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Marie- Cooper Shaw received her MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama ('04), trained in Improvisation with Chicago's Second City, and has performed in Regional Theatre, Off-Broadway, film, television, commercials and voice overs. Her style blends Second City Improvisation with Stanislavsky's Method Work. Having taught at Second City's NY Training Center, New Dance Group, and Arias Dance NYC Cooper is best known for her fun-loving “Earth-Mother” approach to acting and improvisation--creating an environment in which individuals are free to play, explore, express, and grow. Cooper has written and performed sketch comedy with STuFF FiLMS in NYC, is a locally produced playwright, and has performed Improvisation with The Red Tie Mafia at The Gotham Comedy Club, The Living Theatre, and can be seen on stages nationwide with her Improv Duo “Martin & Shaw”. In February, 2013, Cooper appeared in the world premiere stage production of CONNECTED, by Lia Romeo, at HotCity Theatre in St. Louis, MO. In May, 2013, her film TURTLE HILL, BROOKLYN premiered at Quad Cinemas in NYC and continues to hit the festival circuit.. Find out more here: thecoopershaw.com
SteVen Elliot Nesterman: I'm in a movie? How the heck did that happen? OOB and Regional credits include: See How They Run, Major Barbara, The Doctor In Spite of Himself, The Collection, The Country Wife, The Theater of Peretz, Barefoot Kyogen (repertory company), The Lady Aoi, I Was Robert Johnson's Love Child.
StePHen - AL Bianchi
Geoffrey - Bruce Faulk is a native of Chelsea, New York. Since graduating the original High School of Performing Arts and Carnegie Mellon with a BFA in Acting, he has been an actor, director and writer on stage, TV and film. Some favorite roles include: Gus Garcia on The Unusuals, Marshal Rawley on The Sopranos and Mark in, We Pedal Uphill, directed by Roland Tec. Bruce was also the very evil Proteus on All My Children, and currently has a reoccurring role on Law & Order SVU. Some New York stage credits include: Hamlet at The Roundabout, There with Primary Stages and Wally in A Movie Star... with Signature Theater Company. Bruce is currently teaching with NYU, Stonestreet Studios, CAP 21 and SFT. He also runs his own commercial acting studio - That Commercial Class. As a writer Bruce has received grants from The Jerome Foundation and The NEA and his play, Rhythm I was Sayin', was a finalist for the O'Neill festival. He has been a member of Primary Stages New American Writers Group, and Playwrights Horizons Writers Group. Recently, the short film he wrote, produced, directed and starred in (whew), Wally and the Chosen Few, won Best ensemble Cast in the NYC Downtown Short film Festival and is slated to appear in other festivals this fall. Find out more here: FBC Films
Waitress - Elizabeth Dilley is a New York based Actor and Dancer. Since her graduation from The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts in 2008 she has been working consistently in the New York theater world. She still enjoys working occasionally in the concert dance field but finds herself fulfilled with film and theater. She holds a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of The Arts, a Certificate in Performance from The Laban Center of London and a Diploma in Theater Arts from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Find out more here: elizabethdilley.com