Cast & Creative (June 2021)
Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina is an accomplished London-born actor whose diverse and lengthy career has moved effortlessly between film, tv, and theatre worldwide. Of his film work includes roles in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Enchanted April (1992), Maverick (1994), Species (1995), Boogie Nights (1997), Chocolat (2000), Frida (2002), Luther (2003), Spider-Man 2 (2004), The Da Vinci Code( 2006), An Education (2009), and Love is Strange (2014). He has voiced characters in Rando (2011), Monsters University (2013), Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), and Frozen II (2019). Molina rose to prominence in the West End, earning an Olivier Award nomination for his performance as JUD FRY in OKLAHOMA! in 1980. He made his Broadway debut in Yasmini Reza’s play ART in 1998, gaining the first of three TONY nominations. His other Broadway roles include ‘Tevye’ in the musical Fiddler On the Roof in 2004, and John Logan’s RED in 2009. For his role as ‘Robert Aldrich’ in Ryan Murphy’s Fued, Alfred received both Golden Globe and EMMY nominations. In recent years Alfred has continued to work in all areas of the industry. He appeared in Tom Holloway’s play And No More Shall Part at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2016. He played James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Geffen Playhouse in 2017, and the title role in the Pasadena Playhouse productions of Florian Zeller’s The Father at the beginning of 2020. His recent film and television work includes Showtime’s comedy-drama series I’m Dying Up Here (2017); Breakable You (2017) opposite Tony Shalhoub and Holly Hunter; Message From the King (2017) opposite Chadwick Boseman; Saint Judy (2018) opposite Michelle Monaghan and Alfre Woodard; and The Front Runner (2018) opposite Hugh Jackman. He has also appeared in small uncredited cameos in VICE (2018) and Promising Young Woman (2020) for director Emerald Fennell.
Dorothy Lyman
Dorothy Lyman is a two-time Emmy© Award-winning actress for her work as Opal Gardner on All My Children and is widely known for her co-starring role on Mama’s Family, alongside Vicki Lawrence and Carol Burnett. She recently recurred on the HBO series Divorce, playing the mother to Sarah Jessica Parker in her Golden Globe-nominated performance, and has appeared on the silver screen in Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center, Martin Scorcese’s The Departed, and the Johnny Depp vehicle Blow, among many others. In addition to her numerous film and television appearances, Ms. Lyman also directed 75 episodes of the Fran Drescher sitcom The Nanny. As a playwright, her other plays Enemy (an adaptation of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People), A Rage in Tenure, and Soft Landing (directed by John Tillinger) were all developed and produced by Players Workshop in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. In The Bleak Midwinter, the prequel to We Have To Hurry was produced in New York City and Westchester in 2019. Ms. Lyman’s directing career began in 1980 when she produced and directed the original off-Broadway production of A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking starring Susan Sarandon and Eileen Brennan, and the subsequent national tour starring Elizabeth Ashley and Susan Anton. Her feature films, The Northern Kingdom and Split Ends, are available on Netflix.
Jeanne Lauren Smith
Jeanne Lauren Smith: NY credits: Electronic City (Falk Richter, dir. Ildiko Nemeth, NYIT Award Outstanding Performance Art Production), In The Bleak Midwinter (Dorothy Lyman, dir. Katie McHugh), Dead Therapist (Cate Allen, dir. Emily Tetzlaff), According to the Chorus (Arlene Hutton, dir. Christopher Goutman) Conquest of the Universe or When Queens Collide (Charles Ludlam, dir. Everett Quinton) A Rage in Tenure (writer/director Dorothy Lyman) and Soft Landing (San Miguel de Allende, dir. John Tillinger). Jeanne has performed throughout NYC at New York Theatre Workshop, La MaMa, NYU Gallatin Theatre Lab, Theatre for the New City, New Stage Performance Space, Columbia Stages, Governor's Island, Chashama's Performance Window, Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum, Creative Time and Dixon Place. Jeanne is a Marymount Manhattan graduate.
Patricia Vanstone (Director)
Patricia Vanstone is an award-winning Canadian director, performer, and dramaturge. Equally at home in dramatic and musical genres, she has acted in or directed over 150 productions in Canada and internationally. Her production of BEO’S BEDROOM won a Dora Award. Her performance in the Bop musical GIRLS IN THE GANG received a Dora nomination. She is the recipient of The St Catharines Arts Award for Established Artist. In 2016, she co-founded The Foster Festival in Niagara, Canada. As Artistic Director, she produced 4 wildly successful seasons and directed 7 world premieres. A number of her productions made Stage-Door.com’s top 10 lists, including OLD LOVE. It was presented at Players Workshop in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico where Vanstone also performed in their Diez Minutos Festival under the direction of Dorothy Lyman.