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Mary
has been a proud member of PRT for over 15 years and has been
seen in “Barbarians”, “Ivanov”, “Divorcons”,
“Tonight at 8:30”, “Orpheus Descending”,
“Happy End” and various readings and Co-op shows. She
has won 3 DramaLogue Awards and 1 LA Drama Critics Circle Award
(for Musical Direction of PRT’s “Tonight at 8:30”),
as well as several Honorable Mentions and Nominations for other
awards. Her many performances include everything from Shakespeare
to Punk Rock, as well as commercials, television and film. Some
of her favorite roles have been Mama Rose (GYPSY), Carlotta
(Yeston/Kopit PHANTOM), Lilly Byrne(A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE),
Cunegonda (CANDIDE), Kate (KISS ME KATE) and others. She
has also appeared in “ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY”
(REPRISE!), ”110 IN THE SHADE” (PASADENA PLAYHOUSE),
“CAMELOT” – with Jeremy Irons (HOLLYWOOD
BOWL), and Leonard Bernstein’s MASS at the Hollywood
Bowl with The LA Philharmonic and Bernstein protégé
Marin Alsop conducting. Her concert work includes various charity
benefits- sharing a stage with such stars as Beau Bridges, Angela
Lansbury, Charlotte Rae, Bernadette Peters, Tyne Daly, and many,
many others.
Mary made her feature film debut
in the Clint Eastwood-starring “IN THE LINE OF FIRE”
(being murdered by John Malkovich), and her TV debut
as Corbin Bernsen’s secretary on the final season of “LA
LAW”. She has also guested on MIRACLES, GILMORE GIRLS,
MELROSE PLACE, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, and others. She released
her solo CD, “WHEN AT NIGHT I GO TO SLEEP” in 2001,
and can also be heard on the S.T.A.G.E. cast albums saluting
Kurt Weil and Jerry Herman (all CDs available at LMLMusic.com).
She graduated Magna Cum Laude from venerable Bowdoin College
in Maine, earning High Honors in her major of American History.
Currently, Mary is originating
the role of The Bird Woman for the First National Tour of the
Broadway show “Mary Poppins”, Directed by Sir Richard
Eyre and Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Disney. She is playing
at The Ahmanson through early 2010 and will continue around the
country through early 2011, including The Kennedy Center in the
summer of 2010.
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