Page 10 - DRT 2021 Summer
P. 10

the Del E. Webb Center in AZ and Harry   troupe. New Jersey Theatre: Bickford
     also works with the Passaic Police Dept.   Theatre, Passage Theater, 12 Miles
     Youth Service Division. He is a proud   West, The Theater Project, Luna Stage,
     member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA.         and the Pushcart Players. New York
                                          Theatre: Naked Angels, Ensemble Studio
                Melissa Cox can't wait to   Theatre, and New Georges. Film: Fat Ass
                be back in a theater soon   Zombies; Split Ends, High Art and I Shot
                with everyone to share    Andy Warhol. Television: Hack, Sex And
                stories again. She got her   The City, Law & Order, and The Guiding
                Master's in Corporate     Light. As a director: Dead and Buried,
                Communications and her    Every Brilliant Thing, The How and the
                Bachelor's in Musical     Why, Things Being What They Are, Next
                Theater at Fairleigh      Fall, Distracted, The Pursuit Of
                Dickinson University.     Happiness, Melancholy Play, Pride’s
     Favorite roles include Louise in Love/  Crossing, Full Bloom and many others.
     Sick, Beth in Little Women, and Martha   Podcast directing: The Weirdness and
     in Spring Awakening. Follow her      Young Ben Franklin for Gen Z Media. As
     @melissa.r.cox on Instagram and      a playwright: What Stays (with Jason
     TikTok. Website: www.melissa-cox.net   Szamreta), Whatever Will Be, The
                Laura Ekstrand co-        Neighborhood (Book and Lyrics; Music
                founded Dreamcatcher      by Joe Zawila), Brink of Life (Book;
                with Janet Sales in 1994.   Lyrics by Steve Harper; Music by Oliver
                She has appeared at       Lake) and Astonishment, How to be Old:
                Dreamcatcher in The Lucky   A Beginner’s Guide, and At Ninety-Three
                Ones, What Stays; Sister   (Adaptations). Laura is a private
                Play; Rapture, Blister    monologue coach and holds a BA from
                Burn; Motherhood Out      Yale University and an MFA from Sarah
                Loud; and Shakespeare in   Lawrence College. Laura is a member of
     Vegas, among many others, and is a   AEA, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists
     member of The Flip Side improv comedy   Guild. Love and thanks to Joe and
                                          Zachary.
   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15