Saturday, September
CRAIG BIERKO
Recently starred on the Lifetime series Unreal. For his role in The Music Man (dir. Susan Stroman), Bierko was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and won the 2000 Theatre World Award. Other theatre: Modern Orthodox (dir. James Lapine), Thou Shalt Not (dir. Susan Stroman). Film: Bill, For Your Consideration, Scary Movie 4, Cinderella Man, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Kate & Leopold, The Suburbans, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Long Kiss Goodnight, ‘Til There Was You. TV: Unhitched, Boston Legal, Law & Order: SVU, Sex and the City, Ally McBeal, Mad About You. Bierko is a graduate of Northwestern University.
MARIO CANTONE
He is world-famous as Anthony Marentino in the Sex and the City series and movies. He now stars in the cast of the SATC follow-up series, And Just Like That. Cantone, the celebrated New York stage actor and standup comedian, gained critical acclaim with his Tony-nominated one-man show Laugh Whore, from its appearance at the Cort Theatre on Broadway to the Showtime special. He also starred on Broadway as Sam Byck in the Tony-winning Assassins, by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, and Buzz in Terrence McNally’s Tony Award-winning dramatic comedy, Love! Valor! Compassion! All three of these hit shows were directed by Tony winner Joe Mantello. Feature film work includes Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford, Sony’s animated film Surf’s Up, In Stereo, and The Aristocrats.
JACKIE HOFFMAN
Emmy nominee for her role as Mamacita in the F/X series Feud: Bette and Joan. One of the stars of the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building Broadway: The Addams Family, Xanadu, Hairspray (Theatre World Award). Solo shows at 54 Below and Joe’s Pub have garnered Bistro Award, Time Out New York’s outstanding achievement award, MAC award. Off Broadway: Regrets Only, Manhattan Theatre Club, Tribeca Theatre Festival, The Book of Liz (Obie Award), Straightjacket, Incident at Cobbler’s Knob, (Lincoln Center Theatre Festival) and One Woman Shoe. Regional: Chicago, (Muny, St. Louis) Second City Chicago (Jeff Award), The Sisters Rosensweig, Olde Globe, San Diego. Films: The Sitter, The Extra Man, A Dirty Shame, Garden State, Legally Blonde II, Kissing Jessica Stein, Mo’ Money. Television: Raising Hope, Melissa and Joey, 30 Rock, One Life to Live, Starved, Hope and Faith, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Strangers with Candy, TV Funhouse, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Soulman, Cosby Animation: Dilbert, PB & J Otter, Robots, Queer Duck: The Movie. Comedy Album: Jackie Hoffman Live at Joe’s Pub
RICHARD KIND
Richard Kind is now appearing on the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building. He is a Drama Desk Award Winner and Tony nominee for the Broadway hit, The Big Knife, and is an accomplished stage, screen and television actor who continues to redefine the term character actor. Richard appeared in the 2013 Academy Award-winning Best Picture, Argo, and starred as “Bing Bong” in the hit Pixar Film, Inside Out. He starred in the hit Amazon series, Red Oaks. He had a starring role in The Hereafter directed by Clint Eastwood, and his role as Uncle Arthur in A Serious Man was critically lauded worldwide. Additional film credits include All We Had, The Lennon Report, The Paper Store, The Visitor and The Station Agent, among many others, as well as voicing characters in A Bug’s Life and Cars. In television, besides his infamous roles on Spin City and Mad About You, Richard starred in the acclaimed HBO series, Luck, guest starred on many shows, and has had recurring roles on Curb Your Enthusiasm,
Fox’s Gotham and Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here. On stage, Richard has starred in Guys and Dolls in London, the smash hit Broadway musical The Producers, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Candide, and Bounce, among others. Richard started his career in Chicago with the Practical Theatre Company, founded by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Hill and Gary Kroeger.
EUGENE PACK
Eugene Pack is the creator of the hit comedy sensation Celebrity Autobiography which won him the Drama Desk Award in the category of “Unique Theatrical Experience.” The show ran on Broadway, has an on-going residency at in NY at the Triad theatre, and has toured internationally including the West End, Scotland, and the Sydney Opera House. Pack is also an Emmy Award-nominated writer and producer. He was nominated for Outstanding Writing for Variety, Comedy or Music for the special America: A Tribute to Heroes, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Special. Pack is the creator and executive producer of the popular long-running CMT series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team. He has written and performed the critically acclaimed one-man comedy shows The Senior, Something Flexible with Meaning, and Undisputed: My Night with the Queen of Soul. His plays have been presented at Guild Hall, Naked Angels at Vassar College’s NY Stage and Film Company, and Theatre West. Pack collaborated with Motown founder Berry Gordy on the autobiographical musical To Be Loved. He is a graduate of NYU where he studied with David Mamet and the Practical Aesthetics Workshop and Playwrights Horizons.
DAYLE REYFEL
Dayle Reyfel is a winner of the Drama Desk Award and produced and starred in Celebrity Autobiography on Broadway. She has developed Celebrity Autobiography along with Eugene Pack since the beginning of the project. Ms. Reyfel is one of the original stars of the show and has performed in, directed and launched the touring companies in New York, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, London’s West End and in Australia, at The Sydney Opera House. She has also performed at San Francisco’s Sketchfest, Long Wharf, Old Globe, London’s Leicester Square Theatre, and the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. She has produced/performed in numerous plays presented at Guild Hall, Naked Angels, NY Stage and Film, Cherry Lane Theater and the Mark Taper. Her television credits also include executive producing the critically acclaimed Bravo special Celebrity Autobiography, in which she also appeared, E! Entertainment’s In Their Own Words, in addition to her work on Bravo’s A list Awards and the G4 Network. Dayle is also an award-winning playwright for her plays Slip/Knot and Mayhap
LILLIAS WHITE
Described by The New York Times as a “one-of-a-kind performer who combines the sass of a classic blues mama with the skill of a Broadway star,” Lillias White is world-renowned for her glorious voice and extraordinary ability to communicate the heart of a song. Her performance in Cy Coleman’s Broadway musical, The Life, won her the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She was nominated for a second Tony® Award for her brilliant work in Fela! Additional Broadway credits include Hadestown, Barnum, Dreamgirls, Cats, Carrie, Once on This Island, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Chicago. Other Off-Broadway and regional credits include The Public Theater’s Romance in Hard Times, for which she won the Obie® Award, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (directed by Phylicia Rashad), for which she won the NAACP Award, and the Carnegie Hall Concert version of South Pacific, starring Reba McEntire, which was also broadcast on PBS’ Great Performances. In addition to receiving Broadway acclaim, Lillias is internationally-recognized for her TV and film work.