CAST & CREW

NONI CONNOR received a BA in Drama from Marymount Manhattan College and continued her drama training in New York with Austin Pendleton, Aaron Frankel, Michael Karm and Joanna Merlin. Her New York theatrical appearances included leading roles IN LOOK BACK IN ANGER, THE WAR WIDOW, THE PROMISE, DESIGN FOR LIVING, THE CHILDREN'S HOUR and THE TAVERN. After moving to London in 1995, she appeared in BURN THIS, HEDDA GABLER, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, ON GOLDEN POND, THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG, SARA (a retelling of Ivanov) and THE DARK IS LIGHT ENOUGH. She earned a Master's Degree in Text and Performance Studies from King's College London and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She studied with William Gaskell, Brigid Panet and Lloyd Trott at RADA, and with Bill Homewood, Nina Finburgh and Andrew Pratt at the Actors' Centre. Her one-woman show, SCENES FROM A LIFE, based on the life of actress/writer/suffragist Elizabeth Robins, was presented at the New Theatre on the Strand. She is a member of the Tavistock Repertory Company in London and the Playwrights' Gallery and American Renaissance Theatre Company in New York.

KEVIN McCLARNON 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.

ANNE NELSON (Playwright) was born at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Stillwater, Oklahoma. She graduated from Yale University, where she was active in music and theater, and was a soloist in Yale's European premiere of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" in Vienna. After graduation, she went into journalism and human rights research. From 1995 to 2003 she was director of the International Program at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York, where she also taught international reporting. Her articles and photographs on the wars in Central America appeared in numerous publications in the United States and Canada. She continues to write on international affairs, and is a regular commentator on the syndicated PBS program, "The Editors." She lives in New York City with her husband, author George Black, and their two children, David and Julia.

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 ABOUT ONE THING, 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 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.