OUTLOOK BIOS
Meghan Cary
Meghan Cary (SUSAN) has been honored to work with these wonderful actors on this fabulous play from the very beginning. Other roles include Kathleen in Terra Nova, Vivie in Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Ismene in Antigone, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Aemelia in Othello, Helena in Midsummer Night’s Dream, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, and Danni in Kathleen Warnock’s Grieving for Genevieve. She is a graduate of Duke University and has an MFA from Asolo State. Also a singer/songwriter, Meghan recently released her fourth CD, “Building This House.” More on the music can be found at www.meghancary.com. Meghan would like to dedicate this performance to her amazing family.
Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Donnetta Lavinia Grays (BROWN) is an actor, writer and director living in Brooklyn, NY. She served as the Artistic Director of Coyote REP Theatre Company in NYC. BROADWAY: Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play and Lisa Kron’s Well. NY THEATRE: The Wii Plays (Ars Nova), In the Footprint (The Civilians), Shipwrecked! An Entertainment (Primary Stages) and A Long and Happy Life (New York Stage and Film). REGIONAL THEATRE: Ruined (Arena Stage), No Child… (Hartford Theaterworks), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Baltimore Centerstage), Well (Huntington Theatre, Arena Stage), A Raisin in the Sun, The Royal Family (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Twelfth Night (LA Women’s Shakespeare Co.) WITH COYOTE REP: the cowboy is dying, Deception and Patriot Act (An Occurrence at Yankee Stadium). FILM: “The English Teacher,” “The Wrestler,” “Shook,” “Where do We Go From Here?” TELEVISION: “A Gifted Man,” “Rubicon,” “Mercy,” “L&O: SVU” (all recurring roles). “Law and Order,” “L&O: CI” and “The Sopranos.” Donnetta’s play The New Normal (a and the cowboy is dying, her first solo play, were both produced by Coyote REP. She received 2 Connecticut Critic Circle Awards for her performance in No Child…at Hartford TheaterWorks and was recently inducted into the inaugural class of the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts Alumni Hall of Fame and is the recipient of their Young Alumni Award. She is a proud member of AEA, SAG, AFTRA and The Dramatists Guild. She is a company member of Coyote REP, TOSOS and The Civilians theater companies. BA: College of Charleston. MFA: University of California, Irvine. www.donnettagrays.com.
Irene Longshore
Irene Longshore (ELLA) Recent New York Theatre: LUSH VALLEY (HERE Arts Center/U.S. Tour Fall 2012). Marathon 2011-In The Middle of The Night (Ensemble Studio Theatre); SOUNDING (HERE Arts); Graveyard Shift (Berkshire Fringe Festival); MONO (Off-Broadway); The Children's Hour; The Dining Room; Bloody Poetry; Alley of Misfits; Linked; numerous one-acts with Emerging Artists Theatre (Company Member). Film: “The New Year Parade” (2010 Independent Spirit Award Nominee); “Girl, Interrupted”; “The Other America”; “Friends (With Benefits)”; “Last Call” (opposite Lori Petty). TV: Guest spots on “Boston Public,” “Onion Sports Dome” (Comedy Central), “Wiener and Wiener” (wienerandwiener.com), “Pretty Precious Unicorns” (prettypreciousunicorns.com). www.IreneLongshore.com
Danielle Quisenberry
Danielle Quisenberry (PATIENCE) (Best Actress LA Global and Flagstaff Film Festivals for her work in the title role of the short film “Proud Mary”) just completed work on her second feature film “A Case of You,” with Justin Long and Evan Rachel Wood. Her first turn was in the sci-fi thriller “Battle New York Day 2: available now from Vanguard Cinema. Her favorite New York stage appearances include the Lady Macbeth, the Lady Beatrice and Maggie in the contemporary drama Locomotive for which she received a New York Innovative Theatre Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role. A longtime company member of Emerging Artists Theatre, she is thrilled to be in Ireland with “Outlook” and onstage with this terrific cast. When she is not on stage, in front of the camera or in a voiceover booth , you can find her teaching ballroom dance to the MFA candidates at The Actors Studio Drama School on the faculty of Alvin Ailey. www.studioqd.com.
Mark Finley, director
Mark Finley made his Off-Broadway directorial debut with Chris Weikel’s “must see” comedy hit Penny Penniworth. His TOSOS production of Meryl Cohn’s And Sophie Comes Too was a hit at the 2009 NY International Fringe Festival, moving into
the Encore Series. He directed the Five Lesbian Brothers’ The Secretaries (Excellence of Ensemble award) for the 2010 Fringe, and The F*cking World According to Molly at the 2011 Fringe (and the 2012 IDGTF). Most recently in NYC, he directed Charles Rice-Gonzales’s Los Nutcrackers in the Bronx, and Andrea Alton’s Molly, Jolly Christmas aat the Laurie Beechman Theater. Other TOSOS directing credits include six Doric Wilson plays (And He Made a Her; A Perfect Relationship [2003 OOBR Award]; Street Theater; and staged readings of Forever After, The West Street Gang and Now She Dances!); Chris Weikel plays Pig Tale (in New York and Dublin), Speaking Parts, Gareth & Lynette; Penny Penniworth, Weikel Works and Secret Identity); New York Minutes, a musical revue of the songs of the late John Wallowitch (which he also conceived); a historic production of Lanford Wilson’s The Madness of Lady Bright featuring Michael Lynch; Eisenstein’s Monster, and many others. His play The Mermaid premiered in 2005 and is published by United Stages. Emerging Artists Theatre produced his play The Chiselers in its original run and return engagement. Mark’s international credits Chris Weikel’s Pig Tale, Kathleen Warnock’s Some Are People, and this year, Outlook, The F*cking World According to Molly and Michael Lynch’s Livin’ on the Real. He is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
the Encore Series. He directed the Five Lesbian Brothers’ The Secretaries (Excellence of Ensemble award) for the 2010 Fringe, and The F*cking World According to Molly at the 2011 Fringe (and the 2012 IDGTF). Most recently in NYC, he directed Charles Rice-Gonzales’s Los Nutcrackers in the Bronx, and Andrea Alton’s Molly, Jolly Christmas aat the Laurie Beechman Theater. Other TOSOS directing credits include six Doric Wilson plays (And He Made a Her; A Perfect Relationship [2003 OOBR Award]; Street Theater; and staged readings of Forever After, The West Street Gang and Now She Dances!); Chris Weikel plays Pig Tale (in New York and Dublin), Speaking Parts, Gareth & Lynette; Penny Penniworth, Weikel Works and Secret Identity); New York Minutes, a musical revue of the songs of the late John Wallowitch (which he also conceived); a historic production of Lanford Wilson’s The Madness of Lady Bright featuring Michael Lynch; Eisenstein’s Monster, and many others. His play The Mermaid premiered in 2005 and is published by United Stages. Emerging Artists Theatre produced his play The Chiselers in its original run and return engagement. Mark’s international credits Chris Weikel’s Pig Tale, Kathleen Warnock’s Some Are People, and this year, Outlook, The F*cking World According to Molly and Michael Lynch’s Livin’ on the Real. He is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Jennifer M. Russo, Production Stage Manager
Jennifer Marie Russo: New York: YANK! (Broadway workshop); The F***ing World According to Molly and A Molly, Jolly Holiday (NYC Fringe Festival/Laurie Beechman); The Best of Jim Caruso’s Cast Party 2011 and 2012 (Town Hall); At the Corner of Faith and Reason (Three Graces); Collision (The Public); The Godfather IV (Primary Stages); Outlook, Spring Eatfest 2011, Spring Eatfest 2010, Wonder Woman! a Cabaret, The Play About a Naked Guy, Real Danger, Edenville (Emerging Artists Theater); The Secretaries, Street Theater, Pig Tale (TOSOS); Richard III, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, Mary Stuart, Scapin, As You Like It (New York Classical Theatre); Take Me Out, The Marriage of Bette and Boo (The Gallery Players) International: Pig Tale (Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival 2009) Regional: over 30 theatre and dance productions at Cornell University - Resident Stage Manager 8 seasons; Joel Grey, The Road to Cabaret (The Hangar Theatre); Cymbeline, The Millionairess (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). MFA Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
