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JEANNE AUSTIN*as "RUTH" JESSICA COOKE as" Lisa" |
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*Members
of Actors Equity Association,
the union of professional stage actors |
| JEANNE
L. AUSTIN (Ruth)-- Ms.
Austin, a member of Actors' Equity Association,has played in regional,
stock, and dinner theaters, in roles ranging from Rosalind
in
AS
YOU LIKE IT at Theatre Project Company, St. Louis, to Big Mama
in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at Oakland West Dinner Theatre, Ft. Lauderdale.
Ms. Austin is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists. She has made commercials for
both radio and television and was in the TV mini-series WOMEN IN WHITE
and had featured roles in the motion pictures
THE FUNHOUSE and STUKEY'S
LAST STAND. She recently completed principal photography as the mother
in Flying Cloud Films' MOTHER AND CHILD. Since 1984, she has been
producing and performing one-woman plays for HerStory Productions, a creative
partnership with her husband, Peter Nadolny. Ms. Austin is currently director
of the One Accord Choir, a group sponsored by the Sussex County Association
for Retarded Citizens. She also trains and performs with an educational
puppet troupe, Kids on the Block, which presents puppet plays in schools.
A member of the acting company of TAT since 1994, Ms. Austin has played
Maggie
Murphy in DANCING AT LUGHNASA,Ruth
in MARVIN'S ROOM, and
Amanda
in THE GLASS MENAGERIE.
Besides portraying "A" in Edward Albee's THREE
TALL WOMEN last season, Ms. Austin was also featured as the
Narrator in TAT's A
CHRISTMAS CAROL . |
| JESSICA
COOKE (Lisa)--
returns to New Jersey professional theater after living and working for
several years in California and Florida. She was "Jane" in the musical
comedy, JANE LOVES DICK at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco.
Ms. Cooke was featured as Marge and Jolene in SIX WOMEN WITH BRAIN DEATH
(Carousel Theater, Miami, Florida); and Samantha in UNCOMMON WOMEN
AND OTHERS (Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood Florida). Her extensive musical
career includes productions of THE PAJAMA GAME, OLIVER!, EVITA and
FUNNY
GIRL; she has performed in concert in AN EVENING WITH CHARLES STROUSE
and
CHESS
-- IN CONCERT. Children's theater performances include
RAPUNZEL
and THE FABULOUS FABLE FACTORY (Actors' Playhouse). She is
pleased to be appearing for the first time with Tri-State Actors Theater.
Ms. Cooke would like to thank her family for all of their strength and
support. |
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