Actor
ACTOR BIOGRAPHY
Mary has performed at Lincoln Center, The Public Theatre, New York State Theatre Institute, Queens Theatre in the Park, Teater Vastmanland, Sweden and Teatro Campogalliani, Italy among other venues. Favorite roles include Susy in Wait Until Dark, Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday, Irene in Idiot’s Delight and Joan in The Lark. She has appeared in numerous episodes of ABC’s All My Children and has been featured in a variety of television commercials as well as corporate industrials. Mary is a partner in Handsome Spyder Productions, a film production company. She wrote the script and co-starred in the feature film, The Thing in the Doorstep. She also played the female lead role of Nell Dancer for the Audie Award-winning Family Classic Audiobook of The Killings Tale. The audiobook Hollowville: A Ghost Story, for which Mary played the female lead and served as scriptwriter, earned two Audie Award nominations. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, SAG/AFTRA, New York Women in Film & Television, and The Dramatists Guild of America.
Actor Resume
Theatre
The Baker Street Adventuress (Also playwright) Role: Edith Meiser Theater: Saratoga City Music Hall Director: Will Severin
The King In Yellow Role: Cass / Queen Cassilda Theater: Spring Street Gallery Director: Will Severin
First, Do No Harm Role: Alison Taylor Theater: Harvey’s Director: Mary Jane Hansen
Change of Position Role: Emma Theater: Harvey’s Director: Jeffrey Sweet
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Also adaptation) Role: Dr. Sheppard Theater: Saratoga City Music Hall Director: Will Severin / Mary Jane Hansen
The Man in the Brown Suit (Also adaptation) Role: Minks, et al. Theater: Saratoga Arts Director: Patricia Snyder
Pontypool Role: Sydney Briar Theater: Saratoga Arts Director: Will Severin
Night of the Living Dead (Also adaptation) Role: Helen Cooper Theater: National Museum of Dance Director: Will Severin
The Stranger Role: Enid Bradshaw Theater: National Museum of Dance Director: Patricia Snyder
Letters From A Window In The Sky (Also Playwright) Role: Mary Jane Theater: National Museum of Dance Director: Tereza Andersson
Other People’s Money Role: Kate Sullivan Theater: National Museum of Dance Director: Bill Fortune
Someone Role: Janice Theater: National Museum of Dance Director: Pat Birch
The Vagina Monologues Role: Women Theater: National Museum of Dance Director: Various
Guardians of the Treasure (Also adaptation) Role: Narrator Theater: National Museum of Dance Director: Mary Jane Hansen
Dark North Role: Genevieve Theater: National Museum of Dance Director: Will Severin
The Sound of Murder Role: Ann Norbury Theater: Saratoga Arts Director: Ron Holgate
Pinocchio (Also adaptation) Role: Blue Fairy Theater: National Museum of Dance Director: Mary Jane Hansen
Saratoga Chips (Also Playwright) Role: Carlotta Myers, Mrs. Morrisey Theater: Saratoga Arts Director: Bill Fortune / Patricia Snyder
American Soup (Also Playwright) Role: Maggie Theater: Teater Vastmanland, Sweden Teatro Campogaliani, Italy Queens Theatre in the Park (QTIP) NYS Theatre Institute (NYSTI) Director: Bill Fortune
A Tribute to Richard Wilbur Role: Hermione, Eliante, Irma Theater: Old Colonial Theatre Director: Ralph Hammann
Born Yesterday Role: Billie Dawn Theater: NYSTI White Plains Performing Arts Center. Queens Theatre in the Park (QTIP) Teater Vastmanland, Sweden Director: Ed. Lange
The Lark Role: Joan Theater: NYSTI Director: Patricia Snyder
MacBeth Role: His Wife Theater: NYSTI Director: Liz Swain
A Tale of Cinderella Role: Sepia Theater: Lincoln Center, NYC Danny Kaye Playhouse, NYC Shea’s Theatre, Buffalo Proctor’s Theatre, Schenectady Syracuse Civic Center Director: Patricia Snyder
A Murder is Announced Role: Julia Theater: NYSTI Director: Patricia Snyder
Arsenic and Old Lace Role: Elaine Harper Theater: NYSTI, QTIP Director: Ed. Lange
Philadelphia Story Role: Tracy Lord Theater: NYSTI, QTIP Director: Bill Fortune
Wizard of Oz Role: Glinda Theater: NYSTI Director: Patricia Snyder
Wait Until Dark Role: Susy Theater: NYSTI Director: Ralph Allen
Fiorello Role: Dora Theater: NYSTI Director: Pat Birch
Harvey Role: Vera Mae Theater: NYSTI Director: Ralph Allen
The Tempest Role: Miranda Theater: NYSTI Director: Greg Banks
Idiot’s Delight Role: Irene Theater: NYSTI Director: Ed. Lange
1776 Role: Martha Jefferson Theater: NYSTI Director: Ron Holgate
Romeo and Juliet Role: Lady Capulet Theater: NYSTI Director: Ron Holgate
And Then There Were None Role: Vera Claythorne Theater: NYSTI Director: David Bunce
A Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Also Playwright) Role: Clara Theater: NYSTI Director: Patricia Snyder
Ordeal By Innocence (Also Adaptor) Role: Mary Theater: NYSTI Director: Liz Swain
The Crazy Time Role: Susan Theater: NYSTI Director: Bruce Jordan
And 20+ more professional productions
Film, TV and Audiobooks
The Outage (film) Lead Actor & Screenwriter Handsome Spyder Productions - Released 2016
The Thing on the Doorstep (film) Lead Actor & Screenwriter Handsome Spyder Productions - Released 2014
Looks That Kill (film) Actor American High - Released 2020
A Legend of Sleepy Hollow (audiobook) Actor / Author / Director iTheatre Saratoga Radio Drama / WAMC - NPR
Hollowville: A Ghost Story (audiobook) Actor & Author Family Classic Audiobooks - nominated for 2 Audie Awards
The Killings Tale (audiobook) Female Lead Actor Family Classic Audiobooks - 2004 Audie Award Winner
All My Children (television) Nurse 10+ episodes ABC
Various Commercials & Industrials
Education
Masters, Harvard University, Extension School, Dramatic Arts
Scott Zigler - Directing/Scene Study
Marcus Stern - Advanced Acting
Remo Airaldi - Acting Shakespeare
BA Theatre, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Marymount Manhattan College, NY
Etc.
Original Cast in 3 Samuel French Publications (Killings Tale, Miracle on 34th St., A Tale of Cinderella)
Passport, Driver’s License, Horseback, Certified SCUBA, Skier