Handsome, brash and successful, television star Sloane West certainly has a way with the fairer sex. Be they fans, extras or other men’s wives, Sloane goes through women faster than Casanova changed his stockings. Adored by many, courted by the powerful, he is ready fort the journey to Hollywood and the promise of celluloid immortality. That is until three very different women meet on afternoon for coffee. Total strangers until today, Katya, Josie, and Emily have come together to discuss the only two things they have in common - Sloane West and a desire for revenge.
THE CAST
Maya Rosewood
Maya Rosewood graduated magna cum laude from The Hartt School (PTTP). Since moving to NYC, she has worked in theatre (becoming a member of Emerging Artists Theatre company), film (Spider-Man 3, Circuitry (her own production), plus various independent films), TV (Pokemon, a National Geographic special, as well as online content), commercials, industrials, print ads and the occasional voice over. Quite randomly, she also speaks fluent Japanese. She can be found at Mayarosewood.com
Marisa Costa
Marisa Costa has appeared in Elmer Rice’s Street Scene (Mrs. Maurrant) at the Danny Kaye Playhouse, the one-act Fishing(Sarah) at the Macaulay Center in NYC, and performed with the La Calba Theatre Troupe of Barcelona. Other stage credits include Cassio in Othello for TAI Group Projects, a radio play version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, a staged reading of Glenn English’sStraw House at Primary Stages, Ionesco’s The Lesson at the HG Theatre Workshop, and Harper Pitt in Angels in America for UC Berkley Summer Festival. She also co-starred in the indie feature Fray (Spork Prods) and the short Damn Your Eyes(Target Pictures) now being turned into a feature. Marisa has a BA and MA in Theatre, has trained with Pacific Performance Project at the University of Washington, Fay Simpson of Impact Theatre and Penny Templeton in NYC. Marisa can be reached at Marisacosta.com
Simon MacLean
Simon is currently appearing in the filmsLimitless (Relativity Media/Neil Burger dir) and the upcoming We Need to Talk about Kevin (BBC Films/Lynne Ramsay dir.) Was a series regular on As the World Turns (CBS). Theater includes Warwick Wilson in Biography (The Mint), John Proctor in The Crucible(Theater 808/Mare Nostrum), Crimes of the Heart (Schoolhouse Theater), Retzach (59E59), Two Gents, Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare & Co), Relative Values (ACC). Owes much gratitude to Innovative Artists, Paradigm Talent and About Artists Agency. Simon lives in Brooklyn with his lovely wife and daughter. He is forever in debt to the love and guidance of his son Max.
Cheryl Orsini
Cheryl Orsini was last seen as Kate in Dancing at Lughnasa at the Schoolhouse Theater. Other credits: Off-Broadway as Minnie in Biography (Mint Theater), and Anne Putnam in The Crucible (ArcLight Theater). Bella in Lost in Yonkers, Lenny in Crimes of the Heart, Sheila/Jeannie in Hair (European Tour), Sister Robert Ann in Nunsense!, Sonia in Godspell, and Ronette in Little Shop of Horrors.
The Crew
Glenn English (Writer/Director)
Glenn’s stage plays have been performed in New York, Los Angeles and regionally. For the screen he has written Chew, A Touch of Harry, The Dice and Bitter Fragments. Glenn was an originating writer for the upcoming television series House of Lords, and the creator of The Sex Life of Waiters. With Mystik Films partner Ana Santos, he is currently developing Kapax: Heart of Water, a documentary film about Columbian activist Kapax and the privatization of water in the Amazon. For more information about his work, you can visit www.glennenglishnyc.com or write to glenn@mystikfilms.com
James Rubio (Composer)
James is a composer/writer currently living in Queens, NY. His musical The Day Boy and the Night Girl (book and lyrics by Katie Baldwin Eng) was produced in January-February 2011 by the Spirit of Broadway Theatre in Norwich, CT. The musical also received a workshop production at Indiana University in 2009, was a finalist for the 2005 Richard Rodgers Award, and was a recipient of the 2003 First Look Reading Series Award, made possible by a grant from producer Daryl Roth. Other musicals: The Dwelling Time (2006; words and music), Grotesquerie Lake (2011; words and music). Music for film: short film Feet of Clay (directed by Carrie Preston, screenplay by David Caudle; screened at the 2007 Miami GLFF and San Diego Outfest among others),Chew (with writer Glenn English). He holds a B.M. in Music Composition from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA from the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Mr. Rubio is currently collaborating with David Caudle on the musical Show People, which will receive a reading in May 2011 as part of the Primary Stages Fresh Ink Reading Series. more here
Taku Kawahara (Composer / Performer)
Taku has more than 18 years of professional experience in the music industry, both in Japan and internationally, including composing work and as an performing artis. Taku was also a volcalist with Earth Your Green UK, and is signed with Pop Music UK. He is currently developing his album Taku Kawahara. Taky also works in Spain and Colombia as a composer for Television (Channel 4), theater (mapa teatro), music teacher (Emat) and perfomer (Muerte en Pereira). At this moment living in Japan and producing his own record label. more here
