Please join the Guilford Poets Guild members for an exciting staged reading with the Moses Gunn Play Company of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” by Edward Albee on May 4th at 2pm.
The Actors:
PRIMI TOWNSEND (Martha) has had a long career in film, TV and stage productions. She was a regular on many TV series. One of her earliest roles was as Tom Baker’s sidekick, Mula in DR. WHO. Ms. Townsend has performed in leading roles in London’s West End, around the UK on various tours, as well as Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Middle East and Asia. She’s appeared in comedy, drama and many Classical roles, and has been fortunate enough to share the screen with Ralph Richardson, Beau Bridges, Deborah Kerr, Donald Pleasence, to name a few. Primi is also a well-known Voice Over actor in the UK, narrating National Geographic series and many commercials.
MIKE BOLAND (George) is an award-winning actor and writer. He recently performed in the Long Wharf Theatre’s inventive new production of A View From the Bridge. BROADWAY- An Enemy of the People; OFF-BROADWAY – The Orphans’ Home Cycle; NATIONAL TOURS – Twelve Angry Men, West Side Story, All My Sons; REGIONAL – Hartford Stage, Yale Rep, Playhouse on Park, ACT of CT, Stonc, MTC, Ivoryton, Westchester Broadway, Fulton, Judson, Engeman, Coastal Carolina and many others. TV – The Blacklist (recurring), FBI, Person of Interest, Zero Hour, Rubicon. As a writer, Mike’s feature Yo Andrea is the winner of the 2023 Miami Screenplay Awards.
MARK SAGE HAMILTON (Nick) Mr. Hamilton was most recently seen in “Fences” as Jim Bono in Westport, CT and “A Pitch from Satchel Paige” at the Acorn Theatre in New York City. Other appearances include, The Valley Shakespeare Festival production of “Our Town” as Dr. Gibbs, The Elm Shakespeare Company’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” as Lord Capulet, and the Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of “An Enemy of the People.” Additional appearances at Yale include “Death of a Salesman” with Charles S. Dutton and “King Lear” with Avery Brooks. New York credits include “Richard the 3rd” (American Theatre of Actors), “The Tempest” (Columbia University) and “Thirst” (Provincetown Playhouse). Regional credits include “King Lear” (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), “Streetcar Named Desire” (Hartford Stage Company), “Romeo and Juliet” (Prince) and “The Tempest” (Gonzalo) both with the Elm Shakespeare Company. Mr. Hamilton earned his MFA from Ohio University and is a graduate of Fairfield University.
JULIE FITZPATRICK (Honey) recently performed Let’s Get Together at Legacy Theatre with Wheel Life Theatre Troupe. She is writer/actor/theater teacher who has performed Off-Broadway, regionally, and in TV/short film. She is delighted to work again with the Moses Gunn Play Company and is a member of The Playwrights Circle, Guilford Poets Guild & Ensemble Studio Theatre in NYC. She is the author of the play “77 U-Turn” & the poetry compilation “Church on the Screen: A Sunday Series of Pandemic Poetry,” both available at Breakwater Books.
MARION GITTLEMAN (Stage Directions) is a poet, playwright, novelist as well as a stage and voice actor. A native New Yorker, Marion is a retired broadcast executive, having spent most of her 35 year career in Los Angeles. She and her late husband initially retired to the San Francisco Bay area, then to New York and Connecticut. She has written volumes of poems, including several books of poetry, multiple plays, two novels, and memoir. Marion appeared in the original production of COME SLOWLY, EDEN, by Norman Rosten; with Hurd Hatfield in JOHN BROWN’S BODY, and a myriad of productions in New York and the Bay Area. She won a Best Actor Award in a Bay Area production, and was a Boli Award nominee for voice work in New York. This is her third appearance with the Moses Gunn Play Company.
This program is free and open to all.
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