Silent Sky

MRT: Last appeared in Women In Jeopardy! and is so happy to be back in Lowell. World Premieres: George Is Dead (written and directed by Elaine May, opposite Marlo Thomas) at Magic Theatre, George Street Playhouse and Arizona Theatre Company, and moved with the production to Broadway in Relatively Speaking, three one act comedies by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, directed by John Turturro; Clever Little Lies by Joe DiPietro at Westside Arts; Seagull (as adapted by Libby Appel), Magic Forest Farm and Fortune at Marin Theatre Company. Regional: The Lily’s Revenge (with Taylor Mac) at Magic Theatre; three productions of Wit (as Vivian Bearing); Medea (title role, director Joseph Chaikin) at Pacific Repertory Theatre; Body Awareness and The Game’s Afoot at Gulfshore Playhouse; The Roommate and Abigail’s Party at SF Playhouse; Other Desert Cities at TheatreWorks.

MRT: Debut. Regional: The Imaginary Invalid (Beline/Cleante), Soap & Rope Theatre; Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (Lady Mortimer), Shakespeare & Company; Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike (Nina), Asolo Rep. Film/Television: Youth Min (Rachel), First Name Films, IFF Boston Audience Award. Education: MFA FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training.

MRT: Chill. REGIONAL CURRENT: Bianca in Taming of The Shrew at The Rockwell Theatre. UPCOMING: Miss Holmes at the Greater Boston Stage Co. (formerly Stoneham Theatre) SELECT: Actor’s Shakespeare Project (Midsummer...Dream), Shakespeare & Company (The Tempest ft. Olympia Dukakis, Tartuffe). INTERNATIONAL: Marta the Divine (Marta). FILM: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (now playing), Julian (2017). EDUCATION: Stella Adler Studios, Michael Howard Studio. OTHER: Vocal coach and an award-winning playwright. Thanks to my family, friends, Marcus, and the heroic women of history upon whose shoulders I stand. www.monicagiordano.com

MRT: My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend, Women in Jeopardy!, The Making of a Great Moment, 45 Plays for 45 Presidents, Home of the Brave, Tinker to Evers to Chance, I and You, The Lion. Sean has directed at Manhattan Theatre Club (The Lion, Drama Desk Award & Theatre World Award, nominated for Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle), Lynn Redgrave (NYC), The Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), St. James (West End, London – The Lion, winner of Best New Musical), Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Portland Center Stage, Geva Theatre, Old Globe, The Geffen, Playmakers Rep, A.C.T., Cleveland Play House, Milwaukee Rep, Alliance Theatre, California Shakespeare, Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, Swine Palace, Neo-Futurists, Aurora Theatre, Crowded Fire, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Sean has been named “one of the top fifteen up & coming artists in the U.S., whose work will be transforming America’s stages for decades to come” & “One Of 7 People Reshaping And Revitalizing The American Musical” by American Theatre magazine. His direction and shows have won “Best Play” and “Best Director” in the Bay Area, Portland, Rochester, and Atlanta. He’s previously served as the Artist-At-Large for Geva Theatre Center and spent four years at the Tony Award-winning Actors Theatre of Louisville as the theatre’s Associate Artistic Director (where he directed 17 productions including five Humana Festivals). Mr. Daniels is the former Associate Artistic Director/Resident Director of the California Shakespeare Theater and before that spent a decade as the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Dad’s Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta. He has developed new work with the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Ars Nova, PlayPenn, Lark, PlayLabs, New York Stage and Film, Asolo Rep, Goodspeed Opera, Weston Playhouse, Bay Area Playwrights, Magic Theatre and was the first American director asked to attend the Baltic American Playwrights Conference in Hiiumaa, Estonia. He’d love to hear from you, on Twitter @seandaniels or sean.daniels@mrt.org.