOWLANDS, and GOOD (RSC). New York: THE UNEXPECTED MAN, Promenade Theatre; WHEN SHE DANCED, Playwrights Horizons; BLOOD RELATIONS (Lizzie Borden), Hudson Guild; TOUCHED (Sandra), The Wonderhorse; OLD TIMES (Anna); FALLEN ANGELS (Julia); WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER (Agnes); ANNA KLEIBER (title role); CREDITORS (Tekla). Regional: THE MAI (Aunt Julie), INSPECTING CAROL (Dorothy) Milwaukee Rep; LETTICE AND LOVAGE (Lettice), Cleveland Playhouse; ON THE VERGE (Mary), Portland Stage; A TEMPORARY PLACE (Nell), JUDGEMENT DAY (Mrs. Hudetz), Baltimore's Center Stage; AH, WILDERNESS! (Lily), THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Amanda), Virginia Stage; VIADUCT (Dora) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Blanche), George Street Playhouse; PASSION PLAY (Nell), Hartford Stage; and many others. International: BRONTOSARUS and THE SANDBOX (director, Edward Albee) Vienna. Film: RIDERS OF THE STORM, A WOMAN ESCAPES. Television: LAW & ORDER; AS THE WORLD TURNS; ANOTHER WORLD; ALL MY CHILDREN.