LITTLE EGYPT (2007)

SARA RUE

Born and raised in New York City, Sara, the eldest of two daughters, spent most of her childhood backstage with one or both of her parents, who were very active in the Broadway theatre community.

Her acting career began at age nine, when she was cast to play Kevin Spacey’s daughter and Burt Lancaster’s granddaughter in the film “Rocket Gibraltar.� Shortly thereafter she won critical acclaim for her television series debut, starring in the comedy “Grand.� Since then Sara has appeared as a series regular on various shows, including “Phenom,� “Minor Adjustments,� “Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane,� and “Popular.� She has also been seen in many guest and recurring roles on shows such as “ER,� “Will & Grace,� and “The Division,� to name a few. Most recently, she was the star of ABC’s hit show “Less Than Perfect� for four seasons.

Sara’s film career has soared in the past few years. She starred as Sigourney Weaver’s cellmate in “A Map of the World� and appeared as a scene-stealing social misfit in “Can’t Hardly Wait,� alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt. Sara was also cast in “Pearl Harbor� as a tough-talking nurse. Originally there was no role for the young actress, but she so impressed Michael Bay that he flew her to Hawaii, threw her in the scenes with the nurses and told her to “improvise and be funny,� which she did. In the summer of 2004, Sara starred in two independent films. She played Lili Taylor’s best friend in the adaptation of Anne Taylor’s novel, “A Slipping Down Life.� That same summer she received rave reviews across the board for her portrayal of the title character in the film “Gypsy 83�, where she played an aspiring singer/songwriter and obsessed Stevie Nicks fan. Sara played the Attorney General of the United States opposite Luke Wilson in this past fall’s release of the Mike Judge film, “Idiocracy.� She also recently shot independent features “Man Maid� and “For Christ’s Sake.�

On stage Rue starred at the Ensemble Studio Theatre’s (NYC) one-act festival two years in a row in productions of “The Shallow End� and “Seventh Word, Four Syllables.� In conjunction with shooting two television pilots and a feature film in Spring 1999, Sara made her Los Angeles theatre debut at the Matrix Theatre in Wendy McCloud’s play, “The Water Children,� which dealt with the controversial issues of abortion and a woman’s right to choose. She recently starred with French Stewart in the world premiere musical “Little Egypt� at the Matrix Theatre, where she received tremendous praise for her portrayal of a lovable, social misfit and star-crossed lover.

Broadway: Ah, Wilderness (w/ Robards and Dewhurst), Curse of an Aching Heart (w/ Faye Dunaway), Shadow Box, Twilight of the Golds (originating at Pasadena Playhouse, also national tour, incl, Kennedy Center. Bay Critics Award) and Voices in the Dark (Fanny Award). He most recently performed at The Mark Taper in The Cherry Orchard with Annette Bening and Alfred Molina. Extensive regional and Off-Broadway credits include Picnic (with Gwyneth Paltrow) at Williamstown, Booth (with Frank Langella) at Long Wharf, Hamlet (directed by Joseph Papp) at The Public, Henry lV at the Delacourt, Ibsen’s Ghosts at the Roundabout, Birthday Party, Dangerous Corner, Mad Forest (LADC Award Best Ensemble) at the Matrix Theater, Death of a Salesman and The Iceman Cometh (w/ Al Pacino) at the Falcon Theater, Tom in The Glass Menagerie at Pasadena Playhouse. Extensive TV work includes 3 seasons on CBS’s The Guardian, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Breast Men, Billionaire Boys Club, A Streetcar Named Desire. Feature work includes: Pearl Harbor, Independence Day, My Science Project, Vision Quest, Risky Business, among others.

JENNY O’HARA- BROADWAY- “THE ODD COUPLE (FEMALE VERSION)â€� “THE ICEMAN COMETHâ€�,â€�PROMISES, PROMISESâ€�, “THE KIDâ€�, “THE FIG LEAVES ARE FALLINGâ€�. OFF-BROADWAY - John Quare’s “NEW YORK ACTORâ€�, Steve Martin’s “WASP, Peter Hedges’ “GOOD AS NEWâ€�, “EST’S MARATHON ’93â€� , Allan Miller’s “THE FOXâ€�. REGIONAL AND LA-“LITTLE EGYPT,“THE BOLD GIRLSâ€� ( Matrix), “THE BODY OF BOURNEâ€� (Taper), Lanford Wilson’s “SYMPATHETIC MAGICâ€� (Valley Theatre Award) and “BOOK OF DAYSâ€� (LA Drama Critics Nomination), “THE FOXâ€� (Dramalogue Award) Roundabout ,Back Alley, HELLO AND GOODBYE (Yale Rep), “LITTLE EGYPTâ€� (Dramalogue Award), “BITTER WOMENâ€�, “CHESSâ€� “TIGHT PANTSâ€�. CURRENTLY: recurring on “KING OF QUEENSâ€�. SERIES REGULAR: “COSTELLOâ€�, “LIFE’S WORKâ€�, and “MY SISTER SAMâ€� among others. SERIES REGULAR: “COSTELLOâ€�, “LIFE’S WORKâ€�, and “MY SISTER SAMâ€� among others. RECENT GUEST ON â€" “HOUSEâ€�, “COLD CASE,â€� “CSI,â€� “NIP/TUCK,â€�â€�GREY’S ANATOMYâ€�, “C.S.I.â€�, “GHOST WHISPERERâ€�, “BIG LOVEâ€�, “6 FEET UNDERâ€�, “THE PRACTICEâ€�, “IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK 2â€�, “MY NAME IS JANEâ€�. FILM- “ANGIEâ€�, “CAREER OPPORTUNITIESâ€�, “HEARTBEATâ€�, “THE MATCHSTICK MENâ€� (Ridley Scott) and “ MYSTIC RIVERâ€� (Clint Eastwood) “FORTY SHADES OF BLUEâ€�, “TWO WEEKS.: and “JONATHAN TOOMEYâ€�.

LEE WILKOF has appeared in the Broadway productions of THE ODD COUPLE; DEMOCRACY; THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE; KISS ME KATE; SHE LOVES ME; THE FRONT PAGE and SWEET CHARITY. OFF-BROADWAY he appeared in the original productions of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and ASSASSINS. His work OFF- BROADWAY has also included work at Lincoln Center Theater (CHAUCER IN ROME0 by John Guare), Manhattan Theater Club (MIZLANSKY/ZILINSKY OR SCHMUCKS, by John Robin Baitz), Playwrights Horizons, CSC (THE UNDERPANTS by Steve Martin), JUNE MOON, WAITING FOR LEFTY among others. Regionally he has appeared at Yale Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, and the Williamstown Theater Festival for 5 seasons. On television he has appeared in over 200 episodes and movies of the week including LAW AND ORDER; THE WEST WING; ALLY MCBEAL; MAX HEADROOM; CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM; AN EARLY FROST; PRISONER WITHOUT A NAME, CELL WITHOUT A NUMBER; COP ROCK; HART TO HEART; THE TONIGHT SHOW and THE GONG SHOW. His film appearances include THE GREY ZONE; SCHOOL OF ROCK; THIS BOY’S LIFE; PRIVATE PARTS; THE ENTITY and XANADU. Future films: BEFORE THE DEVIS KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD; LOVE COMES LATELY; THE KEY MAN and ROUTE 30. Lee is the recipient of an OBIE and a SAG award. He has received a TONY and three DRAMA DESK AWARD nominations.

Gregg Henry recently starred in Slither, and United 93. Some previous films include, Payback opposite Mel Gibson; Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, opposite Antonio Banderas; The Big Brass Ring, with William Hurt; Star Trek: Insurrection, Sin, and Purgatory Flats. Henry made an indelible impression as the drill-wielding villain in Brian De Palma’s Body Double, and was also in Scarface, Raising Cain, Femme Fatale, and Black Dahlia, all directed by Mr. De Palma.

Mr. Henry is currentlly starring in the FX series The Riches, with Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver. The star of many television movies, most recently as Dennis Rader in The Hunt for BTK, Henry includes among his favorites The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom, and Fever for HBO; Bodily Harm, and Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes, for Showtime. Some of his series work includes recurring roles on 24, Eyes, Family Law, and The Gilmore Girls.

Henry maintains a strong connection to theater, performing in both Los Angeles and New York. Among his many stage credits, the most recent include Little Egypt-A Musical, Dealing With Clair, The Water Children, and Mad Forrest, for the Matrix Theatre Company, The Education of Randy Newman, at South Coast Repertory, The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite at the Mark Taper Forum, and Bobby Boland, at the Arclight Theater in New York City.

Lisa Akey (Bernadette) Broadway: Joseph and the Amazing…Dreamcoat.â€� also the pre-B’way national tour, pre-B’way production of Chicago ( with Bebe Newwirth and Juliet Prouse) and Geroge Street’s pre-B’way production of Swinging on a Star. Regionally, she performed in State Fair, Annie Get Your Gun, Pal Joey (with Elaine Stritch), and Jesus Christ Superstar. Lisa was an original cast member of Little Egypt in the Los Angeles workshop production at the Matrix Theater. She has also a member of the Matrix theater company and has appeared there in Pinter’s Birthday Party, also Mad Forest (LADC award, best ensemble) and the Matrix co-production of Servant of Two Masters. She is a member of the classical theater company, Antaeus. Lisa has done several television series, and countless guest appearances. This production marks a return to the boards after a 5-year hiatus and a major career change (Read: two children).

Gregg Lee Henry
Gregg's songs have appeared on the soundtracks to the films The Last of Philip Banter and Purgatory Flats. Dwight Yoakam recorded Gregg's The Back of Your Hand and released it as a single. It went to #1 on CMT, and the video was in the top 20 for 15 weeks. It was also included in CMT’’s MOST WANTED collection for 2003. As well as THE VERY BEST OF DWIGHT YOAKAM.

LYNN SIEFERT MOYER
BIO
Lynn grew up in a small town in Ohio. She received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1983 and moved to New York. Her plays include Coyote Ugly, Hysterica Passio written in collaboration with Dare Clubb, Pudenda Weeping and Little Egypt. Her film credits include Cool Runnings and Cousin Bette; television credits: I’ll Fly Away, Sportsnight, and Once and Again. After ten years in NYC and ten years in Los Angeles, Lynn has resumed living in Ohio with her husband, 5 stepchildren, and a giant labradoodle.

LISA JAMES’ first play HEARTSTOPPER , by Michael Wolk garnered her an LA WEEKLY award for Best Direction. Followed by, PALLADIUM IS MOVING, which won nine Drama-Logue awards, including Best Director,the show was also nominated for three Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, Ms.James won for her direction. BETTER DAYS, by Richard Dresser, six Drama-Logue Awards including Best Director. The West Coast premiere of LITTLE EGYPT by Lynn Seifert- Drama-Logue award for direction, and five additional awards. The L.A. premiere of THE WATER CHILDREN by Wendy MacLeod for the Matrix Theatre Company, for which she was nominated once again by The Drama Critics Circle. The show received four LADCC Awards, and a Backstage Garland award.
Ms. James directed Justin Tanner’s BITTER WOMEN. The Los Angeles Times named BITTER WOMEN one of the top ten productions of 1999. Ms. James received another LADCC nomination for direction. The production won two LADCC awards. She followed with THE VISIBLE HORSE by Mary Lathrop. Another LADCC award, and a Backstage Garland Award. She was one of four directors selected for the 2002 OJAI playwright’s conference. She also directed a workshop presentation of a new musical SCREAM, (Music by David Foster,), for ASCAP and Disney Studios.

She directed the premiere of Beth Henley’s one act TIGHT PANTS. Also the premiere of Billy Aronson’s THE NEWS for Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Marathon 2004 - The LA Project.

Most recently she directed The West Coast premiere of Rona Munroe’s BOLD GIRLS, again for the Matrix Theatre Company. The World premiere of Justin Tanner’s OKLAHOMO! And the World premiere of a new musical, LITTLE EGYPT, based on the play, original music and lyrics by Gregg Lee Henry. Produced by the Matrix Theatre Company.

Producer/General Manager
A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Madison Square Garden with Mike Ockrent, Susan Stroman, Jim Dale, Hal Lindon, Roger Daltrey, F. Murray Abraham; General Manager of THE WIZARD OF OZ (NYC and National Tour) with Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt; co-founder of the New York Musical Theatre Festival; General Manager of Paper Mill Playhouse and George Street Playhouse; currently producing and managing shows in NYC, on tour, and in Canada.

Lex Liang (Scenic Designer): Lex Liang's work includes design for theatre, dance, film, architecture, and special events. Lex serves as the Resident Scenic and Costume Designer at the Bangor Opera House in Maine, and is the Resident Production Designer for Partial Comfort Productions and Origin Theatre Company, here in New York. His work can currently be seen at the Abron's Art Center, where his environmental design opens The Crown Point Festival, and at 59E59 St. Theaters in the US Premiere of The Shape of Metal. Recent architectural/interior projects in New York include Sweet Priscilla's Cafe, the Sophia Eugene Boutique, Synergy Fitness Centers and VBar Cafe. His work has been featured in NY Metro, Britain's Issue 1 Magazine, Women's Wear Daily, Japan's Anan Magazine, and W Magazine. www.lexliang.com

BRIAN GALE - Lighting Design

Currently; Ring Cycle, Don Giovanni, La Boheme â€" LA Opera, Fantasmic â€" Disneyland, Little Egypt- New York Music Festival

Recently; Noyes Fludde â€" LA Opera, Dreamlights Electrical Parade â€" Tokyo Disneyland, Miss Nelson is Missing â€" Lewis Playhouse

Previously; Substance of Fire at Seattle Repertory, Sight Unseen at Berkeley Repertory, Brooklyn Laundry (co-design) directed by James L. Brooks with Glenn Close, Laura Dern and Woody Harrelson at the Coronet Theater in Hollywood, Macbeth Directed by Richard Jordan with Raul Julia at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Pick Up Ax, Frankie and Johnny in the Clare De Lune and Dog Logic at South Coast Repertory, The Dance of Death at the Los Angeles Theater Center, as well as numerous productions for Center Theater Group Mark Taper Forum including Largo Desolato, Talking With, and the world premiere of Angels in America ( co-design). Cabrillo Music Theater; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Anything Goes, The Scarlett Pimpernel , Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of OZ and most recently Oliver!

More than a dozen Dramalogue awards for theatrical designs. Member of USA, and IATSE. Currently as a Principal and co-owner of NyxDesign.

NYC shows include: The Dew Point (Lion Theater), Troilus and Cressida (Walker Space), Operation Ajax (Blackbird), Sides: The Fear is Real (Culture Project), Shivah/Proper (Wax, Fringe), Dark of the Moon (Chashama), and Rhinoceros (Linhart Theater). Duncan is the resident sound designer for SlightlyAskew and the multimedia collaborative VisionIntoArt. He also production managed a national tour of VH1's Best Week Ever Live.

David Gersten & Associates (Press Representatives) also represents the Off-Broadway hits Altar Boyz (3rd year - NYC and National Tour), Naked Boys Singing! (ninth full frontal year!), and The Awesome 80s Prom (3rd year NYC, Chicago). Other current clients include New World Stages (the Clinton entertainment complex formerly known as Dodger Stages), Red Bull, Mint Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, York Theater, The Lucille Lortel Foundation, and The League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers' annual Lortel Awards, which David also writes and co-produces. David Gersten is Associate Producer of the new Off-Broadway hit, My First Time at New World Stages; previously, he produced the acclaimed Tea at Five starring Kate Mulgrew as Katharine Hepburn as well as the musicals Dr Sex and Eleanor & Hick.

Vicki Sanchez (Costume Designer) has worked extensively in film, television, as well as the stage. She is the recipient of an Emmy Award for her work on the Television Miniseries "North and South" and was nominated for an Emmy for her work in August Wilson's television adaptation of "The Piano Lesson" directed by Lloyd Richards and starring Charles Dutton and Alfre Woodard. Other recent television credits include the Series “�Commander in Chief� starring Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland, Movies of the Week “The Last Brickmaker in America� and “Noah Dearborn�, both with Sidney Poitier, the Series “American Dreams�, “American Family�, the Hallmark Miniseries "True Women" starring Angelina Jolie, and Dana Delany, and Ernest Thompson's "The West Side Waltz" starring Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli and Kathy Bates.


Her feature film credits include “Diamonds� starring Kirk Douglas, Dan Ackroyd and Lauren Bacall, Brian De Palma's "Blowout" starring John Travolta, "The Border" starring Jack Nicholson, Neil Simon's "Chapter Two", "My Father the Hero" starring Gerard Depardieu, and Steven Spielberg’s "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".


For her work in theatre, Ms. Sanchez won a Drama-Logue Award for "Palladium is Moving" at the Court Theatre directed by Lisa James, and a Robby Award for "A Little Night Music" at Theatre West directed by Mark Travis.