Amy Marcs / DONNA in Polite Conversations and Wine
Amy Marcs is an actor, writer, producer, Meisner teacher and a SAG-AFTRA member. She has performed in theaters across the US and can also be seen in many independent films and heard in numerous national network commercials. She studied the Meisner technique for ten years at the Fred Kareman Studio in NYC and was a Professor of Acting specializing in the Meisner technique for the past 14 years at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. She is currently teaching at TOA in Hollywood California.
Amy co founded Gladiolus Media with Sasha Hawkes. They most recently produced “Iron Skirt Stories “ in LA which ran for 3 months to sold out crowds.
Leah Jarvik / ALICE in Polite Conversations and Wine
Leah holds a B.A. in Theater and English from Haverford College, where she founded Spotlight Theatre Company and received the prestigious Kaye Award for Performance upon graduation. Powerhouse Theater/New York Stage & Film, Bryn Mawr College, New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, Reed Rudy Voiceover, Bruce Katzman Chekhov, P3East, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and more. You might know Leah as “Thistle” from hit YouTube web-series, The Party … or if you’re a D&D nerd, possibly multi-million-view viral TikToks, Outside of acting, Leah works as Literary Manager and Artistic Administrator at Seattle Public Theater.
Mikki Hernandez / LISA in Polite Conversations and Wine
Mikki Hernandez is an LA-based actress, voiceover artist, model and author. She is very excited to be part of the Polite Conversations and Wine debut playing alongside such a talented cast and creative team. LA Theater: Helvetica (Ophelia’s Jump), Three Witches (Theatre Ghosts), Brown & Out IV (Casa 0101), Millennial Pink (Hollywood Fringe), Farragut North (Westchester Playhouse). Recent film: We’re Doing Good (SXSW), Second (HollyShorts Film Festival). Mikki trains at Moving Arts Theatre and spends most of her days in a booth recording lovely adverts. She is also the author of the children’s book Cake Mix: Learning to Love All Your Ingredients. A proud UCLA alum, Mikki enjoys traveling, dance and kickboxing. @momikki mikkihernandez.com
Robin McDonald / BETH in Polite Conversations and Wine
Robin McDonald is an actress, writer, singer, and veteran of Las Vegas Lounges. She is an alumnus of THE GROUNDLINGS SUNDAY SHOW, with numerous television and movie credits, including Curb Your Enthusiasm, NCIS, Two Broke Girls, and Bret Gelman’s “Lemon”. Robin plays flute and banjo.
Ann Noble / PENNY in 52 Pick-up
Ann Noble is a veteran Theatre Ghosts/Fringe director & performer, she is also a writer, actor, director, solo performer, acting teacher/coach, arts educator — and a jail chaplain. She was most recently seen in Tom Jacobson’s Crevasse (Son of Semele/Victory Theatre) and Sabina in Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth (A Noise Within). She is a proud member of Antaeus Theatre, Rogue Machine, Warriors For Peace, and the Echo Theater, where she originally premiered her previous clown shows, A Bella Incarceration, and Little Parts Hunts A Baby-Daddy (which went on to screen digitally at both Edinburgh and Sydney Fringe Festivals). Her award-winning plays have been produced both nationally and internationally, as have both her new media series. Her directing credits include work with several theaters and production companies in L.A., as well as for the Museum of Tolerance, L.A.’s Holocaust Museum, L.A.’s LGBT Center, the YWCA and Homeboy Industries. She currently teaches for Moving Arts Theatre and AMDA–DTLA Campus. Ann is also the program coordinator for Prism Restorative Justice/CFLC which brings chaplaincy to those incarcerated in the L.A. County jails. She dedicates this solo piece to the women in CRDF. IG: @sparksjacks
Jeffrey Johnson / ARCADE in 52 Pick-up
Jeffrey S.S. Johnson has made a career as an actor since the late 90s. Originally from Massachusetts, he has called Los Angeles home now for over two decades. He started his performing career with lauded theatre groups such as Critical Mass, The Evidence Room, VS. Theatre, Sons Of Semele, Moving Arts, Bad Puppets, Bootleg Theater, the Odyssey, FAKE Radio Players, the Celebration, and more, also in the Pacific Northwest with the Portland Center Stage. Film roles include: Magazine Dreams (*Sundance FF), Helter Skelter, Letters To God, Terminator Genisys, Good Grief (*award winner), Haunting Of Cellblock 11 (*award winner), Worth, The 6th Degree, Stellina Blue, A Coat Of Snow, Down Dog, (*award winner), Scorcher, Over The Shoulder (*award winner), and many more. Television appearances include Lovecraft Country, Bones, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Lie To Me, Burn Notice, CSI, Without A Trace, Barbershop, Boomtown, The Secret Life Of The American Teenager, Tremors, Unhitched, and more. Over the years, he’s become an accomplished voiceover artist in commercials, industrials, narration, video games, and the like. Most notably, Mr. Johnson has been the voice of TMobile since 2012. “Captain Black”, his debut as a feature film writer/director was featured in 11 film festivals world wide, earning awards for Best Actor, Best Film & Best Direction. He has also been dipping his toes into producing film & music.
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