 RONALD RAND - FOUNDER, PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A versatile actor/playwright, founded this Newspaper in 1998. He is currently in the midst of performing his internationally acclaimed solo play, “LET IT BE ART! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion,” as Harold Clurman, directed by Gregory Abels across America and the world, and teaches workshops at Universities across the globe. He appeared Off-Broadway in a new adaptation of "The Servant of Two Masters" directed by Stuart Vaughan. Recent performances of "LET IT BE ART! " include: two critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway runs (Arclight Theatre - produced by the Mirror Repertory Theatre, and at the Century Center), Kafka Theatre (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Teatro Florencio Sanchez - 5th Annual 5th Annual Del MerCoSur Interior “Althuapua De Cioppo” International Festival (Paysundu, Uruguay), Internationales Theatre Frankfurt, State Municipal Theatre (Eshksehir, Turkey), International Festival of Making Theatre (Athens, Greece), Anadolu University (Eshksehir, Turkey), University of Zagreb - Academy of Dramatic Art (Zagreb, Croatia), Spiro Ark (London, England), Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts (NYC), Seattle’s Actors’ International Retreat, University of Missouri-Columbia, Syracuse University, Georgian Internatiuonal Festival of Arts-GIFT (Tbilisi, Georgia), Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Valdez, Alaska), Jean-Claude van Itallie's "Shantigar", Tucson’s Invisible Theatre (Arizona), Orange County Community College (Middletown, NY), Anchorage’s Cyrano’s Theatre, Maggie Flanigan Studio. Upcoming: Pace University, New York City - and there are plans to bring the play to Copenhagen, Istanbul, Interlochen, and China. "LET IT BE ART!” (a NYFA sponsored project) was also performed at Villanova University & the University of the Arts, The Players Club, Des Moines' Vaudeville Muse, The Actors Center, William Esper Studio, Penny Templeton Studio, New England Theatre Conference’s Annual Convention, Stella Adler Studio, NYU, Neighborhood Playhouse, and the Episcopal Actors Guild of America. He appeared with Marian Seldes, Elizabeth Ashley, Jayne Atkinson, Libby Skala, David Margulies, and Rosemary Harris in a program he created and co-produced (The Scheuer Series) at The Jewish Museum in New York City. Mr. Rand began his acting career appearing in over 250 plays at a professional children’s theatre in Florida. His Off-Broadway debut in "Julius Caesar" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with Richard Dreyfuss and George Rose, was followed by numerous New York appearances including Hamm in "Endgame," directed by Joseph Chaikin; the lead in Goldoni’s "The Liar;" as the First Gravedigger in "Hamlet"; leads in several of Bernard Shaw’s plays; and all three male roles in "Perfect Crime" (two years). Mr. Rand also toured for five months throughout Europe as the Fool in "King Lear," starred in "LUV" at The Barnstormers, N.H.; in the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s production of "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom," directed by Arthur French; and Rudy Gray’s "Conversation with a Kleagle." His television credits include (as Roman Rybakov (the murder victim, with Mercedes Ruehl as his wife) on "Law & Order," "Third Watch," on PBS as Milton Sterns in "A Marriage – O’Keefe and Steiglitz" on American Playhouse, opposite Jane Alexander & Christopher Plummer; "Homeless" opposite Yoko Ono; on "Saturday Night Live" (for 12 seasons); and has had roles on “All My Children,” “As the World Turns,” “One Life to Live,” and “Guiding Light.” Mr. Rand also appeared in over 400 films, with roles including "The Emperor’s Club," "Maid in Manhattan," In & Out," "Jerky Boys," "Another You," "Rude Awakening," and "Quiz Show," directed by Robert Redford. He studied with Stella Adler for over 5 years, received a B.F.A. in Acting at NYU’s School of the Arts, and also studied with Harold Clurman. He also counts among his mentors: Jerzy Grotowski, Joseph Chaikin, Richard Schechner, John Strasberg, Sabra Jones, and Bobby Lewis. He studied at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. As a playwright, Mr. Rand’s plays also include "Consequences," "Ode to the Moon," "The Site of Human Life," and "The Group!" about the life of the Group Theatre (World Premiere at Northern Illinois University). "The Group!" was seen at The York Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, and at The Actors Studio. Mr. Rand has been an invited Guest Professor and has taught throughout the world and across America: Rustavelli State University (Tbilisi, Georgia), International Festival of Making Theatre (Athens, Greece), University of Missouri-Columbia, The Actors Center, Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Alaska), Northern Illinois University, Norfolk’s Governor’s School for the Arts, GATE, Blair-Montgomery High School, and at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. At The Players, he produced Ruby Dee, Irene O'Garden and Sandy Rochelle in "An Evening of Exceptional Poets," "An Evening with Vijay Tendulkar," Libby Skala's "LiLiA!," "Vivien Leigh", "H.L. Mencken," "Cirque Jacqueline," Vinie Burrows as "Rose McClendon," Karen Eterovich in "Jane Austen," and new plays by Dale Wasserman and Ty Jones. Mr. Rand’s play, “Consequences” was given a Staged Reading by the Nebraska Repertory Theatre at Edward Albee's 2006 First Great Plains Theatre Conference (Omaha). He is a member of The Actors Studio Playwright/Directors Unit and The Dramatists Guild. Committed to the vision of his teachers, Harold Clurman and Stella Adler, he created this newspaper, “The Soul of the American Actor.”
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 JANICE E.
BERLINER - CONTRIBUTING WRITER - Janice Berliner
began her news broadcasting career at WNYU-FM New York where she graduated
from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor's
of Arts in television, film and radio. She gained valuable experience
producing and hosting music and news programs and interviewed Nobel Economic
Science Winner Wassily Leontieff. After her education, Ms. Berliner worked
in New York's Hudson Valley radio market anchoring and reporting the
news for WSUL-FM Monticello, WGHQ-AM Kingston and WGNY-AM Newburgh. Ms.
Berliner then made the move to Danbury, Connecticut and anchored and
hosted talk shows at WLAD-AM. Among the many dignitaries that Ms. Berliner
interviewed included U.S. Senators Joseph Lieberman and Christopher Dodd,
Governor John Rowland, Danbury Mayor Gene Eriquez and many other local
politicians, educators, authors and entertainers. As a reporter for WLAD,
Ms. Berliner was honored with numerous awards from the Associated Press
and soon moved on to Hartford, the state capital where she anchored afternoon
news at all-news station, WPOP-AM. She also hosted the Sunday public
affairs program, "Here, Hear Greater Hartford and interviewed the
mayor and other local officials. From 1990 to 1995, Ms. Berliner established
the news department for WPUT-AM Brewster, NY as well as broadcast news
and hosted two award-winning talk shows, "In the Spotlight" and "Putnam
County Today." While working at WPUT, Ms. Berliner also anchored
national business news for CNBC Business Radio from CNBC headquarters
in Fort Lee, NJ. For the past four years, Ms. Berliner was a News Writer
at the Voice of America where she wrote for seven world desks including
Africa, Europe, the United States and Canada, East Asia Pacific, Middle
East, South Asia, Latin America and Economics.
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SUE FEINBERG - ASSOCIATE EDITOR & CONTRIBUTING WRITER - with
the Around the Town Productions: Founding Member, Writer and Producer;
Associate Producer of "The Loft" Off-Off-Broadway; Guest
Speaker: American & Australian Film Distribution; The School of
Continuing Education, Melbourne, Australia; Bond University Queensland,
Australia. Press-Publicity for: The Westside Repertory Company; "Fahrenheit
451," Wings Theatre; "Blood Dues," The Acting Studio; "The
Sensualist," Arts Theatre; Neal Marshad Productions. A Contributing
Writer for: Theatre Network News, Encore, Broadcast Magazine, NY Now,
Here Magazine, Beau Gest Publishing, The Stage, The People, Plays and
Players, The Mirror, Manhattan Mirror, The Australian Consolidated
Press, Theatre/Opera Australasia, Cinefantastique, TV World, Time Out
New York, Meridian's Lifestyle, Theatricalities, Theatre & Music
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 DOUG
BARRON (Plaza desktop publishing) - DESIGN, LAYOUT & ADs: printed
newspaper & online website and many
of the advertisements which appear in both. Doug has specialized in work for the theatre for over 21 years designing graphics, desktop publishing, typesetting, websites and now photography since 1989, for various theatre and dance companies. Located in midtown at Manhattan Plaza, as Doug is also a professional actor. It is this unique perspective that has given Plaza a special understanding to the needs & budgets of the New York theatrical community. Plaza is a recipient of a 1996 ART/NY Local Hero Award. As an actor
appearing on stage in Leaves of Grass, Fatherland, Oedipus Rex, Wonder/Lust, Sessions, The Great White Hope, To Kill A Mockingbird, Deux Mariages: Romola & Nijinsky, Salt,
Hide Mother in My Heart, The Swan, Close Enough For Jazz among others.
He has been featured in the films Who Is The Midnight Girl (Brazil), All That Glitters, Across Dot Ave, David Dixon Is Dead, Shutterbug, House of Women, Anatema (Kosovo & Albania), Just Visiting, Office Killer, Mr.
Destiny, Jacob's Ladder, The Yards, The Confession, One Good Cop, Stonewall,
The Mambo Kings, The Newcomers, The Swedish Dentist, The Cowboy Way,
Reckless, and Blue Steel. On television he has appeared on Law & Order (twice), Law & Order Criminal Intent (twice), The
Sopranos and Sex & the City. www.PlazaDesktopPublishing.com and www.DougBarron.com.
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