Matthew Schneck (Playwright) His plays have been developed and/or performed at: The Denver Center, SoHo Rep, Adobe Theatre Co., Access Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co., Whitefish Theatre, and The Julliard School. A 12 lb. Discourse, (co-written and co-performed with Pete Simpson), debuted at The New York City, 15 Minute Play Festival where it swept the awards winning: Best Acting, Best Directing, and Audience Favorite for Best Play. It was then expanded into a full-length play where it was produced by The SoHo Rep and directed by Artistic Director, Daniel Aukin. His second play, Badge, was a semi-finalist for The 2006 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Last summer, BADGE enjoyed a week-long workshop at Vassar College under the direction of Christopher Grabowski. Matthew's third full-length play, Attic, opened The 2006 Octoberfest at Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City this past October.
Acting: Broadway: London Assurance (Roundabout, dir. Joe Dowling). Off Broadway: The Merchant of Venice and Jew of Malta (Theater for A New Audience, Royal Shakespeare Co.) Regional: The Alley Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre of DC, The Folger, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, San Jose Rep(Dean Goodman Choice Award for Supporting Performance), and the World Premiere of RESTORATION COMEDY by Amy Freed at The Seattle Repertory Theatre.
Jenn Thompson (Director) Producing Director and founding company member of Connecticut’s River Rep Theatre Company where she has performed in over 40 shows and has, most recently, directed productions of Dinner With Friends, The Heiress, Damn Yankees and this summer’s upcoming production of The Foreigner.
As a company member of NYC’s The Actor’s Company Theatre (TACT), she has performed in multiple productions and has directed this past season’s A Kind Lady and Rain. Last summer Jenn directed the critically acclaimed new play Big Doolie, which sold out its run at the 10th Anniversary NYC Fringe Festival. She has also directed,The Brilliance Of Bernstein for the American Musicals Project at the NY Historical Society - featuring Phyllis Newman, and the new play Term Limit for the American Globe Theatre’s 15 Minute Play Festival – which won 4 awards including Best Play. Acting: Broadway: Tony Award-winning productions of Ah, Wilderness!, The Heiress, and Annie. Off-Broadway: New York Shakespeare Festival’s Public Theatre; Playwrights’ Horizons; The York Theatre; American Jewish Theatre; The Hudson Guild; Soho Rep; W.P.A.; Protean Theatre Company; Perry Street Theatre and Ubu Rep. Regional: The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; The Pittsburgh Public; The Ahmanson (Los Angeles); The New Harmony Theatre (Indiana); Studio Arena; Paper Mill Playhouse; The Fulton Opera House; and The Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center. Film/TV: The Girl In The Park (upcoming); The Out-of-Towners; Bash; Little Darlings; and Honky Tonk Freeway. Extensive television appearances include guest-starring roles on: Third Watch; Ed; Law & Order; Law & Order: SVU; and other leading roles in The Renegade (CBS), the acclaimed PBS series 3-2-1 Contact, and Harper Valley P.T.A. (NBC). Jenn is married to actor/designer Stephen Kunken.
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