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Lloyd John Bedford Lloyd can currently be seen as Kansas City mob boss, Frank Cosgrove, on the Netflix series OZARK. He has played other notorious though not quite as violent characters in Manchurian Candidate, Nixon, Tough Guys Don’t Dance, and Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. In Bourne Supremacy, The Frontrunner, Hoax, Crossing Delancey, The Abyss, Philadelphia, and Trading Places, he was generally a good guy and trying his best to help out. And as the clueless mayor in Super Troopers all he wanted to do was hold the shotgun. Mr. Lloyd has worked with Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) for thirteen years, directing and developing new work with the residents of Green Haven Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623f50aa16c66f7036ddf70a/13106047-acf7-4dcb-b02c-82c0b93dc0f4/Johanna+Day-+HEADSHOT+2022.jpg Actors - Johanna Day (Sharon) JOHANNA DAY (Sharon) has been seen on Broadway in: How I Learned To Drive, The Nap, Sweat (Tony Nomination), You Can’t Take It With You, August: Osage County, Lombardi, Proof (another Tony Nomination). Her regional theater work includes: Floyd’s aka Clyde’s (Guthrie) Peace for Mary Francis (New Group), Peter and Jerry (Second Stage – Drama Desk Nomination) Appropriate (Signature - Obie Award, The Lilly Award), Poor Behavior (Mark Taper), Realistic Joneses (Yale), Choice (Huntington), The Rainmaker (Arena Stage – Helen Hayes Award). Television: Bull, The Good Fight, Madam Secretary (5 Years Recurring), New Amsterdam, The Blacklist, Escape at Dannemora, The Knick, The Americans, Masters of Sex. Film: Worth, The Post, Great Gilley Hopkins, How Far She Went, The Breatharian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623f50aa16c66f7036ddf70a/7fdd460a-6aac-4ae5-b459-46960e5ac074/KateEastmanFinal1+1+%281%29.jpg Actors - Kate Eastman Kate Eastman (she/they) is an actor and writer. Most recently she appeared as Tamara Stefano in ‘Archive 81’ (Netflix). Theater credits include: Juliet in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Guthrie Theater) and with Tracy Letts in ‘Linda Vista’ (Broadway). Writing credits include ‘Kit and Mary’ a play for Zoom and ‘The Naiad’, an upcoming animated short film about a traumatized woman who turns into a tree in order to heal. She lives in Harlem, around the corner from the love of her life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623f50aa16c66f7036ddf70a/33b2babd-35d4-4c96-a2ad-df32b51f7c49/Patrick+photo.jpg Actors - Patrick Murney Patrick Murney is a 2009 Syracuse University graduate with a BFA in acting. His first professional job was in a musical by Whoopi Goldberg called White Noise. Patrick has guest starred on shows like: Law & Order (NBC) Bluebloods (CBS) Suits (USA) L&O SVU (NBC) Person of Interest (CBS) FBI (NBC) New Amsterdam (NBC) Blacklist (NBC) Law & Order Organized Crime (NBC). He was also a Series Regulars on Seven Seconds (Netflix) Public Morals (TNT) and more recently, Mare of Easttown (HBO). His first film that he directed, recently won the 48 hour short film festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623f50aa16c66f7036ddf70a/7048b3a5-8721-4c1d-a4c4-d29bcfc53ade/JoAnna+Rhinehart+red+sweater.jpg Actors - JoAnna Rhinehart JoAnna Rhinehart (Corrine) “riveting, intense, graceful and transcending”. These words have been used to describe the acting talents of JoAnna Rhinehart. She first appeared in the American Playhouse film The Trial of Bernhard Goetz. Rhinehart’s TV credits include Law & Order: SVU, Blue Bloods, Blindspot, Elementary, As the World Turns, Damages, The Following, and Hack. Film credits include: My Sun, My Moon. Hold On (2017 Sundance FF) Crossing the Line, Double Negative (Best Actor Award at Vision FEST15 NY). Plays include: The Tempest, Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Hurt Village, The Bluest Eye, Our Town, among others. After a successful run on Broadway at Lincoln Center Rhinehart is currently on the 1st National Tour of My Fair Lady. A Lifetime member of The Actors Studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623f50aa16c66f7036ddf70a/8f61c0c9-d32c-4a31-8d27-7c1fedebd5d6/Mara+Davi+pic.jpg Actors - Mara Davi Mara Davi (Cathy) was raised in Colorado where she developed her love of both nature and storytelling. She has spent the past two decades in New York regularly appearing on television in shows including: FBI, The Blacklist, Blue Bloods and Smash and starring on Broadway where her credits include the revival cast of A Chorus Line, Drowsy Chaperone, Dames at Sea, and The Play that Goes Wrong. Mara is also an environmental activist, a student of Environmental Studies at SUNY Empire State, and a member of the Broadway Green Alliance and Climate Actors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623f50aa16c66f7036ddf70a/11f0d2e7-c355-4abb-8bd2-7e070c5bbf02/CTucci+headshot1.jpg Actors - Chris Tucci Chris Tucci is a company member of Tectonic Theatre Project and Associate Writer and Devisor on a new work about the ACT UP movement. His film work includes: The Rick (Cannes Film Festival), Contemplating Annie (LA International Film Festival), and Company Retreat (Campbell Scott, dir.). 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