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 Kathleen Clark (Author) Ms. Clark's plays, Secrets of a Soccer Mom and Southern Comforts, were recently produced off Broadway as well as in regional theatres throughout the country. She was twice selected to attend the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference with her plays Banner and Southern Comforts. Previously, Ms. Clark worked as an associate in the New York theatrical producing office of Jane Harmon Associates. Both Southern Comforts and Secrets of a Soccer Mom are published by Samuel French.
 Richard Hopkins (Artistic Director) Artistic Director of Florida Studio Theatre since 1980, Richard Hopkins has guided the company from a small touring group to a professional regional theatre. Mr. Hopkins began his professional theatre career as a resident actor with Asolo State Theatre in Sarasota, Florida. In 1974 he founded the Palisades Theatre Company in Washington, DC, which subsequently moved to St. Petersburg to become American Stage. He served as its Producing Director from 1974-1980. Additional experiences include: President of the Florida Professional Theatres Association (1983-1985), Panelist for Theatre Program of Florida Arts Council, and Director/Instructor for Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus’ Clown College (1981). His many directing credits include: Metamorphoses, The Bully Pulpit, God’s Man in Texas, Hysteria, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, 2: Goering at Nuremberg, Six Degrees of Separation, Execution of Justice, Death by Misadventure, Hi-Hat-Hattie, Invictus, Agnes of God, Beyond Therapy, True West, La Ronde, and Betrayal and numerous other plays and Cabaret projects including Sophie Tucker, Inspired Lunacy, and Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits, Over the Rainbow.
 Robert J. Farley (Director) is celebrating his 40th anniversary as a stage Director and Artistic Director. Last month he received a lifetime achievement award from the Pasadena Playhouse (the State Theatre of California) for his significant contributions to the enrichment of the American theatre. He has been a successful Artistic Director for over 30 years. He co-founded the Alaska Repertory Theatre in the 1970s, and was the Artistic Director of the Tony Award winning Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta during the late 80s. In 1992 he co-founded The Georgia Ensemble Theatre and Conservatory in Atlanta where he served as Artistic Director since its inception. He is delighted to be collaborating with his colleagues here at Florida Studio Theatre on this production of Southern Comforts.
CAST
 Richard Bourg* (Gus Klingman) This is Richard’s first production with the Florida Studio Theatre. Off-Broadway he wrote and performed in Hallowed Ground, a one-man show on Abraham Lincoln, directed by the late Gene Frankel. Other New York credits include Count Wrede in Kolhass, Senator Iselin in Manchurian Candidate, Dr. Schon in Lulu, Ulysses in Tiger at the Gates and many others. At the Pearl Theatre in New York he was seen in Countess Mitzi, Othello, The Miser and Mary Stuart. Regionally at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey he performed as Cymbeline in Cymbeline, the Pope in Galileo, Anthony Absolute in The Rivals, Egeon in Comedy of Errors, and multiple roles in Henry V. Other regional credits include Serge in Art, Jacques in As You Like It, Gremio in Taming of the Shrew, Ghost in Hamlet, and Lear in King Lear.
 Susan Greenhill* (Amanda Cross) Broadway: Crimes of the Heart. Off-Broadway: Primary Stages; Actors Studio Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Urban Stages. Regional: Fiction, Dinner with Friends (FST); The Clean House Cincinnati Playhouse (Acclaim Award); Sideman Philadelphia Company (Barrymore Award); We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! Long Wharf Theatre; The Glass Menagerie St. Louis Rep, The Importance of Being Earnest Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Born Yesterday Indiana Rep; Expectations (with Eartha Kitt) Stamford Center. Television & Film: Chappelle Show, Law & Order; Clarissa Explains It All; Loving; Guiding Light, Pecker (directed by John Waters), High Stakes, Noon Blue Apples (Sundance Festival).
*Denotes member Actors' Equity Association. The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Production Staff
Production Manager...........................................Bruce Price
Company Manager.............................................Rob Thomas
Production Stage Manager.................................Dean Curosmith*
Scenic and Costume Design...............................Marcella Beckwith
Lighting Designer...............................................Colleen Jennings
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