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member of The Drafts. More recently for students ages 5-adults. She is also
he's been steadily pursuing more and the fearless leader of the adult improv
more film work; He wrapped his second troupe, Contagious Laughter.
feature length independent film, About a
Donkey (2018); And in January, Killing Terri Sturtevant (Marilyn
the Fiddler (2017) won Best Short Film Dunne) hails from
at the DC Independent Film Fest. Prior Connecticut where she was
to NYC, he spent a year with Ensemble a French teacher by day
Theatre of Cincinnati as an Intern; He's and an actress by night.
a graduate of Ohio University, and holds With Dreamcatcher Terri
a BFA in Theater Performance. toured New Jersey after
the 2011 sold-out run of
Beth Painter (Colleen, Astonishment. On our
Woman in White) was stage she also did The Vagina
most recently seen in Monologues, Fuddy Meers and The
Dreamcatcher’s production Laramie Project. Elsewhere in New
of Continuing the ) at the Jersey she raised her two sons and
Summit Playhouse. Other found herself on professional and
recent credits include 100 community stages. In the professional
Saints You Should Know, realm she acted in Wilde Night in the
Boom, Distracted Rockies, Penny Penniworth (Theater
(Dreamcatcher), Living Out, Love Song, Project); Beau Jest (What Exit?); Enter
Match, Comic Potential, Snakebit, The Laughing, James and the Giant Peach
Imaginary Invalid, The Sisters (The Forum); Merry Christmas, George
Rosensweig, Rumors and Moon Over Bailey, various theater cafe pieces,
Buffalo. NYC credits include In the Third Miracle on 34th Street (12 Miles West);
Person (winner Best Play, NYC festival), Perfect Wedding (Bickford); Noises Off
Crimes of the Heart, Hamlet, Annie, and (Surflight). She won outstanding lead
a variety of original works. Beth is the actress awards for Vivian Bearing in Wit,
proud founder of The Contagious Drama M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias, and Bessie in
Workshop, an acting school in Westfield Marvin’s Room. New York: Sex and the