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DIRECTOR - RUSSELL TREYZ

Known chiefly as a theatrical director, Mr Treyz became involved with North of Providence as the director of its off-Broadway run. His other film work includes The Year of the Dragon by Frank Chin which originally aired on television the PBS Theater in America series and Cottonpatch Gospel.

As a theatrical director, he has won a Drama Desk Award and had productions in New York at Playwright's Horizons, American Place Theater, La Mama ETC, The Pearl Theatre, and numerous other Broadway and off-Broadway houses. His extensive regional theatre credits include Actors Theater of Louisville, Goodspeed Opera House, The Cape Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and McCarter Theater. As a co-author and director, he collaborated with the late Harry Chapin on the Broadway musical: Cottonpatch Gospel.

Recent work: Daisy Mayme (Pearl Theatre Co., NYC), A Servant of Two Masters, Utah Shakespearean Festival; Romeo and Juliet, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival; Da, The Best Man and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife; Cape Playhouse; A Christmas Carol and Cyrano de Bergerac, Orlando Shakespeare Festival; and Around the World in 80 Days, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head, NC.

He is a graduate of Princeton and Yale. With his film maker wife, Alice Ellitott, he has two children: Amanda and Ross.

WRITER - EDWARD ALLAN BAKER 

Mr. Baker’s plays have received numerous productions in the U.S. and Europe including DOLOROES (selected for The Best American Short Plays 88-89) *NORTH OF PROVIDENCE, THE LADY OF FATIMA, FACE DIVIVED, ROSMARY WITH GINGER, and A DEAD MANS APARTMENT, UP, DOWN STRANGE CHARMED. BEAUTY AND TRUTH, MAFIA ON PROZAC and THE 17th OF JUNE.  His critically acclaimed play, PRARIE AVENUE, was produced in NY and LA and starred Bruce MacVittie and Ed Harris.  He has written for HBO and ShowTime, and DOLORES was made into an award winning short film, directed by Ed Bianchi.  Mr. Baker was recently honored by Ensemble Studio Theater and given “the 25ht Anniversary One act Ply Marathon.  He is a member of Sarah Lawrence College Theatre Faculty.

 *Adapted for Screen by Mark Belasco & Judy Del Giudice with Mr. Baker’s Blessing

ACTORS’ BIOS

JUDY DEL GIUDICE  is thrilled to have had the opportunity to reprise the role of Carol in NORTH OF PROVIDENCE on screen with Mark Belasco after completing a critically acclaimed run of the play the film was adapted from in November of 2002.  Some of her other film and TV credits include the recurring role of Judge Elizabeth Masella on “Law  & Order: Special Victims Unit”, Cousin Louise on The Sopranos, working on Ben Younger’s “Boiler Room” and co-starring as Dr. Lamb in  “All the Wrong Places” which premiered at the Brooklyn Film Festival in 2000.  She is a founding member with Mark Belasco of Alter Ego Theater and she was also a member of 4X5 Flash and appeared in their production of STEALING SOULS (bring your camera) directed by Thomas Calabro.  In addition to their work on Alter Ego Theater, Judy and Mark have also co-written a new screenplay called TWO BIT PLAYERS.   Judy is pleased to be currently studying with George Di Cenzo and is grateful to have found her “Alter Ego”.

MARK BELASCO is proud to bring the role of Bobbie based on Edward Allan Baker’s original play NORTH OF PROVIDENCE to the screen.  After working closely with Mr. Baker and director Russell Treyz the November 2002 theatrical run of NORTH OF PROVIDENCE went on to receive outstanding reviews.  Fueled by the response Mark vowed to bring it to the screen.

Mark has appeared in numerous independent films his favorite being his 1st THE NORTH END opposite Frank Vincent and friend Matthew Del Negro.  He’s appeared numerous times on ALL MY CHILDREN and AS THE WORLD TURNS.  On the HBO series THE SOPRANOS James Gandolfini and Mark had a disagreement over his hat, and no he didn’t get “whacked.”  Still he’s managed to find time to make his own wine, and ruin a perfectly good boat outside Barneget Light in LBI, NJ with his crew from ‘the boken.’