EXIT PLAN
Marsha Mercant (Playwright)- is a multi-award-winning actor/singer and voice over artist with longstanding memberships in both Actor’s Equity and SAG-AFTRA. Turning her creative passion to writing, Marsha was co-editor and contributor to the Amazon #1 Bestseller, Fearless Women, Visions of a New World. With the formation of Write To Speak LLC, Marsha expanded her writing to include the editing of several other books, as well as co-authoring Brenda Michaels’ memoir, The Gift of Cancer: A Miraculous Journey to Healing; Skyhorse Publishing, New York City. Her play, When You Get There, first presented at TSchreiber’s New Play Reading series, will have a reading in Los Angeles in March 2016. Marsha is honored to take part in this year’s Schreiber Shorts and is grateful for the diverse opportunities afforded her through her involvement in the arts. www.writetospeak.com
John Howard Swain (Director)- actor, director, producer. John has guest starred in scores of television shows including the legendary Hill Street Blues to Law & Order SVU and most recently Black Box. He also starred in a number of Movies of the Week and in the mini-series Family of Spies and Blind Faith. His film credits include Best Seller, Angels in the Outfield and the Tenderloin. In addition, he has been a principal in over 200 national television commercials. John has directed twenty-five plus plays in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. As a filmmaker he has directed four films: Whose Life?, Uncommon, Stand-By, and the multi-award winning short A Younger Man. Last year he produced the successful off-Broadway run of the play Scrambled Eggs. John was also the founder of one of the country’s most prestigious film acting programs, Full Circle Productions in San Francisco.
Loren Bidner (Duane)- is very excited to be returning to the Gloria Maddox Stage where he performed in both Twelfth Night and Terry Schreiber’s Landscape of the Body. Favorite performances include The Signature Theatre’s The Trip to Bountiful with Lois Smith and Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Lady Winderemere’s Fan directed by Moises Kaufman. Regional highlights include both The Open Road and Sherlock Holmes at The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Shape of Things at The Riverside Theatre and Plaza Suite at the Judson Theatre. Next month Loren will be returning to the Judson Theatre in North Carolina to perform in On Golden Pond. www.LorenBidner.com
Steven Hauck (Kirk)- has appeared on Broadway in The Velocity of Autumn and Irena’s Vow. Off-Broadway credits include One Arm (New Group/Moisés Kaufman, director), The Screwtape Letters (Westside Theater), Crossing Swords (Outstanding Performance Award/New York Musical Theater Festival) and King Lear with Paul Sorvino. Regional favorites are Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of The Suicide Club (Cincinnati Playhouse), Louis deRougemont in Shipwrecked! (Penguin Rep), Juror #8 in Twelve Angry Men (Engeman Theater), Marc in Art (Geva Theater), and Comte de Guiche in Cyrano (Milwaukee Rep). Steven toured to Paris, Berlin and Vienna in Phantom of the Opera. He has featured roles in the films “Oldboy” and “The Sweet Blood of Jesus” (both directed by Spike Lee), “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”, “Confessions of a Shopaholic”, “The Eyes”, and “What Happens Next” (opposite Wendie Malick). TV includes “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Elementary”, “The Good Wife,” “The Americans,” “Boardwalk Empire,” and “30 Rock.” http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/stevenhauck
Mary Monahan (Tori)- has appeared in many theater and film roles, notably Patty in Louise In Charlestown ( Ego Actus/United Solo Theatre Festival) Jan in Doe, (Santiago A Mil, Chile) and Jean in Mike Leigh’s Ecstasy (Black Door Theatre Company, New York). Other favorite stage roles include Alma in After Tartuffe (Fresh Fruit Festvial 2015) Edna St. Vincent Millay in We Were Very Merry, Janet/Lady in Magic Kingdom (FringeNYC 2014), Dana in The Big Country, Dirty Daisy in Chicks with Dicks, and Laurie/Zelda in Two Days ‘Til Dawn, for which she was recognized as “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play” by the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. Her films have been screened in a number of festivals: Mary in Deprivation (SxSw), Jennifer in Windows (Tribeca, SANFIC, Locarno), Mary Sherman in Head Trauma (Los Angeles, SANFIC), and Q in Slice (SANFIC), where it won the SIGNIS Award. She is a member of Black Door Theatre Company and Articulate Theatre Company.