BECOMING DR. RUTH ANNE O’SULLIVAN (DR. RUTH K. WESTHEIMER) Anne is delighted to be making her Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debut. Since first understudying Becoming Dr. Ruth, off-Broadway in 2015, Anne has been performing the role in theatres around the country; last staged in 2019 by Stephen Nachamie at the New Repertory Theatre in Watertown, Mass. She celebrates over 45 years as a working actor in more than 100 productions including Broadway’s Blithe Spirit. Her off-Broadway credits include Marisol (The Public Theater), Mere Mortals (Primary Stages), Juno (Vineyard Theatre), The Plough and the Stars (Irish Repertory Theatre) and Mary MacGregor at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, where she is a member. Regionally, she has starred in plays at Williamstown Theatre Festival; Actors Theatre of Louisville; McCarter Theatre Center; Berkshire Theatre Festival; Intiman Theatre; Old Globe Theatre and Bay St. Theatre. On television, Anne has been on six Law & Order episodes; Sex and the City; Cosby; ER; a reoccurring role on Models Inc; The Howard Stern Show and The Flight Attendant. Film credits include The Mirror Has Two Faces, Speed and the upcoming Miramax film The Home. Visit annemosullivan.com. MARK ST. GERMAIN (PLAYWRIGHT) Mark St. Germain’s play Freud’s Last Session ran for two years Off-Broadway, closing July 24th, 2012. The play has been open in Argentina since January 2012 and in repertory in Sweden, Australia, Denmark. His play Becoming Dr. Ruth premiered in July 2012 at the Barrington Stage Company in the Berkshires, played at Hartford Theaterworks, and was brought to NYC to the Westside Theatre. Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah co-premiered in the summer of 2013 at the Contemporary American Theater Festival and Barrington Stage Company. His play The Best of Enemies, first produced by the Barrington Stage Company, is now being produced throughout the country. The Fabulous Lipitones, a musical comedy co-written with John Markus, premiered at the Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta in summer, 2013, and then at Goodspeed Playhouse. Mark’s other plays include Camping with Henry and Tom (Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards), Ears on a Beatle, the God Committee, Out of Gas on Lover’s Leap, and Dancing Lessons (premiered at the Barrington Stage Festival). Mark wrote the Tammy Wynette Musical Stand By Your Man, which began at the Ryman Theater in Nashville. With composer Charles Strouse he co-wrote the book for his adaption of Dreiser’s American Tragedy. With composer Randy Courts Mark has written the perennial musical The Gifts of the Magi as well as Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller (AT&T Award Grant) and Jack’s Holiday (Playwrights Horizons). Television work includes Writer/Creative Consultant for “The Cosby Show” and Dick Wolf’s “Crime and Punishment.” He co-wrote director Carroll Ballard’s film “Duma” and produced and directed the documentary “My Dog, An Unconditional Love Story,” with Richard Gere, Glenn Close, Edward Albee and others. Mark also wrote the award winning children’s book “Three Cups.” Mark is an Associate Artist of the Barrington Stage Company, a recipient of the William Inge Festival’s New Voices Award, and a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Writer’s Guild East. He is an alumnus of New Dramatists.
STEPHEN NACHAMIE (DIRECTOR) Stephen is making his Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debut. His Broadway credits include Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of She Loves Me as Associate Director. Stephen’s New York credits include Little Shop of Horrors Reunion Concert with Alan Menken, Small Town Confessions with Alice Ripley, Buyer & Cellar, My Name Is Asher Lev, Rounding Third at the Penguin Repertory Theatre, the premieres of Mr. Confidential, Foreverman and Torch Song Trilogy with Seth Rudetsky. Stephen’s regional credits include Sex with Strangers; 4,000 Miles at the Capital Repertory 2021–2022 | 33
