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LOU MALOOF
is happy and honored to be in his 17th season at
Monomoy, where last summer he was Stephen Hopkins in 1776. Among
his favorite roles at Monomoy: Coach Van Buren in Damn Yankees; Arvide
Abernathy in Guys and Dolls; Schoolmaster in Philadelphia, Here I Come;
Mr. DePinna in You Can't Take It With You; Andrew Cairns in Oklahoma;
The Squire in The Corn Is Green; Antonio in Much Ado About Nothing. He
lives year-round in North Chatham with his wife, contralto Carole Buttner
Maloof and their black Labrador Retriever puppy, Rosie.
RICHARD MANGAN
(Director) worked as an actor, stage manager,
director and administrator at Britain's National Theatre under Laurence
Olivier and Peter Hall. He has been Head of Technical Theatre at the Rose
Bruford College and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and for
over twenty years was the Director of the Mander & Mitchenson Theatre
Collection. He is the editor of SIR JOHN GIELGUD: A LIFE IN LETTERS
and has recently been involved in cataloguing Noel Coward's manuscripts
and letters. He is delighted to be back at Monomoy for the fifth time,
having finally recovered from directing Sherlock Holmes in 2011.
ANNASTASIA MERCEDES
is a New York native and graduated from The
Hartt School Dance Division with a B.F.A. in Ballet Pedagogy, under
director Stephen Pier. She has performed in both classical and
contemporary dance works choreographed by Stephen Pier, Pascal Rioult,
Charlotte Griffin, Jose Limon, Martha Graham, George Balanchine,
Anthony Tudor, and August Bournonville. In addition to concert dance,
she has appeared in Hartford Stage's productions of The Crucible and
Shakespeare's The Tempest, under Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak.
WIL MOSER
is 13 years old and has a passion for theater. He has
participated in several Cape-based productions including Charlotte's Web
(Wilbur, 2007, Jr. Actors Guild), Into the Woods (Rapunzel's Prince, 2010,
SFXP Drama), You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown, 2012,
Barnstable Jr. Music Theater), The Little Prince (The Little Prince, 2013,
Eventide Arts), and Freckleface Strawberry (Danny, 2013, Harwich Jr.
Theater). He is from Barnstable, MA and enjoys video games and CrossFit
training.
MARY O'BRADY
(Director) directed last summer's production of Last of
the Red Hot Lovers and Monomoy's First Night Tribute to Chatham's 300th
birthday
. As an actor, she appeared in the Broadway National Tour and
Los Angeles productions of Neil Simon's Rumors, as Shaw's Candida for
the Guthrie Theatre and for 20 years worked at Shakespeare Festivals and
theatres across the country. She was Sissy Hicks on ABC's All My Children
and her voice has been heard from PBS to Saturday morning cartoons. A
former Monomoy student company member, she has since directed or
choreographed 1776, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Rumors, My
Fair Lady, Quilters, Kiss Me Kate
and A Streetcar Named Desire and helped create the
50th Anniversary Gala, Monomoy Tonight! With husband and fellow Monomoy Alum,
Terry Caza, she writes, directs and produces corporate theatre events throughout the
US and Europe. Based in New York, they are delighted to be Chatham homeowners.
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