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 Tri-State!ON THE SHOWROOM FLOOR by Judylee Oliva |
Kendal Ridgeway as JK |
Dina Drew as Holly |
|
Mary Ann Hay as Diane |
Jeanne L. Austin as Irene |
Paul Meacham Director |
| KENDAL RIDGEWAY (JK)-- Ms.
Ridgeway is pleased to be making her Tri-State debut as Jackie
in ON THE SHOWROOM FLOOR,
a new play by Judylee Oliva. She is a long time member of New Jersey Repertory
Company where she originated the roles of Nell in A WORLD I NEVER
MADE, and Sally Cubbage in OCTET; and where she most
recently performed in the acclaimed NJ premier of THE LARAMIE PROJECT.
Past theatre credits include Cora in RAFT OF THE MEDUSA,
Rita
in PRELUDE TO A KISS, Joann in A FEW GOOD MEN, Chris
in DANCING AT LUGHNASA, Constanze in
AMADEUS,
Brooke
in NOISES OFF, and Emily in
OUR TOWN. She was privileged
to have performed the role of Hamlet in a gender-bending workshop
of HAMLET last summer in New York. But her favorite role is that
of the Little Red Haired girl to her own beloved Charlie Brown. |
| DINA DREW (Holly)--Dina
Drew has appeared in several stage productions in New York and regionally
including: Expanded Arts, THE TURNIP (15 Minute Play contest), the
debut of THE BAGEL BAKER'S DAUGHTER and most recently presented
a One Woman Show at the Producer’s Club in New York. She has also appeared
in several independent films including THE DROP, which was just
screened at the Anthology Film Archives in New York. She works regularly
on the soaps including: ONE LIFE TO LIVE, AS THE WORLD TURNS,
and GUIDING LIGHT, and has done various commercials including:
ABC-TV Eyewitness News and Comcast Cable. She is very excited to
be making her debut with Tri-State Actors Theatre as Hollie in ON
THE SHOWROOM FLOOR, and would like to thank her family
and friends for all of their love and support. |
| *JOHN LITTLE (HB Larson)--
is delighted to return to Tri-State Actors Theater, where he played Pato
in THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
during Season 2001. He returns in 2002 as Matt Friedman in TALLEY'S
FOLLY and HB Larson in the world premiere of ON
THE SHOWROOM FLOOR. Earlier this year he played Atticus
in
TO
KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at the Theatre Project in Massachusetts, and Wargrave
in TEN LITTLE INDIANS at Worcester Foothills Theatre. He is
a Yale School of Drama graduate and has worked at regional theaters across
the country and in Europe. In New York he was in TOO NOBLE BROTHERS,
produced by the Public Theatre, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS at the New
Federal Theatre, and DEAR OSCAR at the Perry Street Theatre. Mr.
Little’s regional work includes MAJOR BARBARA at Yale Rep, PYGMALION
at Syracuse Stage, NOISES OFF at the Barter Theater, OUT OF ORDER
at Paper Mill Playhouse, GLIMMERGLASS at Goodspeed and PRIVATE
LIVES and SPRINGTIME FOR HENRY at Centenary Stage. He has toured
New York in ANGEL STREET, New England in LIGHT UP THE SKY
and Canada in SCROOGE. At the Lycian Centre in Sugar Loaf, he played
Don Quixote in MAN OF LA MANCHA and Col. Gilweather in SOMETHING’S
AFOOT. Last summer he was in TAKING STEPS and THE PRICE
at the Summer Theatre at Mt. Holyoke College, THE WEIR at New Century
Theatre, OUR TOWN and CAPTAINS AND COURAGE at the AmeriCulture
Arts Festival. John lives in NYC with his wife Amy and children
Eleonora and Joel. |
| *MARY ANN HAY (Diane)--
was Sally Talley in Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer-Prize winning TALLEY'S
FOLLY and is Diane in the world premiere of Judylee Oliva's
ON
THE SHOWROOM FLOOR in TAT's SEASON 2002. Ms. Hay is very
happy to be working again at TAT where she was seen last year as Maureen
in THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE.
Other theatre credits include Bessie in MARVIN'S
ROOM, also for Tri-State; the first National Company of EVITA
directed by Harold Prince; the last National Company of A CHORUS LINE
directed by Michael Bennett; Popeye in THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST;Minnie
Fay in THE MATCHMAKER and "Agnes" in GEORGE M!, along
with many other roles in the theatre, film, TV and commercials. She
has recently directed MUSIC MAN, JR., GUY & DOLLS, JR, ANNIE, JR.
and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, JR. in collaboration with ArtsConnection
and Music Theatre International in New York City. She is a member
of SAG, AFTRA, AEA, Theatre Artists Workshop of Westport and Polaris North
in New York City. Mary Ann thanks Paul, Patricia and all involved
with TAT for these wonderful opportunities and her family and friends for
their loving support. |
| *JEANNE L. AUSTIN (Irene)--
plays Irene in Tri-State's world premiere of Judylee Oliva's ON
THE SHOWROOM FLOOR during Season 2002. A member of Actors’
Equity Association and a valued artist in Tri-State's professional ensemble,
Ms. Austin is returning for a seventh season. Other roles for Tri-State
include the title role of Erica in ERICA'S
LAST MISSION, Mary, in ON
THE VERGE, Ruth in COLLECTED
STORIES, Jeanne in ALL
I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN, A inEdward
Albee’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, THREE
TALL WOMEN , Amanda in THE GLASS
MENAGERIE , Aunt Ruth in MARVIN'S ROOM and Maggie
in DANCING AT LUGHNASA.
She starred as Mary Thomas in the New York premiere of AMERICAN
STORY at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, created the role
of Mother in INSOMNIA at Expanded Arts, and originated the
role of Louise in BROTHERLY LOVE for Animated Theatreworks
in New York City. She has appeared in regional, stock and dinner theaters
in roles ranging from Rosalind in AS YOU LIKE IT (Theatre
Project Company, St. Louis) to Big Mama in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
(Oakland
West Dinner Theatre, Ft. Lauderdale);
and recently played Gertie
in FUDDY MEERS
for the Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival. Also a member
of Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Radio and Television
Artists, Ms. Austin has made radio and television commercials, was in the
TV mini-series
WOMEN IN WHITE, and had featured roles in the motion
pictures THE FUNHOUSE,
STUCKEY'S LAST STAND, and stars in
Flying Cloud Films' MOTHER AND CHILD as a mother whose son is dying
of AIDS. For HerStory Productions, she produces and performs one-woman
plays based on historic women, including DUTY'S FAITHFUL CHILD; A VISIT
WITH LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, CYCLONE IN CALICO: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARY ANN BICKERDYKE,
and
MARIE ZIMMERMAN: FAITHFUL TO NATURE. She will present WE LIVE BY
THE WHISTLE: WOMEN OF THE STERLING HILL MINE, as a Monday Night Special
Event for Tri-State this season. For more than ten years, Ms. Austin was
director of the One Accord Choir, a vocal group of developmentally disabled
adults, and is currently the troupe trainer and performs with an educational
puppet troupe(sponsored by SCARC), KIDS ON THE BLOCK that presents educational
puppet plays in schools throughout northern New Jersey. Ms. Austin attended
Mt. Holyoke College and holds a degree in Fine Arts/Drama from Colorado
College. |
| *PAUL
MEACHAM (Artistic Director )--
Mr. Meacham is the founder and artistic director of TRI-STATE ACTORS
THEATER, for which he has directed Brian Friel's DANCING
AT LUGHNASA, MARVIN'S
ROOM,
Tennessee Williams' THE
GLASS MENAGERIE,
I
HATE HAMLET, Dicken'sA
CHRISTMAS CAROL, Edward Albee's THREE
TALL WOMEN, Donald Margulies' COLLECTED
STORIES, and the musical adaptation
of Robert Fulghum's ALL I REALLY
NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN, season 2001's THE
BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE and
ON
THE VERGE . He has staged many children's musicals, including
WINNIE
THE POOH, CHARLOTTE'S
WEB and THE WIND
IN THE WILLOWS. This season he will direct TALLEY'S
FOLLY and the world premiere of ON
THE SHOWROOM FLOOR. He has directed and appeared professionally
as an actor for nearly thirty years. Mr. Meacham was a founding member
of the innovative WPA Theater, where he acted and directed for five seasons
including directing the musical, CHARLATANS,
for which he wrote
the book and lyrics, and Tevia Abrams' AND NO CEREMONY. He
performed Off-Broadway with Frank Langella and Diane Wiest in Arthur Miller's
AFTER
THE FALL;
in
FIGHTING BOB, which he also produced; in
the long-running hit, THE PASSION OF DRACULA; and was a member
of the acting company of the Classic Stage Company(two years), playing
featured roles in TWELFTH NIGHT, THE TEMPEST, THE HOMECOMING, THE LADY'S
NOT FOR BURNING, WOYZECK, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDERNSTERN ARE DEAD and
others. On television, he has appeared in commercials and on "soaps,"
including
ONE LIFE TO LIVE and ALL MY CHILDREN, and
adapted and produced Edgar Allen Poe's WILLIAM WILSON for the small
screen. His films include
HOODLUMS; PRINCE OF THE CITY;
THE EYES OF LAURA MARS, THE GATE and others. He has performed
coast to coast in regional theaters including Milwaukee Repertory Theater[three
years](FIGHTING BOB,
the premiere of David Mamet's LAKE
BOAT, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, CYRANO DE BERGERAC, BORN YESTERDAY); Barter
Theater(YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU); Pennsylvania Stage (EQUUS);
Cohoes Music Hall (two years)(DEATH OF A SALESMAN, OF MICE AND
MEN, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST); George Street Playhouse
(COUNT
DRACULA, MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION); Virginia Stage (THE CRUCIBLE,
A CHRISTMAS CAROL); Missouri Repertory Theater (SIXTEEN STRINGS
OF CASH, a 6th century Chinese opera directed by the renowned
Chinese actor and director, Yeng Ruo-Ching); and New Jersey Shakespeare
Festival (TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, MERRY WIVES OF
WINDSOR, HENRY VIII). Since founding Tri-State Actors Theater--then
Ranger Summer Theater--in 1988, he has appeared as John Barrymore
in
I HATE HAMLET and
was the Narrator in A CHRISTMAS CAROL. He
appeared in, and directed two of the play-readings in TAT's first NEW
PLAYS READING SERIES in 2000, and was seen in the world premiere ofERICA'S
LAST MISSION in season 2001. He has directed and produced
over twenty-five student productions at Wallkill Valley High School, where
he teaches English and is director(emeritus) of Ranger Theater, the student
theater of Wallkill Valley. Mr. Meacham is a member of Actors Equity Association,
AFTRA, and Screen Actors Guild. |
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