MONTICELLO ROYALTY

MAEVE McGUIRE

        7/24/1937 - Present

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Nicole Travis Stewart Drake Cavanaugh    1968-74; 1975-77

BEACON HILL           Maude Lassiter Palmer           1975

ANOTHER WORLD     Countess Elena Carter De Poulignac  4/26/1982 - 5/18/1983; 10/14 - 27/1983

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW      Kate ____ McCleary      1986

AS THE WORLD TURNS         Lisa Grimaldi (Temporary)   1992

GUIDING LIGHT                Selena               1992-93

ONE LIFE TO LIVE              Beverly Crane    9/19/1994 - 95

ALL MY CHILDREN          Judith ____Sheffield     1997

movies

FOR LOVE OF IVY     Cashier     1968

MACBETH     Second Witch     1968     (Made for T. V.)

LAST SUMMER     Younger Woman     1969

END OF THE ROAD   Receptionist   1970

THE HOUSE ON CARROLL STREET    Mrs. Byington   1988

MASQUERADE         Aunt Eleanor    1988

WORKING GIRL     Trask Secretary   1988

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION    Polly    1993

A PERFECT MURDER      Ann Gates   1998

28 DAYS    Groom's Mother      2000

MARCI X    Woman at Auction    2003

BROADWAY

CYRANO DE BERGERAC       4/25/1968 - 6/8/1968    Cassandace; Ensemble

THE MISER     5/8/1969 - 6/21/1969      Marianne

MIXED EMOTIONS    10/12/1993 - 11/28/1993     Understudy  -- Christine Millman

GARDEN DISTRICT    10/10/1995 - 11/5/1995

            SOMETHING UNSPOKEN    Understudy -- Grace

            SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER      Understudy --  Mrs. Venable; Miss Foxhill

THEATER

THE MIDDLE AGES     1984         Cape Playhouse

THE MIDDLE AGES      July 1984             Ogunquit Playhouse

LIGHT UP THE SKY   1986      Irene Livingston     Jewish Repertory Theatre

THE ROYAL COMEDIANS    1986      Madeleine Bejart   Actors Theatre of Louisville

STEEL MAGNOLIAS   World Premiere     1987      Replacement --  M'Lynn Eatonton    Lucille Lortel Theatre 

GHOSTS    1996       Mrs. Alving    Playhouse in the Park  

SPINNING INTO BUTTER    2001 - 02    Dean Catherine Kenney  Theatreworks

WORM DAY   2003   Emily   DR2 Theatre

DA     2003    Charlie's Mother         Hyannis, MA

QUARTET     2005    Jean Horton   Merrimack Repertory Theatre

 

Maeve McGuire auditioned for a role on the short lived Soap Opera Hidden Faces before landing Nicole on The Edge of Night.

BTG FRESH FACE

 

CRIS RUIZ

BEYOND THE GATES       Max -- Smitty's Source     2/4/2026

and

Upcoming Television

WOMBATS!    Heath       TBA     Completed

movies

STILL WATERS     Javier

INTERVAL      Henchman

DANIELLE BOURJEAURD'S HAPPY HOUR     2018

COVER      Court Officer    2019

AMERICAN HUNT      Owen    2019

BRIDGE       Kyle     2021

HOT AIR     Arlo       2022

THE BIGFOOT TRAP     Hector    2023

THE STABLES      Greene     2023

THE DIPLOMAT   Gun Wielding Goon     2023

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD   Secret Service Agent    2025

REST IN PEACE, RICHMOND HOXIE

RICHMOND HOXIE 

        Also Credited as Richmond Howe

               7/21/1946 - 11/25/2024

RYAN'S HOPE             Alex Creighton          Unknown Year

ALL MY CHILDREN         Harris Kern              1983

ANOTHER WORLD                    Lab Tech May         1984

LOVING                         Tom Hartman            1988-89

AS THE WORLD TURNS      Warren Holmes   1989 

                          Warren Lausin     1992-93

GUIDING LIGHT       Clerk       Unknown Year

                                    Mr. Piper    Unknown Year

and

@   HUNTER CONNECTION

HUNTER   "The Fifth Victim"   Stansfield    12/9/1989

movies

DR. SCORPION           Morrison      1978      (Made for T. V.)

ROLLOVER       Student   1981

STILL OF THE NIGHT   Mr. Harris    1982

WITHOUT A TRACE      Parent    1983

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY      Salesman    1984     (Made for T. V.)

THE BENIKER GANG     Attorney     1984

ONCE AGAIN       Marvin   1987      (Made for T. V.)

MANHUNT: SEARCH FOR THE NIGHT STALKER     Technician    1989     (Made for T. V.)

JFK      Television Reporter   1991

FOR LOVE OR MONEY     Josh Bailey    1993

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION      Guest at Baptism  1993

PATH TO PARADISE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING      Mark Cozin   1997    (Made for T. V.)

LAST DAYS OF MAY         1998

DUMMY               Sorensen   2002

FOUND MONEY      Attorney     2003

SLIPPERY SLOPE        Crocker Winston    2006

MY OWN LOVE SONG      Jeff Noffray     2010

THE WORD     Clive Davis     2013

JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER AND THE CASE OF BEAUTY       John Ruskin (V)  2014

THE INQUISITION OF CAMILO SANZ     Glen     2014

Video Game

MANHUNT 2       Dr. Pickman     2007

BROADWAY

I'M NOT RAPPAPORT    11/19/1985 - 1/17/1988   Replacement -- Danforth

TOURING

I'M NOT RAPPAPORT    11/28/1986 - 7/12/1987       Danforth

ETHER DOME      2014    Dr. John Warren

THEATER

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD   1970       Horatio      HartfoRd Stage

DRACULA SABBAT     1970 - 71    Arthur     Theater for the New City

COUNT DRACULA      (World Premiere)  1971 - 72   Jonathan Harker     Stage West

BORN YESTERDAY      1975     Paul Verrall     Hayloft Dinner Theater

JUSTICE  (FOX)     1979    Daniel Kalen     Playwrights Horizons -- Judy Theater

THE SLAB BOYS     1980    Jack Hogg    Hudson Guild Theatre

TRUE WEST       1982       Austin      Cherry Lane Theatre

UNHEARD SONGS     1982    Paul Hogan  Ark Theatre Company

DADDIES      1983     George     Vineyard Theatre

TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY     1984    Paul  Circle in the Square Theatre School

FALLEN ANGELS       1986       Palace Theatre   Stamford, CT

THE DOLPHIN POSITION     1992    Paul    59E59 Theaters  -- Theater B

WASP       1994     Male Voice     Ensemble Studio Theater

LIGHT UP THE SKY    1998     Owen Turner     La Jolla Playhouse

ANGEL STREET     1999    Jack Manningham     Pearl Theatre Company

VIENNA: WESTHAUS     2002        New York Theater Workshop

WAITING FOR GODOT     2005   Vladimir; Pozzo    Theatre at Saint Clement's Church

TWELVE ANGRY MEN      2007      Juror # 4      Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis

THE UNEXPECTED GUEST     2007     Inspector Thomas     Indiana Repertory Theatre

AMADEUS      2007     Count Orsini - Rosenberg   Wilma Theater

TWELVE ANGRY MEN       2008     Juror # 4           Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis

AMADEUS     2009    Count Orsini-Rosenberg       Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis    

SECRET ORDER      2009      Robert Brock    Repertory Theatre of St. Louis   

SILVER TO A TRADING AGENT   (Workshop Production)   2010   Ensemble Studio Theatre

LENIN'S EMBALMERS     2010      Stalin     Ensemble Studio Theatre

AMADEUS      2010     Count Orsini-Rosenberg    Geva Theater Center

SWEET FORGOTTEN FLAVOR    (Workshop Production)   2011      Ensemble Studio Theatre

THE GROANING BOARD   (Staged Reading)   3/24/2011    Ensemble Studio Theatre

THE CRUCIBLE         2011  Thomas Putnam Hartford Stage

AMADEUS       2012    Baron Van Swieten      Matz Jupiter Theatre

SOLDIER OF THE MIND    (Workshop Production)    2013    Ensemble Studio Theatre

34TH MARATHON OF ONE ACT PLAYS: SERIES C    2013    Ensemble Studio Theatre

                   EXISTENCE -- Izzy

THE FILM SOCIETY     2013       Hamish Fox    Harold Clurman Theatre 

THE SECOND MRS. WILSON    2015     Vice President Thomas Marshall       George Street Playhouse

ALL THE WAY         2016      J. Edgar Hoover        Arena Stage     D. C.

NIGHT OF THE IGUANA    2017      Herr Fahrenkopf   Understudy -- Jonathan Coffin

THE GREAT SOCIETY     2018    J. Edgar Hoover    Arena Stage

TROUBLE IN MIND     2023     Henry    Hartford Stage

IF ONLY          Mr. Astorcott     Cherry Lane Studio

LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA    Mr. Hempelmann      Ensemble Studio Theatre

RAIN     Stoff      Ensemble Studio Theatre

SLEEPING DOGS     Park   Intar Theatre

THE DINING ROOM     2nd Man     Playwrights Horizons

LANDSCAPE WITH WAITRESS    Arthur     Ensemble Studio Theatre

YOU NEVER CAN TELL    Bohun     Yale Repertory

SHORT PLAYS BY THORNTON WILDER    Various     Baltimore Center Stage

LOOT      Truscott    George Street Playhouse

COUNCIL OF THIRTY      Various       George Street Playhouse

TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT         Lead     Seattle Repertory Theatre

JUNGLE ROT     Devlin     Cleveland Playhouse

INSPECTING CAROL     Larry     Bay Street Theatre

LIFE IS A DREAM     Clotaldo         L. A. T. C.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN      Linder     Roundabout Theatre

BENEFACTORS     Colin    Portland Stage Company

AS YOU LIKE IT     Jacques     McCarter Theater

LIFE X 3       Hubert       Vineyard Playhouse

TROUBLE IN MIND     Henry     Hartford Stage Company

Marriage -- Bonnie

From the ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE:

As we ended 2024 and began 2025, EST mourned and remembered Richmond Hoxie.

Richmond was an actor of singular charisma, capable of summoning wild comedy and genuine menace, even within the same scene. In performance and rehearsal and in his everyday life, he brought intense dedication to his craft, cut with a wry, observant sense of humor and surprising tenderness. Richmond created performances no one else could, again and again, from the theatre’s first decade right up through its fifth.

Richmond died just before Thanksgiving. He was 78.

As people heard of his passing during the holiday season, different generations of EST were hit hard by the loss. Richmond’s career extended beyond EST, but when he was here, and you were here, he was part of how you knew the place.

Zach Grenier remembers the first time he ever saw him. “My wife Lynn and I saw him onstage at EST, in Landscape With Waitress, a play by Robert Pine with Richmond and Wende Dasteel. This was in I guess 1981, and it was an extraordinary performance, a pastoral piece that expanded into this beautiful fantasy.

“We saw Richmond and we said, ‘oh my God, who is this guy?’ So we waited in the lobby afterwards and introduced ourselves. And then we were friends for 40 years.”

That play was an early instance of the impression Richmond built with audiences and critics. Mel Gussow singled him out in the New York Times, commending his “gusto” and calling him “an open book of imaginary conversations and glamorous delusions.”

Gussow’s admiration of Richmond in the Times continued for years. In 1979 he praised his “series of deft, comic portraits” (in Neal Bell’s Operation Midnight Climax); in 1983 he called him “a master at expressing idiosyncrasies” (in Bill Wise’s Two Hotdogs With Everything at EST); and in 1989 (for Bell’s Sleeping Dogs), Gussow expanded further: “As he has demonstrated on a number of other occasions, Mr. Hoxie is an expert at mocking stuffed shirts.”

Peter Maloney directed Richmond for the first time in 1980, in Slab Boys by John Byrne.

“I cast some other guy and ended up firing him on the first day of rehearsal. And then here was Richmond Hoxie, exactly what I needed. I never once cast him and regretted it, ever.”

33 years later, Peter cast Richmond in Murray Schisgal’s Marathon one-act Existence. In that play Richmond paired with Kristin Griffith, his partner on many stages over the decades.

“I remember Richmond, with his suspenders,” said Kristin, teasingly referencing Richmond’s signature style choice. (Less formally, he’d often sport a fishing vest.) “He had that very sly sense of humor, a kind of low undercurrent way with his lines. He had a great deal of grace about him, and was very generous onstage.”

“He was very serious about the work,” said Peter. “He could be somewhat enigmatic.”

“Did you know he was a composer?” said Kristin. “We did The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder and he ended up doing the musical direction for that, and for a few other plays.”

“He loved music,” affirmed Zach. “A consummate musician. He had a piano in his apartment. He composed for a Dracula musical once. If music was playing – he’d still be sitting in the room with you, but in his mind, he left the room and went to the music.”

Richmond’s inimitable voice also brought him success in voiceovers and audiobooks – particularly the works of Milan Kundera, including The Unbearable Lightness Of Being. And he was a gifted director, particularly with A Blooming Of Ivy, a lovely piece by Garry Williams from the 2003 Marathon, featuring Jim Rebhorn and Phyllis Somerville.

But it was as an actor that people knew Richmond best: on Broadway in I’m Not Rappaport; regionally doing Shakespeare at Hartford Stage and the McCarter, Tennessee Williams at A.R.T., Arthur Miller at Hartford; and in both All the Way and The Great Society at Arena Stage, as J. Edgar Hoover. On film he was in JFK and In The Still Of The Night; on TV he did All My Children, LA Law, Boardwalk Empire and the first three Law & Order series.

Even with those credits, his work at EST looms large. Among many, many others: To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday by Michael Brady, from 1983, was one of the theatre’s first transfers, with a long run at Circle In The Square; Louis Slotin Sonata by Paul Mullin, from 2001, was a key play in the early days of the EST/Sloan Project; and Lenin’s Embalmers by Vern Thiessen, from 2009, featured Richmond’s remarkable portrayal of Joseph Stalin. Directed by Billy Carden, that cast included Peter and Zach, and both remembered his fondness for that play, and that role.

“His apartment on Thompson Street was lined with bookshelves,” chuckled Zach. “Everywhere you looked were books, and records…and that picture of Stalin.”

“We both got them from the set,” added Peter. “I got Lenin and he got Stalin. And he kept it!”

Pam Berlin directed Richmond often in his early career, including To Gillian. “I remember that apartment was full of books and records, even then,” she said.

“I also remember a story I heard about Richmond,” she added. “From the time of To Gillian. It was late in the run, I wasn’t there – but it was at curtain call, and the audience were cheering, on their feet, but that day people didn’t want to go back out. Two-show day, late in the run, who knows why. But Richmond stood up and said, ‘Listen to that audience! We owe it to them, to go back out there, to acknowledge their applause. It’s our duty, as actors.’ He took that very seriously. And I’ve never forgotten that.”

Richmond’s close friend Garrett Brown remembered him in writing:

“Ensemble. Studio. Theatre…Hoxie was all that—a colleague, a worker, a fellow compadre, and like me, part of the “Ensemble”; “Studio”, as in the artist’s studio, and as part of studying: working on stage with Richmond (we did Bill Bozzone’s Touch Black and Bill Wise’s Two Hotdogs with Everything), a delight, intent on serving the play and ever present, in the moment as partner, co-creator. But, the studied part: maybe since he was a composer and lover of music, I realized it the night I saw Hox and Paul Austin in Percy Granger’s Vivien, both of them vivid, powerful. Hoxie’s performance was so full, rich, so specific—and—so orchestrated, not pro forma, but as music is filled with that inner structured solidity that then gives off these delicious flourishes and surprises; which brings me to “Theatre” with an “-re” ending, not the convenient and Americanized “-er”—Hoxie was of the traditional, hard-won, timeless and timely—Theatre—and what a joy and gift to know him, love him, and love working with him.”

All of us at EST send our sympathy to Richmond’s wife, Bonnie; to his friends and loved ones; and to everyone who worked with him onstage, who heard him speak their words, or who ever got to be in a room with this artist, bearing witness to his art.

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KIMBERLY MADISON

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS     Roxanne's Friend    2012

GENERAL HOSPITAL      Officer __ Kelly   2025

and

A SINGLE GIRL'S SHOW   Kim    2013

PARLEE     Host    2014 - 15

movies

THE PONDERING BOX    Michael's Mother    2011

WHAT ELSE WERE YOU EXPECTING?     Samantha    2012

TACO SHOP        Tony      2018

LOQUEESHA      Shocked Radio Listener    2019

ZOOCHOSIS: FLASHBANG    2021

THE ONLY CHANCE YOU'VE GOT       Holly      2024

Upcoming

THE WOMAN COLLECTION    Server (Segment: "Key to Seduction") 2026    post Production

2 Siblings    Christopher and Paul Madison

BILL'S NEW DOCTOR -- BTG

WILL HOLLAND

       Also Credited as Will A. Holland

 BEYOND THE GATES    Dr. ____ Martinez   2/3/2026 - Present

and

Appearances on WILL TRENT and HOUSE OF PAYNE.

movies

THE NEIGHBORS ARE WATCHING    Henry Hatch    2023     (Made for T. V.)

REDHEAD     Psychiatrist   2023

KILLING ALL MY SISTERS      Ryan    2024    (Made for T. V.)

THE KILLER WITH NO NAME   Dr. Joseph Heller   2024   (Made for T. V.)

WHO'S STALKING MY FAMILY?   Leo Franzen     2024    (Made for T. V.)

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD     Receptionist    2025

SHATTERED VOWS     Brendan Rockwell     2025     (Made for T. V.)

Upcoming

HENRY'S EBB     Grant     TBA    Post Production

DAYS GO-TO POP UP ACTOR

DAN KUNZ

   

DAYS OF OUR LIVES       Cop     2021

                                          Waiter     February 2024

                                          Reporter     2024

                                          C. S. I.      8/1/2024 & 9/18/2024

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MONTICELLO ROYALTY

MAEVE McGUIRE

        7/24/1937 - Present

THE EDGE OF NIGHT     Nicole Travis Stewart Drake Cavanaugh    1968-74; 1975-77

BEACON HILL           Maude Lassiter Palmer           1975

ANOTHER WORLD     Countess Elena Carter De Poulignac  4/26/1982 - 5/18/1983; 10/14 - 27/1983

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW      Kate ____ McCleary      1986

AS THE WORLD TURNS         Lisa Grimaldi (Temporary)   1992

GUIDING LIGHT                Selena               1992-93

ONE LIFE TO LIVE              Beverly Crane    9/19/1994 - 95

ALL MY CHILDREN          Judith ____Sheffield     1997

movies

FOR LOVE OF IVY     Cashier     1968

MACBETH     Second Witch     1968     (Made for T. V.)

LAST SUMMER     Younger Woman     1969

END OF THE ROAD   Receptionist   1970

THE HOUSE ON CARROLL STREET    Mrs. Byington   1988

MASQUERADE         Aunt Eleanor    1988

WORKING GIRL     Trask Secretary   1988

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION    Polly    1993

A PERFECT MURDER      Ann Gates   1998

28 DAYS    Groom's Mother      2000

MARCI X    Woman at Auction    2003

BROADWAY

CYRANO DE BERGERAC       4/25/1968 - 6/8/1968    Cassandace; Ensemble

THE MISER     5/8/1969 - 6/21/1969      Marianne

MIXED EMOTIONS    10/12/1993 - 11/28/1993     Understudy  -- Christine Millman

GARDEN DISTRICT    10/10/1995 - 11/5/1995

            SOMETHING UNSPOKEN    Understudy -- Grace

            SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER      Understudy --  Mrs. Venable; Miss Foxhill

THEATER

THE MIDDLE AGES     1984         Cape Playhouse

THE MIDDLE AGES      July 1984             Ogunquit Playhouse

LIGHT UP THE SKY   1986      Irene Livingston     Jewish Repertory Theatre

THE ROYAL COMEDIANS    1986      Madeleine Bejart   Actors Theatre of Louisville

STEEL MAGNOLIAS   World Premiere     1987      Replacement --  M'Lynn Eatonton    Lucille Lortel Theatre 

GHOSTS    1996       Mrs. Alving    Playhouse in the Park  

SPINNING INTO BUTTER    2001 - 02    Dean Catherine Kenney  Theatreworks

WORM DAY   2003   Emily   DR2 Theatre

DA     2003    Charlie's Mother         Hyannis, MA

QUARTET     2005    Jean Horton   Merrimack Repertory Theatre

 

Maeve McGuire auditioned for a role on the short lived Soap Opera Hidden Faces before landing Nicole on The Edge of Night.

BTG FRESH FACE

 

CRIS RUIZ

BEYOND THE GATES       Max -- Smitty's Source     2/4/2026

and

Upcoming Television

WOMBATS!    Heath       TBA     Completed

movies

STILL WATERS     Javier

INTERVAL      Henchman

DANIELLE BOURJEAURD'S HAPPY HOUR     2018

COVER      Court Officer    2019

AMERICAN HUNT      Owen    2019

BRIDGE       Kyle     2021

HOT AIR     Arlo       2022

THE BIGFOOT TRAP     Hector    2023

THE STABLES      Greene     2023

THE DIPLOMAT   Gun Wielding Goon     2023

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD   Secret Service Agent    2025

REST IN PEACE, RICHMOND HOXIE

RICHMOND HOXIE 

        Also Credited as Richmond Howe

               7/21/1946 - 11/25/2024

RYAN'S HOPE             Alex Creighton          Unknown Year

ALL MY CHILDREN         Harris Kern              1983

ANOTHER WORLD                    Lab Tech May         1984

LOVING                         Tom Hartman            1988-89

AS THE WORLD TURNS      Warren Holmes   1989 

                          Warren Lausin     1992-93

GUIDING LIGHT       Clerk       Unknown Year

                                    Mr. Piper    Unknown Year

and

@   HUNTER CONNECTION

HUNTER   "The Fifth Victim"   Stansfield    12/9/1989

movies

DR. SCORPION           Morrison      1978      (Made for T. V.)

ROLLOVER       Student   1981

STILL OF THE NIGHT   Mr. Harris    1982

WITHOUT A TRACE      Parent    1983

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY      Salesman    1984     (Made for T. V.)

THE BENIKER GANG     Attorney     1984

ONCE AGAIN       Marvin   1987      (Made for T. V.)

MANHUNT: SEARCH FOR THE NIGHT STALKER     Technician    1989     (Made for T. V.)

JFK      Television Reporter   1991

FOR LOVE OR MONEY     Josh Bailey    1993

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION      Guest at Baptism  1993

PATH TO PARADISE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING      Mark Cozin   1997    (Made for T. V.)

LAST DAYS OF MAY         1998

DUMMY               Sorensen   2002

FOUND MONEY      Attorney     2003

SLIPPERY SLOPE        Crocker Winston    2006

MY OWN LOVE SONG      Jeff Noffray     2010

THE WORD     Clive Davis     2013

JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER AND THE CASE OF BEAUTY       John Ruskin (V)  2014

THE INQUISITION OF CAMILO SANZ     Glen     2014

Video Game

MANHUNT 2       Dr. Pickman     2007

BROADWAY

I'M NOT RAPPAPORT    11/19/1985 - 1/17/1988   Replacement -- Danforth

TOURING

I'M NOT RAPPAPORT    11/28/1986 - 7/12/1987       Danforth

ETHER DOME      2014    Dr. John Warren

THEATER

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD   1970       Horatio      HartfoRd Stage

DRACULA SABBAT     1970 - 71    Arthur     Theater for the New City

COUNT DRACULA      (World Premiere)  1971 - 72   Jonathan Harker     Stage West

BORN YESTERDAY      1975     Paul Verrall     Hayloft Dinner Theater

JUSTICE  (FOX)     1979    Daniel Kalen     Playwrights Horizons -- Judy Theater

THE SLAB BOYS     1980    Jack Hogg    Hudson Guild Theatre

TRUE WEST       1982       Austin      Cherry Lane Theatre

UNHEARD SONGS     1982    Paul Hogan  Ark Theatre Company

DADDIES      1983     George     Vineyard Theatre

TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY     1984    Paul  Circle in the Square Theatre School

FALLEN ANGELS       1986       Palace Theatre   Stamford, CT

THE DOLPHIN POSITION     1992    Paul    59E59 Theaters  -- Theater B

WASP       1994     Male Voice     Ensemble Studio Theater

LIGHT UP THE SKY    1998     Owen Turner     La Jolla Playhouse

ANGEL STREET     1999    Jack Manningham     Pearl Theatre Company

VIENNA: WESTHAUS     2002        New York Theater Workshop

WAITING FOR GODOT     2005   Vladimir; Pozzo    Theatre at Saint Clement's Church

TWELVE ANGRY MEN      2007      Juror # 4      Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis

THE UNEXPECTED GUEST     2007     Inspector Thomas     Indiana Repertory Theatre

AMADEUS      2007     Count Orsini - Rosenberg   Wilma Theater

TWELVE ANGRY MEN       2008     Juror # 4           Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis

AMADEUS     2009    Count Orsini-Rosenberg       Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis    

SECRET ORDER      2009      Robert Brock    Repertory Theatre of St. Louis   

SILVER TO A TRADING AGENT   (Workshop Production)   2010   Ensemble Studio Theatre

LENIN'S EMBALMERS     2010      Stalin     Ensemble Studio Theatre

AMADEUS      2010     Count Orsini-Rosenberg    Geva Theater Center

SWEET FORGOTTEN FLAVOR    (Workshop Production)   2011      Ensemble Studio Theatre

THE GROANING BOARD   (Staged Reading)   3/24/2011    Ensemble Studio Theatre

THE CRUCIBLE         2011  Thomas Putnam Hartford Stage

AMADEUS       2012    Baron Van Swieten      Matz Jupiter Theatre

SOLDIER OF THE MIND    (Workshop Production)    2013    Ensemble Studio Theatre

34TH MARATHON OF ONE ACT PLAYS: SERIES C    2013    Ensemble Studio Theatre

                   EXISTENCE -- Izzy

THE FILM SOCIETY     2013       Hamish Fox    Harold Clurman Theatre 

THE SECOND MRS. WILSON    2015     Vice President Thomas Marshall       George Street Playhouse

ALL THE WAY         2016      J. Edgar Hoover        Arena Stage     D. C.

NIGHT OF THE IGUANA    2017      Herr Fahrenkopf   Understudy -- Jonathan Coffin

THE GREAT SOCIETY     2018    J. Edgar Hoover    Arena Stage

TROUBLE IN MIND     2023     Henry    Hartford Stage

IF ONLY          Mr. Astorcott     Cherry Lane Studio

LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA    Mr. Hempelmann      Ensemble Studio Theatre

RAIN     Stoff      Ensemble Studio Theatre

SLEEPING DOGS     Park   Intar Theatre

THE DINING ROOM     2nd Man     Playwrights Horizons

LANDSCAPE WITH WAITRESS    Arthur     Ensemble Studio Theatre

YOU NEVER CAN TELL    Bohun     Yale Repertory

SHORT PLAYS BY THORNTON WILDER    Various     Baltimore Center Stage

LOOT      Truscott    George Street Playhouse

COUNCIL OF THIRTY      Various       George Street Playhouse

TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT         Lead     Seattle Repertory Theatre

JUNGLE ROT     Devlin     Cleveland Playhouse

INSPECTING CAROL     Larry     Bay Street Theatre

LIFE IS A DREAM     Clotaldo         L. A. T. C.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN      Linder     Roundabout Theatre

BENEFACTORS     Colin    Portland Stage Company

AS YOU LIKE IT     Jacques     McCarter Theater

LIFE X 3       Hubert       Vineyard Playhouse

TROUBLE IN MIND     Henry     Hartford Stage Company

Marriage -- Bonnie

From the ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE:

As we ended 2024 and began 2025, EST mourned and remembered Richmond Hoxie.

Richmond was an actor of singular charisma, capable of summoning wild comedy and genuine menace, even within the same scene. In performance and rehearsal and in his everyday life, he brought intense dedication to his craft, cut with a wry, observant sense of humor and surprising tenderness. Richmond created performances no one else could, again and again, from the theatre’s first decade right up through its fifth.

Richmond died just before Thanksgiving. He was 78.

As people heard of his passing during the holiday season, different generations of EST were hit hard by the loss. Richmond’s career extended beyond EST, but when he was here, and you were here, he was part of how you knew the place.

Zach Grenier remembers the first time he ever saw him. “My wife Lynn and I saw him onstage at EST, in Landscape With Waitress, a play by Robert Pine with Richmond and Wende Dasteel. This was in I guess 1981, and it was an extraordinary performance, a pastoral piece that expanded into this beautiful fantasy.

“We saw Richmond and we said, ‘oh my God, who is this guy?’ So we waited in the lobby afterwards and introduced ourselves. And then we were friends for 40 years.”

That play was an early instance of the impression Richmond built with audiences and critics. Mel Gussow singled him out in the New York Times, commending his “gusto” and calling him “an open book of imaginary conversations and glamorous delusions.”

Gussow’s admiration of Richmond in the Times continued for years. In 1979 he praised his “series of deft, comic portraits” (in Neal Bell’s Operation Midnight Climax); in 1983 he called him “a master at expressing idiosyncrasies” (in Bill Wise’s Two Hotdogs With Everything at EST); and in 1989 (for Bell’s Sleeping Dogs), Gussow expanded further: “As he has demonstrated on a number of other occasions, Mr. Hoxie is an expert at mocking stuffed shirts.”

Peter Maloney directed Richmond for the first time in 1980, in Slab Boys by John Byrne.

“I cast some other guy and ended up firing him on the first day of rehearsal. And then here was Richmond Hoxie, exactly what I needed. I never once cast him and regretted it, ever.”

33 years later, Peter cast Richmond in Murray Schisgal’s Marathon one-act Existence. In that play Richmond paired with Kristin Griffith, his partner on many stages over the decades.

“I remember Richmond, with his suspenders,” said Kristin, teasingly referencing Richmond’s signature style choice. (Less formally, he’d often sport a fishing vest.) “He had that very sly sense of humor, a kind of low undercurrent way with his lines. He had a great deal of grace about him, and was very generous onstage.”

“He was very serious about the work,” said Peter. “He could be somewhat enigmatic.”

“Did you know he was a composer?” said Kristin. “We did The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder and he ended up doing the musical direction for that, and for a few other plays.”

“He loved music,” affirmed Zach. “A consummate musician. He had a piano in his apartment. He composed for a Dracula musical once. If music was playing – he’d still be sitting in the room with you, but in his mind, he left the room and went to the music.”

Richmond’s inimitable voice also brought him success in voiceovers and audiobooks – particularly the works of Milan Kundera, including The Unbearable Lightness Of Being. And he was a gifted director, particularly with A Blooming Of Ivy, a lovely piece by Garry Williams from the 2003 Marathon, featuring Jim Rebhorn and Phyllis Somerville.

But it was as an actor that people knew Richmond best: on Broadway in I’m Not Rappaport; regionally doing Shakespeare at Hartford Stage and the McCarter, Tennessee Williams at A.R.T., Arthur Miller at Hartford; and in both All the Way and The Great Society at Arena Stage, as J. Edgar Hoover. On film he was in JFK and In The Still Of The Night; on TV he did All My Children, LA Law, Boardwalk Empire and the first three Law & Order series.

Even with those credits, his work at EST looms large. Among many, many others: To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday by Michael Brady, from 1983, was one of the theatre’s first transfers, with a long run at Circle In The Square; Louis Slotin Sonata by Paul Mullin, from 2001, was a key play in the early days of the EST/Sloan Project; and Lenin’s Embalmers by Vern Thiessen, from 2009, featured Richmond’s remarkable portrayal of Joseph Stalin. Directed by Billy Carden, that cast included Peter and Zach, and both remembered his fondness for that play, and that role.

“His apartment on Thompson Street was lined with bookshelves,” chuckled Zach. “Everywhere you looked were books, and records…and that picture of Stalin.”

“We both got them from the set,” added Peter. “I got Lenin and he got Stalin. And he kept it!”

Pam Berlin directed Richmond often in his early career, including To Gillian. “I remember that apartment was full of books and records, even then,” she said.

“I also remember a story I heard about Richmond,” she added. “From the time of To Gillian. It was late in the run, I wasn’t there – but it was at curtain call, and the audience were cheering, on their feet, but that day people didn’t want to go back out. Two-show day, late in the run, who knows why. But Richmond stood up and said, ‘Listen to that audience! We owe it to them, to go back out there, to acknowledge their applause. It’s our duty, as actors.’ He took that very seriously. And I’ve never forgotten that.”

Richmond’s close friend Garrett Brown remembered him in writing:

“Ensemble. Studio. Theatre…Hoxie was all that—a colleague, a worker, a fellow compadre, and like me, part of the “Ensemble”; “Studio”, as in the artist’s studio, and as part of studying: working on stage with Richmond (we did Bill Bozzone’s Touch Black and Bill Wise’s Two Hotdogs with Everything), a delight, intent on serving the play and ever present, in the moment as partner, co-creator. But, the studied part: maybe since he was a composer and lover of music, I realized it the night I saw Hox and Paul Austin in Percy Granger’s Vivien, both of them vivid, powerful. Hoxie’s performance was so full, rich, so specific—and—so orchestrated, not pro forma, but as music is filled with that inner structured solidity that then gives off these delicious flourishes and surprises; which brings me to “Theatre” with an “-re” ending, not the convenient and Americanized “-er”—Hoxie was of the traditional, hard-won, timeless and timely—Theatre—and what a joy and gift to know him, love him, and love working with him.”

All of us at EST send our sympathy to Richmond’s wife, Bonnie; to his friends and loved ones; and to everyone who worked with him onstage, who heard him speak their words, or who ever got to be in a room with this artist, bearing witness to his art.

 RECENT COP ON THE PORT CHARLES BEAT

KIMBERLY MADISON

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS     Roxanne's Friend    2012

GENERAL HOSPITAL      Officer __ Kelly   2025

and

A SINGLE GIRL'S SHOW   Kim    2013

PARLEE     Host    2014 - 15

movies

THE PONDERING BOX    Michael's Mother    2011

WHAT ELSE WERE YOU EXPECTING?     Samantha    2012

TACO SHOP        Tony      2018

LOQUEESHA      Shocked Radio Listener    2019

ZOOCHOSIS: FLASHBANG    2021

THE ONLY CHANCE YOU'VE GOT       Holly      2024

Upcoming

THE WOMAN COLLECTION    Server (Segment: "Key to Seduction") 2026    post Production

2 Siblings    Christopher and Paul Madison

BILL'S NEW DOCTOR -- BTG

WILL HOLLAND

       Also Credited as Will A. Holland

 BEYOND THE GATES    Dr. ____ Martinez   2/3/2026 - Present

and

Appearances on WILL TRENT and HOUSE OF PAYNE.

movies

THE NEIGHBORS ARE WATCHING    Henry Hatch    2023     (Made for T. V.)

REDHEAD     Psychiatrist   2023

KILLING ALL MY SISTERS      Ryan    2024    (Made for T. V.)

THE KILLER WITH NO NAME   Dr. Joseph Heller   2024   (Made for T. V.)

WHO'S STALKING MY FAMILY?   Leo Franzen     2024    (Made for T. V.)

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD     Receptionist    2025

SHATTERED VOWS     Brendan Rockwell     2025     (Made for T. V.)

Upcoming

HENRY'S EBB     Grant     TBA    Post Production

DAYS GO-TO POP UP ACTOR

DAN KUNZ

   

DAYS OF OUR LIVES       Cop     2021

                                          Waiter     February 2024

                                          Reporter     2024

                                          C. S. I.      8/1/2024 & 9/18/2024

                                          Code Team Member   5/26/2025

                                         Stalker January 8, 23 & 28, 2026

@DRW50 @Bright Eyes @vetsoapfan @jam6242 @TEdgeofNight @Tisy-Lish

Thank you for the post. I had forgotten that Maeve subbed for Eileen Fulton as Lisa on ATWT. I believe that was the last time I saw her on daytime, even though she did have later soap opera roles.

@slick jones , I always appreciate the time and work you put in here.😉

That first photo of Maeve McGuire is gorgeous.

Jayne Bentzen may have been a model and a lovely woman, but our Maeve was a radiant STAR!😍

OH MONROE!

JIM J. BULLOCK

      Born James Jackson Bullock

         Also Credited as Jm. J. Bullock, JM J Bullock, Jim Bullock  

               2/9/1955 - Present

POPULAR       Judge    2001

SOAP TALK    2004

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL     Serge    2005; 2009

GLEE     Cert     2015

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL      Joseph Beasley  January 2026

and

SUNSHINE FACTORY    E. E. Erdurm     1979

THE NEW BATTLESTARS     1983

MATCH GAME/HOLLYWOOD SQUARES HOUR    1983 -84

HOT POTATO     1984

ALL STAR BLITZ     1985

BODY LANGUAGE    1984 - 85

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT    Monroe Ficus   1980 - 87

ANIMAL CRACK-UPS     1987

NEW HOLLYWOOD SQUARES    1986 - 89

SUPER SLOPPY DOUBLE DARE   1989

ALF       Neal Tanner    1989 - 90

MATCH GAME 1990lo

THE JIM J AND TAMMY FAYE SHOW     Host   1996   

I'VE GOT A SECRET     2000- 01

INTIMATEPORTRAIT   2001

QUEER DUCK    Adam Seymour "Queer Duck" Duckstein    (V) 2000 - 02

LIVING IN TV LAND    2004

BALDERDASH       2004

LOVE LOUNGE     2005

NED'S DECLASSIFIED SCHOOL SURVIVAL GUIDE  Mr. Monroe    2004 - 07

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO?     2007

WORST COOKS IN AMERICA    2014

HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM SQUARES    2021

HISTORY OF THE SITCOM    2021

Television Special

THE ANNUAL TONY AWARD PARTY TO PRESENT THE JULIE HARRIS AWARD     2003

PodCasts

DAREKTORS CUT  2023

TOO OPINIONATED    2025

movies

THE ADVENTURES OF HUMPTY DUMPTY   (V)   1979

FULL MOON HIGH     Eddie   1981

SPACEBALLS     Prince Valium     1987

SWITCH    The Psychic   1991

GET YOUR STUFF    Tom    2000

THE SCARECROW    Magistrate     (V)    2000

THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE    2000

IMP, INC   Net'l   (V)         2001   (Made for T. V.)

KISSING JESSICA STEIN    Not Yet Out Gay Guy   2001

10 ATTITUDES       Tex      2001

CIRCUIT      Mark      2001

GAYDAR    Maurice's Ex    2002

JOHN CANDY: COMIC SPIRIT    2005

SPACEBALLS: THE DOCUMENTARY     2005

QUEER DUCK: THE MOVIE   2006

ONE. TOO. MANY    Derek     2008

COST OF LIVING     Bill    2009

THE FISH      2009

GETTING INTO CHARACTER: THE MAKING OF ROLE/PLAY   2010

ROLE/PLAY     Bernie    2010

FRANCES: A MOTHER DIVINE    2010

RON AND LAURA TAKE BACK AMERICA     Bob Zackie     2014

NEIGHBORS COOKING    2018

COMMITMENT TO LIFE    2023

BROADWAY

HAIRSPRAY        8/15/2002 - 1/4/2009    Replacement -- Wilbur Turnblad   9/18/2007 - ????; Replacement -- Harriman F. Spritzer   3/2005 - ????; Replacement -- Mr. Pinky   3/2005 - ????; Replacement -- Harriman F. Spritzer    8/2004 - ????; Replacement -- Mr. Pinky  8/2004 - ????; Replacement -- Principal; Replacement -- Guard; Understudy -- Edna Turnblad

HAIR     920/2004

TOURING

HAIRSPRAY    9/9/2003 - 6/25/2006    Replacement -- Wilbur Turnblad

KINKY BOOTS     9/4/2014 - 6/18/2017     Replacement -- George  4/10/2015 - 6/18/2017

THEATER

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN      1988      Charlie Davenport   Lobero Theatre     Santa Barbara

HOWARD CRABTREE'S WHEN PIGS FLY     1999     Coronet Theatre  Los Angeles

DANCE WITH ME      (Workshop Production)   2008     Ackerman   West Hollywood Church

THE FANCY BOYS FOLLIES    2008     Jim    45th Street Theatre

HAIRSPRAY     2010        Wilbur Turnblad    Pittsburgh   CLO

HAIRSPRAY     2011      Edna Turnblad   Arvada Center for the Arts

HAIRSPRAY     2011     Edna Turnblad    Musical Theatre West

BYE BYE BIRDIE    2014     Mr. Harry McAfee    Cabrillo Music Theatre

DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST    2015   Cogsworth   Tuacahn Amphitheatre

DISNEY'S WHEN YOU WISH  (World Premiere)  2015    Tuacahn Amphitheatre

DISNEY'S WHEN YOU WISH    2019     Tuacahn Amphitheatre

KINKY BOOTS    2022      George     Hollywood Bowl

• In 1996, Bullock's partner of six years, John Casey, died from AIDS-related complications. Bullock announced his partner's death and his coming out as an HIV positive man at the same time.'

https://www.davickservices.com/jim_j_bullock.htm

https://blogblaster.co.uk/jim-j-bullock/

https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2025/02/ups-and-downs-for-jim-j-bullock.html#:~:text=Some%20performers%20go%20berserk%20with,Jim%2C%20just%20to%20be%20different.

DARTMOUTH PROFESSOR

JAMES GOODWIN RICE 

ANOTHER WORLD       Morgue Attendant     1981

Detective De Mayo               May 1984

LOVING           Detective Bill Corbett    1987

and

3-2-1 CONTACT      Plainclothesman   1980

movies

THE RAPE OF RICHARD PECK    Witherspoon    1985         (Made for T. V.)

THIS IS A DOOR        2005

THEATER

GHOSTS          1991     River Arts Repertory     Woodstock, NY

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING     Leonato          Dartmouth

A NUMBER         Salter           Dartmouth

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW    Narrator        Dartmouth

THE DISTANCE FROM HERE        DIRECTOR

THREE SISTERS            Vershinin     

RUBBER CHICKEN     Ensemble Studio Theatre

ROMEO AND JULIET           in Rwanda

ROMEO AND JULIET         in Bosnia-Herzegovina

AS YOU LIKE IT            in Bosnia-Herzegovina

A CHRISTMAS CAROL    2014   Portly Gentleman   Briggs Opera House    Vermont

Dartmouth Directory

Faculty/staff

James Goodwin Rice

|Senior LecturerAcademic Appointments

Senior Lecturer

Acting & Voice Teacher

James Goodwin Rice is the Groucho Marx Senior Lecturer of Acting and Voice. He has been an actor and teacher for nearly fifty years and has taught at Dartmouth College since 1997.

Experienced on both New York and regional stages, Rice appeared in episodic television, movies of the week and in daytime television roles.

At Dartmouth he has taught Acting I and II; Speaking Voice for the Stage; and created the special topics courses Voice II—Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice; Shakespeare-in-the-Schools; and Augusto Boal's Forum Theater: Rehearsal for Living. In 2008 he was named Senior Lecturer at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth where he created and teaches the theater-skills based communication course, Communicating with Presence.

He has appeared in Dartmouth productions as Leonato in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Salter in Caryl Churchill's A NUMBER, the Narrator in ROCKY HORROR SHOW and directed THE DISTANCE FROM HERE by Neil LaBute. Additionally, James serves as departmental voice coach.

In 2002 Rice created The Faculty Voice Group and for fifteen years facilitated term-long weekly meetings where faculty members could heighten presentation skills and share in discussions of commonly occurring challenges to communicating effectively.

James is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, was a student of Sanford Meisner, William Esper, and subsequently, Uta Hagen, at the Hagen-Berghof Studio.  In 1991 he was designated by Kristin Linklater as an authorized teacher of her vocal approach for actors. James attended the University of Washington, Skidmore College (BS) and New York University (MA).

Mr. Rice's teaching background also includes Skidmore College, State University of New York, Vassar/Powerhouse Theater Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Emerson College, and as a Visiting Guest Artist Master Teacher for the University of Pittsburgh MFA program.

He is a founder of the Capital Repertory Theater in Albany, NY, where he appeared in more than twenty roles. As a member of Shakespeare and Company of Lenox, MA, he taught and acted for more than 15 years. Other regional appearances include Northern Stage, Boston Center for the Arts, O'Neill Theater Center, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Virginia Stage, The Empty Space, A Contemporary Theater, and Tony award-winning Intiman Theater, where he was a founding player.  He appeared in Ibsen's GHOSTS with Joanne Woodward, directed by Michael Cristofer; played Vershinin in the New York premiere of Lanford Wilson's translation of THREE SISTERS; and was directed by Susan Sarandon in Steven Rotblatt's RUBBER CHICKEN at Ensemble Studio Theater.

Most recently, Rice has served as associate director of Youth Bridge Global, a not-for-profit that produces Shakespeare’s plays and Broadway musicals with high school and university students in particularly under-resourced areas in formerly wartime countries and sites of genocide. His most recent productions include AS YOU LIKE IT and ROMEO AND JULIET in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and ROMEO AND JULIET in Kigali, Rwanda.

REPLACED BY THE BRITCH IN 2012, NOW PLAYING ANNA'S SHRINK...

KAVI RAMACHANDRAN LADNIER

      Born Kavitha Ramachandran

            Also Credited as Kavi Ladnier

                  1/15/1974 - Present

GENERAL HOSPITAL       Dr. ___  Varahabhotla  aka Dr "V"   8/20 - 21/2012

DAYS OF OUR LIVES      Mediator Agnes Fielden      1/4/2026

GENERAL HOSPITAL      Dr. ____    Laurent     2/4/2026 - Present? 

and

HEROES     Mira Shenoy    (2 Episodes)    2006; 2009

INDEPENDENT VOICES     2011

DWELLING       Mia     2013

NCIS: LOS ANGELES    NCIS Reserve Agent Shyla Dahr     2022 - 23

THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS    Reena Malhotra   2021; 2024 - 25

PodCasts

THE ZIP CODE PLAYS: LOS ANGELES     Mina    2020

THE CO-FOUNDER      2022

movies

SUBWAY STORIES: TALES FROM THE UNDERGROUND  (Segment: "Sax Cantor Riff")   D'Jamila 1997   (Made for T. V.)

DRY CLEAN ONLY    Mystery Woman     2006

MISTER WOODCOCK     Official Woman     2007

JIHAD: SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS     Narrator    2007

KARMA CALLING       Radha Joshi      2009

INDIAN GANGSTER    Priya     2009

I HEART HOLLYWOOD    2009

THE BLUE ROSE     Nadhari Farasah    2011

FLAWLESS        Neha       2011

THE NEW KID    Landlord's Wife   2011

APPNTMENT       Mother     2012

COLD PRESSED     Susanna Leggierie    2018

BORIS AND THE BOMB       Maya    2019

NOW AND NEVER    Harriet; Memba; Willabee     2022

EAST BAY       Vivanti    2022

AUNTIE     Kiran    2022

GIVING MOM THE TALK      Meena     2025

Upcoming 

BEST OF THE BEST       Shree   TBA    Post Production

AUGURY     Mom     TBA     Completed

Video Game

DIABLO IV        2023

THEATER

ANON(YMOUS)

VAGINA MONOLOGUES

HENRY V      Alice

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM      Hippolyta

FREE OUTGOING       Nirmala; Kakila; Usha

THE SUPPLIANT WOMAN     Io; Chorus 6

PRIVILEGE      Woman

GET ME TO THE ZOOM ON TIME     Dr. Rita Pandya

THE ZIP CODE PLAYS 90403: SANTA MONICA     Mina

MISS LILY GETS BONED      Vandalla Shalla

PERICLES    The Bawd

CROSSCURRENTS        Marie

PENTECOST      1995        Tunu      Yale Repertory Theatre

TULPA     1999   Ida  Target Margin Theatre

SEVEN.ELEVEN.2005 (7  11-Minute Plays set in a Convenience Store)     April - May 2005  Tenement Theatre, NYC

              SALESGIRL         Cay

              COLOR ME DESI       Aunty

              SOONDERELLA    Soonderella

HATEF*CK      2019    Layla        McGinn/Cazale

Marriage --    Cooper Madison Ladnier  6/3/2000 - ??/??/????   1 Child -- Leela

Inspirational Women In Hollywood: How Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier Is Helping To Shake Up The Entertainment Industry

An Interview With Ming Zhao     Dec 29, 2022    

Take the work doing theatre with kids in schools, or something that interests you in the industry, and don’t worry about being available for auditions or that next big gig. Those jobs are filled with theatre professionals who are coming and going. I look back at the temp jobs I took that actually were soul sucking and wish I had done more with the youth in schools instead of waiting for that job or call.

Asa part of our series about Inspirational Women In Hollywood, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier.

Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier is a seasoned actor, writer, producer who has over 27 years of experience working in theatre, film & television. Born in India and raised in the US since she was a baby, Kavi was inspired to act at 5, by the little Indian girl at the end of THE JUNGLE BOOK, and inspired to produce because she saw so few people that looked like her on the screen. Expanding the narrative about women in all of their womanity, is part of her mission.

Kavi is currently recurring on her second season of CBS’ top rated franchise NCIS: LA as Reserve Agent Shyla Dahr. She was also last seen as Reena on THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS for HBO Max. Kavi stars in the Award Winning one woman movie NOW AND NEVER which she produced with her company Art Heart Love Productions. Kavi produced and stars in the feature film EAST BAY which also stars Constance Wu. Both films are currently having a vibrant festival run. Kavi also received rave reviews for her Off-Broadway, sexy, smart performance opposite Sendhill Ramamurthy in HATEF*CK.

Kavi is about to produce the feature THE 8th YEAR, a revenge thriller to be shot in Vancouver Q1 of 2023, is a creative producer/actor on a feature film in development with PoC Studios (People of Culture), and writing a short film with TV legend and her NCIS: LA co-star Gerald McCraney which she will also co-produce and co-direct. She co-produced & starred in the feature Boris and the Bomb, currently on Tubi/Prime/IMDB TV and in addition to film has produced children’s theatre, a PSA for the US Census and a campaign video for Thevi Cosmetics.

www.kaviladnier.com www.nowandneverfilm.com

Thank you so much for doing this with us! Our readers would love to get to know you a bit better. Can you tell us the story of how you grew up?

Thank you so much for inviting me! I was born in Kerala, India and when I was 8 months old my mom and I came to the U.S., to Kalamazoo, MI to join my dad who was getting his Masters. That was the first time I met my father because he left for school when my mom was 6 months pregnant, but she says the moment I saw him I leapt into his arms. We lived in MI, OH (where my sisters were born), NYS, and FL before I moved to NYC at 18 to attend NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. No, he wasn’t military but just kept getting promoted to places that has bases, and I got to experience a lot of really different places and people.

Can you share a story with us about what brought you to this specific career path?

I have wanted to be an actor since I was 5 years old when I saw the little girl at the end of The Jungle Book. I had never seen someone who looked like me on such a huge screen, but I saw myself in her and told my mom that is what I want to do. There was close to no South Asian representation in American film and tv back then, but that animated character who looked like me showed me my path and I’ve never looked back. Representation truly matters.

Can you tell us the most interesting story that happened to you since you began your career?

Gosh I’ve been at this professionally for almost 28 years and I’ve had so many incredible experiences, but ok I know which one to share. This profession can be really tough on the soul if one isn’t able to be your own hype person. It’s full of rejection and uncertainty and you really need to be able to stay focused and positive and work on your craft and love it even if you’re not making money or being recognized for the work. I really truly believe that if a role is yours no thing can stop it from being yours and the same is true if it isn’t. I’ve not booked some of the best auditions of my life and booked ones where maybe I flubbed a line or was really unclear of how it went. I am thankful that I have always believed this and that as I got older this way of thinking lives so deep in me because after allowing myself to feel the disappointment I then am able to let it go. I taught my daughter the same from the beginning so she is able to manage her disappointments too. So all that said, here’s the story:

Back in 2006 I was called into audition for the role of Mira on the first season of a brand new show called Heroes. I was so prepared and excited for my first audition on the Universal lot. We only had one car, and so the day of the audition, my then husband and 3 year old and I drove together and he needed to make a deposit at the bank. He insisted on going to a branch nearby BEFORE my audition and I was late. I was fuming and late. I ran into the casting office, and they had already seen everyone. The casting associate told me to hurry and showed me into the room. I barely took a breath to say hello to the CD, Jason La Padura and started the scene. When I was done he looked at me and said, “What was that?” I kid not. I was mortified. I got up, thanked them for their time and started to leave when he said, “Do it again.” This time I centered myself and did the scene again. And he said something acknowledging it was better. Anyway.. that wasn’t a pleasant car ride home. Ha! But I got called for a Producers Session, and nailed it in a room of 20 execs and writers. It’s a much longer story, but from my first audition, being late and pretty much sucking to booking a fantastic role on what would become a huge hit show is a great example of if it’s yours it’s yours.

It has been said that our mistakes can be our greatest teachers. Can you share a story about the funniest mistake you made when you were first starting? Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that?

I’m not sure its’s funny, and it definitely wasn’t funny when it happened but I did learn from it. I am pretty short and always looked younger than I was which meant at 21 I looked like a young teenager. I was at NYU and I got an appointment to meet with Kirsten Dunst’s manager. I had short hair at the time and with my then round face and a pair of overalls I looked like I would fit right in with her young roster. I walked in for the meeting and shortly after we started talking she said, “You look young but when you speak I can tell you are older.” Oof! I was so focused on how I looked that I didn’t consider how energetically I really was no longer a teenager. I went on to play younger roles on tv and on the stage but I never forgot to walk in the room embodying the character. I also learned that when I am meant to be myself, that I don’t want to pretend to be someone I am not.

None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that?

My parents are Indian immigrants and no one in my family was an actor, heck my dad was a seriously brilliant scientist, and while they didn’t and don’t understand what I do or the unstable life of an artist, they supported me going to NYU and choosing this path anyway. It’s hard enough to choose any career, but when that career has no proof of succeeding, no representation to show that others like you have been super successful, its doubly difficult.. especially for immigrant parents. But I chose this path from the very beginning and they never forced me to have a plan B or to pause and get a “real” job. It’s not been easy and I cannot say I’ve always felt supported, but I cannot thank them enough for believing in me and my dreams. Unless you have strict immigrant parents I’m not sure if you can really appreciate how rare that is especially back in the 90’s. When I got into my dream school NYU, they sat me down and said, “By God’s grace you got in and so it’s our duty to support you.” I didn’t appreciate how rare that really was and I am so grateful to them for making it possible.

You have been blessed with great success in a career path that can be challenging. Do you have any words of advice for others who may want to embark on this career path, but seem daunted by the prospect of failure?

Dream Big and Always Be Working. Sometimes we water down our dreams to protect ourselves from disappointment, but dream big AND don’t just live in your dreams. Be active in creating them, and also allow your dreams to evolve. We call actors who earn a living from acting, “working actors”, but I’ve been a working actor for my whole career even when I wasn’t making money. Do the thing. Create. Learn. Scene study and acting classes are practice for self tapes and auditions. And auditions are your job even if you’re not being paid. Think of every audition as an opportunity to act and it becomes easy to see the blessings. No part of this process is wasted.

I would also emphasize that unless you are part of the less than 1% who never needs a day job.. it’s a part of this path to have a day job, so find work you really like doing. You are NOT copping out having a job you like or even love because finding fulfillment in places other than acting means you are not waiting around for that acting job and that allows you to call those experiences in.

Know who are you and find joy in the moments you are not on stage or on set so that when you are, you are truly present to the experience instead of already worrying about when the next opportunity will come.

Every industry iterates and seeks improvement. What changes would you like to see in the industry going forward?

Oh boy! A lot. It’s an ongoing journey, but I can appreciate that there have been positive changes too. That being said, something that really bothered me early on was how non-white characters were often relegated to the supporting role and while that wasn’t always the case it was rare that a leading role led to a flourishing career. Case in point .. Bend It Like Beckham that made Kiera Knightly famous and didn’t really elevate the film’s lead Parmindra Nagra. It’s exhausting to see most projects with white leads, as a default. There has definitely been some positive movement, but not enough. I am thinking about books whose main characters ethnicity aren’t specified, but when the movie is made the leads are white by default. It is a false narrative that audiences won’t watch films or shows w leads of color. When we see ourselves reflected in art it empowers us and so making sure more people have the opportunity to feel empowered and inspired means we have a responsibility to make casting even more diverse and reflective of our society.

You have such impressive work. What are some of the most interesting or exciting projects you are working on now? Where do you see yourself heading from here?

Thank you. I feel incredibly grateful to be doing what I love. I can’t wait to see where things go w NCIS LA and I hope to be acting in varied projects in film, tv and on the stage for years to come. My short film Now And Never (www.nowandneverfilm.com) and the feature I star in with Constance Wu, East Bay are getting great audience responses at festivals and I will continue to promote both films.

I am producing a feature film called The 8th Year in Vancouver, Canada in 2023. The 8th Year is a revenge thriller, but from the point of view of a strong woman. I truly believe that we as humans need to be willing to look at our shadows, our darkest parts in order to learn and shine light on them. So even though “revenge thriller” is not a genre I am normally attracted to, when I read the script by Edward King III, Cheyenne Buchanan, and Trace De La Torre… my producers mind started working, and I felt compelled to consider it more deeply. Also this was just days before Roe was overturned and when it was frankly I needed someplace to put my own rage and upset and to feel empowered. Our story focuses on young woman’s need and desire to champion justice for her childhood best friend and what lengths she will go to to secure that justice.

I’m developing a feature with one of my producing partners Anu Hodges. It’s an ensemble family comedy about a blended family of Desi(South Asian)/Black entertainers who, while caught up in their lives of being woke performers, take in a family of Afghan refugees to live in their basement duplex and learn to put their problems into unexpected perspective/the refugee family deals with issues such as PTSD and belonging. Ultimately it’s a story of family love and romantic love set against a backdrop of our very Western societal need to be politically correct and our individual need to tend to our deep ancestral, mental health.

In 2023 am going to co-write, co-produce and co-direct a short film with a couple of folks that are so fab I want to scream it from the rooftops but I am gonna wait a little bit before I do:) I am looking at biographies tp produce and I have a dream project based on a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri that I would love to get the rights to and make one day. And I am also in the process of writing my first children’s book.

So you know, not much going on. Hahahaha.

We are very interested in looking at diversity in the entertainment industry. Can you share three reasons with our readers why you think it’s important to have diversity represented in film and television? How can that potentially affect our culture and our youth growing up today?

I’m gonna mash both these questions together as I feel each of these points well lived can positively affect our culture and youth deeply.

I started my production company Art Heart Love Productions because producing content that will amplify the unity in our diversity is of the utmost importance to me. And to that point and to your question… here is why.

#1. We all feel deeply, we struggle and love, and while our circumstances may be different, we are all human, and if we can embrace that fact about each other we can have a better shared experience. Art reveals this in honest and heartbreaking and hilarious ways.

#2. When we see others who look like us represented on screen we gain a broader vision of what is possible. My seeing the little girl in The Jungle Book changed my life and while I imagine I would have still found my way to this path, who knows for sure, but I know seeing her made me see myself at a very young age.

#3 And also seeing people who are not like us opens our hearts. Film,Theatre, Television, Books, Fine Art… all can open us up to people who we may never cross paths with or experiences we have never even imagined. What we need most as a human family is empathy and empathy isn’t just being able to understand because you have gone through something similar. True empathy is being able to understand what another person’s point of view is even if you completely disagree. We can feel empathy for even the worst of people and this doesn’t absolve them of their behavior, but it does free us to live with less judgement so we also are empowered to truly be of service and fight for others.

If young people can keep perspective and learn to see the unity in our diversity, which they already do better than most, I believe we will be ok:)

What are your “5 things I wish someone told me when I first started” and why? Please share a story or example for each.

1. Take the work doing theatre with kids in schools, or something that interests you in the industry, and don’t worry about being available for auditions or that next big gig. Those jobs are filled with theatre professionals who are coming and going. I look back at the temp jobs I took that actually were soul sucking and wish I had done more with the youth in schools instead of waiting for that job or call.

2. If it’s yours its yours and if it’s not it’s not. (See the story about Heroes:) I live by that now but man those early years I just felt horrible when something didn’t go my way.

3. Don’t compare yourself to anyone else. This was a hard one to learn, but when I did I realized that even if I was standing next to 5 others people who looked just like me .. that who I am and the experiences I have had and lessons I have learned are what me me and so how is this a competition? Cause… SEE #2

4. Embrace the things you do not love or like about yourself. Physically or otherwise. For me one of these things was my height .. I am very short. But what I have learned is that the things we resist not only persist, but are often the key to uncovering our truth. The things we say no to over and over or because we are scared will often reveal who we are to ourselves if we are willing to look at them. So if you are adamant about saying no then just take a moment to reflect on the yes before deciding. Doesn’t mean you gotta go w the yes, but It’s a more holistic way of looking at things that allows us to be more self-aware and conscious.

5. Have fun. Find the fun. Be serious about your craft, but not so serious that you put pressure on yourself. Not just in the acting, but in whatever job or task life has you doing. I was always looking 3 steps ahead early on and when I learned to be where I was I found more joy and frankly more work.

Can you share with our readers any self-care routines, practices or treatments that you do to help your body, mind or heart to thrive? Please share a story for each one if you can.

I talk with myself. Ha! I do. Letting my brain lead isn’t always the right way to go so I take the reins and talk things through. I reflect on all angles of a problem and find a way to take responsibility for myself. It doesn’t mean taking the blame but it does provide a way to not get lost in blaming others. Staying HERE NOW is a priority for me. Sometimes NOW is a good place and sometimes it’s not, but being grounded in the present means gaining valuable perspective. I do not judge myself for feeling anything; the good, bad and the ugly of human emotions, and giving myself this grace has really allowed me to stop being as judgmental of others. This isn’t just pie in the sky thinking. I would rather own that I hate something or even someone then waste my time or energy judging them. Being honest with how I feel is freeing and empowering. This way of being is the best self-care I have every given myself.

I drink a lot of water and always wear sunscreen. I take really good care of my skin and never sleep with my makeup on. And the most important is I try to be kind and help when and where I can. I yearn to live a dharmic life and be of service day to day and through my art and this fills me and makes my heart thrive.

Can you please give us your favorite “Life Lesson Quote”? Can you share how that was relevant to you in your life?

I was raised Hindu, but claim no religion as mine. I believe God is Love and Love is God and live with that faith. The mantra I live by in ALL aspects of my life whether it be career, motherhood, friendships, love… is this. “Lord open the doors you want me to walk through and close the doors that You don’t”. It’s paraphrased from a prayer by St Francis and has become such a deep rooted part of who I am that I need only say OPEN DOORS to remind myself of the whole thing. It allows me to surrender while also being active. We are human and meant to make effort and I do… I work with all my heart to create. As an actor often the work is auditioning and as my belief is that what is meant for me is mine because the the right door will open, this helps me to stay focused on the work for the works sake. I remind myself of this constantly. It is my practice to stay present to this. And it wasn’t always this way, but now I can allow myself the disappointment… it just doesn’t last because if it’s mine nothing could have kept it from me or me from it. There is a freedom I have in my life that honestly I didn’t even have a year ago and that reminder that my highest Self is guiding me always brings me a lot of peace.

You are a person of enormous influence. If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be?

To not judge ourselves. To be willing to face our shadow and love all of who we are. We can change things about ourselves without hating on ourselves. So much of the hate and ugliness that people are insisting on living from is fear. So a movement to accept and love ourselves and face our fears I think would change the way people see one another. Change starts with us and when we really see ourselves, we can truly see that we are all more alike than we are different.

Is there a person in the world whom you would love to have lunch with, and why? Maybe we can tag them and see what happens!

There are so many, but I will say Viola Davis. I am listening to her autobiography and moved beyond words. She is a pretty tremendous human who has done the work of becoming herSelf. There are things that resonate so deeply with me even though we have had different life experiences. I was standing next to her in Whole Foods once and I went completely blank as to where my cart was and imagined telling her that story on day on set, but I’d love to at lunch:)

Are you on social media? How can our readers follow you online?

I am:)

kaviladnier1111 on Instagram.

KaviRamachandranLadnier on FB.

I’m KaviLadnier on Twitter, but am rarely on that platform.

This was so informative, thank you so much! We wish you continued success!

Thank you for this opportunity to share and the well wishes.  

DOCTOR QUIMBY, I PRESUME?

STEVE SUH

GOOD TROUBLE       Officer    2022

DAYS OF OUR LIVES     Dr. ___   Quimby    1/6/2026

and

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAMANTHA JANE     Uber Driver    2016

SHAMELESS     Rocky     2017

YOU DID WHAT?      Dr. Michael Cho    2018

SNOWFALL     Johnny B   (2 Episodes)    2022

movies

BIG BAD BUGS    Dan Johnson     2012

TRANSITION    Cult Leader    2012

iVOTE     District Attorney's Assistant    2012

BOUND      Security Officer      2015

SILENT SOLDIER     V. C. Soldier    2016

PARADOX     Van Lang      2016

THE LAST HEIST      Chen      2016

NOAH, COME HOME   Adam     2018

SPANKY        Weasel     2021    (Made for T. V.)

TRANSPLANT     Family Friend    2024

Upcoming

GAWI     Dr. Ken      2026     Completed

IN THE SHADOW OF THE FLAG       Self     TBA   Post Production

(N)EDDIE MAINE

WALLY KURTH

     Born Wallace Berkeley Kurth

                 7/3/1958 - Present 

PURE SOAP 1994

GENERAL HOSPITAL     "Lenny"   The Catherine Flynn Episode     12/31/2002

SOAPOGRAPHY      2004

SOAP TALK    2003; 2004; 2006

I WANNA BE A SOAP STAR   2006

AS THE WORLD TURNS    Sam Hutchins    11/30/2007- 2/11/2008

GH FANASTY       2015; 2018

SOAPCENTRAL      2018

DAYS OF OUR LIVES     Justin Kiriakis     Contract -- 2/3/1987 - 2/5/1991; Recurring -- 8/11/2009 - 4/3/2014; 2/17/2015 - 8/26/2015; Contract --9/1/2015 - 6/7/2016; Recurring -- 6/17/2016 - 2/28/2020; Contract -- 3/2/2020 - 9/2/2020; Recurring -- 9/11/2020 - 1/11/2025; 11/20/2025; 12/5/2025; 1/7 & 29/2026

GENERAL HOSPITAL   Edward "Ned" Ashton Quartermaine   9/9/1991 - July 2007;November 2007; November 2012; 1/24/2013; April 2014 - 5/19/2015; 10/19/2015; 3/29/2016 - Present Recurring 

and

INTIMATE PORTRAIT      2003

ONE DAY WITH     Host    2004

BATTLE 360     Narrator      2008

GENERATOR REX     Voice of Captain Callen  aka Agent Six   2010-13

LADIES OF THE LAKE        Hudson Montgomery   2016

THE FREDDIE AND ALYSSA SHOW   2020

THIS SHOW SUCKS TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES      Wayne Billings    2022

Television Specials

82ND ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE    2013

GENERAL HOSPITAL: 60 YEARS OF STARS AND STORYTELLING   2024

movies

FINAL EMBRACE      Devon    1991

POM POKO    (E) Tamasaburo        1994

I LOVE YOU, DON'T TOUCH ME!   David Barclay    1997  

THE STEPSISTER   Man Holding Baby    1997    (Made for T. V.)

AMY'S ORGASM     Beautiful Guy   2001

DECODING THE PAST: THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD    Narrator   2007     (Made for T. V.)

CLASS C: THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN      Narrator     2008

ULTIMATE ARMORED CAR: THE PRESIDENTIAL BEAST     Narrator    2012      (Made for T. V.)

BLUE SKIES      Tom Hammond   2014

TALL IN THE SADDLE BUILDING CHAMPIONS    2014

MORE BEAUTIFUL FOR HAVING BEEN BROKEN    Bus -- Singer and Bartender    2019

A BRIDE'S NIGHTMARE         Hank       2021

COMMON AS RED HAIR   Will    2023

Video Games

RESERVOIR DOGS    2006

FUSIONFALL    Agent Six    2009

STORMRISE     Arc Hammer Driver; Sai Transport; Warrior Soldier   2007

COMMAND AND CONQUER 4: TIBERIAN TWILIGHT    2010

OPERATION FLASHPOINT: RED RIVER      Marines     2011

GENERATOR REX: AGENT OF PROVIDENCE     Agent Six; Captain Callen    2011

SPEC OPS: THE LINE    2012

BROADWAY

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE  1/8/1981 - 11/20/1982       Replacement -- Pirate King; Pirate; Policeman; Understudy and Replacement --  Pirate King; Understudy and Replacement -- Sergeant of Police

TOURING

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE     6/2/1981 - 2/26/1983  Pirate; Policeman    Replacement -- Sergeant of Police   2/13/1982 - ????

Bands

      KURTH AND TAYLOR 

      THE DAY PLAYERS BAND   - Currently on leave. Bandmates --Eric Martsolf; Brandon Barash; Carson Boatman -- currently on leave, Scott Reeves has filled his role in the band

Marriages

     Cynthia Ettinger --  5/27/1990 - 1993       Divorced

     Rena Sofer --    3/31/1995 - 1997     Divorced    1 Child-- Rosabel

     Deborah Yuhasz    --   7/4/2003 - Present      1 Child -- Brogan

Has a daughter, Meghann from a previous relationship.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/3747223-Wally-Kurth?srsltid=AfmBOoqnjdFO4Cbpncadqrs4i9eM66m_2a2Ez2zWgOzZUunuge10yyXt

KURTH & TAYLOR

TV made them famous, but real life separated them—until now

Wally Kurth and Christian Taylor are the first to acknowledge that the decision to reunite their band, Kurth & Taylor, was spurred by a touch of midlife crisis. The group formed in 1992 and was known best for its performances on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, on which Kurth was a cast member. But the two found themselves settling in different areas (Kurth in Los Angeles, Taylor in Nashville), and finally went on hiatus in 2005 to focus on their families. “Life sort of intervened,” Taylor says.

It was Taylor’s wife who suggested he retrieve his guitars from storage to share his songs with their children. He took her advice, which eventually led him to return to songwriting. His new songs found self-effacing humor in receding hairlines and broadening waistlines, an area of inspiration that he calls “midlife crisis comedy.” Taylor called his old bandmates—including bassist Lee Beverly, drummer Jim Bloodgood and lead guitarist Pat McCormack—and played them the tunes. After getting an enthusiastic response, Taylor flew to L.A. to demo the new material with Kurth. They then forwarded it to the other musicians, who added their tracks and made individual MP3s for Taylor to mix together. Taylor notes with amusement that, thanks to the band members’ home studios, the cost of his $300 plane ticket was the only recording expense.

These guys are no strangers to the DIY aesthetic. Kurth & Taylor started out in 1992 as an acoustic duo playing California’s coffee house circuit before recruiting some of Taylor’s musical pals from high school to create a full-fledged band. Their big break came when Kurth’s storyline on General Hospital called for his character, Ned Ashton, to begin moonlighting as a rock star. He suggested that the producers bring in his real-life group to help portray Eddie Maine & the Idle Rich, his alter ego’s back-up band. The story arc spanned seven years and 40 performances, garnering them a Daytime Emmy Award for their song “Barefoot Ballet.”

The lessons learned about the advantages of marketing for a mass medium weren’t lost on Kurth & Taylor. In the video for the aptly named “Let’s Get the Band Back Together,” a new track on their recently released compilation album, Greatest Hits? 1993–2010, they sing about reliving their youth by acquiring high-tech toys. The group illustrated the idea by dropping in visual references to Taylor’s favored pro audio brand, Sweetwater Sound (sweetwater.com). It was a calculated move that paid off—after Taylor sent a Sweetwater sales rep a link to the clip, the group was invited to spearhead a national marketing campaign appealing to middle-aged enthusiasts.

Still, the two partners maintain that the true reward of their reunion is the chance to hang out and relive some good times. “We were overwhelmed by domesticity, and this was a way to get back with the guys,” says Kurth, who now stars on NBC’s Days of our Lives. “Instead of getting together for bowling night, it’s great to be able to have some fun, to crank it up and sing with your old buddies.”

For the moment, having fun remains the only true goal. “We’ve never taken ourselves too seriously, and we certainly don’t have serious expectations at this age,” says Taylor. “Besides, who would take us seriously at this age?”

–Lee Zimmerman

July/August 2010 Issue of M Music & Musicians

NEWCOMER REN ON BTG

DONNY CARRINGTON

         Born  Donny Roger Carrington II

               2/9/???? - Present

AMBITIONS      Arden     2019

ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN     Red       2021

BEYOND THE GATES     Ren Tolliver    1/??/2026

and

BLACK LIGHTNING     Youngster # 2    2018

THE FAMILY BUSINESS     Wayne (Thug)   2018

THE PRE QUARTER LIFE CRISIS     Whitman Freese   2018

JOHNSON    Officer Freddie Nelson  2021; 2023

BMF      Trell     2025

movies

GRIND CITY     Donny Alexander III    2015

STOCK OPTIONS    Security Guard   2025    (Made for T. V.)

MY LAST DAY     Walter    2015

RIDE ALONG 2      Guard    2016

HARASSMENT     Randy    2016

JUSTIFYING EXISTENCE     Cam     2016

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY   Kree Monk    2017

LOGAN LUCKY     Black Inmate # 5     2017

BOBBI KRISTINA    Gary Michael     2017      (Made for T. V.)

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR       Kings Guard    2018

BOLDEN         Crossbone      2019

BLACK ADAM    Checkpoint Mercenary    2022

ROLLING INTO CHRISTMAS     Ian Green      2022      (Made for T. V.)

I PRAY THIS S#I% WORKS      Brandon Goodson   2023

EMBRACE        Ashton Santiago   aka    Billy Bob  2023

CHRISTMAS RECRUIT     Charles Goodwin    2023     (Made for T. V.)

RETRIBUTION FOR CORY       Cory    2024

CAN YOU FEEL THE BEAT: THE LISA LISA STORY     2025

Upcoming

DEADLY INTENTIONS      Chris     TBA      Completed     (Made for T. V.)

JADED BLUEPRINTS    San Santana    TBA   Completed

HARPER LAKE

DAYS OF OUR LIVES   "Tesoro"  Trey DiMera   1/19/2026

MONROE LAKE

DAYS OF OUR LIVES   "Tesoro"  Trey DiMera   1/19/2026