David MametDavid Mamet is the author of the plays: ROMANCE, BOSTON MARRIAGE, FAUSTUS, OLEANNA, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award), AMERICAN BUFFALO, THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, A LIFE IN THE THEATRE, SPEED-THE-PLOW, EDMOND, LAKEBOAT, THE WATER ENGINE, THE WOODS, SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO, REUNION and THE CRYPTOGRAM (1995 Obie Award). His translations and adaptations include: FAUSTUS and RED RIVER by Pierre Laville; and THE CHERRY ORCHARD, THREE SISTERS and UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekov. His films include: The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Verdict, The Untouchables, House of Games (writer/director), Oleanna (writer/director), Homicide (writer/director), The Spanish Prisoner (writer/director), Heist (writer/director) and Spartan (writer/director). Mr. Mamet is also the author of: Warm and Cold, a book for children with drawings by Donald Sultan, and two other children's books, Passover and The Duck and the Goat; Writing in Restaurants, Some Freaks, and Make-Believe Town, three volumes of essays; The Hero Pony and The China Man, a book of poems; Three Children's Plays, On Directing Film, The Cabin, and the novels The Village, The Old Religion and Wilson. His most recent books include the acting books, True & False and Three Uses of the Knife. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS was awarded the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2005, and his latest plays NOVEMBER and RACE as well as a revival of OLEANNA have recently appeared on Broadway.
Bill BozzoneBill Bozzone's published plays include ROSE COTTAGES, HOUSE ARREST, KOREA, and BUCK FEVER AND OTHER PLAYS. Among his published one acts are SONNY DEREE'S LIFE FLASHES BEFORE HIS EYES, SALVATION, WAR, and SAXOPHONE MUSIC. For film he wrote the screenplay Full Moon in Blue Water, which starred Gene Hackman, and co-wrote the ACE-nominated The Last Elephant (released as The Ivory Hunters). Bill Bozzone is a member of New York's Ensemble Studio Theatre. He lives in Connecticut with novelist Tricia Bauer, and their daughter, Lia.
Katharine LongKatharine Long is a playwright and sometime actor. Her short play ARIEL BRIGHT was published in The Best Short Plays 1986. Other plays include UNSEEN FRIENDS, TWO-PART HARMONY, and THE ATTIC. She has also written for the daytime television series As the World Turns and Search for Tomorrow.