Merry Mary
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"Mary Steelsmith"
Female
52 years old
LOS ANGELES, California
United States
Last Login:
6/27/2008
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Mood:
enthralled
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Merry Mary's Interests
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| General | Writing plays, acting, enjoying the Dodgers and Angels
(we are hybrid fans, loving both of our SoCal teams)
Fiddle music, County fairs, enjoying national parks.
Picnics, sitting in empty theaters and imagining the possibilities. Walking through life with joy in my heart | | Music | The late great Dan Fogelberg
Anything by Aaron Copeland, Film soundtracks,
Randall Leonard piano classics | | Movies | I play "Doreen" in
-- The AWARD winning short film --
THE SUNDAY MAN
written and directed by Danielle Shamash
BAFTA/LA Student Film Award Short Film
Sacramento International Film Festival - Best Short Film
WorldFest Houston Platinum Award INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEOS Graduate Level Student Productions
SEE THE SUNDAY MAN ONLINE FOR FREE AT:
http://video.dotcomedy.com/player/?id=143230&search=the%20sunday%20man#videoid=163191
Faves:
Little Miss Sunshine
Casablanca
Valley of the Dolls
Inside Daisy Clover
Bob Fosse movies
Jonathan Demme films | | Television | People's Court, Channel 5 morning show (L.A.),
LOST - What is going on there?
| | Books | Sometimes, Stephen King's books make me weep | | Heroes | Randall Leonard, David Weyrauch, Mike Friedman, Jerry Florence, David Vincent, Rocco, Richard Schafer... and so many others who have gone into the light, ahead of me.
Schoolteachers, especially Tom Willmorth and grade school principal Trisha Stone
Gary Garrison, the mighty playwright defender
and last but not least...
My love, Steve Lee
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Playwright, New Play Network, The UK Theatre Group, The Fudge Theatre Company, Alternative Theatre Phoenix, Casting Now
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Merry Mary's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Hometown: | Boise, Idaho | | Body type: | 0' 0" | | Zodiac Sign: | Pisces | | Children: | Love kids, but not for me | | Education: | Some college | | Occupation: | Playwright |
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Merry Mary is getting ready to watch the Dodgers vs the Angels in the comfort of her own home
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About me:
I was raised on a farm near Boise, Idaho, two cow fields away from the Broadway Drive-In Movie Theater. As a child, I was able to see the movie screen from my bedroom and watch the flickering images. It was too far away to hear, so I learned about acting in their faces.
While I was a student at Boise high school I wrote THIS ISN'T EXACTLY HOW I EXPECTED IT, Winning First Place in the DRAMATICS MAGAZINE Playwriting Contest. It was later published by Pioneer Publishing.
http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=THISISNTEX
I attended Boise State University for a year, where my one act play, ECHO PARK was produced in the Subal Theatre, starring Pamela Abas and future SOAP DISH film director, Michael Hoffman.
After moving to Los Angeles, I became involved in the local theater scene with my play, PAPERBACK BOOKS,* which starred John Fleck, before he became one of the infamous “NEA Four.” My farce, WACS IN KHAKI, prem*iered at the Los Angeles Actors Theatre, and moved to the Company Theatre, directed by Paul Linke.
Wordsmiths, facilitated by Silas Jones at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, has inspired me to write and my one act plays have had successful productions countrywide.
BEDSIDE COMPANION,* (premiered at Theatre 40's Festival of One-Acts) joined BEHOLD A PALE BRONCO,* WOMEN WITH CASSEROLES,* THE OLD MAN AND THE SEED* and THEY’S WEYWULVES* in a critically acclaimed six week run at PV Players in Torrance, California.
My short work, THE OLD MAN AND THE SEED,* won First Prize in the Hewlett Packard 10 Minute Play Contest and was produced at the Action Theatre in Singapore, fall, 2002. Frankly, I had entered, hoping to score some toner for my HP printer. Instead, I was delighted to learn first prize included the trip of a lifetime, to Singapore where I saw my play produced. Singapore is an incredible place to visit. If you ever get a chance to go there, run, don't walk. (Actually, you'll pretty much have to swim there)
“THE MIRACULOUS DAY QUARTET” my short play about the after effects of 9/11, has received successful productions in Southern California, Chicago and New York. It just finished a run in the Second Annual Chester Horn Short Play Festival in New York City, garnering an honorable mention for the play, and Best Director and Best Actress nods. YAY!
“Mary Steelsmith's antiwar play, TRUE BLUE, succeeds admirably,”wrote theater critic, Michael Greenwald in the San Diego Union-Tribune. TRUE BLUE premiered in the 2006 Fritz Blitz at the Fritz Theatre, in September.
My work is published by Players Press. I am a member of the Dramatists’ Guild.
You may have seen me on film in such “B” classics as RABBIT TEST (playing Billy Crystal's listtle sister), H.O.T.S. (kissed Danny Bonaduce), WEIRD SCIENCE and DEATH VALLEY. I appeared as a ‘Merciful Sister’ and sang about putting “the Devil in a Bulgarian headlock” on an episode of the original WKRP IN CINCINNATI.
Two of my favorite stage roles are "Sheila" in THE BOYS NEXT DOOR and "Aunt Trina" in I REMEMBER MAMA.
I had the best time, playing the role of ‘Doreen’ in “The Sunday Man,” a short film directed by Dany Shamash and produced by Rebecca Rankin, as part of American Film Institute’s directing workshop for women.
I am married to the dashing Steve Lee and am owned by two cats.
*Available on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=mary%20steelsmith&tag=marstelifissq-20&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
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Who I'd like to meet:
Fellow playwrights and actors...
Folks with stories to tell.
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Thanks for inviting us...CORE loves pot lucks! Happy Thanksgiving!
